Do you carry fixed blade as EDC ? if yes which one ?

[Charlie_K]

Take two.

 

[jbarsquat]

Yes I do. Any day that I’m not going to sit in the office. I carry a JK Element O1 EDC, the Kane model. It’s perfect for me! Three inch blade that is tough as all hell

 

[Lapedog]

Oh boy. Now you have done it, Sir. Now you have gone and done it.

Like most others here, I have an rotation of EDC gear I carry, depending on certain circumstances, such as personal tastes on the day in the question, the weather, and the like.

This is an assortment of every fixed blade I've carried at one time or another for EDC purposes, generally two or sometimes three at a time. KA-BAR, Cold Steel, Ontario, and Kershaw.

https://imgur.com/fiwumf8

And if someone knows the secret for posting a picture rather than a simple link, I'd be happy to hear it.

Here is a more concise description on how to post pics. Go to this link and read post number 11.

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/whats-with-please-email-for-pictures.1539365/

As for my edc fixed blades I sometimes carry one. It depends on my mood and the weather. Since I live in an urban setting I wear my fixed blades IWB. Thus it is very important to me how comfortable a fixed blade is to be carried in this way. Most times I carry using a static cord so I can move the sheath around as needed.

Also in colder weather when I wear a sweater or jacket I usually don’t carry an edc fixed blade because I have to lift those to access the blade. It is faster for me to just grab a folder out of my pocket, particularly a waved knife.

These are some awesome little fixed blades I carry as edc knives. The Perrin La Griffe is mostly only useful as a last ditch self defense knife, the Silent Soldier is way better as a utility/ self defense blade.

The Street Beat is also a great self defense/utility knife and has not only one of the most comfortable grips but for some reason is extremely comfortable to carry iwb as well. The Clinch Pick obviously only really has one use, though in an urban setting where I am not doing skinning it can double as a package opener or even apple peeler.

Here’s a couple more edc fixies that are great for carrying around the city.

 

[flatblackcapo]

Carried this one today.

 

[The Zieg]

Carried this one today.

What's the story on this one? It looks like a tactical cheese knife! Bad ass stilton slicer! Cheddar chopper! Limburger lacerator! Seriously, though, it is a good looking and obviously practical knife.

Zieg

 

[Rich50]

I carry my Ghostrike SOB.

 

[Ridley75]

Yes, when not in the office. A Fiddleback Forge Bushboot.

 

[TheFactor]

When I do it’s this little guy BRK Mini Bushcrafter

 

[Horsewright]

I carry this one, here used as a prop for this pic of this Carry Bag I made for this Sharps.

Here's how I carry it. I was modelling this pair of leggings I'd finish before shipping them off

It's one of my Gordo models with an elk handle. Compact, handy and easy to have with ya all the time. As a knife maker/leather craftsman and cattle rancher I use it multiple times daily for all sorts of tasks. Even though its small at 5.25"oal with a 2" blade I have yet to find it wanting. And it fits in my big ole meat hook hands well. As a roper both for work and in competition its an important safety item to have a knife I can get to quickly in case of a wreck. Here for real.

Here for fun. I've always got that little guy with me.

Here he's holding up my beer in a little cowboy bar in the middle of nowhere Arizona.

The wife EDCs a similar one.

And for the same reasons.

 

[d762nato]

That knife is a NYS from TK Steingass

I have them in black and white handles

That forearm is a S&W 350 PD that has a complete action job , deburrd hammer and Big Dot site

360 S&W Joe, an a real barn burner at that. I like it as of now I carry a 640 pro model all stainless with a trijicon front sight a little heavier but not as much recoil, and master tanto at times. I see what you mean though as we tend to carry way more than we shoot. So lighter in that aspect is better, nice piece though. Carry On

 

[b2edhmep]

BK 11 along with a Case yellow trapper.

 

[craytab]

Yesterday:

Lots of good pics in this thread:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/who-else-edcs-a-fixedblade.1319764/page-115

 

[The Zieg]

I carry this one, here used as a prop for this pic of this Carry Bag I made for this Sharps.

Here's how I carry it. I was modelling this pair of leggings I'd finish before shipping them off

It's one of my Gordo models with an elk handle. Compact, handy and easy to have with ya all the time. As a knife maker/leather craftsman and cattle rancher I use it multiple times daily for all sorts of tasks. Even though its small at 5.25"oal with a 2" blade I have yet to find it wanting. And it fits in my big ole meat hook hands well. As a roper both for work and in competition its an important safety item to have a knife I can get to quickly in case of a wreck. Here for real.

Here for fun. I've always got that little guy with me.

Here he's holding up my beer in a little cowboy bar in the middle of nowhere Arizona.

