Urban EDC Knife Shopping Guide by The Urban Prepper

The following flow diagram outlines The Urban Prepper's shopping guide to follow when deciding to purchase a knife for Urban EDC purposes.

No
No
START SHOPPING
No
Yes
No

I want to buy
THIS knife.
No

Yes
Is it Highly Can you Is the blade
Yes
Is it Tactical No
Rated? afford it? length legal in your
looking?
state/city?

No
Yes

Proceed with caution Are there Does it have

if using as an Office No color or wood handle Yes a extra deep
EDC knife. options? pocket clip?

Yes

Is it Is it Is it
Do you trust the
Yes Made in No Made In The No Made In No
manufacture?
China? USA? Europe?

Yes
Yes
Yes

Has someone
that you trust
BUY IT! Yes
recommended it?
(e.g., YouTuber)

1. A product that is Highly Rated, according to The Urban Prepper, is one that has a minimum of 4 stars from a reputable E-
Commerce site (e.g., Amazon), has less than 5% 1-Star reviews, and it is in the top 75% of number of reviews for its type of
product.