My baby girl in the left pic passed away. Now I'm raising my knucklehead baby boy in the right pic (he takes after me).
Boots are Wesco Mister Lou in Maryam natural horsebutt. Not visible in the pic, but the vamps darkened a lot more than the shafts which were shielded from the sun by my pants legs.
Got the rereleased Cold Steel Black Sable throwback in XHP to be a user and to spare my old Custom Series BS for safe queen duties... But I scuffed up the bolster on the old one by dropping a knife on it... 😑🥹😂
I would dig it if Cold Steel increased their "60 Series" offerings by rereleasing more classic models in modernized steel choices. On the other hand, I'm not a big fan of the retail pricing on the ones they have rereleased so far.
Big sis doesn't look happy to be in a pic with her derpy little brother... 🥹
She's actually the sweetest of my furbabies but just has RBF a lot of the time. 💗🐱💗🐶💗🐶💗
Out in the field today with this SBD T10. I did the spring pre-order and was worried when my turn was up that I might not dig any of the knives being offered. Luckily I snagged one with a hand satin blade! 🔥🔪
Only negative for me is that I prefer washers over bearings because I always get grit in my knives being a member of Team Use-Your-Shit. 🥲
Happy Friday! What are y'all carrying today?
Carried the "large" Adamas for Black Monday, switched to the Jeff Vandermeulen OG for Ti Tuesday.
Hope the week gets better as it continues...
Technically I'm only carrying the Zaan today, but I carried the dessert warrior for Wacky Wednesday and the XM-18 on Tuesday because it hadn't gotten much pocket love recently.
For today's EDC, I was choosing between the Demko AD20 XL on the left and the Trouble Blades large Mofo on the right. Went with the Mofo because I just got it recently and want to use it more.
Went on the road for a short Independence Day vacation and brought two US made knives for EDC: a CRK Umnumzaan and a Jeff Vandermeulen OG. 🇺🇸🔪🦅🔪🎆 The Zaan I've been carrying a lot, and the Vandermeulen is pretty new but I got it with the intention to EDC it regularly. For a custom handmade knife, it's really great bang for the buck versus a lot of the modern CNC knives that are priced the same ($1k range).
Bonus for Ti Tuesday also being DNKD: One Track Mind Ire V2 in Magnacut and crystal Ti, Trouble Blades Mofo in Specwear and frag Ti.
They both feel excellent in hand and after brief cutting of paper towels. Time will tell after future use though. The Ire has the typical Reate OEM quality, execution is top notch on a nice design. The Mofo feels like a really nice contender in the large jack of all trades tactical EDC space, but googling around it seems like things went a little sideways though the whole story doesn't seem to be all in one place or fully verified.
Anyone else disappointed when they get through a whole day at work without using their knife? 🔪 😔
Leaving now unsatisfied...
Two users and one safe queen 🥹
L to R: Ketuo Griffin, Attn 2 Detail Mark 3, Dew Hara Ray. Carried the A2D for Sunday best, carrying the Griffin for fieldwork today.
Black and blue is today's theme... TBH it's just the general theme of my life probably. 🖤🥺💙 Guess I'm just too dang stubborn to stay down every time I'm knocked down. 😅
In the pic: KC Gray Mod 0 knife, Frank's Boots Type 2 Highlanders, Okayama Denim x Japan Blue Jeans Sapphire Slub collaboration jeans.
I got this Spyderco Subvert off the swap recently and really dig it. Carried this Benchmade Crooked River yesterday and was a little surprised how close in size these two seem to be. Thought they made for a cool comparison pic. Decided to EDC the Subvert today at work.
Kinda big compared to the usual carry seen on this sub. What's the biggest knife (folder or fixed blade), do you like to EDC?
I just read this and saw the salary pool for OC, DC, and position coaches is $11 million this coming season: https://www.footballscoop.com/2026/05/28/gators-offensive-coordinator-buster-faulkner-becomes-highest-paid-assistant-in-florida-history
For this amount of money, what's the minimum number of wins you'd consider acceptable? How low can Sumrall go before you'd pull the plug and make him a one and done?
It was tanto Sunday and tanto Monday too! 😊 Left to right: Sunday - Dew Hara Noah, Monday - Microtech Socom Elite, Tuesday - Darrel Ralph Dominator
My two choices for Fancy Friday: DLT exclusive CRK Elforyn large insingo Inkosi, Medford TFF-1.
This is my first Inkosi, and now that I have the CRK trinity of Sebenza, Inkosi, and Umnumzaan, I feel the blade shape makes more of a difference for me than the particular model.
I like the ergos of the TFF-1 handle better than the Praetorian handle. It's kind of like a Strider handle where it doesn't look like it should work but actually feels great in hand for me.
https://bakershoe.com/products/stock-wesco-mister-lou-black-7600bk
Ready to ship, skip the year wait. Luckily (or not) my size is sold out, otherwise I'd be tempted to pick up a pair.
Black and blue Tuesday all around. First day carrying this KC Gray custom Mod 0. While I'm actually not a big fan of carbon fiber for knives, I like the color scheme. The dark etched Nichols Intrepid pattern is great, and the crystalized zirconium/titanium twist bolsters are over the top CRAZY 🖤💙🔪🤯
Carrying two knives today: Arno Bernard Orca 2.0 and Sharp By Design T10. Wanted to take advantage of all the slots on my Tale of Knives EDC belt carrier while still having a knife in the pocket too. 😊
Who is ready to step up and put their money where their mouth is? 🗡️🤑
Throw in another $45k and you get the gas station to go with it too. 😅
Edited to add: I found a video of it https://youtu.be/geKzR5Tm9CU