{"id":12887,"date":"2016-01-15T16:44:04","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T16:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/?p=12887"},"modified":"2016-01-15T16:53:19","modified_gmt":"2016-01-15T16:53:19","slug":"add-a-little-southern-grind-to-your-edc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/add-a-little-southern-grind-to-your-edc\/","title":{"rendered":"Add a little Southern Grind to your EDC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The acronym EDC is becoming as overused as the word cool was when I was in high school. Folks clean out their pockets and take a photo of the contents to brag about the stuff they claim<\/em> to carry every day. It\u2019s even trending to the point that gen y or lumbersexuals carry enough manly<\/em> stuff in their pockets they could play\u00a0Red Button\u2019s character in Howard Hawk\u2019s Hatari<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Though today you might think it, EDC is not about Instagram posts or bettering your buddy on a pocket-emptying contest. It\u2019s not about proving you masculinity or showing off the gear you\u2019ve spent your kid\u2019s college money on. And, I\u2019m sorry, EDC is not about guns.<\/p>\n

Everyday of my grandfather\u2019s life he carried a knife in his pocket. He didn\u2019t carry it so he could whip it out in some testosterone display. He didn\u2019t carry it because the pop culture at the time insisted. Grandpa carried a knife because he was a real man and real men need a knife.<\/p>\n

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Grandpa’s Knife<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A real man needs a real knife for peeling an apple while sitting under a shade tree. For sharpening a stick to pick the pork barbecue out of his\u00a0teeth. To turn a screw on a kid\u2019s toy. To cut a steak when its been cooked to long or the restaurant knife is too dull. Real men carry a knife to peel the insulation off a copper wire, skin squirrels, dig out thorns, trim fingernails, cut out a fishhook, and to open oil cans. Yes, Mr. Modernman, at one time motor oil came in cans, not plastic bottles.<\/p>\n

I still have grandpa\u2019s knife. The scales are worn smooth, the blades are narrow from sharpening, and every time I pick it up it makes him feel, not all that long gone.<\/p>\n

EDC \u2013 every day carry \u2013 is about the thing you have with you every day, no matter what. I carry my Nighthawk Custom<\/a> Commander with XS Sights<\/a> and Crimsons Trace<\/a> laser grips\u00a0often but there are days it\u00a0never finds my hip. What I cannot remember is a day when I did not have a knife. And, an EDC knife should be just as special, sharp, comfortable, and rugged as a properly equipped carry gun like my Nighthawk…or Grandpa.<\/p>\n

My everyday knife is\u00a0a Southern Grind<\/a> Spider Monkey<\/a>. A\u00a0compact, four-inch folder, with contoured carbon fiber scales, titanium liners and lock, and a 3.25-inch S35VN drop point blade with dual thumb studs. I\u2019ve used it to do all the usual knife things to include digging a bullet jacket out of my forehead. And, its skinned two deer and gutted a greater kudu on a rocky mountainside in the Northern Cape, while hunting with Fort Richmond Safaris<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t know if our relationship is as solid or as sacred as my grandfather\u2019s was with his Case, but someday one of my descendants will pick up this knife and will know a man carried it, used it, and trusted it.<\/p>\n

EDC is not about how cool the tactical pile of crap in your pocket on any given day might make\u00a0you seem. It\u2019s about the truth and some modern men just can\u2019t handle the truth.\u00a0If you\u2019re still confused, find a mechanic, hunting guide, rancher, plumber, carpenter, soldier, cowboy, or any real hillbilly, and ask them what EDC means. Likely, they\u2019ll not know what the hell you’re talking about but they\u2019ll have a well-worn knife in their pocket they’ll let you use\u2026If you\u2019re the kind of man\u00a0who needs one.<\/p>\n

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The acronym EDC is becoming as overused as the word cool was when I was in high school. Folks clean out their pockets and take a photo of the contents to brag about the stuff they claim to carry every day. 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