City EDC users, give me some ideas on what tasks your knives face on a regular basis

Since I've been in California I mostly use my pocket knives for gardening. I cut things like plant stems and I guess that's about it. I like to stab and cut up June Bugs as well. They're always trying to burrow into my plants root systems to lay eggs. Otherwise, it's the usual stuff, opening packages, envelopes, etc. I did build a figure four trap for my garden using my Vic Farmer and Cold Steel American Lawman. The lawman you might want to check out, it's not a delicate knife, but it is light weight, 3.5" blade, completely ambidextrous and well under $300. The blade is also quite wide and a nice high hollow grind. I would not call the steel (AUS8) top quality, but if all your cutting is paper, twine and plastic you'll pretty much only have to sharpen it once a year.
 
I'm a city-dweller, and on a typical day I use my pocket knife quite a bit. I work with my hands a lot of the time, though, so my situation might be a little different from that of your average metro-couchcommando.

At home:
- opening mail
- cutting rope, string, leather, pet food bags, etc.
- little fix-it jobs around the house

At work:
- stripping wire
- notching/marking/altering woodwork
- cutting rope, string, cable ties, thin wire
- breaking down boxes
- opening electronic parts' packaging
- making my lunch

Hobbies/at my shop:
- carving stuff out of wood
- cutting/trimming leather, cloth, kevlar webbing, rope, string
- marking wood and/or metal for cuts on the power tools or welding
- fixin' smammiches

Camping:
- camping! :D
 
Breakdown boxes
Open mail
Open Blister packs
Open beer bottles
Open can goods
Opening a good Zinfadel to go with my steak
Cut steak
Slice up the last remaining piece of pizza so my kids don't throw a fit
Remove splinters
Remove threads and plastic tag holders on clothes
Pry open kitchen window
Fix battery operated devices
Cut gum out of daughters hair
Scrap gum off everything else
Clean out meat stuck in between teeth
Carry plasic grocery bags with milk jugs in them
Clean out the windshield wiper holes when gunked up or frozen

All done with my Victorinox Compact, can be found for under $30.:)
 
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