EDC Knife Thread

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>>28911345

Pic related. It's on my keychain, so I have it on me the most. Still carry a bigger folder with me most of the time depending on the task or feeling. Big believe in one is none two is one.

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Pretty much carry all the time

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I usually carry a CRKT, but recently picked up a Spyderco Tenacious and have been carrying that for a while

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>>28911787

>>28911823
Lol its a fun knife

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>>28911787

that's not a knoife...
this is a knoife...

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Not overly expensive but it gets the job done

Could anyone give me some recommendations?

Just looking for a single folder, not a multi-tool or whatever, and under $50. Preferably something I could use Prime for.

>>28914610
>Preferably something I could use Prime for
wut?

Anyway there are tons of options in that price range. Get something from a reputable manufacturer in a style you like and go for it. Spyderco, CRKT, Kershaw etc

>>28915022

Amazon Prime.

>>28915040
Ah ok. My previous statement stands, I've gotten most of my knives from Amazon

>>28911690
>Big believer in one is none two is one
>Carrys both of his knives only some of the time

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>Pic related most days

I occasionally switch to my HK Entourage auto if I'm going somewhere crowded.

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>>28915048
I recommend this. Buy 4.

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I don't have a collection anyway.

>>28915102
Own any other Sanrenmus? How do they compare?

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I've got this fake sebenza
actually very very impressed with the build quality, solid like my ZT.
The blade steel is shit, though. Tried to stab a hole in a beer can top and fucked the edge up, i was used to my ZTs elmax.
I want another one just to have in case this one gets fucked up.
For $17 it's wonderful.

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>>28911345
I've been carrying this thing for years. I wish I knew what it was. It looks like Gerber doesn't make them anymore.

I've got a Spyderco Paramilitary 2 in the mail now, it'll be my first EDC knife. Does anyone have experience with it?

>>28915711
You've never carried a knife before?

>>28915167
Best sanrenmu is the 7007, its a CRKT drifter but it comes with a satin blade and G10

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>>28914610
Kershaw skyline all the way

I love my RAT 2 and I think I want the RAT 1 too

>>28915744
No.

>>28916297
Well you've picked a good place to start I guess

>>28911787
fuck off spy

>>28916308
I feel its a bit spendy for a first edc but i had a friend who did the same thing to each their own i guess

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It maybe a gimmick, but it's been a pretty valuable tool to have on a key-ring.

>>28916322
K tool is underrated

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>>28916308
Thanks. Any tips for an EDC newb?
>>28916320
I have an Opinel no8 that I love but it's too bulbous/slow for EDC. Re the price: buy nice or buy twice.

>>28911345
Looks like someone's undercompensating. Typical EDCfag and his enormous dick...

>>28916423
>Any tips for an EDC newb?
Many people prefer tip up carry vs tip down carry. Find out what you like
Always be aware of where your fingers are when using it, and always cut away from you

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Really happy with this knife for how cheap it was.

I also have the smaller one CRKT used to make, the one with the antler scales instead of micarta, but I generally relegate that one to around-the-house work because I'd be really sad if I lost it.

>>28916447
All good tips, thank you. Will I need any special equipment to keep it sharp? I've kept my Opinel sharp using a ceramic coffee mug, not sure if the Spyderco will appreciate that treatment.

>>28916423
Yeah I used to love my opinel no.9 but it is slow as fuck i also had a SOG Flash 1 at the time i sent them both back for a Kershaw Volt 2, i later got a Sanrenmu 7007 and a Byrd Cara Cara 2 and now my coated RAT 2, I seriously want a different steel next time around, i think the next knaifu will be the Spyderco Native 5 or the Spyderco Mini Griptilian

>>28916585
Get a decent sharpener like something from Lansky

how do you get a knife to be so sharp you know if you touch the edge you'll get a bad cut? is it all about edge angle or the type of steel?

I have a swiss army knife i've run on a sharpmaker and although it glides through paper the edge actually doesn't feel sharp.

