The Victorinox Classic SD (53003)

*The SD signifies that the end of the nail file is not a point but is a small flathead screwdriver tip.

This is one of the most common knives carried today. I picked this one up on a vacation to Chicago that wasn't going well as a way to cheer me up a little worked pretty well and found a home on my keychain for a year or so until the Wenger Swiss Clipper bumped it off and into the collection box.

The CRKT Lightfoot M1 (M1-03K)

Unlike the other CRKT knife in my collection I actually carried and used this one a lot. It was one of the knives I EDCed when I worked at the Yellowhammer Restaurant. I recall carrying it for 5-6 months and having no problems with it. It's one of those big beefy knives that just works well. The large shark fin flipper gives a very positive opening that swings the big wide blade open with a nice deep *clank*.

The CRKT E-Lock Starlight (7343)

I used to have a thing for CRKT knives. My first true EDC ever was a CRKT KISS Tanto I carried in High School. I flirted with a CRKT collection for a few years but eventually got rid of most of them in favor of the more lefty friendly and higher quality Spydercos.

This is one of those odd-duck knives that you find in your collection for no good reason. Maybe you bought it because it was cheap or it came to you in trade but whatever the reason it's never been used or carried and just hangs out in the box in your safe. The E-Lock is one of those knives. I like it, I think the design is good as is the implementation but I've just never got around to carrying it and it ain't worth it to me to try and sell the darn thing. Oh well, it does feel good in the hand and has a nice locking system.

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The Mini-Griptilian (BM555GRN)

This is another one of my first-knives. I bought it almost five years ago from New Graham with the intention of giving it to my then-girlfriend. That explains the color.

I never got around to giving it to her and actually ended up carrying it for quite a while. I believe it was my EDC knife when I started working at my first real restaurant job. Overall I like the knife but it suffers from the same problems as it's big brother.

It was also one of the three subjects of my first knife review. Like ever. It's also the only one of those three that I still own today.

The Benchmade 530

The lightest and thinnest knife I've ever seen in it's class. I love the idea, but for some reason I never got around to carrying it for any appreciable amount of time.

Maybe I need a revist.

The Benchmade Griptilian (550BKOD)

This folder came to me before the whole "Boycott Benchmade" thing, before the Vex and whatever other else that happened and caused some ill-will between fans of the Spyder and Benchmade. I missed most of that episode and still haven't devoted any serious thought to the matter so for the time being I will table any discussion of it.

I carried the Grip for a while but never quite took a shine too it. The lack of a choil and the uncomfortable back spine jimping eventually caused it to be retired. It did end up being lost for several months after I lent it to my girlfriend to use on her vacation to a TreeHouse Hostel in Southern Georgia. We re-discovered it in a hotel room in Chicago when she was unpacking the sleeping bag she brought with to sleep in the van on the way home. I was quite overjoyed to say the least, it's a fairly rare model and one I carried long enough to become attached to. It was nice to have it back.

The Baliyo (YUS100)

Turns out I forgot one of the Spydercos in my current collection. Here's the Baliyo, Spyderco's answer to the 2008 industry trend of bringing out tough, expensive, aluminum pens ostensibly designed as some sort of impact weapons. (See Surefire, Benchmade, etc.)

...A garishly colored plastic pen whose sole function is entertainment during those idle hours of the day. It is awesome.