Whats your EDC KNIFE?

ShadowFox

What knife do you carry day to day if any ? Im also looking for ideas as im thinking of changing mine
My EDC is either a Victorinox Hiker or Rescue tool depending what im doing or where im going

Tigger

leatherman charge tti horizontal in a beltsheath



old type vic solider if i'm dressed up

kildare.17hmr

santa is bringin me a leatherman so that'll be mine:D

ShadowFox

Its something I never thought of carrying was a multi tool.. The more I think about it the more I like it

Tigger

The charge tti is a class piece of kit
I have mine 4 years it has a 154cm steel main blade but the current one has S30v in it
The titanium scales are class and it's single hand open and close for both blades and the pliers

ShadowFox

Tigger wrote: »

The charge tti is a class piece of kit
I have mine 4 years it has a 154cm steel main blade but the current one has S30v in it
The titanium scales are class and it's single hand open and close for both blades and the pliers

Nice Ive a Gerber flik , Victorinox, Sog and leatherman Skelitool but never think of carrying one day to day ( note to self START )

Tigger

I buy seletools for presents for my mates how do you find yours?

Grizzly 45

Columbia river CRKT southpaw model,and a Gerber multiplier.
Occasionaly a Swiss Army [hunter] model.

Tigger

hey Grizzly45
nice choices
i have ideas of trying to edc the Rao but it'll be in my go-bag if its not on my belt

ShadowFox

Tigger wrote: »

I buy seletools for presents for my mates how do you find yours?

I love it I use it more than the others around the house the blade is great it sits nice in the hand and not too heavy either. The screw driver is very handy for nearly all the little odd jobs around the house too

The Victorinox one Ive had years thats in my Airsoft bag mainly because it was the first to hand when setting out my kit . Its a great tool the only fault I find with it is its heavy

Im not too keen on the Gerber flik as the pliers head is a bit rattly and the screw drivers are crap unless your changing a plug or the likes of that

The Sog is a nice tool but you have to open it lift the flap then take out the knife ....ect and the lock release is right where you would put your thumb so you keep unlocking the tool that your using

ShadowFox

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Columbia river CRKT southpaw model,and a Gerber multiplier.
Occasionaly a Swiss Army [hunter] model.

How do you find the CRKT southpaw ?

Grizzly 45

Great! It's a little bit of practise to get it to operate one handed[About two hours of intense messing and practise].:) But it rides very comfortably in my pocket ,even with my wallet on top of it.
You can set the main screw so that it will open with some practise one handed as fast as a flick knife,and is still 100% legal.
[TBH one of the most malinged and unfairly treated knife designs that has long grown up and is a vaiable design,all because of a few stupid movies:mad:.]
They could do with sending a micro allen key with it,as it can be stripped for cleaning no trouble.Could have gone one size bigger too,as it is somwhat small for my hand.

Btw the RAO...Its a massive bit of kit TBH.Unless you have a sheath knife EDC,Its way too big folded down to be put in your pocket,its a belt carry blade,and too expensive IMO for what it s.

ShadowFox

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Great! It's a little bit of practise to get it to operate one handed[About two hours of intense messing and practise].:) But it rides very comfortably in my pocket ,even with my wallet on top of it.
You can set the main screw so that it will open with some practise one handed as fast as a flick knife,and is still 100% legal.
[TBH one of the most malinged and unfairly treated knife designs that has long grown up and is a vaiable design,all because of a few stupid movies:mad:.]
They could do with sending a micro allen key with it,as it can be stripped for cleaning no trouble.Could have gone one size bigger too,as it is somwhat small for my hand.

Must have a closer look at the larger one myself sounds like a nice knife cheers

Tigger

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Btw the RAO...Its a massive bit of kit TBH.Unless you have a sheath knife EDC,Its way too big folded down to be put in your pocket,its a belt carry blade,and too expensive IMO for what it s.

don't blame me you made me buy it

i got it for a decent price and we all need a little itallian excess in our lives

waterfordham

Leatherman Skeletool CX. Very recent present to myself, its all you guys fault!

kieranfitz

Victorinox Spartan, nice and sheeple friendly.

Sparks

Gerber Ripstop (series 1 with the non-serrated blade) lives in my pocket daily these days. Handy little thing, which seems to spend most of its working time opening boxes and mail...



