What Spydercos Are In Your EDC Rotation?

[The Deacon]

Nice Kiwis.
Paul,
What is handle material on the knife between Jigged bone and stag?

That's mammoth ivory, Roman. Purchased the ivory on eBay, had SFSW install it for me. Similar story with the engraved one. Purchased the sambar stag from a vendor at a knife show, Santa Fe installed it for me. Hard to tell in that picture but, like two of the Persians, the jigged bone Kiwi sports a Tom Krein full flat grind. That little sucker puts Gillette Super Blues to shame. Red bone one was a gift from Sal, one of only a dozen or so that were made with pins.

[tonydahose]

ummm let me think here.

full size manix ce
centofante 4 wharnie
an endura
delica wave pe
baby goddard on the heychain just replaced a ss ladybug
atr
a kopa for fancy occasions
cf spin ditto^
jumpmaster at work

that's all i can think of right now

[skatenut]

orange UKPK

[Ookami]

Sadly there is no :spyder: in my EDC rotation right now. German jurisdiction is the reason behind this... :mad:

I used to rotate:
Millie
Centofante 4
Shabaria
G10 Police
Centofante C25 with aluminium handle

At the moment I tend to carry mid-sized fixed blades, b/c these are still legal.


Ookami
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B platform

[vivi]

To me, they're the two best larger folders Spyderco has produced. They fit comfortably in my back pocket, feel like an extension of my hand, and cut like demons.

That last persian in the photo is beautiful, the one with wooden scales and a reground blade. Don't remember seeing that one before. Glad I asked for pictures.

Exceptional Kiwis too :D

[NoFair]

Office:
Sage II or I
Stretch II

Out of office:
Millies (several, CPM D2 used the most)
Lil'Temp CPM 440V PE

Fixed:
Dayhiker
Temperance
Forester :D (on the pack)

While Sailing:
Salt 1 SE
Pacific Salt PE

Dressy:
Viele I (first run)
Viele Phoenix
CF Kopa
Small Persian

Small:
Navigator G-10
Ladybug

If there was no need to be PC I'd carry the Millies or Lil'Temp in the office as well

[bh49]

That's mammoth ivory, Roman. Purchased the ivory on eBay, had SFSW install it for me. Similar story with the engraved one. Purchased the sambar stag from a vendor at a knife show, Santa Fe installed it for me. Hard to tell in that picture but, like two of the Persians, the jigged bone Kiwi sports a Tom Krein full flat grind. That little sucker puts Gillette Super Blues to shame. Red bone one was a gift from Sal, one of only a dozen or so that were made with pins.

Paul,
Thank you,
Roman

[duff72]

big manix,frn endura, ladybug ,ladybug hawkbill,frn stretch,

[Tank]

My rotation is

Adventura
Tasman Salt SE
Left Hand Military
Caly 3 SE
Spyderhawk SE Salt
FRN Stretch CE
Hawkbill Ladybug
Blue Dodo SE.

These days its always so hard to choose so I have been finding myself with 4 on me (including the hawkbill LB on my key chain)

[Halfneck]

Currently:

Mon-Fri work EDC - G10 Calypso III

Whenever EDC - Foliage Green FRN CE Endura 4

Pajama EDC - ZDP-189 SE Delica 4

Pretty much the main 3 Spyderco knives I use right now. Fridays at work is a casual dress day so sometimes I carry 1 of my Emersons or my Strider, sometimes my FG FRN Endura. My ZDP-189 SE Delica use to be my work EDC at the Clinic, but since starting a new job it's been clipped on a pair of sweat pants.

Interested in getting the FRN Stretch & I'm on the list for the M4 Military, so they might make it into the rotation.

[Knifewing]

Almost every day in pocket: Caly 3 G-10 PE
On keychain: Jester PE micarta
Around the house: new Para SE
Bedside: vintage Para SE black blade
Hiking and outdoors: vintage Para SE
"Dress": Lava or Caly Jr. PE micarta or Dyad Jr, micarta, or Nav 2 SS PE
Travel: Dragonfly G-10 or Lava or Byrd Robin G-10

The only non-Spyderco that ever makes the rotation is a mini Emerson CQC-7 tanto CE.

[npueppke]

Here's the pictures of the Spydies that get carried. Apologies for not cleaning them first.

[ace]

the carbon fiber Sage

[v8r]

I normally carry two, a large folder and a smaller one. The large one is almost always either one of these Stretches...

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...or one of these Schempp Persians.

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To me, they're the two best larger folders Spyderco has produced. They fit comfortably in my back pocket, feel like an extension of my hand, and cut like demons.

As for the small folders, with rare exceptions it's a Kiwi. I own over sixty of them and all but a couple get carried occasionally, but these four seem to get more than their share of pocket time.

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I've never been one for jewelry, but Kiwis, like watches, blur the line between function and art. Great little knives, and benign enough looking that anyone frightened by one can be considered an oxygen thief.

Deacon that Stag Persian and Kiwi are beautiful.If they ever do a sprint run of the large Persian that would be what it should look like. :D

[The Deacon]

Deacon that Stag Persian and Kiwi are beautiful.If they ever do a sprint run of the large Persian that would be what it should look like. :D

Given the general scarcity of Sambar Stag, finding a sufficient quantity large enough for the Persian would be difficult and the cost would be high. The "good news" is, the Persian in that photo isn't really stag, it's just stag jigged bone. It would be a lot easier to find and far more reasonably priced than the real McCoy, so it might be something Sal and Ed would consider using.

[christopher]

In the office Caly3. Out of the office, a Gayle Bradley. Yes, it has overtaken al the rest in terms of power.

[TheSavageRabbit]

I edc a zdp 189 Chinese Folder. For camping, hunting, or trips I carry an e4 combo edge. When I walk my dog at night i carry a carIBM fiber bg42 Military. That Gayle knife and the new Stretch have me itching for something new.

[carpdiem]

I really try to mix up my EDC between the other knives in my collection (E4W, 2x big manixes, a d2 para, and a superhawk), but ever since I got a CF Stretch 2, nothing else seems to be able to displace it from my pocket. Especially once I learned to put a mirror finish on the edge.

Nothing else I have cuts quite like that Stretch, though the Manixes do get some pocket time when I'm out doing construction work, or off camping.

[Psychopomp]

I don't rotate. So, this Paramilitary is my EDC every day of the week (a REAL every day carry knife!).



And this guy rides along every day as well (although two days this week, he was displaced by an old Schrade 8OT).

[dwong]

ss kiwi, etched spin, etched d'fly, c19, salt1, salt LB