Opinel tobacco knife
Buck 347 Vantage is my EDC
Buck 119 hunting / fishing
Becker BK7 camping / SHTF
Buck 347 Vantage is my EDC
Buck 119 hunting / fishing
Becker BK7 camping / SHTF
What's Your Preferred EDC Knife?
- Thread starter ChippewaAce
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living in NYC, we are very limited last few years on what we can legally carry.
Basically only sub 4 inch, clipless slipjoints are legal. Similar to the UK I understand.
Basically were left to choil style locking blades for defense.
The best Ive found is the Boker Chad Los Banos XL Drop point slip joint choil lock knife after removing the clip.
It's crap steel, but cheap and if it gets taken away I wont cry...
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and this is the kinda thing you have to worry about in my neighborhood:
Basically only sub 4 inch, clipless slipjoints are legal. Similar to the UK I understand.
Basically were left to choil style locking blades for defense.
The best Ive found is the Boker Chad Los Banos XL Drop point slip joint choil lock knife after removing the clip.
It's crap steel, but cheap and if it gets taken away I wont cry...
Boker Plus XL Drop 01BO544 - Chad Los Banos Slip Joint EDC - Satin Drop Point - Black G10 - Non Locking Folder
Check this out: Boker Plus XL Drop 01BO544 - Chad Los Banos Slip Joint EDC - Satin Drop Point - Black G10 - Non Locking Folder
www.knivesplus.com
and this is the kinda thing you have to worry about in my neighborhood:
This my little Mnandi that is always clipped inside the pocket of my work pants. A great little office/gentlemen's knife that gets a lot of use.
Cool. I've heard great things about those Spyderco Sharpmakers. I'm definitely a noob in this world as well, but I want to get good enough to just do it at myself when needed.
I'd eventually love to have a shop area at home with a bench grinder! For now I'll find something I can learn with and grow into before the shop arrives!I think you’ll be happy with it.
I sharpen on my belt grinder, and then either buff off the burr with a buffer or strop on leather with Flitz followed by pink no-scratch compound. But Benchmade does have a sharpening service if you do choose. I think you pay $5 or so to send the knife to them and they’ll put a factory edge back on it. I’ve always done it myself though. ?
Very nice! Yeah those Griptilians were appealing too, I think the Osborne just seemed "classic" to me, but definitely open to other stuff in the future -
Dang :/ I didn't know there were restrictions on knives like that in NY as well. Yeah I definitely have a backup edc knife for travel as well for the same reason.living in NYC, we are very limited last few years on what we can legally carry.
Basically only sub 4 inch, clipless slipjoints are legal. Similar to the UK I understand.
Basically were left to choil style locking blades for defense.
The best Ive found is the Boker Chad Los Banos XL Drop point slip joint choil lock knife after removing the clip.
It's crap steel, but cheap and if it gets taken away I wont cry...
Boker Plus XL Drop 01BO544 - Chad Los Banos Slip Joint EDC - Satin Drop Point - Black G10 - Non Locking Folder
Check this out: Boker Plus XL Drop 01BO544 - Chad Los Banos Slip Joint EDC - Satin Drop Point - Black G10 - Non Locking Folder
and this is the kinda thing you have to worry about in my neighborhood:
Hard to fight back a hatchet attack with a toothpick.
That Buck 119 looks like it is from the 1960's version...have 1 just like it...sharp as hell, USA made.
Got mine in the 80's. I like the sheath for yours. I had to order one for mine as I am left handed. Workhorse of a knife and dresses a deer quite nicely.
A belt grinder is nice to have, for sure, but a couple of decent stones and a strop (of some kind) with some Flitz or other compound is really all you need if you know how to use them.
Spyderco Native 5. Comfortable, lightweight, super sharp.
Like Troutface, another Boker Kalashnikov fan, I have two (Black and green), both under $30. I only carry what I can afford to lose. (yet oddly, have never lost one of these).
Benchmade 590, assisted opening which I like better than a flipper (e.g., Rich Hinderer design). As a lefty I find the Axis style lock more to my likely than a framelock.
When I want something smaller I’ll carry an old (1980’s version) Buck Stockman
When I want something smaller I’ll carry an old (1980’s version) Buck Stockman
Ok cool. Yeah I'm looking at that sharpening puck somebody mentioned before as a kind of starting place. Was at Bass Pro the other day as well and they had a rack of different models of a belt sharper called Work Sharp that looked intriguing, I'll have to do more digging on that. Fairly affordable too -
Excellent! Yeah I'm getting pretty fond of the Axis lock style as well -
Fair enough! I invested in the aforementioned Benchmade Osborne but traveled to Milwaukee this pabst weekend, so I checked my Smith and Wesson 1st Responder instead of the Osborne - just in case!
I’ve seen those Work Sharps, but never messed with them. I have no idea how fast they run or if the speed is adjustable. If you go that route, start with some cheap knives you won’t care about ruining. There’s a learning curve with belt grinders, and as with all power tools, they can either get stuff done quickly or f*** stuff up quickly.