Let's see and/or hear about your fave. Folders and fixed blades alike.

How about yours?

Mine is like this Case 2 Blade Trapper #80500; obtained in Texas on the 24 HCF Hog Hunt.

http://images.nitrosell.com/product_images/7/1748/large-ca80500.jpg

Reasoning behind this :

Stock blade for chores - boxes, letters, paper, fruit, ...

Main blade - stays sharp.

Knife in its kind is inconspicious enough and legal in just about any jurisdiction.

mines that tiny lil Kershaw Bristoe happened to post a pic of awhile back.


pretty decent lil blade to cut a thread, clean a fingernail, open a letter etc.

Case Trapper with CV blades and yellow scales.

Kershaw Skyline in my blue jeans pocket.



A smaller and lighter Kershaw Chill inside the waistband of my slacks at work.

Here's mine: a Moore Maker from Matador, TX. I have a couple of others, but this is the one that is in my pocket every day.

Microtech Troodon Out the front Automatic.....

I don't know that it's my favorite, but I realized a year or so ago, after I forgot my knife one day, that I needed a backup in both family cars and my work truck to prevent a future recurrence. I ended up with a Kershaw 1/2 Ton and 3/4 Ton.

Shortly after getting them, I decided to use the cute, stubby, Half Ton in place of my Kershaw Whirlwind.. just for a few days or so to try it out. Turns out I'm still carrying it a year or so later, so for now at least, it's my current EDC.

Yeah, it's not an exotic steel, and it's a little thick and short in blade, but it's solid, pretty sharp, and at $6.99, easily replaced if lost.

Knife on the left in the photo. (I always remove the pocket clip as I've had some pocket-clipped stuff ripped out of my pocket by brush and stuff.)

Ready - to be determined Looking for ideas.

Jim - that was under consideration.

SAK Farmer, used to be a Case sodbuster jr. but the farmer is exactly the same size and you wouldn't believe how ofter I use the screwdrivers, saw, and awl in addition to the reguar blade.

I'm generally not a huge fan of stainless but I carry it every day even when I wade fish in a pair of shorts, it stays wet a lot. Had it for 3 years and no corrosion at all. Very well made knife.

I carry a ESEE Izula II on days I work in addition to my Farmer cause I wear a tool pouch and the front pocket is hard to get into. The Izula II has a clip that snaps onto your belt or pocket. Sharp as heck too. Life time unconditional warrenty on the esee even if its from abuse by you! Works good for a skinner and is a decent bird/trout knife.

This is the one I've settled with for life.

I can't abide cheap plastic knives.

I cycle through these three. The Kershaw Leek was intended to be "the one" but doesn't hold an edge as well as the middle Browning. The Leek is US made and S30V which has me scratching my head compared to the imported Browning with a basic stainless blade (an RMEF promo and has been a great knife).

cheap in case I lose it

or a Case sodbuster jr.

Got this from my Uncle Guido.He made his bones with it when he was 17.17 1/2 " oal.I backed down Crocodile Dundee with it one time.NO Bullchit,eh!!!

Everyday carry, Spyderco Native and an Arno Bernard 3 finger caper in a kydex aiwb sheath.

mike r

I have a Kershaw with a CPM S30V blade that wouldn't hold an edge very well either. I re heat treated the blade to get a RC of 59 and it works great. It's easy to use good steel, but the steel has to be heat treated correctly for the blade's intended use. If CPM S30V is correctly heat treated it will make a tough blade that holds an edge very well.

I carry a Kershaw Chill now and love it.

Elishowitz Ghost.

With carbon fiber scales and great steel, it is light enough for this aging body. It looks good even with wear. I use it every day.

Benchmade 710 like this one except mine has the black handle and some of the black coating on the blade is wearing off. been my favorite pocket knife that ive ever carrie...

A DW Childress I picked up from VinceM.

Benchmade D2 mini Griptilian

On your revolver, there looks to be a flange off the top of the grip. What's it for? Serve as a clip to hang the piece off a pocket, waistband or belt, maybe?

I have a few fixed blades I carry in the field (mostly B&T patterns) but my EDC is this little single blade GEC25. This baby vanishes in your pocket.
If I have my pants on,,,, it's with me.



Here's a couple of my favorite B&T's.
GEC amber bone and Mike Miller stag.

Yep, just shove it in your waistband and the integral grip holds it in place.

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/57...s-and-w-round-butt-j-frame-polymer-black

Got it. Thanks.

Kershaw Speedsafe (Ken Onion design)

Case Peanut at work and Case Trapper when not at work.

Whats an 'EDC' knife?

I carry a 4" Puma Game Warden, unless Im fishing, then its often a swiss Army Knife( for the bottle opener feature... )

nicely done Jim! That bottom photo is the one in my pocket currently. nifty lil blade for the cheap price they cost

Bottle openers are always a good thing

Wood Jewel Finnish Puukko and a Case Trapper

And you know the drill when fishing with me....

