Every guy whipped out their knives!

[oink]

I always find it humorous when these EDC knife threads come up and I see pictures of what look like brand new knives. But actually this thread doesn't seem as bad as usual.

All of my EDC knives look beat to heck, but they're usually shaving sharp, or at least start the day that way. None of my knives are high dollar models I can't afford to lose. I do try to not actually abuse them but I use them for whatever is needed at the time.

A few times I've even put them on a very hard surface on top of a piece of steel wire I've needed to cut and hit them with a hammer. That will show you the quality and temper of the steel. It will leave a mark. I admit that's a bit extreme. Of course I prefer to use wire cutters or pliers for that.

 

[SF VET]

About 20 years or so ago, my son and I were driving back from a SC beach, late at night, on the back roads. We came upon a just happened accident at a country intersection. We got out to help the several others who had just stopped, where a pickup with an older man had run a stop sign and was being strangled by his seat belt. Along with the other bystanders, we pulled open the door of the driver's pickup, and tried to undo his seat belt, which was killing the driver. We couldn't get it undone, & the driver was gurgling and trying to breath, and my then college son pulled out his knife, which I did not know he was carrying, and then cut the belt, allowing us to ease the older man out and lay him down, and soon the local EMS showed up to take over.

Sometimes a handy blade can really safe a life. SF VET

 

[Smoke]

I'm sure I've posted this before but I carried this Buck 110 and a Geber Multitool on My LBE for a good portion of my military "career". the Multitool is a replacement for one I lost in the field on Fort Carson.

After I became a Security Guard, I carried them on my Duty Belt at work. at some point I switched out the Gerber for the MultiPlier.



The Buck and the Multiplier are what I carry in the Mountains and the Silver Geber around town with whatever other knife I'm carrying

 

[Retired W4]

I always have two on me. An old (pre-thumb stud) Al Mar Falcon and a Robbie Dalton automatic. An Al Mar SERE Operator II stays between the drivers seat and console, just in case.

 

[kamloops67]

There is a saying: "Mora and Opinel. All else is vanity". That is a proposition you can argue with, but there is still a lot of truth to it. For a lot of us, all the cutting you will ever need to do can be handled with a couple of knives costing less than twenty bucks apiece.

That said, I have found knives to be a lot of fun, and have chosen to indulge my vanity, to the tune maybe a hundred, possibly as many as two hundred knives. Who's counting?

Still, the ones I carry are in the first photo, the Alox Electrician, and the barely recognizable Opinel no.6. I haven't carried the Okapi Biltong very much lately. I always have the little ChannelLocks, too. They pretty much render a multi-tool unnecessary. If I need to carry a fixed blade, I will probably drop a Mora into a front pocket. They don't weigh very much.

For a daily carry If I can't pocket clip it , open and close it one handed and replace it without looking at it ., it won't do
I keep a large razor sharp Bowie in my truck between drivers seat and console
I have several dedicated skinning knives and a fillet knife too
It's not vanity it's just using the best tool for the job
Having said that , I do have some knives that I just wanted 'cause they looked cool haha

 

[Ed Fowler]

It is truly a pleasure to read that many still believe the pocket knife to be essential to being prepared. In my pocket is a buck swiss army model that Chuck Buck Gave me, on my side is a very handy fixed blade with 2 & 7/8" blade that is handy and used daily.

 

[ISCS Yoda]

Right now the EDC is a Boker Kalashnikov. But, there are a number of backups.
With modern plastic packaging you need one to open a breakfast bar

Heinz is so right!!!! I have rarely opened a package lately that I didn't need a sharp knife. I keep a variety of small, sharp knives readily available in a kitchen drawer.

I have a ton of knives. Most of them are put away but I EDC a SAK and I EDC other knives such as a Boker Kalashnikov, too, but it alternates with a number of other folders. Presently, I have switched to a Beretta Airlight as companion to my Swiss Army Knife.

That picture makes it look way bigger than it really is!

 

[Jack Flash]

I always find it humorous when these EDC knife threads come up and I see pictures of what look like brand new knives. But actually this thread doesn't seem as bad as usual.

All of my EDC knives look beat to heck, but they're usually shaving sharp, or at least start the day that way. None of my knives are high dollar models I can't afford to lose. I do try to not actually abuse them but I use them for whatever is needed at the time.

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This deserves more than one like.

