Thread: EDC Knife

Recently, I find the sebenza and paramilitary sitting in the drawer as I opt for the 13 dollar Kershaw drone.

I messed up the poll, should have picked more then one of the above. Oops.

I feel naked without a knife with me.

Here are my EDC knives since 1985 or 86. The Barlow is an Irish knife. The Buck was next and I carried it for the following 17 years. The 2 Case are great knives but I only carry either of them when I dress up. The bigger case was my first single hand opener and I carried it for about 4 years(?).

The Benchmade 470 Emissary is now my favorite and I have been carrying it for about a year and love it. The action took a little bit to get used to, but it so smooth. It ranks up there with a few good auto's I have handled. I would recommend it highly. The blade is S30V and took me a while to figure out how to sharpen. Now I think I can put a proper lasting edge on the 440C Case blades. I can get them Very sharp but they do not hold an edge, I figured the issue out on the S30V. Others I know have came to the same solution.

Not pictured is the K-Bar Trapper I keep in the first aid kit in my truck.

Jeff

I am impressed with the quality of knives carried by our members. While there is another Benchmade in my future I really want one of the William Henrys.

Phillip Dobson does some beautiful knives and straight razors. For the knives his Mom makes beautiful sheaths.
www.phillipdobson.com

Originally Posted by Bruno

Those knives are all nice, but the one big failing they have imo is that you need 2 hands to open them, rather than 1.
I want to be able to hold something with 1 hand, then take my knife and use it with the other.

Actually Bruno. That big black lockback has a nick in it large enough that it's VERY easy to open it onehanded. And the bone lockback is smooth enough that I can open it onehanded quite easily as well. The only ones in that picture that I can't do that with yet are the wharncliffe slipjoint. I don't think I'll ever be able to pull that off.

And the small fixed blade is just a matter of making a nice little belt sheath.

Besides that....So far I've only NEEDED to open my knife onehanded maybe twice in my whole life. So for me personally...it's not a requirement.

I also favour the one handed openers. I can open my big Old Timer lockback one handed, but not safely with gloves on, and when I'm on the farm I usually have gloves on, so for me I like my CRKT (pictured in a previous post in this thread), even if it is no longer a legal knife in this country. It was legal when I bought it and that is good enough for me.


Mick

I cant live without my SOG Pentagon Elite II.

Has the smoothest opening blade I've ever owned, solid blade, holds an awesome edge and conceals well.

Originally Posted by Sticky

A Victorinox Farmer or Soldier
A Victorinox Sentinel one-hand w pocket clip

When camping/canoeing, etc...:
Sometimes a Vic one-hand Trekker in a belt pouch
An old 1970's era Ek belt knife (single-edge).

I've added a Spyderco Delica 4 some months ago. The more I use it, the better I like it. VG-10 is nice steel.

Carter Neck Knife. I work in a suit and tie, so I don't wear it to work. But it's the first thing I put on when I change at home. I wear it all weekend. I never noticed how much I needed a good knife until I started wearing a neck knife daily about 4 years ago. I had a few cheapo knives that served well, but this Carter blows everything away. I've shaved with this thing -- not bad, but I don't recommend it; it's what got me into straight razor shaving seriously. It's got buffalo horn scales, white steel cutting edge, sandwiched between a hammer finished softer stainless steel. The neck scabbard suits me fine because I hate things in my pockets or on my belt. It's made my everday life so much easier.

Cheers,

Jack