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65BR;
Good evening to you sir, I trust the weekend has been treating you well so far.

A similar thread a year or so back caused me to take the photo below and while the phone has since passed on - replaced with a smart phone - the knives, flashlight and Leatherman Wave still remain the same.

The knives are either a Buck Vantage Pro with the Paul Bos heat treated S30V blade or a ZT0566 with an Elmax blade.

Thanks for the thread and thanks to those who've joined in as its always interesting for me to see what folks carry.

All the best to you this weekend.

Dwayne

This thing will blow your mind.

http://kershaw.kaiusaltd.com/knives/knife/shuffle

The Price? You'll buy 3 after you touch one.

For a heavy duty Folder it's pretty hard to beat the Microtech Socom, which is now out of production (again) and appreciating in value. They have a variety of steels, but most I have seen recently are using S35VN, which is very impressive for both corrosion and wear resistance.

Recently I picked up a Benchmade 710, like the one Rattler pictured, and it has a CPM M4 blade. It's a little slimmer and lighter than the Socom, and carries easier. They've been made in a variety of blade steels, but the M390 and M4 blades seem the best to me.

I think EDC perfection starts and ends with the stainless plain edge Spyderco Delica 4....

Work and play, exact same knife since 1979, repaired by Buck once in '84 for free (Broke blade tip 100% my fault).


Buck Stockman...

Thanks SLM - I forgot I had a Winston! Lol. Nice.
RD - nice Damascus!
BC - thanks

Good posts and pics by all. Thanks for the contributions. I seemed to have located about all my knives around the house and garage. Now all in a shoe box - may take a pic later but I want to add a new one - or three. Never had much interest in them in the past but been looking at knife porn on a knife site - so the next major gun and knife show I get to will take me much longer!

The styles and steels have come a long way!

One of these three, usually...when I'm not on the job.

(At work, I always have a Leatherman and a utility knife on me)

ENZO D2 with carbon scales

Bark River Little Creek in A2 with Ambonyia Burl

Leatherman Skeletool

Truth be told, like Sam, I end up carrying the Leatherman most. Just too damn useful and the newer Skeletools have a 154CM blade. Pretty nice and light (and I'm used to carrying a Wave everyday at work...)

That's been my favorite. Slick little bitch with a great blade.

(Can't find it though. Hope it's floating around here somewhere!)

Yes that silver Spyderco is sweet.

Me thinks, perhaps I should thin the herd?!?

6BR;
Top of the morning to you sir, I trust this finds you and yours well.

As to the thinning query, well I'd opine that all depends upon a goodly number of particulars in your life...




There's a couple repeats in them, but no kitchen or meat cutting knives either, so yes you could say I appreciate decent blades.

Thankfully I've got an understanding wife and we're at a place in our lives where my search for the "perfect" knife and blade steel doesn't negatively impact our family situation.

In fact the girls now are circling the knife drawers like vultures on a road kill, so I believe in short order we'll see a few blank spaces - which is as it should be if possible in my view.

All the best to you and yours in the upcoming week sir and thanks again for the interesting thread.

Dwayne

Thanks Dwayne, and you as well Sir! Very nice collection there! We share a Spyderco and Old Timer
I might trade or sell a few, but I am getting the itch to try a few others

No doubt I could have a nice collection for far less than what I've put into firearms. Thankfully I thinned that herd REAL well. Few there are oldies, some get thrown in with fishing gear, etc.

Likely can make do with fewer blades also. Yes, passing them down would be appropriate and a nice keepsake.

My straight blade carry is this little Menefee with elephant ivory.

That's a Beauty! Thought I missed one like that on the fire awhile back.
Nice - very nice!

And my fishing knife

Another matched pair:

65BR;
Thanks for the reply and salutation sir.

I've ended up giving a few in the photos away or trading them too, so I really should cobble a couple new photos up to reflect current status.

As a by the way, on the EDC front I've been really impressed with Elmax steel over the last year. Second and close runner up is S30V that's gone through Paul Bos' shop - whatever the good folks at Paul Bos's establishment do to S30V - it flat works.

Thanks again sir and all the best to you in your EDC search/journey - perhaps our choices will cross over again.

Dwayne

Scott;
Top of the morning to you and thanks for sharing that with us.

To my eye it looks to be about perfect!

I really like the swedge on many of his blades and this one for sure makes an already grand shape just that much better.

Thanks again and all the best to you folks in the upcoming week Scott.

Dwayne

Kershaw Blur folder.





I've lost a couple of Blackout ST folders, and while their handle is just about perfect for me, I won't be parting from the blur anytime soon.

I tried to like a Benchmade Griptilian, but it wasn't for me. The Kershaws just fit like a favorite pair o' gloves.

FC

Scott,

That's a beauty, perfection!