 

[hivel37]

Several years ago while meeting with
the CPA having taxes done, the talk
went to knives, somehow. He reached
in his khakis pulling out a Buck 110, his
daily carry. Must have had reinforced pockets.

 

[Kanewpadle]

Been carrying an Oknife Freeze for a few months now. Great knife and well made. Not bad for $80.

 

[ralph7]

It is truly a pleasure to read that many still believe the pocket knife to be essential to being prepared. In my pocket is a buck swiss army model that Chuck Buck Gave me, on my side is a very handy fixed blade with 2 & 7/8" blade that is handy and used daily.

Always enjoy your down to earth contributions that I see in print.

 

[Capt. F.]

Your Buck:

Real bone handles??

I have 4 or 5 Buck pocket knives, but only one has real bone handles (a limited edition). The rest have Black plastic handles.



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No unfortunately fake stag, but no matter, still a great knife.
Got my first knife when I was seven, now 74 and rarely without one in my pocket.

 

[CMudrock]

My daily companion is a Vitorinox Trekker I find useful. My field knives are not expensive - but ones I like nonetheless.
Over the years (since I became aware of them) I have picked up German "FALSHIRMJAGER/FLIGER" Gravity Knives. I had 2 WWII specimens - I sold when the became very valuable. I do have A replica today - The replicas run about $100. My others are postwar military models. My rarest are 2 smaller ones from the late 1950s only issued a short time before returning to the larger knives made by original WWII contractors.
I have also collected Spring Knives - most of which are traditional Italian Stilettos, but my favorites are Italian AKC Fighting/Hunting "ROMAS" (9 & 12") pictured with a clever new design 13" Chinese spring knife. The Romas are finely crafted hand made Italian knives with captive Hilts. They can be costly - scarce, but worth having. You don't see these Items very often
Thought others might be interested.

 

[BKLooney]

I've carried one of these since I began working in a coal mine 47 years ago!

I've carried a ton of different knives but in time I always come back to this.

 

[Llance]

If you think your knife is sharp, try cutting plastic with it. If it won't cut plastic, it's not sharp.

I've told this story many times: I used to haul dog food from the Purina plant in Davenport, IA to a grocery warehouse in MI. When you got to the warehouse, and were ready to unload the dock foreman would have you do one of two things, 1. cut the shrink wrap holding the two pallets together with your pocket knife or tear it free and you could restack the product on a pallet. Or 2. borrow, (rent from him) a sharp box cutter to cut the plastic wrap. Price 2-3 dollars or more depending on how many times you showed up with a dull knife. When I showed up the first time he told me the tale and being as I never went anywhere without a sharp knife, I just walked around the stack of DF and said, "Next." We both smiled.

The first CGC I was stationed on the entire deck force was "armed" with Buck 110 folders. I put off buying one for two months until the Chief Bo'son wanted to borrow my knife and I couldn't produce one. He told me, if I didn't have one by noon quarters, I'd be swimming back to port.

We were at Ocean Station November and somehow swimming from there back to Long Beach, CA wasn't too appealing. When I switched to engineering, I added a 4 inch "crescent" wrench to the scabbard. And I carried that combo until I retired in 1989.

Today I carry a small 2" plastic scale folder in my right front pocket because that is all the "weight" I can tolerate in my pocket. And sometimes even that is too much but I still carry it.

Llance

 

[smithman 10]

A lot of us were Boy Scouts so -

Carried knives from early on - to school or anywhere else we went. Was just part of the daily routine.

I always have some sort of knife with me -feels wrong if I leave the house without one.

Edit - Found a photo online of an Ulster Boy Scout Knife. Mine is identical but dirtier!

 

[Capt. F.]

Dad gave me my 1st knife when I was five or six years old with the admonishment of "Don't cut towards yourself Boy!". He also showed me the proper way to open and close it as well as how to sharpen and maintain it.
That was near 66 years ago. If I'm wearing pants (All pants have pockets - right?), I ALWAYS have at least one knife on me and it's usually two - but sometimes more (depends on the anticipated day's activities!). I feel positively naked without at least one of my pocketknives!
I still remember my friends proudly showing new knives throughout grades 1 thru 12. Can't do that anymore!
Folding and belt knives have far more uses than for defense.

WYT-P
Skyhunter

I see your father told you " never cut toward yourself".
My father told me just the opposite, " always cut toward yourself son, that way if it slips it'll only cut you". My father really, really loved me!

