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January is finally over, and the first big EDC drops and events of the year are fading into the rearview. Despite that, our favorite knifemaking brands haven’t even taken a breather.
Interesting and innovative new EDC knives and multi-tools continue dropping like winter snow. Furthermore, a few revisited and redesigned classics have also been launched. This roundup will update you on everything we’ve encountered over the last week.
A smaller, more EDC-friendly take on the brand’s Lux 3.8, this compact take on its award-winning sibling is just as gorgeous and minimalist. While the entry price is admittedly prohibitive, this knife has the materials and style to back it up (and then some).
Offering plenty of bang for your buck, the Tenable Kryo boasts a 3.58-inch drop-point blade made of 1428CN steel. Handle options range from G10 to micarta to anodized aluminum. All versions also feature a crossbar lock, multiple deployment methods and a reversible deep carry pocket clip.
As the name suggests, this Italy-made knife can technically be deployed four ways: back flipper tab, front flipper, nail nick and “with two hands.” More exciting, however, are the ingredients, including a range of handle materials (from burlap micarta to Titanium 6AI4V with Fatcarbon inlays) and a 3.31-inch satin-finished drop-point blade made of everyone’s favorite super steel, CPM MagnaCut.
The Chapter is the EDC knife that started it all for The James Brand. Yet it keeps evolving, helping to keep it relevant even all these years later. This updated version features a gorgeous, high-end blade material, called Rose Damasteel, with a mesmerizing kaleidoscope-like pattern.
This tiny successor to the classic LST boasts a 1.9-inch modified wharncliffe blade made of 440A stainless steel, a grippy glass-filled nylon handle and a grab tab lanyard for easy attachment to a keychain. With a lockback design like the original, the LST Mini measures 4.6 inches open and weighs 0.5 ounces.
Another unusual, beautiful, unique folding knife from Bestech, this flipper — which almost looks more like a fixed blade — boasts a MagnaCut steel blade mated to a titanium handle with carbon fiber, G10 or Micarta inlays and a sturdy sub-frame lock. It’s also available in four distinct versions, so you’re spoiled for choice if you want to snag this knife.
One of the most unique, macabre knives we’ve ever seen, this one comes courtesy of a collaboration with Bradley Diaz of Australia’s Evans Street Knives. But it’s not just drop-dead good looks; the Kizer Tomb is an affordable flipper with some reliable materials, like a Nitro-V blade and your choice of wood, Damascus-patterned G10, aluminum and semi-transparent PEI handle scales (which show off the literally skeletonized liners inside).
Thanks to the signature tanto blade shape, this Bailout retains its tough tactical identity while getting more EDC-friendly. Drawing inspiration from the most popular Bugout, it possesses textured, ultralight Ranger Green Grivory handle scales plus a Cerakote-treated, 3.38-inch CPM-S30V blade and an aluminum lanyard pommel (sans glass breaker).
Made primarily of 420HC and 440C stainless steel, this outdoor enthusiast’s dream deploys 17 essential tools including multiple pliers, wire cutters, knives and screwdrivers. Three two-toned handle colorways — Burnt Sienna, Mossy Slate and Heathered Cranberry — come courtesy of a Cerakote finish that boosts resistance to abrasion, wear, corrosion and chemicals.
By combining the brand’s fan-favorite Pyrite knife with a Bowie-style clip-point blade (with its iconic fuller, no less), CJRB has managed to turn one of the most iconic fighting knives into an affordable, EDC-friendly option. Furthermore, there are six distinct versions of this knife (some with multiple colorways), so you can cater it to your personal style.
The peak expression of Kershaw’s ever-popular Iridium knife, the reverse tanto edition now has a blade that’s exactly three inches long, making it the perfect length to skirt most blade length restrictions. While the knife is more legal and EDC-friendly than ever, it still boasts the same mechanisms and silhouette that made it so great in the first place.
Residing comfortably at the top end of Böker’s offerings, this knife boasts a number of premium features, including a satin-finished 3.38-inch MagnaCut blade, a Marble Carbon handle and titanium bolsters, backspacer and clip. Deployed via nail nick or flipper, the blade is held in place with a titanium liner lock.
A reinvention of one of the knife world’s oldest, most time-tested mechanisms, this non-locking folder takes the classic slipjoint in an entirely new direction. Whereas other slipjoints rely on a separate, typically spine-mounted torsion bar, this skeletonized folder integrates torsion springs into the pivot itself, making for a novel, more refined take.
A reimagining of the brand’s most popular, affordable EDC knife, this version is free of locking mechanisms and has a blade short enough to meet most regional restrictions. It’s a simple change that makes Civivi’s most approachable pocket knife even more legal to carry than ever before.
The latest Gerber release to feature the brand’s patented Pinch Plate — a device that makes frame lock flipper knives more ergonomic, safer and quicker — the MiniSada is both affordable and respectable in an EDC context. Its svelte drop-point blade is made from hard-working D2 steel and the handle is crafted from textured aluminum. This is a budget-friendly folder that can punch well above its weight class.
Heavily inspired by supercar design (specifically, Maserati’s legendary Birdcage), this is one of the most skeletonized knives Spyderco has ever made. While it weighs just 3.3 ounces, its trellised aluminum handle frame is exceptionally strong and still houses the brand’s legendary Compression Lock.
Vero Engineering
Tenable Knives
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The James Brand
