Do you carry a pocket knife? - Page 4

frau kaleun · 03-03-11, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

So I guess opening tin cans with a serrated bread knife is right out?

*faints dead away*

Growler · 03-03-11, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

*faints dead away*

Don't fall on your knife.

razark · 03-03-11, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

So I guess opening tin cans with a serrated bread knife is right out?

Doesn't everyone have one of these close at hand?

Armistead · 03-03-11, 01:23 PM

I once ordered one of those mass knife packages on TV, you know 400 different knives for $60. The fixed blades were decent, but all the lock blades, threw them away, less someone using it got their fingers cut off cause they seldom locked.

Platapus · 03-03-11, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by tater

I used to always have one... this conversation makes me want to go out and buy a new one just to stick it to the man (or celebrate that I can).

Should not be a problem as I can carry a pistol if I like, LOL.

That can actually depend on the state. In Virginia you can get a permit to carry a handgun but not a permit to carry a larger knife.

Platapus · 03-03-11, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by razark

Doesn't everyone have one of these close at hand?

A p-38 saved my crew once. We had to clear out a fuel line blockage on our M-35 and no one had any tools. Good ole P-38, you can fix anything from a rifle to a B-52 with it.

MaddogK · 03-03-11, 03:42 PM

Don't carry a p-38 anymore, it sliced my pocket up (and my leg) more times than I care to remember.

But this can be found on my belt

tater · 03-03-11, 05:00 PM

I can wear my holster (with pistol

) openly in NM with no permit. I can walk around with a rifle slung, too.

kranz · 03-03-11, 05:05 PM

I always (well, most of the times I'm outside my home) have this with me:

I could tell you that I carry it coz "it is recommended for ppl who drive a car etc coz it has this tool to cut the seat belts etc' but I just take it bcoz there are plenty of freaks carrying different stuff like knives etc so I prefer to feel safe. I used to carry a Victorinox when I was younger but it's a sux knife for 'self defence'. This one looks pretty nice(even though it's a pretty cheap sh..). It has that kinda bolt to open it with one hand. There are no regulations concerning carrying a knife in public places so I can take it to the university etc. Well, I just don;t feel safe there

Growler · 03-03-11, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

A p-38 saved my crew once. We had to clear out a fuel line blockage on our M-35 and no one had any tools. Good ole P-38, you can fix anything from a rifle to a B-52 with it.

I've worn out, bent, broken, lost, or given away so many of those things, I feel like a freakin' Quartermaster (Army variant).

bookworm_020 · 03-04-11, 03:28 AM

Can't carry a knife here in Australia, as it is illegal. Swiss Army nifes are fine but combat/survival knives aren't

Oberon · 03-04-11, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

I don't know why but this made me

I guess it's because I now have this image in my mind of a sleepy little English village called "Deptford" where all the women practice throwing Bowie knives at things in their spare time.

As a budding connoisseur of the finely crafted kitchen knife I don't know whether to be horrified, annoyed, or just plain sad.

Do you know what that sort of thing does to a proper kitchen knife? For shame, sir, I say, FOR SHAME!

In other news... now I want a pocket knife.

You're not far off, most of the denizens of Deptford carry a weapon of some sort

Yes, although I must admit, the bread knife still cuts the toast quite well, and nearly my thumb a couple of times too.

NeonSamurai · 03-04-11, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by bookworm_020

Can't carry a knife here in Australia, as it is illegal. Swiss Army nifes are fine but combat/survival knives aren't

Anyone else see the irony in that, the land of ol crocodile Dundee.. mr. "thats not a knife"

Anyhow as for the kitchen knifes being used for other purposes. I know if anyone ever EVER touched mine (heck even in the kitchen), I would assuredly skin, fillet, and de-bone them.

Morts · 03-04-11, 09:35 AM

im unsure if its illegal, but most of the time i carry this in one of my pockets

along with this

vienna · 03-04-11, 03:03 PM

I used to carry a Swiss Army Knife that has all sorts of computer repair oriented tools (I am often called on to do on-the-spot IT services when then designated IT staff isn't available). A former co-worker went on a ski trip to Switzerland several years ago and I jokingly said "Bring me back a Swiss Army Knife"; much to my surprise, he did! He said I had saved him in a few pressing situations with my IT skills and the knife was his way of thanking me. I carried the knife for quite some time after that and used it as my main tool for IT repairs. However, after 9/11, security in many buildings became so tight I found it difficult to enter while carrying my knife. This was particularly true in the building I was working in at the time since it was a local county headquarters. I was familiar to most of the guards and they didn't bother me about the knife, but I would run into the occasional new guard on duty and would have a bit of a problem until some other known guard would intervene on my behalf. After a while I just stopped carrying the knife and instead carried a "normal" tool kit. The irony is the kit contained items that were more capable of damage or deadly results than the knife they would not allow me to bring in to the building. I still have and use the knife, mainly at home.

03-03-11, 03:42 PM	#52
MaddogK XO Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Chicago, Ill. Posts: 409 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Don't carry a p-38 anymore, it sliced my pocket up (and my leg) more times than I care to remember. But this can be found on my belt __________________ May fortune favor the foolish

03-03-11, 05:00 PM	#53
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	I can wear my holster (with pistol ) openly in NM with no permit. I can walk around with a rifle slung, too. __________________ "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." — Thomas Paine

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bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Can't carry a knife here in Australia, as it is illegal. Swiss Army nifes are fine but combat/survival knives aren't __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

03-03-11, 01:23 PM	#49
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	I once ordered one of those mass knife packages on TV, you know 400 different knives for $60. The fixed blades were decent, but all the lock blades, threw them away, less someone using it got their fingers cut off cause they seldom locked.

03-03-11, 05:05 PM	#54
kranz The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 1,430 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I always (well, most of the times I'm outside my home) have this with me: I could tell you that I carry it coz "it is recommended for ppl who drive a car etc coz it has this tool to cut the seat belts etc' but I just take it bcoz there are plenty of freaks carrying different stuff like knives etc so I prefer to feel safe. I used to carry a Victorinox when I was younger but it's a sux knife for 'self defence'. This one looks pretty nice(even though it's a pretty cheap sh..). It has that kinda bolt to open it with one hand. There are no regulations concerning carrying a knife in public places so I can take it to the university etc. Well, I just don;t feel safe there

03-04-11, 09:35 AM	#59
Morts Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,395 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	im unsure if its illegal, but most of the time i carry this in one of my pockets along with this

03-04-11, 03:03 PM	#60
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I used to carry a Swiss Army Knife that has all sorts of computer repair oriented tools (I am often called on to do on-the-spot IT services when then designated IT staff isn't available). A former co-worker went on a ski trip to Switzerland several years ago and I jokingly said "Bring me back a Swiss Army Knife"; much to my surprise, he did! He said I had saved him in a few pressing situations with my IT skills and the knife was his way of thanking me. I carried the knife for quite some time after that and used it as my main tool for IT repairs. However, after 9/11, security in many buildings became so tight I found it difficult to enter while carrying my knife. This was particularly true in the building I was working in at the time since it was a local county headquarters. I was familiar to most of the guards and they didn't bother me about the knife, but I would run into the occasional new guard on duty and would have a bit of a problem until some other known guard would intervene on my behalf. After a while I just stopped carrying the knife and instead carried a "normal" tool kit. The irony is the kit contained items that were more capable of damage or deadly results than the knife they would not allow me to bring in to the building. I still have and use the knife, mainly at home.