Robert:

Seems very thorough. I have a question for you and the rest: isn't this an urban PSK? or is it urban EDC?

Regards,

atty_guy

Whats the difference? Ideally your PSK whould be EDC because you never know when you may need it.

Good point. Thanks to you guys, I now have recommendations for the Benchmade Mini TSEK, Kershaw Silver Spur, Spyderco Endura, and the SOG Autoclip. Sounds like a good sampling to use while comparison shopping.

Yes, I would call this urban EDC with some PSK-type extras. If the situation warrants, I'll throw in the classic Altoids PSK tin, FAK tin, hank 'o 550 cord, etc. I guess I like the modular approach.

These knives represent an array of sizes. Your choice depends on what you're going to use the blade for, how and where you're going to carry it, and how much you want to spend.

On the small side, you have the Kershaw Silver Spur. You can carry that little beauty anywhere on your person with no bulges. On the larger side, you have the Spyderco Endura. I have always wanted the Spyderco Delica, myself. It's a little smaller and easier to carry.

I love to have a larger Spyderco with me on a trip to a national park. I have the Cricket and Dragonfly. I always have a problem chosing which to take.

The Spyderco Endura or Delica should handle any cutting chores you ask of them, but you would not necessarily want to deploy either of them in the middle of a grocery store to cut a pesky thread. You'd scare the PHRASECENSOREDPOSTERSHOULDKNOWBETTER..

I have no problem pulling out the Kershaw Silver Spur in such an environment. I can have the knive out, opened, the chore done, and the knife folded and back in my pocket in no time at all. But you might not want it to be your only blade in a national park because it IS tiny.

Tradeoffs and choices.

Eugene:

Funny you raise the question. See the earlier thread on shirt-and-tie PSK's. A PSK, as I imagine it, would include items that would have little use or relevance in an urban setting. (Please don't slam me on this. Read the posts in that thread.) I'm not going to carry that stuff because: 1) it's not relevent; 2) I can store it close by; and 3) the vicissitudes of modern life (magnetometers, etc.) make carrying that stuff inconvenient, to say the least.

It's dependent upon the situation and location. I won't carry a gas mask in Las Vegas, but I might have one in DC, or at least have a NIOSH-approved mask. That's my opinion.

Regards,

atty_guy

Don't worry I won't slam you, at least not knowingly, I am certainly not an expert I just read a lot of web pages and form my own opinions. I feel that a PSK with Personal being the key word should be EDC and should contain gear that will be relevent to your every day situation. The gear that I don't consider revalent to my every day survival or situations I could be placed it I do not carry personally. I do noy currently carry any form of altoids tin psk with fishing gear, etc because I spend my days in a urban environment and in a small office where I can walk right out the door to my truck. I'm not in a big building where I could be easily seperated from my vehicle and such. I have all my outdoors type gear in my truck since I may on occasion take a trip to my parents farm where I would be more likely to need that type of gear. Also I have found that I can't fit an altiods tin in my 32" waist jeans, the pockets are just too tight. Thats how I equate the personla to every day carry, i.e. my EDC is personalized to situations I could be faced with. I also feel that this just a starting block as well. As a become better equipped in day to day life I have more time to start thinking long term and can do more outdoors type activites and may add more to my PSK. unfortunatly right now I am a computer Geek and begin to feel strange if I am out of range on an 802.11 access point <img src="images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I have the same issue, Eugene. I'm 5'6" and 140 lbs soaking wet, so the stuff that I stuff (he he) must be low bulk. There are big and tall men's shops, but there sure aren't shops for the lean and low. <img src="images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

I just picked up a mini at REI for around 4.50.
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That TSEK looks an awful lot like a CRKT Navajo. I bought my wife one. It's a pretty solid knife Its open body is easy to keep clean and it fits in a watch pocket. I can't remember what I paid for it, more than 21.00 but less than 40.00 most likely.
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