Most used knives - real work horses.

Spyderco Assist - my workhorse for work... NYC street strip and flip trauma special... There are many rescue knives out there but this one is probably the best or maybe I just got used to it.

Spyderco Salt FRN- everyday all around knife. takes a beating and comes back for more.

Buck Strider Tarani folder - another everyday knife used interchangably with Spyderco.
 
I tend to rotate through a few users, and they ARE users :D I usually carry one fixed and at least one folder at all times.

Fixed blades:

Busse Active Duty
Dozier Pro Guide
Lin Rhea stag hunter

Folders:
Fallkniven U2
JW Smith tactical
Benchmade 2550
Bailey Bradshaw stag self-lock

Also my Swisstool Spirit S (almost forgot!!!)
 
Yeah well I may have ruined mine lol. cosmetically anyway.

I was being really careless sharpening it during the lakers game and like an idiot I was starting a new edge since the one I had on there had some light chipping and I really just straight ****ed up and went and removed a lot of metal. After getting my spyderco military and being super impressed with the cutting abiltiy, I decided to put a similary large secondary bevel on the knife, and of course being the giant idiot that I am and not paying attention I took it way too far up.

Im getting some sandpaper tommorrow, including some really fine grit stuff, and Im going to basically make the stonewashing go away =/
 
My most carried and used knife is my "Ontario Rat 1 folder"

I have never liked a knife so much that cost so little. I bought 2.
 
Over the past month, a busy time in the garden, 2 slipjoints have ben out every day. Russell carbon Barlow with green sawn bone handles.An excellent little knife for horticultural tasks, and the more dust you get on it the smoother the bone feels! The other one is a humble Rough Rider Old Yellow Gunstock. Got it for 5 dollars on the Bay and it's REALLY well made and useful.Nice to hold and look at too, good large spear point blade and very tough spring(not for the weak of nail...)
 
My most used knife is definately the Spyderco Tenacious, might post a pic of it later:)
 
Here's my most used of late, a ZT MUDD. I have put this through the ringer.

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Andy
 
As it turns out for me, my most used knife is the slipjoint I carry in my off pocket. For the past few weeks that knife has been a Case 2-bladed Copperhead. I ALWAYS carry a large, single blade, "tactical knife" in my right front pocket, more because I can carry it, and also because it gives me great pleasure to carry a well built, and heavily built knife. That knife is currently my ZT0205KW. But for everyday use the Case gets the nod, and does an excellent job!
 
My most used knife, and the one that I have on me both in home and out, is a SAK (usually an Explorer Plus in pocket, but I like the Swisschamp also). I like a bunch of others better, style-wise, but for sheer functionality, it's always the SAK.

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It would be Victorinox Swiss Champ XL which has been serving me well since Dec 2000. :thumbup:

Cheers,
MountainMike
 
The Victorinox Tinker my father bought me when I was 10 (26 now).
For many of those years I've carried it everwhere except school.

I've used the screwdrivers more than the blades probably.
A variety of other inexpensive folders have been paired with the SAK over the years for EDC cutting tasks.
The most satifactory has been a Gerber Paraframe I.
 
I rotate a lot but out of all my knives my E3 has probably seen the most use. Second would be my meadowlark.
 

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I sent a Shiva Ki Spirit blade in red curly maple down to Jimmy Fikes for some testing a couple years back..
he forged a similarly sized full tang blade, top knife in pic.
Both blades are 1095.
2" X 6" chopping and rope cutting were part of the workout,
Fikes did the cutting and Matt Lamey did the chopping.
Since it came back, it's been my go to outdoors knife.
The image is from Jimmy Fikes old homestead, now Lamey's place.

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Doug
 
Mine would have to be the Tenacious. It's worked well for everything I've thrown at it. I'll take some of my pricier knives out, but they just don't get the job done as well.......I'm thinking a new military might take away the Tenacious pocket time!
 
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