Just Wondering What is Your Guys Favorite EDC in the 100 - 200$ price range

I don't have a lot in that range but my paramilitary 2 and caly 3.5 are both really nice. The caly carries easier and the pm2 is more fun with a more substantial handle. Both cut very well.
 
Pm2 and G10 Dragonfly 2 although lately I've been giving my Smith and Sons Mudbug a lot of pocket time as well
 
My tastes are pretty straightforward - Sage 1 for office carry, Para 2 for weekend carry, Salt 1 for workout carry. Rinse, wash, repeat.
 
Benchmade 746 Lum mini, 531 Pardue, any Presidio or mini Griptilian, a custom 2-1/2" fixed I have on the way.

The Lum is incredible.
 
Benchmade de-assisted 581 Barrage.

The Paramilitary 2 will be the most mentioned by far. It is a very good knife. However my PM2 has sat unused for almost a year. It's a pocket hog (like most Spydercos) and the aggressive G10 ripped up quite a few pockets in a short amount of time. I'll take the hand (not pocket) filling ergos, and cutting ability of my 581 over most sub $200 folders.
 


Benchmade 943 that I modified a bit. Took the blue back spacer off my 940, and polished the clip and all of the hardware. Beautiful to me and its my idea of the perfect edc.
 
GEC #92 Eureka Jack

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$100 to $200 is my sweet spot for folders and I've got quite a few I like in that price range. But right now I'd have to give the nod to my Kizer Laconico Gemini. Ray Laconico is one of my favorite knife designers and Kizer did him proud with the Gemini. Every time I flip it I get big grin on my face. :D

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My extremely limited-run Victorinox Alox Pioneer in Copper with red shield and no bail on it. Super rare little knife, and the knife that, if I'm honest with myself, I ACTUALLY carry more than any other one, because it is always in my back pocket, and never gets rotated out like some of my other main knives for EDC.

Also, at this point the only knife I still EDC that is less than $200...which I should probably do something about...
 
My edc creeps just over the 200 mark (Emerson cqc-13), but a cqc-7 (tanto or drop point) is in your stated range and a great choice. There are a few Emersons that fit in that range--albeit, they are an acquired taste, but other than traditional folders (GEC), all I care to carry. For fixed, Busse & Kin, the smaller ones can be had for below 200, though they typically exceed that mark.
 
in that price range ZT0350 M390 is my fav... second choice would be DPX HEST Milspec
 
I've carried Spydercos off and on for years--Endura, Delica, PM2, Gayle Bradley, Centofante 3. All absolutely wonderful knives. Been getting into Benchmades lately--940, 710, Hk Axis and 908/909 Stryker all have been favorites in the 3.5-4 inch range. No matter which of these I'm carrying, I've always carried a small folder in pocket--the Spyderco Dragonfly is my overall favorite.
 
I have three that I carry routinly in that price range. I like them so much I boxed up all my other knives.

An Emerson Mini CQC 15, a Spyderco Military and a Paramilitary 2.

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Cool,I thought it was just me.I see some for sale already used and I'm thinking,wtf? This is just a ,excuse me for saying a beautiful knife.oh damn,this was in response to the kizer Gemini ,the above post didn't follow my comments.
 
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