What knives do you carry everyday?

[MSGO-Hammer]

I carry my Old Timer 34 OT, my Spyderco Endura, my Leatherman Core, and a Donavon Phillips fixed blade.

What do yall carry?

[Bulltipper]

Leatherman supertool or Core, I am afraid to be without it. For hunting i use a Buck 639 or a Gil Hibben folding Alaskan Skinner.

[JesterGrin_1]

Gerber Hunter Or a Cold Steel Voyager without serrations. :)
For everyday use I like the Gerber Hunter it is slim to fit in the pocket and holds a decent edge for a commercial made knife.

The Cold Steel Voyager is for rougher jobs of which I also like since it is slim as well.

[LUCKYDAWG13]

benchmade all the time
hunting puma bowie

[Shooter]

GI all stainless from 1982. I carried them because they used to be cheap in case of loss, now they are $25.

[twotoescharlie]

swiss army knife, and a small pen knife

TTC

[jsizemore]

Benchmade 550HG and 5000 auto for backup.

[Wayne Smith]

Benchmade folder, I don't remember the model but it has wood scales.

[MSGO-Hammer]

I see several like benchmade blades. I met Mr. Warren Osbourne last weekend. He is a knife maker and designer for benchmade.

[skullmount]

Leatherman Wave

My dad said that he felt naked if he did not have a knife in his pocket..........................................

[missionary5155]

Greetings
Gerber Armor Crewman model with the S30V blade. Basicly an Easy Out with a better piece of steel.

[Heavy lead]

Sad story here, but true.
I've got two nephews and a niece I don't see much. They are utterly impressed when they do see me I always have a knife, the niece calls it handy.
These kids, I say are 19 through 23, scared of there own shadow, and doubt they could change a tire.
It's a sad, sad day in America when young adults are overly impressed by a simple tool, carried for simple tasks and think it's so special.
By the way, most times I always have a pocket clip lockback. Currently a Browning, but it varies some, has to be light as I have to have dress slacks at work, but always have one.

[Jim]

5.11 pocket clip locking blade.

[Trey45]

Mikov Auto standard grind, or a Mikov Auto Stag with openers modified grind. Sometimes I carry a Boker Magnum auto. I also have a handmade Laguiole that I carry when I'm dressed up nice.

[9.3X62AL]

Buck 110 folder most of the time, and a Buck skinner during deer season.

[dragonrider]

A Gerber multi tool, couldn't be without it. Use it dozens of times a day.

[scottiemom]

leatherman and a swiss army knife

[nascarkent]

Case Sod Buster Jr :redneck:

[JesterGrin_1]

Case Sod Buster Jr :redneck:

I have an old Case Sod Buster that has the ole High Carbon Steel Blade. But it is so well used I need to replace it lol. The blade is looking like a short fillet knife lol. Great Ole Knife.

[Firebricker]

Another sod buster Jr guy here I also have a Sog with the pocket clip I carry. Not sure what model the Sog is but made in U.S.A. and was on sale at Smokey Mountain Knife Works last year. FB

[mold maker]

I've carried and carved with a Uncle Henry #897 UH (I think) for nearly 30 years. That is I have always had at least one in my pocket at all times. I bet I've lost 8-10 over the years. Sad that I wont be able to replace the current one with one of the same quality. The foreign made with the Uncle Henry name are trash.

[softpoint]

Queen 2 blade canoe style. And a Benchmade 710, both have D2 blade steel.:lovebooli

[Von Gruff]

A 440C and Titanium liner lock that I made for myself.
Hunters are also a pair I made to suit my needs.

Von Gruff.

[Mumblypeg]

I had been carying a Spyderco Native for about ten years untill a couple of months ago... I wished I knew what I've done with it. It's got to be around here somewhere... I love that knife. Owl Head three blade folder for now.

[high standard 40]

Day to day I carry a small Gerber (2" blade) in my pocket for mundane chores. During the hunting season I carry a larger Gerber.

[zardoz]

I have carried the Swiss Champion for years in my left front pocket. I've use just about everything on it at least once a year. It even has a little ball point pen in it. It is heavy, but the thing gives a sense of confidence to handle many things.

[MT Gianni]

I have a leatherman Kick or Wave with me everyday. The Kick if it is work and the wave if it is play. I also have a mini leatherman at work and the range for the small screwdriver blade. Hunting finds me with a Cold Steel folding Tanto 3 5/8" or so AIRC.

[Beagler]

Case Mako Lock-back with belt sheath. Knife is worth every penny! Working on my third leather belt sheath. Thinking about getting a custom heavy duty sheath made.

[Artful]

It depends - I usually have several with me
- SAK with eyeglass screwdriver
http://www.swissarmy.com/images/ProductCatalog/vm/vm_53151_sol_a02.jpg
and spring assist Kershaw Rainbow Leek my wife gave me that opens with one hand.
http://www.kershaw-knives.net/images/Kershaw-Rainbow-Centofante-1615VIB-350x350.gif
And I like Gerber as well - has kitchen knives and otherwise
http://thegerberknives.com/images/guardian_3pic.jpg

[tom threepersons]

Boker auto some times a Case old Red Trapper.

[skeet1]

Small Swiss Army knife. I buy them for a $1.00 from a guy that gets knives from the Govt. that were confiscated at airports. He has all differant kinds of knives and I'm still hoping to find the Old Timer they got from me.

Ken

[Shooter]

I consider a pocket knife and a bic lighter minimum survivel equipment. Don't leave home without them.

[Blammer]

parker cutlery, the "leopard"

every day for the last 18 yrs or so, including on my wedding day. :)

[Tazman1602]

3" Smith and Wesson hangs around my neck all day every day. Gibb's rule #1, never leave home without a knife.....

Art

[Finster101]

Dailey a three blade Queen. My dress up pocket knife is a bone handle Hen & Rooster.

[DoubleAdobe]

Case full size trapper for many years, but a Schatt & Morgan stockman lately, decided it wasn't doing me any good NIB, I knew I wasn't going to sell it. I just can't get used to the one blade modern type knives, old fashioned I guess. Oh, and it's got to be carbon steel, no stainless for me.

[Ravenhawk57]

If at home a leatherman wave, boker auto, remington trapper, boker+, and a small 2 blade rough rider. If I leave my home I add a Magnum Cold Steel Tanto, a 357 mag and a 380 auto. Thats for me. If I am going on a trip I have a few additions that I add.

[mtnman31]

A Leatherman tool my brother gave me about 15 years ago or a Spyderco (not sure of the model).

The Leatherman tool is so "broke in" that I can flip it around like a butterfly knife. I have a few newer multi-tools but most of them have seen little to no use. Not for any reason other than habit. I had a Gerber that I really liked but broke the pliers and by the time I got a replacement from Gerber I had started carrying the Leatherman.

