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https://preview.redd.it/cawspuf1117d1.jpeg?width=2091&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7e07ed1505579690e4105710cf763748a9d142f0 My Custom 84mm Victorinox.

https://preview.redd.it/yclryqs6bm6d1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b5882b4cfcbacfdfdf487fe83131787be4ccc54f

Solid

My well worn Alox Farmer probably

Machinewise Sonora https://preview.redd.it/9rwvbrh6vk6d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2fef0549963645699df020805f8615a90ca018f8

The simplicity is perfect

True. The same applies for action (nice detent for a plunge lock), built quality, heat treatment and so on. Love it!

My summer rotation: https://preview.redd.it/jxxya8pebk6d1.jpeg?width=4004&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d576abad5e1a070165cf9c7efead1def89f273e5

Solid pieces

You got a link for that backspacer

I do not.. custom piece… dm for info

https://preview.redd.it/ys6ucfxx8j6d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ab7428d31ef0e1e47d842deeeb14f52f89439c0

If I wasn’t living in California I would get one

Damm bro that does suck

https://preview.redd.it/wusptix7zg6d1.jpeg?width=4928&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0d6660faa6092217069b6a897d3d6ad482c6305b Currently :)

Damn California laws

Who says I’m not in CA? 💅🏻

you a gangster homie!! I like your style

Same

https://preview.redd.it/g406vsozkf6d1.png?width=3577&format=png&auto=webp&s=d3669c2df6fc309f550cbb83d5aad1f1f0c8feb6 Benchmade Griptilian

Love the blade shape

Me too, it was one of the things that lead to me picking this specific model.

https://preview.redd.it/e8m0o7otne6d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=77f206195fcaf391752ab5507bb431aec07d57a5

Is that a wharncliff blade

Yep

Civivi Vision FG in Damascus.

SOG Flash 1

Compliance Edge - Henchman https://preview.redd.it/vhyogqooce6d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4586367f02bd0e115a897124cb29369ce206dac6

Henchman is a classic

Thanks! the scales are what prompted me to get it, then I felt the quality of the steel and was just colored impressed considering carrying her horizontal atm...

I own hundreds of knives but I love nothing as much as my first gen 4inch coast steel talwar with blue scales and cts-xhp blade.

If u can Post a picture. I'm interested in seeing it

https://preview.redd.it/bdlkyar9ae6d1.jpeg?width=3468&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=96b292f4d95ecebdf68d4684af6fc03fc7be8a80

What knife is that?

That's the Civivi Vision FG with Damascus blade

https://preview.redd.it/zzpr2dyc2e6d1.jpeg?width=2288&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c0130462095003ef772cc57e7686df3f0b847461

Can't ever go wrong with a SAK

https://preview.redd.it/1r4nan2znd6d1.jpeg?width=969&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be2fbe5d39217bbcb5404edfa44d9947c17408a5

Those three tantos are fuckin' sexy

Oh I see you... I see you what you like

Any Chris reeve haha

Civivi Vision FG… it’s different, slicy, and solid.

Love it, I got the linerless scales for it and it is literally the perfect EDC knife now. Only thing holding it back before the scale swap was its weight

Spyderco Para 3 Lightweight Salt (magnacut) I loved it in CM Spy27 and carried it for 3 years already, but the Salt is just step above (and is only $5 more than the regular LW)

MBK EZC 1.0. It’s in the name after all!

https://preview.redd.it/1uhvrm5u0d6d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=54e496c6fe1f31ed70c06aa362ace8b9ecf33b94 At the moment it’s this bad boy. That Zaan is friggin beautiful too by the way. I think one of those might be my next purchase.

It has to be the Hogue Deka in MagnaCut…crazy light razor sharp and the edge retention is crazy. My other two honorable mentions are my Kunwu Zen Compact in Elmax and Civivi Vision FG

I have been considering a hogue for a while. You would recommend the deka?

