Dammit guys, now you have me second guessing myself. I am now starting to wonder if an edc wouldn't be a better way to go than a HB or BB for my next one. I am wanting a small one with a tapered tang and a full height grind for a long term studies and photographic project, It's going to be seen repeatedly over time by several friends in the knife industry including various editors, lots of friends (as well as many more strangers) in the knife buying community, and many in the survival community. It will be featured on my website, and will probably make it into print in the next book, and a few other places. I have really been putting a lot of thought into this one, I want it to be a special knife. I want it to look great as always, not too ornate but classy, be small enough that even in close up macro photos it can still serve as a size ref for me, and the right size to do this and still show off Andy's talents. Sooo I was thinking a tapered-tang and full height Hiking Buddie or Bushboot. Now you guys are making me take a closer look at the attributes of the edc, and have thrown in the "sheeple friendly" factor and made me think more about the fact that the direction I am going with this will land me in an urbanized environment quite often. Now I am wondering if the edc wouldn't be a better choice for that. Great...thanks for that

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