Top 10 Best American Made EDC Pocket Knives 2023

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  • @survivalgearofficial
    @survivalgearofficial  2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Are you looking for the best USA made EDC knives you must have in 2022? These are some of the coolest American made knives on amazon we found so far:
    ✅1. HOGUE EX-01
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    ✅2. SOG TAC-XR
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    ✅3. SPYDERCO PARA MILITARY 2
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    ✅4. ZT 0055
    amzn.to/3EWhF4V
    ✅5. CHRIS REEVE INKOSI
    amzn.to/3Krm155
    ✅6. BENCHMADE 940
    amzn.to/3s1rjhb
    ✅7. BUCK MARKSMAN
    amzn.to/371br7g
    ✅8. BENCHMADE BUGOUT KNIFE
    amzn.to/3OLp2QV
    ✅9. EMERSON KNIVES BULLSHARK AUTO
    amzn.to/3MAWYht
    ✅10. SPYDERCO NATIVE 5
    amzn.to/3rYTeP4

  • @Hungrybird474
    @Hungrybird474 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    😂. I bought 6 recommend knives this week for no reason at all . One really nice automatic I shouldn’t have bought but I m glad I did . There’s a clear difference in getting a brand name with good honest reviews 👍👍

  • @godsmacked1000
    @godsmacked1000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I bought a CRKT Ripple on sale at Walmart for $30. Carried it for seven years until I lost it. So I bought it again but this time I couldn’t find it on sale at that price but for a great quality knife $70 is still worth it. I love the flip open lever behind it for quick access and thin profile you can’t even feel it on your person. Highly recommended.

    • @PhilOrth
      @PhilOrth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I still have my CRKT mini fixed blade I randomly picked up at Walmart 5+ years ago and freaking love that thing.

    • @matthewl67
      @matthewl67 ปีที่แล้ว

      The full-size CKRT I had briefly was only sharpened on one side. Never could get past that.

    • @godsmacked1000
      @godsmacked1000 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@matthewl67 oh you got a bad design 😆 what do you carry now?

    • @cheesebag6704
      @cheesebag6704 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Just bought one 3 days ago and returned it because it didn’t close straight after I dropped it off my lap into grass.

  • @poonbandit9924
    @poonbandit9924 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I have a US made Kershaw Leek and a couple older US made Gerbers that have held up very well to heavy use.

  • @HiTechCentralPage
    @HiTechCentralPage 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Benchmade knives are awesome.

  • @faizulidrus7350
    @faizulidrus7350 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    No Koenig? Holt?

  • @roxanaalexandra8483
    @roxanaalexandra8483 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Not all of USA made knives are high quality..... and Gerber knives are the best examples.

    • @Jam35Gr3g0ry
      @Jam35Gr3g0ry ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Gerber made great knives in the U.S. …until they sold the company to Chinese owned Fiskars…that’s when their quality took a nosedive.

    • @whalehands
      @whalehands ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Gerber usa made knives are just as good as the comparable knives from competitors

    • @goodinsrt8
      @goodinsrt8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My $130 automatic S30V with aluminum scales has lasted a lot longer than my $140 154cm griptilian with plastic scales. But I guess benchmade has set a low benchmark.

    • @HighlanderNorth1
      @HighlanderNorth1 ปีที่แล้ว

      🚫 But to be fair, Gerber doesn't have time to make every knife perfect. They have a whole other product line to concern themselves with! What I'm saying, is that Gerber "has a lot on its plate". By "plate", I mean small glass jar filled with horrible smelling baby food that we force newborns to eat! {They aren't really the same company btw! Lol}

    • @jimbeaux89
      @jimbeaux89 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’ve been using Gerber knives and multitool since my time in the military in 2007. I’ve moved on to Leatherman multitools, but I still my strongarm and other Gerber knives.

  • @KM-oi9ks
    @KM-oi9ks ปีที่แล้ว +3

    @6:20 ... took me a second to realize that was in reverse.... I was like "huh"

  • @sunbunbradley
    @sunbunbradley 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I will stick with my WINKLER

  • @Wildknives69
    @Wildknives69 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I got 2 Benchmade's a mini Adamas and a bugout love them GET A MINI ADAMAS it's crazy!

    • @jaytay7989
      @jaytay7989 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Love mine.

    • @jeffreycheng4984
      @jeffreycheng4984 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Adamas is my current fave

    • @jaytay7989
      @jaytay7989 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jeffreycheng4984 Cruwear or Magnacut? Mine is Cruwear. Wish I had the carbon fiber Magnacut.

