EDC knife review articles covering both folding pocket knives and fixed blade knives. We all have different everyday carry needs, so we cover a variety of knife types. Obviously EDC is a subjective term, but we have reviewed a lot of knives, so just about everyone should find a knife review here that helps them find their ideal everyday carry knife.
It’s a Nice 2-Inch Japanese Friction Folder to Put on Your Desk I enjoy this knife more for what it is than what it can actually do. It’s been sitting on my desk on letter opening duty since I stopped actively testing it because there’s just no convenient way to carry it. But it looks … Read more
The 4 Max Scout May Be The Ultimate Hard Use Pocket Knife The original Cold Steel 4MAX was released a few years back to much fanfare, and a lot of drooling from people like me who love big, heavy hard use folding knives. However, the $300 plus price tag was a little too steep for … Read more
A Great Looking Pocket Knife That Is Surprisingly Capable I like big knives. You can chalk that fact up to overcompensation, insecurity, or maybe even practical application. I spend a lot of time in the woods, and big knives tend to get stuff done better than small knives. In general I avoid gentleman’s folder style … Read more
This Versatile Compact Fixed Blade Knife is Fun and Practical And Kinda Cute In a Sharp, Pointy, Tactical Sorta Way Modern knives are often made for very specific purposes like bushcraft, self defense or skinning. The Outdoor Edge Le Duck, however, seems to have been made to just be versatile. It was designed by knife … Read more
It’s a Budget Japanese Gentleman Carry with a Great Blade but a Rough Handle The Katsu Bamboo folder is, at best, an okay knife, but not the best representative of the folding knives coming out of Japan right now. I picked it up, like so many people have, because I was interested in seeing a … Read more
A Decent 3-Inch Fixed Blade for All Occasions The S.P.E.W is one of the few horizontal carry knives I own that I actually consider an EDC. It’s small enough not to be intrusive on a day to day basis, the blade is non-threatening, and it’s shaped well for most of the light tasks I need … Read more
Small Modern and Traditional Friction Folder Pocket Knives are Cool Again, Apparently Whether you enjoy the minimalism of a simple knife or have legal limitations because of your state or workplace, there’s usually a place for at least one friction folder in your EDC rotation. Most modern companies make them for legal reasons, but that’s … Read more
The Straight-Edge Folding Pocket Knife is the Alternative Gentleman Carry The straight-razor style of pocket knife is sort of like a slimmed down alternative to a pocket cleaver folder. In fact, the whole reason I’m even writing about this is because I kept coming across straight-razor folders when I was researching our article on folding … Read more
Knife Designers Should Take Notes on This Pocket Knife’s Handle Gerber has managed to do something that I see a lot of companies struggling with on the budget end of knives: they designed a large pocket knife cleaver with a comfortable handle that also rides easy in the pocket, and has a strong set of … Read more
If You Just Want Utility, Folding Pocket Knife Cleavers are a Good Way to Go Cleaver-style folding knives have been kind of a slow burning trend for a few years. There’s a whole mess of opinions about whether they’re actually a good design or not, and ultimately I think people buy them because cleaver blades … Read more