EDC cycling through your collection

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ktataragasi said:
I personally have a difficult time with rotations. I either feel the duration is too short or too chaotic for me. I have done weekly or monthly carries and they either go really well or really poorly.

Recently I have only wanted to carry my Para 3. It just works for me and my life and the simplicity of just picking it up and going for the day has been great. I'm sure my mind will change again one day but since this is my second time back on this knife and just being totally captured by it, it really just made me take a pause with my collection. I also recently said I wouldn't sell my knives again but I think I'll be culling ones that just don't get picked up or used enough.

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I so understand you feelings with this. My hope is that after this latest buying and trying spree I seem to be on I’ll be back to just that knife you pick up everyday and never think about it.
I’ve a few more I want to try just to satisfy the knife nut in me.
 
Hmmm.... my knives are everywhere in the house.

In front of me as we speak is a Kershaw Scallion (Snap-On edition), a Mini Grip with custom scales and a little Buck 102 fixed blade...

Over there on the counter is a pile of others, and on the bar on the way out the door.... you guessed it... some more...

Sometimes it's what's on the dresser that gets tossed into my pocket while I'm getting dressed for the day... at the moment, I don't know what that is either...

I have a pile of knives, and whatever I grab when I'm thinking about filling my pockets is what makes it into the daily "rotation" I guess you'd call it.

This morning, I was late... I bolted out the door without a knife. So it was what occupied the car cup holder that ended up in my pocket today.

It's a customized Vic Rambler with copper scales. It's in the mud room where I stripped off my work clothes... so it'll probably end up tomorrow's EDC.

There's no rhyme and no reason to my daily knife pick... it's textbook Attention Deficit Disorder applied to cutlery selection.

But it works :cool:
 
My current system is a staggered EDC, purpose built, and specialty use collection with a few collector and curiosity pieces sprinkled in for good measure.

I rotate about 30 knives (fixed and folding) out to the EDC staging area of my desk. I regularly rotate knives in and out of that staging area and rotate EDCs among those knives. That saves me going through the entire collection every time I want to grab a knife. The knives at my desk cover every occasion from hard and light use EDC, formal occasion carry, yardening bushcraft (woodlot), and small fixed. Right now, the "staging area" has a bunch of Spiderco, Benchmade, Cold Steel, Zero Tolerance, Kizer, Boker, and Joker knives. There's even a QSP Penguin, Condor Urban Puukko, CRKT Ritual, and ESEE 4 handy.

There are a bunch of budget but functional fixed (Moras and Cold Steel) and folders that are designated as permanent room knives in the house and sheds. Having the designated room and work station knives helps me avoid having my nicer fixed knives beaten up around the house and yard, when anyone just needs to grab a knife to work with.

There are a bunch of knives that are designated for specialty use: carving, bushcraft, boating, fishing, etc.

There are also Maxpedia pouches to grab and go, with designated multi-tools and knives amongst tools for various hobbies and activities. It saves me a lot of time, to just grab a pouch and toss it in a pack or bag, instead of always loading and reloading small kit. I also rotate knives through the activity pouches.
 
rhino said:
We need to do typical profiles of the different styles of EDC knife selection. I'll bet there is a correlation between how someone selects their gear and vocation/avocation.
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My legal size EDC stuff. I replaced the black SE Native with the fancier fluted CF Native since I took that photo and I also have a black Pioneer now. I am semi retired. I don't really use any of these outdoors on my hobby farm.

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/how-many-knives-in-your-edc-rotation.1285896/post-20954335
 
kobold said:
I have permanent members in my rotation: Spyderco Chaparral, Vic Spirit, Pioneer, Cadet.

To this, once a month or so, I add a few knives from my collection to be used until they get dull or dirty: a small fixed blade knife, a 3", 3.5" and a 4" folder.
There always must be a Titanium framelock and something with a serrated blade.

I keep everything in a dedicated EDC tool roll, everything I might need without the analysis paralysis.
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I just got a Chaparral in carbon fiber - my first anything in carbon fiber or XHP. I hear it is a thin slicey knife, really thin, is that right?
 
kobold said:
Yes, it's thin as an Opinel at 2 mm. But with much, much better steel, lock, ergonomics, fit and finish and pocketability. I like saying the Chap is an Opinel done right.
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But then that implies an Opinel is done wrong! Opinels are amazing, the Chaparral is just better 😉
It should be arriving with the mail in a few hours and I am very excited to see it. I heard mixed things about the carbon fiber, how is it? Am hoping for some nice CF.
 