[saltydog452]

I gotta admit, the most useful and handy blade that I carry is a one dollar box opener.

Its disposable should you go to a place like House Of Blues that use wands to heck for metalic stuff.

Its also way handy in a shirt pocket.

It ain't an Emerson, but it ain't awful.

salty

[geargnasher]

Victorinox "Fisherman" that my best friend transferred to me the day he left for the US Naval Academy. Carried every single day since then (I haven't been on a commercial plane in fifteen years, and back then nobody cared). The handles have been glued back on probably a dozen times, the inlays are gone and the impressions where they were are worn completely away, as is fully half of the main blade. It has, however, been used to skin and dress over a dozen deer and perform one emergency tracheotomy. I keep telling myself it's time for a new one, but I don't like change!

Gear

[EMC45]

I carry daily a Spyderco 50/50 Endura Clipit. Second one (They replaced my first one with a brand new one when the pocket clip broke). I also have Old Timers, Swiss (Wenger and Victorinox), Buck, Kershaw, etc. etc. Each knife has a purpose. I also pack a Gerber Multiplier (have the needle nose and broad nose) on occasion. Everyone has a purpose and is handy to have. I use them as tools, but treat them well and always have them sharp. People usually say "wow that knife is sharp!" after using it. It's supposed to be. It's a knife right? A knife is a knife, a screwdriver is a screwdriver. Don't get the 2 mixed up!

[scrapcan]

a bench made mini barage, non sarrated blade. very nice size. fits in the poscket well. looks nice. it is a tip up, pocket clip, assisted opener. Stays sharp and is easy to sharpen when necessary.

I feel naked when I cannot carry it. it is on me everyday all day.

[lbaize3]

A Carson M4-03 in a belt carrier that I made. Carrier has a suede lining so the knife stays put without having to use the belt clip.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachhttp://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=30725&stc=1&d=1300812801ment.php?attachmentid=30724&stc=1&d=1300812801

[DoubleAdobe]

Nice work there on the scabbard, lbaize3, especially the lacing.

[Marine Sgt 2111]

The same pocket knife I carried overseas a CRKT M-16-14SF. It did everything over there...has worked flawlessly back home too.

[oldhickory]

An "EYE" brand jr. sodbuster.

[.30/30 Guy]

A G Russel - one handed knife - best knife that I have tried.

[doubledown]

CRKT, Triumph. 24/7 Great knife

[iomskp]

Spyderco Poliwog V98

[Armorer]

I carry a Camillus 2 blade folder that I was issued about 20 years ago for my armorers tool kit. As with most of our stuff we had extras, and I started carrying it because it held an edge for a long time and the other blade was a flat tip screwdriver. Very handy knife. Now I feel naked if it isn't in my pocket. I'm a creature of habit I reckon.

[fishnbob]

A Buck Cadet 303 in my front pocket and a Kershaw assisted opener w/clip in my back pocket for fast one handed opening. All are razor sharp 'cept for 1 blade in the Buck kept for rough work, like broken tab tops, etc.

[atr]

Swiss Army,,,,

[RP]

I do not understand how someone makes it to the end of the day without a pocket knife myself. I carried a old timer for years then a Gerber M tool for a few years then a buck single blade. Now I am are trying out a benchmark with a clip my son gave me.

[muleequestrian]

Leatherman Wave on belt sheath..... Gerber mini paraframe in pants pocket.

[Rio Grande]

Cold Steel medium tanto-blade, non-serrated Voyager. Have had it for years, still tight and bright. Been everywhere, mountains of Colorado and New Mexico, streets of Houston. Very light, but strong and comforting. Big enough to be useful, small enough to be legal.
It's the old model (2nd version) Voyager, Japan-made. Those are craftsmen that made that knife. I'd like to meet them.
I don't care for the new model Voyager.

[Russell James]

Every day carry at work is "The Pacific cutlery rescue knife [911]".
Can only carry at work , otherwise is illegal in Australia.........

[jlchucker]

A 3 inch Camillus 3 blade pocket knife. I've got other knives I carry when hunting, but the Camillus is in my pocket all the time. I'm not a knife person--to me they're nothing more than a tool. I think the name of the configuration of my pocket knife is "stockman".

[45-70 Ranger]

1st. Gen. Leatherman, and an old Swiss Army "Officier" mod. at all times.
Also a of low cost clip style folder will be clipped in a pocket for everyday stuff leaving the Swiss super sharp for serious cutting needs.

Wade

[MikeACP]

Spyderco delica for everyday use. I also sometimes carry an Endura and a Cold steel Voyager.

[Pepe Ray]

Saltydog;
What kind of place is "House of Blues" that they need to check for hardware?

Pepe Ray

[curiousgeorge]

Hi Pepe Ray -

pants pocket - Case XX 2 blade (ten dot from 1970) with red bone handles
truck / back pack - Leatherman and Queen large single blade
hunting - Buck and Mora / Frost

My dad would come back from the grave if I didn't have a knife in my pocket and it wasn't shaving sharp. Anybody want to see the bare spots on my left arm right above the wrist where I have to prove it to the people I work with? There isn't but 5 or 6 people that work here that even carry a pocket knife much less have one that will cut. And I live in central Kentucky in a rural area. Carrying a good, sharp knife is fast becoming a lost tradition.

Steve

[casterofboolits]

Hi Pepe Ray -

pants pocket - Case XX 2 blade (ten dot from 1970) with red bone handles
truck / back pack - Leatherman and Queen large single blade
hunting - Buck and Mora / Frost

My dad would come back from the grave if I didn't have a knife in my pocket and it wasn't shaving sharp. Anybody want to see the bare spots on my left arm right above the wrist where I have to prove it to the people I work with? There isn't but 5 or 6 people that work here that even carry a pocket knife much less have one that will cut. And I live in central Kentucky in a rural area. Carrying a good, sharp knife is fast becoming a lost tradition.

Steve

Ya gotta be kidding me! :confused: Of course. I haven't lived in Kentucky for about 45 years, but the first thing my "holler" relatives did was to compare pocket knives when they got together and then get out the "squirrel" rifles. I guess most of the old "briars" have died off. I only have an aunt left in Mt. Sterling. I do have my Dad's Hen & Rooster.

[coaldust]

Kershaw 1500BP in the pocket (small folder), custom folder on my belt, a issue size Gurka Kukri in the truck. and a Kukri officers model on the tractor.

