Normark/EKA
Well, as much as I keep trying to find a new favorite, it seems that, based on actual usage patterns (what I actually carry, what I actually use, how much I use it and how many different things I use it for), I'll have to say that, for now, my favorite blade is an EKA Swede-92, sold under the Normark brand as their "American Hunter."
I picked it up brand new in a local sporting goods shop where it had been in inventory for more than 14 years. It had originally been priced at $20 but had, after some several months (years?) been marked down to $17. At the register, the gal looked at the price stickers and remarked that they hadn't used those particular stickers for several years.
I bought it more as a lark, just to see what it was about. Hey, for less than $20, how could you go wrong? Within the week, I went back and bought the rest of their inventory of that knife. There was no way this was a "twenty-dollar" knife.
As it turns out, that same purchase today, not including shipping, would cost me more than fifty bucks. Oh, and that particular brand/OEM combination is no longer in production, so one is obliged to be the EKA branded item.
Here are some more recent pictures of that same knife:
With a few of its close friends
Sitting on the package of one of its newly arrived cousins
Family Portraits
Pedigree
It's basically what you would get if Mora knives came as folders. Same kind of stainless steel, same kind of grind, same heck of an edge.
It does pretty much anything I need. Works well in the kitchen, hacks up boxes, opens packages, all the usual stuff.
It has a unique back lock with the release all the way at the tail of the knife. This avoids accidental closing from "over gripping" (gorilla grip) or from changing grip with pressure on the knife. When it's open, it behaves like a fixed blade. No, I've never pried open a car door with it, and I'm not ever likely to, but the lock is quite solid.
The handle is a kind of rubber/plastic that doesn't get all slippery when it's wet. If you need to detail clean, the brass screws can be loosened/tightened with a nickel or similar coin.
I do my best to rotate my EDC, try to avoid favorites, try to keep it dispassionate. Oh, well.
It keeps finding its way back onto my belt.
Oh, and it's not like I don't have an adequate range of choices . . .
. . . see below.