A man has Got to have a bottle opener!! Lol

EDC - Every Day Carry

speaking of bottle openers ....

got one of these of my key ring



handy lil dude

For a bottle opener I use my Zippo

I rotate based on where I'll be and what I anticipate doing, but my most carried the last few years is a matching folder/fixed blade set from Reeve and Dozier respectively.

When new:

One of these two.

Currently a S&W auto....slices onions and salami real nice

Kershaw Leek with "composite" blade.



according to A.G. Russell

Have many that I really like but for everyday utility and usefulness the original Wenger Swiss Army gets the nod.





Now they are made by Victorinox and slightly different but still good knives.


Mike

I have the same knife.
I also have one in bone,for special occasions.

Bret Dowell shadow folder in carbon fiber.....



Bret Dowell RF Hunter in Honduran Rosewood and Damasteel Bjorkman Twist stainless Damascus

Nice post/pics gang.
SLM - tell us about the fixed.

Like to know make/models for pics. Thanks.

I have been running a Kershaw Whirlwind for several years now and have zero complaints

You're a portly bastard, like me, so it's perfect when wearing whatever without a belt.

Yeah, but you're cool....

Nope, just a tight wad.

A Charlie May scandi grind...it's been in my pocket for 12-15 years

For some reason, I haven't been able to send a pic from my dumb phone, but my to faves are a Case Muskrat, because it has two identical blades and a Gene Ingram, orange handled bad-ass skinning knife my BFF gave me.

Carry -- Yes.
Every Day -- No.

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Winston, D2, weathered elk, 5"OAL. Don't remember what MR. Winston calls it. SDK ?

Im gonna make a knife and call it SMD.

This is a pretty new one, and I carry it many days, but not everyday or everywhere.



For every day carry, I usually have a Kershaw Leek, a 3 blade Uncle Henry, and a Leatherman Pulse. Sometimes I swap on of them for an old Case lockback.

I'll skank up the knife show. This one has been in my pocket everyday for 2-3 years. Used another one for a couple years before I lost it.


They are the chit.
(the pants were clean 2 days ago, I'm not dirty)


Round bale de-twiner, pheasant butchering, deer gutting, quick fixer for all kinds of things.

The farmer is the same knife plus a saw. I have used the saw 1000 times especially the back of it will throw huge wads of sparks off a metal match, and it makes fine shavings of fatwood that will take a spark and burn a long time. Love both knives the wenger is called a standard issue victorinox version is called the pioneer. I like the bail on the wenger better than the splitring on the victorinox.

John Lloyd for town...


Rick Menefee for the woods...

Benchmade 940, Osborne Design, s30v steel.

Kershaw Leek for daily chores.

Spyderco Endura Wave for 1 handed opening in a pinch.

I like old Puma's.




DMc

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!

Scott, same handle on #2 ? Very nice also.
Dwayne, thanks Sir. I've heard ATS34 may not all be equal given heat treatment process. Elmax - that in the ZT's ?

Here are my two customs.

H22 and others have some nice signs of use.

65BR;
Yes sir the Elmax has been in ZT knives. I didn't keep the 0560 very long but the 0566 has been here more than a year.

On the ATS-34 comment that's absolutely been my experience for sure. My first exposure was way back when with a Meyerco Speedster of all things. It was the first time I was able to gut, skin and part out a buck so it would fit into my saddle packs - then wipe the fat off of it and shave hair on my arm...

One of those unfortunately infrequent epiphany moments you might say.

Anyway I don't mean to derail your thread sir so I'll quit talking "steel gack" as a former member here might have termed it.

All the best to you and yours in the upcoming week sir.

Dwayne

Thanks Dwayne - not at all. Glad to hear your experience with ATS 34. Impressive to say the least! A lot goes into quality knives. Here to learn from those in the know.

Hunting is usually either this:



Or this:


My son and I use these a lot too:


But this is my EDC:





Clarke

A little Buck Yearling, a Kershaw Scallion and the little key ring knife is a TuffLite of some sort. Don't even know if they make them anymore but it is handy as can.

Edc:



Canal Street Cutlery stag-handled lock blade that my wife bought me for my birthday from somebody here (can't remember his screen name) from Idaho. It replaced my cold steel tanto blade I left in Texas last January.

Nice steel guys

I want to try a knife with elmax steel. I have heard its really the best of both worlds.

I typically carry my benchmade barrage which has the aluminum bolsters and m390 steel and my oht leatheman. However, I am in Alaska so I better have a benchmade infidel just because it is legal.

Both of the ZTs are elmax.

The Contego is CPM4 and is cerracoated.
I put the minitrapper case in there because I like those sometimes as well.

