Carry two knives?

I usually carry 2 but 3 at work... Always a Vic classic on my keys , a large sebenza or other +\- 3" folder and at work I always carry a leatherman kick as a loaner to people who may use a knife in an abusive mannor...
 
I carry multiple knives because I...like....knives. I also can carry multiple knives, and can pretty much carry what I want. There are certain places to use certain knives. I am not going to whip out a concealed Scrapper 5 to cut a thread off of my pants sitting on a park bench. Legal? Sure. Unnecessary? Yep.

Not going to use the SAK Classic on my keychain to slice up lunch or cut up conveyor belts at work.







PayetteRucker said:
Beautiful Koster, Todd. I'll whip my HEST out in public too-and have had sheeple comment negatively on it.
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Uh-huh...
 
I usually carry 2, one SD blade and the other EDC depending.
 
I generally carry two knives all the time, sometimes three.
They're intended to cover all the bases.
First up is a one-hand-opening folder. This one is usually fairly heavy-duty (Benchmade, Spyderco, Emerson, top-end Kershaw or ZT). It takes care of most of the cutting I need to do.
Next in the lineup is a smaller knife, usually a slipjoint. This is for when I have to go from out on the boats/docks back into the office, where my large one-hander might scare some folks. It also stays pretty clean, so it's my food knife as well, making my sandwiches and cutting my hot sopressatta at lunch time.
If I carry a third knife, it's a fixed blade. I don't carry anything as a weapon, so I have no reason to hide it; it's open-carry, on my belt. Usually, I carry one of these in the winter, when I'll be working outside and my hands are either in gloves or numb from the cold, and would have a hard time operating a folder (or getting into my several layers of clothing to produce it in short order).

Make sense?
 
Thanks for all the info. After this thread I'm actually considering carrying two, sticking with my ZT or Emerson and then a smaller folder for when one of those tanks might be a bit of overkill (pant threads and whatnot).
Also wanted to thank all of y'all that understood my question and didn't jump to any conclusions about what kind of person I am. I haven't been a member of this forum for too long, but I am glad that I joined. I've learned a lot from y'all and I know my wife is happier that I have you guys to talk knives with so now I don't talk about knives so much with her...
 
Lately I've ended up carrying 3... until recently though it's only been 2. I tend to carry my Spyderco Police (cause it's too pretty to leave home) along with my Kershaw Leek (does most of my EDC/U tasks) and lately I've had a Gerber Leatherman on my belt as well.
 
Roger999. . .
It was a joke.

I see that you might not be used to people carrying knives, so you ASSume that all I do is try to hurt or scare poeple with them.

I thought I made if fairly clear that it was a joke when I added the ": )". From now on I'll I'll include a warning on the bottom of a post if I meant to add humor.

(This post includes NO humor.)
 
I usually carry 2-3 knives. A folder in my right front pocket, a slip joint in the bottom, and a folder clipped to left front pocket. If the folder I carry in my right front pocket CAN be opened left handed, then I don't carry one in the left pocket. I like knives. I carry the one in my left pocket in case my right hand gets hurt, and I can't use it.
 
I almost always carry 2 knives, a nice knife and a SAK. Usually it is a one hand opener like a Spyderco, and a swiss army knife. The Spydie or Al Mar or Emerson is kept very sharp and only used by me. I carry the SAK for the tools, and to let people use. The tools keep my better knife from being used for inappropriate task, and a SAK is inexspensive if someone loses or breaks it. 2 knives just makes sense.
 
I carry at least 2 most of the time.. One being whatever on hand opener I've happened to pocket that day and usually a Victorinox knife/tool of some sort.. The Victorinox has cutting blades but I don't carry it for them.. I use the one hander for most knife related chores and the Victorinox for everything else. More people should take to carrying a second utility type folder.. It saves on nicked edges and damaged tips.. :)
 
Always two, despite the hysterical reactions my sheeple-colleagues show whenever I use one. As I didn't just make my nick up, I use a lot of pegwood for cleaning out the pivot-holes in the rubies of watches that I service. That pegwood needs to be ultra-fine tipped. They use crappy plastic Stanley-knives, which suddenly makes that OK and me using a -for example- Spyderco Lum, not.

But I'm preaching to the choir here. Glad to be able to bore you with this. ;)

My other knife, always the same Vic, is in the bag I always take with me. I mainly use the scissors and occasionaly the screwdriver - I adjust the idling-revs of my oldtimer Lancia with it from time to time; that's a seasonal thing and needs adjusting a few times a year. The need for this usually occurs while on the road. The bottle-opener comes in handy from time to time, too. :D
 
I generally carry one larger folder like a 710 or an Sng that I use when I am around people who I know are OK with it and one smaller folder like a Queen Whittler or Fallkniven U2 that I use around people I don't know.

Edit: Sorry I guess I normally have three. Those two plus a Leatherman Micra on my keychain.

also in the winter if I have a big jacket on I usually throw my Busse Game Warden or one of my home made knives in it. For no other good reason than I have some extra pockets, so I carry and extra knife... or two.
 
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Since I'm currently in shorts and too lazy to change, how well does a smaller folder (like a BM Auto Presidio) work in a back pocket?
 
Small Sebenza for general slicing
SAK farmer for everything else
 
if I'm carrying two knives, its usually because they are doing different jobs, or one is supporting the other by providing greater convinience.
an example of the first is: I might carry a SAK or small folder along with my mora, for whittling and similar duties.
and an example of the second: when I carry my leatherman, I prefer to also carry a folder or fixed blade, as the blade on the leatherman isn't the easiest or most convinient to deploy, sometimes leading to the situation where getting out and putting away the blade takes longer than the actual job. but for sheer utility the leatherman is great due to the serrated and non-serrated blades, and all the other onboard tools.

of course, most of the time I only carry one, as carrying more may cause issues with the local police (1 can aswell, but explaining multiples is going to be more difficult)
 
I always have at least two. Three if you count the small SAK on my key chain, but the only thing I actually use it for is the thumb drive. I carry a Victorinox soldier and it sees more sunlight than any other knife I have. With my lifestyle I rarely encounter anything more challenging than my mail or a beer bottle. I carry a larger locking folder for the occasional more difficult tasks.
 
canuckBSO said:
I don't carry that many because I think the end of the world is coming, or that I will need to "BUG OUT", or even for my own personal safety. I carry them because I collect them, I have an insatiable compulsion to buy them, and I like to play with them, I give them away as gifts. Lets see you carry that many teddy bears on a daily basis.
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Great post.:thumbup:
 
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