What is your EDC knife?

FanOfFanboys

What knife do you EDC? What do you and don't you like about it? What EDC, if any, are you lusting after?

If you do not EDC a knife where do you buy your purse from?:-)

Dobie

Spyderco Paramilitary 2 - its light, sharp and well made with a good combination of size and balance. Highly recommend.

Eggcelsior

I have a Wenger Swiss Army Knife that I keep on my keychain. Does everything I have any need for it to do.

Open mail

Open bottles

Clean a whole beef tenderloin

Get splinters out

Peel fruit

sharpen pencils

etc.

fusionhq

XD45...;-)

Eggcelsior

fusionhq said:

XD45...;-)

FanOfFanboys

Dobie said:

Spyderco Paramilitary 2 - its light, sharp and well made with a good combination of size and balance. Highly recommend.

That is an extremely popular knife. I want to own one eventually just because it seems like a knife everyone should own at least once. 

FanOfFanboys

fusionhq said:

XD45...;-)

Those are terrible for opening the mail and slicing food. But they make a good subsitute when holding a hostage!

FanOfFanboys

Eggcelsior said:

I have a Wenger Swiss Army Knife that I keep on my keychain. Does everything I have any need for it to do.

Open mail

Open bottles

Clean a whole beef tenderloin

Get splinters out

Peel fruit

sharpen pencils

etc.

I get everything in your list but cleaning the beef tenderloin. You have done that with a swiss army knife? Isnt the blade like one inch?

sodigthisbigcrux

Mostly the two Spyderco Endura's at the Top. The SS Endura and Delica close to the bottom are my "dress up" knives. The orange Delica is what I take kayaking. The Zero Tolerance is built like a tank, but too heavy for edc.

 

Thatgrimguy

What is EDC?

FanOfFanboys

Thatgrimguy said:

What is EDC?

every day carry

frankc623

Kershaw Cryo II

Eggcelsior

FanOfFanboys said:

Eggcelsior said:

I have a Wenger Swiss Army Knife that I keep on my keychain. Does everything I have any need for it to do.

Open mail

Open bottles

Clean a whole beef tenderloin

Get splinters out

Peel fruit

sharpen pencils

etc.

I get everything in your list but cleaning the beef tenderloin. You have done that with a swiss army knife? Isnt the blade like one inch?

It's 2 inches. I was at ski patrol and one of my buddies brought up a whole tenderloin. We only had plastic kitchen knives in our duty station so I whipped that thing out and trimmed off the silverskin with that. It went surprisingly well, albeit a little messy with only the knife and 2 paper plates.

I would not do it a second time with more appropriate implements available.

FanOfFanboys

Eggcelsior said:

FanOfFanboys said:

Eggcelsior said:

I have a Wenger Swiss Army Knife that I keep on my keychain. Does everything I have any need for it to do.

Open mail

Open bottles

Clean a whole beef tenderloin

Get splinters out

Peel fruit

sharpen pencils

etc.

I get everything in your list but cleaning the beef tenderloin. You have done that with a swiss army knife? Isnt the blade like one inch?

It's 2 inches. I was at ski patrol and one of my buddies brought up a whole tenderloin. We only had plastic kitchen knives in our duty station so I whipped that thing out and trimmed off the silverskin with that. It went surprisingly well, albeit a little messy with only the knife and 2 paper plates.

I would not do it a second time with more appropriate implements available.

Gotcha, makes sense. Which model do you have?

FanOfFanboys

frankc623 said:

Kershaw Cryo II

That is a solid knife for the price. How long have you carried it?

FanOfFanboys

sodigthisbigcrux said:

Mostly the two Spyderco Endura's at the Top. The SS Endura and Delica close to the bottom are my "dress up" knives. The orange Delica is what I take kayaking. The Zero Tolerance is built like a tank, but too heavy for edc.

 

Nice collection you have there. You are a Sypderco fan for sure. 

hapster

Here are mine...

The top Benchmade is just about 80% of the time with the bottom one filling out the rest. The top one is almost 20yrs old and the bottom is prob about the 12-15yrs old.
The Gerber is only for "special occasions" , I've had that for over 25yrs now.

All three are just as functional as new, just a little worn from healthy use...

fishlessman

swisschamp during the week, some towns around me wont allow a bigger knife

weekend i have the swisschamp and  my damascus boker/ german silver with black buffalo horn



in the woods i carry my buck knife



i lost this one, i think it was at the bank, really liked the composite blade

GATraveller

Cold Steele Folding Tanto.......the thing is a total work horse that can take anything you throw at it.  

FanOfFanboys

@hapster is that top benchmade the 9100 auto stryker?

berndcrisp

Just a 25 year old Buck with a locking 2.5 blade. Can't leave home without it. My favorite tool.

hapster

FanOfFanboys said:

@hapster is that top benchmade the 9100 auto stryker?

It's #765/100 of the first production run of the model... I think it is a 910STSB? It's not an auto version

FanOfFanboys

berndcrisp said:

Just a 25 year old Buck with a locking 2.5 blade. Can't leave home without it.

pictures? like to see how used knives look

FanOfFanboys

hapster said:

FanOfFanboys said:

@hapster is that top benchmade the 9100 auto stryker?

It's #765/100 of the first production run of the model... I think it is a 910STSB? It's not an auto version

Gotcha. So it is manual or assisted version of that knife it looks like then. My buddy has the 9100 and loves it. 

FanOfFanboys

@fishlessman that is a damn good looking buck knife! I am jealous

hapster

FanOfFanboys said:

hapster said:

FanOfFanboys said:

@hapster is that top benchmade the 9100 auto stryker?

It's #765/100 of the first production run of the model... I think it is a 910STSB? It's not an auto version

Gotcha. So it is manual or assisted version of that knife it looks like then. My buddy has the 9100 and loves it. 

It's manual... but I have a quick thumb

fishlessman

FanOfFanboys said:

@fishlessman that is a damn good looking buck knife! I am jealous

its an early akonua, bought around 1980. emptied my wallet at the time and im still kicking myself for not getting the matching pocket sized hatchet.  Stike got a good closeup of the buck once
)

tamu2009

benchmade all day every day, with a surefire fury light and an XDs 45 with spare mag

FanOfFanboys

I used to carry the Buck 525 Gent. Got when I was 15 and carried for about 12 years. Got drunk while fishing one day, decided to jump in lake. Did not empty pockets. It is now at the bottom of lake murray. It looked like this. 

I spent a couple years lusting after a Chris Reeve Sebenza 21. After going about a year without an EDC, and much rationalizing why it is a good buy, I order one direct from CRK. Took a few months but it finally arrived. It has been my EDC since Feb. More I use and handle more I love. 

FanOfFanboys

tamu2009 said:

benchmade all day every day, with a surefire fury light and an XDs 45 with spare mag

For light I currently carry a surefire but I think for Christmas I am going to buy myself a McGizmo Haiku. I have been looking at them for a long time now it seems

FanOfFanboys

fishlessman said:

FanOfFanboys said:

@fishlessman that is a damn good looking buck knife! I am jealous

its an early akonua, bought around 1980. emptied my wallet at the time and im still kicking myself for not getting the matching pocket sized hatchet.  Stike got a good closeup of the buck once
)

If you ever want to sell it I want to buy it!