And I've also carried a Victorinox of one kind or another for the last two decades or so. An old friend gave me a Climber model which then followed me all over europe for about fifteen years until a helpful Group4 guard at the Da Vinci exhibit in Dublin castle a few years ago gave it away to someone else (you weren't allowed bring knives into the exhibit; they took them going in and gave them back coming out and of course, didn't tag them, so bye-bye one of my only prized possessions from that time and hello on major blue funk). The same friend gave me a Ranger model afterwards and I've carried it ever since, though the leather pouch I picked up for it in Athens has torn at the bottom and needs a bit of repair work (guess what I'm actually doing at the moment? ).

Tabnabs

I use a Victorinox Skipper. Very handy for cutting rope and opening shackles. Useful to have a locking blade too. Only downside is that it doesn't float

krissovo

I have a leatherman sidekick......... I used to carry a 2" blade around until someone at work complained. Its funny as the leatherman has nearly a 3" blade but no complaints carrying that around

kildare.17hmr

krissovo wrote: »

I have a leatherman sidekick......... I used to carry a 2" blade around until someone at work complained. Its funny as the leatherman has nearly a 3" blade but no complaints carrying that around

had a similar problem, used to have a nice victoriox that went every where with me years ago but got too many complaints. The new leatherman will be everywhere i go. Its mad how often you will actually use a multi tool once you have it

Red Neck Hughie

opinel n7, not too bulky for a pocket and with a homemade lanyard that opens to 6ft of braided nylon. Carry it as much for the string as the knife. Must get a good leatherman though...
Dont know about it as a survival knife at all though, cold hands don't work well with it.

One of my Victorinox's is always in my pocket (I have several).

Have carried a penknife on my person since I was about twelve (if not younger), except probably in airports.

Feel naked without one on me, they're useful in about a million ways!

kieranfitz

krissovo wrote: »

I have a leatherman sidekick......... I used to carry a 2" blade around until someone at work complained. Its funny as the leatherman has nearly a 3" blade but no complaints carrying that around

I think we have all had that problem, I work in dunnes and management generally have sh*t attack whenever I use my leatherman wave, or anything other then a crapppy €2 "saftey" knife.

ShadowFox

Tabnabs wrote: »

I use a Victorinox Skipper. Very handy for cutting rope and opening shackles. Useful to have a locking blade too. Only downside is that it doesn't float

I bought one of them about 5 years ago my Dad "borrowed" it the same day..........Never to be returned :rolleyes::D

ShadowFox

krissovo wrote: »

I have a leatherman sidekick......... I used to carry a 2" blade around until someone at work complained. Its funny as the leatherman has nearly a 3" blade but no complaints carrying that around

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

had a similar problem, used to have a nice victoriox that went every where with me years ago but got too many complaints. The new leatherman will be everywhere i go. Its mad how often you will actually use a multi tool once you have it

kieranfitz wrote: »

I think we have all had that problem, I work in dunnes and management generally have sh*t attack whenever I use my leatherman wave, or anything other then a crapppy €2 "saftey" knife.

I used to carry my Gerber Gator until my boss nearly had a heart attack when he seen it

It annoys me how people are sh1t scared when they even see you using a small Victorinox, but you can have 10 of those €2 shop stanley knives in each hand and they dont bat an eye lid If they had any cop on at all they would see the €2 knives are more dangerous to the user and people around as they can snap a blade so easy and it flys I refuse to use them

Red Harvest

I carry the Victorinox Cybertool 34 every day and feel undressed without it.




Its a bit big and I wouldn't mind the cut down version (29?) they used to do that also had all the screwdriver bits, having said that I have used every tool on it. I did once see a Cybertool 41(?) that was the size of the Champ and that is a big bugger that would need a belt clip, too big really to be a useful regular use screwdriver. I carry the 34 in a back pocket but have worn a few holes in them over the years.

The reason I carry that one is that I use the screwdrivers daily on computers and in 11 years of daily use its still going strong. I've managed to snap a couple of the flat bits through abuse but all the tool hinges are still as good (tight) as when I first bought it - you can get the bits as spare parts.

I'd guess its paid for itself several times over as the reamer tool was perfect for recovering euro coins from trolleys when we had the punt euro change over even now I occasionally recover a stuck euro coin (or token ) with the pliers.

