Carrying a larger folder and smaller fixed blade: how and why ?

[Danny Linguini]

A good stout mechanical pencil can be a last ditch makeshift weapon

A nice pen will do in a pinch, too (not for the faint of heart). Come on, you had to know where this would end up.

 

[oldmanwilly]

Idk, I like this large folder and I like this small fixed. The Voyager carries nicely in my front pocket and the Grimalkin practically disappears on my belt when carried horizontally in the 11 o'clock position. That's about as much thought as I put into it.



Sometimes I like to carry a smaller folder and a larger fixed, depending on what I plan to do on a given day and where I plan to do it. But on most days I just roll with my gut feeling and the above combo felt right for today.

 

[Drop bear]

Reading some posts here, idealize that i lead a very quiet life in a very controlled environment. I have rarely felt the need to defend myself in public. Guess I have just aged-out of excitement.

Anyone carrying a mechanical pencil with a stout stabbing rod in it instead of writing lead? Used to be something called an "Urban Survival Pencil" . . .

Your average pen is actually quite stabby without having to get very specialised at all.

 

[VorpelSword]

The product I was seeing back around 2007-'08 was an ordinary mechanical pencil that had been modified to deploy a sharpened steel spike instead of writing lead.

I called it a shirt pocket ice pick.

 

[ferider]

A pen/pencil won't cut Neither of the one or two knives that I usually carry have defensive purposes. So let's go back to practical / non-tactical considerations, please.

 

[c7m2p3]

It is definitely an ease of carry thing. I have a bradford guardian 3 that I really like especially if I know I am going to be doing something fairly messy...no issue if I am out grilling to use a knife like that to cut up some raw meat it is far easier to just rinse and move along without worrying about the issues involved with getting gunk in the pivot or on the lock face of my folder.

I have heard others also do this for the purpose of keeping one of the knives super sharp and use the other for all the utility things. I myself don't really do this but I can't dispute the logic. Need to break down cardboard? Just use the small fixed knife with a working edge rather than taking a freshly polished m390 folder edge to it.

Others have said (and I don't subscribe to this im just the messenger) that they can use a small fixed blade as a scraper, pry bar, screw driver, etc. Some "hard use" things that dont really involve batoning the spine but likewise you wouldn't want to use a thinner, fragile, possibly more expensive folding knife for. Again, not my argument but one that I have heard for the smaller fixed blade and larger folder.

 

[P.C.E.]

Today's carry and another combo by one of my personal favorites...