>>28916657
Angle, grit type, stropping, and polishing

Sharpening =/= stropping
There's a reason straight razors always finish on a leather strop

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My EDC knife is an HK Espionage. It has a quick assisted opening blade that has excellent torque.
It's got a slim blade and feels like an excellent piercer. The clip is also real deep so not much sticks out over the top of the pocket. I wasn't able to find a plain edge version. Paid $17 for it.

My old EDC was a Kershaw Clash.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdFeUcIqXwY

what do you think about this, /k/?

>>28916657
edge angle and how finely the edge is polished, how much metal is "behind the edge" contributes too.

You really need to strop your edge to make the most of it, run the end of your fingernail up the edge of the blade, it should feel as smooth as glass, if it doesnt, then strop it on the inside of a leather belt with polishing compound untill it does.

the type of metal can make a difference too, i find that my basic high carbon steel knives like my opinels and some of my kitchen knives feel scary sharp along the edge and will "bite" into things easily, while my stainless blades sharpened and stropped exactly the same way will slide over things rather than bite in if you only use light preassure

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RAT knife

I don't carry it every day, but if I am carrying something, it's this

I'm in the UK and you can carry something that is 3 inches or less and non-locking and non-fixed 'without good reason', but I still hear people getting hassled about it if they get searched.

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>>28919630
helps if I upload a pic

>>28919630
>>28919644
Get a life, bin that knife!

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The big goi stays in my backpack because no funs on my campus usually. Little guy I actually carry and mostly clean my nails with it. It works fine.

>>28919665
It's OK, I'm white and middle class

Why do you guys carry knives?
Serious question

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RAT1 master race

>>28919693
I'm an engineer that works in power plants chemical plants, etc. There are about a billion uses for my knife a day and it saves me a lot of walking back and forth to the toolbox/truck

>>28919677
YOU RACIST! REPORT TO YOUR NEAREST IMMIGRANT CAMP FOR CULTURAL ENRICHMENT!

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>>28911345

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>>28911345

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>>28916322

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the barrage on the bottom

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Urban Trapper

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This little thing stays on my keychain and comes in handy quite often. It's small, inoffensive, and offers fully serrated fun!

I usually carry it with a SAK on my belt and a small fixed blade or a folder with a 3 to 4" blade.

>>28919693
I carry a knife to cut things. I imagine those who don't are sheltered fuckboys in the city.

>>28916447
Be mindful that alot of pocket clips break kinda easy (gerber, kershaw, spyderco, callumus) I've broke alot of clips by them catching chairs, counters, etc keep them tight knives loose in your pocket are a bitch. Also I'm a lefty so I keep one in left and right pocket

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>>28916830

>that voice
>close tab

>>28920241

I love black coating on knives and seeing it scratched off. It's beautiful to see it wear in like that. It's like the pattern that shows up on the barrel of a USP.

>>28920216
>all this shit taste

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>>28915167
>>28916257
The drifter feels more solid with it's metal frame, I'd rather the 7010 than the 7007

>>28915278
The Sanrenmu is not a fake Sabenza.
It's a clone, tribute even
Don't get me wrong, I fucking love my Sanrenmu and EDC'd it for almost 5 years but it's not a Sabenza.

>>28920107
>buying china shit

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Smith & Wesson "M&P" . METAL BUTTON ON TAIL END TO BREAK GLASS .

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this is my edc. My father bought a kit of flashlights, a multi tool and this knife and gave me the knife. It is better then I expected.

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>>28923429
I didn't know there were clones os CRKT Drifter! I carry it for EDC and I'm happy with it!

>>28923982
No so much a clone as it's so exact.
All of the hardware i=on it is even the same.
Not suprising since the Drifter is made in china and Ranrenmu is an OEM supplier.

I'd go so far as to say that they're probably made in the same factory in the same line.

>>28920216
You have a lot of money and I can't help but think the pink thing is a buttplug/anal bead of some sort.

>>28924373
goddamned phone, fuckin my shit up all day every day

>>28924373
Does sanrenmu use the same steel ?