Thread: EDC Knife

My EDC knives are a Case 62087 (red bone scales and it was made between 1960 nd 1964.) It is identical to the first knife my Dad ever gave me. about 45 years ago. The other is a Case Mako that I carry in a belt sheath. It was made in 1981 and has a 'thumb stud' I added a few years back, for one handed opening.
I have carried a knife every day of my life, since around 1962. The ONLY exceptions have been when I have been hospitalized, or I had to go into a Court House, or other Government type building. And that has only been since 9/11.

While it's true that everyday I carry my Benchmade 940, if I go out at night, I may have one of these with me too:

On the bottom is an 11" Frank Beltrame swingguard with a horn handle. This may very well be my favorite knife. The blade fires out like black lightening and the lock-up is a wonderful thing. Above that is an 11" Beltrame picklock stiletto with rosewood scales. I love the Italian design of the switchblade, especially with the bayonet style blade as you see in the three I have here. I got my first one by taking it away from a very drunk fool who came at me with a 9" with a stag handle when I was 16 years old. I've owned at least one every day since. It took me a day and a half to figure out how to close the blade. The pivoting bolster blade release mechanism is pure design genius. Thiird from the bottom, the 9" picklock in blue and bright polished stainless is just sexy as Helll with perfect proportions and balance. Ah, above that, the Buck conversion is a very nice example of brilliant machining. In the mid seventies, everyone had a Buck Bros folder on his belt. I had to be different so in 1976 I bought a Gerber Folding Sportsman III. With a little work and practice that Gerber made a very nice gravity knife which the Bucks wouldn't do. The Gerber blade was about twice as heavy as the Buck's. Now if the conversion to full auto was available back then, I probably would never had owned a Gerber, or lost it in a fight to a very nice man with a bat. Ah the good ol' days. Above the Buck are two toys. Out the front (OTF) knives are fun to play with but they are very dumb. If you ever use one to open anything that bleeds more than an envelope, you won't likely be able to clean it enough to expect it to ever open again. The mechanism is simply too precise and a little stickiness on the blade will gum up the works. But they are cute.

All of these knives are completely illegal in my state. They are illegal to carry and illegal to own so this post is strictly hypothetical.

Originally Posted by icedog

Above the Buck are two toys. Out the front (OTF) knives are fun to play with but they are very dumb. If you ever use one to open anything that bleeds more than an envelope, you won't likely be able to clean it enough to expect it to ever open again. The mechanism is simply too precise and a little stickiness on the blade will gum up the works. But they are cute.

they do have a good deterent effect, two lowlifes where a little too insistant looking at my backpack in the Amsterdam train station.
tching! out, tching! back in, look in the eyes, lowlifes gone...

Originally Posted by icedog

All of these knives are completely illegal in my state. They are illegal to carry and illegal to own so this post is strictly hypothetical.

hum, i live in canada, so hum, same thing here, i have not brought them back (i may have a cheap styletto as well) from europe in my back pack in a pre 9-11 airport security era...

here it is

My latest addition of addiction: a Busse Fatty Game Warden

I'm not a knife-nutter because my mom, when I was growing up was against all that! But I bought and enourmous hunting knife when I was 15 or 16... my mom never knew and the knife is still secret... therefore never used. Not a good knife, I suppose... it's a Joker (spanish made).

Now I carry at all times a Victorinox swiss army knife - the swiss army model - that was a gift from my brother. I like it so much... and I have plenty of oportunities to use it: there will always be a loose screw or a box to open or a can... It's an urban jungle out there!

1. Spyderco P'kal - always with me.

2. Pat Crawford Dragon

3. Al Mar Warrior

My knives, small, medium and large.

Use of knife depends upon environment.

EDC(Every DAY Carry): CRKT CRAWFORD KASPER (small) converted to tip-up. Lightweight and pares anything large or small. Low maintenance.

*SDC (SOMETIMES Daily Carry): For years EDC (in belt pouch) was a ROBESON TL-29. I SDC it (in pocket) in cooler weather as to not get it sweaty and rusty. The Robeson was my co-worker when I was a young and bold industrial electrician. It keeps memories alive.

I always gravitate back to my spyderco endura clipit. I converted it over to a 1/2 regular/sawtooth blade.It was a full sawtooth but that was not practical.

I recently learned that Boker makes a wide selection of knives, including some very nice switchblades:
Boker Switchblades Automatic Knives

Why don't they still manufacture straight razors?