These are all of my city knives.
I have knives for the woods as well.

Hope you find it cause I know they're not cheap!

The handle contour gives it a very positive grip, the stainless scales help it slide in/out of your pocket as smooth as silk without causing any wear and tear to your jeans/pants pocket over time. All that being said l, the best seller is the big Spyderco eye on the blade lets me access it and open it all at the same time with one hand - in the blink of an eye!

Benchmade 890 Torrent is my favorite EDC, been carrying it for about 4yrs.

Nice knife.
Must be a good guy to let that baby go.

I like green stuff. Though I suspect the watch started out blue and has been fading green for a bit.

Spyderco Endura 4 ffg vg-10 steel as of lately.

Nuthin fancy.

Old Timer 340T

I take the Hultafors utility knife and the helle eggen out with me more than the others when I am going into the woods.

<snort>

EDC is a Gerber LST. Low price so if it's lost, no problem getting another. I've had one in my pocket for many years. This is the second as the first about wore out. Not very hard steel so they sharpen in about 4 flicks.

The opposite pocket always had a Leatherman micra in it. I always have a Leatherman Wave on my hip too. Each tool has it's purpose.

The only time all are not where they are supposed to be, is on a plane and I feel naked.......and pissed off at my government for denying me.

Damascus blade, Hippo tooth skinner:


A few Randalls:


And my latest; Arno Behrnhard with Sheephorn handle:



Yeah, I'm a knife slut..

Wait a minute - this darling Zancudo Mosquito journeys all the way across the Atlantic, but doesn't warrant being your EDC?







FC

That, Sir, is a call out, if I ever had one...



I will have you know, that little Zancudo has been around the block as a EDC - twice, that is.

It is just so, that there are so many orange handled knives and so few days...

Nice Randalls Jorge.

But that book sucks.



Travis

Now you did it...

Somebody mistakenly told that dude he could write.

I'd rather hit my toes with a hammer.




Travis

Yes, that period writing can get tedious. He wasn't the only one. But hell, what do I know, to me, Hemingway was horrible.

BenchMade 330 or 530.

Buck Muskrat trapper.


Last thing my father ever gave me.

"...the wine was bad, but not dull. It took the enamel off your teeth, and left it on the roof of your mouth..."

That's a great knife.

A buck Stockman was my every day pocket knife for years. Bought it at the West Berlin PX in 1972. The corners wore holes in my fatigue pockets and I lost that knife three times, but each time it found its way back to me. Once lost it in the Bavarian woods and a couple of days later a guy in the platoon said he'd found a knife just outside our tent. I described it completely and he said it must be mine and handed it to me.

Great little knife with three very useful blades. And they stay Sharp with a capital S. It stays out on my reloading/work bench these days and still gets used quite a lot.

Speaking of Randalls:



technically Chronologically it does not go with a Walker, but I usually tote it when carrying a muzzleloader. Finished a pig with it, too.

I have a Model 25 on order, which will arrive sometime this decade...

Wasn't the title of this thread, EDC (Every Day Carry) knives?

Been carrying various Victorinox Swiss Army knives my whole life, I just love them.

Recently got an upgrade for a birthday present and I'm liking it. It's the One Handed Trekker NS (non serrated).

Knife in the photo has the serrations, but otherwise it's the same knife.

This is the same knife that the Swiss and German Army both issue, with the exception neither of the military knives have the tweezers and toothpick...just couldn't live without those two little accessories.

It's a model 690 that uses 154 CM it's no longer available so I should probably get something else.

How many actually carry their EDC? Lot of shiny new knives being posted.

31 years and counting..



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Below are the ones that are used. Usually a folder and a neck knife. They go on as soon as I get dressed.

This was my pocket EDC until I lost it a little while back...still mad at myself about that:



This has taken it's place in the pocket:



The blue Bobwhite is usually around my neck...folder used to be an EDC but I haven't carried it in a while:



When working outside I usually have this Skifa for serious cutting, not a true EDC but gets used hard and often:

My new Swiss Army replaced my old Swiss Army. Since I've been a teen, I've carried a pocket knife every day, and still do today.

I've had a multitude of pocket knives, including Case, CRKT, Kershaw, Buck, Gerber, Spyderco, etc...

But I always come back to the Swiss Army Knife because I use more than just the blades.

Damn this thread is going to hurt my wallet!!! Lol
Nice posts gang. JMC - I bet that loss did hurt. Nice blades.
No doubt a few above have ALOT of history behind them, others just beginning

My EDC is a Jantz 1095 carbon steel blank, with elk horn scales off an elk I shot in the crazy mtns.
Stitched a crossdraw sheath, old school.

That's a good 'un, irfubar.

kaboku:

The Eggen is third from the left?

