Pocket Knives

[AUdakota]

I have 2 Spyderco's that I use for work. I love em.

Are you on the spyderco forum or bladeforums.com? There is someone over on the spyderco forum who has a rotary polisher as their avatar and I was wondering if I would ever run into them...

[Pats300zx]

Are you on the spyderco forum or bladeforums.com? There is someone over on the spyderco forum who has a rotary polisher as their avatar and I was wondering if I would ever run into them...

No sorry I'm not on any of the knife forums

[trek]

my carry knife is a Gerber Torch I

don't know much about knives, would actually like to get a nicer easier to open & close knife....any suggestions? I know its like asking what's the best wax, but just would like to see what you guys suggest for an everyday carry...

[Matt S.]

Benchmade 551 or a 940.

[jzuniga01]

spyderco delica 4 or endura

[markm]

Benchmade 551 or a 940.

+1, anything from benchmade is top notch. They use good steel.

[OCDetails]

I've got a SOG Flash II that I keep in my interior box. It is an assisted opening knife and that makes it easy for me to open and close with one hand. I've never liked liner locks, so I stay away from them. The only real requirement I have is that my detailing knife MUST be a tanto point. There are just too many times I've needed a flat edge to either get under a sticker on a window or some other purpose to go any other route.

The Boker Magnum is a good knife too. Tanto point, low cost, and the best part is that it isn't hard to convert it to an automatic. I bought a spring off Ebay to replace in mine and now it is a push button automatic knife. They are legal in Utah, so I don't have to worry. I keep that one in my golf bag. I believe you can even buy them already modified for less than $40 bucks if you shop around. I just don't know what the legalities of automatic knives are in your state.

[Bobby B.]

I never leave home without my CRKT M16-14SFA Carson Design. This knife is a beast.

[jaredpointer]

I've probably got somewhere in the neighborhood of 200-300 knives (pockets, hunting, skinning, etc) from the cheapo price range to the $300+ price range (not as many of those as I'd like). I've been collecting since I was a little boy. For EDC, I pretty much stick to things with pocket clips, krayton or plastic handles, one hand openers with thumb studs or holes. It's not uncommon for me to have two knives on me - one "good" one for me, and a cheap one for doing nasty things (like opening boxes for instance or letting a co worker use). The three or four one I carry for general purpose work are a base model Benchmade Mini Pika I picked up a few years ago for $25, A Cold Steel Voyager plain drop point, Kershaw Leek, Spyderco Delica, and a Spyderco Endura. I pretty much have all these sitting on my nighstand and carry one for a few weeks before I trade it for one of the others. A lot of my knives are older model pocket knives passed down or given as gifts or purchased with money I'd saved from cutting grass. I don't normally carry/use most of these due to perfectibility or sentimental value.

I will second (or third) the sentiments of an earlier poster who said that knives are addicting.

EDIT: Thought I should mention that for the longest while after I received it from you guys, I carried that Sarge knife (red handled with FLEX on it). That's a pretty darn good knife. Very utilitarian, easy to sharpen, and it holds a pretty nice edge.

[jaredpointer]

I forgot to mention the Benchmade Griptilian earlier.