I have a hard time not keeping my Custom Emerson Gentleman Jim near me, and since their arrivals in recent months, I've found two that dominate my RFP: a blue Slim Midi Medford Marauder and what I call the "Merlot Shiro", a lowly F95NL. Both of these clock in at 15 thousandths behind the edge, and both are extremely well made. I actually will likely be selling off some of the collection previously considered permanent.

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Ever since my grandson gave me this Copperhead, it has been a true EDC. Haven't missed a day carrying it. It usually but not always has a companion. Along with it is variable. Often one of several possible SAK, sometimes a locking folder, which is typically a BM 940 or a large Inkosi. Occasionally Warhorse is the companion. A 55 makes it into the watchpocket relatively often too. Once in a blue moon it's the # 8 Opinel that was gifted to me what is becoming a long time ago. So, it;s a regular one plus a more or less random other. Fun!

Today it's a Spartan alongside the Case.3-25-22.jpg
 
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CHNeal said:
I so understand you feelings with this. My hope is that after this latest buying and trying spree I seem to be on I’ll be back to just that knife you pick up everyday and never think about it.
I’ve a few more I want to try just to satisfy the knife nut in me.
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I think I hit a burned out stage for the moment. Knives I purchased to scratch an itch or because I've been after one for a while just left me feeling meh. I'm definitely in the reevaluating stage and I'm going to go back to just a few main users again.
 
ktataragasi said:
I think I hit a burned out stage for the moment. Knives I purchased to scratch an itch or because I've been after one for a while just left me feeling meh. I'm definitely in the reevaluating stage and I'm going to go back to just a few main users again.
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The only thing that pushed me off of the I'm fine where I am was a desire to just add a larger utility folder to work above my Mnandis weight class. I really wanted to just by a Zaan and be done but nothing in my life can be that simple. Now here I am with an Eklipse off getting customized, Zaan in my pocket, Large Inkosi inbound and prowling the web looking fo a Large Damascus Sebenza…And honestly at 5 am this morning I was thinking the hell with this , just sell them all and move on with the Mnandi like you did everyday for the last 2 years.
 
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guy g said:
I'm retired and wear cargo pants , so I carry from the four food groups...
I have 7- 2 layer Vic's I change daily .
Modern folder.. CRK mostly my 21 or Classic MM.
Small traditional
Fixed blade, Horsewright Coyote 6 days and BRK Mini Canadian 1 day a week.
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This describes me in a way. I wear cargo/bdu pants to work and cargo pants/shorts when not at work. There is always a candiru tethered to my belt in my right front pocket. There is always a folder in the right side cargo pocket and normally a second fixed blade. The folder and second fixed blade varies depending on what I’m doing/where I’m going that day. The left side cargo pocket is for spare magazines for my edc pistol.

Bob Denman said:
Why choose a single knife?
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I think the biggest takeaway from this is that fixed blades > folders 😂
 
CHNeal said:
The only thing that pushed me off of the I'm fine where I am was a desire to just add a larger utility folder to work above my Mnandis weight class. I really wanted to just by a Zaan and be done but nothing in my life can be that simple. Now here I am with an Eklipse off getting customized, Zaan in my pocket, Large Inkosi inbound and prowling the web looking fo a Large Damascus Sebenza…And honestly at 5 am this morning I was thinking the hell with this , just sell them all and move on with the Mnandi like you did everyday for the last 2 years.
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The hunt for the one or the hunt for the thing you are after is what leads to my big buying sprees. But aside from my Para 3s there has been something about the other purchases that has just annoyed me. So I decided today I'm going to sell all but a few of my knives and just step back for a bit, enjoy the couple I decide to keep and really just try and put them to use.
 
ktataragasi said:
The hunt for the one or the hunt for the thing you are after is what leads to my big buying sprees. But aside from my Para 3s there has been something about the other purchases that has just annoyed me. So I decided today I'm going to sell all but a few of my knives and just step back for a bit, enjoy the couple I decide to keep and really just try and put them to use.
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That is an excellent plan.
 
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