[curiousgeorge]

casterofboolits

Not only are most of the old "briars" disappearing at an alarming rate, but the rural country store where briars traded for briars are nearly a thing of the past. When I was a kid, it was a big deal to go to one of 3 local gathering spots at night. All the old gents whittling fuzz sticks with there own personal piece of red cedar. Not uncommon to see more good knives in one old country store in one night than what is being carried today in some so-called knife stores in the mall. My favorite part was the squirrel rifles. My dad was the knife man, I was the gun kid. Still, I learned to appreciate a good knife, and my dad made dang sure that I could sharpen one.

By the way, we do still have a few hills and hollers in Green County.

Steve

[testhop]

for over50 years i carried 2 Queen MOD 36 lockblades .
thay finey wore out now i carry two other kind that i was given but i am still looking for he queen
mod 36 . i called the plaint years age no help the 36 was no longer beening madeso i keep looking at knife shows stores any place i think there may be .
some day i may get lucky.

[bigfoot]

Gerber or buck light, the gerber was made in the usa not sure about the buck, both have the clips on them, never leave home without one or the other !!!
Bigfoot

[AaronJ]

I always have my SOG Tomcat 3 on my hip. Thing opens and closes like it has roller bearings and is as sharp as when I first got it. Only downfall is I wish it had a pocket clip.

[pmer]

A Gerber lockblade that fits in the coin pocket of my jeans. People are suprised how fast it can come out. Had one there since my biker days.

[izzyjoe]

I've carried dozen's of different knives, and my fav. is an old case trapper 10 dot, that has real bone handles. oh' yea it's sharp. what makes me laugh, is people that carry a knive with the factory ground edge, and say man this one is sharp! haha. ;-)

[bowfin]

Right now, I carry a Gerber LST Ultralight, but I hope to get a Rainbow Leek sometime. I gave away two of them I bought for myself before I had a chance to carry them.

By the way, the titanium oxide coating on a Rainbow Leek helps the knife open faster and slicker than the plain old stainless steel models, at least for the ones I have seen.

[primersp]

an spyderco strech half serrated ,one of the best sharp knife that i have ,but not sure that bolt knive are allowed here
i prefer light knive for ever day carry than an buck 110 or an puma.

[Combat Diver]

http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/EDC3.jpg

These are the knives I've been carrying for the last two years.
CRKT M16-14D clip to my right front pocket
EK M3 fighting knife worn on belt when I got outside the wire
Dawson on right hip inside the wire
Spydeco Endura when running PT
Scharade Stockman 340T in left front pocket

not shown is a Gerber pocket tool in my 3 day assualt bag.

CD

[roysha]

Gerber Harsey Ranger carried clipped in the right shirt pocket. Tougher than hammered owl poop. I've carried it so long the grips are nearly smooth but it is as tight as when I first got it.

[MikeACP]

Thanks for your service Combat Diver. :drinks:

[bob208]

when i first started to carry a knife[ 10 years old ] it was a barlow. then i found a case traper in a box of junk carried that for years. i won a buck 371 stockman at a muzzloader match. i have been carring that for 4 years now.

if i don't have a knife in my pocket i feel like i forgot my pants

[hornetguy]

Buck 482 folder clipped on my pocket, a stag handled Bear MGC trapper in my pocket, and a Leatherman Micra in the other pocket with my keys.

[David LaPell]

My favorite carry knife, my Blindhorse knife. I gutted a couple deer with it this season, and it made pretty quick work of them.

http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss57/Smith29-2/Picture1768-1.jpg

[Geraldo]

In multitools I favor the original Leatherman PST. For a pocket knife it's either a Swiss Army or an ancient Buck Stockman.

If I need a larger knife I have a Buck 110, a custom D2 bladed hunting knife, and a couple of knives by Ivan Campos.

[mustanggt]

I've carried many over the years. My first one was an old timer 3 blade pocket which I carried throughout school only because I got a knife pulled on me for a nickle for my milk money in the back of the class!!! Today my boy has quite the knife collection but I tell him never ever forget to take the knife out of your pocket before you go to school you will be in a world of hurt. So last year he takes a can of Axe spray and a lighter to school (he's 13) and gets busted for making a flame thrower!!! When I flew to New York the week before 9/11 I had a big lock blade Schrade in my carry on. The screener stopped me because it picked up on the xray (I plum forgot it was in there) he opened it and held it across a part of the conveyer and said yep it's ok. Four inches and under was ok!!! Today I carry a Kershaw Blackout assisted opening. Damn fine piece of American craftsmanship. It is honed to shave my arm hairs too!!! :lol:

[Lloyd Smale]

Rapid river chub or a bark river canadian

[Pachyderm]

Benchmade Infidel, when I am out and about and a SOG flash if im going into town.

[Boerrancher]

Here is my collection of everyday knives. Many of you will laugh but I walk through security scans with out a hitch. The one thing that the war taught me was simplicity beats high tech any day of the week when it comes to dealing with isolated threats.

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk155/Boerrancher/Lithicarts/KnifeCollection.jpg

From left to right: A 3.5 inch bladed knife worn in a sheath about the neck, when hidden under a shirt it virtually disappears. Next is a 4.5 inch bladed knife that fits nicely in the boot or can be worn on the belt if desired. The third is a nearly 4 inch blade that I most often wear on my belt. Fourth, is a Caddo Culture style knife, that I pack in my back pocket covered by my wallet, and lastly is just a 4 inch blade that I drop in my front pocket, especially if I am going to the airport. No one thinks about an old Indian artifact carried as a good luck charm. It goes in the basket buried under keys, change and pocket lint.

Not shown, simply because I don't have a photo of it and am too lazy to take one is my stone bladed hunting knife that I use for white tail deer. It has a 3.5 inch blade on it. Like all of these knives shown it is razor sharp, the difference being is that I have gutted, skinned, quartered, and de-boned 5 large deer with it and I have yet to sharpen it since it was first made. Try that with a Buck, Greber, CRKT, or any other steal knife.

The disadvantages of them are the blades break easily if you use them to pry, or cut anything that a knife is not suppose to cut. They also break if you try to use them as a screwdriver. All of my children get a stone bladed knife for their first knife. When they learn how to use it with out dulling or breaking it then I give them one made out of steel. It teaches them rather quickly what not to do with a knife. My seven year old has had and used his current stone knife for nearly a year now. The other day I caught him whittling on some wood, and he was doing a dang good job for a 7 year old.

Best wishes from the Boer Ranch,

Joe

[Von Gruff]

Far from laughing Boerrancher, I am impressed with not only the injinuity (pun intended) , but the skill to make such usable knives. Any fool can knock out a bit of an edge on a piece of steel, ( hell, I do that myself) but to make that from a hunk of rock is an acomplished art.

Von Gruff.

[coopieclan]

A SOG 2 inch knife on my key chain all the time except at the airport, theme park or courthouse.
Often I have a Spyderco Harpie in my pocket or Swiss Army rescue or something else for the purpose of the day.