Other than its size the main issue with it is you have to be careful how you stow the screwdriver bits or you can loose them.

Hibrion

I like to keep a Buck Prince 503 in my pocket for little day to day tasks.

http://www.heinnie.com/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=0&P_ID=2855&strPageHistory=search&numSearchStartRecord=1

Red Harvest

Red Neck Hughie wrote: »

opinel n7, not too bulky for a pocket and with a homemade lanyard that opens to 6ft of braided nylon. Carry it as much for the string as the knife. Must get a good leatherman though...
Dont know about it as a survival knife at all though, cold hands don't work well with it.

I had to stop carrying one of those as it got just too handy, after it had been "broken in" it was just as good as a flick knife. Gravity knife I think might be a term that covers it. Now I doubt your average Opinel exposed to everyday damp in Ireland would perform the same way but its hard to have something that can be tunned up and not tune it - for me anyway - so left it at home in the shed and now its like many other Opinels and requires the use of a pair of pliers to open the blade.

Grizzly 45

grapeape wrote: »

I used to carry my Gerber Gator until my boss nearly had a heart attack when he seen it

It annoys me how people are sh1t scared when they even see you using a small Victorinox, but you can have 10 of those €2 shop stanley knives in each hand and they dont bat an eye lid If they had any cop on at all they would see the €2 knives are more dangerous to the user and people around as they can snap a blade so easy and it flys I refuse to use them

Next time he says anything about it.Simply ask what was used to hijack three planes on Sept 11th 2001,and cause the worst terrorist outrage in the USA since Pearl Harbour??Was it a Gerber Gator or a cheap set of box cutters ???:)

Daniel S

Victorinox Soldier (Old version) 99.99% of the time.

Or my first SAK, my Huntsman that I got in Switzerland.

If I'm cycling or going exploring or something, it's the CRKT Hammond Cruiser. That thing is ridiculously sharp.

ShadowFox

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Next time he says anything about it.Simply ask what was used to hijack three planes on Sept 11th 2001,and cause the worst terrorist outrage in the USA since Pearl Harbour??Was it a Gerber Gator or a cheap set of box cutters ???:)

Yeah I know Sure one of the shops in town was asked to stop selling victorinox knives by the Guards as there were a few stabbings in the area so the shop owner did as asked then it came out 2 were stabbed with kitchen knives the 3rd a €2 box cutter :rolleyes:Victorinox back on sale

Walter Pugman

Carried a victorinox soldierfor years but recently have been using a Kershaw Od-2
Great little knife, fantastic opening mechanism.
http://www.heinnie.com/Knives/Kershaw-Knives/Folders/Kershaw-OD-2/p-92-158-1003-4260/

Odysseus

Leatherman wave, I have it about ten years now. People are spot on about the cheap and nasty box cutters etc, a lot of my clients carry weapons and if it is a knife; it will be a box cutters or a cheap kicthen knife.

CJhaughey

Gerber Applegate Fairbairn Covert with 1/2 serration.
I find the fine tip useful for fine work.and the 1/2 serrations are great for nylon rope.
Occassionally I carry my Gerber Spectre with the plain edge but TBH the AF is a handier knife for most of my work and the Spectre is now discontinued.
I like pocket clips and the one hand stud is essential.

Grizzly 45

Full size Covert or the half size?? Like those as well!:D

davymoore

I'd be very carefull about how to answer this thread as it is actually illegal to EDC any knife. That being said I have various knives that I carry at different times depending on what I am doing. Fishing, hunting, field craft etc. I make my own knives so stands to reason I try to carry one of my own whenever I can.

I'm also lucky that because of what I do, I have a writ which allows me to have knives in public places sometimes up to 30 at a time and even in airports. Get's a hell of a reaction at the check-in desk

CJhaughey

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Full size Covert or the half size?? Like those as well!:D

Full size Covert.
Yeah they are good knives, but they are doing some kind of assisted opening one that looks to be junk now.

Grizzly 45

davymoore wrote: »

I'd be very carefull about how to answer this thread as it is actually illegal to EDC any knife. That being said I have various knives that I carry at different times depending on what I am doing. Fishing, hunting, field craft etc. I make my own knives so stands to reason I try to carry one of my own whenever I can.

I'm also lucky that because of what I do, I have a writ which allows me to have knives in public places sometimes up to 30 at a time and even in airports. Get's a hell of a reaction at the check-in desk

But I bet you still have to put them in the hold?:D

Anyways revelant Irish act here.

