Yeap...budget is pretty much determining facto in blades:
1. for an inexpensive no frills edc, I have carried the CRKT M16 for quite a while, does everything a smaller folder is meant to do and is pretty inexpensive. M16 line comes in all kinds of configurations.
2. I would argue its hard to beat a spyderco for cost vs quality. Inexpensive, descent quality, lots of configurations and a blade size for about every state. For a smaller blade, check out the dragonfly line.
3. I bought a Zero Tolerance 301 a while back. Big, Heavy, Strong. but surprisingly, I find that it doesn't hold an edge very well.
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