I carry a 1981 Case 3 Blade Stockman with a California Clip blade and it is 3 1/2" long closed with brown bone scales. Stockman's have always been my favorite.
How long is your pocketknife?
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I need an assisted opener with the arthritis in my hand, so I carry Kershaw Blur (3.4" blade, Sandvik 14C28N steel) clipped to my pants hip pocket opening.
The wife has used it many times when we've eaten at steakhouses that pass off a glorified butter knife as a "steak knife".
It's a chuckle to see the look on peoples faces as they pass by our table while the wife is busy carving on her steak with my knife.
The wife has used it many times when we've eaten at steakhouses that pass off a glorified butter knife as a "steak knife".
It's a chuckle to see the look on peoples faces as they pass by our table while the wife is busy carving on her steak with my knife.
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Benchmade North Fork is my EDC for the last 3 years ..... blade is 2.9" drop point .... folded about 3.5"
Weekends..... or for harder use....... I'll often switch to a Kershaw Blur......blade is about 3.5"
Most of the vehicles/kit bags has a Ka-bar Navy Mk1 Deck knife.......in the emergency kit......5" blade
Weekends..... or for harder use....... I'll often switch to a Kershaw Blur......blade is about 3.5"
Most of the vehicles/kit bags has a Ka-bar Navy Mk1 Deck knife.......in the emergency kit......5" blade
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Jlpgumbo
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Oh, come on......you know we can't accurately measure what's in our pants!
This is my most often carried pocket knife. It was given me by my father 25 years ago.
This knife finds its way into the front pocket of my Wranglers a good majority of the time. It's a 1920's Schrade "handy knife" (aka switch blade) measuring 4¾ inches. It was a gift from a good friend. The knife had previously belonged to his wife's grandfather, but was given to me with the specific instructions to "Use it!! It's a working man's knife and was meant to be used." As a result, it takes on the daily tasks of cutting the twine on hay bales, opening feed sacks, opening my mail, and a variety of other odd jobs. In the evening, I sit in my rocker by the fire touching up the blade on a hard Arkansas stone. Hopefully it will be around for another hundred years.
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Should be. I think there's just one blade different in the Spartan vs. Tinker.
If memory serves, the Tinker has a Phillips head screwdriver in lieu of the Spartan's corkscrew. BTW, the corkscrew works well for undoing knots.
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This knife finds its way into the front pocket of my Wranglers a good majority of the time. It's a 1920's Schrade "handy knife" (aka switch blade) measuring 4¾ inches. It was a gift from a good friend. The knife had previously belonged to his wife's grandfather, but was given to me with the specific instructions to "Use it!! It's a working man's knife and was meant to be used." As a result, it takes on the daily tasks of cutting the twine on hay bales, opening feed sacks, opening my mail, and a variety of other odd jobs. In the evening, I sit in my rocker by the fire touching up the blade on a hard Arkansas stone. Hopefully it will be around for another hundred years.
Interesting coins. I believe I see a springbok on two and maybe Paul Kruger's head on another. ??
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What the heck is an “mm”? You mean these??
Sorry but my grandfather didn’t fight the nazis so we could be infected with their nonsensical metric jibber jabber!!
Well, the French and Norwegian undergrounds fought the Nazis, too, Jay, and they used the metric system, as did the Swiss.
And the knives I mentioned are Swiss, not from Solingen.
Actually, I used mm because the catalog does and I didn't want to bother measuring the knives in inches.
Keep in mind that we have German members and former Germans here who are now US citizens. And Swiss, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Brazilian, Mexican, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, South African and Dutch, Belgian, and Argentine members, none of whom are Nazis, but who express lengths in mm.
I think the British, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand members still use inch measurements, but am not sure.
I think you were just making a joke. I hope they all understood.
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muddocktor
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4 1/4" closed with a 3" blade, a good old Buck 112. It's a bit bulky in the pocket but feels great in the hand.
Grayfox
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Schrade Mini Extreme Survival Spear Point Auto. 3" closed. 2.5" blade.
I picked this up at a gun show. Its a cheap, but well made knife. I like that I opens one handed. Holds an edge well and is much tougher than it looks.
Its been riding in my pants pocket and doing all manner of daily chores for several years now.
I picked this up at a gun show. Its a cheap, but well made knife. I like that I opens one handed. Holds an edge well and is much tougher than it looks.
Its been riding in my pants pocket and doing all manner of daily chores for several years now.
Around my property, I carry a Swiss Army knife that I bought at an Austrian PX in Kosovo in my back trousers pocket and a orange plastic handled Buck that the NRA sent me. It is basically a 110 with finger grooves. When I'm wearing my "go to town" clothes, I have a Benchmade automatic 5000 clipped in my right rear trouser pocket.
Went and measured-the SAK has a cutting edge (not counting the curve) of 3 1/8" and 4" folded. The front half of the edge is serrated.The Benchmade has a 3 1/4" cutting edge and the rear half is serrated. The folded length is 4 3/4".
I bought two SAWs at the Austrian PX and they were a real bargains. The one I carry has a black handle and a liner lock. I believe it is the same as the one that is issued to German soldiers. The second has a red handle and the blade locks with a slider in the handle and it has a corkscrew. The black one was 15 euros and the red one was 14 euros. At the time, the euro was valued at less than one US dollar.
Went and measured-the SAK has a cutting edge (not counting the curve) of 3 1/8" and 4" folded. The front half of the edge is serrated.The Benchmade has a 3 1/4" cutting edge and the rear half is serrated. The folded length is 4 3/4".
I bought two SAWs at the Austrian PX and they were a real bargains. The one I carry has a black handle and a liner lock. I believe it is the same as the one that is issued to German soldiers. The second has a red handle and the blade locks with a slider in the handle and it has a corkscrew. The black one was 15 euros and the red one was 14 euros. At the time, the euro was valued at less than one US dollar.
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cold steel tuff lite.best little knife you will ever own
I just deleted that post. I apologize for offending you and wish you great prosperous bounties in all of life’s endeavors. May you and your kin reap the sweetest rewards in life and live a long and fruitful existence on this earth.
gwpercle
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Kershaw Fatback , 3 1/2 " blade (modified drop point) , 4 1/4" closed , rides in back pocket alongside of my wallet .
Cajuns only know feet , inches and 9mm Luger .
Gary
Cajuns only know feet , inches and 9mm Luger .
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Papaw
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Today a Spyderco Endura at 3.75.
Adk.IBO
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Same knife I ALWAYS have with me.
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OLDSTER
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I carry this Piranha Bodyguard auto daily. it's 3 inches.
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