Feb 5thEDC

At work, I have to go through security on occasion, so I don’t literally carry any knives daily (save for my swiss army knife on my keyring).  If I did, it would be one of these:

Sanrenmu LB-763

I think I heard about this knife on a blade forum a while back.  Not sure how I even came across that.  Its got a bottle opener and has been very durable.  The best part about this knife though, is that its practically disposable despite being just about as good as knives 10 times the price.  I use this knife when tubing (because I need a knife for the cordage that keeps me tethered to the beer cooler).  I use it when I travel (because its replaceable if lost, stolen, or traded).  I’ve used it camping, hunting, tailgating, and just to open amazon boxes around the house.  It even has a bottle opener built in.  I highly recommend it.  For more details, go here, but know that I’ve only ordered them though ebay.  There are also tons of youtube reviews of the LB-763 out there.  I tried to find a pic of one of mine, but all I could find is another sanrenmu I’ve been carrying:

If you want something a little nicer, I recommend a Benchmade Griptilian.  I’ve owned the mini and the original (models 556 and 551 respectively).  I gave the original to my sister after an incident in Africa.  We were in Kenya, on Lake Naivasha in a thin little canoe shaped boat, with a guide at the rear working a small propeller.  We were watching some hippos (the animal responsible for more human deaths than any other large African animal), when our guide ran us though a submerged fishing net, tangling the propeller and leaving us floating towards the increasingly perturbed hippos.  I was in the front of the boat, but I threw my griptilian to my sister in the stern, who put half her body underwater to cut out the net.  The hippos submerged, the guide banged on the side of the boat like crazy (he didn’t speak english, but we later found out it was to try to scare the hippos away), and we were waiting to be capsized and chomped.  My sister freed the propeller, and we sped away, perhaps, just in the nick of time.   I’d recommend either I’ve owned.  Ultra high quality, lifetime sharpening, and American made.

If you don’t know which blade to pick, I’d go with drop point over tanto.  The half serrated gives you a bit more functionality, but its harder to sharpen yourself.  Google those points to make a more informed decision.