The Best Pocket Knives for Office EDC | Week One Wednesday Ep. 14
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- Kurt and Zac look at some of the best knives for carrying around the office. Get your next knife here: bit.ly/31xizAZ
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Knives in order of appearance:
CRKT CEO: bit.ly/2vDyFh0
Kizer Feist: bit.ly/2PIV7Ms
Benchmade Proper: bit.ly/2VJM6q9
Swiss Army Alox: bit.ly/2PLVK7Q
Boker Kompakt: bit.ly/3cFM0pQ
Boker LRF Brass: bit.ly/3aDFjCX
Kershaw Atmos: bit.ly/2vEYYmP
Kershaw Antic: bit.ly/2vBYbmE
Gerber Jukebox: bit.ly/2PMEMqi
CRKT Pilar: bit.ly/3cvKaYA
Spyderco Dragonfly: bit.ly/2POzV7I
Case: bit.ly/2VFU1Fb
Leatherman Squirt: bit.ly/2VM3riy
LionSteel Thrill: bit.ly/3aDFSN5
Protech Calmigo: bit.ly/3ctSDeE
WE Deacon: bit.ly/2vGKjrg
SOG Key Knife: bit.ly/2TBfaO5
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Hey Kurt and Zac, thank you for taking a look at the CEO and Pilar. Great choices for everyday carry. We appreciate you including them in your office EDC roundup. More green Micarta CEO’s on the way.
Oh yeah!!!!!
Yes!!!!! The news I needed to hear. Can't wait!
We need a carbon fiber CEO. I’ll die.
I swear if they don’t do this ima be mad lol
Got my CEO today, from BladeHq, Have had this on my radar for quite some time and a great addition to my collection @CRKT
An episode about knives that would be good for First Responders would be a cool & useful video
Great suggestion! We'll have to find an expert.
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Blade HQ kentucky
I would say there are a handful of knives that have been designed with first responders in mind but the problem is that you hear from most first responders they don’t use knives they use safety scissors as there is no risk to cutting the person you’re helping.
Thinking about carrying in office setting... we can make a knife “less threatening” by how we present it and put it away. I have a Kershaw Leek (stonewashed). When I open it in a setting where I think someone might be nervous, I open it with two hands and pull the blade open. I know I could easily do it with one hand, but not opening it fast removes some of the fear. Also in closing it... I think how they might close it and use two hands again. I does not cost me anything, but I want to be an advocate.
Good post. And most likely people will eventually get used to you carrying and using knives and they won't be as alarmed to see you open it casually and you may even convert some people while you're at it.
When opening a locking knife two-handed around random people, I sometimes put a little thumb pressure on the the lock to reduce the "snap".
Who on earth is going to be alarmed by a Kershaw Leek? If they are they need to have their head examined! Please! 😱🤣
@@johnruiz6743 , my comment was based on experience... I have had two individuals jump back and make a comment when using the speed safe opening. This was in the context of using it to open cardboard boxes... not in a threatening situation. No telling how people will respond...
@@timelliott6036 That's crazy! Must be the types that jump if someone cuts a loud fart...🤣
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My dad carried a double bladed case knife for decades. He sharpened it until the blades approached toothpick shapes!
A man who knew how to use his knife👊
Zac now looks like “Private Cowboy” from Full Metal Jacket.
Good call, lol.
Is that you John Wayne ? Is this me ?
I work as an RN and scrubs aren’t the most durable attire. I carry a spider on dragonfly at work and it’s nice because it’s so light and the wire pocket clip holds well. So glad it was mentioned!
Jacob Grubb RN here too, I carry the blackout bugout works so well for
Scrubs/flight suit
RN here as well. Blackout Bugout or the Kizer Feist in micarta. Usually carry loose in my shirt pocket though.
W Jack opening boxes of iv fluids and certain packaging. I don’t like to use my “trauma shears” because they have typically cut clothing off someone with body fluids on them. I also use it for opening orthopedic devices. I try not to use it in the patient room however, just in case I freak out mamaw.
RN as well. When I worked in the hospital I always had the leatherman micra in my pocket. Now I’m in homecare and carry a delica in Ben blue. I do a lot more opening boxes in homecare.
Office carry: Civivi Rustic Gent (G10). I am also a huge Case and Victorinox collector.
Just ordered the rustic gent. Can't wait to get it!
Nice choice. Love my Rustic Gent with the green micarta.
Best office carry: Cold Steel Espada XL
Or a Medford
Nah black talon 2
Peter Galione but why do you need a knife like that?
Same with a zombie knife what can you actually use them for?
