5 Best EDC FIXED Blades! 

Yup, out of this list Hoback and Spartan both have overseas made blades.

Made by somebody, somewhere. Designed by Hoback. I'll never buy one again. I'd rock a Winkler instead every day and twice on Sunday.

@@Toxie2725 Make sure you check out Primitive Woodsman too. Pretty sweet blades.

@@ridgerunnerblades Good video but please Do not compare Hoback with Spartan Blades! It isn't about where the blade is made but the ethics behind the maker. Also Spartan Blades do not make knives in China, Taiwan is not China. Hoback was busted selling Chinese made knives under the impression of them being USA made. Spartan Blades should not be mentioned in the same sentence with that POS. I'm not just commenting. I don't buy Chinese built knives and I was taken for $575 for USA advertised Hoback Husky. I was lucky and I was able to dump it for a USA made Medford product.

@@davidmajor3632 We give people the option to buy what they want. Sorry that you had a negative experience. But a ton of people still do like Hoback blades. Medford rocks too! Hope to have those coming to the store soon!

Great suggestion!

Badass man, good on you for being able to carry such a large knife for everyday.

Awesome!

@@LordTywinLannistertheBased yes I am kind of fat so I can carry this blade with ease ! It is my favorite blade it is just awesome!

@@sunbunbradley As a relatively below average height guy, (5'6 - 155lb) carrying with an ulticlip has been a godsend. Carrying scout and owb becomes a nightmare of printing with some sizes of fixed blades. With ulticlips I just clip my fixie to my front right pocket on my jeans or on the waistband, tuck my shirt over and I'm good to go.

@@LordTywinLannistertheBased I love the ULTI-CLIP I have one on a blade I really like the TOOR KINGPIN,and it works great I have another one I am putting on my TOOR Darter for the summer

Always! :)

Our pleasure! Josh at Primitive is pretty dang amazing! Stay tuned for more content on him!

Amtac is legit. Im saving up to get the Minuteman. Bill Rapier is an outstanding dude as well.

Agreed

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Go check out the site! Tons on there.

@@ridgerunnerblades no

Very much agree, I EDC a Stryker

I'm sorry, but like most, I take a salesman's opinion with a grain of salt. As carbon steels have been proven by hundreds if not thousands of people that actually use their knives daily in real world use, I hardly think they are junk. Every steel has its advantages and disadvantages. Choose accordingly.

@@donaldroehrig7817 it’s not an opinion bud it’s fact. Tell you what how about on Monday you call around and price some 1095 carbon steel. Then call around and price some D2, M2, 440C, CPM10v or any other high alloy CPM grades. Then come back and let me know what you find. Better yet I just named some grades, do your own research. So back to my original statement Carbon steel is junk steel. It has low Alloy content look it up. Low corrosion resistance, low hardness, low strength, high chance of chipping, low edge Retention… why? No alloy that’s why.

@@dr.h9309 Typical salesman pitch, bud. Because it costs less, it's junk. I deal with salesman and marketing people everyday. Here's a better sales pitch...instead of calling someone trying to sell an item, call the people that actually use them. I'm not saying the super steels don't have a place, but they are not the be all end all that the marketing people want you to believe.

@@donaldroehrig7817 you’re obviously not reading my comments because I have plenty of reasons why the steel is far less superior. Did you not read the alloys I mentioned and their uses in steel? It’s fine that you don’t understand steel chemistry and the role that certain alloys play in steel making. It’s also fine that you like carbon steel blades. Make two beautiful knives, one from crap steel and one from high end steel… sit them on a table and you will not tell the difference. The purpose of my comment is towards this video. This video is about the best EDC knife. That mean something you carry everyday. Something you’re using to pry with, cut with probably use as a hammer, a screwdriver, something you’re going to beat the heck out of. And for that purpose I suggest, as a steel professional higher end tool steel or stainless. It’s not a sales tactic or mere opinion. Stainless and high end super high speed tool steel is far superior in performance because of its alloy content…. Not because it’s more expensive. The only thing 1095 or other Carbon steels have going for them is they are easy to sharpen but this is because they're soft on the HRc scale and have no wear resistant properties. They need to be easy to sharpen...you'll be doing a lot of that. You have 5 main elements in good knife steel and they all serve a purpose. That's Mo (Molybdenum) Ni ( Nickel), V (Vanadium) Cr (Chromium), C (Carbon). Carbon allows you to heat treat higher, Cr allows toughness and corrosion resistance, Nickel allows allows toughness and strength, Vanadium allows wear resistant and Moly allows high heat resistance should something be exposed to heat it will not lose its temper or austenitic properties. It's also ok for someone to have more knowledge than you on certain topics...instead of trying to be that guy just learn something. Again this is all public information feel free to check me....

@@dr.h9309 I have read everything you have wrote, and you are still wrong. I'm not disputing that some alloys are better at some characteristics, but they are not better at all characteristics. For you to make a blanket statement saying that all carbon steels are inferior proves that you are not taking all of the scientific information and applying accordingly. You can spew all the data you want, but it only reinforces my belief and the belief of the rest of the knife users, makers, manufacturers, and real metallurgists that super steels and alloys are not always the best for every application.