What blade did you EDC today?

The 755’s are discontinued?? That seems odd as popular as they are…

It’s BM, I love them but they seem to do the exact opposite of what the market suggests.

Just got it yesterday.

BM 477 Emissary

The Buck Mini Strider with it’s ATS-34 Bos heat treated blade at .17” thick and 3” long. Tough little heavy duty knife. G10 scales and Ti liners in a liner lock configuration. Been abusing this one for over a decade. This is normally EDC as it has been since I got it around 13 years ago. When shooting a job I carry the Mini AFCK in slacks. When traveling I carry the full sized AFCK. Both AFCK’s in ATS-34. And occasionally the Nimravus Cub, with a D2 black coated blade.


Gayle Bradley M4 blade with CF scales or Sage 2 Titanium mono-lock with S30V? That Ti Sage 2 is looking pretty dang awesome!

This Rough Rider is getting a lot of pocket time recently, non threatening and enough for most of the things I do that require a knife.

Dude, not even comparable, M4 all the way!

Bob Lum Chinese Folder With foliage green Almite coated aluminum scales and black BodyCoat blade.

That’s a very handsome looking knife.

Hi isti.
I’ve just been looking at your Steel Reviews blog (again) I’ve had to shift the Y-Start with stonewash,G10 bolsters and red/white Micarta scales to my “Must Have” list. Your modded clip looks great as well.

I’ve not got around to the 7071’s yet but I’m due a gift cert from FastTech I believe., that might make the price of the 7071 attractive. :slight_smile:

Your posts always seem to lead to me wanting knives and spending money, Oh! Wait! that’s normal for me. :bigsmile:

One of these has spent a bit of pocket time recently, small but useful.

Hi Steve

The value/price ratio of those Y-start folders is pretty good. The brownish-white micarta handle gives them a kind of aged look which makes them more interesting in real life. I think I’m going to edc one of them at the weekend. :slight_smile:

The SRM 7071 with the all steel handle looks quite attractive I wish SRM could release a slightly bigger version too. Your SRM 4107 would be awesome with a 3” locking blade for me. :slight_smile:

Hi isti.
I’ve blown my budget for now but the Y-Start’s are definitely on my want list.
I just had another Military clone delivered today, for a little over $17 it is excellent, the G10 is two tone digicam, just black on a light coloured scale, not to every-ones taste maybe but I like it more than the green ones.

Earlier in the week I got a Paramilitary 2 clone, blue G10.

That cost $5 more but it’s worth it. Usual place. :slight_smile:

8steve88 are these clones any good? I picked up a Salt clone and it is horrendously bad. How long are the blades?

Fox Orion

I've never been able to figure out exactly what to call this knife. Too big for a gentlemans folder, and too small to call tactical. It's super light weight and elegant in its own way. It does look gentlemanly though. Maybe a gentlemans squirrell skinner?

Buck 290 platinum
Don’t have my phone on me so this picture will do.

I have two Military, one Paramilitary, one Brous Reloader, one Medford Praetorian, all between $15 to $25. They represent good value and are a change to the normal Enlan, SanRenMu etc. I’d put the quality as near SanRenMu and better than or equal to Enlan. They all lock-up with no blade play in any direction.

They came in white boxes, apart from the Spyderco’s - the Military’s had poorly printed boxes but the Paramilitary even had the sticker with the model number and date code/barcode, also included was a printed Edge-U-Cation sheet.

The Paramilitary has a 9Cr18MoV blade, the others 8Cr13MoV. The Spyderco’s were etched with CPM S30V on the blades, this was the wrong type of steel to the original, the Paramilitary with blue G10 should have M390 steel and the Military with brown G10 should have CTS XHP steel.

I won’t be hard using these knives and have no intention of selling them.
For the price they are excellent. I purposely bought the cheapest that I could find that offered what I wanted in terms of the looks, although I have no intention of hard use they look well capable of taking abuse, no corners cut on construction, proper nested liners, the Paramilitary has phosphor bronze washers.

The blade length on the two Military’s is 100mm, cutting edge 90mm. The Paramilitary blade length 90mm, cutting edge 80mm and the compression locks up fine with no play in any direction. they are reasonably well ground and the Paramilitary was as sharp as a very sharp razor.

I’ve been impressed enough to keep buying them. It might be that I’ve been lucky but every clone that I’ve bought has been well worth the outlay.

I know all the arguments for and against buying these clones but as I’m more likely to buy a genuine Military now that I’ve tried a copy then they’ve served a purpose, the Brous and Medford I’ll never be able to afford so the “causing loss of sales” doesn’t really apply to me.

Can anyone here recommend a Southard clone?
I’d like to get something with decent fit and finish, especially in the pivot mechanism.

Today I’m carrying a San Ren Mu 7063. I received it about a week ago and the pivot is finally loosening up enough to flick open nicely.