Are you a folder or fixed blade carrier?

What is your edc?

  • Folder

    Votes: 85 55.6%

  • Fixed Blade

    Votes: 10 6.5%

  • I usually carry both at the same time

    Votes: 36 23.5%

  • I usually rotate between the two.

    Votes: 22 14.4%
  • Total voters
    153
  • Poll closed .
Both and depending on my plans for the day will determine the combo, in the city it might be a necker tucked into my back pocket

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and a lockblade, (usually Sebenza, ZT, Spyderco or Benchmade) and a traditional slipjoint pattern in my front pockets.

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Day's and places I can't carry concealed and have to leave the pistol home I'll take the custom Nealy Aikuchi

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a large lockblade like a large Sebenza and a medium multi blade slipjoint or SAK. I'm partial to camper/scout/utility style knives in most cases and usually if not one of those a medium stockman or trapper than.

I always keep both handy and in my truck is also a larger folder/fixed blade paired with a multi-tool geared more towards bushcraft and emergency/survival situations.
 
Both, A shiro Neon and a Bradford G3 is my work combo EDC. Don't need to carry both but since I can't carry my 315 Night Guard I might as well carry two blades.
 
I'm more of a fixed blade kinda guy. But I sometimes carry a folder where it's not allowed to carry a knife for ease of concealability.
 
Never leave the house without a folder ... I don't daily carry a fixed blade but at times my Bradford Guardian or a neck knife gets to tag along ... and around my land or fishing hunting camping horseback riding mushroom or berry picking I always have both a fixed and folder.

but it's a rural area so no heads turn if I go to town n run in a store for something with a fixed blade ... it's not unusal to see here especially fall through winter into spring.
 
Just folders for me right now. I have been looking for a small fixed blade to carry, but haven't found the right one yet.
for the last couple of years I've been carrying a Kershaw shallot with the composite 14CZN/ZDP189 blade.
 
I rotate, but for non "field" EDC it is typically a folder. For the field, I carry both. Usually a 3.5 inch blade folder, and a 4 - 5 inched fixed blade with full tang.
 
I rotate but usually I end up carrying a pocket fixed blade and a small slipjoint, or a large locking blade and a slipjoint.
 
I chose usually rotate between the two but there's really no usually about it, It's whatever I feel like that week.
Could be a folder, could be a fixed blade paired with a folder ( will always be paired with a folder ) Next week I plan to edc a fixed blade, I'm thinking my rehandled Mora.
I could get all my edc needs done with a peanut or Vic classic so I definitely don't have a real need for fixed blades , I as with most knives just carry them because I own and like them. ( I normally like to keep the reasonable at 9" oal or less )
 
Small pocket fixed with a larger belt fixed, on the weak side. I have a few folders for when I go to church, weddings, or other more formal events.
 
I'm a dyed in the wool folder guy, mainly for ease of carry. I love how solid a fixed blade is, love the feel in hand, but can't carry them into work, and they're uncomfortable when seated. I normally get by with a small slip joint or a SAN Classic.
 
T. Erdelyi said:
Both and depending on my plans for the day will determine the combo, in the city it might be a necker tucked into my back pocket

asG6i03.jpg


and a lockblade, (usually Sebenza, ZT, Spyderco or Benchmade) and a traditional slipjoint pattern in my front pockets.

jylY0oG.jpg


dhbIpD4.jpg


Day's and places I can't carry concealed and have to leave the pistol home I'll take the custom Nealy Aikuchi

Ee5podJ.jpg


a large lockblade like a large Sebenza and a medium multi blade slipjoint or SAK. I'm partial to camper/scout/utility style knives in most cases and usually if not one of those a medium stockman or trapper than.

I always keep both handy and in my truck is also a larger folder/fixed blade paired with a multi-tool geared more towards bushcraft and emergency/survival situations.
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You have a nice collection there.
 
TheEdge01 said:
Hey guys, I didn't see a thread similar to this one posted, if it has and I overlooked it, please forgive me. I recently added fixed blades to my carry rotation. I usually carry one or the other, but today, I decided to carry both. Is your edc a folder or fixed blade, or do you usually carry both?
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I will carry a fixed more now the law is changing in Texas!.
 
Hoze928 said:
Carry folder at work since my company is pretty liberal where knifes are concerned don't want to scare anyone. On my days off always a 3 1/2 inch fixed blade so I can conceal carry all day long with no issues.
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Or, conservative where knives are concerned. If liberal on knife carry, anything would be allowed. You mean they are political Liberals, a distinction which only makes sense in the US.

Fixed for me these days: Dawson Mercury. A puukko of some variety, too. But I do like large folders like an Opinel N°10 or 12, Cold Steel Eland, Buck 110, and the like. And it's hard to spend a day working on the farm without the SAK Trekker.

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I usually carry a small fixed blade these days, but depending on my mood, I might go with a folder. Before that was the opposite, for about 8 years my usual EDC was a Kershaw Shallot composite with the ZDP-189(semi-retired now). And before that was fixed blades. Just phases I go thru. And I don't like to own knives that never get used, folder or fixed..
 
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