do any of you guys carry a pocket knife

[lobo9er]

carry one of these kobalts just about every where trash the blade and replace it brand new razor sharp every time also a variety of razor "tools" - different blades can be used with it. not your classic folder but gets the job done.

 

[kali13]

I have several but I usually carry the Cold Steel AK-47. Good, sharp, sturdy blade. Belt clip.The stud doubles as a catch that opens the knife as you draw it. Comfortable handle as well.

 

[Boothdt]

I carry an SOG Aegis. Real comfortable balance, fits my hand, strong blade, tough finish. Hard to ask for much more.

 

[Boothdt]

Sorry, forgot a link.

http://sogknives.com/store/AE-06.html

 

[AStone]

This one.


Had to coat the fabric side of the G10 with black nail polish
to keep it from wearing a hole in my pocket.

Since then, EDC. Use it for everything, including kitchen work.

I've carried many in my life, including SAK.

This one is the best ever.

 

[Clockwerk]

Ka-bar BK11 everywhere(that's legal for me to of course ).

 

[TraditionalCatholic]

I carry a no-name 4" linear lock knife I purchased for a few dollars at the local army surplus store. It's extremely sharp for the price I paid for it, and I know it could do some serious damage should it ever come to me using it in a self-defense situation, which I pray never happens.

 

[blackspyder]

I've got a few Kershaws, and a drawer full of no-name knifes.

 

[ch45x7]

When I started high school my grandfather told me there are certain things every guy should always have on him. A pocket knife (currently a Kershaw), a lighter (a zippo, and I don't smoke or ever have), and cash.

I've gone through I don't know how many pocket knives, at least 6 lighters (only 1 broken, I just have a small collection now), and I can't tell you how often having an extra $20-$40 in cash has come in very handy.

So yes I carry one every day, but I seem to be the exception to the rule among my friends.

 

[AStone]

I pulled out my Spyderco Manix 2 this afternoon to cut the tape on a box of business cards that had been printed for me.

The employee at the print shop stepped back a skosh and said, "Wow. That's a knife!"

I smiled and cut the tape on the box, then refolded the blade.

"Yeah", I said. "Best pocket knife I ever owned."

The cards were well-done.

 

[First Big Foot]

Do I carry a knife?

Since I was 8 years old, I haven't been without a pocket knife more than a few days. The first couple were three dollar Barlows from the local Five & Dime store. Picked up a Puma folder while in the service in Germany.

For the past 25 years, until last August, I have carried a Buck Titanium. Then I switched to a Leatherman Wave, (I am a contractor/Handyman, and it is fabulous as a belt carried toolbox). Actually carried both for about a month, then decided the Wave was good enough alone.

Somebody once asked me at church why I always carry a knife. I looked at them, and asked how they could get through life without one handy. You can open some locked doors and windows, clean or cut your nails, remove a splinter, open a can of paint or soup, cut your duct tape, trim a door, lever up a sheet of plywood, skin a boar, peel an orange or apple, carve a cane, chisel ice, open mail, open the top of a washing machine, the list just goes on and on.

On occasion I do carry smaller knives, I have a Kershaw from Snap-on like a miniature Buck 110 that is a pocket favorite, an actual three blade Swiss Army Knife with tweezers and tooth pick. And in my Red Cross bag a six dollar knife with a marlin spike for working rope, and one of those locking folders that uses utility knife blades.

My larger hunting knife was made by myself from a chain saw bar ruined by ash from Mt. St. Helens.

Flying in airports is without any longer, but there are rules around that. Online rules sometimes allow for a plastic knife during a flight, so I make sure to have one. I also carry a print out of the rule page, which is something they recommend in the same rules. That way, if the TSA agent is dense, you can show them the rule allowing the item.

BTW, Disneyland is now forbidding belt pouche knives, and won't let you in with it. So I remove the pouch, and stick the folder in my pocket. They aren't frisking you, yet.

It may sound odd, but my way of thought is that anywhere that forbids a pocket knife is all the more reason to have it.

So, you didn't say, what do you carry?

First Big Foot

REMEMBER:
FOR THE PROPERLY PREPARED, DISASTER MAY BE MERE INCONVENIENCE.​

 

[451 Detonics]

Any place that puts restrictions on any personal freedom is a place to completely avoid if possible.

So, you didn't say, what do you carry?

As I have stated elsewhere I normally have three knives with me. First is a small social knife, usually a smallish slipjoint. It is also quite often a pretty knife such as this Fighting Rooster...



The second knife is a larger locking blade, maybe a Case Sharktooth, one of the AG Russell Ranger knives, or the large CS Shinobu seen on top here. It serves to do tougher tasks that I prefer a heavier duty knife for. It is carried in a belt pouch.



