One comment lit the fuse: ‘Anyone who thinks scissors are the best tool on a multi-tool is someone who doesn’t know how to sharpen a knife.’ So are scissors just training wheels for knife guys, or the most underrated tool in EDC? Plus a brand-new Leatherman, a hot-swappable blade design, an unhinged confessional, and more in this week’s Deep Cuts.

Let’s do the damn thing.

0:00 Cold Open
Are scissors training wheels… or essential?

0:25 Show and Tell
Leatherman Wave Alpha
Exceed Designs TiRant Ultra

5:37 Sponsors

• Work Sharp RMX (drops Monday at 10 AM PST)
• Big Idea Design – Chaves Fountain EDC
• BladeBinge for all your buy, sell, and trading EDC needs
• Carry Commission – BROG Bum Bag XL + MMTW Lander 2 restocked

8:25 Community Comments
Are scissors training wheels for knife guys or the most underrated tool on a multitool?

11:23 EDC Confessional
Submit your own

12:38 Carry of the Week
Dave Rodriguez – @king_detritus

• Jack Wolf Knives Benny’s Clip Steel Series
• Big Idea Design Slim Bolt Action Pen Zirc
• ReyLight Pineapple Mini
• SOG PowerPint

14:42 What’s in My Pockets

• Leatherman Wave Alpha
• Garmin Fenix 8 Pro AMOLED Sapphire
• CC x Wilder Goods Co. Hitchhiker Wallet
• Big Idea Design Pocket Pro Bronze
• Gaslight Industries Jerry Can Lighter

The knife world’s been busy. Between talk of repealing the Federal Switchblade Act, Knife Rights dragging California’s ban into the 2nd Amendment spotlight, and Spartan Blades planting a flag in Europe, there’s a lot to chew on. Toss in your fiery takes on the one multitool function that stands above the rest, a confessional about Spyderco, and some new gear hitting the desk — and you’ve got this week’s Deep Cuts.

Let's do the damn thing.

0:44 Knife Knews

• AKTI explains the messy reality if the Federal Switchblade Act is repealed.
• Knife Rights appeals California’s switchblade ban under the 2A; the Ninth Circuit asks for amicus briefs.
• Spartan Blades launches Euro Blade Worx in the Czech Republic with KA-BAR and Ondřej Němec, shifting from exports to local production.

  5:24 Sponsors

• Work Sharp RMX (drops Monday at 10 AM PST)
• Big Idea Design – Chaves Fountain EDC
• BladeBinge for all your buy, sell, and trading EDC needs
• Carry Commission – BROG Bum Bag XL + MMTW Lander 2 restocked

9:27 Community Comments
Audience picks for the single best multitool function #OneToolToRuleThemAll

17:53 EDC Confessional
Submit your own

18:45 Show and Tell

• TKC Skeletonized Rockwall
• Pro-Tech Duke 2

22:37 Carry of the Week
Antonio Morales

• CC x Wazoo Cache Belt
• Big Idea Design TPT Slide
• Big Idea Design Pocket Pro Pen
• Carry Commission x Wilder Goods Co Hitchhiker
• Ace of Hanks Handkerchief
• Carry Commission x JRW Gear Tough Clip
• Carry Commission x Urban Carver Keychain
• Carry Commission x Pro-Tech Malibu
• Carry Commission x CWF Micro Arcadian Click
• Best Damn EDC Topo Zippo
• Garage Built Gear Full Field Notes Book Cover
• Paladin33 Belt Bag

24:55 What’s in My Pockets

• Tactile Knife Co. Rockwall Skeletonized
• Leatherman Arc Talos
• Gaslight Industries Jerry Can Lighter
• CC x Wildr Goods Co. Hitchhiker
• Big Idea Design Base Line Bolt Action Pen
• Garmin Fenix 8 Pro AMOLED

27:11 Giveaway
Jack Wolf Knives K9 Jack winner: @robertfinneide5044

This week, we’re going back 5,000 years to see what Ötzi the Iceman carried and what it says about our obsession with modern everyday carry. From copper axes and flint knives to Viking whetstones, we’re exploring whether today’s gear is an evolution of survival or just overkill. We’ve also got a new Show and Tell with the Gatorz Rig, community takes on drop culture and the “curator” debate, and a confessional about loving gear just for the sake of it. Plus, Carry of the Week features the Oz Machine Co. Rosie in MagnaCut, What’s in My Pockets, and another round of giveaways.

0:16 Show and Tell

• iPhone flashlight trick (still sucks)
• Gatorz Rig
• BHQ x Tactile Knife Co. Redhawk

2:25 Sponsors

• Work Sharp RMX (drops Monday at 10 AM PST)
• Big Idea Design Everyday Notebook
• BladeBinge for all your buy, sell, and trading EDC needs
• Carry Commission x Wildr Goods Co Hitchhiker

5:11 Community Comments
Reacting to “We don’t need EDC — it’s just cosplay” and whether modern carry is about true preparedness or LARPing.

10:36 EDC Confessional
Submit your own: https://forms.gle/rP8ohp7cxRrnxkFe9

12:09 Carry of the Week
Ryan Dodds – @ryandoddsphotography

• Paradrop Leather Triarii
• Oz Machine Co. Roosevelt
• LynchNW All Access Pry
• ReyLight Pineapple Mini
• Nottingham Tactical Pen
• SOG PowerPint
• Urban Carvers Beads

13:56 What’s in My Pockets

• Civivi Clingman
• Leatherman Signal
• CC x Rustic Heirloom Hitchhiker
• Big Idea Design Pocket Pro Bronze USA
• Funky Forage Industries Tetra 292
• Gaslight Industries Jerry Can Lighter
• Garmin MARQ Adventurer

15:14 Giveaway
Civivi Crabby Winner: @TWKnives
BDEDC TPT Slide Winner: @kenrossi
Next giveaway: CC x Jack Wolf Knives K9 Jack