Knifemakers whats your edc

[pa knifeguy]

The title says it all. I was wondering what all you maker carry and use every day.

 

[Bill Siegle]

Currently carrying a Hinderer MP1.

 

[brownshoe]

When I saw Tony Bose, besides his upcoming Case collaboration, he had a Remington rebladed by him with I believe 440V and the same pattern as the original.

 

[Aidenag]

I carry one of Diskins Fire D/A auto's.

 

[john april]

i carry a small fixed blade i made so i can show people my work.

 

[Horsewright]

This one. 5 3/8" oal with a 2" blade. This was a prototype of one of my standard patterns what I call a Stainless Gordo. Difference being A2 @62 RC and hollow ground instead of flat ground and the normal AEB-L @62RC. I'm gonna retire it soon, this little knife design wants to be flat ground and the A2 in this size of knife didn't bring anything to the table. Here its playing prop for this holster pic:

I carry it horizontal crossdraw over my left front pocket:

Always close to hand:

Gonna build me something else soon. Probably go with just a regular Stainless Gordo in the AEB-L, with elk. I've always liked elk as a handle material. Sell a bunch of em. Just finished the sheaths on these two yesterday. The rams horn one lasted about 6 hours on the website:

The wife carries the same. Hers is a standard one, handled in turquoise jigged bone:

Feeding this orphaned calf:

Handy little package.

 

[Hengelo_77]

The best answer to : "you make knives?" is to show a well made sheeple friendly, little knife.
And it just feels good to EDC a knife that you made yourself

So I made the knife I have in my avatar <--, then I was asked if I wanted to sell it and made two improved versions.

The light one is an order, the checkered one is my EDC
And along the way I found out that working on smaller knives like these is what I enjoy most. I have a few more in the making.

 

[daizee]

Hengelo, those little EDCs are gorgeous.

I carry folders for discretion (IWB) and fixies when I can. Sometimes both.
Of the folders, the Spyderco's get the most use, with the Para-3 topping the list, followed by that mini-Grip with Allen Putnam scales. I also have a Native-5 that I love, not pictured here.

Then there's my suite of fixed-blade EDC options, all my own, evolved over the years. All are 3" or shorter blades. The last few weeks I've been carrying my shipboard knife (in appropriate livery colors). That one is 710 mycarta, G10, and 154CM:

 

[coldsteelburns]

Nothing all that interesting for a knife maker, just a Paramilitary 2.

Although my next will probably be a Sage 5 (compression lock) just to have something a bit friendlier looking to the non-knife people and also well within the 3.5" blade limit here in the Seattle/Tacoma area, since the para 2 is less than 1/16" under 3.5" However, it would be nice to get something that's not S30v as I'm so bored of it, maybe I'll spring for a Para 3 in 52100...


~Paul
My Youtube Channel
... (Some older videos of some older knives I've made in the past)

 

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a Carter pattern neck knife I made, about 3" blade
and a slipjoint I made

 

[erik markman]

Diskin Flipper or my Kingfisher.

 

[stromania]

My late father in law, Joe Kious, carried those $11 3" mini Buck lockbacks from Wal Mart. I don't have any idea how long one lasted him, but I'd think that he went through them. They were always sharp and he used them like you'd use an $11 knife.