302 saves the cookout---again

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DocT

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It is not secret that I think the 302 is about the perfect pocket knife. It is as slim, or maybe a tad slimmer, than a Victorinox Alox Cadet. That is slim! Plus, it has a very useable sized blade.

Saturday, I went to a cookout. I helped grill steaks, pork, chicken wings, and salmon. We had a feast. However, I had the only sharp knife so, my brass 302 was borrowed by one of the guys to cut the meat to see if it was done. The 302 opened up those beef and pork steaks like a warm knife in a can of shortening. This is the 3rd or 4th cookout with these folks and they still have no sharp knives. They always borrow my 302.

When we went inside, guess what? No knives to cut the steaks. So, my 302 got passed around quite a bit so that people could cut up and devour their food. The knife was a big hit, except one New Zealander quipped, "A knife? Who you going to stab?"

Anyway, I always carry a 302 to cookouts for this very reason. It never fails to come in handy.
 
nice job saving the cookout.

why do some folks think a slipjoint is a possible weapon for stabbing? even as young kid I knew better.
 
DocT said:
No knives to cut the steaks. So, my 302 got passed around quite a bit so that people could cut up and devour their food. The knife was a big hit, except one New Zealander quipped, "A knife? Who you going to stab?"
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And yet I doubt that New Zealander had any qualms about borrowing your 302 to cut up his meal. :rolleyes:
What a hypocrite (and/or fool) to ask that after watching the others use it to cut up their food, cut up his own food, and still think a knife can only be a "weapon". :confused::oops:
 
I thought he would say "That's not a knife, this is a knife". But since he said what he said I would have looked him in the eye and said You.

A great 302 promotion! Best knife ever :)
 
I've been to those type cook outs and the same thing happens.
I brought my Duke with micarta handles and s30v blade. For what it is, a work horse, just not a lot of blade. It was the only knife there.
It's like they think of every thing else but not a knife. DM
 
In a lot of countries formerly ruled by the British, the daily carry of knives is illegal or discouraged. Sad.

When you have a cookout, you have to be prepared. I once went to a cookout at church where they brought everything except...the grill. Hahaha!
 
Sounds like they need a meat thermometer and a set of knives.

Makes me wonder what they would do without you.
 
The 302 has about the perfect blade length and is still very slender in my pocket. I hope Buck is going to bring this little wonder back out.

We knife folk take knives for granted, but a lot of people are not into knives in the real world. I rarely meet someone with a sharp knife or someone who has even basic sharpening skills, much less carries a knife on a daily basis. My wife carries a Spyderco Dragonfly and loves it, but she is not common. A good example of the dull knives I run into is this: We support a school for special needs kids (Downs, autism, etc.). We were having a function to raise money and I went into the kitchen to help prepare some food. Each and every knife was so dull you literally had a hard time telling the spine from the cutting edge. That is typical of many people and places, unless they are professionals or knife AFIS.
 
Do any of you use your Buck's at the dinner table at home or in the restaurant?
 
I sharpen all the kitchen knives in the church kitchen. 30 +. Do your good deed and volunteer to do a church or school or your favorite home town eatery. I will touch up some inferior SS knives and the kitchen help act like I invented the sharp edge. I have deployed my Vantage in many spots, eating and otherwise. Sometimes other men are sheepish to pull out their fingernail knife in public.
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Good for you having a knife on ya - who would have ever guessed?? I was surf fishing on the beach a week ago when a young lady approached me with a bottle of champaign which had a broken cork - she was going to make Mimosas. I did ask what a Mimosa was out of curiosity. She asked if I had a knife she could borrow to dig out the cork (she was looking at my Buck 110 LT - laying on partially cut mullet!) I told her that big knife would probably cut her hand badly when it slipped if she tried to use it to cut out the cork. I did whittle out the cork with a small stockman that I keep in my tackle box. Guess I need to start packing a corkscrew knife too! "Be Prepared" - that would make a great motto for a boys outdoor skills organization. OH
 
I guess I'm glad I live in a place where hauling out my 110 is still acceptable,never heard a complaint ever.I even passed it to a woman in a grocery store so she could cut the elasticity off a bunch of broccili she wanted to buy .You would need to carry a Bowie knife here to attract attention,and sometimes that's not gonna get a response either lol.
 
Old Hunter said:
Good for you having a knife on ya - who would have ever guessed?? I was surf fishing on the beach a week ago when a young lady approached me with a bottle of champaign which had a broken cork - she was going to make Mimosas. I did ask what a Mimosa was out of curiosity. She asked if I had a knife she could borrow to dig out the cork (she was looking at my Buck 110 LT - laying on partially cut mullet!) I told her that big knife would probably cut her hand badly when it slipped if she tried to use it to cut out the cork. I did whittle out the cork with a small stockman that I keep in my tackle box. Guess I need to start packing a corkscrew knife too! "Be Prepared" - that would make a great motto for a boys outdoor skills organization. OH
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I assume you mean if such an organization existed. There is a similar organization with that motto that is a boys and girls outdoor skills organization. :rolleyes: :mad: :D
 
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I do not normally, but there have been a few occasions in the past where the knife the restaurant gave me wasn't able to cut it (pun intended). So, I discretely pulled a 301, 303, or 302 out of my pocket, kept it sort of hidden in my hand with my finger on the top of the blade and cut up my food. I never make a show.
 
I've use a 110 at a restaurant, I don't make a big show of it, just cut my steak.
 
Yes, ^ that is a no-no. At some steak houses the steak is served on a warmed metal plate as it helps in keeping the meat warm through
the meal and I am very careful when using my knife to cut my bites. On these restaurant occasions I am packing my Duke. DM
 
The knife is dull by the end of the week anyway. Sharpening is part of the joy of ownershil. I'd rather take a chance of cutting through the meat and touching the ceramic, than fight my way through a steak with a butter knife. Obviously I am careful cutting a steak, same as cutting anything else. Unlike the OP, I would not let others use my knife. Everybody should have a knife, if they ain't learned it yet, they can eat without one.
 
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