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These have been my favorites for the last 6 months or so. Left to right, top to bottom:
1) Spyderco Squeak. I took the clip off, and this makes a very nice office pocket carry.
2) CRKT Pilar. What a good knife. The clip's not outstanding for tip-up carry, due to the fancy cutouts in the lock bar, but since it's so short and so thin, I just took it off. Now it's a heavy pocket knife that fits well in a coin pocket.
3) Buck Vantage Pro, small. Nice little flipper, with properly heat-treated S30V. Only a 3-fingered grip, but that's fine, most of the time. Pocket clip/handle don't abrade the pants.
4) Spyderco Maxamet Native. Never seems to get dull, and the feel in the hand never gets old. Being US-made is the icing on the cake. This one is a 10/10.
5) Spyderco Spydiechef. I lost my first one, had to buy another. I get such a thrill when I pull this out for food prep instead of a "proper" chef's knife. It's AMAZING how well it works, for only having a 3.3" blade. Feels like a solid 4" of belly.
6) Western Outdoors Honey Badger. Member fullflat lent me this when I asked him how it was via the EDC thread. Needed a bit of sharpening, but the action is unbelievable, and the honeycomb scale pattern is a masterpiece. Grippy, but not pants-tearing. I haven't carried this yet, but I 'spect it's going to quickly become a favorite.
Onto the Victorinoxes. Nice as the blades above are, I can't go without a Victorinox and their tools.
7) Swisstool Spirit X. (the one with the snips) Best plier-based multi-tool, IMHO. I tried a LOT of them, too. If I could only have one, this would be it, and I'd have to suffer with the soft blade steel. Probably wouldn't be a problem either, since it has enough other tools that I wouldn't be tempted to mis-use the blade.
8) Cybertool 34. (now called Cybertool M) Great tool set. I could do without the pliers, but I had to get pliers to also get the scissors and the Cybertool. I've replaced small Phillips' and flat head spare bits with a full load of Torxes, (5 sizes) with which to adjust my locking folders. This one just might be tied with the Swisstool for favorite. The Cybertool is just BRILLIANT.
9) Explorer Plus. This one can be belt carried, or pocket carried, with a bit of bulk. I love having an inline Phillips, along with scissors and corkscrew. Mine has transluscent emerald green scales, and the blade is stamped with my screen name.
10) Executive. GREAT snappy main blade on this. I can't imagine how they got such a strong backspring in this little guy, but I sure do like it. The small blade is truly small, being even shorter than that of a Classic. The orange peeler works GREAT. I'd like to see more SAKs in this size.
11) Classic, since I seem to have lost my Manager again. Probably find it in a couch or in my car seat, years from now. I just traded my Clockwork model with a lady friend, so she would have a souvenir of our meeting. I took her boring red one in exchange, since I'm a helluva guy. This is the knife I take with me in the summer, when I haven't got many pockets. Just put it on the keys, then all I need is my phone and wallet, for a lightweight EDC.
1) Spyderco Squeak. I took the clip off, and this makes a very nice office pocket carry.
2) CRKT Pilar. What a good knife. The clip's not outstanding for tip-up carry, due to the fancy cutouts in the lock bar, but since it's so short and so thin, I just took it off. Now it's a heavy pocket knife that fits well in a coin pocket.
3) Buck Vantage Pro, small. Nice little flipper, with properly heat-treated S30V. Only a 3-fingered grip, but that's fine, most of the time. Pocket clip/handle don't abrade the pants.
4) Spyderco Maxamet Native. Never seems to get dull, and the feel in the hand never gets old. Being US-made is the icing on the cake. This one is a 10/10.
5) Spyderco Spydiechef. I lost my first one, had to buy another. I get such a thrill when I pull this out for food prep instead of a "proper" chef's knife. It's AMAZING how well it works, for only having a 3.3" blade. Feels like a solid 4" of belly.
6) Western Outdoors Honey Badger. Member fullflat lent me this when I asked him how it was via the EDC thread. Needed a bit of sharpening, but the action is unbelievable, and the honeycomb scale pattern is a masterpiece. Grippy, but not pants-tearing. I haven't carried this yet, but I 'spect it's going to quickly become a favorite.
Onto the Victorinoxes. Nice as the blades above are, I can't go without a Victorinox and their tools.
7) Swisstool Spirit X. (the one with the snips) Best plier-based multi-tool, IMHO. I tried a LOT of them, too. If I could only have one, this would be it, and I'd have to suffer with the soft blade steel. Probably wouldn't be a problem either, since it has enough other tools that I wouldn't be tempted to mis-use the blade.
8) Cybertool 34. (now called Cybertool M) Great tool set. I could do without the pliers, but I had to get pliers to also get the scissors and the Cybertool. I've replaced small Phillips' and flat head spare bits with a full load of Torxes, (5 sizes) with which to adjust my locking folders. This one just might be tied with the Swisstool for favorite. The Cybertool is just BRILLIANT.
9) Explorer Plus. This one can be belt carried, or pocket carried, with a bit of bulk. I love having an inline Phillips, along with scissors and corkscrew. Mine has transluscent emerald green scales, and the blade is stamped with my screen name.
10) Executive. GREAT snappy main blade on this. I can't imagine how they got such a strong backspring in this little guy, but I sure do like it. The small blade is truly small, being even shorter than that of a Classic. The orange peeler works GREAT. I'd like to see more SAKs in this size.
11) Classic, since I seem to have lost my Manager again. Probably find it in a couch or in my car seat, years from now. I just traded my Clockwork model with a lady friend, so she would have a souvenir of our meeting. I took her boring red one in exchange, since I'm a helluva guy. This is the knife I take with me in the summer, when I haven't got many pockets. Just put it on the keys, then all I need is my phone and wallet, for a lightweight EDC.
