What blade did you EDC today?

Kershaw Terran 2080!

This knife is a lot smaller than most of my knives, but I do like it.

It's kinda like a gentleman's folder.

It's lightweight and pretty slim.

It has a 3.125" blade and seems like a toy compared to my larger knives.

I think it looks really good, though, and it's a nice change of pace.

Here is my WFH carry today. Glamor shot previously taken. :blush:

Gerber EZout JR partially serrated for about 25 years. I’ve made the opening hole at least twice as deep as it was originally and just a little bit longer for easier drop openings. I use it for most everything everyday. I’ve lost and found it a few times for days or more at a time but I have a spare one for those times. It’s a very soft steel that needs constant touch-ups but that’s all right. I’ve always carried a second larger knife also. For the last 10 years it’s been a partially serrated Tenacious. I have dabbled with other smaller knives looking to replace the Gerber but that meant carrying three knives and I almost never used the other ones. I’ve been waiting since November for the s35vn PS tenacious.

I had this Kershaw 1630 for 10+ years now.

Cold Steel AD-15, OD green scales dyed navy blue.

Yup, my first Kershaw was the smaller 1635.

I got it in 2008.

Hey cool blade! :-) Ever open it up to clean/look around? I took mine apart the other day to clean and lube. Was stuck at one point putting it back but eventually I got it all back together.

I actually have another Kershaw carabiner which I currently use with my keys. Quite handy as I always have it with me.

I took apart a couple of non-assisted knives that didn't work well, and I couldn't get them back together, and they ended up as trash.

Since then, I don't take my knives apart.

Yeah I know the feeling. One moment it’s one solid functioning piece. After fix/clean, no more one solid piece.

Nice job with this! I’ve always thought about doing my blue bug out, because like you, the original blue for me is getting old. Seeing how nice yours is I may try it finally! Any idea of how long “quite a while” was? Just curious.

Thanks! It was super easy honestly. The only stresful part was worrying about spilling any dye somewhere I’d regret.

IIRC probably a total of 3 or 4 minutes, maybe less considering I pulled it out and dabbed it dry with a paper towel few times to check the color.

Blade HQ has a good tutorial. I would mix a weaker solution than the suggested 1:8 Rit dye to water so the transition is more gradual. I went with the 1:8 and mistakenly read their listed time as minutes and not seconds. The result of soaking for 10 minutes in midnight navy blue dye was a pitch black scale. But after washing it multiple times in soap and warm water and wipe down with rubbing alcohol, the color came out fine, as seen on my above post of the AD-15. It’s just the deepest navy blue possible with this dye, rather than a lighter shade. Not mentioned in the tutorial is washing the scales before assembly to prevent the excess dye from rubbing off on hands and fabric.

I like to do this when I first get a knife. I get to see how it works, inspect the parts, etc. It really helps me to get to know the knife. It also lets me clear out all the factory gunk and lube it up with higher quality, non-toxic stuff. Right out of the box, this alone usually improves the action. If the knife had any grime, burrs, loose metal shavings, etc.; cleaning them up will help even more. (While every brand is different, some budget knives can be really gross inside from the factory.)

For Kershaw Speedsafe knives, you'll want to have some grease for the torsion bar. A Kershaw employee recommended the White Lightning Crystal Grease to me and I've been very happy with it. It's a clear non-toxic grease with just the right thickness. I've used it on other things too now but a single tube can last a VERY long time.

Thanks on the compliments about my scales, never made em before nor had I ever worked with carbon fiber before so no… I don’t have anything really about how I did it. Trial and error with lots of elbow grease. lol

And I picked up a new little compact D2 blade for my EDC…

Compact being a matter of perspective, it’s a 3” cutting edge with a .26” thick blade and .19” thick Ti scales. The Medford FUK, Fighting Utility Knife, oh you just have to love Greg’s sense of humor! (or not, but his blades are legend)

Although I always have a LM Juice for non-knife things, I keep a seperate knife for easier access. After trying some very nice, pretty, and exotic metal special editions from BM, Spyderco, ZT, etc., the knives I actually enjoy the most while using are the less expensive Buck 112 w/ finger grooves, Buck 110 Lite, LM Crater C33TX (dc’ed), and when feeling fancy, an SKBlades custom 20CV Vantage.

Props to my old M390 BM Gip, #8&9 modded Opinels, and my favorite boxcutter, an aluminum $0.89 cheapie from WMt… my go-to for cutting fiberglass insulation.

I’m a fan of the Civivi Elementum because of the very smooth and handsome design, it has proven tough sofar and it feels very good in the hand, I EDC-ed a nice one for a while with micarta scales that I dyed to a more red tint.

But I like black blades too. The black version everywhere for sale has wooden scales though, that I do not really like on a black knife. This week I bought a black one anyway, so I have two of these knives now, and I swapped the scales, so both look better now in my opinion. The black with micarta scales (I removed the pocket clip because I’m lefthanded) is my new EDC now, the other is leftover. I may sell it but it had some use, the edge is not perfect anymore.

I feel same as you do, this combination is much better, even though the wooden handle needs a polished clip.

If I had a leftover knife budget I’d ask for it :slight_smile:

by the way, sometimes both liner have threads but holes only on the clip side. Is that maybe the case with Civivi?
Then you could drill thru and attach the clip on the other side.

Unfortunately not with this knife, no holes on the other side. I keep it loose in my front pocket, works well enough because all edges are very smooth.

I agree on the polished clip on the wooden one, but they both came with a black clip (and black screws) so that is what it is.

That’s a pity with the clip, I guess I’d soak it in acetone and see if I can remove the paint :wink:

Anyways, if you like your knife clipped you could try this:

There’s also people who make them regulary if you wish to $$

Enjoy :slight_smile:

I have made all sorts of bags/pockets/pouches over time (I’m skilled with the sewing machine), also leather ones (made my own leather wallet 25 years ago, it has lived in my back pocket ever since and it is still fine, I wonder how wallet manufacturers manage to make leather wallets that are trash within a year).
But an extra pouch in my pocket would make it too bulky.
And it really is fine like this :slight_smile:

But in general, 10% of the world is lefthanded and no (affordable) knife manufacturer makes lefthanded versions of their righthanded knives (just sometimes ambidextrous knives, but the nicest designs are not ambidextrous). And it is really not something hard to do, no design changes are needed, just an extra production line. The Civivi Elementum would be a candidate, there’s enough of them sold to make that extra production line viable.

But I’m sure this must be a topic on blade forums too (but I never go there).