Boerrancher Those stone knives are awesome.
I would like to read about what stone you use and about how you make them.

[ricksplace]

A very old german folder with bone scales and a blade that takes an absolutely scary sharp edge. If not that knife, then a (chinese!) stockman that takes a good edge and feels right. For hunting, a 2050 Kershaw, or a large single blade schrade old timer folder (US made)

[Boerrancher]

Thank you both for the compliments Von Gruff and Coopieclan.

All of the blades are made from heat treated Chert from various locations. They are rough flaked with a hammer stone, and then finished up with a whitetail deer antler billet, and antler tine pressure flaker. Once the blades are done they are secured to a bone or antler handle with either pine pitch glue or hide paste glue. Once that is dry, they are wrapped with either raw hide and coated again with hide paste and I final wrapping of leather cordage to protect the rawhide and hide paste.

If the blade was attached with a pine pitch glue, it is wrapped with a natural fiber cordage. When a blade is properly secured with pine pitch glue it really doesn't need a wrapping if it is done properly and the glue was made properly. Many of the ancient knife blades found have no hafting notches on them because they were hafted with pine pitch glue or an asphaltum based adhesive that like pine pitch glue softens when it is heated and hardens to nearly a rock like state.

For the longest time I doubted the effectiveness of stone tools and weapons until I started making them and using them. When used properly I will put a well made stone tool against a steel one any day. Not saying that stone is better in all applications but on non-man made, natural materials it is hard to beat.

Best wishes from the Boer Ranch,

Joe

[MT Gianni]

Nice work Joe, It's good to see some of those projects.

[EMC45]

Well done Boerrancher.

[scrapcan]

Boerrancher,

Nice work and I too am glad you are back to posting.

[lead-1]

Those are some nice looking knives you have there Boerrancher.
I never was much for having stuff in my front pockets so I don't carry a knife as often as I should. When I do, I carry a Schrade Stockman like Combat Diver's or a single blade Gerber lock back that I got from the BIL as a wedding gift.

[bobthenailer]

Cold Steel Voyager Tanto, full Seratted blade

[Shooter6br]

Leatherman Wave. Son got it for my B day. I wanted one before I kick the bucket.Was on my "bucket list"

[midnight]

Shrade Old Timer Muskrat in carbon steel.

[1Shirt]

Boerancher is a realist! We need more of them!
1Shirt!

[mpbarry1]

Spyderco Police Model. Just melts and disappears in the corner of my pocket. Love it.

[Doby45]

Benchmade Mel Pardue Auto-Opener 3550, carried everyday.

[crabo]

I guess I am the only one that carries a folder with replaceable utility knife blades. I keep a 50 pack of blades in the desk, in the truck, in the tool box, in my drill case. I abuse my knife so much because it is not a knife but a multiuse tool.

I use to carry some good knives, but I abused them so much, I went to the replaceable blade. I will often change out the blade when the second side weears just a little so I generally keep one side unused for when I need a sharp knife.

[P.K.]

Benchmade Mel Pardue Auto-Opener, carried everyday.
Same here but mine is a 551. I also carry a Spyderco SS Delica at more formal occasions.

[P.K.]

Forgot to add the Nimravus in the "BOB". Perfect "Do it All" blade I have right now. Looking into a parang style for general chopping for joints and saplings. Any thing larger will be a sturdy ax. ;-)

Looking for the last, any recomendations? Budget minded here.

[hotwheelz]

I have carried this buck since i was 18 or so a friend made the quick draw knife shealth for me and then taught me how to make my own ... its hard to beet a buck 110

[Von Gruff]

How dose you nedge hold up runing against the rivet every time you "draw" from the sheath like that.

Von Gruff.

[hotwheelz]

There is a teflon washer in there protecting the blade, i have also used some rawhide but it doesnt hold up as long as the teflon..

[Nate C.]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned they are carrying a Moore Maker knife. They make some nice knives.

[Junior1942]

I carry a lightweight Frost Mora knife while hunting or hiking. I installed a blue jean button just below a pocket corner on my hunting pants and my blue jeans. This sheath has a slotted hole which seems designed for a blue jean button. I just clip on the sheath/knife and head for the woods.

http://www.castbullet.com/jpg/rivet3.jpg

[Rio Grande]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned they are carrying a Moore Maker knife. They make some nice knives.

Go Texas!

http://catalog.mooremaker.com/browseGroup.cfm

[Naphtali]

I'm a get-it, wear-it, and forget-it guy. For years my everyday knife was a Russell K87-CW - yes, you read correctly! It came with mammoth ivory scales, but I treated the knife too gingerly with these scales affixed. I had an inexpensive set of black walnut (I believe??) scales made for the knife. I then sealed the scales with several coats of clear acrylic spray. Everything was fine until I became an EMT. The K87-CW is too valuable to risk destroying it on a call-out. So it and its N.I.B. "back-up" (unbelievable as it appears, I am compelled to back up nearly every machine I own) reside in my safe.

I can't wear a fixed bladed knife, so I replaced the K87-CW with one of my many Cold Steel TwistMaster® Opinel lookalikes. These are wonderfully functional simple machines with, I believe, the most useful blade shape extant. Nearly abusive use of it altered my thinking. TwistMasters are nearly perfect for 99 percent of knife users, but I felt I might be in the one percentile.

A couple of months ago my TwistMaster® joined its N.I.B. "back-ups" in the safe. I bought a left-handed Reeve Umnumzaan knife. And I think we'll stop here. It is the largest, most over-designed and over-built folding knife I've experienced that can be worn in a pocket. I find its clip - surprisingly - unobtrusive when using the knife. And the clip allows me to carry the knife inside my pant behind my left hip, freeing a pocket. Its blade give a first impression of strangeness, but reality is that its blade is nearly as functional as the TwistMaster's medium clip points in my safe.

I was surprised that this machine was essentially as simple with nearly as few parts as my K87-CWs and TwistMasters. One compelling reason favoring theses knives has been K87, nor TwistMaster, nor Umnumzaan has much to wear or "go wrong." And while other frame lock folding knives may be comparable with my Umnumzaan, for me it has a unique advantage. It is [the only frame lock???] designed for use by a leftie.

I've got my compulsion to satisfy. I also have a bunch of excellent machines that I can dispose of.

[MajorDude]

I've had a knife in my pocket since I was a Cub Scout in the '60s. Current favorite is a Kershaw Leek. Fast opening, decent sized and takes a good edge. I have a back-up in the box in case I lose the one I carry!

