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Seeing as how I used to do a ton of posts a day and now I mostly browse/read, I decided I'd do some posting today. My edc has evolved a lot over the years. My first knife I EDC'd (not owned) was a victorinox minichamp (the older one, without the phillips, i got it about 12 years ago). Carried that for a number of years until i got my next EDC. It was a benchmade ascent in 154cm (my first quality knife). Carried that a few years and then fell into i believe my buck tool. That was my first pliers based multi tool. My dad bought me that. I used it until it flopped around. Then my grandfather bought me a CRKT m16-03 (pre lawks) with aluminum scales. I then remember really educating myself on knives. I was a knife fanatic, but in a different sense than i am now. I then aquired a spyderco sharpmaker, a few tools to disassemble and service knives and a more general knowhow of knives and brands. I think my longest EDC was a toss up between my m16 and my ascent. Then over the years i carried a victorinox super tinker and a few odd knives. Up until recently i had become such a knife fanatic that i had a hard time finding or choosing knives i liked. I would buy knives on the hope that it would be used and carried, but i found myself carrying randomly and using less often. I'd say that was my main EDC. I owned a ton of knives, but i don't consider them EDC if they aren't carried almost every day! Oh, and a schrade simon somewhere in that mix. So years went by and i wasn't really carrying like i used to, but was still buying. I got a benchmade griptilian in a partially serrated edge due to the uproar of people on here praising it. The local shop didn't offer a plain edge and i hadn't really bought knives offline at that point. I think that may have been my next edc, but i wasn't crazy about the P.S. edge. My swisstool came with me when i went fishing, so i guess that was an edc. I had also been interested in flashlight, but not like i have been in the past few years. So in the last few years i've EDC'd a Swisschamp, Swisstool and Camper from victorinox. A spyderco caly3 in zdp189 and a timberline kelly worden large tactical. Up until recently, these knives were carried on a weekly, not daily basis. This christmas came around and i got my ultimate EDC, that had i got years ago, would be plenty worn in by now. I got a leatherman surge with a bit adapter and bit kit, a spyderco military plain edge, and a streamlight microstream. For my birthday a few months after christmas my girlfriend bought me a spyderco salt 1 which i throw into the mix when i need it, it's my only fully serrated knife. So there's how my EDC has progressed and where it is now. I see my current EDC being my EDC for the next few years at least, this is the longest i've stuck with a specific edc, and not being in school has made it easier to get back to carrying daily. Oh, and now i also carry an iphone in an otterbox defender case, which has also had a positive impact on my daily life! 