I love cool knives.
My favourite one I own is a Benchmade Mini Barrage with spring-assisted opening. It's basically like a switchblade and awesome for one-handed opening. My only issue is it is hard to sharpen. I have the blade that is serrated on the bottom half, which is awesome for chewing through tough stuff, but it's a total PITA to sharpen.
I did take it to the dealer to look at getting a different blade, which he said Benchmade would have to do the switch themselves. If you try to take these spring-assisted knives apart yourself apparently they're basically impossible to put back together and have them function as smooth as new. The problem is - as of last year when I went to do this - the spring-assisted opening isn't legal here right now, so the guy figured we'd send the knife to Benchmade in the USA and it would never make it back through customs.
My EDC now is kind of goofy, but I can't help but love it. It's a super cheap Milwaukee utility knife. It's nice because I can still flick it open with one hand, which is important to me. I also like that it is small (like my Benchmade) because it fits very easily in my pocket (knife on inside of pocket, clip over top of pocket). The other great thing is I just slap a new blade in it every week. Half-way through the week I turn the blade around. This way I
always have a super sharp knife.
Only issue is the Milwaukee is kind of loud looking with the red and it doesn't have that premium feel I have with the Benchmade.
Does anybody know if any of the really good brands make a utility knife like the Milwaukee, but in higher quality?