  • @grtwhtbnr
    @grtwhtbnr ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a 5.11 Tarani Spear Point.
    They tried to jump on the Karambit craze of the 2010s. S30V blade.
    Cant find then anymore

  • @Johnny53kgb-nsa
    @Johnny53kgb-nsa 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If stamped made in the USA, does like 75% of the knife, and materials, are made in the USA? Thanks.

  • @johnruiz6743
    @johnruiz6743 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Not a fan of button locks. Had a couple fail. Have a couple PM 2s and a Para 3 Lightweight Salt in magnacut. Excellent knives.

  • @n202awesome9
    @n202awesome9 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What’s the knife in the thumbnail?

  • @MrBeefy-og7nw
    @MrBeefy-og7nw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    SOG's website states the cryogenically heat treated d2 tac xr version is made in China. SOG imports most of their knives but charge USA made prices. I've followed their products since the 1990s and stopped buying them for the above reason.

    • @lindsey607
      @lindsey607 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for the tip boss. That's good to know.

    • @BenjiFrank
      @BenjiFrank 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Man, I was gonna get one. some of their knives are sick I can’t lie. After hearing that tho I’m good🤣 plenty of other good brands out there

    • @MrBeefy-og7nw
      @MrBeefy-og7nw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@BenjiFrank Yessir plenty of other good options. 👍

    • @EireFirst2024
      @EireFirst2024 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      China make everything.. Covid included.

    • @jeffreycheng4984
      @jeffreycheng4984 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      SOG knives are so inconsistent in my experience

  • @AlansView-g1v
    @AlansView-g1v 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That's funny, I have a SOG field knife that says China on it. 😂 I like Buck, Camillus, and Gerber. I'm sure the other knives are good too I just haven't ever owned them. They all look nice. That Hogue looks pretty sweet.

    • @jeffreycheng4984
      @jeffreycheng4984 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      SOG was my first edc knife and it did not last very long. It’ll always be my first but now the worst

  • @youwebz
    @youwebz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do you need to sharpen these before use or are they good to go?

    • @samdoornbos2824
      @samdoornbos2824 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My Benchmade 553 came ready to go

    • @shawn59fifty
      @shawn59fifty ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Imagine them selling you a dull knife 😂

    • @Pugrug.
      @Pugrug. ปีที่แล้ว

      It depends. The vast majority of knife manufacturers will use wheel grinders to sharpen their knives. This usually leads to a ruined heat treat and uneven angles that might have burrs. In my experience, my benchmade 550 and 940 both came with pretty bad edges. My mini crooked river came crazy sharp. So sometimes they’ll be good and sometimes they won’t. I just got a Chris Reeve sebenza and it came insanely sharp. The edge was phenomenal since they are hand sharpened. So It’s a gamble but with premium knives, you’ll get a great edge 9 times out of 10.

  • @harrydexter8426
    @harrydexter8426 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Black Scout Survival sells
    a quality folding edc knife.
    It is in the same class as
    mentioned edc knives.
    👍😊🇺🇸

  • @Jeepsteve1982
    @Jeepsteve1982 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Emerson CQC 7
    Benchmade 940
    Spyderco Paramilitary 2
    Microtech Ultratech
    Strider SnG
    Hinderer XM-18
    Chris Reeve Sebenza
    End of list

  • @Hungrybird474
    @Hungrybird474 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I bought an eafengrow knockoff (e355 with a thick spear blade so they say ) but it feels nothing like the real deal , looks similar but feels nothing like the real one and the metal looks different .

  • @Hungrybird474
    @Hungrybird474 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like kershaws and zT s . I think they do one hell of a good job pumping out 100,000 knives a month in USA and who knows how many kershaws in China ? These makers should do vids on the environment their blades are made and show the people who finely craft these beautiful pieces of art . These are all very nice knives to have or gift to someone . 👍👍

    • @bilalfareed6625
      @bilalfareed6625 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂

    • @jeffreycheng4984
      @jeffreycheng4984 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I have a love hate relationship with Kershaw. Had some great ones and some awful

  • @jeffoff7795
    @jeffoff7795 ปีที่แล้ว

    Demko AD20. They're hard to come by but, man, are they sweet.

  • @chumcool
    @chumcool ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2:23 Well, considering that nowadays it has become quite the questionable scenario of whether ONE Victoria's Secret 'model' would even fit in a single hot tub let alone a hot tub big enough for multiple "models", I reckon I'll just take your word for it at this juncture.

  • @TheMode541
    @TheMode541 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Easy to find flows in a spyderco pm2, would love to see a flipper option.

  • @ludwigbooth4882
    @ludwigbooth4882 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    amazon says sog tac xr is made in china...wtf?

  • @marijkevandaele4452
    @marijkevandaele4452 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    nice vid I have 3 knives

  • @rickcanales1602
    @rickcanales1602 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wish Benchmade offered some flippers instead of just the cut my thumb studs.