Only if you bring a .22Lr round with you.🥳
Adam Cosper lol. Yes
my "office" is the warehouse and by far the best knife is the husky compact lock-back utility knife. set you back about 10 bones. slim, light, pocket clip, replaceable standard blades, perfect.
Iv recently started carrying a pocket knife every day. I can't believe how often I use it. Wish I started sooner.
I think a few criteria effect the “attention” pulling a knife brings:
1. Speed of deployment.
2. Size
3. Aesthetics
The faster you go from, seemly, unarmed to armed draws attention to you. At that point the size of what you are deploying vs the task you are performing (is the knife size is more appropriate of field dressing a elk than opening an envelope) seems to come into play. Lastly does your knife look like something from COD. As a knife ambassador I used to carry a ZT 0350 in one pocket and a smaller ESSE folder in the other. Did all my around the office chores with the ESSE but always had the ZT available. Never seemed to bother too many people. YMMV
I had to put my Victorinox Spirit into a locker at the airport (viewer deck, you have to go through metal detector). But I was allowed to keep the baby-blue Mini Griptillian. I'm almost certain it was the color.
Watched this with my 1 day old firstborn in the hospital at 3am, great video to help me stay awake while momma gets some sleep! Gunna raise my daughter to be a #KnifeGirl
Congratulations brother!!! 🤙
Nice, I’m a knife guy in training lol, I carry a victorinox around with me already but I’m looking into getting a new knife, any recommendations? It’s gonna be used on the farm, thx
Office carry: victorinox classic daily, rotatation of spiderco tanacious, benchmade bugout, benchmade full size crooked river
For my workplace knife, I alternate between the CRKT CEO in green micarta and the Kizer Feist reverse tanto in carbon fiber. I’ve gotten so many questions about both! They make for a get conversation about knives and how practical they are. Plus, I always have a knife with me and no one gets freaked out. 👍🏼
I'm a Case guy. Timeless classic. Quality craftsmanship.
I'm not in a restrictive office environment, but I carry the Native 5 Lightweight. It's just my favorite knife right now.
I carry Cold Steel Spartan and para 2. I love my job!
I would probably use yes the crkt ceo! Or a crkt m16 smaller line! I know I know it's a tactical but you can use it. The Hexabone by crkt can also be used. Two Suns knife co. Makes a box cutter type titanium lnife.
I carry a Spyderco Native 5 Salt LC200N blade and a Spyderco Dragonfly 2 in ZDP-189 for the office. Native 5 Salt has aftermarket deep carry clip. Dragonfly 2 is carried in pocket, not clipped. Both very unobtrusive, forget they are there. When I use them, neither alarms coworkers. 😉
I work in an office and carry a variety of folders, never had any issues pulling out a PM2 or a CQC-7B.
I love the dragonfly for nice low key knife! It's sturdy, non-threatening, it locks, and totally disappears in the pocket. Fully ambidextrous too, which works for me as a lefty. I definitely prefer the green FRN though.
It’s not about whether coworkers are “weird about knives” its about how the knife carries in dress pants.
This. This is the most important aspect. It's not about restrictions or coworkers, its about how it carries in dress pants, and if it seems reasonable for the lunchroom or opening letters, and at the same time, seems unreasonable for everything else (a utensil, NOT a tool). More than half of these are not suitable
This is a great list! I looked at my work carry rotation...CEO, Dragonfly 2, and Pilar are regularly in my pocket at the office. I think the Civivi Elementum would have been a great addition to the list. I also love to carry the Kershaw Amplitude 2.5. With that said, There is one knife that I always have,: my Bowie Minimalist. It doesn't print through a button down shirt!
I work in a manufacturing shop running a cnc router, so I don’t have a favorite office carry, but I did just get my new sog terminus xr with s35vn blade can’t wait to put it to use at work
Let us know how it goes!
I carry a benchmade Osborne, aluminum handle, and a cold steel tuff lite, my office is a semi
Have a CRKT CEO with the green micarta coming to me now, excited to try it out. Prior to that I've had a Kershaw 2330 Al Mar AM-4 for the last 2 years. What originally drew me the the Kershaw was it was the thinnest and probably classiest looking knife I've ever carried. Taking that logic to the n'th degree with the CRKT CEO, we'll see how it does...
Thank you for great video.
I carry in the office spyderco cat. It’s cheap, small, light (2.5 oz) and reliable .
The best office EDC knife is Cold Steel Espada XL. It’s cool. It’s slick. It keeps clowns and paper warriors away from you so you can focus better on work.
Favourite office knife in the Southwest of Germany: Swiss Army Mini Champ Alox, thanks for the show, Blade HQ!
