What is your EDC history

Wow great thread!
For me. I will just do makers. Past until now;)These were main carry blades.
Benchmade
Crk
Custom Hinderer
Mayo
barker
Pretty simple for me. Even if I have more expensive customs on me I always have either my Mnandi, small 21 or large regular sebenza close by for the heavy lifting;)
 
Haven't really kept track too well.

But, I've carried a Spyderco PM2 or Manix 2 for the past 3-ish years (predominantly). Rat-3 has been a constant companion for the past 5ish years. (carry a folder and a fb).

Had a Rat-1 (lost, but liked the knife, planning on getting another)
Have a zt0350, like it....but the spyderco is easier to sharpen (and it's a 2nd, and I got it cheap --> less "averse" to using it without regard
Before the spyderco, I was carrying a benchmade griptillian.
Before the grip, I don't remember.
 
Buck 110 - Lost in a river
Gerber Profile - Modded it, still have it in a drawer somewhere
Kershaw Clash w/ Serrations - Hated it, put it in my tackle box
Kershaw One Ton - Sold it
Kershaw Cryo - Sold it
Benchmade Griptilian - Bought it before MAP hike, still have it
DPx HEST/F Mil-Spec - Bought it on the exchange and sold it
ZT 0561 - Bought it on the exchange and sold it
Spyderco PM2 - Bought it new and sold it

Finally ended up with this combo:
SAK Alox Cadet + Benchmade Griptilian
 
Without going too far into particulars, I've gone from SAKs/entry level knives in the 80's to mid level/priced knives from makers like Spyderco in the mid 90's until mid-2000. From '05, I moved to top tier production knives from makers like CRK/Hinderer/Strider and on to full on customs from makers like Wilkins and Southard. Came to the conclusion I was happier with top tier production knives over customs and have basically stayed in this range of knives up until just recently when I actually went back to more modestly priced productions from Spyderco again.

I'm now trying to simply carry what I like, regardless of price-point or category, bringing me back to Spyderco right now.
 
I have a carried various knives for years, so this list is far from complete. I have also tried knives and swapped them out after a few weeks because they were not what I expected, or something better came along. I'll divide my EDC history into two parts; before I got into knives and after:

Period #1: Before I "got into knives"

SAK
Buck 112 knock-off
Buck 110
Gerber Mini Covert
Gerber "Air Ranger"
CRKT M16-13
CRKT M21-14SFG
Benchmade 710

Period #2: After I got into knives (2013-Present)

Summer 2013: Benchmade 275 Adamas
Fall 2013: Spyderco Manix 2
Winter 2014: ZT 566
Spring 2014: Buck Vantage Force Select
Summer 2014: ZT 566 (again)
Fall 2014: Benchmade 275 Adamas (again)
Winter 2015-Present: ZT 562
 
I've carried some type of pocket knife since the 1950s. I can remember several slipjoints and a switchblade carried in my early years but I cannot remember brands. Later on, an Italian stiletto of forgotten brand, a couple of Buck lockbacks and a couple of Victorinox SAKs were the main carries through college and the first several of my work years. I bought a newly introduced serrated Spyderco Endura and carried it daily for about a decade--the longest I've carried one single knife. After that, I can remember an Al Mar Quicksilver, a couple of other SAKs, a Spyderco Native, an Al Mar SERE 2000, a Benchmade Griptilian, a Buck Vantage Pro. Probably several others figure in there that I now cannot readily remember. Currently, I rotate Spydercos: Dragonfly, Centofante, Delica, Gayle Bradley, PM2 and Military, a ZT 550, a CRK Small Sebenza, a Benchmade Presidio Ultra, a Chinese Shrade Old Timer and Case Peanut, Swayback Jack and Medium Jack. Could be a couple of others that slip my mind right now. There are numerous other folders in my collection that never or seldom get carried as well as a number of fixed blades I used when I was younger (thinner and in better physical condition) and did a lot of camping and backpacking.
 
You know you have a problem when your list of knives owned is greater than the number of women you've slept with.
 
I use to carry production folders until I discovered Alan Davis. Now the productions rarely get carried as Alan has made me knives to my specs!!! :thumbup::D Kevin
 
K.O.D. said:
You know you have a problem when your list of knives owned is greater than the number of women you've slept with.
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I have a bad memory. Could be many of the knives were more memorable than many of the women.
 
Lee48 said:
I have a bad memory. Could be many of the knives were more memorable than many of the women.
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That and I've kept more knives than I have women. Though I finally did find a keeper.
 
Started with a kershaw brawler, then a couple other cheap kershaws. First what I would consider the next step was a Delica 4 ZDP. Loved the ergos, weight and blade shape but it was just a tad small. Went to the endura 4. Liked it more than the Delica but my taste in knives started to take a turn from purely functional to geeking out a little on f/f and the second kind if cool.

Got a para 2. Nice but was a little wide in the pocket and the blade to handle ratio I thought didn't match up.

