The Best Knife Accessories Every EDC Enthusiast Should Own

You've got a great knife. Maybe it's a Lander. Maybe it's a Banter. Maybe it's something you've been carrying every day for years. Either way, a great knife is only as good as the care and gear that goes along with it. The right knife accessories can mean the difference between a blade that performs flawlessly for decades and one that slowly gets sticky, dull, and sad.

Whether you're new to the EDC world or a seasoned collector, these are the knife accessories every enthusiast should own — and yes, we've got you covered on most of them right here at Knafs.

1. A Quality Knife Lubricant

If there's one thing that separates a knife that feels like butter from one that feels like dragging a brick through sand, it's lubrication. A good knife lube keeps your pivot moving smoothly, prevents corrosion on your blade, and helps fight off the daily grime, lint, and gunk that builds up from pocket carry.

Our own Knafs Lunar Lube is a knife maintenance lube designed for exactly this purpose. A light coat of oil on the blade helps prevent corrosion, and a few drops worked into the pivot keep things silky smooth. It's also handy for removing tape residue from your blade — a real-world use you'll appreciate more than you think.

For those who want options, we also carry Tuf-Glide by Sentry Solutions in a pen-style applicator — a needle tip makes it easy to precisely hit pivots and detents without over-saturating anything — and KPL (Knife Pivot Lube), a family-run Texas brand whose proprietary blend is engineered specifically for knives and pulls contaminants into suspension to prevent wear and oxidation.

Pro tip: Avoid generic household oils like WD-40 on your knife pivots. They can attract and trap more dirt over time, leading to bigger problems down the road.

2. A Leather Honing Strop

Sharpening and stropping are two different things, and every serious EDC carrier should know the difference. Sharpening removes material from the blade to establish a new edge. Stropping — done on a leather strop — refines and polishes that edge by realigning the microscopic burr left by sharpening. The result: a blade sharp enough to shave with.

The Knafs Leather Honing Strop for Pocket Knives is compact enough to toss in a bag and take anywhere. It's one of the best ways to maintain a sharp edge between full sharpening sessions, and when paired with a little strop polishing compound, you can achieve a near-mirror finish on your blade. If you've never tried stropping before, it's one of those things that will immediately make you wonder how you lived without it.

3. A Pocket Knife Sharpener

Even with regular stropping, your blade is eventually going to need actual sharpening. Having a dedicated pocket knife sharpener on hand means you're never more than a few strokes away from a working edge.

Our Mini Pocket Knife Sharpener — Diamond Stone is small, affordable, and effective. Diamond stones are among the best abrasives for sharpening because they cut fast, stay flat, and work on virtually every steel type — including the harder modern steels like 14C28N, D2, and MagnaCut you'll find on many of today's best EDC knives.

Keep one in your bag, in your car, or tucked into your knife maintenance kit (more on that in a second), and you'll always be prepared.

4. A Torx Bit Driver

Here's the deal: most modern pocket knives are held together with Torx screws, most commonly T6, T8, and T10. If you want to disassemble your knife for deep cleaning, swap scales, adjust pivot tension, or just tinker — and let's be honest, tinkering is half the fun — you're going to need a proper bit driver.

The Knafs Bit Driver with Wiha Torx Bits is purpose-built for knife maintenance and comes loaded with T6, T8, and T10 bits from Wiha — one of the most trusted names in precision screwdriver tooling. It's compact, comfortable to hold, and built for the kind of repeated use that knife people put their tools through.

This is genuinely one of those tools you don't realize you needed until you've used it — and then you'll wonder what you were doing before.

5. Thread Locker

Knives have a habit of loosening up over time, especially with heavy daily use. Pivot screws, scale screws, and clip screws can all back out on you if you're not careful — and there's nothing more annoying than a knife that rattles or, worse, one that comes apart in your pocket.

A small dab of blue (medium-strength) thread locker on your screw threads keeps things tight without permanently locking them in place. Medium strength means you can still disassemble when needed, but your hardware stays where you put it. We carry thread locker in our knife maintenance collection — it's an inexpensive fix for a frustrating problem.