  • @rterick1247
    @rterick1247 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cruzeiro -SP from Brasil

  • @inverted311
    @inverted311 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Benchmade knives are so over priced!!😅😅 Just slap a butterfly on it and cram it up the wahzoo.... 😅

  • @jerryjohnson1482
    @jerryjohnson1482 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Benchmade 535 is good to it is this tho I have 3 and have broke the tip off 2 of them but love them to death and are under $150

    • @Sector_JS4
      @Sector_JS4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sounds like good quality 👍

  • @etroix-custom
    @etroix-custom 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm going to buy a knife so i want best example which is the best knife in this video please tell

  • @James-ut2ez
    @James-ut2ez ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Some American made knives are garbage with a expensive price tag.

  • @user-od6zf6po6f
    @user-od6zf6po6f ปีที่แล้ว

    Is David C. Andersen, Knife Center Pontificating Ponce, really a poofter or just practicing to be a poofter?

    • @HorsepowerHeaven
      @HorsepowerHeaven 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He’s currently becoming a licensed journeyman in poofting

  • @boog3690
    @boog3690 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I only count 7 not 10

  • @Poemwriter_Angelo
    @Poemwriter_Angelo ปีที่แล้ว

    i personally don't really like Chris Reeve knives. they don't flip open fast and the handle looks too plain.
    only the wooden handles look fancy. it might be great quality but my eye wants something too.
    i prefer spyderco and benchmade.

  • @JavierBonillaC
    @JavierBonillaC 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Benchmade were great, now it’s all hype, very poor value per dollar. But campers are dying out, we are hoarders.

  • @idontno0
    @idontno0 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sogs don't seem to have good quality anymore.

  • @krzysztof8670
    @krzysztof8670 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    pic......

  • @toufikhamadi2980
    @toufikhamadi2980 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    👍👍👍

    • @survivalgearofficial
      @survivalgearofficial  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad you liked the video. Which is your favorite EDC knife?

  • @rueridge7597
    @rueridge7597 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    SOG made by ChiComs. Too bad. Used to be good American company

    • @BeefT-Sq
      @BeefT-Sq 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Collected Knife Tips :
      1) You can attach orange paracord to your knives and other equipment so it on't get lost easily.
      2) You can make a paracord lanyard to use put though the hole in your knife handle so your hand won't slip while chopping.
      2) You can avoid beating on your knife (batoning) by using a folding saw and ax or hatchet. You can also fashion wooden wedges to baton instead. Normally, you'll find enough deadfall that is useable for fire making without the need for batoning anyway.
      3) You can uses hockey tape or other wrap material on your knife handle to improve your grip.
      4) If you choose a big survival knife, you'll still be able to do fine work with it. Anything a small knife can do, a big knife can do but a bushcraft knife should be chosen for appropriate size, blade width, grind and comfort.
      5) There is a point of diminishing returns in knife toughness. Often, a knife is rugged enough that it won't break even without the thickest blade or toughest steel made. Weight may matter too.
      6) Leather handles may absorb animal blood when used for hunting and can get to smell bad.
      7) Before using a knife for food preparation, wash it with dish liquid such as Dawn to remove germs and residual non-food-grade oil.
      8) Gloves are often a help in gripping knives, can prevent irritation from the handle and enhance safety especially during sharpening.
      9) Accidentally driving your knife into dirt or muddy logs will dull it fast. So will accidental contact with rocks.
      One way to keep your knife safe and sharp is to always have it either in your hand or in its sheath.
      10) The quickest knife to bring into action is a fixed blade knife. If you aren't happy with the sheath, you can buy or make a replacement.
      11) A knife maker's reputation can tell you more than a set of specifications. The type of steel used, its thickness and type of grind may be less important that the maker's heat treatment, degree of hardening, quality control, fit and finish.
      12) If you don't baton, throw, pry with or otherwise abuse your knife, it may last a lifetime and delight your heirs.
      13) There are some inexpensive but good knives such as the Mora, BPS and Beavercraft lines. There are more expensive knives from KaBar, Cold Steel, Tops and Esee that are also well worth the money. Avoid gimmicky, fragile, no-name, novelty and cheaply-made knives ( and anything from China ) . Put your money into quality knives with good sheaths.
      14) It is ideal to handle a particular type of knife in person before ordering one online. Ask friends what knives they have for you to examine.
      15) Hollow handles that contain survival goodies are to be avoided. Full tang construction is ideal for strength. House survival kis in a pouch on the sheath or, better, in a separate belt pouch. that way, your small kit can hold more items and will be there when you need it.
      16) It isn't normally good to use your knife as the tip of a spear but you can lash it to a pole to reach food, game or other things that are otherwise out of reach.
      17) If you luck into an "Old Hickory" brand butcher knife, keep it. It can be used as a bushcraft knife either stock or modified. The brand was made by Onterio and is no longer produced.
      18) When walking, a knife's lanyard can catch on branches and drag the knife out of the sheath. Consider that before using a lanyard.
      20) If you want a defense knife, look at the Cold Steel Drop Forged Wasp, which is reminiscent of the Gerber Mark II. Otherwise, for EDC, get a Colonel Blades Lo Vix fixed blade.
      21) Be extremely careful with folders but get a Victorinox Explorer and a Leatherman Wave.