The wife EDCs a similar one.

And for the same reasons.

It's amazing how even a little cutter, like yours, that Mora Elrdris of @knarfeng, and so on, when sharpened well and correctly, can make short work of leather straps and rope. Now if I can only get my students and clients to start carrying knives for emergency use when they're riding! I guess they just haven't had to confront a need yet, but woe to them when they do and aren't prepared.

Zieg

 

[Horsewright]

Yep The Zieg , at times like those its a long ways back to the barn to grab that knife. Most working cowboys I know carry at least two or three, different ways so they can get to one no matter the wreck and hand they may or may not have free. I personally have cut three improperly tied horses out of wrecks, one pack horse that spooked on the trail due to thunder and lightening cracking immediately overhead, he runoff knocking the pack sideways on him when he hit a tree and one roper that got his dallys crossed badly. Stuff happens

 

[Yonose]

Driving through or working in the city I’ll edc a cheaper fb, like Ontario tak or cerberus(inside the belt). Outside the belt a mora robusta. Never got looks from the mora, even at a McDonald’s in NYC.

 

[hhmoore]

I saw a guy paying for his lunch at a restaurant and noticed he was wearing a fixed blade on his belt. I’m sure he had his reasons but I thought it was a little over the top. He didn’t look like no hunter. I carry a blade, of some sort, all the time but I’m always very discreet.

What does looking like a hunter have to do with carrying a fixed blade? I often carry a fixed blade when I'm out and about during the day. Sometimes in a pocket sheath, sometimes horizontal, sometimes vertical (handle up), sometimes inverted...sometimes completely concealed; but I rarely put much effort into ensuring that.
Was this knife that you thought was over the top particularly large? Or was it just that you felt he should have been more discreet?

 

[The Zieg]

Driving through or working in the city I’ll edc a cheaper fb, like Ontario tak or cerberus(inside the belt). Outside the belt a mora robusta. Never got looks from the mora, even at a McDonald’s in NYC.

The Mora Robust is positively bombproof and cuts anything. I read they're as common as hardhats on Swedish construction sites.

Zieg

 

[The Zieg]

Yep The Zieg , at times like those its a long ways back to the barn to grab that knife. Most working cowboys I know carry at least two or three, different ways so they can get to one no matter the wreck and hand they may or may not have free. I personally have cut three improperly tied horses out of wrecks, one pack horse that spooked on the trail due to thunder and lightening cracking immediately overhead, he runoff knocking the pack sideways on him when he hit a tree and one roper that got his dallys crossed badly. Stuff happens

Stuff does, indeed. Y'all tend to use split reins, obviously, but in the classical, Spanish, and cavalry horse environment I work in, we use buckled reins. And so many riders take the reins over the horse's head to lead them. I don't make a big deal about it anymore, but I have seen so many horses take that two or three feet of rein, get a little head start, run off, then get tangled up in the reins. Busted reins, bruised mouth, strap burns, and no knife to cut the horse loose!

I'm sure we could jaw like this forever.

Zieg

 

[Horsewright]

Yes we digress, sorry OP. Around here its a rawhide braided romel rein, so a closed loop with a romel, a Californio\buckaroo\vaquero thing. We never lead by the rein. One, we don't want to turn our high port bridle bits over in the horses mouth possibly causing injury. Two, we spent years getting those horses mouths just so, so at best we could screw a lot of that up, at worst one of the leading wrecks like ya mentioned again probable injury to the horses mouth Three, some of these reins are stupid expensive. So we use a get down rope. Here my wife is holding my horse while Stan and I are fixing fence. A guy crashed his plane on the ranch and rescue crews made lots of holes trying to find him. They were too late.

Ya can see my reins are wrapped around my horn and she is holding Sonny by the get down rope. Nothing interferes with his mouth. Talk about stupid expensive. Stan could buy about five of those Glock 19s he's carrying for what her reins cost. Happy wife, happy life. Which brings us back to knives. We're all carrying my knives in a crossdraw sheath which is handy for another reason. We're also all carrying sidearms strongside. Stan his Glock, Nichole has her Colt Mustang and I'm carrying a Springfield EMP. I usually carry something heavier on the ranch but when you are getting up and down a lot fixing fence, that big Smith 610 becomes a brick on the belt as Joe mentioned.

 

[flatblackcapo]

What's the story on this one? It looks like a tactical cheese knife! Bad ass stilton slicer! Cheddar chopper! Limburger lacerator! Seriously, though, it is a good looking and obviously practical knife.

Zieg

Haha, you forgot slayer of Swiss. It's something I made a few years ago, I named it the Moe. I designed it to be a easy carry, hard use work knife.