Am I a traitor?

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jafo997

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Like many if not all of us, I own more knives than I can justify. I carry several at a time when not forced into a courthouse or other government building.

Yet the first one I reach for when matter needs separating is an Olfa SVR-2. It's light, thin, extends and retracts smoothly, and cuts what needs cutting. The tip is slim enough to aid in lifting pull tabs on food and drink cans. I'm actually still on the first included blade because I'm either too lazy to change it or too cheap to. The pocket clip is too short and too weak, but unlike my many OHO folders (to say nothing of my fixies), it doesn't cause hoplophobes to faint or run away screaming.

One time I picked up an Amazon box from a locker, I was pulling the items out at a garbage can outside the store. A woman came out carrying just-bought shoes said, "Oh, you have a boxcutter. Could you cut the tether on my shoes?" I just reached out and did it without thinking, and both of us went on with our lives.

So I'm left curious: am I really a knife guy, or am I a weaselly appeaser worthy of the Chamberlain 2.0 moniker?
 
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jafo997 said:
Like many if not all of us, I own more knives than I can justify. I carry several at a time when not forced into a courthouse or other government building.

Yet the first one I reach for when matter needs separating is an Olfa SVR-2. It's light, thin, extends and retracts smoothly, and cuts what needs cutting. The tip is slim enough to aid in lifting pull tabs on food and drink cans. I'm actually still on the first included blade because I'm either too lazy to change it or too cheap to. The pocket clip is too short and too weak, but unlike my many OHO folders (to say nothing of my fixies), it doesn't cause hoplophobes to faint or run away screaming.

One time I picked up an Amazon box from a locker, I was pulling the items out at a garbage can outside the store. A woman came out carrying just-bought shoes said, "Oh, you have a boxcutter. Could you cut the tether on my shoes?" I just reached out and did it without thinking, and both of us went on with our lives.

So I'm left curious: am I really a knife guy, or am I a weaselly appeaser worthy of the Chamberlain 2.0 moniker?
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Depends on your daily carry at the time.
If your carry that day were a Cold Steel 4 Max Scout, and you needed to cut off a tag, the Olfa certainly would make more sense to use.

It's not for nothing that I carry both a traditional and a modern knife. I use the traditional for small stuff and leave the modern for big stuff. And I find that I have a lot more small cutting chores than big cutting chores.
 
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knarfeng said:
Depends on your daily carry at the time.
If your carry that day were a Cold Steel 4 Max Scout, and you needed to cut off a tag, the Olfa certainly would make more sense to use.

It's not for nothing that I carry both a traditional and a modern knife. I use the traditional for small stuff and leave the modern for big stuff. And I find that I have a lot more small cutting chores than big cutting chores.
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This is my preferred methodology for office carry as well. If not a traditional, than a small modern knife with a 3 inch blade that I can use around others without alarming them.

Florida is the wild west in some ways, but people will still raise eyebrows if I "FWACK"!!!! out a giant four inch plus bladed knife in the breakroom at our office or while out in public. I actually tend to carry a small fixed blade constantly when not at the office. Very quiet to draw out, cut what needs cutting, then be resheathed, usually without anyone even noticing or looking my way.
 
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