Thread: EDC Knife

You are right. Must fit in pocket both by reliability and economically.
I am a very aware guy with my things. I don't usually loose keys, lighters, pens or other little things (I do a lot of field research, so this is part of my discipline), so I give myself some quality-based luxury.
Folders are delicate articulated things, and they are just pocket stuff. In my car or at field I keep just the sturdier fixed blades.

I like something small, lightweight sharp and with useful blades.

This is my EDC.

Originally Posted by STF

I like something small, lightweight sharp and with useful blades.

This is my EDC.

That is a handy tool. I am surprised how much I use the little scissors and tweezers on my knife like that.

Tweezers were great to use as a roach clip!

That must be the thing you clip the roaches with that run when you turn the lights on?

Originally Posted by Gasman

That must be the thing you clip the roaches with that run when you turn the lights on?

Originally Posted by STF

I like something small, lightweight sharp and with useful blades.

This is my EDC.

My knife is petty sharp but I'm not a knife guy, anyone have any tips for getting it shave ready sharp so to speak?

No, of course I don't want to actually shave with it, figure of speech

Just like with the razor, get the two edges to meet in the middle, my DMT 300 and 1200 is what I use,

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

Just like with the razor, get the two edges to meet in the middle, my DMT 300 and 1200 is what I use,

I took your advice to heart yesterday.

I marked the bevels with a sharpie so I could be sure I had the angle correct.
I started at 1K to set the bevel if you like, then went 3K, 8K,12K and I have never had a penknife with such a sharp blade. It shaves arm hair, I have never had a penknife that can do that so thanks for your suggestion that I treat it like a razor.

I’ll give another piece of advise for knives, you really don’t need to take it that far, 1k-2k is more than sharp enough to shave hair. Like I said I use a 1200 DMT. Plate, remember your not shaving your face, so it’s already sharp enough to shave at 1k, (take the 1k challenge) and diamond isn’t the so smooth. But a tomato doesn’t care about after shave stinging. Plus once you start taking that edge so far it will not hold an edge very long, glad you now have a sharp knife, hell I still mark my edges to make sure, and it works. Now you will be sharpening all your neighbors knives!