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what is the PERFECT edc knife

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the caly 3 has gotten me thinking about the spydies i consider to be "perfect" EDC knives. it's too hard for me to pick one, so i went with a top five.

-- R2
-- military
-- caly 3
-- dragonfly
-- D4

what's your idea of a "perfect" EDC knife?
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i love my salt 1
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:spyder: E3, Para mili, Salt 1 PE, Native, D3 OD, Ladybug, UKPK, Dodo, D4, Tasman, Ladybug Salt, Smallfly, Khukuri, Para Military, USN E4, Persistence, Civilian, Yojimbo, Smallfly, Manix 2 CE, Dodo, Military, D4 , Blackhawk, Pac Salt, Military, Manix 2, Captain, Assist, D'fly PE, Spyderhawk SE, Persian, Lum tanto, Warrior, Lil Temp, Tuff, spyderfly, szabofly, :spyder:

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SS Endura 4 PE :D :D
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#4

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Byrd Robyn,
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#5

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Navigator 2
:D
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FRN Native...
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Para Military PE
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My choice:
C-83 Persian
Caly3
R2
Stretch.
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My top choices Natives5, Calys, C83 Persian
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#9

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CF BG-42 Military
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I like your top 5 clovisc! I would just swap the military for the para. Course my fav changes way too often cause there are so many perfect Spydies for EDC.
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Good choices so far guys :) However the best EDC Spyder barr none is the C-44 Big Dyad. With a set up of literally the best of both cutting worlds you have a full sized, sheepsfoot serrated blade along with a streamlined, flat grind, plain edged blade that is just so handy that there are few cutting jobs it can't do.

I have carried my Big Dyad for exactly 2 years this month. It has been a friend, a favorite tool and on several occasions a real life saver of a blade. Not to mention I can't hardly get through a workday without it. I think at this point I would fell more of a void being without my Big Dyad than with any other of my favorite Spyders.

Oh yes I have companion EDCs I carry with it. There is a rotation process I use. Right at this time I also carry my G-10 Harpy and ZDP-189 CAlypso JR.
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For me it's the Para Military and the Caly 3, if I had a 75mm Persian, I'd probably consider it a "perfect" EDC for me, too.
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KamSingh wrote:CF BG-42 Military
I find myself grabbing this one more often than the others lately.
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For the tasks I use a knife that size to perform, the Kiwi is perfect straight out of the box. In a larger blade, the Stretch and C83 Schempp Persian come closest. Have a Persian out to Tom Krein getting a full flat grind, if he can get rid of all the hollow it will make an excellent knife even better for me. Also decided to have STR re-do the Stretch he customized for me in lignum vitae. The canvas micarta worked well but looked too utilitarian for my tastes.
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Endura 4 CE
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I have a feeling the T-Mag is going to make an excellent EDC for me! ;) :D
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I try to keep rotating to check them all out, but I keep coming back to the Jesse Horn ZDP. Perfect for an office setting and cuts whatever I ask it to.

Chris :) :) :)
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EDC perfect

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Native part serrated, black....that´s my EDC ! :)
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Kiwi
Jess Horn
Zowada
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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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