A Schrade Simon on my keyring. (Which I’m pretty sure I bought after reading about it from a post by AskNott in a thread on pocketknives, so thanks, AskNott! It’s a nifty little thing. I hadn’t realized the company had gone out of business; I’d better not lose it.)
Ditto.
And if pushed into a corner by some kind of street punk I wouldn’t hesitate to use it Collingwood style.
I would, but I find standard folding knives to be too unstable to use for anything, and in the infinite wisdom of the government, it is illegal to carry anything with a locking mechanism in this country, as it does not fall under the legislation as a ‘folding pocket knife’ :rolleyes: .
I give thanks daily that Her Brittanic Majesty’s Government ensure that such deadly and dangerous weapons are kept only in the hands of criminals, and away from those people with a legitimate use for them. And that much packaging is a pain to open.
A noname lockback model witha thumb stud for easy opening. Small enough that it was legal on a plane pre-9/11, but not easily dismissed, either.
Nope.
I’ve been carrying a small one since I was eight years old. My dad gave it to me for my birthday.
I have the Victorinox Cybertool 34, though mine’s getting beat up and I might have to get a new one soon.
I carry a four inch folding Gerber, but it’s strictly as a tool. I’ve never thought of it as a potential weapon.
It’s the cowboy in me; how on earth do you plan to open that hay bale quickly without a knife? And what happens when a roper gets tangled up and a wreck is pending? Got to have a knife - we all always carry one at the barn, but sometimes mine stays in the truck for other occasions.
I’d love to have a Leatherman, but I haven’t found the perfect one while I have money in my pocket.
Good lord, has it gotten that bad? A locking mechanism is a safety device, for cryin’ out loud! I’m not going to go cutting away at corrugated cardboard with jackknife that’s going to snap closed on my fingers when I get it stuck.
Some people just have no sense of proportion. And most of them that don’t end up in elective office seem to work as political lobbyists. :rolleyes:
Stranger
I think it was actually an unintended consequence of the Knives Act which was brought in under the heading of legislation for when ‘Something Must Be Done’. The act allows for a ‘folding pocket knife with a cutting edge of not more that three inches’. at some point it was decided in a court that for a knife to be classed as folding it must do so without requiring the activation of any other mechanism.
I have carried a Benchmade Stryker for about 7 years or so. I love it. I also have a Kabar Warthog folder that I carry when I want something light.
I use them for all kinds of things. I can defend myself with them if I have to, but usually they open mail, pry on things, and other such menial tasks. I do feel naked without one thought.
I’ve carried many over the years, including Swiss Army knives, Leatherman, Gerbers, etc. For daily use, I used to carry my grandfather’s penknife, but it disappeared when I mistakenly left it in some pants that went to the laundry.
Nowadays, I carry either a black Kershaw lockback with a spring-loaded blade (when wearing jeans), or a smaller Gerber lockback when wearing work clothes. Opening the Kershaw startles people, so I try to be discrete in public.
Then there are my handmade hunting/fishing knives, which I won’t go into.
I used to carry a John Wayne C-ration can opener everywhere, but ever since they got all uppity about sharp things on airplanes I usually don’t carry anything anymore.
It’s basically a sharp little hooked blade attached to a small rectangle of stamped steel.
Here’s the wikki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-38_can_opener
The John Wayne usually turned out to be more useful in most situations than my swiss army knife. It was perfect for opening boxes and letters, could be used as a flathead screwdriver that was safer than the “I could snap shut on you any second” swiss army knife flathead.
I don’t think it would be that useful for self defense, but you could probably use it to give someone a nasty scratch and it might get infected.
This is unfortunately the case in at least one state in the US, though I can’t for the life of me remember which one. The law banned “switchblades” which were defined as having a button-operated spring mechanism. The judge, genius that he was, ruled that a confiscated lockback had a spring and you pressed on some part of the mechanism, thus the knife was an illegal switchblade. :smack:
It’s all just silly. There’s no legitimate reason for switchblades to be illegal anyway. Oh well.
I used to carry a little lockback knife (about a 2.5 inch blade) all the time, but I don’t know where it is anymore.
For Christmas, my folks got me a nice Gerber clip-point lockblade with one-hand opening and closing that I carry clipped inside the right-hand pocket of my jeans. It snuggles up nice against the cellphone in my watch pocket.
When I’m dressed as my username implies, I carry a sgian-dhu.
Well, they’re also known as “automatic” knives…and we know how dangerous “automatic” weapons are. :rolleyes:
Stranger
Yeah, I keep one in my pocket always. I have two at my desk at work. I keep three more in my truck, one of those is in my tool box. WAG; I have 25+ knives at home, not including kitchen ware. Pocket: 2.5 inches buck style with lightwight handle, Desk: (2) 1 inch pen knives, one has scissors & file, other has can opener & nail clippers. Truck: 3 inch, flat edge in glovebox, 4 inch skinning knife (sheath, for hunting), 3 1/2 inch 1/2 serrated in toolbox. Home: Everything between small pen knives and 24 inch sheath knives various styles. I also have three swords. Hmmm, I never really thought about it before, but damn I have a lot of knives.
I used to carry one, before I lost it. I worked at a supermarket at the time, and that’s where the majority of its use was. And yeah, I did like having it in my pocket when I was walking to a friend’s house in Oakland, or taking the bus home after a night baseball game.
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- I carry a Spyderco knife clipped over one pocket, basically for self-defense. Never had to use it. I dunno which model it is, it’s a few years old now. The newer ones are better–they have the clip on the correct end! You need the clip on the butt-end, so the knife hangs “pointing down” in your pocket, so when you pull it out you can easily flip it open. I know some of the “Rescue” ones have the clip on the correct end. If they could just make holes on both sides for the clip, then you could set them up proper–with “left” and “right” pocket knives, that hang properly in both pockets…
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…The part someone said about a mini-multitool giving them “no end of grief when they go through an airport” I think is pretty funny, I can see the scene at the security gate now:
airport security guy: (while folding different blades out of swiss army knife) “This is a large knife blade, you cannot have large knives on airplanes now. …This is a small knife blade, you cannot have small knives on planes now. …This is a screwdriver, you cannot have screwdrivers on airplanes now. This is a saw blade, you cannot have saws on airplanes now. …This is a corkscrew, you cannot have corkscrews on airplanes now. …This is an awl, you cannot have awls on airplanes now. …And this is a can opener, you cannot have can openers on airplanes now. …Is that all?”
audiobottle: “Yes, that’s all.”
aurport security guy: “Wait, what is this here?”
audiobottle: “Well, I, uh, -I think it’s some tweezers.”
airport security guy: “Tweezers, ehh? Looks like a toothpick to me. A LOT like a toothpick. Look buddy, you are RIGHT ON THE LINE! Any more trouble out of you and you’re going down, got that? Now, pack up your crap and get out of here!”
audiobottle: “Yea, okay okay, sorry about all this. No problem. Thanks…”
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airport security guy: “Hey, waaaait a minute. What in the he- … … …Is this a hoof pick?”
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Victorinox. Always carry a Swiss Army knife, once used it to break into my apartment when my key broke off in the lock. I also have a little one in a multi-tool utility keyring I carry in my other pocket. When I fly somewhere with only a carryon bag and have to leave it home, I feel naked.