Howdy—

With Blade Show just two weeks out, things are going quiet in the knife world.
Well—except for KnifeCenter getting hacked (they’re back now, thankfully), someone claiming “everyday people” don’t carry the knives I feature, and my second knife design finally dropping… and selling out fast. Sorry.

This is EDC Weekly—where the knives are sharp, the comments are sharper, and apparently, carrying nice things makes you out of touch.

Let’s do the damn thing.

This Week At BDEDC

Deep Cuts

Tactile Knife Co Redhawk Launch

The Tactile Knife Co. Redhawk officially launched yesterday and sold out very quickly. First of all, thank you to anyone who picked on up or tried.

Secondly, Redhawks will be arriving at dealers very soon, so there will be more available before too long. There will also be some available at Blade Show in a couple of weeks, and Tactile is already starting the second batch. So if you missed out on this initial drop, don’t worry. There will be plenty of Redhawks to go around.

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Carry of the Week

• RZE Resolute Supercompressor

• TKell Piranha

• SOG PowerPint (Titanium Deep Carry Clip)

  Not pictured

• Carry Commission x Rustic Heirloom Hitchhiker

• Griffin Adventure Tool

• Glow Rhino Fob

• Jeremy Siers Zippo V3

For next week, show me your best hard-use carries. I want to see some truly used and abused gear. You can submit by tagging @edc.weekly on Instagram or using the submission form at edcw.co.

On My Radar

Like I said, things tend to slow down prior to Blade Show East in Atlanta. It’s just two weeks away, and a lot of brands tend to hold things back for the big show. But not Big Idea Design.

Today, the Chattanooga-based EDC company officially released the Overlook, their third folder and easily the best of the bunch. It’s a smaller, more gentlemanly folder. It’s sleek, thin, slicey, and still packs a punch. But I’ll let Big Idea’s own Brantley explain it above.

If you want one, you can buy it from Big Idea Design’s website today.

Missed The Point

This week’s comment comes from @stephenh.3297 over on YouTube, and he said, “No wonder I tuned this channel out. Everyday people don’t carry knives that expensive. I spent $120 on my Para 2 back in the day, and I’d rather have three more than that thing.”

That comment was about the Dixon—a knife that costs $625. Which, yeah, is a lot for one knife. But here’s the thing: not every knife we show here is $600. And not everyone wants to carry a $20 knife from Walmart either. People carry what they like, and everyone’s preferences—and budgets—are different.

If you want something American-made, $120 is basically the floor right now. And even that’s pushing it. TRM might be the closest you’ll get, and they’re creeping up toward $200 too. The point isn’t just how much a knife costs or where it’s made—it’s about what excites you. What gets carried. What makes you say, “Yeah, that’s worth it to me.”

We cover a wide range on this channel. Some of it’s expensive. Some of it’s not. The SOG PowerPint I carry is like $35. My flashlight’s maybe $40. I carry gear from all over the map.

But if this channel only covered budget knives, it’d get old fast. There’s only so many sub-$100 knives before everything starts to blur together. That’s not interesting to me. And I don’t think it’s interesting to most of you either.

It’s like car YouTube. You could watch someone review Civics and Camrys all day—but every now and then, it’s fun to see a Ferrari or a Raptor or something you’ll probably never own, just to see what’s out there. What people are building. What’s possible.

That’s why we feature stuff across the board. Because there’s value in seeing the whole spectrum, not just what fits in your budget. I’m not asking you to buy a $600 knife. I’m just showing you what’s out there. What moves us. What feels worth talking about.

And on top of that, Rikki’s not just making knife reviews—he’s telling stories. About the makers, the process, the why behind the blade. It’s not just shiny objects on a table. There’s more to it than that.

So no hard feelings if that’s not your thing. But we’re not gonna make just one kind of video here. That’s not why we started this—and it’s definitely not where we’re going.

Puzzle

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Giveaway

The winner of the Benchmade Bugout 535-09 was Tristan Emerson. Congratulations, Tristan.

This week, we’re giving away a Carry Commission Exclusive Pro-Tech Malibu in Al-Bronze with a topographical mill pattern on the handle. These things are spicy and if you want to enter to win, instructions are below.

Trivia Answer

Answer: A. Buster Warenski’s Gem of the Orient – Sold for $2.1 million

Other values for context:

• Loveless Drop Points: ~$15K–25K

• Moran Bowie: ~$30K

• Fabergé Hunting Knife: ~$100K

• William Henry “Excalibur”: ~$25K