# What's your Pocket Knife? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 17, 2004, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pocket-knife/250820 "2004-06-17T05:27:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pocket-knife/250820/21 "2004-06-17T12:58:02Z")
Another happy Kershaw owner here. I’ve got one of their “assisted opening” knives - a twitch of the thumb and the blade snaps open. Having a one-handed knife has been really convenient on many an occasion. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pocket-knife/250820/22 "2004-06-17T13:14:30Z")
I have [this](http://www.victorinox.com/newsite/en/produkte/produktdetails/detail.cfm?pid=0-8353-3) that I bought in Switzerland 10 years ago (not that the ones they sell are any different). I keep it in a drawer in the house and use the blade, the screw driver pretty frequently. And, the tip of the can opener is great for phillip’s head screws. I also have a knife like the leatherman micro, but a cheap knock-off I got in a hardware store for like $4.95. It stays in the box where I keep my weed and I just use it for the repairs and cleaning of paraphenelia. It’s pieces are encrusted with resin. I got it like 5 years ago. It’s probably the best 5 bucks I ever spent. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pocket-knife/250820/23 "2004-06-17T13:53:15Z")
> [@Phlosphr](#): > > And anytime I recieve a knife for a present I always give the person who gave it to me a dollar. Yes, I am irrationally superstitous. I’ve never heard that one. What is the signifigance of the dollar? ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pocket-knife/250820/24 "2004-06-17T14:01:39Z")
I have a gerber multi-tool that I travel with and a Buck Metro [http://www.rei.com/online/store/ProductDisplay?storeId=8000&catalogId=40000008000&productId=47525545&parent\_category\_rn=4500581&vcat=REI\_SEARCH](http://www.rei.com/online/store/ProductDisplay?storeId=8000&catalogId=40000008000&productId=47525545&parent_category_rn=4500581&vcat=REI_SEARCH) ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pocket-knife/250820/25 "2004-06-17T14:08:15Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > I’ve never heard that one. What is the signifigance of the dollar? The superstition relates to the giving of knives.’ It is said to ‘cut’ the relationship between you and the person you give the gift too. If you ask them to pay a penny - or any amount really - then they have bought the gift and the relationship will stay intact. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pocket-knife/250820/26 "2004-06-17T14:19:43Z")
[Victorinox Explorer](http://www.victorinox.com/newsite/en/produkte/produktdetails/detail.cfm?pid=1-6703), 15 years. Though I may have to get one of [these](http://www.victorinox.com/newsite/en/produkte/produktdetails/swissmemory/swissmemory.htm), with the LED flashlight and a USB drive. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pocket-knife/250820/27 "2004-06-17T14:50:16Z")
Mine’s a little knife with a blade, scissors, and a file. It also has a red LED in it. I picked it up in Switzerland about five years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Unregistered\_Bull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3da27b/32.png) [@Unregistered\_Bull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unregistered_Bull)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pocket-knife/250820/28 "2004-06-17T14:56:18Z")
A lt-wt Spyderco Delica w/ a plain edge. Fits my hand very well and is easy to carry in any mode of dress. The one hand opening feature is quite useful too. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pocket-knife/250820/29 "2004-06-17T15:07:14Z")
I have a Victorinox Cyber 34, [http://www.oregonknifeshop.com/swisarcyb.html](http://www.oregonknifeshop.com/swisarcyb.html) , though I just found the little pin in it today, after looking at that picture. Sucha handy tool, with allen heads even! ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pocket-knife/250820/30 "2004-06-17T15:36:16Z")
I’m a knife collector, but I usually leave the fancy ones at home. I carry a clever little design called a Shrade Simon SS1. Folded up, it can hide behind a credit card, and it’s only about twice as thick as a credit card. It has a graceful shape, has a hang clip, can be opened and closed with one hand, and **the blade locks.** [http://smkw.com/webapp/eCommerce//prodlist.jsp?Mode=Text&SearchText=scss1&Search.x=12&Search.y=8](http://smkw.com/webapp/eCommerce//prodlist.jsp?Mode=Text&SearchText=scss1&Search.x=12&Search.y=8) ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pocket-knife/250820/31 "2004-06-17T15:37:47Z")
I carry a Gerber roper’s knife with a half-serrated blade. I mostly just use it on hay bales. I’ve seen too many wrecks get worse because someone didn’t have a knife on them to cut the rope, and the clip on the top means you can get to it fast. That’s important when a horse is panicking. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pocket-knife/250820/32 "2004-06-17T15:48:31Z")
Here’s another Schrade Simon link, straight from the horse’s mouth. [http://www.schradeknives.com/simon.htm](http://www.schradeknives.com/simon.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Balle\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Balle\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balle_M)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pocket-knife/250820/33 "2004-06-17T15:49:12Z")
Technically not a pocket knife, but I always carry my handy-dandy Trapdoor Springfield take-down tool. [http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=7271&item=2250563717&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW](http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=7271&item=2250563717&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW) Two screwdrive blades and a pin-punch. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pocket-knife/250820/34 "2004-06-17T16:35:31Z")
A small (about 2" long) knife that was probably a promotional item in the 30s. It is shaped like a woman’s leg from the mid-thigh down, and her skirt is riding up over her knee. It says “Drink Nehi 5 cents a bottle.” I don’t carry it, but my grandfather did and I have it in the fire-box at home. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pocket-knife/250820/35 "2004-06-17T16:51:23Z")
KEYRING: 2" penknife BRIEFCASE: folding multitool thingy that incorporates pliers, phillips screwdriver, flathead screwdriver, scissors, 3" knife blade, can opener, awl, file, and saw. Clunky, but so very handy when you need it… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pocket-knife/250820/36 "2004-06-17T16:57:13Z")
Depends on what I’m doing and what I’m wearing. At the office, I carry a Gerber like [this one](http://www.gerbertools.com/7908.htm). Out hiking, I carry a larger lockback Kershaw. I have a collection of handmade knives for outdoors, fishing, etc. For fileting, I have a handmade knife, a Rapala for small fish, and an adjustable knife made by Cutco. I’ve had multi-tools over the years, but generally don’t like them. They all seem to have design or use flaws, resulting in cuts or pinched fingers. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pocket-knife/250820/37 "2004-06-17T16:59:00Z")
Just to be different, I have a [Topeak Alien](http://www.topeak.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/store/talien.html?L+scstore+ctnd1890ffd634d6+1087493730). It’s got a knife somewhere in there. ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pocket-knife/250820/38 "2004-06-17T17:00:17Z")
I’ve got a Leatherman PST somewhere around here. I only use it when I go camping, though. For work, I just carry a standard box knife. Target doesn’t really like it when people bust out big knives at work. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pocket-knife/250820/39 "2004-06-17T17:02:05Z")
What I want though is [one of these](http://www.victorinox.com/newsite/en/produkte/neu/inhalt2.cfm?pid=0.6026.T). ---
**Author:** ![HoldOnThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@HoldOnThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoldOnThere)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pocket-knife/250820/40 "2004-06-17T17:42:35Z")
I like to carry a small SwissArmy knife that has a pen. That pen has come in handy so many times! The latest model also has a flashlight and is called Midnight Manager. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pocket-knife/250820.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pocket-knife/250820.md?page=3)