How Many Knives In Your "EDC" Rotation

This pair of Rob Dalton custom Southern Cross folders, back from some TLC by Rainy Vallotton.



 
Honestly.. out of what I have at this moment.. 3. Boker Plus Urban Trapper, Benchmade 3150 Impel, CRKT Squid Black Stonewash.

I have a couple I plan to carry on the way, a Reate Hills anodized Blue/Purple and a Purple Sprint Spyderco Dragonfly. =]

So 3, but soon to be 5.

And honestly, it's not so much a rotation as it is a random picking. I just grab what I feel like carrying that day and carry it. =]
 
5 currently: 2 Benchmades for the left-hand pocket (for fast deploy and ease of closure, as a lefty the Axis is the way to go), 3 Spydercos for the right-hand pocket (when I want slicing power, I go FFG). I also have 4 1xAAA flashlights I will carry with the knives, and a bolt-action pen as well.

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I carry one all the time a Tinker SAK, I rotate 4 others. ZT 350, Kershaw Cryo, Kershaw Tension and a Schrade 303M
 
CRK Small PJ Sebenza 50% GOAT
Quiet Carry Drift 15 35% Only had it a month, time will tell but it’s outstanding so far!!!!!
CRK Large Inkosi Tanto, 10%
ABW Model 1 V6 5% Extremely underrated and relatively unknown, USA made as well, and don’t mind putting this through really dirty jobs
We Esprit, thought this was going to replace all my favorite edc knives but despite all the amazing things about it, I just don’t carry it that often, maybe it’s fact that the titanium gets slippery when wet, sweaty or just from the oil on my hands?????
Biggest shock of all is that I don’t carry my Benchmade 940-1(partially serrated) hardly ever anymore and it use to get 90% pocket time for about 10 years straight.

Honorable mentions
Para 3 Cruwear
Cold Steel AD-10 and Recon 1
Falkniven F-1 Pro
Tuya Kingsman, maybe the greatest open and hydraulic close action EVER!!!!!
GEC 38 orange jigged bone, Dead Sexy..yeah Baby.
ACE Iona
If I ever grow a pair of balls, I’ll buy a second CKF Evo 2.0 and actually carry it. My current one only gets fondled and admired…..every night.
 
About 11. Always with me:

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I will sell the black SE Native and the Urban Trapper lives on my desk as a letter opener, but I carry the rest. The SwissCard is in my wallet.
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Fixed blades:

Bark River PSK, ULB, Mini Tundra, Fallkniven WM1, and a Ruike Hornet as a beater is always in my backpack.
 
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Yep, another resurrected thread… I almost replied to one of CMs posts before I payed attention to the date.
I rotate about 20 normal knives and 10-15 working knives. My working knives are carried at least a month each, whether the “Normal” knives I would rotate every day, depending on what mood I am 😂
I probably have 2-3 knives at me at any given moment, besides the additional at least 2-3 various folders and fixed blades I keep in the vehicles.
 
How many EDC knives?
The list varies from, "Too many to count", and, "The list grows faster than I can keep up with !"
As of today: it's probably just over 30...
 
Right now I have 6 that I regularly cycle through. I wear a suit for work so I have three for that specific purpose. On the weekend I will usually carry something more substantial depending on what I am doing.
 
For the last year, since December 2020, and counting I have carried the same knife as an EDC. Prior to that I switched between 3-4 knives. Carry one for a few months and then switch it out with another one.
 
I don't have a rotation. I have one or two knives I carry that are suitable for the daily tasks depending on what work I'm doing.

Casual day: Ruike P662-B
Working in the office: Victorinox Recruit
Working in the field: Leatherman Blast or cheap Leatherman knock off if I've had to travel by plane to get there in case the baggage handlers have sticky fingers
 
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