6 Affordable Pocket Knives Under $50 That Are Worthy of Your EDC ^55.9%

Popular Mechanics - By Colin Aylesworth, Rachel Klein - 7/8/2026, 8:04 PM

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Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Just because something is cheap doesn’t mean it’s poor quality. Plenty of the best pocket knives we write about from brands with excellent reputations—Coast, SOG, and Case, to name a few—have blades that are $50 or less in... more