What about knives/knife people just makes you laugh?

Not to sound too Englishy, but the term EDC might stand for "every-day carry" which means a knife carried for routine tasks, "every-day" being an adjective. However, "every day carry",
without the hyphen would mean a knife carried every day. Personally, the former sounds correct, so I don't laugh when people don't have one EDC knife.
 
When I got my Cold Steel XL G-10 Espada I laughed really hard when I pulled it out of the box because damn, it's huge! Fall over laughing huge.
But then it actually turned out to be useful as a folding machete when hiking...but I still laugh at it sometimes. :D
 
Gadfly22 said:
Not trying to pick a fight over the use of "EDC" since a lot of folks seem bothered by a perception of misuse. But let me explain why a broad use of that term is OK by me.

As an adjective -- "this is my EDC knife" -- I take the use of the term to mean simply that the particular knife is carried in the ordinary course of an ordinary day. There may be a number of knives in a collection that qualify for that ordinary use, whether because of weight or blade length or other factor that makes for easy carry. That kind of "EDC" knife is being distinguished from other special use knives (maybe a large camping or hunting knife, specialty switchblade, filet knife) that is not typically carried in the ordinary course. I'm not sure anyone on this board has a single knife that they carry every single day of their lives to the exclusion of all other knives. I have a bunch of Izulas that I will occasionally carry (usually for a walk in the woods), but I can't categorize them as any kind of "EDC" knife for myself.

As a verb -- "I EDC this knife" -- I take the use of the term to mean "carry often in the ordinary course". Again, the distinction is simply between that class of knives and other knives NOT carried in the ordinary course. If you're a jungle guide, you may "EDC" a machete. Most of us "EDC" some category of smaller knife (which might still be relatively large, depending on who is carrying for what purpose). But the reference is still to a class of knives suitable for and occasionally carried in the ordinary course of an ordinary day.

In any event, as I mentioned, I think many (if not all) of us here own ONLY "SDC" knives -- Some Days Carry knives -- because some days we carry one knife and other days we carry another.
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I find that my disappointment with the deterioration of language continues to grow. As life gets more and more convenient and social media and texting continue to gain prominence, people get lazier and lazier. This extends to communication, where people often can't be bothered to think about what they are saying. It has gotten to a point where articulation and effective language are noteworthy, as opposed to being normal.

"These are my 6 favorite EDCs!"

That isn't a well developed thing to say. For starters, "EDC" is a lot like "lol" (which I don't mind, in moderation). It is a term that people see and start using without connecting to what it means. "Every day carry" is a very clear and specific set of words. There isn't a need to use it for any other purpose. This simply happens because people see it and lazily slap it on everything instead of taking the fractions of a second required to recognize that "carry" is actually faster to say, generally more accurate, and hardly difficult to type.

"These are my 6 favorite carry knives."

Would a person reading that wonder what they were being used for, specifically? Probably not. It's unlikely that anyone is going to assume that the writer uses them in tactical or survival situations on a daily basis, because those uses are outside the norm and are typically specified. In other words, we don't need to incorrectly use a specific term to define general use.

This isn't especially important, of course. It is just disappointing and at times very inconvenient. I run into people who are too lazy to think about what they are saying or doing on a daily basis. People will bring a problem to me expecting a quick fix, and when I asks them basic questions, I often hear, "I don't know", "I think it's broke or whatever", "well it's just, like, not working" and so on. I have to pull teeth to get information to work with.

When it comes down to it, this very little thing is part of a big avalanche of lazy that will evolve into stupid.

Tl;dr "EDC LOL!"

I have the attention span of a coconut, and I think about what I'm saying. I'm not perfect, but I do the best I can. If somebody with my limited focus can articulate, so can anyone else, if they can be bothered to.

I'm going to go start a bunch of YouTube reviews and not finish any.
 
People who always say "All you need is a Mora", "Opinels are my favorite" and "No serrations for me".
 
James Y said:
Knife people who complain that they are treated by the general population as a 'persecuted minority' for carrying knives, who then turn around and put down others for being different or having different beliefs (which martial art they study, religious or non-religious beliefs, different nationalities, etc.).

Jim
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Well said. I'm pretty sure it went unseen by the hypocrites though.
 
The only thing that bothers me is when people say things about a knife that are just clearly not true. And yeah, I know everyone has a different perception and there's nothing wrong with being excited about/really liking a knife.

But an Adamas does not disappear in your pocket, a 0560 is not indestructible, etc etc
 
stabman said:
When I got my Cold Steel XL G-10 Espada I laughed really hard when I pulled it out of the box because damn, it's huge! Fall over laughing huge.
But then it actually turned out to be useful as a folding machete when hiking...but I still laugh at it sometimes. :D
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I did the same when I got a Rajah II in a trade. Wish I wouldn't have gotten rid of it now.
 
