Do you carry a pocketknife?

[Tewligan]

I always carry a katana under my trenchcoat in case of ninjas.

 

[Tauric]

I have, since I was about 9 (that's 21 years now), carried the same Victorinox Swiss Army Knife. I mainly use the tweezers and toothpick, but the blade also comes in handy. I carry this knife everyhere except airplaines, and even then it comes out of the checked luggage as soon as it can.

For my old job I carried a Victorinox SwissTool (it's like a leatherman but way better quality/design).

For my current job I carry a Spiderco locking blade for cutting cardboard.

When I go camping, I carry my K-Bar combat knife. Sure, I don't have much use for the combat aspect, but it's great for shaping small limbs (tree limbs, guys) for impromptu shelter, digging out rocks at the campsite, and even driving tent posts if I happen to loose my hammer.

 

[arwink]

Nope, although for about fifteen years I carried a barman's friend that had a real itty-bitty blade in addition ot the corkscrew. On the whole, the corkscrew was the more important of the two tools

 

[Ambrus]

Dang! That's some knife! A hook to carry grocery bags? I've never seen such a thing.

It's the small hook on the bottom next to the ring. At first I couldn't figure out what it was for, guessing incorectly that it was some type of archaic device meant to be used while doing unspeakable things to fish. Curious I looked it up online and discovered that it was a "parcel carrier". So I tried hooking a shopping bag onto it and using the knife as a handle and it worked! Beats having those plastic handles digging into my fingers. Now I just wish it was bigger so that I could carry a couple of bags at a time with it.

 

[Captain Tagon]

Have you, or has anyone here, actually used a knife in self-defense?

Not yet. Hopefully will never have to. But if I do have to, I have it handy and know what I'm doing with it.

 

[diaglo]

Have you, or has anyone here, actually used a knife in self-defense?

yes. i fought off a doberman attack with my knife.

 

[adwyn]

Have you, or has anyone here, actually used a knife in self-defense?

Once I used my pocket knife to stab a snake that had gotten too friendly. Was I in danger, no, but in a dark enclosed space (well shaft) it sure felt justified.

 

[loki44]

It's the small hook on the bottom next to the ring.

Thanks for that. I was envisioning a Cap'n Hook sort of device. So, how many bags can you hook on that thing? I don't usually have the "cut into the hand" problem unless I'm toting at least 5-6 bags.

 

[loki44]

I have it handy and know what I'm doing with it.

How do you know for sure that you know what you're doing with it if you've never had to use it before? Have you been professionally trained in some way? I'm just curious because, and I feel the same way about handguns, if you're going to pull something like that out in a crisis situation then you're almost forced to use it lest it be used against you somehow.

 

[loki44]

yes. i fought off a doberman attack with my knife.

OK, this sounds like a beer and pretzel story. Inquiring minds want to know.