Nice stuff guys. That Jantz reminds me of one on the coffee table in my pic. Put together long ago. Yours is very nice inc the handles you personally sourced and installed. Nice leather - good job.

Ok

edc'ing a Randall.

Everyone here can't be in a space launch!

For years I carried a Klein like this for work...

This^^^. Guys who like cheapchitt black plastic as scales to make a blade look mean are no better than those who go for plastic on the front of their woman. Shallow.

I will have stag or exotic wood or buffalo horn or abalone or mother of pearl. I do allow titanium as scales on a Buck crosslock for backpacking due to the weight and possibility of hard use.

Life is too short to spend fingering an ugly blade.

Yes. The second from the left right next to it is a Hultafors Utility knife. It is also awesome.

The Eggen is probably my favorite knife out of that batch.

My EDC will probably be a Spyderco:

"Possibility of hard use..." Plenty of guys buy expensive knives and lock them up in the safe and never use them because of the possibility of hard use. To each their own I guess.

I carry a sak with alox scales cause the sureness of heavy use.

I just pulled the trigger on a Helle Fossekallen. Very similar to the Eggen, but slightly shorter blade and different sheath.

No picture, but a Case stockman, 9 dot that I bought at the Little Creek, Va. Navy exchange in 1971.

For the pocket, an A.G. Russell Featherweight.

For the wood/hunting, a Tim Wegner Design BladeTech.

I carried one of those Featherweights for a number of years in AUS8A. Nice blade.

Nice blades guys.

Re: plastic. As you can see I have both - and see a use for each. Just like rifle stocks. Looks and function do not always intersect

My EDC is one of these,


Easy to keep an edge on and I do not care what I cut or pry with it.

Git er done!.......

Like most here I have a variety of folders that get carried from time to time, but the one which is my true EDC is a small Spyderco Grasshopper that lives on my car keys..



This particular knife was part of a three knife set very kindly given to me by Mannlicher..

I was looking for a small keyring size knife which was a none locker to avoid falling foul of our knife laws and I am happy to say the Grasshopper is everything I wanted.

Obviously too small for any really heavy work, but it shines by being darn handy and always being at hand..The steel takes a decent edge and is easy to touch up..All in all, ideal for what I wanted it for...

Portly, eh? lol. Guilty. Understood and makes sense. The portliness is why I most often choose one of these for daily wear. The Sig is a little honey and totally comfortable in a front pocket. Something I just can't get away with if I carry one of my full-sized roscoes.




As far as carry knives, I've always been a big fan of Al Mar blades, but I like Benchmade too.

Great knifes, and not expensive at all. I carry one of the serrated versions in my hunting pack.
My everyday carry knife is a Gerber Applegate SwitchBlade. They run about $100 bucks in the SwitchBlade version.

Nice steel - keep them coming

Scott - what material is the handle? Thanks.

Anyone else want to show your fave blade?

I got this as a gift from a wealthy guy that I took on a grouse hunt. I have had it for years, it is very well made, German with Solingen steel. It has a 2 pronged fork and comes apart for enjoying that steak when you forget your utensils. All the tools are well made and functional except the cork screw. Who would ever take a wine bottle hunting without a screw cap needs neutered...

Not EDC but my favorite.

The Opportunist on the right has been my EDC for quite a few years. I like it so much I bought another at auction. Should hold me over until I can scrounge up the funds to buy one like the post above mine or one like Scott carries.

I carried a Ka-bar Dozier folder for several years, now I'm carrying a Bladetech, Pro Hunter Jr.
Both around $20 and AUS8 blade steel.

This little Gerber has earned a place in my pocket. Solid stainless, no springs, liner lock, and replace the utility blade with a penny coin and the best part, $8 and change at Home Depot.

About a week after I posted, I found it! While looking for the boat keys LOL!

It was actually in my fly fishing bag.....the boat keys weren't though.

Spyderco Delica is hard to beat for a carry blade. Big enough to do most jobs, small enough to dissappear into the pocket. VG-10 steel takes and holds a great edge.

Heard on the news last night that "portly bastard" is no longer politically correct.. It is now "ample bastard".

Make a note of that.. for future communication with that fat sumbitch

Damn, Scott this is good looking blade.

Easily my favorite little fixed blade.

http://www.knifecenter.com/item/MOKI1110/moki-banff-fixed-mirror-polished-vg10-blade-micarta-handles

Most all those Moki/Seki City are great knives for the money.

I just downsized for everyday jeans carry.

SOG

G10

Three blade medium stockman, Buck or Case everyday since I was a kid

It's also the same model that OJ did Nicolle in with..

if we are talking fixed blades, nothing out there pleases me more than this little knife that our own Tim Olt made. I designed it, Tim executed the design perfectly in S30V, with Camel Bone scales. Simply perfect.

Thanks Scott. Very nice knives guys. I have more options now and that can be a probl$m !!