[higgins]

A basic Swiss Army knife (blade, can opener, saw blade) that my BIL got at the Victorinox "factory store" in Switzerland about 30 years ago. I've carried it so long the cross is worn off the plastic handles. I'm almost afraid to post this because given my record of losing knives I had before this one, I should have lost it long ago.

[Dean D.]

My daily carry knife is an Uncle Henry pocket knife.

This is my Rendezvous belt knife that I built from parts purchased from TOW, a Green River blade with curly maple scales:

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j36/condercliffjumper/Rondezvous/Knife003a.jpg

[Tom-ADC]

Small Case stockman not to big nor to small for most everything I use it for.

[Ilwil]

A CRKT folding 31/2" spearpoint with titanium handle. A great knife.

[ratboy]

Victorinox multitool and a Spyderco Police stainless.

[lgvenable]

A Buck Rush with drop point and torsion spring opening, in blue or titanium. Then again a Gerber Junior Magnum or Magnum, or a Spyderco Police stainless like the last poster. The Buck Rush never fails to amaze though, as it flips open much like a switch blade.

Oh, and without fail, each is keep razor sharp, hair shaving sharp; which also blows people away. Thank you Frost cutlery sharpening kit.

Funny thing there, before 911 I was in the Baltimore airport, with a razor sharp Gerber; and this fool of an inspector was handling my knife like a kitchen butter knife; really carelessly. After I told her I wasn't responsible for her slicing her hand open she jumped and quit handling the knife like that. It always gets me as no one expects a pocket knife to be constantly razor sharp. Needless to say I'm always careful cleaning my fingernails.

[randyrat]

I carry a Leatherman and in addition a MORA just like Juniors best little knife I have ever owned. I thought the plastic case was just wrong , but I found that case is great and it clips on most belts in a nap.

[Arisaka99]

I like Junior and Randy carry a Mora. It is my "pocket" knife. People ask me why I carry it, its overkill, but I just smile and continue the conversation. I also carry a Spyderco Delica with a broken tip (long story) I would like to get a benchmade, but I have a problem with losing knives....

[kvidmar]

I carry two knifes. I have a small Gerber key chain knife and a medium size Kershaw. I have been carrying a knife everyday since i was given my first one when I little. It is funny on days where I forget to put it in my pocket how many times I need a knife that day.

[Iceman4]

Victorinox swiss army knife, Kershaw Leek, Gerber multi tool

[DDriller]

I have been carrying a Benchmade "Pardue" made with D2 steel for several years. I just received my new carry knife a Boker "Epicenter" designed by Todd Redford made with VG-10 steel with titanium frame and pocket clip.

[dmen]

Buck Ranger and Shrade Stockman. dmen

[para45lda]

Kershaw

[hollow-point]

puma gentleman 1981 vintage unlike yours truly. bit earlier!

[longbow]

Well, it depends on the occasion just what and how many... but the original question was "What knives do you carry every day".

For me, I have a Gerber Gatormate in my right pants pocket and a Leatherman Micro in my left pants pocket... every day except when I have to use an airplane then they are in my luggage and get reinstalled when I am out of the airport.

If I am out in the bush or fishing then I usually choose one or more of the following to accompany the other two:

- DH Russel Belt Knife (small)
- DH Russel Boat Knife
- DH Russel Belt knife (large)
- Kershaw Chive
- Gerber Coho
- Big 'ol Browning sheath knife (for archery shoots only)

And at least one of those is usually worn everyday I am out in the bush, camping, hunting, fishing or...?

There others but those get used the most (I like knives).

[blackthorn]

Every day carry an "Uncle Henry"- 3 blade. For hunting I have several to choose from, depending on my mood.

When my grand daughter was seven I gave her a cheap (but good steel) three blade folder when we went to the cabin. She still has that knife and brings it with her every time we go to the cabin and she is now 27! I later gave her a folding lock blade designed by Ken Onion. About 20 minutes after she got that first knife she came inside holding her finger. When I asked her how bad she had cut herself she said--"not bad but i'll tel you one thing, mommy is not going to be impressed! This last month on our yearly sojourn to the lake she informed me that I will be a great grandpa in Feb. 2012!!!

[Frosty Boolit]

A Case medium stockman with amber bone handles at work, and some lightweight synthetic handle Buck everywhere else.

[Suo Gan]

Best knife I have ever found...http://www.bahcostore.com/item/k-ap-1?referer=knives

Oh and throw away your Arkansas stone or Langsky and get one of these
http://www.harborfreight.com/1-inch-x-30-inch-belt-sander-2485.html You want to get a bur along the entire edge and then take it to the buffing wheel and remove the bur. This method will keep your knife sharp a looong time. It takes about a minute per knife. This is a trade secret BTW.

[subsonic]

Benchmade 440C 556 Griptillian - lime green scales. Had it for several years, use it at work, sharpen it constantly, still going strong!

Will replace it when it finally dies with a similar, but probably orange handled Griptillian with NO SERRATIONS!

[JesterGrin_1]

Best knife I have ever found...http://www.bahcostore.com/item/k-ap-1?referer=knives

Oh and throw away your Arkansas stone or Langsky and get one of these
http://www.bahcostore.com/item/k-ap-1?referer=knives You want to get a bur along the entire edge and then take it to the buffing wheel and remove the bur. This method will keep your knife sharp a looong time. It takes about a minute per knife. This is a trade secret BTW.

Both links you gave are the same?

[Suo Gan]

Both links you gave are the same?

Oops. I fixed it. It is just a link to a cheap belt sander.

[Tim357]

Benchmade 440C 556 Griptillian - lime green scales. Had it for several years, use it at work, sharpen it constantly, still going strong!

Will replace it when it finally dies with a similar, but probably orange handled Griptillian with NO SERRATIONS!

AMEN on the no serrations!

[50-170-700 sharps]

Leatherman Core.

[warf73]

A Gerber Paraframe Mini - Stainless, Fine Edge great little knife that holds an edge even with rough play.

[plmitch]

Leatherman Wave

[yruiz]

After breaking the tips off of several knives, my everyday knife is now a Kershaw tanto with a 1/2 serrated blade. It has lasted through several years of abuse.

[imashooter2]

A Timberline 10411. A solid folding liner lock knife from a little known maker with a pocket clip on the proper end.

http://home.comcast.net/~imashooter2/pictures/carry.jpg

[Twinkiethekid]

When I am hunting I carry my buck 103 skinner. When out and about I carry my case folding knife.

[EdZ KG6UTS]

I have several knives but the one I carry the most is a Gerber Ripstop plain edge. Its sturdy with a thick blade getting used in the garden, shop, on the job, fishing, and as a tactical folder if needed. Recently I was given a Benchmade 5220 SBK Presideo Ultra as a present which is impressive but I'm not used to it yet. For patch knife/ small game I use an Anza F1.