PART III
Offensive Weapons

Possession of knives and other articles.
9.—(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), where a person has with him in any public place any knife or any other article which has a blade or which is sharply pointed, he shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) to prove that he had good reason or lawful authority for having the article with him in a public place.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), it shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) to prove that he had the article with him for use at work or for a recreational purpose.
(4) Where a person, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse (the onus of proving which shall lie on him), has with him in any public place—
(a) any flick-knife, or
(b) any other article whatsoever made or adapted for use for causing injury to or incapacitating a person,
he shall be guilty of an offence.
(5) Where a person has with him in any public place any article intended by him unlawfully to cause injury to, incapacitate or intimidate any person either in a particular eventuality or otherwise, he shall be guilty of an offence.
(6) In a prosecution for an offence under subsection (5), it shall not be necessary for the prosecution to allege or prove that the intent to cause injury, incapacitate or intimidate was intent to cause injury to, incapacitate or intimidate a particular person; and if, having regard to all the circumstances (including the type of the article alleged to have been intended to cause injury, incapacitate or intimidate, the time of the day or night, and the place), the court (or the jury as the case may be) thinks it reasonable to do so, it may regard possession of the article as sufficient evidence of intent in the absence of any adequate explanation by the accused.
(7) (a) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to both.
(b) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (4) or (5) shall be liable—
(i) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to both, or
(ii) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.
(8) In this section “public place” includes any highway and any other premises or place to which at the material time the public have or are permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise, and includes any club premises and any train, vessel or vehicle used for the carriage of persons for reward.
(9) In this section “flick-knife” means a knife—
(a) which has a blade which opens when hand pressure is applied to a button, spring, lever or other device in or attached to the handle, or
(b) which has a blade which is released from the handle or sheath by the force of gravity or the application of centrifugal force and when released is locked in an open position by means of a button, spring, lever or other device.

kieranfitz

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

But I bet you still have to put them in the hold?:D

Anyways revelant Irish act here.

PART III
Offensive Weapons

Possession of knives and other articles.
9.—(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), where a person has with him in any public place any knife or any other article which has a blade or which is sharply pointed, he shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) to prove that he had good reason or lawful authority for having the article with him in a public place.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), it shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) to prove that he had the article with him for use at work or for a recreational purpose.
(4) Where a person, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse (the onus of proving which shall lie on him), has with him in any public place—
(a) any flick-knife, or
(b) any other article whatsoever made or adapted for use for causing injury to or incapacitating a person,
he shall be guilty of an offence.
(5) Where a person has with him in any public place any article intended by him unlawfully to cause injury to, incapacitate or intimidate any person either in a particular eventuality or otherwise, he shall be guilty of an offence.
(6) In a prosecution for an offence under subsection (5), it shall not be necessary for the prosecution to allege or prove that the intent to cause injury, incapacitate or intimidate was intent to cause injury to, incapacitate or intimidate a particular person; and if, having regard to all the circumstances (including the type of the article alleged to have been intended to cause injury, incapacitate or intimidate, the time of the day or night, and the place), the court (or the jury as the case may be) thinks it reasonable to do so, it may regard possession of the article as sufficient evidence of intent in the absence of any adequate explanation by the accused.
(7) (a) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to both.
(b) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (4) or (5) shall be liable—
(i) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to both, or
(ii) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.
(8) In this section “public place” includes any highway and any other premises or place to which at the material time the public have or are permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise, and includes any club premises and any train, vessel or vehicle used for the carriage of persons for reward.
(9) In this section “flick-knife” means a knife—
(a) which has a blade which opens when hand pressure is applied to a button, spring, lever or other device in or attached to the handle, or
(b) which has a blade which is released from the handle or sheath by the force of gravity or the application of centrifugal force and when released is locked in an open position by means of a button, spring, lever or other device.

A lovely case of guilty until proven innocent.

kildare.17hmr

a multi tool is very easy to prove why you have it as it has so many uses

Hibrion

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

a multi tool is very easy to prove why you have it as it has so many uses

So does a pocket knife. If you only do what you are supposed to do with it, you'll be fine.

