My EDC is usually a Emerson first generation Commander, or a benchmade 975sbt. The commander so far has been my current favorite it's taken abuse a knife just shouldn't.
Climbing I always have a spyderco endura fully serrated, cause you never know when you'll have to cut a rope and cut it NOW and for that a sharp fully serrated blade is tops.
However Microtech, Reeve Sebenza, strider, and many of the custom offerings are super for EDC. Of those my favorite I think would be the Sebenza or the stiders.
Spyderco though is a great knife for the money. Since many of their offerings can be ordered under $50 their performance goes far beyond their low cost.
Benchmade makes a nice knife as well but as of late they haven't made anything that really impresses me design/looks wise.
Then again I keep telling myself I'm going to start carrying a 3.5-4" fixed blade for EDC but I just haven't yet. The convience of a folder is nice, but I like the strength of the fixed blade.
Climbing I always have a spyderco endura fully serrated, cause you never know when you'll have to cut a rope and cut it NOW and for that a sharp fully serrated blade is tops.
However Microtech, Reeve Sebenza, strider, and many of the custom offerings are super for EDC. Of those my favorite I think would be the Sebenza or the stiders.
Spyderco though is a great knife for the money. Since many of their offerings can be ordered under $50 their performance goes far beyond their low cost.
Benchmade makes a nice knife as well but as of late they haven't made anything that really impresses me design/looks wise.
Then again I keep telling myself I'm going to start carrying a 3.5-4" fixed blade for EDC but I just haven't yet. The convience of a folder is nice, but I like the strength of the fixed blade.