EDC XIII Which knife or knives are you carrying today?

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Started the day taking the pup on a long walk. Ended up stopping by the park for some off leash time.
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After the walk my wife and I dropped off the kid at a friends house and finished up Christmas shopping. I’m not a people person so I take multiple car breaks. Here’s my carry for today. Same as always.
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I didn't get around to posting this weekend, partly due to the rare occurrence of hosting home games on Saturday as well our our usual Sunday. My gym set-up was different too, starting this weekend, due to issues with the pull-out stands that required a bit of thought and extra time getting that to fit our preferences. I never got any knife pics and those few I could find of the weekend's carries were seasonally inappropriate with warm weather backgrounds, so I shot some this morning both of the last two days' carries and more for today's, which I'll post separately.

Anyway, I have a number of knives from well-known custom makers that come from their mid-tech lines which afford me the chance to own something by celebrated makers who've designed and had their hands on for at least some of the process without the expense of a full custom. It also enables me to have a knife to use and not fear marking up rather than something that's more of a collectible and investment. Saturday and Sunday were Gerry McGinnis days--his ProLine Valve came from his shop with all work done by him and his dad other than the blade grind which was outsourced. The Sprocket with its CF show side, on the other hand, is from Monterey Bay Knives, made entirely overseas, and is really a production knife with Gerry responsible only for the design. It's ok, but the difference in feel and material appearance between a hands-on piece and one outsourced by MBK is tangible.

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Second post in a row--today's carry another from a custom maker's mid-tech offerings, this one the Tolk from Brad Southard's Performance Series. Reading through the text at Brad's website I don't believe there's any outside work on these knives, the difference being that there's likely CNC or other automated work involved rather than Brad's totally handmade approach to his customs. As you can plainly see there are plenty of wear marks on this one and I'm glad to carry and use this precisely made piece with its comfortable handle and thin-behind-the edge CTS-XHP blade.

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