I have a Pocket knife that my dad gave to me when he was a Regional Manager for Curtis Industries, prior to 1973. It was a "give to outstanding customers " gift knife. It has a single blade of Japanese steel. It will take and hold an edge sharp enough to shave with, and I have. Not carried much anymore, being moved to momentum status, replaced by a Boker Kalishnakov AK47 Automatic

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Originally posted by selogic:
Because my Dad told me that a man should always carry a pocketknife .

+1

I usually have at least two.

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Originally posted by h2oys:
Gibbs rule #9: always carry a knife.

Where's your knife, DiNozzo?

because, I'm a man

and as Sandman so eloquently put it "I feel naked without it."

In case there’s cheesecake or you need to stab someone in the throat

I use it all the time. Lots of things need to be cut.

Always, it's a useful tool.

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Originally posted by Sig2340:
I carry a knife so you have the ability to commit seppuku.

Honor must be observed.

Because GEN Funk told to never go any where without one.

I have carried a pocket knife since I was about 10 years old. It is part of my wardrobe.

Ever since 911, I have carried a knife and light every day.

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Originally posted by Sig Marine:
In case there’s cheesecake or you need to stab someone in the throat

I can't fault that logic. Especially in the case of cheesecake.

I can’t remember anyone ever asking me why I carry a knife. I have done so almost daily since middle school.

I remember seeing signs online from that ad campaign in the UK to discourage grown men from carrying knives, even to the point of saying it is a sign of weakness to do so.

Some fucking fascist idiots running places in europe.

I'm intentionally leaving europe uncapitalized even though it's a proper noun. Because fuck that shit. Keep it over there.


This is how I feel about anyone stupid enough to ask me this. The question is so stupid it raises my blood pressure.

...Because a spoon won't sever a jugular cleanly...

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Originally posted by DoctorSolo:

Some fucking fascist idiots running places in europe.

I'm intentionally leaving europe uncapitalized even though it's a proper noun. Because fuck that shit. Keep it over there.


This is how I feel about anyone stupid enough to ask me this. The question is so stupid it raises my blood pressure.

Have you ever considered its one of the reasons America is on the rise still and europe is declining? Anyone know if the ruskies pull that kind of shit?

The company I worked for had a " No knife " policy that everyone ignored .

My grandfather gave me my first pocketknife when I joined the cub scouts. It was a scout knife, lost to the sands of time. I have carried a knife since that time, over 60 years. I believe in the Nordic proverb: A knifeless man is a lifeless man.

Knives are one of the most useful tools I have.

My EDC are a Victorinox Spartan and a Case Kinzua.

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
...Because a spoon won't sever a jugular cleanly...

Well a ragged laceration in the jugular is harder for the vascular surgeon to fix.

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Originally posted by selogic:
Because my Dad told me that a man should always carry a pocketknife .

My dad never told me this but I do adhere to it. When the opportunity arises I like to be the one to give boys their first knife.

We had a Christmas gift exchange at work one year, I contributed a good knife with some gun related nick knacks.

It ended up that a female I worked with picked my gift and I thought that would go south so I offered to exchange it. But, she was an only child of a Vet and he taught her to always carry a knife. She loved the gift and started carrying it since her ex-boyfriend took the one she used to carry when he left her.

I bought a custom made knife and gave it to my brother who is battling lung cancer. Told him the only stipulation was that it needed to stay in the family (to eventually go to my nephew).

I always have a knife on me or near me.