Borg warner Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 When I was a kid we used to call a folding pocketknife a "Jack-knife" and every kid in the neighborhood carried one. nere is the Jack-knife that I carry as an adult. It's 5 inches long closed but its so slim and light that it fits in any pocket, even in a pair of dress pants. I got my first Jack knife from my grandfather when I was about 6 or 7. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tadbart Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 6 hours ago, holyjohnson said: one of the many i carry every single day, great read,Thanks great knife- a little heavy. it's in my rotation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 The Opinel pictured above is a hidden classic. For the price the blade is excellent and easily reshaped or sharpened. It is the classic French knife. I carry two knives every day. A Case my wife gave me and a Benchmade Adamas. Ive had a knife on me for over 25 years. Not sure you can walk outside without one. Heck there's one right under the monitor. Best knife i own: Randall model 25. Took nearly 4.5 years to get. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Czervik Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 C'mon, this is the interwebz. If you don't carry one of these around your mom's basement, you're a pu55y. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Al Czervik said: C'mon, this is the interwebz. If you don't carry one of these around your mom's basement, you're a pu55y. I make most of my working knives. Edited February 9, 2019 by Historian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Right now; I have more “touch cuts” from the Case than just about any other knife I have. It’s very sharp . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccabeus Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 3 hours ago, Dric902 said: ... ... What model is that CRKT? I like the look of that one. Is the clip reversible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg warner Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 If I had a daughter and she started dating, I would want to know whether or not the young man carried a pocketknife. I see it as an indication of a proper upbringing. Because I've always find a pocketknife to be so usefull. I've always thought women should carry pocket knives too, and over the years I have encouraged the practice among women I have known and have given pocket knives to women as gifts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampfox762 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 8 hours ago, Historian said: I make most of my working knives. That's pretty cool. Can ya show us some of your work? I saw a vid of a guy making one hell of a beautiful knife out of a rasp file. There are so many vids that are cool. If I had a shop, with the proper machines I'd love to try and make knives out of files. I'm good with stuff like that, just don't have the machines. https://www.google.com/search?q=making+a+knife+from+a+file&client=opera&hs=wue&source=lnms&tbm=vid&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjwjurT5K_gAhVkg-AKHW6YCrkQ_AUIDigB&biw=1048&bih=512 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 One of my regrets is not buying a sword from the dude at the Renaissance fair (Texas, decades ago), that was hammering them out of pieces of railroad track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeG36 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Add me to the I carry two list. Currently on my person as I type, an Emerson CQC7 and Kershaw Leek. (Made in the USA version) I've been carrying pocket knives / jack knives of one kind or another since I was in kindergarten. I use them multiple times per day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 33 minutes ago, MikeG36 said: Add me to the I carry two list. I got pulled over on the interstate a while ago (I ended up with a verbal warning (for nothing), just so you know), and the cop told me to get in his passenger seat. Then he paused and asked if I had any weapons. I told him I had a knife. He asked where. I pointed to four different places (I was going to work). He just rolled his eyes and told me to put them on the hood of his car, before I got in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenoF250 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 44 minutes ago, Huaco Kid said: I got pulled over on the interstate a while ago (I ended up with a verbal warning (for nothing), just so you know), and the cop told me to get in his passenger seat. Then he paused and asked if I had any weapons. I told him I had a knife. He asked where. I pointed to four different places (I was going to work). He just rolled his eyes and told me to put them on the hood of his car, before I got in. I don't understand that cop logic. If you are the type of guy that would attack a cop you would not be honest about having weapons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 It was the interstate between Chicago and St. Louis. I got pulled over four times in five weeks. It was obviously a targeted-sting area. I'm a grubby unshaven guy, in a brand-new rental van, with a cb antennae on the roof. And wear my Jessie Pinkman hat. (Cops hate the Jessie Pinkman hat.) Sometimes I'd pass several stops (some with dogs) before they pulled me over. Always got a verbal warning. I think they get a gist of you pretty quick, if you seem legit. I got (allowed) patted-down a couple times. Never let them search my car; now you're in deep. By the time four other cars show up, and eventually the chief, they let me go with warnings. I knew it was a sting area (I had the cb), so I was polite and cooperative. One time they threatened the dogs, but I told them to go ahead, and they never did. Some of the stops I passed had piles and piles of luggage stacked on the shoulder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G26S239 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Since about April 2016 I have carried an Emerson A100 at least 80% of the time. My main one is a satin plain blade but I also bought a black blade and a half serrated A100 because I like it so well. It is pictured below with the CQC7 mini half serrated. My latest acquisition is a Benchmade 980 Turret with black half serrated blade pictured below. I have been carrying it since I got it recently. It is a Presidio style with G10 scales rather than aluminum contoured differently. I usually carry two pocket knives as well, frequently a 2.9" to 3.26" blade along with a 3.6" to ~ 3.8" blade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geofri Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 On 2/8/2019 at 7:32 PM, tous said: Started with an official Cub Scout pocket knife when I was eight years old (1958.) Have had one in my pocket ever since. I used to be a nice guy and hand it to folk that needed to open a box or cut a string, but after many dulled, broken or bent blades, now I just smlle and walk away. My favorite is when someone needs to tighten or loosen a flathead screw... "Hey lemme see your knife"... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 1 minute ago, geofri said: My favorite is when someone needs to tighten or loosen a flathead screw... "Hey lemme see your knife"... I once found my friend trying to cut off a radiator hose clamp with my Buck, by sliding it under and twisting it like a tourniquet. Ever since, I always ask what they are going to use it for when they ask to borrow my knife. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I still have my sister's girl-scout knife. It's super-dull and lives in my desk drawer. It's used five times each day, to undo flathead and phillips screws and clean fingernails. It was made in Germany. For some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pima Pants Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 AGA Campolin Zero auto in the rarer purple color. My EDC. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I went into a store to buy a new pocket knife the other day. Feller at the counter told me, "We don't have any knives. Haven't had any for years. Some feller named Eric owns them all." 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 9 hours ago, Maccabeus said: What model is that CRKT? I like the look of that one. Is the clip reversible? That is a Ruger LCK (under license to CRKT) I like it a lot, very light and sharp, carry’s deep in the pocket. The clip is not reversible . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geofri Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 (edited) 11 hours ago, Huaco Kid said: I once found my friend trying to cut off a radiator hose clamp with my Buck, by sliding it under and twisting it like a tourniquet. Ever since, I always ask what they are going to use it for when they ask to borrow my knife. I'da twisted him like a tourniquet! Edited February 10, 2019 by geofri 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccabeus Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 (edited) On 2/9/2019 at 10:11 PM, geofri said: My favorite is when someone needs to tighten or loosen a flathead screw... "Hey lemme see your knife"... And that's one of the reasons I tend to carry a SAK over a small single blade folder. At least I have the proper tool for the job handy. Edited February 11, 2019 by Maccabeus Grammar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jame Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 I've been carrying a Spyderco Paramilitary 2 in 51200 steel. It takes an incredible edge, and it keeps in a while. The nice part is that it's a high carbon steel, and I don't need anything fancy to sharpen it. Just bench stones, and I'm good. The bad part is that it's high carbon steel, and stains and patinas in a very ugly way. Otherwise, I'll throw a SAK in my pocket pretty frequently. The handiness factor just cannot be ignored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deputy tom Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 I carry one, two and sometimes three pocket knives. You never know when you'll need to cut something. tom. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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