Budget, Middle of the Road, or High-End Custom, Which Is Your Choice for EDC?

What price knife do you EDC?

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From reading the posts for many years it is obvious that some folks are looking for $25 knives, other for $725 knives, and some like me are in the middle of the pack with my Gayle Bradley 1 EDC for about $150. So I'm an independent middle of the road knife owner.

I'm curious to know what price level most of the majority of BF folks' EDC carry price range is. What do favor, Low, Medium, or High?


 
No matter how many times I try I keep going back to a Kabar Dozier. So count me as budget.
 
$150 is a lot closer to budget than middle, based on the numbers you listed... even more so when we allow that $725 isn't really high end. (I've seen a number of $2k-3k+ listed recently.) That isn't to say own anything that expensive; I'm just acknowledging the reality.
I'll still put myself in the middle category... at say 150-400, for modern folders and fixed blades.
 
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Fairly middle of the road I'd say.
I'm gonna be buying a Hinderer soon, and that is probably touching on the higher end part of the spectrum.
 
I rather buy a few quality knives than have any amount of budget knives. With that said, Some budget knives are decent and worth having around just in case.

Overall Heat treatment matters, geometry matters, being a quality tool matters.
 
My favorite one-two punch is a socom elite and olamic 247. A few years ago I would consider those high end knives and baby them, but I use them like I would any knife, maybe push the socom harder than any folder I've owned before and it takes the punishment with a smile.
 
For the last 6 months I carry PM2, so it is middle of the road.
But it also has a lot to do with the one´s perspective. For J jceckrosh is middle of the road Umnumzaan, which is for me deffinitely a high end knife.
 
My current range for frequently carried and used is $150-$375. I have a custom EZC coming soon, so the top end of the range will go up. Still, the least expensive knife that I frequently carry is my favorite knife of all time (may change with EZC), and it’s the only knife I’ve bought two of (probably a third soon) — the Keen.
 
Budget, except for special occasions like weddings, nice dinner out, etc. I find that, for most of my day to day uses (minimal), there's no need for me to be concerned about losing a really nice knife; it does happen. :eek:
 
I voted middle but 2 out of the 3 knives I EDC are budget (SAK Farmer and CRKT Minimalist Bowie) - wish I could find those two in a higher grade steel that will hold edge longer.
 
I'm normally a middle of the road guy, but I carry based upon what I'm doing/expected to do. I don't have a museum collection...I use mine although I really appreciate some amazing collections on here.

I have no problem carrying a $20 knife one day and carrying a $400 one the next. I will say though, that when I reach up into the price-level of knife where I cringe or avoid using the knife to prevent damage, I'll usually sell it or move on.
 
SharpPancake said:
For the last 6 months I carry PM2, so it is middle of the road.
But it also has a lot to do with the one´s perspective. For J jceckrosh is middle of the road Umnumzaan, which is for me deffinitely a high end knife.
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I used middle of the road since I personally have more expensive knives and some less expensive, but also as an overall perspective on how high the ceiling goes. For many of us, I realize a $450 knife would be on the high side.
 
Depends on my planning of the day.
Mostly a rotation between a SAK, the Spyide Shaman, a Seb or a custom fixed blade.
So anywhere between $25 to stupid
 
I think many people are going to have different interpretations of those three categories. For me l, budget is 50 and below, mid-range is probably from there to around 150, and high end is anything over 200. I don't own anything high end, and have only owned maybe half a dozen over $100, in the 12 years I've been collecting. That said, I fall in the budget range, but look at blade geometry, blade and handle size, pocketability, round corner, smooth lines, and maybe HRC as influencing factors. I am less a steel snob these days than I was a decade ago. My main carries are SAKs, small traditionals, occasionally a pocket carried neck knife.
 
budget is good enough, I am carrying a Rat I D2. Compare to others in the same line, it's lighter and edge durability is longer.
 
Hello,

For me the 3 that get rotated are my para 3, Large Sebenza, and a custom McNees Dixon. So I would say I have an “upper middle class” carry.
 
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Is high-middle a thing? I like them to feel a bit special, but not be so absurdly priced that I refrain from actually using them.
 
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