|
|
#16
07-20-2016, 08:39 PM
|
|||
|
|||
A variety of Buck, Swiss Army, Gerber, or Spyderco knives, plus a Fox whistle, guitar picks, etc.
If I'm fishing, hiking, cottaging, I'll also carry a small flashlight, a second knife (either a folder or a small sheath knife), gloves, rope... 
|
|
#18
07-20-2016, 08:49 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
Are you not allowed a pocket knife, of any length?
__________________
__________________ "Life goes on, within you and without you"
|
|
#19
07-20-2016, 10:29 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Around town, I have a small 3-blade Buck that approximates the Old Timer I lost somewhere along the way...
I have one of the original Leatherman tools in my shoulder bag, which is with me 90+% of the time I'm out of the house... If I'm going on the road for any length of time, I'll switch out the little Buck ofr a single-blade folding knife with a bit more heft and length to the blade... I have an old wood-handled Gerber that's a favorite, along with a Spyderco and a Kershaw or two... I do have a small "pocket" multi-tool from Snap-On that's a nifty little thing; just haven't figured out exactly "where?" in the whole process it may belong... I would guess that I have had a knife in my pocket (at all times) since I was about 12 or so... you just never know when a blade will come in handy!
__________________
"Home is where I hang my hat, but home is so much more than that. Home is where the ones and the things I hold dear are near... And I always find my way back home." "Home" (working title) J.S, Sherman
|
|
#20
07-21-2016, 05:16 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
I can only guess that it MUST have a different meaning in the USA ! 
|
|
#21
07-21-2016, 05:20 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
I like to have my multi-tool with me at all times. However, since I have moved to my present community I do not take my weapon routinely, but this is probably something I should rectify. As my instructor said in my Concealed Carry course, "The criminal will decide the time and the place."
|
|
#22
07-21-2016, 05:38 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Holy cow...where do you guys live that you feel you have to carry around that kind of self-protection? I went to dinner with my daughter and her family the other day, and her husband comes out of the house packing a 9mm. We're going to a steakhouse in Columbus. Really? You've to got pack heat for that?
|
|
#23
07-21-2016, 05:48 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
I don't really think i need a knife either, but all sorts of uses arise that you don't anticipate.
|
|
#24
07-21-2016, 06:08 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
Mine isn't too far off the beaten track, but many I have visited are. Mine is adjacent to lots of fairly wild land, on a very large lake, lots of hazards, animals, cliffs, heat of summer and cold of winter. It's also on the Bruce Trail which we hike a lot.
|
|
#25
07-21-2016, 08:01 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
Isn't that why it is called a pocket knife? We start carrying knives in our pockets as soon as we can wear pants with pockets. This is Oregon, the last outpost on the frontier.
|
|
#26
07-21-2016, 08:36 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
I carry an old Boy Scout pocket knife most of the time. It has nothing to do with protection; it's a tool for various needs. In the office, I use one of the parts of the knife for pulling staples. The knife blade comes in handy for all kinds of things.
I do not take this knife to the airport. - Glenn
__________________
My You Tube Channel
|
|
#27
07-21-2016, 08:54 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
 A cutting blade is very very very useful in life. I have no intention of ever getting in a knife fight. Especially after hearing an expert on a show like "Deadliest Warrior" (which uses computer projections to investigate cool ideas like "Genghis Kahn or Hannibal, who would win?") say that no matter how much training you have you WILL get cut. BADLY. Possibly to a bleeding out level. And that's for the so called "winner"  Someone pulls a kinfe on you? If they look obese run. If they don't, give them your wallet
__________________
I only play technologically cutting edge instruments. Parker Flys and National Resonators
|
|
#28
07-21-2016, 09:06 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Yes on both counts........
__________________
Martin Road Series D10e Martin Special X Custom 000 Martin Special X Custom GPC Epiphone IBG J45 Yamaha FS800 Guild Pilot Bass Guild Flamed Maple Jumbo Junior Guild Flamed Maple Jumbo Junior Bass Recording King Dirty 30's Mando Frankensquier P Bass Squier Bullet Telecaster
|
|
#29
07-21-2016, 09:11 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Hey, Riverwolf...I had to look up EDC myself. Apparently, it is an official "thing" and has expanded in meaning to include ALL the stuff you carry with you daily, not just knives and pocket tools. I remain a luddite and will probably continue to call it "stuff in my pockets."
Except, of course, most of the time these items are NOT in my pockets, but knocking around in various drawers at home and work. Me, I have about 5 or 6 Swiss Army knives of assorted sizes, and another 3 or 4 off-brand imitators, all but two of which were gifts through the years. I also have my grandfather's o-o-old Kabar pocket knife (main blade worn a bit from many sharpenings) -- which I DO carry on occasion. Like Glennwillow, I also have what I THINK was my original boy scout knife from about 1958 or thereabouts (I was a cub scout but proudly owned the "big kid" knife). And two heavy, largish folding tool thingies with serious pliers, screwdrivers, knife blades, etc. And about 4 or 5 tiny 3-blade ("safety" knife, fingernail file, lightweight screwdriver-cum-cap-lifter) things with keychains that were ad-gimmicks given to my dad by some local hardware or tire company in Waco about a zillion years back; used to use one of these for my own keys before the blade thing made them a no-go when I traveled on planes for business. Like I say, few of these weapons ever make it into my pocket nowadays. Cheers, Dirk
__________________
I used to think I couldn't write songs. Then I regained my composure.
|
