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ExSpAgtStarling wrote:yojimbo :cool:

this one came 2 days ago so i may be a bit biased :rolleyes: , it's the blue one, CPMS30V for all you Spydernerds out there (including yours truly!) and of course the way cool compression lock... :D

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Caly3 for me.

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The one that's in my pocket when I need it :D :D :D .......usually a Endura SE production knife wise.
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Waved Endura.
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For me there is no single Spyderco that can be classified as the 'perfect' EDC knife. It depends on where I'm going, what I'm doing and what knife I feel like taking :D

Having said all that I suppose my short list would include:

Li'l Temp
Para Millie
Delica 4
Native

Though I might choose anything out of my collection just cause I feel like using it for a while.


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Swick, D4, Caly 3, and fixed Temperance.
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I rotate so for me these days its:

Caly 3 SE
Adventura
Tasman Salt SE
Dodo SE

or any combo of these
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Fixed Blade Temperance: YES!! & Amen

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smcfalls13 wrote:Swick, D4, Caly 3, and fixed Temperance.
If I was going to EDC a fixed blade it would be the FB Temperance. And it wouldn't matter which blade variation either ;)

If they would ever bring back the fixed blade LUM in a different blade steel I would also give it a try.

Great pick Scott :cool:
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[quote="JD Spydo"]If I was going to EDC a fixed blade it would be the FB Temperance. And it wouldn't matter which blade variation either ]

The Temp is the ONLY fixed blade I use. I've got others, but they just don't do the job as well as the Temp. Temp might be a relatively ugly knife, but it's ergos are second to none, and it outcuts everything else I own.
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FB Temperance: looks good to me

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smcfalls13 wrote:The Temp is the ONLY fixed blade I use. I've got others, but they just don't do the job as well as the Temp. Temp might be a relatively ugly knife, but it's ergos are second to none, and it outcuts everything else I own.
It's not ugly in the eye of this beholder>> Actually I've viewed the fixed blade Temperance as being ahead of it's time for quite a while now.

Ergonomics and cool designs aren't necessarily synonymous. It takes a while for even hard core knife lovers to understand a progress in functional operation. The fixed Blade Temperance is just a bit ahead of it's time. It's starting to be appreciated
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BG-24 CF milie or the full sized persian
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I agree with Ex! The Yo indeed......I am still in awe of this little bulldog of a folder. It wants to fight everything else that wants to ride the upfront pocket! :D
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Currently the D4 in ZDP blue is my Nr.1, it has everything, ideal size, ideal weight, sheeple friendly color, manages most chores and there is still something left in the MBC area ;) And I absolutely LOVE the ZDP189 :cool:
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if it was my choice, I'd be using a millie to do everything, if not my enduras. But hoplophobe behavior leads to smaller toys... I use my lil temp all week

choices for 'ideal' edc:
millie
frn endura
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leaf blade lil temp (now if only we could get a left handed one)
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Hi There,

My choices would be:

1: the Stretch (II),
2: the UKPK,
3: the Paramilitary.

although the Delica and the Endura are cheaper for EDC.

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By far my favorite EDC folder is the Lil'Temp.... It does everything I need from a folder. The full size Temp is a great EDC as well and I agree with many on the comments above regarding it.

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Native III, PE in VG-10
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Close to perfect. UKPK. If it wasn't for carrying in an office environment paramilitary.
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Well, after really trying to let the knife grow on me(E4/SE) and after refinding my EnduraIII/SE again, I must say it's the Endura 3/SE.

The Milie/SE very close second though ;)
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A Caly3 in either G-10 or CF, PE version. It's an uptown city knife. Lovely ergos, efficiently built, slim, discreet, all-around useful blade size. Disappears into the waistband and is forgotten until needed. (Downtown city and rural both deserve bigger knifes.)
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