What is your EDC Blade length?

[cpmsteel]

I aways carry at least one blade that's over 4" in length, what is your average carry length?

 

[bdmicarta]

I carried a mini-grip (3") for about 4 years. Now I'm carrying a para2 (3.4"?).

 

[frenchmade]

I've narrowed it down to 3.5" - 4" Anything bigger or smaller than that is not ideal

 

[powernoodle]

I am dimensionally schizophrenic. One day I'll carry a teeny SOG Flash II or Spydie Dragonfly, and the next day a CQC-8 or Resilience. Usually, though, its more in the middle range - Para 2, Delica, etc.

 

[AKbash]

I prefer 3-3.5" for my EDC...I've always thought to myself that the para 2 will be the biggest edc for me. not gonna be carrying anything larger than that.

 

[bladeboss]

Benchmade Griptilian.
Looked it up just for you.
3.45"

 

[viper89]

I usually like to keep it under 3.5". Although the ZT 0560 has been pushing that limit a little. It sometimes depends where I'm going and what I'm doing.

 

[gundude73]

3.25-4"

 

[singularity35]

Anything up to 6 inches but it varies from day to day. Mostly in the 3.5-4 range.

 

[slight]

I prefer 3-3.5in usually. I never go over 4in, because since I'm not living in the country side anymore people freak out.

I had someone recently say to me "do you have a knife? Omg that is a huge knife!" to my caly3.

Anything over 3.5 and I'm kinda conscious about it. But too far under 3in and I feel under-prepared.

That doesn't mean I don't carry basically any size blade i want from time to time.

 

[mkjellgren]

Historically its been right around the 3" mark, up to about 3.75" Max. Anything under 3 and I feel under-knifed and wind up carrying something larger as well. I feel pretty comfortable around 3" though.

 

[Charlie Mike]

For the last few months, 5.5" DDR HD Maxx.

 

[hank_rearden]

2 1/2 to 3 1/2

 

[VictorKilo]

3" or less due to ridiculous state laws. Would be happier in the 3.25-.75" range on modern folders. Traditionals I'm content with at the 3 and under mark.

 

[GAN84]

I'm the same as powernoodle. I love my little-big-knives (Dragonfly, etc.), but love my Endura and Para 2 entirely too much to leave them sitting around. If I had to narrow it down, I'd say my "preferred" length is 3.5-4".

 

[NightMare Silverado]

3.5-4. I have a ZT560 on my now had a CS Recon1 tanto early on.

 

[smflorkey]

My usual EDC is an Endura 4 -- about 3.5" of VG-10 that is well sharpened.

OTOH, when I have to visit a California school campus, I switch to an Ambitious so I stay under the 2.5" limit. There are days I sympathize with the guy to took it all off in the TSA line at an airport. You wonder when people will stop treating useful tools like they were demon posessed.

 

[BladeChick777]

Anywhere From 2.5" - 4" Is Perfect.

Currently I'm Carrying:
Spyderco Chokwe
ZT 0301
And Kershaw JYD 1720

A Nice Mix Of A Few Different Blade Lengths.

 

[manowar669]

2.75-3.0" for me. Any more than 3.25" is too big.

 

[Goosey]

4" with a 3" backup.