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Trending: Gerber EAB Lite

Authored by:
Mikey Bautista
Trending: Gerber EAB Lite

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It's Workshop Wednesday, and we're taking a look at a hobby and workbench essential: the utility knife. The Gerber EAB sets itself apart from regular box cutters as a lightweight folding knife with a liner lock that can load standard utility blades. It's equipped with a pocket clip for easy carrying. Even better, the EAB is small enough and light enough to pull double duty as a cash or card clip, giving it even more use when not at work. This Lite version of the EAB trims down some weight to 2.2 oz from the original's 2.4, by cutting off some length and material from its now-skeletonized stainless steel handles. Pick up this popular utility knife from the link below.

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Mikey Bautista

Director of Everyday Carry Operations


About the Author
Mikey Bautista is an everyday carry (EDC) expert who has been working with the EverydayCarry.com team for nearly a decade, starting with an interest in EDC as a hobby and ending up as a writer for the site in 2014. Through the years, he’s led the site in editorial content and writing about products across every category, from knives to bags to flashlights and everything in between, as well as discovering, bringing exposure, and building bridges with many brands in the industry. Today, he is the site's Director of Everyday Carry Operations, leading the editorial team and managing day-to-day operations.

He has lived through many personal and professional lives, spending nearly a decade in the workforce management industry, a minor career in gaming, and has lent a hand with entrepreneurial efforts back home in the Philippines. He has also been an active participant and helped build a number of significant social communities online, both for EDC and his other hobbies.

Mikey has been at the cusp of gaming, technology, and the internet since the ‘90s and continues to lend his experience, expertise, and authority to all his pursuits. When not online, in a game, or watching movies, you'll find him in the gym, speedrunning his next hobby, or talking at length about EDC with anyone willing to listen.

Discussion (3 total)

XaeonBE ·
I keep this one in my car. It's very easy to use and saved me a lot of times :D
Ken Morley ·
I use this little fella everday at work
schwiiing ·
I've carried a pocket knife with me every day of my life since 1976. Switched to the Gerber EAB about 2 years ago. Best move I've made. Compact design fits nicely in the coin pocket of my jeans, and feels great in the hand. I'm no longer wary of what I run my knife thru. Cardboard, gummed adhesives, wood - not worried. A dull knife is just a replacement blade away from being surgically sharp once again. ...and, as a bonus, at $10 bucks a piece, I'm no longer worried about losing/ misplacing/ loaning out my knife.

Highly recommended.