Do you carry a Pocket knife ?

[Nabnassett]

Current edc is a Benchmade Mini Freek. For years id change-up a knife when i found something i liked more but this one has been a keeper.

Previous to this was a Benchmade Mini Bugout. Nice knife but didnt like the skinny grips. Gerber Paul is a great knife but kinda bulky.

Both my grandfathers carried a knife. Paternal grandfathers was a farmer in Louisiana and always had a large, stag horn folder while maternal grandfather was a banker in Boston. He always carried a small, silver pen knife. Very different gentleman.

 

[enricosonic]

I have a Leatherman Micra and carried it for a long time but have found that I like the Gerber Dime with mini pliers much better.

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I have to agree. And it's nice to have the blades/tools (and all-important bottle opener) on the outside at the ready.

 

[tarior]

I have carried a pocket knife since I was seven or eight years old. My wife recently bought me an Opinel, so that's what I'm carrying these days. I also always have with me my Leatherman Raptor shears, EagleTac D25C light (with spare battery) at least one way to get a fire going, and a Glock 19.

 

[onepixel]

SOG S31-N Paratool
This has been in my 5 consecutive cars. A bit too big and heavy for my liking in a pocket.
No longer made and is considered "vintage". lol!
It's bombproof and has real tools.

 

[enricosonic]

SOG S31-N Paratool
This has been in my 5 consecutive cars. A bit too big and heavy for my liking in a pocket.
No longer made and is considered "vintage". lol!
It's bombproof and has real tools.

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I have this one too. It’s awkward to open but you’re right… serious tools you can get leverage with. I’m looking for mine now.

 

[enricosonic]

I found it. They weren't messing around.

 

[onepixel]

I found it. They weren't messing around.

Very cool!

 

[enricosonic]

On the Land Cruiser keychain is a Spyderco Cricket. Cuts rope or cording pretty easily.

 

[enricosonic]

You know, when you must cut someone free from the gallows

 

[enricosonic]

Here's a collaboration between Spyderco and the Italian knife maker Lionsteel. To me it's too much knife to carry everyday. It goes in the Land Cruiser console.

 

[Eywadude]

I don't always carry a knife or multitool, but I have one of these on my keychain everywhere I go: a Victorinox Classic SD Alox.

I got it as a stocking stuffer about 15 years ago. It's great for all kinds of small tasks like cutting open charcoal bags for barbecuing, cutting open bags of rock salt during winter, for opening packages, and for all kinds of general uses.

Surprisingly, I use the scissors as much as I use the blade. I don't think I've ever used the file, though. But I use this little thing all the time, and I don't know what kind of steel this thing is made of, but I've never sharpened it, and it's nearly as sharp as it was when I got it.

It makes quick work of everything I need it for. It's tiny, it fits on my keychain, it's literally the length of a house key, and it takes up no room in my pocket. When it was given to me, I never thought I'd use it as much as I do. It's the antithesis of flashy and exotic, but it just works.

 

[hendertuckie]

I'm 73 and last year I started carrying a knife daily. I've had a Swiss and a small Buck most of my life and rarely carried. A very close friend passed early last year and he had maybe 20 pocket knifes. I carry his favorite as a reminder.

 

[tarior]

I'm 73 and last year I started carrying a knife daily. I've had a Swiss and a small Buck most of my life and rarely carried. A very close friend passed early last year and he had maybe 20 pocket knifes. I carry his favorite as a reminder.

It's never too late to pick up a good habit, I suppose. I've carried a pocket knife of some sort or another since I was seven or eight years old. I think I was 30 before I could actually sharpen one properly, but that's a different story.

 

[Erik Tracy]

I used to carry a small Kershaw pocket knife every day while working as an engineer to open boxes, cut zip ties, etc.

But being retired, I don't carry one every day anymore; just on road trips or hikes.