 

[Malysh]

I usually carry a Microtech Ultratech dagger blade auto knife. I have 5 other Microtechs. I really like this company.

 

[dirty & hairy]

If I have pockets I've got a knife, like this Buck 726.

 

[Truckman]

Those are really neat knives, if it's the one I think it is. We used to sell them in the gun store where I worked - about 35 years ago!

The only identifying mark on mine is the letters IAN...I would love to know the source of it...I bought it used from a gun show table......Ben

 

[Warren Sear]

...My son was over the other day, and I showed him my "carry blade" and he laughed and told me he and his wife were at a New Year's party the other evening and when the host's wife needed something sharp to open some appetizer, all the men standing around whipped out their pocket blades, causing lots of laughter among them.

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"Scuse me while I whip this out..."

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgRE6BPhN2I[/ame]

 

[sceva]

I usually carry a small 2 bladed penknife or a small single blade one along with a small Swiss Army knife.

Lately I have been carrying this small Hubertus

 

[steelslaver]

I was giving a buddy a hard time at hunting camp, that he had to hand over his man card because he didn't have a pocket knife. My brother who is also a Marine, agreed. The buddy was a Squid. We were BS about boot camp and I said I really had a hard time the first night when we had to strip down and put all our civilian stuff in a box to ship home. Nothing else bothered me as much as the idea of giving up my pocket knife. Even the screaming and hollering was some how made surrendering my knife seam all the more crazy. I hadn't been with out a knife since I was 9

 

[glenwolde]

I was at a very large BBQ with the wife years ago in Tennessee. It was a watch party for the Arkansas/Tennessee game. Of course they had a whole pig on the pit. They projected the game on the side of a house and the party was hosted by the five surrounding families. Hundreds of people.

My wife walks about 30 feet to me and asks me for my knife. She was trying to open something to help the kids get some food. She asked the surrounding men for a knife...and NOBODY had one. Boy did she give them the stink eye.

 

[StrawHat]

I have had a knife in my pocket ever since I was old enough to wear pants with pockets. Pop gave us all knives. Get caught playing with one…

For the last three or four decades my pocket knife of choice has been a Barlow of some sort.

This Barlow, shown with my edc Model 22-4 was made by the Russell company.

The image with the two locking folders shows the folding steak knives I have carried for years when my wife and I dine out.

Kevin

 

[Muley Gil]

I've carried one of these since I began working in a coal mine 47 years ago!

I've carried a ton of different knives but in time I always come back to this.

My dad used to get these electrician's pocketknives at work. He carried one for years and so did I.

I found a single bladed pocketknife in a locker that had belonged to my ex-stepfather. My grandmother said I could have it and I've been carrying a knife ever since. I was six at the time.

 

[CMudrock]

MIKOV

Another of my favorite spring knives, is my Czech "MIKOV". in addition to its dagger blade, there are two practical tool blades. it's a bit bulky for pocket carry, but a beauty with rosewood grips, & fine machine work & finishing + strong spring = fast open.

 

[steelslaver]

I discovered a low cost maker of spring assist opening liner locks with decent blades. I buy them by the dozen. A few of them always have minor problems that I fix. Won't quite lock, not smooth opening etc. I also give each a razor edge. Then when I go out on a job once it gets rolling good, I give them and small led flashlights to the people who are doing the work, from foreman down. I always get excellent co operation. Guys love getting some hardware. Show people respect and appreciation and they will return it. But, then around me the culls don't last long.

 

[Golddollar]

I've picked up some unusual knives over the years. They apparently were short term runs because after I acquired them I never saw them again. The Buck folder with the orange handle was sort of an impulse purchase from a gun shop in Brookville, PA. Since it was blaze orange I figured it was appropriate for deer season. The Remington knife was some sort of promotional item with Stren fishing line. I probably should have just tucked these away unsharpened to protect their collector value, but instead they got used. They didn't get used much for hunting or fishing though. Their most frequent use was cutting up ingredients in chili cookoffs. In the picture of me in character you can see both of these knives folded up between the can opener and cutting board.

 

[jimmyj]

As a young "Dude" I carried a Bowie Knife for protection against jealous husbands and boyfriends. Now I carry a 24" electric chain saw with a really long electric cord as the older I got the more goodlooking and sexy I have became.