For the office, I carry the Leatherman Skeletool CX with Texas Toolcraft Damascus blade . It's light so it works for dress clothes and summer shorts. Everyday not in office is Leatherman Charge Tti on belt and rotation of pocket clip knifes. Usually ZT 0220
I was in one of those offices where "weapons" were frowned upon. Which was really weird as we were a DoD contractor, and I had spent 6 months in AFG for them... But you know, my CRKT Deviation was somehow "a weapon". Now I work from home and have 9 knives on my desk :)
Wire clips are nice because the rough up my stirring wheel less when getting in and out of my car.
“It’s a Boy Scout knife” me and the boys in my troop 5 inch fixed blades and spring assisted kershaws
Me to
Are you even old enough to buy or carry a knife?
In my country, a 3 inch slip joint is legal. But a 1 inch spring assisted is illegal.
I still carry illegal knives as I’m white and live in the countryside so stop and frisk isn’t a problem, but all we can carry are Boy Scout knives.
For an office knife, I think of Chris Reeve. The perfect office carry is the Mnandi
Such a good one!
I really love you guys. You guys are something special for the knife community. Not only you sell them you also love knives and everything about them. I feel like everyone at BHQ lives and breathes knives.
52:29 wood scales are the reason I have a *Böker Kansei Wasabi* as my personal office/EDC knife (it also fits very well with german carry laws, hello from Germany btw ^^)
Sometimes that Böker gets switched out for a custom design *Deejo 37g* (Ebony wood scales, silver finish)
Also I always carry a *Victorinox Midnight Manager* (everything you could ever need in an office in one tiny little tool)
On my swiss army knife, I often use the shorter blade because it’s more manouverable and the larger blade is a commemorative blade and has words printed on it.
My #1 EDC knife no matter if I’m in the office, at home, or on a hike:
Benchmade - mini barrage, in orange blaze, open assist, axis lock, D2 steel, black blade.
The Victorinox Pioneer X would also be a great office knife as it has scissors. And if you miss the toothpick and the tweezers, you can always get a Swiss Card.
Can’t go wrong with an Opinel No. 8 for office carry. I keep one in my desk and use it all the time to cut fruit and open boxes etc. Very classy and not aggressive looking to non-knife people
I love my CEO from CRKT. It is not carbon fibre but finished with a turned design in the handle that does look a bit like carbon fibre in some lighting conditions. Also, my was very difficult to single hand open when new, but is breaking in now. A very nice knife for the office at a great price.
I work in an office (not as strict as some I guess) and I carry either the UTX 70, SBR or the ikuchi pretty regularly. The utx fits perfectly in my inside jacket pocket and the deep carry clip on the SBR and ikuchi are perfect for suit pants. Easy on the fabric, hard to see and both are light enough to not weigh down the pocket either.. but I’m just one guy
UTX 70 for the win!
I am a fitness instructor and it’s been very hard to find a knife I can keep on me in my work clothes while I’m teaching. I carry a SOG Aegis or a Boker Burnley Kihon with a drop point blade. The problem is that all I wear at work is a pair of 5 inch running shorts and a tank top or running jersey. This has also been the problem when I go for my runs. I like to have a knife on me at all times but have been having to throw it in my work bag once I get to work. I now swear by the Microtech Exocet. The design is ingenious because it doesn’t even look like a knife so it doesn’t matter if someone does get a tiny glimpse of it poking out of my tank top. It’s the first knife I can clip on me then go for a 10 mile run and never know it’s there. It is hands down the best smaller EDC I’ve ever had but still could get the job done.
Victorinox is the best for office. I carry the bantam alox, it is even slimmer. Victorinox is very commonly known and people will associate it with cutting fruit, so will definately not scare co-workers. My boss even was happy that I had it when her broken monitor had to be changed urgently before a meeting. - thanx V for the opener/ screwdriver - the Bantam proved to be a very a capable tool for the office.
Probably already said, but blackout bugout. Black pocket clip is super incognito on slacks.
Benchmade Tengu. Tactical hint, but small and gentlemanly. Perfect for office.
I have used my SOG Key Knife to cut radiator hose. It cut it like butter. Great knife!
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Bro, thank you guys for being so Kool. Legit one of the top 5 best channels. I hope to meet you two someday. You guys always have great energy. Kurt & Zac have the best chemistry though. Have me laughing all the time. SALUTE to you guys. Big love and respect to you and the rest of the krew 💯💯 hope y'all staying smooth thru these times of grief. thanks for all the laughs && upliftment.
Buck 110, 112, in a handmade belt sheath. Cold Steel Pocket Bushman in a hand made sheath. Swiss Army small knife.
