What blade did you EDC today?

You should give the mini barrage a try. I know where you can get a blue one.

Mini Griptilian - D2 steel

I was at Cabellas yesterday and looked at it. I was not to enamored by it. Kinda reminded me of the mini grip. I will say that the local knife shop had a few stryders and ZT’s that I am giving a second look at. ZT 560 is leading the pack right now, with the BM 477 emissary in the top 3 now too.) Lionsteel and Microtek also are getting a few more looks as well.

I’ve been carrying this Freefall all week and I’m digging on it. It’s a little bulky compared to say a Delica, but I still like it, and it’s probably the smoothest deploying of all my knives.

Most of the time I’ll have a Spyderco in my pocket. I like the Native because it’s super light with the FRN, but it’s made in Golden Colorado and has S30V steel.

And here’s a random assortment of my favorites. I’ve been getting a lot of medical procedures done, so I carry a Vic to the doctor’s office.

The 0560 is an excellent choice. I had issues with lock freeze with the lionsteel

Nice Bone Collector, Dale. The fixed blade version looks really nice as well. I had a Bushcrafter in my shopping cart and swapped it out at the last minute for a Tops, and now I almost wish I would’ve bought the Benchmade. I’ve been really looking at the Bone Collector fixed blade. The Tops is nice, but I’m still looking for that perfect camp knife.




Wow. I looked them up and found this one. Hopefully I’ll come off disability soon and have money.

http://www.customforgedknives.com/store/brian-yellowhorse-buffalo-custom-hunter-skinner

Fox Acquatone

Really nice EDC blades. I can't believe I've never seen a review about thes knives anywhere.

Slim and elegant. The perfect suburban EDC.

Really nice jiimping top and bottom. Reminiscent of Spyderco jiimping. Two tone aluminum scales.

if you bump the thumb studs with your thumbnail, the blade flies out as if it was spring assisted. It's not, but I had to check. That's how fast it is.

I was really hoping to get a blade with the DLC coating on it, but the Spyderco Sage 2 appealed to me and it wasn't offered in that treatment. And Spyderco tells me they don't offer it as an aftermarket service.

Anybody know where I can get a blade DLC coated?

(just double checked where I bought the Sage 2, price went up $30 in the last 4 days!)

Total side question.

Someone told me Frog lube was a good alternative for keeping things moving and slick. One of the reasons I like it is that it is non toxic.

Anyone have pluses or minuses to using it for knives? First hand, saw some, read about it, or just short of making stuff up about it?

Excellent lubricant with additives (PTFE lubricant), great for guns too.

Are the Foxes made in Italy?

Yes. Maniago Italy.
Really nicely built. Like I said, I’ve never seen them mentioned anywhere. The undiscovered sleeper EDC.

£70 over here, $111, but Maniago built is not cheap built, some very good knives made there.
Fox Acquatone

Got this blue Kahr Arms Delica 4 sprint run the other day. It has been in my pocket and backpack ever since - and it will definetly stay there for a long time.

We start with budget knives, but it looks like we have difficulty staying there. :slight_smile:

I’ve EDC’d a SAK Tinker and Spyderco Endura for the last 20 years. Added a Gerber Suspension MT a couple of months ago.

This gets a lot of pocket time, £8.95, about $14.

Due to our erm, challenging knife carry laws what I’d like to carry is more often than not not what I am carrying.
A lot of SanRenMu’s are finding their way in as well.

48mm blade slipjoint. Good keyring knife.