Pocket knifes. Do you carry one?

[Tom]

I use to carry a Schrade basic pocket knife.  Lost that to TSA when I forgot to take it out of the bag while on a trip.  Funny how it made it out bound but not on the return flight.  I like the Leatherman Tread but at $185.  Not so sure.  More recently I carry a box cutter pocket knife, I can change the blades out.  The old Buck got too large for the pocket.  Working in an office now, I don't carry one.

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[bmc5733946]

My every day carry knives, always with me.

Brian

[Gliderjohn]

When traveling I generally have along a Gerber Multi-Tool.
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[Ncdan]

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If my pants are on my leatherman tool is on my person. I don't know how anyone can get through a given day without one. I have saved two horses on two separate occasions with the wire cutter on my leatherman. I have repaired leather items with the awl, took burrs off metal parts with the file, opened cans and bottles, cut every thing from my nails to bailing twine to cleaning fish. I frequently remove swallowed hooks from fish, adjust scopes and tighten my glasses arms with the multiple screwdrivers. Like I said at first, if my pants are on I have my tool with me. If for some reason I leave home without it I immediately turn around, regardless of how far I got, and that's more than I can say if it was my wife I forgot, lol, just kidding :)

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[azguzzirep]

I ALWAYS  have a pocket knife with me. Until recently, I was still using my Boy Scout knife. Got it about 1969.

I got bunches of knives, but most are just for showing off😊

[Antiquar]

My EDC. Benchmade 940BK. Excellent knife.

[webmost]

8 1/4 open; 3 3/4" blade; 4 1/2" closed.

Just the right size for eating .. in fact, I yanked it out last night to cut my steak at Outback (hate haggling a steak with those dull serrated saws that they give you at restaurants). Bought mine in Tidioute (pronounced TITTYoot -- the town that time forgot along the Allegheny, just a silent E away from a wardrobe malfunction), at a July 4th parade, when attending the PBR Battle of Bull Mountain at nearby Hickory Creek ranch. A couple of hard handed workers from the Queen Cutlery factory in Titusville (birthplace of the oil well) set up a folding table in front of the Ace Hdwe in Tidioute. The whole entire parade was three horses, a dozen fellers marching, one model T, the rodeo clown in an ATV, and... nope, that was it. The fire truck was gonna join in, but had to run out into the country to fight a fire. But while waiting for the parade to assemble, bought the knife, stepped into the grocery next door, bought a lemon, and stuck the knife in it to blue the blade. Plain old high carbon. This was maybe 12 years ago. Been in my pocket daily since. Previous knife I'd worn down to a sliver. I'm the kind buys one knife and uses it all up. User, not collector.

A day doesn't go by you don't need a knife for something or other. Got to uncap your cigar, open a beer, look into what Harpers sent you, or solve the ever present problem that there's just too damn many cats in this world.

http://www.greateasterncutlery.com/pocketknivesshop/

[oldbike54]

 Yep  :1:

 Dusty

[Travman]

I love traditional style pocket knives.  I have a few Case knives from the 1960's and 70's.

I also have a few from Great Eastern Cutlery (GEC). I think GEC currently produces the highest quality traditional pocket knives . 

[EldoMike]

Here is my EDC....small Swiss and Benchmade Mini Griptilian....

[rboe]

Feel naked without it. I'm on my third one of these (long story): https://www.amazon.com/Victorinox-Farmer-Pocket-Silver-Ribbed/dp/B0007QCOO2/ref=sr_1_40?s=outdoor-recreation&ie=UTF8&qid=1485978729&sr=1-40&keywords=swiss+army+knife

[kingoffleece]

Yes.

[Muzz]

I don't carry one but my hunting knife is the largest of the Opinal range; blade locks out with a sliding collar. Much larger than a so called pocket knife but because it folds up makes it an excellent knife to carry. looks basic but the steel in the blade is superb.

[webmost]

I love traditional style pocket knives.  I have a few Case knives from the 1960's and 70's.

I also have a few from Great Eastern Cutlery (GEC). I think GEC currently produces the highest quality traditional pocket knives . 

