PieterCoetzee
Elite
Ive carried "a knife" almost every day for maybe 40 years. When I was in the Army, I had field knives, fighting knives, and camp knives. As a cop, the knives were smaller; but still I wanted something to "cut". I had a young partner that was with me when we discovers a young teen who had hung himself (because of a fight over video games with his mother). I lifted the kid and told my partner to cut the rope. He said, "I dont have a knife". Luckily he was able to reach my knife and cut him down. Thankfully the kid survived. After that call, my partner and I had a conversation....
Ive been that guy at office parties that had to use his Tactical Knife to cut the birthday cake because no one remembered to bring a cake knife. The PD wouldnt let us carry fixed blades; so it was an excuse to buy a switch blade (not for fighting, just for the cool factor).
Today my knives are smaller and more intended general use, from cutting tape on boxes to , yes birthday cake. I typically have a 3" fixed blade as that seems best suited for everything. Half of the knife is the sheathe. A great custom knife with a POS sheathe is useless.
I used to be a Swiss Army knife guy, and I still like them; but I find its tooooo easy to say I want the one with ______ and before you know it youre carrying a mechanics tool kit in your pocket. I have a Multi tool for that.
I do occasionally carry a WW2 Fallschrimjager Gravity knife (cool factor). They werent intended to be fighters so much as for cutting parachute lines if you were hung up in a tree. Its NOT spring loaded, the little curved lever releases the "hold" on the blade to let it fall open (when pointed down) then locks it in place. Its a cool piece of history that deserves better than to be in a drawer at home.
What do you carry?
Ive been that guy at office parties that had to use his Tactical Knife to cut the birthday cake because no one remembered to bring a cake knife. The PD wouldnt let us carry fixed blades; so it was an excuse to buy a switch blade (not for fighting, just for the cool factor).
Today my knives are smaller and more intended general use, from cutting tape on boxes to , yes birthday cake. I typically have a 3" fixed blade as that seems best suited for everything. Half of the knife is the sheathe. A great custom knife with a POS sheathe is useless.
I used to be a Swiss Army knife guy, and I still like them; but I find its tooooo easy to say I want the one with ______ and before you know it youre carrying a mechanics tool kit in your pocket. I have a Multi tool for that.
I do occasionally carry a WW2 Fallschrimjager Gravity knife (cool factor). They werent intended to be fighters so much as for cutting parachute lines if you were hung up in a tree. Its NOT spring loaded, the little curved lever releases the "hold" on the blade to let it fall open (when pointed down) then locks it in place. Its a cool piece of history that deserves better than to be in a drawer at home.
What do you carry?