EdZ KG6UTS

[Matt_G]

I always have an Old Timer 3 blade in my pocket.
I think it's a "Middleman". I have had that thing forever.
Just bought a Buck 110 folding hunter and usually have that on my belt when I'm not at work.
God knows I can't upset the sheep I work with.
Damn pansies... http://www.goodrichfamilyassoc.org/downloads/vomit.gif

[Nueces]

My daily blade is an old Spyderco Pro-Grip, plain edge, best folder I ever carried. 3mm drop point blade, light weight and soft corners that won't wear a hole in a pants pocket.

An essential tool. For the last few years with the airline, I had to leave it in the car. Traveling about without a knife is nearly as bad as walking around with yer fly open.

How does he know that?, you may ask. :mrgreen:

Mark

[wiljen]

Gerber Descent, Kershaw Assisted Opener, or one of my homemade fixed blades.

[Blanket]

Carry one of the following all over 50 years old, Camilus muskrat, a couple of Case trappers, or a Boker barlow. Russ

[3006guns]

Swiss army knife at all times......Gerber multi tool on occasion.

I used to carry a knife very infrequently, until the old gentleman who was my reloading mentor asked "How do you get along WITHOUT one??" He was right...a Victoronix has been my constant companion for over thirty years now.

[bowhunter]

i carry my 1970s vintage old timer schrade in it's leather case on my side every day. i sharpen it with a stone and it is like a razor. i would trust my life to it.

[RG1911]

Benchmade model 770 with the Axis lock. The pocket clip really works and the blade is great for one-hand opening and closing. (I always seem to be up a ladder holding some **** fixture when I need my knife.)

Richard

[idahomike]

Benchmade Onslaught, Leatherman Core, and a homebrewed yardsale find with a Bowie shaped blade. I must say that having a Benchmade makes most other folders seem terribly inferior.

[W.R.Buchanan]

I carry a Superknife. I have had it for the last 9 years and I have it clipped in my pocket every day. I also use it multiple times every day.

I have lost every pocket knife I have ever carried in my pocket without a clip on it. They usually last 8-10 months then I loose them. Not the case with this one.

This is the most useful knifle I have ever owned and I even made custom knives for several years. It is essentially a box knife with replacable blades. It was the original knife of this type.

Randy

[EdZ KG6UTS]

I carry my Old Timer 34 OT, my Spyderco Endura, my Leatherman Core, and a Donavon Phillips fixed blade.

What do yall carry?


Depends on what I'm doing and where but generally is a Gerber Ripstop and a Leatherman. In the past it was a Buck stockman pattern 3 blade but someone took it. The Gerber, while not the fanciest thing, fits me well and is quick. It went with me to Iraq and twice to Afghanistan. A good friend presented me with a Benchmade 5270SBK Pardue Auto Axis BT2 for retirement but seems almost too nice...would be good for zombie time though ;^)
When hunting or muzzleloading a 2 1/2" Anza sheath knife, carbon steel file stock, is my birder and patch knife.

Merry Christmas everyone!!!!!!!


EdZ KG6UTS

[John Boy]

... A little 5 blade with scissors, pen and tweezers Swiss Army knife going on 35 years now

[Ramar]

W.R.Buchanan "I have lost every pocket knife I have ever carried in my pocket without a clip on it. They usually last 8-10 months then I loose them."

I'm just the opposite. I've lost the clip-ons while going through heavy brush; ripped from my pocket lip, but not the knife at the bottom of my pocket. I also carry my 1911 in a military flap holster in the middle of my back. Both are bit slow action but there.
Ramar

[backroad]

A buck 501 for about 40 years. On 2nd one wore out 1st

[Moonie]

Carried an old victorinox for many years, it fell somewhere in the engine compartment of my wifes new van right after we got it, we were installing a bug/rock guard and it fell into an inaccessible place under the hood. For Christmas my wife replaced it, she got me a Wenger that is almost exactly the same but I like the grip panels on the new one better. I also got a Jantz pattern 45 in D2, great knife, VERY difficult to sharpen as the steel is so wear resistant but should stay sharp for a long time.

56942

I did the paracord knot work. Monkeys fist at the end of the lanyard.

[Lefty SRH]

Emerson Horseman and a Victornox Ranger (I think) on my key ring (it has a bottle opener)everyday.

[horsesoldier]

benchmade, I love them!

[craig61a]

SOG Trident, or a Gerber FAST drop point; Case Stockman bonestag

[Linstrum]

From 1962 until about 1990 I carried an official 1962 Boy Scouts of America pocketknife that I still have. Now I carry an inexpensive but good quality inox stainless steel four blade pocketknife.

Actor Steve McQueen was a neighbor back in the 1970s until he died in 1981, and Judy Ragsdale (who is the widow of his late motorcycle mechanic Grady Ragsdale) showed me McQueen's personal knives that he used. McQueen apparently liked old Boy Scout knives like mine because he had a shoe box full of them.

rl 1,168

[Bulltipper]

I found a Leatherman EOD supertool online for $65 shipped. It has a C4 spike with threads that fit a rifle brush, a hacksaw with replaceable blade, bonesaw, standard screwdrivers and knife blade, and replaceable wirecutter blades in the jaw. The holster they send with it is the frosting on the cake! I have carried a Leatherman Supertool for over 10 years as a HVACR contractor but the EOD model is now my favorite tool in the kit.

[Bulldogger]

swiss army micro, one blade, file w/screw tip, mini scissor, useless tweezer and pick. Lousy, but about all I can carry living 4 miles from DC.
I often wax nostalgic for my younger years when I carried a Buck wrangler (before they discontinued them!) to include on plane flights...

Oh well.

Bulldogger

[fatboy]

Buck 110 modified to automatic knife.

[Para82]

Benchmade old model Stryker(Elishewitz),Buck301,Bark River Mini Canadian and Leatherman Supertool at home, Work-Buck55 or Spyderco Dragonfly Stainless and Leatherman PS-4

[Michael J. Spangler]

57789

spanglercustomknives.com

[o6Patient]

One bladed folding spyderco spear point made in Golden Colorado.
Love this knife.

[Agent1187]

Kershaw Blur.
Only down side is that it doesn't function well as a pry bar due to the assisted open mechanism.

[Michael J. Spangler]

That's funny. I just bought a pry bar that doesn't function well as a knife.

[Woody3]

Michael J,
Is that a blade you made or did you buy it? I dig the handle.

[Michael J. Spangler]

that's one that i made for a group buy on the northeastshooters forum.
i made an extra for myself.

thanks man. it's burgundy micarta that i textured.

