AKnife For "Suit-Wear": Do You Have One?

Any time I've had to dress "fancy", I've taken this protech magic "whiskers" with me

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VorpelSword said:
I ran across a William Henry knife on e-Bay a few months afo. There are plenty on offer there. Most are at the WH exorbitant MSRP, rapidly escalating to over a grand on the way to two Gs and more. .This one was a lower end example at well below $500 . . .and I jumped on it. Button lock. Titanium frame, tiny jewel in thumb stud and button, ,plane-ish wooden inlay scales and with a blade in a subtly patterned Damascus: elegant, understated and within my ability to pay. A true "Gent's Knife".

And it is much too nice for EDC in my current station in life. This is a knife for when you wear a suit.

Now, I do not wear a suit often . . Weddings and funerals mostly. However, our son does. And so, I will give it to him on Father's Day.


And now to digress to the heart of the matter:

Do YOU own a "Gent's Knife"? What is it, when do you carry it on you and how do you use it?


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My William Henry gent's knife.
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The first thing that popped into my mind when I saw this thread was a tiny Buck Squire .
Next would be my Carbon Peal Ply Spyderco Chaparral but then you have the dreded tell tail pocket clip .
Now that I have opened this thread I see you are intrested in larger fancy knives .
Still going to add my ancient photo from another thread . That pencil looking scraper is about the size of a writing pen . The Opinel is a giant #12.
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I still think for a suit / genteeeeel environment the little Buck is great and it is one hand opening by pinching blade a little away from the handle then hooking the rear most end of the handle on your pocket as you draw it out of your pocket . I've had that one for forty five years . I even arced the edge while scrape cleaning a battery terminal for a girl friend when she got stranded down town then I later ground out the divit and mirror polished the whole blade as you see it here .
 
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That one is in my shirt pocket every single work day right next to my Ti ball point pen and my Dad's 70 plus year old Staedtler Mars Clutch drafting pencil that he used to revise plans for jobs on Steel Mills and Coal Fired Electrical Generating Plants . As a junior high kid I even made myself learn to use a slide rule because he used one everyday .
 
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Really nice! Hope you have many happy occasions to wear them to.

I do not, and so my heirloom gold cased IWC lives in a safety deposit box.
 
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Been a while since I had a suit on. In the pocket was most likely a small case stockman. More recently sport coat and dockers with the same small case stockman but a Sig 938 in the pocket. Had to be around people I do not like spending time around. Niece's wedding so I had to attend.
 
RLB0410: Is the SIG 938 a knife or a pistol?

Check out SIG's P365.
I do not carry a firearm myself, but our former-Marine son does. He has one and loves it.

Shawn Ryhan regularly hooks up those of his guests who are retired Spec-Ops guys with one . . .and their reaction to the pistol sold me on the idea for our son.

These Vids are not reviews. What I was keying on is that these (and many others) are ex-special operations professionals who have real world experience with violent, deadly confrontation . . .and all seem to like the gun.

 
BACK TO THE TOPIC A5 HAND.

Wow. Lots of great knives here and what a spread of life-paths.

My EDC is a Leathermn ?Wave. It goes out the door with me whenever I put on my pants. It travels in a horizontal belt sheath at about five O'clock behind my right hip. With his carry, itpractically disappears to most folks whether I am in a suit or jeans. When brought out for use, it does not seem to alarm even the most genteel of my mother-in-law's teatime guests.

Someday, I may replace it with an ARC.

Now, a multitool is not a "gent's knife" in my view but it fills that niche for me.
 
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