Explain some of your EDC drawer (with picture/s please)

RogueBowie

RogueBowie

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I don't know about you guys but every morning when I wake up after I shower and get dressed I hit my EDC drawer to pick out what I will carry that day. To follow is a picture of mine with a brief rundown of what choices I make depending on my day's plans, I would love to see what your daily library of EDC choices is and some of the philosophy behind it.

Here is mine, this is not EVERY knife/milti-tool/etc that I own, just the ones I rotate a lot. And yes, they share a drawer with my running shorts, space is limited when you live with your GF!:
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Knives:
(Folders)
-Ontario Rat-1, when I want a heavy duty folder that is also a beater
-Spydie Pacific Salt, for beach days/snorkeling and when I go running/work out
-Spydie PM2, I carry this one on day hikes/outdoors
-Spydie Manix2, when I think I might be in a bad neighborhood and want the option of using my knife for SD in emergency
-Spydie Delica4, lightweight utility tasks, when I might be slicing something that day (food, etc)
-BM Mini-Barrage, when I just feel like carrying a snappy AO blade for fun :D Also great utility blade
-Kershaw Leek, I keep mine clipless. It is my go to when I am in places that I don't want a knife clip sticking out
-BM Mini Grip 555, one of my favorite ultra-light utility knives
-Spydie Dragonfly2, when I want a knife that I won't notice in my pocket, also used as a back up when I carry large knives and I want one that I can pull out without scaring the people I am around

(Fixed)
-Becker BK-14 w/ Godspeed! sheath and Ka-Bar zytel scales, favorite day hike knife
-Becker BK-13, my favorite pocket scalpel, keep it on me when I'm around the house for opening packages and other light duty knife stuff

Lights:
-4Sevens Quark Mini 123, when I don't have extra pocket room for my bigger light
-Fenix LD12, my preferred EDC light when I have pocket space for it (cheaper batteries and I prefer a click button light)
(I also keep a Steamlight Nanolight on my keychain at all times as a backup)

Multi-Tool:
-Currently only that little LM Squirt PS4, used to rock a LM Juice S2 but it started to feel to bulky and I now keep it in the pouch for my Becker BK-16. Thinking about picking up a SAK soon to rotate with the LM.

Watches:
-Casio G-Shock Xlarge, 99% of the time I wear this as it can take a beating and still look nice
-Timex Expedition, cheap a** watch but it looks nice IMO, I use this for dressier occasions
(I can't afford nice watches as I spend all my money on knives :D)

Last but not least the BM Torx driver set so that I can adjust a knife if I have to before I head out for the day.

Sorry I know this was a long post, please post up your EDC selection (even if it's not in a drawer) and explain your philosophy! Thanks again.
 
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Here are my EDC knives. After collecting watches and rotating them I decided to try that with my EDC knives as an experiment. This means carrying one knife for a week, then going to the next knife in line for the next week, etc.

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And here is my rotation of watches:

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Alright I'll bite.

This is not my daily drawer but my edc blades. I'm currently in the process of thinning out the junk... (this is an older pic)

Watches and lights are above the knives. SAKs, leathermans and fixed blades, as well as some knife tools are below.

Spydercos and Kershaws are mostly in the rotation latley - and the Buck Vantage.

This toolbox is a perfect solution for the collection. Check your local craigslist - that's where I got mine for short money.

Carry on! -M@tt

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You guys are making my Ikea drawer looks sad with your fancy Jumanji boxes and tool drawers. I need to spend my next knife money on a new EDC box...
 
I don't have a drawer, but a china cabinet with my knives. Its in my room, but it is too tall and dark to take a picture, so Ill explain it.
Bottom of the cabinet is hatchets
Next "panel" up is nicer knives like Kershaws, my Benchmade, SAKs, old knives that were given to me, CASE, and better Fit and Finish cheaper knives.
Next "panel" up is Winchesters and cheaper knives that I don't mind using.
I stand there for what seems like forever deciding. :)
I have an old file cabinet in the corner of my room that is really cheap stuff like Frost knives and off-brand stuff that I can abuse a bit. I don't wanna take up cabinet space for my better knives. They're not worth displaying. :D
 
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This is m current EDC drawer.

Small CRKT snap lock I use as a money clip
ZT 560
Strider SMF stone wash in coyote brown
Kershaw E.T.
Sage 2 (Lots of EDC use)
Soem cheap S&W knife use it in the garden
ZT 300 ( use it when I need to club something or some one)
BM 581 my casual edc knife
Another cheap S&W knife I use for opening up knife packages
Tanto Blur
SOG Flash II ( I use this knife alot at work makes a nice pencil sharpener)

Torx drivers fro adjusting
Nano Oil and Locktite for maintenance
a small strop with Flitz on it for quick edge touch ups
Cheap Harbor freight Flash light I get for free when the battery die I go get a new one seems like I get a coupon for a free flash lite every week or 2
The Box is a Gerstner Red Oak rolling box I use for knife and gun cleaning, tools and supplys
 
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This only represents 2/3 of what I had 3 months ago...I've been refining my knives down to what I actually carry. For the record, I typically carry my M390 millie/one of my ZT 056x/ or one of my CRK knives although I do like to switch it up from time to time with a Kershaw or M.O.D. or BM.
 
Man, my knives are so scattered... Here are a couple pics of this weeks night stand knives I've been admiring before I go to sleep. Lol, look out, its dusty here in the South West USA:p
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Wow. My little collection looks weak. Anyways, here's mine. It's actually this little shelf on top of my desk, not a drawer.
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Nothin wrong there Minibear, your knives all look well carried and used. I need to stop buying new knives and give more attention to the ones I have.

Trail Edge, nice Kershaw Oso Sweet! My buddy has one and it is an amazing knife for the price. If I ever see one in stores I am going to pick one up.
 
this is just about everything I carry, thought I've been stuck on the TOTM for a good few months now, so many of them haven't been getting much use.

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I bought one of these today:

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Victorinox Tinker. I've been getting nostalgic for SAK's lately and decided to pick one up, man what a great value this thing was for like 25 bucks.
 
RogueBowie said:
Trail Edge, nice Kershaw Oso Sweet! My buddy has one and it is an amazing knife for the price. If I ever see one in stores I am going to pick one up.
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I really like that blade too, but I haven't really carried it as a user yet


RogueBowie said:
I bought one of these today:
Victorinox Tinker. I've been getting nostalgic for SAK's lately and decided to pick one up, man what a great value this thing was for like 25 bucks.
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Those vics are nice knives. I carry a vic classic sd everyday along with a leatherman and typically a spyderco para 2
 
There's nothing wrong with your setup Timberweasel, I've got two of those boxes at home too!


I'm still trying to come up with a secure system for storage/display that works for me; here's the current setup:

Old silverware box for smaller edc knives:
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Mostly bigger stuff in the bottom drawer:
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Close-up:
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