What is your most - USED - EDC knife?

Honestly I've been opening the mail and trimming my fingernails with the Civilian as much as the Caly 3 lately.

Sometimes the Large Espada.
 
These have been my daily carry knives, and my work knives for around nine years. For a few of those years I was working a shipping dock, then I switched to construction.

The fixed-blade is a Wilson Tactical model 25. My criteria when I bought the knife was- around a 5" blade (5.25"), good steel (D2), full tang, micarta or g10 handles that can be removed (micarta, wrapped with a strip of bicycle innertube), 3/16ths" thick (advertised as 3/16ths", but closer to 1/4"), and I wanted it to come with a high quality kydex sheath.

I wanted a blade around 5" long because at the time I was carrying my fixed-blade at work (Entrek Cobra) in a back pocket sheath and I wanted to carry my new knife the same way. And 5" was the longest blade length that I was comfortable carrying in my back pocket (I had experience carrying a 5" bladed Al Mar SERE Operator FB in such a manner). The kydex sheath wasn't for work at the time, I just wanted to have one.

I also wanted a fixed-blade that could handle some amount of prying. Specifically, prying the lids off wooden packing crates. And the Wilson worked great for that task.

Working construction and home remodeling, I use the Wilson for a variety of tasks, including prying, chopping holes through old drywall, chipping away at rotten and termite eaten wood, etc, etc. At this job I use the kydex sheath because it's easy to clean.

As for the folder (Bradley Alias), I regard it as just a light-duty pocket knife. I wanted something high-quality, with good steel (sv30), and I wanted an all metal knife. It was a choice between the Sebenza and the Alias, and I like the Alias better.

By the way Matus, I noticed that you didn't answer your own thread topic. So, what are YOUR most used knives?

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I rotate my knives so often that hardly any of them get any use. I have them just sitting around, will pick one up open and close several times and choose which ever one feels nice for my taste that day. Don't use my blades as much as I would like as I usually have the right tool for the job. I would say that my Sebenza 25, Griptilian, PM2 and BM 940 probably get the most pocket time

On the weekends as a utility blade I've been going with my BM 810 Contego as I don't mind giving it hard use. Has done a fantastic job with everything so far.
 
Victorinox Alox Cadet. Carry it every day, so it gets used more than others. Nothing special, just general purpose minor daily cutting tasks as they arise.
 
Nice to see the mini barrage on the first reply since I just picked one of those up this weekend. Mine is a model 585 though, not 586. I haven't carried a knife since the cell phone took that pocket space several years ago, then just a week or two ago I decided carrying in the back pocket would be ok, haha. I was real excited to find this knife too, since I had looked at a bunch of stuff that didn't much interest me at a gun show first, then later at Bass Pro Shop this one caught my eye. Looked good on the wall, felt good in my hand, and surprise surprise when I turned it over I was shocked to see the Osborne logo on there! Back around '90-'92 when I was making some pocket knives, Warren Osborne was my mentor and I spent quite a bit of time over at his place. Of course when I saw the logo that sealed the deal. Yeah I've been out of touch for a while...

Loving that knife so far!
 
Benchmade 943 Osborne. It's about a year old now. I EDC'd it exclusively for several months while we were packing, moving and unpacking/moving in to our new house which is where most of the wear came from.

 
Today I carried my BK-15 with a SOG Paratool, thin diamond sharpening plate, and MagLite Solitaire in the sheath pocket. It's my second most carried rig. But by far the most carried for me is the SAK GAK/Trekker knife. One hand opening, three screwdrivers, easy beer opening, leather punch, and cuts anything I put it to. I've attached a NiteIze Hip Clip to it so it sits nicely in the back pocket. It's the best tool kit I have 95% of the time.

Zieg
 
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