Agent_47

Folding knife, one handed opening is my perfect EDC. Belt clip attachment.

wonderfulname

I've gone through a few EDC knives, eventually I stopped carrying them because there was always some eejit who had a problem with it, even a basic 2" victorinox, now I have a utilikey:

It's surprisingly handy, if a bit stupid and dangerous compared to something with a handle, but people are generally too busy laughing at me to complain and it does everything a legal feeling penknife can. Having said that someone here said "the best survival knife is the one you have on you" and I realised I really need to think up something better yet still people friendly, any recommendations?

The irony of being reduced to carrying that on my keychain is I have one of these in my bag, completely visible half the week;

People never cease to amaze me.

kieranfitz

Is it sad that I actually wish we at least had the 3 inch, non locking thing like in the UK?

Hibrion

kieranfitz wrote: »

Is it sad that I actually wish we at least had the 3 inch, non locking thing like in the UK?

I don't think so. I'd be re-handling a svord peasant if we did!

wonderfulname

I was under the impression we did work under the folding " non locking, non stabbing rules, not officially but I remember a friend reporting back after a stern talking to from a guard.

DISCLAIMER:
Complete hearsay, not backed up by legislation, if you take that as gospel you may as well try wizz in a guards hat while you're at it.

Hibrion

wonderfulname wrote: »

I was under the impression we did work under the folding " non locking, non stabbing rules, not officially but I remember a friend reporting back after a stern talking to from a guard.

DISCLAIMER:
Complete hearsay, not backed up by legislation, if you take that as gospel you may as well try wizz in a guards hat while you're at it.

That's only Britain. Have a look at Grizzly45's post above.

kildare.17hmr

wonderfulname have you considered a leatherman type tool? Might not be looked at as a penknife as much as a swiss army knife

davymoore

Ok let's simplify this

PART III
Offensive Weapons

Possession of knives and other articles.
9.—(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), where a person has with him in any public place any knife or any other article which has a blade or which is sharply pointed, he shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) to prove that he had good reason or lawful authority for having the article with him in a public place.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), it shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) to prove that he had the article with him for use at work or for a recreational purpose.

(8) In this section “public place” includes any highway and any other premises or place to which at the material time the public have or are permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise, and includes any club premises and any train, vessel or vehicle used for the carriage of persons for reward.

If you carry a knife or a bladed or pointed object in a public place you ARE ALREADY guilty of an offence.
This is liable to a fine of up to €1,000 or up to 12 months in prison or both

You may defend yourself by proving that you had good reason to possess the item in a public place. However...You may ONLY defend yourself by claiming/proving that it was being used for work or for recreational use (Hunting /fishing etc.) or that you had Lawful authority to carry the item (e.g. My Writ)

A public place is well defined.

So....... if you are in a supermarket and you have a penknife/ screwdriver/ leatherman whatever, in your pocket, You are guilty of the offence. Unless you happen to be working there and need the item for work (eg Electrician working in the supermarket.)

You may not defend yourself by saying that you were in there buying bait to go fishing. You may not defend yourself by saying that you are an electrician, that you need the item for work, and it just happened to be in your pocket at the time.

In the UK it is Legal to EDC a sub 3" bladed folding knife so long as the knife has no locking mechanism. However there is no such tolerence in Ireland.

wonderfulname

I require a selection of "sharply pointed" tools for college, which I get to via public transport and on foot, enroute to or from I will pop into at least one shop, can I really be penalised for not owning a car to stow them in?

kildare.17hmr - I really should look into a small multitool of sorts, I've always had it in my head they were cumbersome but I think that comes from using my uncles when I was little, of course it would have been then.

davymoore

wonderfulname wrote: »

I require a selection of "sharply pointed" tools for college, which I get to via public transport and on foot, enroute to or from I will pop into at least one shop, can I really be penalised for not owning a car to stow them in?

You are not being penalized for not owning a car.
You are breaking the law by possessing them in a public place.

A judge would be obliged take your case into account and I presume your defence would be based on the need to have them for college. In such a case I would imagine that your defence would hold up. However If you are in the shop/bus enroute with a screwdriver and a knife sticking out of your back pocket you stand less of a chance of defending yourself than if they were safely stored in a wrap inside your backpack.

You are committing an offence... that's a fact... But you have means Wraps/Tool Boxes/Rucksacks to protect or buffer yourself from prosecution/fines or even prison.