The third knife is never used, it is a last ditch emergency knife and as such I was it to have a razor sharp edge at all times and be able to be drawn and used with one hand. It is normally one of the "tactical" knives and normally mounted with a pocket clip. Could be a Spyderco, Benchmade, Cold Steel, a lot depends on how I am dressed. This custom karambit is a favorite

 

[2ndAmFan]

I always carry at least one. I've noticed a lot of cities and other locations have decided pocketknives, particularly lockblades are too dangerous for us regular folks to carry around. I'm not talking about switchblades, spring-assisted opening knives, just ordinary lockblades! That worked so well in San Antonio, Texas the gangbangers all started using guns instead of knives after the city passed that ordinance some years ago.

 

[A_Matthew]

The question shouldn't be whether you carry a pocket knife, the REAL question should be how many pocket knives you carry. In my case, I carry four. My first one is your average cheapie that I use as my lender. My second is a Buck Protoge. A nice sharp lock blade that has no bells or flashing lights. (Which can be handy) My third is a large fixed blade $2 garage sale special that I redid the handle on, and since it isn't my sharpest knife, I tend to use it as a pry bar. (Sort of) Now we get to the fourth one. A SOG Power Assist multi tool. http://sogknives.com/store/B66.html This one gets used the most and is an extremely helpful tool. Now that I have it, I don't know how I managed to survive in this world so long without it. Very much worth the price. Some people complain about the weight, (9.3 oz) but I don't seem to notice it at all.
So these are the knives that I carry. Hope I helped in some way. Matthew

 

[ArfinGreebly]

Pix

I actually did mean to post a picture of my two most commonly carried full-sized folders.

I ran across it this evening.

Wife bought me a Nordic T8 for my birthday in 2009. Really nice piece.

Here's a pic of the EKA Nordic T8 with the EKA (Normark) Swede 92, taken the day I received the T8 in the mail:




I did a little photo spread of the full-sized knives I use in regular rotation. They can be seen here, at the Noisyroom Knife pix gallery.

 

[451 Detonics]

The EKAs are great knives...these two have been knocking about in my kit for years. I modded the small one to take a lanyard and turned it into an easy open. The knives are easy to get sharp enough to actually shave with.



Now you can really show your age...who all had one of these Colonials for a first lockback?

 

[pmeisel]

Yesterday, it was my Browning with a skinning, gutting, and saw blade.

Today it's a Kabar warthog.

Monday, I think I will put the Arkansas Toothpick back in rotation.

 

[SOUTHPAW]

My 2 Kershaws... They come in handy daily.

 

[First Big Foot]

To 451 Detonics:
I gotta say, them are some very pretty knives.
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quote:
The third knife is never used, it is a last ditch emergency knife and as such I was it to have a razor sharp edge at all times and be able to be drawn and used with one hand. It is normally one of the "tactical" knives and normally mounted with a pocket clip. Could be a Spyderco, Benchmade, Cold Steel, a lot depends on how I am dressed. This custom karambit is a favorite

 

[WeedWacker]

Depends. I don't usually carry blades when I work with the mental cases but when I am able to I carry one of two liner locks: A Gerber Evo, or a Kershaw Groove-1730.

If it's playtime and I am not constrained by the laws of city limits I have a 7 inch tank to help with mildly heavy chores:



ETA: I have unfortunately lost all my Swiss army and camp tool knives... They are probably boxed up somewhere, they have traveled across the country twice already.

 

[CDR_Glock]

One of these:

 

[AStone]

There are some fine blades illustrated here.

Here's the company description of my main blade.

 

[451 Detonics]

Seems like many didn't bother to read the OP...

You know like a normal spring back pocket knife -

Don't think all these tacticals are quite what Tom Hudson had in mind...

 

[CollinLeon]

Various types of knives over the years, but I doubt that I've been without one since grade school... OK, maybe on aircraft since 9/11 and what seems like eons ago when I was in boot camp, but that's about it... Not necessarily as a defensive weapon, but just as a tool... Opening packages, sharpening pencils, stripping wires, tightening screws on eyeglasses, removing splinters, trimming fingernails, cutting a steak at a restaurant when the knife that they gave me couldn't even cut butter, etc... It sucks these days that you have to check a bag just for something that you used to be able to carry in your pocket... And it sucks even worse that you have to pay to check that same bag... Then again, I have to check it because I carry a .45 anyway, but I still hate not having my pocketknife with me on the plane... The TSA is so paranoid these days that they won't even allow a small knife onboard... So, I carry another weapon on board instead -- a hickory club with a solid brass head that I made from a maul's handle...

 

[Deltaboy1984]