What's Jow Forums's ideal EDC knife?
>fixed, folding, or multitool
>drop point, tanto or dagger?
> smooth edge, serrated, or combo?
> automatic, assisted or manual
Pic related my current EDC
What's Jow Forums's ideal EDC knife?
Nathan Scott
Andrew Powell
Gladius machete
Alexander Harris
Gerber is shit.
Julian Lee
byrd cara cara 2 or whatever heavy shit ganzo I have in my bag right now.
John Taylor
I like my CRKT Squid & Kershaw leek, inexpensive doesn’t look ridiculous if you have to put it in a tray
Grayson Adams
M7 bayonet.
Brayden Reyes
Its ok to be wrong user
Jeremiah Sanchez
Victorinox
Eli Jackson
For me it's two. A folding straight-edge stiletto and a multitool.
Matthew Miller
I'd post some of the Gerber knives I've had experience with, but they're all broken, rusting away in a landfill somewhere.
Thomas Bell
Folding, drop point, smooth, manual. Generally a Sypderco Endura tip down in appendix carry (Concealed, keeps it out of the way when reaching for phone/light/keys, still easy to get to) . Boring as hell, I know, but it is common for a reason I guess. I also carry a Victorinox Cadet in my jacket.
Also tanto/daggers are stupid for EDC and auto/assisted are more hype than they are worth. I would rather have less moving parts and a manual action.
Austin Sanders
Leatherman Wave will get you through most.
Jason Lee
>fixed, folding, or multitool
Folder
>drop point, tanto or dagger?
Insingo
>smooth edge, serrated, or combo?
serrated is useless
>automatic, assisted or manual
Manual. Anything more complex is a pain in the ass to clean and breaks.
Luis Cook
this man knows
this boy has no idea
best all around anything fixed or manual folder.
>drop/spear point blade, 3-3.75" blade, .125-.15" stock vg10, n690, s30v
tanto is usually shit unless you have a very specific need like you scrape flat surfaces. serrations are equally as useless. ball bearing pivots are dumb memes
Alexander Barnes
Take all these suggestions, throw them in the trash, and buy a COLD STEEL ESPADA XL.
Asher Foster
My ideal EDC knife doesn't exist in the real world yet, but the Civivi Naja is pretty close. Legitimately thin blade grind, ffg, distal taper, actually QC'd heat treat, relatively low carbide steel, fixed blade like handle ergonomics, and a very good price.
Eli Foster
>relatively low carbide steel,
If we're talking ideals here user why not go for a nitrogen based steel that avoids most of the issues of high carbide steels? Good taste on the thin grind though. One day .1" stock ffg knives will be popular, one day.
Bentley Campbell
Well, if I'm going pie in the sky I'd want the blade to be 1065 at full martensite hardness, minimizing both retained austenite and cementite, but I'm literally going to have to convince a custom maker to make me a blade that way to get such a thing.
In the meantime I do have this fixed blade in 0.060" stock and 0.007" behind the apex in 1095 at 62.5 HRC, which is quite fun to play with.
Xavier Clark
>1065 at full martensite hardness as an ideal knife steel.
I'm usually a nu-steel shill to the max but I gotta respect a man who takes the concept of a clean steel as far as possible like that with an actual comprehension of its benefits from a metallurgical standpoint rather than "stainless is bad!" tier of understanding of steels. And good goddamn that's thin. Truly thin. You could probably shave your fave with 1095 so thin.
Austin Wright
Based and espada pilled
Austin Lee
>Insingo
Good taste m8
Brandon Anderson
I'm a fan of sheepsfoot myself.
Isaiah Bell
As much as I hate Benchmade as a company I really like my mini crooked river. Easy to carry, works well for general use, and I can whip it out around faggots without them thinking I'm about to stab someone.
Mason Jones
I used to carry this all the time but apparently I'm not supposed to carry knives at work so I just keep it in my car.
Hudson Thomas
Currently using this
Zachary Jones
My personal use case for EDC knives is mostly a a mix of cardboard, paperboard, clamshell packaging, and food prep. All light work where a very thin grind really shines. I have a few beefier blades for really rough work if I need them.
I also keep my edges touched up on a diamond lapping film on balsa wood strop, so for me edge stability is much more important than wear resistance, since do long as the apex resists microscopic chipping and rolling, I'll be able to keep touching up the apex on the strop without needing a full resharpening. If I needed to do high volumes of cardboard/carpet/rope at a time without touch ups I'd go for a steel optimized for wear resistance, but I don't.
Nitrogen steels are really cool, but they are still in their infancy in use in knives, and we don't yet have many that can be taken to the 62-64hrc range, though LC200n performs surprisingly well at 60-61hrc.
Nicholas Ward
>Gerber Featherman
Oof
Lucas Gonzalez
using this for EDC, lightweight fixed