Lol when I was in the office we weren't supposed to have knives at all. Every day I had a ZT0770CF in Elmax, a Glock 19 and a 7.5 side folding AR pistol in my backpack. I also never knew when I would be required to go into the field for days or weeks at a time.
Live your life
So I work in a hospital, but it’s in Alabama so I think we get a lot more leeway than anyone typically would with knife carry. I rotate in my Spyderco Endura with the wave, a Boker Kalashnikov, a cold steel AK47 with my scrub pants by Carhartt, and lately I’ve been rocking my brand new CRKT Tuna. I also carry a Leatherman Raptor, since I work in the ER, and a gerber suspension, which I will definitely be switching out for something else. It’s absolutely destroys pockets.
Office carry: Böker Urban Trapper 42 (two handed version) and a Victorinox Pioneer. In most cases I just pull out that SAK, never met anyone who got scared by a Victorinox
Time for Wow, yaaaaassss! Not to be a pedantic jerk, but main man Trevor was carrying the Katana upside down, always gotta have the cutting edge facing up.
True true😁
That Gerber jukebox takes its blade shape and tail flipper design from Japanese Higonokami pocket knives. I actually carry a modernized linerlock Higo alot and the tail definitely grew on me.
Dont like the wire clip that much...
Fav office knife is still my vic Compact. Carry this for almost six years now. Best size / tool ratio so far. Could be just a bit smaller. In the past the had the Golfer.. Hopefully they will bring it back some day..
Really enjoyed that, lots of fun.
Can we possibly have a U.K. 🇬🇧 friendly EDC review collection?
A plastic butterknife with rounded tip review? 🤣
I carry a Smock in the office, I try to not flip it to hard though... Also, I find that carrying a flashlight and a pen seems to help not make the knife stand out
I always carry a Buck 371H (belonged to my grandfather for ~30 years before I inherited it) for normal tasks, a CRKT Minimalist Bowie on my belt, and a Mora Eldiris in my bag for harder tasks. Anything I need above that, I'll be in a situation where I can get my hands on something bigger than that
For years I carried my first knife I bought as a teenager at Kmart a gerber gator. Still have it but I replaced it last year with a civivi naja flipper with Damascus steel and G10 scales, I got from blade HQ. Love it although big for most people to carry.
Here's my pocket dump.
Gerber 06 FAST
SOG Field knife (Appendix carry)
Gerber keynote
Gerber Suspension NXT
Zippo lighter
Please shout it out. It would make my day.
We're not live anymore but great carry!👊
Im in a pretty restrictive office. But I EDC 3 knives in my briefcase: 4” Buck Grandpa’s Knife, the Squirt, and a Swiss Card.
Big note on Zac and college carry
Even though I'm not in an office setting, im at college and people get tense about knives. So I carry a Gerber keynote to cut my paracord boot laces and to open mail. I love my keynote and keep it on my keys. Also carry a Gerber Suspension nxt and a buck 110 lt
Yeah, I’m a truck driver but I got some looks 😨 when I used my Paramilitary 2 in the scale house. Best office knife? Buck 110/112. Got a 110 in S35VN!
That's crazy. When I was running OTR I carried a Buck119 and never get any looks. That was a few years ago though😁. -Zac
Blade HQ Well the scale house if full of mid twenties girls taking selfies talking gossip so... Good people but not your typical knife crowd.
My go-to office carry is the Kizer Shard in yellow/black. Very small and non-threatening but sharp and useful for various office tasks. People in the office think it's a box-cutter, due to the safety yellow G-10 scales on the handle.
I absolutely love that this video was over an hour. I've been watching it in bits for the past two days. Keep doing what your doing!
#cutanything
I originally at first sight didnt like the spyderco wire clip. I first saw it on one of their Taichung models amd thought it was cheap looking on such a nice knife. But now I really love the minimalistness of it and it's the best deep carry pocket clip they have. Big fan now
Just got a ka-bar dozier and I absolutely love it. Gonna use it in shop... work in a vinyl and sign shop
Hell yes on the app. Make sure the search a filter criteria are as good, or better than the website. Look at Newegg on a PC for ideas on how to be even better than you already are.
Benchmade Valet, m390 office awesome. Needs the pivot worked in though.
I carry it or a Spyderco LW Sage 5. I'm interested in Lil Native with compression lock. It would also work well.
I also always carry either the PS4 or the Cadet Alox in the office. I love that you covered them back to back in the video!
I know I’m late but I definitely enjoy the wire clips gives it a sleek, tactical feel.
Civivi McKenna with khaki scales. Checks all the boxes for office EDC.