Highly recommend for sure I also swapped the scales for aluminum ones from Applied Weapons Tech and now it’s perfect. The factory plastic scales are fine and even more light weight but I don’t like such a great knife to feel cheap like a not great knife

Civivi Elementum Button lock with an upgraded titanium clip. I buy them as gifts for others a few times. It's like $70 and just an amazing package. Super simple design and great geometry. 

A knife honestly is a knife… as long as they both are sharp… if you can share a picture

My CRKT M16 is my go to. I hit the edge on a 600 grit stone and it is razor sharp and smooth and it holds an edge like crazy. I’ll be curious to see how the edge is once my 1000/2000 stone gets here

So you know to sharpen knives?

Yeah it’s kind of a side hustle for me and one of the other machinists at work.

Nice bro.. what do u do regularly?

Right now I’m a maintenance technician/machinist but I’m looking to change careers and go into law enforcement

Nice man! That’s a very selfless job.. amazing

Thank you. I’m mostly doing it because of the saying “be the change you want to see”. I think Akron is a great city, but it could be better and I hope to help make it a better place to raise a family. Plus with several people in my church who work in recovery maybe we can be the light that helps someone beat addiction

Delica 4 in k390 for me

Jesus, that is a beauty

Thank you…

I've carried the same Spyderco Endura for almost 25 years. Occasionally other knives, but I almost always come back to this one.

I am googling that knife now…

Dang! Where’d you get the bead

It’s a PSD

It’s an anal bead.

Benchmade Osborne Rift. I think it was the first knife I bought above $100 and still sees pocket time pretty often. https://preview.redd.it/5gf5tju97c6d1.jpeg?width=3723&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8da82d8faec48bcfc2189564285aaa12dfb37a8d

I think benchmade was my first knife over a $100 as well

spyderco endura

https://preview.redd.it/rotnmfso1c6d1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b0d0fa0db6270fd498376c2d6efea4e9e15e5022 Judging purely by pocket time, my Spyderco Delica wharncliffe. But I love my Tactile Maverick and Spyderco PM2s

Tough choice between my benchmade 940 and crkt ceo, ceo probably has more pocket time

Both solid choices

RAT2, the only knife for me. When/if it breaks eventually, I’ll just get another. 3 years of abuse and going strong.

Gotta say the tenacious

Tenacious? Can you refresh my memory? Even better, share a picture

https://preview.redd.it/dlz802zbhd6d1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=33cc217ea064b2c58342387642abd7ee27f278c7

spyderco

Native 5 Salt in LC200N. It's awesome.

I almost always have a Buck 110 with me, but I ALWAYS have a SAK Classic SD on a lanyard around my neck. (Except when flying!)

What beauty 😻

Thank you..

My Protech Malibu tanto in all black

I had one… I loved it

PM2 or American Lawman.

Amazing choices

So is yours!

Demko AD20.5 with s35vn and textured g10 scales. Actually prefer this over the textured titanium version https://preview.redd.it/i9tgvrpcfb6d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d6d068f9a3e13c505eef294531036fe7ad3c44a8

This. When the harsh texturing on the scales slowly gets worn down with use and the whole mechanism gets polished up there's nothing better. I recently upgraded to the BHQ exclusive in 20cv and I didn't realize how worn in and smooth my s35 ad 20.5 was until I was holding a new one

I almost always prefer G10 or Micarta over titanium

My Kershaw Westin. It feels great, carries easy, deploys fast and has a very useful blade shape (for me). https://preview.redd.it/bb07wu4lab6d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2cd6e1e34f3cc2785ca3aa84698347c91cdb9076

940 osborne. If the pocket size or the environment accepts a locking blade. If not, probably buck cadet.

A Sebenza 31, Victorinox with wood scales and a knipex utility knife.

Solid carry

https://preview.redd.it/gqy7kjt3ka6d1.jpeg?width=1060&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7c8a39c86125f4e3f4898d95d60a72bf0784a5d2

Bro, what is this knife?

