Best New Knives and EDC

After over a decade in production, this exceptionally designed and constructed bag somehow keeps getting better.

Emerging from the brand's vault for 2025, this compact tool harkens to a time when a folding knife was an essential doctor's tool.

This cutting tool has a host of other exceptional features and mechanisms that make it one of the brand's most marvelous recent releases.

Craighill bridges the gaps between affordability, functionality, carry-friendliness and material quality with this cutting tool.

Along with its unusual design language, this Mike Gavac-designed knife also sports some high-end materials and trendy features.

This week ran the gamut geographically and price-wise, with the likes of Benchmade, Böker, Gerber and Kansept making unique splashes.

The intricate handle engravings harken to classic Japanese woodblock prints, namely Hokusai's The Great Wave off Kanagawa.

Some clever design elements make this incredibly small cutting tool a lot more useful than you might expect.

For a bag that's so light and packs down so small, it's shockingly fully featured and is as capable as many standalone backpacks.

This gorgeous, intimidating outdoor tool is the brainchild of a three-decade veteran of the knifemaking industry.

It's unusual for any brand to drop this many variants of one knife, especially with so many different material combinations.

Kizer's Sparrow has a subtle design element that makes a big difference in the knife's security while cutting.

Benchmade's iconic, fan-favorite Bugout folder gets a serious stylistic and material upgrade that's sneakily functional.

Although the slate of EDC releases was smaller by the numbers, the few drops from brands like CRKT, Bestech, and We Knife made a big impact.

I'll admit, I'm scratching my head at how a knife that looks this good and promises so much could cost so little.

It might not have been the intention, but this bag works beautifully as a standalone sling and an additional supplementary pack.

Designed by Grant Chambers, this We Knife offering packs a ton of cutting power into its complex, multi-faceted blade.

This unique cutting tool combines the precision-friendly shapes of artisan blades with the convenience and security of a pocket knife.

This honest, hard-working cutting tool punches way above its weight class.

From the manufacturer to the materials to the tiniest details, this tongue-in-cheek cutting tool proves goofy fun can still be EDC-worthy.