Just preordered the bugout mini. didn't know it existed until this video. Was going back and forth about the full size but was stalling on the size vs the leek in my pocket now. The white and black mini...Dead sexy. Sold!
The mini Bugout is perfect for urban/office carry. It's small, very light and the drop point blade doesn't cause alarm. You forget it's in your pocket.
We need a main man Trevor collection... it’s a must. EDIT: We need an uncle shakey collection as well!! ;)
Just recently started carrying the Kershaw Fraxion! Super light weight, dependable, and loving I do far!
I'm a school teacher. I carry a CRKT Swindle. It's nice and slim.
My M-F work blade EDC consists of 1 high quality folding knife (XM-18, Sebenza, Shaman, ZT0305, Kershaw Bareknuckle 20cv), 1 hard working fixed blade (Esee Izula, Esee 3, Guardian 3, Nyala, Esee 4), and 1 multi-tool (Pioneer X, Skeletool, Centerdrive, OHT, Dime).
Love my protech Newport gold for the office. Bought at blade HQ
Classy and snappy!
I have been (and continue to be) a huge fan of the Kershaw Al-Mar....it has the elegance for office carry.
I've used a Spyderco Spin Etched as a tie clip on numerous. Had some people comment on how interesting the tie clip was, but no one realized it was a knife. Still use it for times when "scary" knives might not be best.
I got a Spiderco Lil Native for the office. Great for cutting bubble wrap and boxes. Sharp as hell. Very non threatening. I also have a Benchmade mini Osborne on me as well. Love the vids guys
Most offices I have been in about all you could get away with was a small Swiss Army knife. Sometimes I would carry the Boker urban trapper. A knife on a pocket clip is asking for trouble. If you open a lot of stuff a utility knife is better.
Just changed my office carry from a Gerber Pocket Square to a Civivi Elementum. Loving it
Y'all should start carrying Twosun knives.
I also carry the Spyderco Smock at the office but I'm patiently waiting for my Kershaw Highball to ship!
CRKT Heiho is elegant for the office
For office carry... in the uk, so ya know, keep it real understated... the boker wasabi. double detent flipper.. although its hard to flip. its a slim blade and youd have to be a special kind of wuss to get intimidated by it. lovely knife, just not for hard use. for that id go with the viper dan 2. another slippy so keeping it legal and its small and stubby enough to not worry people..
You can compensate the lack of toothpick and tweezers in a Victorinox alox by carrying something like a Classic in you keychain. I do that with a Pioneer X and a Signature.
The Chris Reeve Mnandi is probably the best office knife. I also carry it because it is legal in Germany, where all locking knives have to be two handed opening.
Kizer Envoy is my office carry choice. Titanium w/CPM-S35VN blade. Very classy look and smooth feel.
Man I love that first Pro Tech.
Great price for a Pro T as well.
Best office EDC is hands down the microtech utx-70. super small and fits in slacks very nice.
Mini bugout is definitely the way to go. But mine is orange so I don't lose it hiking, so the bean flipper for the win.
3 Bean Burritos
No Sauce
No Onions. And a side of nacho cheese. Sometimes a soft taco with no lettuce. And love the Cinnabon Delights for dessert! Just really found it odd to hear someone other than me and my brother sound that picky! Lol!
Just picked up a ferrum forge lackey and for being a fixed blade it would be a good office edc it’s a great edc in general but so sleek and sharp and can do anything you throw at it
The knife with the grippy carbon is the Sketch, I have number 101 of 250. Like it a lot.
"chop chop chop... all day long... chop chop chop while i sing this song..."
:-D
What I have carried and should carry: LionSteel Mini, Spyderco Para 3 Lightweight, Viper Dan 2. What I usually carry: Boker Kingpin, Lionsteel Big Opera, Viper Kyomi.
I would 100% buy and wear a bladeHQ flannel. Please make one!
Make it cheap plz I would love it but some things you guys design are kinda expensive but I would do anything to get one
Case xx is still a major company I actually would recommend a texas toothpick or a small canoe or butter bean. Case is also branching out with items such as the cg01 which as a case lover had to have got the black tanto and love it.
Use nail clippers to cut zip ties without marking up whatever you are cutting it off of. Also most wire clips are trash, but Spyderco seems to of figured it out. My GiantMouse Ace Biblio also has an incredible wire clip.
Boker Magnum Hope is not small, but is a really nice looking knife that doesn't look too aggressive. It's my Sunday knife.
landed on Boker tech tool city 1 for office, work travel... it’s a slip joint, it’s cheap, and it has a glass breaker as a gravy feature