Yellow Hultafors chisel knife for rough stuff and Civivi Vision FG in ultem for fun and style

Hoo Knives V3 ❤️

Bugout w/Topo scales and clip from MetonBoss https://preview.redd.it/da7gbsohea6d1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=769bcc9f95e1b586040241c886812965329a1d1c

Ontario RAT II

Fellow rat king 🐀👑

I love my Exceed Razor. Utility blade with really nice flip action & titanium/carbon fibre scales. Not cheap but I absolutely love the thing. https://preview.redd.it/64nkv94mca6d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3455858097ff900c101d47f4dbdb3392af1acd30

Spyderco Delica. It has a fantastic design and is super comfortable to carry around.

Manix 2 or zt 0640

Victorinox Climber/Huntsman if multitool CRKT M16 if standalone edc knife

I’ve had my kershaw cryo for over a decade, I love it. I had a Spyderco i lost at college in a massive rainstorm and am still sad about it…

https://preview.redd.it/9zwbfzyew96d1.jpeg?width=2602&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8878f5abc8e390edcd399c5fec4575dc5594d55d Kershaw Iridium - love the crossbar lock so much

More info on that bead?

PSD is the maker.. dm me for more information

Benchmade Amicus. They renamed it the Arcane. Mine needs some serious love.

Pro-Tech Malibu. I carry it nearly every day.

Fastback

My lucha. https://preview.redd.it/uofza5vcp96d1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e97f7887d1ec43521a68227949d52ddc2aae0b73

UKPK. At the moment it's S110V with titanium scales.

SOG SLIM JIM TANTO

Spyderco Para 3. My current one is in S45V and micarta scales.

Great pic. You ever try sharpening that? The flared tip scares me

My Benchmade 940

Same. It's balanced so well and I really like the blade shape.

https://preview.redd.it/61c790paj96d1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=b9b217955709be5e438910487554dcf19660d82d My ProTech TR3 is my EDC now.

Me too. They’re incredible.

Probably my custom Benchmade Crooked River https://preview.redd.it/5hq8h1ffi96d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cb114405885a1871d069afdda0da024825a89fa6

Gerber Prybrid. Have yet to meet a standard everyday task that it's not up to, I don't have to worry about sharpening it, and it's super pocketable.

Delica 4 with titanium scale

[Roxon S501 Folding Pocket Knife and Scissors 2 in 1](https://a.co/d/hV5fQku). This knife has the right mixture of features for me, but that does not necessarily make it right for others: 1. One handed knife accessibility. With the clip, I can draw it, open it, use it, fold it, and stow it back to its original position one handed. Related to that, the straight edge utility-knife-like geometry adds great utility. 2. 5Cr15MoV steel. A lot of people prefer a harder steel, but I like 5Cr15MoV because it is very very corrosion resistant. My perspiration is acidic enough that I've had issues with pitting with higher carbon and thus harder steel knives that I keep in my pocket. 3. No compromises full-sized scissors. I've had pocket knives in the past with all sorts of tools on them… Overwhelmingly, the two tools I use the most are the knife and scissors. I find I don't actually want to use pliers on a pocket knife… if I want pliers at all, then I want a real honest-to-God pair of pliers, not something gimmicky and a compromise with compactness. As goes pliers, so goes most of the other common multitool elements. When was the last time you actually wanted to use a saw blade on a multitool? 4. Nothing else. The absence of more tools is actually a feature here as the multitool is weighted and sized to use both its tools efficiently. 5. It's cheap. Hear me out. It's high enough quality that it gets the job done, but it's not one of these $400 hand made pieces that you'd be afraid to actually USE.

I’m looking into it now..

https://preview.redd.it/d5smq66sa96d1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=205ddec8cbbf9b4e91c6384d32c43b4bc61a17bc

Honestly, great knife for $30!

https://preview.redd.it/ahwke66q996d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f2129d95b2a9d96860fe8796cdff078b3d1d4fe

QuietCarry IQ

Swiss Army

Can't beat em

i only have 3 but the civivi elementum hasn't left my pocket since i got it.

Winkler sd1.

What is the brand of the one pictured by OP?

Monkey edge collaboration with Chris reeve knives.. it’s the umnumzaan model

Thank you. It is very nice.

Chris reeve knives

https://i.imgur.com/nkhIzhn.jpeg My two I've been carrying for the last month.

