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Another spyderco delica for 30 years now. On the third one because they make them black and easy to loose. The last one is 20 years old because I'm more careful now and don't use the clip except for folding money.

I tried the ontario r2ds2 and liked it until one day I reached in and cut myself on a partially open blade. Blame my car keys for wedging out the thumb stud and blade.

No more thumb stud knives for me... use the spydy hole.

Spyderco endura, endela, or delica depending on size preference. They make them in plenty of different colors. I like the PE FFG blade.

Just picked up a Kershaw federalist…

Really nice slip joint folder.

Micarta, 154cm.

Made in usa.

You can find them for $85 or so….

Rat 2 D2.

'Nother vote for the Spyderco Delica 4

Buck .112.
Buck 303
Case sodbuster
Kershaw Leak

A spyderco native 5 lives in my pocket these days. Endela is also a favorite

Been bored lately and started looking on ebay for different things.

Just minutes ago I made an offer that was accepted on an original NIB (new, old stock) Gerber Classic Folder.
Got it for $70 +tax and shipping. Came to $84.95

For my money this is one of the finest pocketable knives ever made anywhere or anywhen. They, IIRC, originally sold for around <$20 in the late 1970s

Here's a pic of one I just grabbed from a web search

two of the best I have ever come across are a Buck 112 Slim Ranger in S30V steel, and a dandy Kershaw Covalent flipper in D2. Both are superb performers and are the equal to anything from Spyderco or Benchmade.

I picked one of these up a while back and have been pleased with it. Use the safety cutter a lot on bailing twine and opening boxes. The "tool" blade has an inches ruler on one side a metric ruler on the other....it's been handy fine tuning while zeroing scopes on paper. Bottle opener is handy for barley pops. Downside....until today I wasn't aware it was Chinese manufactured....

https://www.knifecenter.com/item/CI...lade-and-safety-cutter-black-g10-handles

I’ve really gotten to like my R2D2 a lot.

Hard to beat for <$45

My EDC for about a year now is the Off Grid Knives, Stinger XL. It's now up to $107. I like the looks of several of the Off Grid knives.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=off+grid+knives+stinger+XL&ref=nb_sb_noss

Before that I carried a RAT-1 for a few years, it's also a nice EDC.

Case Sodbuster or Sodbuster Jr, pick your size.

For the vast majority of everyday crap the average person does with a knife, nothing else is needed.

Another R2D2 vote.

I've used my cold steel recon 1 for a few years and wish I would have bought a few more while they were on sale at $35. Aus10 steel and good size.

Amazingly useful to carry

I have to agree. I have that in stainless and another in orange. I really want a blue one, but so far haven’t pulled the trigger.

I don't disagree, but if I"m going to carry something with that many tools, I want the scissors. IMO, super useful.

Get your Rat knives while you can. Ontario Knife company is closed. Not sure what that will mean in the future for the Rat knives.

The quality of the Victorinox knives is outstanding. I'd challenge you to find a better fit, finish, and snap on a $50 knife. The saw blade is incredibly handy for me. So is the awl.