knives you keep coming back to?

I hear ya Shootist. Like you I have many knives in my collection but always seem to favor a few for actual use/carry.

What's weird is that the "expensive" knives are usually not the ones that are in my favor for daily carry. I have a few customs, the usual factories: MTs, CRKs, Emersons, CS, Rekat, Benchmade, etc. but the brand that I favor day-in-and-day-out is Spyderco.

I choose my carry knife of the day from among a number of Spyderco models depending on alot of frivolous reasons; however, my usual favorite carry is the J.D. Smith collaboration.

You picked a good topic--I look forward to reading posts by other enthusiasts.
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WOW......... Lots of Spyderco folks!

And I must agree to a point.... Recently purchased a Spyderco Viele. Awesome ! ! !

But........must also include the Microtech DA LCC. And a large plain CRK Sebenza. And a Microtech SOCOM DA. And a Microtech SOCOM MA. And a Microtech Combat Talon II. Of course, there's the Kershaw Random Task.

Oh......can't forget my Darrel Ralph CF EDC !
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I bought a Spyderco Walker lt/wt at the first knife show I went to in '98, it was my EDC until this year when I felt the need for a change so I bought a CRKT/KFF. I like the KFF a lot, but that Spydie keeps finding it's way back into my right pocket. I have a custom Washburn folder in a G2 sheath on my belt, but when I needed to sharpen a pencil today at work I reached for my knife in my right pocket and I smiled when I pulled out my Spydie because I don't remember even picking it up this morning.

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No matter how much I like my other knives, I always come back to my Victorinox SAKs. When I carry my single-blade folders I always seem to need a screwdriver or other tool.
 
I always come back to my Spyderco Gin-1 Native. I'm looking forward to getting a new one in 440V.
 
Oddly enough the knife I carry most often is a simple old carbon steel stockman. Its a cheap production knife that I have had for 10 years and it been just about everywhere that I have been. The blades are worn and spotted, and the backspring has blued naturally, but its a sharp knife and it rides very comforbly in my pocket.

I keep telling myself that I'll replace it with one of my nice folders when it breaks. But the knife never seems to give up and I never seem to get around to replacing it. Its hard to retire an old friend.

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I still have a weak spot for the BM AFCK, but have upgraded to the M2 version.

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James Segura
San Francisco, CA
 
Dennis,


If I just put a
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you would know. My Wegner (full size) and my Mouse.


Mike
 
For the shop!
Camillus little folder with a carbon blade
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I dont even know what they call it.
Best cutting blade I have seen in a production folder.
The blade is 2.5 inch long
Like a razor
For carry!
Sak small

For the field
Rob Simonich 420v Pikuni
And a BKT brute


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Keep going back to my Mini-AFCK and Micarta Calypso Jr. Both have the hole and do the stuff I need to do. I also carry my Crawford Point Guard on the belt just about always...Ed.
 
I have a few that I come back to time and again...

- Benchmade Mini-AFCK in M2 HSS
- CRK Umfaan as my daily carry
- Victorinox SAK Classic as my other daily carry
- Bob Dozier Yukon Pro Skinner as my hunting & hiking companion

These knives have NEVER let me down. They always perform above & beyond my expectations. Higher praise I cannot give a knife.

AJ
 
I keep going back to my 710 axis.Yeah I had to fix the crappy factory edge.Yeah it is pretty heavy.But it has such great opening and nice lines.I quit carrying it for awhile but it just keeps coming back.Also a Livesy NRGS neck piece that is a super cutter.I keep going back to that one too.
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troy
 
No matter what I purchase, and it's always the latest and greatest, sooner or later it ends up locked in the pistol safe. Back out of the safe comes a mid sized Spyderco folder (Delica, Calypso, or Standard), which quickly gets inspected and clipped inside my pocket for daily carry.

Once hunting season rolls around, no matter what fixed blades I have on hand, it's always that age old Buck Woodsman that gets strapped on my belt for dressing chores.

Those knives just "fit me" and I can't bear to be without them too long.
 
Case stockman or peanut.Never leave home without it.

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have a"knife"day
 
Emerson Commander BTS. I can't find anything that compares.

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Eric Blair
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"The best toys are the ones that you can put an eye out with."
 
For me it is my REKAT Carnivore. I'm not sure why, I think it is because of the handle. It just feels so right in my hand compared to everything else.
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