[adrians]

My blades are old timers, like me i guess,.
for everyday pocket fodder it's a little 3 blader and when out "roughing it" my father-in-laws,,,RIP, comes out of it's box and i'm all set.:twisted:
58168

[Rick Hodges]

I am currently carrying a Case 1/2 Whitler.

[JackQuest]

Lone Wolf version of Paul knife. Have a special needs grandson, do not want him opening my knife by accident. Very sharp, last one I could find anywhere in North America a few years back.

[SOFMatchstaff]

A Spyderco Mariner thats about wore out(32yrs of abuse), and a Leatherman Squirt. Feel nekkid without them.

[slide]

Kershaw Crown

[gnoahhh]

Good old Swiss Army knife.

[Ohio Rusty]

I carry a small Buck fixed blade knife with a skeletonized handle. I sewed a matching leather sheath with welt and made that into a neck knife. I wear it every day. No one ever knows I have a knife on me. If I'm told to empty my pockets, no one will ever see my razor sharp Buck neck knife !!.
Ohio Rusty ><>

[429421Cowboy]

At work i carry a 4" SOG assisted open 50/50 serrated/smooth knife, that thing has saved my butt a couple times. Now i have begun to carry a 2" fixed blade caping knife by Bitteroot Blades of Florence, Mt, that my uncle gave me for christmas when i am in town as it is a classy little bugger. I'll also use it for hunting, my usual hunting knife is a Buck 110 folder or an identical Schrade. I go through dozens of deer and antelope each year with them, and they work fine on elk too, i prefer them over a Rambo fixed blade. If i know i am going to be short quartering an elk, i do carry my Mundial boning knives. I also aways carry a little Buck knife in my wallet just in case i lose or forget my other knife someplace.

[sdalcher]

I work at a university and carry a mid size folder made by Junglee "Marshal". I have carried this knife for the last 15 years or so and don't feel comforatble without it. I carried it overseas and it has become a part of me. My co-workers are always amazed that I openly Carry (Pocket clip) a weapon at the university. I have had many discussions about the weapon being between my ears and the knife is a tool. They just don't comprehend! This is the place where we educate people about the world but they don't have the first clue about real life.

Our department put on some training about what to do in case of a shooter on campus and it was amazing to me that they thought it was safe to lock the door and hide in a classroom. It didn't dawn on them that a preschooler can kick through sheetrock and a guy with a gun has an automatic dooropener....

[bruce drake]

A 40 year old 4" Scrade Old timer Folding Trapper with Spey and Clip Blades. I inherited from my father and I've carried it every day since.

Bruce

[300winmag]

I rotate a few, German tree brand boker, JA Henckels Germany, Shrade LB-7

[nico]

My knife, Griffe custom from my friend Fred Perrin. A real lightsaber
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8373/8454359888_04fc628c40_n.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/15006666@N07/8454359888/)

[boltons75]

Buck Rush, assisted opening.

[1fast8]

just got a new coye ridgeback (local guy in ok makes them)bad thing is it is such a nice knife i dont wanna use it LOL

[TheGrimReaper]

Me I'm a Spyderco man. Usually a Native III, Endura, or Tenacious.

[S. Galbraith]

Over the last couple of years I have been using a Benchmade 581. Very happy with it. Great steel, excellent quality, nice axis-assist, and great blade geometry.

[sammis]

Kershaw Leek, i have about 4 or 5 of them that i rotate through.

I also have a Leatherman SuperTool 300 on my belt.

[gunfan]

When in Oregon, I generally carry my SOG Tac-II Auto and when I'm hanging out in Washington I carry my SOG Flash II (assisted.)

I always carry my Wenger "gentlemen's companion." It's a convenience I am never without! (It's my constant companion.)

Scott

[BRobertson]

Zero Tolerance 0350

Bob

[1Shirt]

3bladed case pocket knife, a leatherman on my belt, and a mini leatherman on my key chain!
1Shirt!

[dancingbear41]

Usually I carry a Spyderco. Recently have started carrying a Swiss army knife as well.

[Merlin43]

64398Hmm, everyday?
Well, some days I don't have a pocket to carry in (might explain why my tan line looks like a 1911 in a shoulder rig),
but mostly a TL-29 (from about 1965) and a "Mel Pardue" Benchmade (which I bought in a fit of panic when I thought I had lost the TL).

[Ramar]

robin jack,
I also carry a Spyderco Endura and have so for 15+ years. Mine is a full serraded blade. Can you confirm if the the new Endura's are full or 1/2 serraded blades or if you have a choice?
Thanks
Ramar

[HiVelocity]

On top of the photo is my CRKT "Dragon" for special occasions; regular daily carry is my Kershaw 1425.

Both are the sharpest knives I've ever owned; if you've not handled the 1425, be careful, seriously!

HV

[Adk Mike]

A Leatherman and a US made Old Timer 3 blade stock knife.

[drhall762]

Kershaw 1660 CKT.

[725]

Case XX Barlow. Blades have been sharpened so much over the years, I may have to look for another.

[dudits]

http://www.knifeworks.com/kershawkenonionblackshallotblackstainlesshandlebla ckcomboedge.aspx
i used to carry that knife, have gone through about 10 of them in the last 10 or so years.

i started making my own blades awhile back and now prefer to carry them.
factory's use the most economical heat treat on blades, which does not allow the metal to achieve it's full
potential.
if i did not carry my own i would find another knife maker that properly heat treated there metal to
it's best.

over the years i have had alot of friends give me a hard time about always having a blade, after they realized how often they asked me "hey can i use you're knife quick" they shut up and got there own.
once you have carried a knife for awhile you cannot not carry one.

[timberhawk]

Kershaw Whirlwind and Leatherman Wave

[Gun site]

Just like luckydawg13 bench made auto Stryker when I've got my pants on and puma Bowie and game warden when hunting.
Gun Site

[ga41]

At work, Benchmade Elishewitz. Sunday and nicer dress clothes, Al Mar Falcon

[Bullet Caster]

KBar when not at work and my Old Timer while at work. BC

[DougGuy]

Smith&Wesson Extreme Ops bought at AutoZone for $12. Hard working, cheap easy to replace if lost or broken, this knife takes a beating on construction jobs, I am a pipefitter and it don't even dull it to deburr stainless pipe after cutting. Hell of a tough blade, unbelievably good value..

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/DougGuy/SampW-4_zps6304a364.jpg (http://s1202.photobucket.com/user/DougGuy/media/SampW-4_zps6304a364.jpg.html)

[leadladen]

been carrying a Benchmade Elishewitz with a pocket clip for about the last 16 years and recently started also carrying my Lakota Lil Hawk in a belt case

[seagiant]

Hi,
I'm a big guy and like big pocket knives! I use a Benchmade Adamo!

[longusmc]

Cold Steel Recon 1 was a gift before deployment and I've carried it ever since.

