SOG Flash II

08/10/2015 by Michael

-Price Paid: $48.00
-Used for Every Day Carry
-Owned for 3 months

Comments:

This is great knife. Razor sharp out of the box. Takes a great edge and keeps it well. As my edc knife, it totally kicks butt.

TOPS Knives Tahoma Field Knife

08/05/2015 by Aaron

-Price Paid: $150.00
-Used for Outdoor/Survival
-Owned for 6 months

Comments:

The TFK is a knife that offers not only quality from TOPS Knives, but a lot of extra features as well. I really believe that that is where you will either love the knife or not. The devil is in the details as they say, and it will depend on if you see value in the extras. Overall it is a high quality knife that can do the bigger tasks well.

SOG Twitch XL

08/04/2015 by BIG AL

-Price Paid: $45.00
-Used for Light Duty/General
-Owned for 6 months

Comments:

I OWN THREE OF THESE, ALL TANTO BLADE MODELS. THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY THE BEST EVERY DAY CARRY KNIVES I HAVE EVER OWNED. I LIVE ON THE GULF COAST, SO A STAINLESS STEEL BLADE IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING. AUS-8 TAKES A GREAT EDGE AND KEEPS IT QUITE WELL. THE LOCK MECHANISM ON SOG'S TWITCH KNIVES IS

Microtech Ultratech

07/30/2015 by steve

-Price Paid: $200.00
-Used for Every Day Carry
-Owned for Greater than 1 year

Comments:

I love my ultratech and i bought it to be used and abused. In my profession, i'm cutting, slicing, and chopping with it daily and sharpening it monthly. It has held its edge well for what i put it through. I have the bayonet grind and it allows precision cutting with primary edge while saving the seecondary edge as backup. Ive played with other brand otf's and the ultratechs feel the most solid to me. I like that the thumb button takes a little more pressure to fire, as i have two daughters and i know they wouldnt be able to open it. Best knife ive ever owned and will buy another in the future.

Leatherman Crater C33X

07/27/2015 by Stuart H.

-Price Paid: $20.00
-Used for Every Day Carry
-Owned for Greater than 1 year

Comments:

For first-responders, servicemen, tradesmen or outdoorsmen the Leatherman "Crater C33X" is an excellent and inexpensive EDC knife. And, as a bonus, it's proudly American made. The knife is well designed and very rugged, and the size is a perfect balance between not too big and not too small. The knife is set-up for dual carry via either pocket clip or carabiner, both of which are well thought out. Due to the serrations pattern, this knife is relatively easy to resharpen. Leatherman also offers factory engraving of your initials into the blade. A definite bonus for armed services personnel! If you plan on owning only one pocket knife, the "Crater C33X" would be an ideal choice.

Schrade SCHF42

07/21/2015 by Aaron

-Price Paid: N/A
-Used for Outdoor/Survival
-Owned for 3 months

Comments:

It is every hard to find a knife these days that offers the features, design, and quality for under $50. Schrade is doing just that with this design from Brian Griffin. This knife has all the features of a great camp/bushcraft knife. You will love this blade.

Cold Steel Master Hunter

07/20/2015 by Aaron

-Price Paid: $95.00
-Used for Outdoor/Survival
-Owned for 3 months

Comments:

The New Cold Steel Master Hunter in CPM-3V steel is awesome. It has a great USA made steel then it is sent to Taiwan to have the handle and sheath made. The handle and sheath are good and well designed. The blade is the perfect size for hunting or camp tasks. I would recommend this blade!

ESEE Zancudo

07/16/2015 by C.K.

-Price Paid: $28.00
-Used for Every Day Carry
-Owned for 3 months

Comments:

I have tended in the past to carry very small knives as part of my EDC. The usual suspects in my pockets have been blades such as the SOG Flash I, the Case Sodbuster Jr., and the Byrd Robin. I purchased the ESEE Zancudo to get a slightly larger EDC blade because I was finding that from time-to-time I was running instances when a slightly larger knife would be useful.

I've been very happy with the ESEE Zancudo so far. I've found that while it's AUS 8, and therefore one should expect to have to sharpen it from time-to-time, it takes a much sharper edge than my other AUS 8 knives. And, those other knives take very sharp edges.

I've also found that while the blade stock of the Zancudo is fairly thin, which makes it a terrific slicer, the blade has proven to be pretty durable. I'm a knife user rather than a collector. I'm also forgetful and spend a lot of time in the woods so I find myself needing to improvise quite a bit. So my knives get used for all sorts of things that they shouldn't. That being the case, my Zancudo has held up with very little obvious wear.

I've also found that the Zancudo, given how thin and light it is, is an easy knife to carry. It's really unobtrusive in my pocket, so I can wear it into the office as easily as I can wear it hiking or camping. That alone gets it a fair amount of pocket time.

There are some cons with the Zancudo though. First and foremost, as people have noted elsewhere, the lock is sort of hard to disengage. I think this has less to do with stiffness and more to do with the limited clearance from the scale on the display side and the lock bar of the framelock. Indeed, they are nearly flush. I actually can't unlock my Zancudo when I'm wearing gloves, I just can't get enough purchase on the lock bar. While having a lock bar so flush with the scale limits the risk of a hot spot, which makes the Zancudo comfortable even when you're grasping it with a death grip, it makes it a little hard to close.

The second con, which others have also commented on, is that the FRN scale on the display side is only secured with the pivot screw and three screws on the spine side. This means that edge side of the scale actually has a little play. Now this in general is something that most people probably wouldn't even notice but I do worry sometimes that I might end up breaking the scale because I'm a little hard on equipment.

In summary, I think the Zancudo is a terrific knife with a couple of minor drawbacks. I really do love carrying it and it is really close to being an ideal EDC knife.

TLDR:
Pros - great slicer, really durable, comfortable in pocket (and in hand)

Cons - lock bar on frame lock kind of hard to access (especially with gloves) and FRN scale could be better secured

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Busse Team Gemini

07/14/2015 by Rob Chesley

-Price Paid: $450.00
-Used for Outdoor/Survival
-Owned for 6 months

Comments:

The toughest knife I have ever owned, from the machining to finish this blade is flawless. chopping, batoning, cutting, prying, it works great in all aspects.

Case Amber Bone Medium Stockman

07/10/2015 by Nathaniel

-Price Paid: $49.00
-Used for Self Defense
-Owned for 3 months

Comments:

Slimmer than a Swiss Army, Sharper than a Gerber, this knife is the best I have ever bought. The only issue is that the name plate started to loosen. Great knife for a great price

Fallkniven S1

07/08/2015 by Aaron

-Price Paid: $114.00
-Used for Outdoor/Survival
-Owned for 3 months

Comments:

I was expecting a lot from this blade, but I was very underwhelmed when I got it out in the woods. The problem is in the handle and sheath options. I would pass and go with the S1 model.

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Spyderco Endura 4 Emerson Opener

07/05/2015 by Jay Ellis

-Price Paid: $77.00
-Used for Every Day Carry
-Owned for Less than 1 Month

Comments:

As usual Spyderco has built another winner! I have carried many knives in my life, the Endura 4 is one of the best I have carried! Everything about it is quality!