Kingcreek
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If I don’t have a knife in my pocket...
I’ve probably forgotten to put on my pants.
I’ve probably forgotten to put on my pants.
The pocket comb came with being allowed to have hair long enough to comb! Prior to that, Dad had standing orders for a burr haircut for me and my brother at the barber shop we went to.Ha! Ha! Ha!
Funny you mentioned carrying a pocket comb. In addition to a pocket knife, I too have carried a pocket comb since I was 10 or 12 years old (I’m 72 now), and I’ve always worn my hair fairly short.
The thing was, where I grew up in SW Idaho sandburs were rampant. My pant legs would get covered with the darned things when I was out in the fields, especially in the fall while out pheasant hunting. And sandburs are so sharp they would sometimes make my fingers bleed if I tried to pick them off by hand. But I learned that a cheap plastic pocket comb would easily “flick” the little buggers off 3 or 4 at a time.
Where we live now, in SE Idaho we don’t have sandburs. We have cockleburs, which aren’t quite as nasty and sharp as sandburs. They’re still kind of irritating though, and a cheap plastic pocket comb works well for them too. So after 60 years, I’m still carrying a pocket comb and a pocket knife even though at 72 years old, my short hair is becoming kind of thin – unlike the darned burrs out there!
If I don’t have a knife in my pocket...
I’ve probably forgotten to put on my pants.
A sak or multitool is a must for me. Usually a sak and pliers.As the years passed we've seen similar with restricting the ability to carry such tools. I've been asked, "why do you have to carry a knife?" What goes through my mind is: Because opening a box, cutting nylon strapping and/or prying out staples with my teeth is dirty and potentially painful. My dentist would discourage the practice of doing that if I want to preserve my natural teeth. Do you have a pry bar or flat head screwdriver?
Multiple times a day I'll use a knife to cut something. It is simply a daily use tool that without I would have to try and use the house or car keys. Car keys with transponder chips and electronics inside are $$ over production level knives.
Last time I had to go to SS office the guy inside immediately said he had to inspect my pouch, (small cell phone carrier that also has some first aid stuff in it), and I just smiled, waved, turned around and walked out. He would have had a conniption of the Benchmade Auto Stryker and Leatherman multitool I always have in it.Just wait until you're older and no longer have to go to job interviews, but you do have to go to the Social Security Office. The employees there (who supposedly work for you by the way) sit behind bullet proof glass. But even that doesn't seem to make them feel safe enough because there are at least two great big armed guards in the outer office that make sure you're not carrying even a little pocket knife like you've carried everyday for the last 60+ years.
I don't carry one when I'm in the boat actually on me, but there is always at least one in the glove box. I've had to cut a lot of fishing line, rope and weeds away from props and jetboat intakes over the years....I ALWAYS carry a pocketknife.
I even carry one when in our ski boat, In and out of the water skiing and tubing.
This Christmas walk in sporting a Gurkha Kukri...About 12 years ago when my wife and I started dating I went to her family's house for Christmas. You can see where this is going...
Someone needed to open a package and I didn't think twice , I handed over the 940 osborne from my pocket and heard my now sister in law gasp in horror. She told me that she thought only gang bangers carried knives I assured her, that wasn't the case. She was about 33 at the time, a big time lefty.
My father in law who carries a SAK laughed and asked me why I carry around my steak knife, at least he understood and didn't think anything was abnormal except for the size of the blade. So I keep it going, every year at Christmas I'll bring a knife that's totally inappropriate for the situation in case someone needs to open packaging , SIL has learned to ignore me for the most part. A couple years ago I brought a lan cay m9 eod hung from my belt , down into my front pocket covered by a sweater so ugly that it would make bill cosby jealous . no reaction when I was asked for a knife except from my nephew who thought it was awesome.
Tippi Hedren?She's in her late 50's now, and is still terrified of all birds.
If I don’t have a knife in my pocket...
I’ve probably forgotten to put on my pants.