Pocket Knives

Leatherman Mini in the bag

I also have a nice small Case knife I slip into my pocket on occation.
 
A Dakota multi-tool, and numerous pocket knives, a slim metal folding knife that I take to work IFF I'm in a warehouse etc. a jackknife as well. I usually carry the smallest (3-4inch blade that folds into its tiny wooden handle) since its perfect for the times you need a sharp edge, but its nothing like the half-serated flick knife that never leaves the room.

I'm not even all that keen on knives anymore, but I could never bring myself to get rid of them. None are what I'd claim is 'sharp'... I found out what sharp was when I was showing customers the knives in the cabinet (at my previous job) and a Muella hunting knife blade tapped against my skin and proceeded to draw blood. At that point I realised I never want one of those!!
 
You cannot fly with a bottom loader if you count the 22 sprocket holes and trim the film, some films dont tear.

Noel
 
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Small Mel Pardue designed Benchmade. Fits nicely in the pocket and its serrated blade makes short order of a cigar tip.

Regards.

Charlie (the original, non-celebrity Charlie)
 
Several Opinell No. 8 and 9 in the kitchen, great for pealing potatoes, a Puma Gamewarden I once bought because of the looks and a Victorinox Swiss Champ in addition to the Victorinox Swiss Tool in my deskdrawer.

I usualy don't carry a pocket knive because they are not welcome with the securities at the parties I frequent :), they often complain about my pipe kit which is nothing more than brass with a horn grip.
 
I carry a swiss army knife and pistol when hiking alone or in a small group. The knife is just a handy tool, the pistol for the seemingly inevitable day I stumble across someone's meth lab I wasn't supposed to see or the unlikely confrontation with a desperate cat or protective bear.
Otherwise I don't see a need; I'm unarmed in normal daily life.
 
When hiking alone I bring my dogs. The one on the right is a particularly useful deterrent to trail weirdos:

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There are an awful lot of trails around here in NoCA that don't allow dogs, which is very unfortunate. I don't feel safe hiking alone without my dogs, and I think many lone hikers (especially lone female hikers) feel the same way.

PS. -- Why is my image not showing up inline?
 
I carry a cheap plastic handled lock-back knife.
I bought a dozen of the wholesale some time ago. I abuse them and lose them with no fear or regrets. When they lose their edge, I toss them.
I go through maybe 4 a year at less than $1 apiece.
 
I carry a Leatherman multitool in my luggage, and use it perhaps once every second trip. I never go armed in the woods unless I'm hunting. I think it's a disgrace that dogs aren't allowed on hiking trails; dogs and people are symbiotes. The thing I like best about the French (other than the women, wine, food and art) is the fact that their dogs are free; and since they're free, they feel like part of the culture, and have no big urge to bite anyone. If I was tied up in a yard with a chain all day, I'd feel like biting someone, too. By the way, French rock 'n roll sucks, and for very interesting reasons.

People who suggest all blades of any kind should be banned from planes, should also understand that in the U.S., anyway, if somebody were to try to hijack a plane again with a knife, he (or she) would mostly likely be beaten to death by the passengers -- no joke. The only reason the 9/11 hijackers were successful is that it was *policy* to go along with the hijackers, hoping that nothing would happen to the very expensive plane and the passengers. That policy is, as they say, no longer operative.

JC
 
Pilot training before 9/11 was based upon the "Cuba, Cuba, Cuba" principle. Highjackers were looking to go somewhere and get some attention. That has changed dramatically. Saddly, it's a very different world now.

I do not do anything sharp on carry on these days. While at home, it's a gerber lock blade.

B2 (;->
 
guys guys guys... i just spent 7 and a half hours in a printing warehouse. You dont NEED a knife!! At the state of my hands and forearms, all you need is a fresh piece of corrogated cardboard - it literally RIPS through skin!
 
I carry a serrated SPYDERCO lock back or a swiss army at work, but both are basically for opening letters or cleaning my nails......at night i carry a surfire 6P fashlight, can blind anyone looking at you long enough to escape.
 
BrianShaw said:
Yeeeooooow... paper cuts are the WORST!
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Many years ago, in the office I was sealing a large stiff brown envelope, and drew it across my tongue. you can guess the rest, a visit to the hospital and three stitches in my tongue, more blood than a slaughtered pig, and pain from the glue in the gash!!!! I shudder when I think of it again.:(
 
ray_g said:
Quite a few people who responded to the recent poll/thread about "man-bags" (or whatever you want to call it) mentioned carrying pocketknives regularly. Some also mentioned carrying handguns, and many RFF'ers (from a thread several months ago) are also hunters or shooters.

Going back to your "pocket knife" - are we talking swiss knife or a Benchmade AFCK here?

Let's hear those stories. :)
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Carried a pair of Benchmade 710's for years... and oddly, did use them for all sorts of things... including cutting cabling and cutting drywall.
 
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