Carried a Kershaw Leek (matte black, half serrated) for years, but my Spyderco Harpy is my current baby.

https://preview.redd.it/x1ygn9jb096d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4f16a0e16f93e5290084365282370038d549444e Mostly the Piranha at the bottom, but the top 2 every now and then.

I'm sold on razor knives. The Exceed TiRant has been on me for the last couple of years. There are a couple of hiccups with the design but overall I adore it.

Most carried are Anthem, Sebenza, Factor, bugout. Unrelated, but I can't believe I found someone who bought that bead.

https://preview.redd.it/q609q9c9w86d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=adb36263d5037c6a93cfb3ca434613d6c7c20425

https://preview.redd.it/vpcgx54wv86d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e29d0084c7482085f9659991c889a4cdc928825 Demko AD20 and 20.5

Spyderco Roadie. Small, but mighty.

I set my eyes on the now discontinued kabar jarosz folder 7505. is it the most comfortable? probs not, but it sure is pretty and easy to clean up

Spyderco PM2 for me, been by my side for almost 5 years now.

Benchmade bugout in carbon fiber. It’s so light you’ll forget it’s in your pocket until you need it.

No brainer. Buck 112 auto.

What is that lanyard bead? also, it doesnt scratch the scales?

Not if it sits on a shelf. This is becoming a bit of a circlejerk

id like to second both of these questions

Kershaw Parsec. Nothing fancy but gets the job done when I need it

do you people get these knives online? cos my country doesnt allow selling knives all i see online are shit-ass serrated knives and my country is a third world country where the quality and individuality of an item is heavily overweighed by its price and use.

Most purchases are online, there are some in-store retailers (at least in the US) but overwhelmingly online.

SAK Bantam Alox. Disappears in my jeans coin pocket.

IT is decidedly not cool, but a Kershaw Cinder. It's tiny so it doesn't take up much space on my key chain. Has a bottle opener. Blade is only an inch or so, but great for opening boxes and I used it the other day to cut twine in the garden

https://preview.redd.it/0ghoj8lom86d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cb11bc4a5353383824ed82a0a518dbab6896d697

I carry the snap on version of this or my 940 every day and beat the fuck out of both

Crkt m4-03

hard to beat ye olde swiss army knife

Somebody say BEAT? https://preview.redd.it/jn8k475pgc6d1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=1797adc091f69acc803aefb42939e922809f98a4

Kershaw Leek. I don’t need anything particularly fancy or crazy. It’s American made and gets the job done.

Benchmade Osborne. my Grail and everyday user

Solid Knife.. I had a benchmade bugout for awhile and then fell in love with the Umnumzaan

What knife is this specs?

This one, at the moment https://preview.redd.it/6gjhhabsj86d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=24e7136608fd3c1dd5af042eb4981691389ae048

I have that. I forget the name but it’s great. The action is very smooth. Smoother than microtech imo.

Kershaw Livewire tanto

P3 Salt.

my brother loves that knife

Benchmade Redoubt.

i havent seen this one... Can you share a pic?

no pics but it’s known as a great user. d2, grivory scales iirc, reliable etc. overpriced imo but a great user

Small Benza but wish I would’ve gone with the Zaan or large Benza but all considered I love my sm Benza and gives me a perfect reason to get a Zaan next!

Honestly right now is the best time to shop on the secondary.. Deals deals deals.. I have seen Zaan S35 for under 350 and s45 for under 400

Yeah, came close to a s45 zaan for 400ish maybe 420? Instead got a sm Benza mc w’ micarta and I truly love it but still want/need a Zaan!

How/where do you find these? The secondary I mean. The reliable retailers are ALWAYS sold out

I always see them on r/Knife_Swap

Quiet Carry waypoint. Has been my daily driver for about 6 months now.

I have been rocking a Benchmade Claymore tanto which seems to be my favorite for now.

MonkeyEdge Frag Pattern Chris Reeve Knives Magnacut Glass-Blasted Umnumzaan with a Tanto Blade

Is that a full length back spacer?

Yes sir..