Saw a question on the "Yes or No" Thread about whether you carried a pocket knife and thought it was a good thread to discuss, in case there are others.
Probably weird for me to be carry a pocket knife in a suit, but I do it when I wear a suit. I do it almost all the time. I do have to remember before going into some places with metal detectors to leave it in the car.
I began carrying a pocket knife when Catinthefort sent me one as a gift. A little "canoe" pocket knife, was a very good one to carry, small, but large enough to take care of day to day events.
I lost it.
It's somewhere, but I don't know where.
I think started carrying a Boker "automatic" knife. It's legal here. Just for the novelty of it (it's a switchblade, I guess you'd call it). It was a Boker Top Lock Speed Lock. Similar to this one:
I still have it, and every once in awhile, I will carry it. Not a great knife, but does what it is supposed to do. Left it out in an old car I had that leaked through the moon roof, and somehow I didn't realize I left it there. Ended up rusting. Rather than trying to do it right, let my son "sand it" and so it got all the rust off, but really messed up the beauty of the knife. So it's a workhorse now anyway.
Had somebody offer me a Benchmade Griptilian knife for $30 a couple of years ago. I bought it, sent it back to the factory to have them sharpen it, put on a new clip, and just sort of do an overhaul on it. I carry it every day. Just a much more reliable pocket knife, and even though it's better, if I ever had to explain what knife I was carrying, I think it would be an easier "sell" than a --gasp-- switchblade!
Anyway, here's the one I carry now. Or one like it.
If I had to GUESS, I'd say I use it once a week on average. Often enough it justifies it.
So...what do you carry?
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