How long is the blade of your EDC folder?

How long is the blade of your EDC folder?

  • Under 3 inches

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  • Between 3 and 4 inches

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  • Between 4 and 5 inches

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  • 5 or more inches long

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fireincairo

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Just curious what people typically carry. I'm loving a couple of smaller Benchmade folders I have (just under 3 inches), but kinda feel like I'd like something with a blade between 3 and 4 may be more useful. Then I think that if I wanna carry something regularly for personal protection I'd want something even bigger (4+ inches), and a bit intimidating.

Just wondering what you guys carry and if you don't mind posting why that would be great.
 
Problem is I usually carry multiple knives at once of different sizes. I always have a Vic MiniChamp with me...always. But, I also have a Sebenza and either a BM 581 Barrage/BM 930 Kulgera on me as well. My backpack goes everywhere with me since I take my laptop everywhere and I keep a Leatherman Surge and BM 141 Nimravus, so they're usually always with me as well. I guess I'll have to say three to four inches on average.

It's even more of an average when my Estwing hatchet is with me.
 
I have no folders over 4" (any longer and I'm thinking a fixed blade is better) and consider around the 3" mark to be the 'sweet spot' for EDC. It's long enough to handle things like food prep (likesay, cutting an apple or sammich in half without getting food gunk in the pivot) but small enough to have good blade control for finer tasks. I don't really carry a knife for self-defense (to do so is illegal where I live) but I think any knife can be used in this capacity in a last ditch scenario.
 
i always EDC a serrated Wenger SAK and a larger one handed folder today was a Spyderco Manix 2

i think it depends on what one does everyday tho, if i worked in an office or not knife friendly place, i would want under 3 without a doubt. there has been plenty of times pulling out my knife, and people are blown away?!?! "why do you need that big knife? " lol
 
pretty much carry a SAK Tinker and a kabar-dozier folding hunter daily. the folding hunter is 3" and the tinker is 2 5/8"
 
I carry different sized knives depending on where I'm going/what I'm doing. I often carry a 2" blade at work cause it's more sheeple friendly, and I'm technically not supposed to carry since they have a no weapons pollicy, and knives are listed as such.

4" is about the largest I carry in public, which I often do. I cannot legally carry a firearm, but I figure my Spyderco Miliary would at least offer some options in a pinch, pluss it's just a great knife for most any daily tasks that I have.


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It depends on the knife. All of my knives are in the 3" to 4" range (folders). Plus a miniscule Spyderco Lady Bug. Smallest non-Lady Bug is probably my Delica. Largest is my Military.
 
There's a redundancy in the poll. I carry a spyderco military, which comes in at 4" even. do I pick 3-4", or 4-5"?
 
I voted between 3 and 4 inches but actually mostly carry a knife with a blade between 2 7/8" and 3 1/8 inches.

My Benchmade 556 Mini Griptilian has become my EDC of late --2 7/8" blade.

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My GEC 721110 Scout Lockback's blade is 3 1/8" long.

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If for some reason I wnat to carry something with a long blade, I'll carry my Spyderco Renegade with 4" Blade.

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All my EDC knives are 3.5 - 4 inches in blade length......my personal protection is .40!!
 
My EDC is a Spyderco Millie for about 15 years or so.
I have lost one, blew a hole in one also, cutting a live wire, but always get another one..4 inch blade for me every day!!
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The vast majority of my modern folders are 3". I have a few at 3.5" that carry like smaller knives so get carried sometimes (Caly 3.5, BM 940) and just a couple larger ones that only get carried if I know there's lots of work they'll be doing (Ti/G10 Military, Large Insingo, Gayle Bradley).
 
Most of my edc knives are in the 3.5-4.0" range. Usually nothing smaller. I like big knives.
 
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