EDC XIII Which knife or knives are you carrying today?

[jwh720]

 

[Matthew W.]

My favorite budget brand blades by far, KVT flipping action for thirty bucks! What’s not to love about that!

 

[alliuse]

 

[Filoso]

 

[evilgreg]

TFW when you have to throw on a tie and drive downstate so you grab the cute little Bugout and when you stop to snap a quick shot of it you realize the Bugout opened makes the little .380 you're pocketing for the day look even smaller than it is:

 

[rswanson]

Back to the 940 today. This knife has seen a lot of miles in my pocket.

 

[shinyedges]

 

[ty_higg]

 

[GuestWho101]

 

[Lapedog]

Adamas in my right pocket, Kershaw knockout in my left. Altitude in my backpack back at the station.

How you liking the Altitude? Hows it do for IWB carry? Seems kinda expensive for what you get.

Btw: this is Big Boss’s cqc knife in mgs3. A strider HT-S. It seems to me like Snake’s knife in MGS5 is likely based off a Madd Dog knife.

To keep things relevant here’s what I am carrying today:

 

[Llasi]

 

[cnm123]

 

[T. Erdelyi]

Back in the late 90s give or take a few years I picked up a carbon fiber handled knife by Gerber International. Gerber by the way was beginning the slide down that steep and slippery slope of shopping out their knives to save money by not having to make the knives , just design them.

That worked pretty good for awhile. Just look at the people that came out of Gerber's doors towards the end. Al Mar, Blackie Collins, Pete Kershaw just to name a few. These guys all moved on to much bigger and better things. Some great knives came from those guys too. The Silver Knight Series from Seki, the Paul Knives just to name a couple.

I love the original Silver Knights from the 70s the F&F were unparalleled by any production made Knife of the day. Gerber over the years has had some underrated knives the SL3.25 series was one of those knives. With an ATS34 blade, titanium liner lock and a range of available scales. G-10, Micarta, carbon fiber along with some other exotic materials.

These knives were great little blades. A gentleman’s knife for sure. Their timing coming to the market was wrong. I used to pick these up BNIB for less than $50. Nowadays they’re near impossible to find and sell for a fortune. If, you can find them that is.

I had the SL3.25CF and lost it only to find it after I’d bought a replacement. Not too soon after that I misplaced/lost it again. Never did find it again but I did have the spare. I keep lookin’ for them so if you see one you might wanna grab one and try it out. I’m pretty darn sure they’ll be all but impossible to get your hands on too soon, so find one if you can.

Here’s the last one I had, I’d highly recommend one.

Here it is with a ZT 0770CF and a Warren Thomas/Beretta Avenger with a VG10/CF laminated blade for size comparison.

So that’s what I’m carryin ‘ today.

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

G2

 

[miltmaldo]

 

[thefrank]

Having a proper micarta Monday here

 

[ChazzyP]

I didn't get around to a pic today as my old bones were achin' and I just kept pluggin' away. The pics are from last season doing siding on the shed addition to the studio conversion I did. Waterproofing and re-siding some small, critical areas on the same client's house now, so I guess the pics'll do.

 

[Spikediesel]

 

[RBid]

...aaannnNNNDDD STIIIIILLLLLLLLL!!!

One Knife November continues with the Wayfarer 247. The pocket clip came loose after wrestling with the fat pocket seams on the jeans I wear to work for the past month and change. I decided to get to thread locking it at max tension, because I happen to like it that way. This is a screw backed out to about a rotation away from being free from the threads. I love that. This is not a design you’re going to lose screws from. Those things are in deeeeep. One more aspect of this design and execution that’s a thing of beauty.

 

[rangersmiku]

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