A fellow Tidioutian!

[KraZ440]

I've got a small lockback with about a 2.5" blade that's always on me.

[troyhamilton]

I carry 2. one is a old timer my wife gave me for christmas and the others a spiderco. dont remeber where i got it. flea market i think.

[Tom]

I lost my Spyderco the same way I lost my Schrade. 

[Adk.IBO]

I've carried a total of 3 everyday, the first 2 at about 20 years each, about 3 years ago went to a Benchmade Mini Griptilian for it's tip up design. Added a deep pocket clip. Sits low in the pocket and extremely easy to deploy and return to the pocket one handed. I still have all three. The first a Camillus Barlow given to me by my grandfather. Then a Kershaw folder which I wore out.

[Demar]

For every day I carry a Kershaw Scallion. It's just the right size. I've had several for many years and they stay sharp for a very long time. I donated one to the Las Vegas airport security bin. For bike trips I'll also pack a larger knife in my bag.

[LowRyter]

I usually have two Swiss Army type knives or multi tools on me.  I find the nail clippers are the most useful.  I used to bight my nails until I was a teen until I began carrying a SA knife - I thought it was a nervous habit but I just had a need to groom my nails (maybe another kind of nervous habit?).

I've always carried a pocket knife since I was a little kid.  It was something both my Grandpas taught and encouraged.  Countless times I have used a pocketknife when someone, even a stranger needed something done.  And I am more surprised that folks don't have one than myself for carrying one.

I've lost plenty at the TSA, group amusements and concerts.  I just forget that I am carrying them.  I usually keep a Leatherman type tools in my tank bag and pick up.  And I have a locking blade knife the I carry when I planning any work that it might be handy. 

[sturgeon]

Here is my EDC....small Swiss and Benchmade Mini Griptilian....

I've got a large and a small of the Griptilian. Mine are plain blade, not black, and thumb hole opening not stud. The small one goes everywhere with me (checked bag on commercial airlines), the large on canoe trips.

[Stephen]

Leatherman

[Chuck in Indiana]

I'm always armed and dangerous. 
A pocket knife is the handiest tool you can carry. Like Tom, I've lost several to the TSA. I forget it's in my pocket. I'm partial to the Buck Gent, big enough to do the job, small enough to have all the time. The Kid gave me a Gerber for Xmas. Nice blade, stays sharp. Plastic bolsters. Weighs less than the Gent, but a little thicker. Nice inexpensive knife to give to the TSA..

[Frulk]

Carry one of various Gerber and Benchmade folders with me on a daily basis. Used one 15 minutes ago to cut into packaging. Seem to always have a use for one throughout the day.

My father was fond of saying that a man only needs four things to get through life. A good knife, a good  dog, a good hat and a good woman. After he and mother were divorced he would say thad a man only needs three things to get through life.

[Sasquatch Jim]

 A plastic handled buck folder and a Bowen belt buckle that I have worn since 1978.  Except when traveling by air.

[ITSec]

A small Swiss Army knife sometimes, but more often I carry this:

[Aaron D.]

I've had a Schrade LB5 for 35 years, nothing special but it cuts stuff. I like that Tititooey thing-but I guess I don't need another pocket knife.

[Guzzistajohn]

I have a bunch of different knives but I carry this one most of the time

[Lannis]

You can get your found-in-the-xray pocket knives back from the TSA now.

You have to go with the TSA guy back to a little shipping table, and pay $11 to put it in a box and have it shipped home.   

I've had to do it twice to save my little Case stockman with a red bone handle, my favorite.

I have 4 or 5 different knives I carry depending on what the likely evolution of the day might be.    If gardening and working in the woods, it's a 6" Opinel for rough work.   If out riding or doing mechanical work, a Leatherman.   

Possibly a Spyderco serrated folder, or the Case or a Buck 2-1/2" three-blade stockman.

I've gotten to where I never leave home without the pocket knife and a bright tactical light.   It's amazing how often the light helps even on a sunny day when you have to look down into some black-on-black recess in equipment or a building ....

Lannis