Why do you carry a knife?

[jimbobborg]

Nothing worse than when one is lost and you have to get accustomed to a new one.

This. Lost one of my favorite pocket knives EVER thanks to the Holocaust Museum's idiotic policies.

 

[kohburn]

even at a desk job i use a knife almost daily. i don't like to go anywhere without it because it is like an extension of my person. everyone i know comes to me when they need a knife for something because they know i always have one.

 

[Minuteman]

This. I haven't been without a knife since I was a Boy Scout.

Yep.
Hard to argue a pocket knife isn't essential gear.

 

[Brownblack6319]

Just in case can't carry a gun in Maryland

 

[midcountyg]

Primarily as a multi use tool in my day to day routine, but also as a last resort defensive weapon.

 

[oom]

When I was 6 my father drilled into my head the rules for safe handling of a knife (cutting AWAY from yourself has never failed me), and when I could recite them back and explain to him why he gave me my first knife, a nice little Victorinox Swiss army knife. I'm still sick to my stomach every time I think about losing that knife playing in the woods when I was 9.

My father is a warehouseman and carries a knife to work with him every day. His father was an Architect, who carried a pen knife to work with him everyday. While I've had my share of jobs since I was 6, both blue collar and white, I've always had a knife in my pocket. I can't imagine life without steel in my pocket, and the sheer number of times I use it every day just reinforces that.

 

[HappyCamper]

Only the police and military should be allowed to carry knives.

 

[Polecat]

When I was 6 my father drilled into my head the rules for safe handling of a knife (cutting AWAY from yourself has never failed me), and when I could recite them back and explain to him why he gave me my first knife, a nice little Victorinox Swiss army knife. I'm still sick to my stomach every time I think about losing that knife playing in the woods when I was 9.

My father is a warehouseman and carries a knife to work with him every day. His father was an Architect, who carried a pen knife to work with him everyday. While I've had my share of jobs since I was 6, both blue collar and white, I've always had a knife in my pocket. I can't imagine life without steel in my pocket, and the sheer number of times I use it every day just reinforces that.

Not entirely true, at least in my case. I was using my pocket knife to cut open a bag of salt for my water softener. Held the corner of the bag between my first finger and thumb,went to slice the corner of the bag off, had a fleeting thought that this could cut my finger, when.......BINGO....... off came the tip of my finger.............dayum that hurt....Went to the hospital and explaining what I did to my self, they sewed it up including putting stiches in the nail (on purpose I think?). A few days later my son stopped by and asked "what happened". I proceded to get the bag and my knife out to give a show and tell. Luckely I stopped before doing it AGAIN!
Major id10t time.
Have always carried a pocket knife and feel naked without it.

 

[smokey]

to cut stuff

stuff= letters, seatbelts, people of various shapes and sizes, cheese, steaks, packages, boxes, hair, etc...

 

[futureseabee]

to cut stuff

stuff= letters, seatbelts, people of various shapes and sizes, cheese, steaks, packages, boxes, hair, etc...

what about cheesesteaks?

 

[jonnyl]

because my wife and daughters buy lots of stuff, and there are always tags and those damn impossible to open plastic packaging containers that everything comes in these days. Opening new packages from Amazon or Midway...hangnails... twine...etc..etc..etc..

 

[Ruzo]

Because Maryland hasn't figured a way to tax it, make it permit carry only, and because you never hear on the news that our friends on capital hill say's knives are evil, and we need to take this knives away from the law abiding citizens. It's just less trouble then carrying a pistol in this fine Republic We live in.

 

[Murple]

In case I need one.

 

[Hooker2]

I have carried a CRKT folder for years and it has been used as a:

hammer
bottle opener
saw
screwdriver
pry-bar
toothpick
tent stake (temporary)
knife

 

[accce]

In case I need one. I have one on every keychain a few OTF and a few folders. I have been looking for a fixed blade but have not found one yet.

 

[lostsole]

Because I use it every day.

Opening boxes, Cutting rope and string, removing stickers and tags, that damn plastic package, Cutting fruit, opening envelopes, whittling, making marshmallow sticks, cutting hoses, scrapping paint, screwdriver, notch out wood, hammer nail, make a hole in a wall, fix printers and copiers, strip wire, remove something from a small spot, remove a squirrel tail, pull a splinter, bottle opener, hang a target...

A knife is can be used in place of just about any tool.

My son has had one since he was 5. I went over the rules I learned in Boy Scout until he could recite them by memory and I let him use mine until I was confident he was ready.

 

[boardboy330]

So many uses...plus I was taught to always be prepared - only way I can do that is have tools handy.

Other than a small folding knife I keep on me...I also use one of these:

 

[zaphod07]

I all ways carry a knife, use it for work, at home and it had a bottle opener on the end

 

[BlackBart]

I carry so I can cut my wrist in case I'm abducted by aliens.

BE PREPARED!

 

[GNLaFrance]

I carry a Victorinox Tinker. I use it at least 2 or 3 times a day. Not allowing me to carry it on an airplane or take it into a government building says disturbing things about how overweening and paranoid our overlords have become.