Gentleman’s EDC

[GerBill]

The more I collect knives, the more I find myself liking a specific size, weight and style of knife for my EDC. It’s what I would call a Gentleman’s EDC. Handle size between 4 1/4” and 4 3/4” (I prefer Titanium), blade length between 3” and 3 1/2”, handle width around 0.40”, thin blade stock around .090 (only the Spyderco starts with .12”) tapering super thin behind the edge, weight under 3 oz. and a nice deep carry clip for discrete carry. A bonus would be it’s fidget friendly (the Bugout wins here closely followed by the Spyderco). Here are 4 different manufacturers (Spyderco, Quiet Carry, Benchmade and TRM) that use a different approach to make a great “Gentleman’s EDC” What do you consider a great Gentleman’s EDC? Pics please!

 

[Bastler]

If I encounter a gentleman, I will ask him.

 

[Therom]

Tem is a good choice

the protech magic whiskers with ivory inlays looks good too

the Massdrop gent is my basic go to gentleman carry

I usually carry the small Inkosi drop point as my default carry and it is also an option

i am interested in the lion steel bestman that I like a lot in micarta

 

[Easyrider]

I may be the only person who feels this way but my CRK Mnandi is a gentleman’s folder. It is not overly large and looks very nice and refined to me.

 

[sabre cat]

My gentleman’s knife is a Benchmade 531.

I sometimes carry a Vic Cadet instead. The times that I have need of a Gentleman knife is when I am at formal affairs and around people I don’t know. People don’t seem to get stressed when they see a Cadet.

 

[Rich S]

Victorinox Tinker
Rich

 

[Workingsloth777]

 

[Steely_Gunz]

Im a fan of my CRK Inkosi simply because it makes for a fantastic EDC knife that will handle any hard use, but even just as a PJ model it still oozes elegance and refinement. I've never handled knives that walk that walk so well.

 

[XL883N]

Small wood inlay Sebenza. I originally got a Mnandi for that but those are too small for me.

 

[lieferung]

That QC knife is my idea of gentleman's carry. For the ones I have, my Kizer Feist which is fairly sterile (front flipper) and then my Lionsteel Roundhead (slip joint). No thumbstuds or thumb discs or flipper tabs, both are straight and narrow, point on one end and round on the other.

 

[Ron Sabbagh]

For a locking folder, I agree with the Mnandi or small Sebenza

But IMHO a “gentleman’s” folder is a nice slipjoint

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[allenC]

A couple of Opinels...

Victorinox Money Clip...

 

[kobold]

 

[Spikediesel]

 

[brownshoe]

A "gentleman's knife" is any William Henry and no Ti grey turds..."don't carry no ugly knife!"

 

[DangerZone98]

I recommend the Code 4.

 

[barleywino]

Sandrin dellatorre (tungsten carbide blade)

 

[Jsega51]

I think of a gentleman’s knife as something on the small side, thin ground blade(s), and a little fancy, sometimes a lot of fancy. This one is 3.5” closed and fancy enough for me to qualify as one of my gents knives:

 

[DocJD]

Cold Steel Frenzy , for gentlemanly SD or backstabbing .

 

[barleywino]

Cold Steel Frenzy , for gentlemanly SD or backstabbing .

Looks like the knife Tybalt used to stab Mercutio