Good everyday carry knife?

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mike216

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hey guys just looking for some opinions on your favorite knife that you just carry around for your daily tasks? IF you have some suggestions for me im looking for a knife i can carry all day for work (landscaper,painter, odd jobs) in the same knife something i can take as my survival knife? any help is appreciated!!
 
A Buck Vantage Pro gives you an S30V blade for about $55. Inexpensive enough that if you trash it, you won't go broke replacing it. Well enough built that it will take a helluva lot to break it. Buck does a tremendous job on the S30V heat treat. Highly recommended.
 
Lots of great options. First question is how much do you want to spend? I am a Spyderco guy and I'm really liking the Paramilitary 2 right now. The Gayle Bradley if you are good about taking care of carbon steel and don't want something as pointy as the Para2. Superleaf is another good option. Griptilian and Vantage Pro as recommended above also great choices.
 
I've always been an Emerson kinda guy and I've carried a commander everyday for 8 years until I got a spyderco delica. It's small lightweight tough and has a nice edge outta the box. Now it's my go to folder and the esee izula is my fixed blade. Also small and tough with a solid edge.
 
I think that you need to give us some more information before we can give you optimum recommendations. how large of a blade do you want? what is your budget? do you have a lock type preference?
 
Sounds like you'd be better off with a small fixed blade; another vote for the ESEE Izula or maybe look at a Becker BK-14. Or you could just buy two new knives and get one for work and another for play... ;)
 
Again, it depends on how much you want to spend and how much blade you want. There are a lot of great choices out there. If you're looking at spending under $40, you'd be hard pressed to do better than a Spyderco Tenacious or Persistence. In case you don't know, they're part of Spyderco's Value line. Decent 8Cr13MoV steel (close to AUS8), G-10 handles, full flat ground blade, overall a solid knife, though they're a bit heavy for their size. The Tenacious has a 3-3/8" blade, the Persistence a 2-3/4" blade, but are otherwise similar.

If you're looking to spend more, you could spring for a Spyderco Delica/Endura with better VG-10 (or ZDP-189) blade steel and your choice of FRN (plastic), G-10, or stainless handles, or the aforementioned Benchmade Mini-/Griptilian.
 
A SAK or multi tool. I've opened paint cans with the screwdriver, cut limbs with the saw, opened cans with the can opener, trimmed my finger nails with the scissors, cleaned fish with the blade, opened wine bottles with the cork screw, drilled holes with the awl, pulled slivers with the tweezers,......,etc..
 
God, I have been on these forums too much. I'm like what ddoes he mean good everday carry knife ,then it hits me dahhhhhh edc jack@$$ . Wow do I feel dumb ,well atleast I can say its early . Anyways, xm 18!!!!
 
A great - and affordable - worker of a pocketable knife - which will also take care of many 'survival' chores - can be had for $27 at WallyWorld... a basic Buck 110. If money is no object, spend fifteen times as much and get a CRK Umnumzaan. Lots of choices 'in between'.

Stainz
 
Another vote for any of the buck Vantage series. Awesome knife for the money and you won't be disappointed.
 
All depends on how much you want to spend, and what you'll be using the knife for. Good knives can be had for as little as $30, and you can go up as much as you want from there. Pick something from any of the major names (Benchmade, Spyderco, Kershaw) and you can't go wrong.
 
I will carry a medium SAK even if I carry something else.

Since I do not know what is meant in this case by survival knife I assume it would be to serve to cut wood, clean game or fish, and maybe small trees or limbs for shelter. One of the fixed blade Bucks with a blade of 4-6 inch length would do the job. If you want to spend a lot of money go for it, but a traditional knife such as the Buck will do the job and not set you back over $50 -60.
I would not want a blade less than 4" and for heavy duty survival work a 5 or 6 inch would do better.

Personally one knife to be a pocket knife and survival knife would not suit me.
A SAK and fixed blade are necessary in my view.

Regards,
Jerry
 
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