Folding or Fixed for EDC

[22-rimfire]

I carry primarily a folder or two. One is almost always a Vic SAK and the other varies. Lately, it has been a GEC #42 in a leather sleeve.

I also sometimes carry a small fixed blade; Dozier Personal in his horizontal kydex sheath. Been experimenting carrying a Kabar Becker BK-24 in the factor plastic sheath in a back pocket also. I works but I suspect it's hard on car seats if you sit on it.

 

[Derry 1946]

Mostly folders. Left to right: Solingen leather-handled vest pocket folder for court; Winchester multitool; Wingen; Buck 110; Ontario; Leatherman. For fixed carry, Buck 121.

 

[RBid]

I'm an Operations Manager for a large retailer in the Portland metro area. My EDC needs are primarily tape, cardboard, and plastic cutting-- and lots of all of these. No skinning, batoning, bushcraft, etc. I like quick, light, convenient, sharp, and thin enough to cut cardboard without excessive drag. Blade length is less important for me than belly, since I'm mostly slicing thin but sometimes tough materials. Spine impacts aren't on my radar.

The Spyderco Persistence is a home run for my needs. Absolutely perfect.

I back that up with a stronger, longer, sharper defensive folder. That is reserved for emergency use, so it is always hair popping sharp. If I ever need to cut seatbelts or other things RIGHT NOW, that's what I'll reach for.

So... Folder. There is no reason for me to EDC a fixed blade.

 

[Deog]

Folder. today was Emerson cqc15.