All Rounder Fixed Blade

The Street Beat is hard to ... well ..., beat.

I have a couple and heartedly recommend it - further more it ties in well with the bullet points, you listed in the OP.

Also check out the Spyderco MORAN, which is VG10 (trailing point or drop point - I got the trailing point) - sharpens easily and holds an edge just fine for most needs.
 
If you want a good all arounder the ESEE 3 or 4 maybe an OKC Rat 3-4 can do just about anything better than some crazy Rambo knife utility wise and any knife will work for self defense. If you stab anyone threw the sternum, skull or anywhere along the spine they will expire pretty quick. If you slice the femoral artery with a stab to the corner of the groin you "attacker" won't live without immediate attention. Certainly won't be bothering you anytime soon. You could do this with a screwdriver or rolled up and melted plastic if you really had/wanted to
 
I love the micarta handle Street Beat . To the uninitiated , it appears to just be a very classy, innocent utility knife . But it has great potential as a backup SD knife . If they are on closeout , you'll be sorry if you don't grab at least one !
 
Spyderco MORAN & STREET BEAT.

- Fairly sharp - check.
-Fairly rust resistant - check.
-Easy to sharpen - check.
-Holds an edge well - check.
-Not too big (smaller is better than larger for me in this case) - check.
-Blade length 4 inches or less - check.
-Not too heavy - check.
-Variety of ways to carry - check.

Your list of desired specs is basically describing the two Spydercos and in particular the SB ("easy to carry - smaller better than larger" etc)

Especially in the case of the Street Beat - and I emphasize this - no matter what (other) knife you end up with, you owe it to yourself to get a SB.

They are just so well made, easy to carry and use.

Some complain about VG10 - evidently its not fancy enough. Im fine with it. VG10 is an excellent steel in my experience. Easy to sharpen to a VERY keen edge. Withstands rust to a degree, which is an excellent trait, as you plan to carry the knife presumably next to your body.

In any event, even on the outside chance you dont like the SB, just post it for sale and it will be sold ASAP with little or no money lost, no matter which version of the SB, you get.
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SB VG10, MISSION MPU Ti, BK14 1095 CroVan.
 
Here's another vote for the Bradford Guardian 3 (I have the 3D scales in M390 and love it).
Since you don't consider self defense a likely scenario, it'll keep you covered for 'normal' usage.
It cuts food (apples to Asian pears to bell peppers and onions to steaks), makes feather sticks, scrapes the inner bits of bark for tenders, splits small branches, cuts loose strings off your kid's clothes, and opens boxes all day long.
Enjoy
 
AlexSchmidt said:
Hey everyone,

Fairly new here and I was looking to get an EDC knife that is kind of an all-rounder; that is, it can do a lot of things well. I'll list some stuff below that I would like the knife to have, but it doesn't necessarily need every little thing. I mostly want it for light cutting stuff, but also want it to be able to be used in a self-defense situation. I don't plan on having to use it for self-defense, but better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.....
I hope I provided adequate information, and thank you for any help!
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Welcome.

Do you want an "all-rounder" or do you want a self defense knife?

You can stab somebody with an "all-rounder". You can stab somebody with a grocery store steak knife.

Purpose built self defense knives, like most of the ones you listed, are not designed to do "a lot of things well" like you are asking for.

Granted, we don't know you yet, and maybe 99.999% of the stuff you do with knives is knife fighting.

For me, 99.99999999% is not. And I want an EDC that does that well. And for that 0.0000001% of my time that is spent stabbing people, it will do just fine.

The Fallkniven F1 and WM1 are great all-rounders.
 
As for "dedicated" self-defense, I like the above-mentioned grocery store steak knife and the Schrade Sharpfinger.

Both are very popular among...how to put it...."professionals."

Also, both knives are low cost. And if either happens to fall into a sewer or river or off an overpass (ooops!), no big loss.
 
You know another option, and I carried one for awhile was/is that Smith and Wesson HRT boot knife dagger. I carried it tip up above my back right pocket on my belt. It has a button snap retainer that folds over the hilt. Very easy to grab the knife and release the retintion snap and have it in the stab you in the face position in your hand. It is double edged so you don't have to sharpen as often as a single edge and is 440 so won't rust and can be had 20-30bucks.
 
Must admit, that the OP didnt lead me to take SD into consideration.

Such a discussion might be for PracTac.

I find the Street Beat a nifty litte everyday practical alrounder for the usual mundane purposes - it cuts string, paper, whittles, slices etc and doubles as an excellent slicer of vegetables etc in the kitchen.

The Moran as well. It is designed as a hunting knife but does most alround tasks, that most people will use it for, when they go about their day to day business.

That there are certain SD design thoughts behind Perrin's excellent design of the SB is of course beyond a shadow of a doubt.

This does not exclude it from excelling at mundane non SD tasks. Far from it.

Fortunately, few off us here will have to entertain serious thoughts of a knife being used as a weapon against hoods in a back alley.

Ohhh..., just buy the Beat.

Buy the Beat!

Buy the Beat!

Buy the Beat!
 
One nice thing about the Street Beat handle design that is worth considering: the deep finger choil. I have larger than average hands, and many small, lightweight, slim-handled knives like that that are designed more for CARRY than for USING, give me fits. I can say from extensive firsthand usage, the Street Beat does not give me such issues, I can get a good solid, safe grip on it despite the total handle length being under 4", and that is because of that deep finger choil design. Not all small knives have a good handle design, so for me that's an important consideration.
 
maximus83 said:
One nice thing about the Street Beat handle design that is worth considering: the deep finger choil. I have larger than average hands, and many small, lightweight, slim-handled knives like that that are designed more for CARRY than for USING, give me fits. I can say from extensive firsthand usage, the Street Beat does not give me such issues, I can get a good solid, safe grip on it despite the total handle length being under 4", and that is because of that deep finger choil design. Not all small knives have a good handle design, so for me that's an important consideration.
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I likewise am a fan of the finger 'indentation' on the SB.

I wear a size large glove.

One of my favorite and most used knives is this little custom carbon bushcraft knife.

As it happens, its app the same size as the SB.

Its always along when camping/hiking or just in the woods for a cuppa.

I can just fit four fingers on the handle using the indentation for the index finger.

Moving the thumb to the spine moves the rounded end of the handle into the palm.

Excellent hand hold for wood work etc. It works.

It gets used for pretty much everything when out and about.

When first I got it, it immediately got used more than most other knives and its been thus since.

Its just such a nice size and for my use, it does 90% of the tasks, that I need it for.

Id rather bring a little knife along, than yearn for the big blade left at home.
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The BK-14 works for me. The problem is the sheath. I also have a Blackjack neck knife that is pretty nice, but my concern with it is the nearness of the cutting edge to the handle to lend itself to the user getting cut if they aren't paying close attention.

So, what I actually did was use on of Bob Dozier's small knives with his most excellent horizontal sheath. If you want something really small, try out the canoe model which I own. But my choice is the K-6 Companion (a little larger) if I choose to wear a fixed blade in a street/urban environment.
 
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