What Should You Know Before Buying a Pocket Knife?

<p>Senior Staff Writer Tanner Bowden unloads his pocket knife knowledge and offers up a wealth of advice to inform your next EDC purchase.</p><p><i>Episode Navigation:</i></p><ul><li>1:00 – Why Do People Love Pocket Knives?</li><li>3:45 – What Does a Person Need to Know Before Buying a Pocket Knife?</li><li>4:50 – <i>Most</i> Pocket Knives Are Folders</li><li>6:41 – Different Elements of Pocket Knife Form Factors</li><li>8:04 – Blade Types and Shapes</li><li>14:23 – How to Decide Which Shape Is Right for You</li><li>16:10 – Pocket Knife Brands to Know</li><li>21:21 – Types of Actions: the Mechanism That Opens the Knife</li><li>27:32 – Handle Types to Know</li><li>31:30 – How Pocket Knife Size Should Factor In to Your Decision</li><li>34:49 – Pocket Knife Maintenance</li><li>36:30 – Blade Materials: How Different Steel Types Affect Your Knife</li><li>44:40 – Our Top Three Pocket Knife Recommendations</li></ul><p><i>Featured:</i></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gearpatrol.com/outdoors/a36202028/best-pocket-knives/">The Best Pocket Knives of 2021</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gearpatrol.com/outdoors/a734020/best-knives-and-multi-tools-for-fathers-day/">The Best Knives and Multi-Tools to Give Dads This Father’s Day</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gearpatrol.com/outdoors/a33795821/customize-benchmade-bugout-pocket-knife/">Now You Can Customize One of the Best Pocket Knives for Camping and Hiking</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gearpatrol.com/outdoors/a447406/knives-at-our-desks/">Watch Now: The Pocket Knives Gear Patrol Staffers Keep at Our Desks</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gearpatrol.com/outdoors/a625253/everything-you-need-to-know-about-pocket-knives/">Everything You Need to Know About Pocket Knives</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gearpatrol.com/outdoors/a36278408/best-new-knives-and-edc-may-2021/">The Best New Knives and EDC of May 2021</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gearpatrol.com/outdoors/a36266063/what-is-a-friction-folding-pocket-knife/">Curious About Friction Folding Pocket Knives? This Is the One to Get<