Started getting into ZTs. First was a 0566, great size and weight. Wanted an 801 so I got one. Super nice and smooth but it didn't ride well in the pocket, was too thick and extracting it was a little more awkward than I liked. Thought I would revisit smaller knives and bought a mini grip to see what all the fuss was about. Way to small for my liking but I fell in love with the axis lock.

Bought a 940 Osborn and like Goldie Locks was just right. Cary it now the majority of the time. Although I found my perfect knife I had to see what all the fuss (good and bad) about CRK. Fondled a few and thought the sebenza was just a little plain for me and opted for a Zaan.

I didn't bond with it at first and almost sold it here on the forums a few weeks ago. For some reason no one made me an offer and during the process realized I was making a terrible decision by selling it. Pulled the listing and now have since bonded with it and carry it on my non work days and occasionally at work as well. I just find the 940 to be better at all the tasks I do while working.

On yea, and I bought a blur that is cool but the grip texture is murder on pants so I don't Cary it at all. I'll probably sand down the grip or give it to a friend.
 
This photo is sort of a history over a period of over 30 years.
I received the little black slipjoint from my grandfather when I was about 12.
The yellow slipjoint was handed down from my father, with a broken main blade. I blunted the blade so it would work as a screwdriver and carried it as a multitool when I worked in a garage.
After college I used the Buck Prince as an EDC.
Not pictured is my Gerber LST that I used as an EDC for a few years.
The SOG was my first thumb stud knife.
The Cold Steel next to it has San Mai steel. I didn't know much about knives so I asked a knife dealer what knife he had with the best steel, he sold me this one.
The Spyderco Goddard was my first modern knife- pocket clip and one-hand opening, micarta scales.
From there the mini-AFCK was a fully modern knife, its liner lock being the last of the missing features.
The Edge Design Genesis II was bought for its size and features. The only thing against it was the bead blasted blade that promoted blade staining.
I bought the Leek with S30V steel and polished G10 as an elegant EDC to the office but I was afraid I would break the blade so I never carried it.
The mini-grip was bought as a utility EDC in a period when I wasn't that focused on knives.

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Then about 5 years ago I got interested in knives again and my collection exploded. Right now I have 10+ knives in my EDC rotation.

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My rotation is a zt 0350 for hard use days, a purple delica for regular days and case sodbuster Jr for classy days. I don't have a whole lot of edc history before that because im 19
 
Unfortunately the first one-hand opening folder I got, is still my EDC after eight years... the Spyderco Military...
Every other knife, except for other Millies, couldn't kick it out of my pocket. Sold almost all the other folders I got after that.

 
K.O.D. said:
I've been through so many bleeding knives since my youth it isn't funny. Everything listed has either been sold, traded, given away, lost, or stolen, except where noted.

Basic Vic SAK
Wenger Nomad (still have)
Case large folder (maybe 3" blade
Imperial Irish folder I found in the field by my house
SOG Pentagon Elite (old liner lock model)
SOG mini X-RAY Vision (old ats-34 model) retired, sitting in a drawer
CRKT M16-12Z
CRKT K.I.S.S.
CRKT P.E.C.K.
Camillus Lev-R-Lock tanto
SOG Seal Pup
SOG Trident Tanto Tini
SOG Trident satin clip
SOG Flash 1, aluminum handles
Bear and Son Damascus double edged fighter
Kershaw Chive
Kershaw Leek
SOG Pentagon Elite I (new arc-lock version)
Cold Steel Recon 1 (missing some screws, sitting in a drawer)
Ka-Bar 9/11 Commemorative
(from here it gets a bit sketchy the order in which I purchased)
Benchmade D2 MiniGrip
Benchmade 530 Pardue
Benchmade Regular satin Grip
Benchmade 162 Bushcrafter
Kershaw Blur
Spyderco Gayle Bradley (still have)
Spyderco Dragonfly ZDP-189 (still have)
ESEE Izula (still have)
Strider SnG
Brian Tighe mini Tighe Rod
LionSteel SR1A
ZT0350TS
Spyderco Schempp Rock (still have)
Spyderco Nilakka
Spyderco Manix 2 CTS-XHP foliage green sprint (still have)
Hogue EX01
Spyderco Waved Endura
Spyderco PM2 (still have)
Brous Bionic
Spyderco Southard
Spyderco Caly 3 CF/ZDP-189
Kizer Ki3404
Le Thiers Slipjoint
Benchmade Cabela's Orange Mini-Barrage D2
ZT 0801 (still have)
Kershaw Shuffle (my fiancé's)
ESEE 5
ZT 0770CF (still have)
Three Sisters Forge Beast (still have)
ZT 0561 (still have)
Kizer Ki423 (still have)
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Forgot to add my LionSteel Opera.
 
When I was a kid I always had some form of Swiss Army Knife.

Wenger Ranger 90s-2000 and off and on depending on daily tasks.
Benchmade 9050 AFO 2000-Current(Military)
Gerber Gator 650 2000-2005(Civilians)
Gerber Ez Out Skele 2005-2014(Lost it this past Christmas) - Found it on the Ground in Iraq in 2004 it was my lucky knife till a few months ago.
Benchmade Griptillian DEC 2014-Current (Civilians)
 
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