[waksupi]

Depends on the time of year. Opinel this time of year for pruning, Toolman always, hunting knife in the fall, fillet knife when fishing. Mix and match to the purpose

[PS Paul]

Although I currently have a folding Benchmade on my hip for work, I normally keep a "speed safe" Kershaw folder (spring-assisted opener) on my belt for my job as a sporting goods G.M. Normally just get to open boxes, cut rope/wire, open letters (he he) and any other various items to cut like the occasional product tag or crab pot line........ I have LOTS of other knives for in the field (LOTS of salmon/steelhead fishing up here in the NW), but it's different for my job.

Just my .02, FWIW

[Bucking the Tiger]

A Cold Steel Espada 7 1/2" blade pocket knife. The bead blasted finish with G-10 scales set up with a left hand clip.

[max range]

My daily pocket knife, though I am afraid I will lose it, is a BOYES mariner folder. The blade is carbide and its always sharp. I also have a Benchmade auto knife, but I am afraid it will get "confiscated".

[alrighty]

I always have either a Benchmade AFCK or CKRT m-16 at work.On the town I will have either a Benchmade 9050 or my new personal favorite the Spyderco Massad Ayoob.I have never seen a blade as sharp as the Spyderco.

[plainsman456]

Just a plain old Case Trapper 2 bladed.

Have been known to carry 2 during hunting season.

[koehlerrk]

My daily carry piece, work, play, at home, where ever I may roam, is a Kershaw Ken Onion Leek. Light, slim, and I've learned how to open it one-handed with my left hand... So I can be holding something, reach down, flip it around, open it, and have 3-1/2 inches of sharp blade ready to go.

[Cast of Thousands]

Case Yellow Handled Trapperlock Chrome Vanadium Blade.

[USMC87]

I carry a case yellow handle trapper or a buck solitaire.

[Blanket]

Old Camillus muskrat, for about 45 years Russ

[2thepoint]

Spyderco Endura is my EDC

[Geppetto]

Leatherman Skeletool for daily use. One of the best designed simple multi-tools out there. Plus leathermen is spot on in customer service. I broke the plier jaws on my first one (mis-use, my fault, involved a 16 penny nail in a wall stud and a wooden spoon) and I sent it in. The replaced it, no questions asked, within a week.

[BNE]

Browning 725

I have carried this for over 15 years.... I have almost lost it several times. The best story and the saddest is as follows:
I was on a cruise that stopped in Gibraltar a couple of years back. We got out and toured around, and then when we got back onto the ship we had to go through customs. Surre enough, the timid little British inspecto asked if he could see my knife. Ithough he was admiring it and said "Sure!".

He picks it up and when he realized it was a "lock-back" he informed me that in the UK a lock back knife was CONSIDERED AN ASSAULT WEAPON!!!

Multiple thoughts went through my head in rapid succession....
-"No man, an AK-47 is an assult weapon" but I didn't say that
- "You are just pitiful to think that a nice small pocket knife is an assault weapon" but I didn't say that
I looked over and saw my wife and daughters looking at me and afraid that I was going to be stuck while they finished the cruise....so I said "I'm sorry sir, I had no idea and since I always have it in my pocket, I just got off the boat with it this morning. What is the right thing to do?"

He then realized that his security team had let me enter his country with a dangerous assault weapon and he decided that he would hand it back to me with a warning that I could not bring it back.

I am still shocked by this. I really pity them.

[NoZombies]

Protech Godson:

73644

In my state, it's kosher for carry when one has a CCW

I've been carrying it for a year and a half, and using it every day, and there is hardly any wear on the finish, and the blade holds a very good edge.

[357mags]

Old Schrade Old Timer 30T, Carbon Single blade lockback! Everyday for 15+ yrs. On my second one!

[Scharfschuetze]

Either my old Army Demolition knife or an old Cub Scout jack knife. They both open cans, bottles, punch holes, tighten loose screws and can actually be used for light cutting chores or cleaning small to medium game. I've used one or the other going on five decades now.

I wonder... How many beer bottles, C-Ration cans or MRE rations does that make?

[Grendl]

Case single blade trapper carbon steel blade , second one in 45 years and a case two blade peanut.
Might as well not have pants on if there isn't a knife in at least one pocket

[Speedo66]

Browning 725

I have carried this for over 15 years.... I have almost lost it several times. The best story and the saddest is as follows:
I was on a cruise that stopped in Gibraltar a couple of years back. We got out and toured around, and then when we got back onto the ship we had to go through customs. Surre enough, the timid little British inspecto asked if he could see my knife. Ithough he was admiring it and said "Sure!".

He picks it up and when he realized it was a "lock-back" he informed me that in the UK a lock back knife was CONSIDERED AN ASSAULT WEAPON!!!

Multiple thoughts went through my head in rapid succession....
-"No man, an AK-47 is an assult weapon" but I didn't say that
- "You are just pitiful to think that a nice small pocket knife is an assault weapon" but I didn't say that
I looked over and saw my wife and daughters looking at me and afraid that I was going to be stuck while they finished the cruise....so I said "I'm sorry sir, I had no idea and since I always have it in my pocket, I just got off the boat with it this morning. What is the right thing to do?"

He then realized that his security team had let me enter his country with a dangerous assault weapon and he decided that he would hand it back to me with a warning that I could not bring it back.

I am still shocked by this. I really pity them.

Well, then you can also pity the citizens of NYC, if you don't already. They are also not allowed to carry a pocket knife with a locking blade.

I have a SOG Twitch II which works well as an EDC. It's assisted, and I find I use the partially serrated edge frequently on my boat for cutting boat lines and fishing line.

Decent size blade, strong all metal construction. If there's a downside, it would be the weight. It's a little heavier than a plastic handled knife it's size would be, but it's not a deal breaker.

[clownbear69]

Cold Steel Recon 1 Tanto

[mikeym1a]

I have carried a one or two blade pocket knife since I was about 8. (My mom and dad didn't know, I think...) Generally, that is part of my daily wear. It is a small utility item that fits my pocket, and is usually sharp. I don't carry anything else unless I think there will be a need.

[Gibbs44]

Nothing fancy here. Gerber EZ Out for about 15 or so years.

[Fishman]

I think I tucked my first pocketknife into my diapers and have been carrying one every day since. Today I'm carrying a Leatherman OHT on the belt and a Victorinox Tinker (I think) in my pocket. I like Benchmade knives a lot as well.

I have a saying I tell my son whenever he forgets to carry a cutting edge (weekends and after school only, yes that sux). I tell him that "a boy without a tool is just a boy". The inference of course is that a boy with a tool is something more than a boy, not quite a man, but getting close. :)

[Hunter]

Buck 110.