What's Your favorite lighter weight EDC

jill jackson

jill jackson

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I have a lot heavy folders that weigh 5 ounces and much more. While being very heavy duty and no doubt capable knives I find I reach for a knife that shaves some weight on them for almost all my hikes and day to day general carry.
To me that knife should be 4 oz or less. Have a solid handle, offering good comfortable grip, a reasonably long blade (capable of making me feel I can use it to good effect in a defensive emergency) and have a lock I trust and feel is a good example of it's type.
Right now the knife that spends a lot of time doing this duty for me seems to be the Spyderco Military, with the green G-10 and the D-2. A lot of knife for the weight.
 
For the weekend, when I want to carry something larger but not heavy I take a Spyderco Native.
 
For EDC, a Kershaw Chive 1600ALCKT. The AL of course for aluminum scales..seems a bit lighter than my 1600CKT.
 
jill jackson said:
To me that knife should be 4 oz or less. Have a solid handle, offering good comfortable grip, a reasonably long blade (capable of making me feel I can use it to good effect in a defensive emergency) and have a lock I trust and feel is a good example of it's type..
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good old griptilian is 3.25 oz ..
military is 4.2 oz... nearly 30% more !

i'll take the griptilian if weight is really important for you.
 
Al Mar Falcon Talon Ultralight. Very thin, light, and the blade is surprisingly big.

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Jill, the Spyderco Stretch 2 in carbon fibre, ZDP 189, and a back lock has bumped everything else out of the running. That includes all Militaries ( except the ATS 34 version from way back, the only one I don't have), The Caly 3 and calypso jr , both in ZDP and known for their sharpness, the Socom elites in S90V, the Falkniven U2 and TK4 in spgs, and several kershaws in various super steels. An Itou in R2, and a Matsuda in OU31 get kicked to the curb likewise.

Unless you've ran accross a Rockstead you will probably never seen a sharper knife than the Spyderco Stretch 2. It carries great, and feels ergonomicly perfect to me.

I guess I've gone on enough. Joe
 
CRKT Full Throttle, My Tighe, or Kershaw Black Gulch,

I usually dont carry knives that I cant stand to loose, or tear up. Its usually a sub $40 Kershaw or CRKT
 
For weight and defensive use, I'll put in another vote for the Benchmade Griptilian. I have the 551 straight edge version and I dremeled my own wave on it. Opens when I pull it out and it's the sharpest knife that I own.
 
An AL-MAR Falcon could do what you wanted.
Light,thin and a robust build as well.
I have carried one when I am "suited-up" for that "Defensive" reason.
 
My Spyderco Caly3 in ZDP-189 doesn't leave my side unless I'm out on the trails where its replaced with a Busse AD.
 
freddy1 said:
good old griptilian is 3.25 oz ..
military is 4.2 oz... nearly 30% more !

i'll take the griptilian if weight is really important for you.
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.25 is 25% of a oz., .2 is 20% so the Griptilian is a not an full .oz lighter than the Military, so in reality it's not nearly 30% lighter. But it comes in at just under 25%. At a close to nearly an exact ounce weight saving.
 
The Microtech Mini SOCOM Elite Frame Lock is very light weight, about 2.5 oz, and is one of my favorite EDCs. The handle is made of T6 aluminum alloy.
The blade is just slightly under 3.5 inches long.

 
jill jackson said:
.25 is 25% of a oz., .2 is 20% so the Griptilian is a not an full .oz lighter than the Military, so in reality it's not nearly 30% lighter. But it comes in at just under 25%. At a close to nearly an exact ounce weight saving.
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Well now, I have to use my Math tutor side of me, *cough cough* two years of tutoring at various college math levels :D. If you want to get technical, here is how it goes as far as the weight.

We have to use the 4.2 as the denominator (bottom number) and place the 3.25 on top (numerator). After dividing: 3.25/4.2 we get 0.7738.....That means that just to start with, the griptilian is 77% of the weight of the military. If you subtract that from a hundred you will get 100% - 77% = 23%

So, you were right in your calculations, I just got antsy and wanted to figure out the problem for myself :D:o. Good job jill jackson :thumbup:. You just passed College Algebra ;).
 
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