6. A Knife Angle Finder / Ruler

This one is for the sharpening nerds, and it's genuinely useful. When you're sharpening a knife freehand, maintaining a consistent angle is the single most important factor in getting a clean, refined edge. Too steep and you'll roll or chip; too shallow and you won't make contact with the edge at all.

The Knafs Aluminum Ruler + Knife Angle Finder gives you a precision reference tool to dial in your sharpening angle, plus a ruler with both inch and metric markings — useful for measuring your blade length, figuring out whether a knife is legal to carry in your area, or just geeking out on your collection. A titanium version is also available for those who want to flex a little harder.

7. A Knife Maintenance Roll (The Tool Burrito)

All the individual accessories in the world don't mean much if they're scattered across your junk drawer or rattling around in a Ziploc bag. What you need is a system — and nothing in the knife world does this better than the Knafs Tool Burrito.

Built from waxed canvas with double-stitched webbing edges and magnetic corners, the Tool Burrito is equal parts storage solution and portable workspace. The magnetic corners are particularly brilliant: when you're disassembling a knife, you set your tiny screws and pivots in the corner, and they stay put. No more losing T6 screws in your carpet at midnight.

It features 8 small loops, 4 larger loops, 2 pockets, and a mesh zipper pouch, and it can store up to 4 small or medium knives or 2 large knives. It's the tool roll Ben Petersen designed because he genuinely needed one — and now it's one of Knafs' most beloved products.

Want everything in one shot? The Loaded Tool Burrito is a 13-in-1 knife maintenance kit that includes the Tool Burrito plus the bit driver with Wiha Torx bits, the aluminum ruler and angle finder, the leather honing strop, Knafs Lunar Lube pen, blue thread locker, mini pocket knife sharpener, polishing cloth, pry spudger tool, and a few other goodies. It's the ultimate starter kit for new knife enthusiasts and a satisfying upgrade even for experienced collectors.

8. A Shop Mat

If you regularly disassemble or work on your knives, a dedicated shop mat is worth its weight in gold. A shop mat gives you a clean, organized surface that keeps tiny parts from rolling off your desk, scratching your blade, or disappearing forever into the void beneath your couch cushions.

The Knafs Lander Shop Mat doubles as a mouse pad and is printed with an exploded schematic of the Lander knife, maintenance tips, screw sizes, and scale-swapping instructions. It's 9x9 inches, fits any desk, has printed rulers in both inches and millimeters along its edges, and the non-slip rubber underside keeps it from sliding around mid-teardown. Functional, informative, and sharp-looking — very on-brand.

9. Replacement Scales (For Lander Owners)

One of the things that makes the Knafs Lander series so special is that it was designed from the ground up with customization in mind. The Fast Swap Scale system lets you remove and replace your handle scales without fully disassembling the knife — and Knafs even provides open-source CAD files so you can design and 3D-print your own.

If you carry a Lander 1, 2, 3, or 4, swapping scales is one of the fastest and most satisfying ways to make your knife feel totally new. We carry scales in G10, Micarta, aluminum, carbon fiber, and more across our collections:

• Lander 1 Scales & Accessories
• Lander 2 Scales & Accessories
• Lander 3 Scales & Accessories
• Lander 4 Scales

Whether you want to personalize your carry, replace worn scales, or just try something new, this is one of the most fun aspects of being a Lander owner.

10. A Knife Poster

Okay, this one might seem like merch — and it is — but the Knafs Knife Poster is genuinely educational. Designed by Ben Petersen over the course of four months, the 24x36-inch poster packs 100+ panels covering everything from blade grinds and lock types to handle materials, butterfly knives, lock stick, and more. It's the reference chart Ben wished he'd had when he first got into the knife world.

Hang it in your shop, your office, or anywhere you tinker with knives. It's a conversation starter, a reference tool, and a love letter to the hobby all in one.

Build Your Kit, Take Care of Your Blades

Great EDC is about more than just owning great knives — it's about maintaining them, understanding them, and making them your own. Whether you're starting with something simple like a lube pen and a strop, or you're going all-in with the Loaded Tool Burrito and a full set of replacement scales, investing in the right knife accessories pays off every single time you draw your blade.

Browse our full selection of knife maintenance tools, sharpening accessories, and knife accessories at Knafs.com — and as always, to the moon, amigos!