Carothers EDC2 Initial impressions LIVE (& overly long) video

Thank you for taking the time to review my work. Being a carpenter who's really going to use the knife, that's the sort person I like to see with them. I think you mentioned paying $330 in the video and feeling we're not very value oriented. Please keep in mind the EDC (in micarta) sold for $255. While that's not cheap I really feel it's a good bang for the buck for a knife of this caliber.

Your hands, being extra large, may not be an ideal fit for that particular grip. Being a belt carry EDC we were concerned about keeping the grip footprint under your shirt to a minimum so the handle was kept compact without extra length to it. A more typical hand, closer to a 50% percentile, makes pretty good sense with this handle shape where the spine side of the handle is longer than the edge side (that shape wasn't done for looks) because that is how your hand is shaped (wider on the back of the knife than the front), but an extra large hand won't fit it that way so this might not be intuitive to you. Your big hands might be better served with a Field Knife. The FK2 costs a little more than an EDC, at $307, but that includes shipping and I consider that to be pretty affordable for a performance oriented piece.

I saw you mention the CRK Sebenza in comparison. That's a great knife, I carry one, it's a fantastic all-around-piece. But it doesn't have the best edge retention and it isn't especially tough, it can take some damage if you wail on it. When you go to put that EDC to hard work you'll see our metallurgy is in a different class. That EDC will tolerate use that you might not be accustomed to subjecting your knives to, and its ability to maintain an edge in rough use is among the best in the industry. This edge stability allows us to run the edge geometry more narrow than typical. Our edge might look thick to you because the edge bevel goes up pretty high, but this is due to an 18 DPS edge angle where other knives you might be comparing it to might be more obtuse so their edge bevel doesn't go up as high. I think you'll appreciate this difference when you start cutting things with it. Our EDC fixed blade is one of the thinnest rough use knives in the industry.

I hope we hear your impressions once you've had a chance to put some miles on it.
 
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Thank you Nathan! I’m sure you know one dude’s opinion and especially initial impression is subjective. Yes $255 is a steal for the EDC! So far I really dig the knife as much as any small fixed blade I’ve owned. I like compact knives and so far I wouldn’t make the handle any different even with XL hands. All design has compromise built in with the ideals. Today I put my favorite bead on it which says a lot! The Bead is an Atwood Mega Lanslide.
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I've gotta chime in this time on the EDC 2. We recently completed (well 90% anyway) our complete kitchen renovation and I decided to stop worrying about using the EDC and USE it. Stripped wire insulation jackets, cut sheetrock, scraped adhesive off the granite backsplash, unboxed all the cabinets, opened the flooring packages, enlarged holes in some wood studs, sharpened pencils, scored cut lines, cut insulation, made sandwiches, pried out elect box knockouts, levered over some trim into place, backcut some of the crown molding, punched out some sheetrock holes, chamfered plastic pipe, and so on. A few passes with a ceramic rod and the edge was GTG again, not a mark on the blade itself after all that. A few very minor scratches on the scales but I have extras anyway so who cares (now if I could only get Tero scales:(). Never got a hot spot anytime (I have size 10-11 hands) so the size was a good fit. I had replaced the stock vertical sheath (which I really like btw) with an AZ Welke on an extended length drop as that fell right to hand in and out. I didn't worry about abusing the knife, everything indicated it could take it. Passed with flying colors. Now I just have to line up something for the FK to do.
 
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I've gotta chime in this time on the EDC 2. We recently completed (well 90% anyway) our complete kitchen renovation and I decided to stop worrying about using the EDC and USE it. Stripped wire insulation jackets, cut sheetrock, scraped adhesive off the granite backsplash, unboxed all the cabinets, opened the flooring packages, enlarged holes in some wood studs, sharpened pencils, scored cut lines, cut insulation, made sandwiches, pried out elect box knockouts, levered over some trim into place, backcut some of the crown molding, punched out some sheetrock holes, chamfered plastic pipe, and so on. A few passes with a ceramic rod and the edge was GTG again, not a mark on the blade itself after all that. A few very minor scratches on the scales but I have extras anyway so who cares (now if I could only get Tero scales:(). Never got a hot spot anytime (I have size 10-11 hands) so the size was a good fit. I had replaced the stock vertical sheath (which I really like btw) with an AZ Welke on an extended length drop as that fell right to hand in and out. I didn't worry about abusing the knife, everything indicated it could take it. Passed with flying colors. Now I just have to line up something for the FK to do.
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let’s see the AZ Welke pants!
 
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