yet another "help me decide what to buy thread"

[GIJEW]

My Gerber ez-out is great UTILITY knife but as a last ditch defense weapon it's deathly slow. I've been thinking about a Kershaw or CRKT with "assisted opening" but then I thought "why not a fixed blade?".

What are the pros&cons of a fixed blade vs a folder?

 

[RAMBOCAT]

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[kawtech87]

My favorite EDC fixed blade is my Spyderco Street Beat. It's small and light enough to conceal but big enough to do any EDC chore short of chopping wood. The only real problem I have EDCing a fixed blade is belt real estate. Between an extra mag or two and my EDC flashlight I just don't have room.

I have taken to carrying a second folder equipped with the Emerson wave feature in my left pocket for last ditch SD and my working folder in my right pocket.

An ESEE 3 would also be an awesome EDC knife