Best Knife Brands of 2024 For Finding the Perfect EDC Blade

The best pocket knife is the one you love to carry, so it feels a bit presumptuous to declare any knife or knife brand “the best.” There’s also so much interesting diversity in the knife marketplace today—it really is a golden age for knife enthusiasts—that almost every decent knife brand is the best knife brand for someone out there.

But as a passionate pocket knife evangelist and owner of well north of 100 knives, I’ve carried enough brands, styles, and models to know what I like and understand...