People who don't know how to use hatchets are pretty funny. A buddy of mine said he "wanted to split a log" during a camping trip. He layer the 7" wide log on the ground, stood over it, then proceeded to chop directly on top of the log with no angle, perpendicular to the grain. That's how it went for 5 minutes, strikes coming in 1" groupings, after he got 1/2" deep and a few glancing blows I offered to show him an easier way.
So I stood the log up, widened my feet, and came down hard trying to get in between the grain. 1st hit went halfway through, second split it in two.
 
n7titan said:
It definitely is good enough for 90% of the people. Mine has been relegated to dirtywork and sharpening practice
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90% of the people. Cute.

I went to live in China for a while, so I only took my old Swiss Army, which no matter where you go, the authorities normally don't give it a second look. Plus it has a corkscrew - very important while traveling. :) When I returned to the States, I came to my current location, and it was going to be a while before I could go back to where I had lived and get my stuff out of storage. So I bought what I thought was going to be a cheap knife, just to tide me over for a month or two. I am still carrying it a year later. I have used and abused it, and so far it hasn't failed. I wish I could say the same about some of the "better" knives I have owned over the years.

I realize that because of my newbie status here, I know nothing at all about knives (all forums are the same in this regard), but I still remain pleasantly surprised over this one.
 
karmatso said:
90% of the people. Cute.
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Welllll in my experience 80% of people get through their day without even thinking about a knife or needing one. 20% like/love knives and using one, 10% of that 20 have actual uses for knives other than the "fun" factor.
I got my S&W maybe.... 10 years ago? bought it off my cousin for $10 after he snapped the tip trying to get a locked car door open. It's not refined in any way but it sure "works".
Don't worry about being noob status, the crowd here is much more mature than most of the internet.
 
Well, I have been a knife fanatic since I was 4 and my dad gave me a flea market barlow. I've owned Striders, Busses, Case xx, Schrade, and about every other production knife out there as well as dozens of customs. I've even worked with Neil Blackwood and learned to make knives. I love them all. I think life is too short to complain about what other people like or don't like. 99% of all knife users never really use their knives hard and couldn't tell the difference between 420HC and INFI if it wasn't labeled. But it's what we like. Isn't that why we are all here, on a knife forum? Some like Busse, some like wilderness survival, some like Becker, and so on. If you are a mall ninja or primitive survivalist, use what you want. Who cares what anybody else thinks? I would love to see a Conan the Barbarian carry a Mora, or a primitive survivalist carry a big-ol-Busse. Nothing about knife people makes me laugh, but I smile when I see people happy while playing with their gear. I know I go out in my back yard and practice skills with several different knives, and I have loads of fun. Have fun with every knife you get...life is short!
 
n7titan said:
Welllll in my experience 80% of people get through their day without even thinking about a knife or needing one. 20% like/love knives and using one, 10% of that 20 have actual uses for knives other than the "fun" factor.
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I actually agree with that. I carry, and use, a knife everyday, and have since I was a teenager. Next step is actually trying to make one from scratch.


n7titan said:
Don't worry about being noob status, the crowd here is much more mature than most of the internet.
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Thank you, and that's good to know. Most of my forum experience is with various gun related forums, and it is so hard to have a decent interaction with anyone on most of those.
 
--people who answer "Smatchet" to everything

--people who, in responding to a complex question, give simple, limited answer, and add something like, "nuff said" or "no other answer necessary"
 
karmatso said:
90% of the people. Cute.

I went to live in China for a while, so I only took my old Swiss Army, which no matter where you go, the authorities normally don't give it a second look. Plus it has a corkscrew - very important while traveling. :) When I returned to the States, I came to my current location, and it was going to be a while before I could go back to where I had lived and get my stuff out of storage. So I bought what I thought was going to be a cheap knife, just to tide me over for a month or two. I am still carrying it a year later. I have used and abused it, and so far it hasn't failed. I wish I could say the same about some of the "better" knives I have owned over the years.

I realize that because of my newbie status here, I know nothing at all about knives (all forums are the same in this regard), but I still remain pleasantly surprised over this one.
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Don't sweat it. I have been collecting, studying, and trading knives for over 40 years and I have had thousands of knives come and go, many of them made by well known and highly respected makers. About 20 years ago I was vacationing in the Smokeys and taking it easy. I had had a pretty long and hard hike the day before, and had decided to spend the morning checking out the local antique stores. At one of these store I purchased a couple of old swords and received a couple of dollars in loose change. The cashier had a little plastic bin on the counter offering pocket knives for a buck. I thought about a short hike that I had planned for the afternoon and that I had no desire to cover that in anything more elaborate than the T-shirt, shorts and tennis shoes I was wearing in the store. I didn't want to go knifeless, but figured the 110 I had in the car would be hard to carry. So I picked out a medium camillus made "Remington" stockman from the bin and got rid of the extra pocket change. What the heck, it would easily carry in the pocket and I could always use it to test my sharpening gear without fear of damaging the knife. Well 20 years later I am still carrying that very knife. The main blade is about a 1/2 inch shorter and considerably thinner, but it still works, and it has been doing everything that I have needed a knife to do - which frankly isn't much.

I don't get the whole rotating EDC thing. For me it is about finding something comfortable and sticking with it. It may be one of the cheapest knives that I have ever owned, but it works for me.


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