What Is Your EDC Knife ?

[Commonsense]

I have some Kershaws too, & will carry where they might be taken by security. EDC for self defense, I go with Zero Tolerance. I don't want the chance the knife will close & injure my fingers.

 

[Jonnyuma]

For a couple of years, when I was truckin' mostly in MT and ID and wore Carhart (double layer) pants most of the time, I carried one or the other of these slipped into the lower-leg "ruler" pocket:

Useful, fun coversation-starters with like-minded people, and more rust resistant than I would have imagined.
Real, multi-layer (100+) forged/folded steel from Pakistan and Turkey (truly definitive "Damascus" steel is long lost) with beautiful patterns in the blades.
Dug out for this pic after being (unwisely) oiled and stored in the leather sheaths, they show a remarkable resistance to rust... 0 evident. (ETA: almost)
After seeing some dents and dings on the outboard side of the smaller wood-wood-handled piece I stopped carrying the buffalo horn/bone handled piece for fear it would crack/chip/damage the grip. The smaller one is a true workhorse but requires occasional sharpening because it's not a high carbon steel.
I thought @Andy54Hawken might dig these... an oasis of old-school in a desert of tacti-cool... not that there's anything wrong with that...

 

[QualityControl]

I have some Kershaws too, & will carry where they might be taken by security. EDC for self defense, I go with Zero Tolerance. I don't want the chance the knife will close & injure my fingers.

Love my ZT Hinderer 0560 for EDC. Occasionally I''ll swap to my Benchmade Sibert but the ZT is my current go to. Endura as a back up the primary.




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[Andy54Hawken]

Very nice knives @Jonnyuma ...!
Thank you for posting.
Here are some of my EDC for hunting and camping....
Andy

 

[Jonnyuma]

Here are some of my EDC for hunting and camping....
Andy
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I especially dig the one on the left with the loop.
Maybe it wasn't hammered-in for cool-guy spinning-chucking-sticking purposes... but that's what I'd use it for because I'm like, a full grown man-boy.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

@Jonnyuma
It was made by a friend....she calls 'em her "Rat Knives"...
And yes I have attempted to spin it....then bought stock in the "Band-Aid Co. "....
Andy

 

[Jonnyuma]

@Jonnyuma
It was made by a friend....she calls 'em her "Rat Knives"...
And yes I have attempted to spin it....then bought stock in the "Band-Aid Co. "....
Andy
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Sounds like when I first discovered butterfly knives...
"Oh, you mean I should keep the sharp side away from my fingers? That totally makes more sense".

 

[elitejake]

I do like that rat knife. That is nice.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

I do like that rat knife. That is nice.

Thanks its a handy knife for sure...
Andy

 

[gunfreak]

My Kershaw Launch 1 is one of my EDC knives. I have several models and they are my go to. Awesome knives.

 

[Boss]

Depends on the day/task at hand. Usually a ZT or an Emerson. For work, an inexpensive off-brand folder.

Boss

 

[QualityControl]

I occasionally switch things up...



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[Knebel]

Pretty Big...

 

[zdaddy]

As was previously stated, Anything by Benchmade. I carry the griptillian, great EDC!

 

[SCARed]

Medford Suicide when in OR
Microtech Socom manual when in WA.

 

[Mecanik]

I was given a Milwaukee "fast back" by one of my bosses at work and I didn't think I would like it at first but after carrying it around for a year or so I've got used to it and sorta bonded with it. It flips out really easy and seems to be really nice quality. My other one is just a schrade multi blade common pocket knife.

 

[nwcollectors]

Switch between SOG Pentagon Elite and Cold Steel Swift.. Been decent

 

[QualityControl]

My old trusty Bear Claw gets some EDC time as well depending on what and where I'll be heading.

 

[Arthur Chenoweth]

Today I'm carrying a Kershaw of unknown name .It 's blade is marked 8Cr13MoV. $40. at Bi-Mart.Also a Benchmade, again name unknown, bade of S90V. Flat grind. Slices my wife's breakfast strawberries so nicely. And lastly I'm wearing a Benchmade Bushmaster . Not a folder. The soft sheath required mods. It's very limp and the snap keeper is weak.

 

[JRapRobert]

Just recently learned about eBay auctions for TSA confiscated knife lots. Check it out, I just bought a decent gerber folder and a Kershaw folder for 15$