My new favorite EDC knife is.......

[Eric300]

Without getting into the whole discussion of liner-lock, lock-back, axis lock, spring-assist, automatic, blade material, etc. knives, all that aside I think I finally decided on my favorite EDC knife. The Benchmade Osborn. It's the perfect size/weight for EDC. Solid construction, smooth action, very sharp. I still like my others but if I had to choose just one it would be the Osborn.

From top to bottom: Microtech MS1 - Benchmade Osborn - Kershaw Random Task 1510 - Benchmade Mini Bug-Out - Kershaw Leek - Spyderco Para 3. All are good EDC knives except for the Microtech MSI. It's a strong well-built/designed knife and the action is as smooth as silk, but it's just a bit too big/heavy to pocket carry all day long for my liking. I have a Kershaw Iridium coming in next week. I'll see how well that one fairs.

This one is a Kershaw Random Task 1510. It is the very first knife designed by Ken Onion for Kershaw and is the very first spring assisted knife offered by Kershaw. Each knife had hand fitted parts so no two knives were identical. Polished G10 scales and titanium liners. Apparently, they ended up being too expensive to continue production, so they only produced them for about one year. Great quality knife.

 

[H Richard]

I've been carrying a Kershaw Leek (same as the one pictured above) since 2006. For me it's the perfect size for every day use. It's strong, quick to access and with the assisted blade opening really a one handed knife, and just as easy to close one handed.

 

[Eric300]

I've been carrying a Kershaw Leek (same as the one pictured above) since 2006. For me it's the perfect size for every day use. It's strong, quick to access and with the assisted blade opening really a one handed knife, and just as easy to close one handed.

I've had about 5 or 6 previous Leeks. I still have 3. The one pictured and 2 more with broken tips and broken springs. The others just plain ol' wore out over years of use. Great little pocket knives cutting open boxes and stuff, but not made or intended for HD use.

 

[mauser9]

Great selection and you chose quality. Just got back into knives 3 years back so starting a new collection. Usually a Buck 112 or my Sog Trident AT assist so far. Love that new Adira with the blue handle. Better to have as good quality as one can afford.

 

[old bear]

Benchmade makes a great knife at a reasonable price point. I've carried one for a number of years..

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

As I stated before. I don't carry a one bladed knife edc. I carry A 3 bladed Case XX sow belly......CUz when your one blade gets dull(and it will if you use it) you're out of the game. Till you resharpen it Socially I carry a plastic handled Buck 110......It's big enough to cut meat if needed.

 

[birdshooter]

This makes me happy to hear. For a year I have been considering an Osborne. Finally decided on a Mini Osborne. It should arrive Tuesday. I’ve never owned a Benchmade and am looking forward to it.

 

[ralph7]

I'm spoiled on spring assist...

 

[Eric300]

This makes me happy to hear. For a year I have been considering an Osborne. Finally decided on a Mini Osborne. It should arrive Tuesday. I’ve never owned a Benchmade and am looking forward to it.

I was going to get the Mini Osborne, but I wanted something just a little bigger since I already have knives the size of the Mini Osborne. The full-size Osborne was perfect. I'm sure you'll be happy with the mini, too.

I'm spoiled on spring assist...

My problem is I fidget too much with my knives and end up wearing out/breaking the springs. That's how I broke the springs on all my Leeks. I even broke the Axis-Lok Spring on my Mini Bug-Out by continually fidgeting with it. I had to send it back to Benchmade for them to fix it.

 

[ralph7]

You must fidget a lot, I have never broken an assist spring, but now I probably jinxed myself...

 

[45Smashemflat]

Lately I’ve switched to a smaller fixed blade for EDC. (From an older Emerson CQC 7.)

I have found I prefer the more robust fixed over a folder.

 

[Eric300]

You must fidget a lot, I have never broken an assist spring, but now I probably jinxed myself...

Yep. lol I gotta stop doing that!

 

[ruger 22]

I have carried a pocket knife since I was 6 years old, (that is for 77 years now), and most have been Swiss Army. I have a box full of them and most have blades, scissors, saws and instrument screw drivers in the coil of the cork screw. Phillips heads are also a must. They always have been satisfactory when the need arose.

 

[Eric300]

I have carried a pocket knife since I was 6 years old, (that is for 77 years now), and most have been Swiss Army. I have a box full of them and most have blades, scissors, saws and instrument screw drivers in the coil of the cork screw. Phillips heads are also a must. They always have been satisfactory when the need arose.

I can remember the good old days when we could bring our new pocket knives to school for show-and-tell and play mumbly peg with them on the playground during recess.

 

[mauser9]

I can remember the good old days when we could bring our new pocket knives to school for show-and-tell and play mumbly peg with them on the playground during recess.

Yeah always had a folder in my pocket in the early 60s in school.

 

[Marshwheeling]

You are in good company with the Osborn. I wanted the first one I ever saw, the basic 940 with the anodized green finish. My first Benchmade was a Griptilian, the most expensive knife I had bought to date, and the Osborn was a hundred bucks more. Now, of course, you can spend a lot more money on an Osborn, for different scales and more expensive steels. I still like the basic green one. In any variation, it is a classic design that still holds its own with newer stuff.

I still don’t have one, first because my taste ran to less expensive knives, and now because I do not buy modern one-handed openers. I love the Axis lock, however, and don’t think there is a better design. Every Osborn I have handled was fast and smooth; assisted operation would not improve the action.

 

[holo]

Have carried a Benchmade for 30 years for the last couple of years have settled for the Benchmade 945 smaller version of the 940.

 

[holo]

This makes me happy to hear. For a year I have been considering an Osborne. Finally decided on a Mini Osborne. It should arrive Tuesday. I’ve never owned a Benchmade and am looking forward to it.

Your gonna love the mini, I carry one daily

 

[alwslate]

From the early days of writings from the members of the Buck family they seem to greatly prefer their own fixed blade knives for all uses despite the 110 being their best seller. The 118 "Personal" was the choice of Chuck Buck as I recall reading. A hunting knife named "Personal"? Wonder why?

 

[hardluk1]

I've had or still have a number of knifes and I have no idea how I come by some of them . Threw out middle school till I was around 20 or 21 I carried a case 6265sab with a key ring and a braded raw hide loop added . Good working knife back then but it also made for a good slapp jack- twice !
Somewhere along the way I changed to a puma straight blade " skinner " but I had a better skinner knife . A group of us hunted hogs regularly so a longer 5" blade was nice to have if needed .

For the last 11 or 12 years I carried a ZT 0350 that covers NC legal CC knife restrictions. Been a real good knife too . I must be different from some here as I do not want some lite thin knife . The ZT 0350 fit my hand well when I first handled one at SMKW and after talking with the ZT salesman and a one more that used the S30V steel I went back and bought it Carried everday since .