  • @hugues-alexandredery8596
    @hugues-alexandredery8596 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    SOG TAC is made in china

  • @youtubisashoe
    @youtubisashoe ปีที่แล้ว

    Never use again?? I would never even consider carrying a knife without the safety lock, self defense stabbing gets messy and unpredictable, you don't want that baby closing across your fingers

  • @buffering7612
    @buffering7612 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’ve owned & loved spyderco’s and Benchmade’s until I traded them for 1/4… for what it’s worth.
    Like nitpicking a hottub of Victoria secret models.. “hey honey the tubs 3/4 full why don’t you eat something.”

  • @AlansView-g1v
    @AlansView-g1v 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Anyone who would pay $2,000 for a knife isn't that bright. I wouldn't pay that price if I were a millionaire. It's a freaking knife. 🙄 Each to his own.

  • @Mr_Fu_Manchu
    @Mr_Fu_Manchu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't know what is it with you Americans and expensive pocket knives. Yes, you can buy a Toyota or you can buy an BMW and both for the same purposes, but a BMW you can use every day. A 200 dollar knife you only use now and then, if that. In EU, not many people spend more than 30 bucks or so on such thing.

    • @malachisanford2314
      @malachisanford2314 ปีที่แล้ว

      And that's why yall are inferior

    • @Oneoneone111One
      @Oneoneone111One 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This is some idiot logic that fails every direction I look at it

    • @Mr_Fu_Manchu
      @Mr_Fu_Manchu 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Really? Explain that please, I would like to see what you call "logic" when u spend 300 bucks on a knife.

  • @Nag.Nag.
    @Nag.Nag. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    🙋🙋

  • @hardyanpajero69
    @hardyanpajero69 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    👍😎🍺🍩🗡️

  • @Mackinnon637
    @Mackinnon637 ปีที่แล้ว

    Daddy

  • @noname-t3e6q
    @noname-t3e6q 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    holy shit the ego we Americans have sometimes.

  • @freedomrangerphillips9990
    @freedomrangerphillips9990 ปีที่แล้ว

    I quit watching this video 30 seconds saying after you told me that Gerber was American the blade clearly says China on it sog kershaw all China so no I'm not watching this since it's not what I thought it was going to be based on the description just like buying a fake American knife it's actually a knock off from China

  • @I_Am_Victor
    @I_Am_Victor 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Spyderco that flimsy knife is not tactical or tough. Get your research on knives sorted out.
    Btw why no Kershaw Knockout? Or DPX HEST/F URBAN TI KNIFE?! Made in USA right but not garbage like spyderco. Rather grab a case knife which is far better tougher than flimsy slicer spyderco if you're looking for slicer. ☝️😂

  • @Venom-nk8nd
    @Venom-nk8nd 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬

  • @ad1312ad
    @ad1312ad 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    so like, did anyone review things like the sharpness of the blade? how long it takes to dull? how balanced it feels through different motions like stabbing, cutting, sawing?
    like, anything related to what a knife does?
    or wait sorry was this an aesthetics review video for the middle aged suburban white wannabe operator dudes desperately fetishizing a post-societal collapse world where they can finally be the main character

  • @BxSQUIRREL
    @BxSQUIRREL 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    this list sucks

  • @fernandourbina7543
    @fernandourbina7543 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    When you said American you mean from Alaska to Argentina. You must learn that you live in United States that is in America continent.

    • @johnmuller1640
      @johnmuller1640 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Pls dawg America means USA everyone knows that

    • @davidfricke885
      @davidfricke885 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If that were true they wouldn’t all be coming here.😂

  • @padi5star
    @padi5star 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You guys did it again! cut off the presentation long before covering all the topics listed in the description. I really believe I should stop watching your videos!!!

    • @survivalgearofficial
      @survivalgearofficial  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I reduced the intro to 20 seconds. I have to introduce the content somehow .....

    • @bdubs3695
      @bdubs3695 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@survivalgearofficial that guy was just a hater

  • @oz836
    @oz836 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    All over priced and over hyped….

  • @игорькожушко-у6ъ
    @игорькожушко-у6ъ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    👍