EDC XIII Which knife or knives are you carrying today?

Have to put this guy up this week-end.

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Got a day off today, so I'm sitting on the couch watching old war movies and enjoying these three fine knives. :D

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XM-24, Guardian 5.5, Nymble (and a Malkoff MDC 16650)

Every year or two I rethink my primary woods knife. For a couple years it was the excellent Ontario Blackbird SK-5; that one now lives strapped to my bug-out bag. I went super-minimal next, with a tiny Cold Steel fixie for one trip and a crappy Leatherman-alike for the next, and hated them both. Then for a season I used a splendid Ahti-made Puukko, which was super lightweight and easy to carry. Next, I swung the pendulum the other way and rolled with a Busse SHE2. Man, I loved that knife! But for my needs, it was just too large and heavy.

Gearing up for this year's camping and hiking, I first tried an ESEE-4 with contoured G10 scales. That knife is a staggeringly good deal, but juuuust close enough to being too small for my hand that I knew I wouldn't love it in actual use. So I decided to shell out the extra dough for the Bradford Guardian 5.5, which is exactly what I wished the ESEE-4 were (for me).

I called them to see if I could pick it up in person, since I'm practically next door; sadly, they don't do that. Then they called me just before shipping with a question about my address. Super nice folks to chat with, and this knife is outstanding. Great OEM sheath, too. :)

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