Corporate/office pocket knifes (Traditional knives only please)

[mudguard]

I am very curious about who works at a formal setting in here. If you do, what pocket knife do you take with you to work in business casual or suit and tie work environments?

Photos are coming and would obviously be preferred in responses.

Today I have a Sak pioneer since my slacks have a perfect pocket inside my right front pocket for it. Other days a case peanut comes along.

 

[arizonaranchman]

How can you beat a Peanut or similar? They even come with "friendly" colorful scales.

 

[Peregrin]

I wore a suit daily most of my working life. The little Ohta in the middle of this group is the size of a peanut. The second from the right is just a tad bigger. Either of these single bladed knives disappeared in my pocket. I didn't do much more then open mail, cut an occasional apple or cut an errant thread. I'd think a single blade peanut would do the same.

Actually all of the knives pictured found their way into my suit pants pocket at one time or the other. Largest is 3 1/2".

I haven't walked out the door without a knife in my pocket since I was 10 years old. I wasn't going to let a suit stop me.

 

[pinnah]

I try hard to avoid situations demanding dress slacks. When that can't be avoided, I like flat knives. My predefered carry an old Schrade 5OT and Micra.


image by Pinnah, on Flickr

 

[Sonnemann]

An Alox Minichamp works as the ultimate unobtrusive keychain knife for me in an office/professional setting. Most people can't even tell it's on my keychain, and if I cut something with it I believe most people are assuming I'm using my keys to do so (an astonishingly common practice!) Otherwise it's a GEC Conductor or Esquire, Case Peanut or Senator, or other wee patterns.

P.S. Gary, that represents all my hopes, dreams, and desires expressed in one image of STAG

 

[johnwaynesandw]

The Northfield White Owl is the knife I have set aside for church carry. I would think it would nice in the office as well. Small enough not to raise an eye unless they are looking for something to nag about. If that is the case it does not matter how small of a knife it is. It's big enough that works fine for food prep or anything else one may need a knife for during the day. The single back spring makes it thin and easy to carry in dress pants.

 

[Primble]

I haven't walked out the door without a knife in my pocket since I was 10 years old. I wasn't going to let a suit stop me.

Made my day Gary - and so did getting to see that fabulous row of knives! :thumbup:

P.S. - After a bit of instruction, I was allowed a "rather dull one" when I was 8 years old. Times change.

and I carried a little stag Case XX Eisenhower in my work pants pocket for many years.

 

[Markesharp]

Those are nice Gary. If that is a checkbook they are pictured on, it gives a good perspective of the size of that Ohta. Not many custom slip joint makers build the small frame knives. Thanks for sharing. :thumbup:

 

[Peregrin]

Made my day Gary - and so did getting to see that fabulous row of knives! :thumbup:

P.S. - After a bit of instruction, I was allowed a "rather dull one" when I was 8 years old. Times change.

and I carried a little stag Case XX Eisenhower in my work pants pocket for many years.

Thanks, Primble. I'm glad I made somebody's day!

Those are nice Gary. If that is a checkbook they are pictured on, it gives a good perspective of the size of that Ohta. Not many custom slip joint makers build the small frame knives. Thanks for sharing. :thumbup:

Thanks. That's a 7" tablet they are sitting on. The largest knife is 3.5". Mr. Ohta does a nice job on the little ones. I understand, from some of the makers that post here, that the little ones are hard to make.

 

[JustinR]

As a federal employee I wear slacks and a button down shirt daily (no tie though, I hate wearing them). I carry everything from a peanut to a 4 1/4" stockman.

I am not supposed to have anything that locks but I occasionally slip one of my CSC pinch lockbacks into my pocket too.

 

[jc57]

Victorinox silver Alox Cadet. Flat, light, classy looking, and has other useful tools.

 

[2Dead]

Once I got a GEC #33, it was pretty much the only one I carried . I've carried peanuts, small stockmans, mini trappers, half congress', nearly 4" single blade trappers, etc before the #33 and sometimes switched it up after the #33 but pretty much always went back to the #33.

I did also carry a Vic Cadet or Bantam but didn't usually need the other tools so I stopped in favor of a Vic Manager on my keys (carried a Classic SD before that).

 

[Dale Gribble]

Dress Slacks and Button up shirts for me, too. Opinel #6 Carbon, Opinel 8s, Opinel 7s, a variety of Vic SAKs-Spartan, Tinker, Explorer, Cadet, Case Mini Trapper, Case Slimline Trapper, Case Peanut, Full Sized Case Yellow CV Trapper, and today is a Case Yellow CV Sodbuster. Opinels have kind of spoiled me in that I can get a lot of blade with just a little bit of weight, but all of these are more than adequate.

 

[oldrifleman]

Work has a sub-3" blade rule and some around me are a little blade adverse. I also carry at least one knife everyday that I am not traveling through airports. My normal ones are one of my peanuts (Hampton, Russsell, Case, Northwoods), Northwoods Norfolk (either 2 or 3 blade), Swayback (GEC, Case, Dowell). Normally most hear knife and think I have one of the tacticool ones and when I pull out a Stag or Ivory slip joint they are always relieved. Steven

 

[inheritthefire]

GEC #47 in Ebony Wood. She's a bit more pocket worn now than in this picture...

It's accompanied by a modern, but that is my traditional for the office.

 

[Stencil Jr.]

I carry a GEC pemberton when I wear suits or odd trousers/sport coats. In general, I think something small and elegant, in mother of pearl or abalone or ebony, is the way to go.

 

[VictorLouis]

.. I have a Sak pioneer since my slacks have a perfect pocket inside my right front pocket for it. Other days a case peanut comes along.

Those are two of the fineset options you can have. I don't mind using my 3.25" stockman pattern, or my red cellidor SAK, and neither seems to raise eyebrows here at work.

 

[Halfneck]

During my time in a Cube Farm I rotated between my Case Peanut, Case Medium Jack, GEC Pemberton, or a Victorinox Compact.

 

[kamagong]

I started carrying slipjoints for the simple fact that my Spyderco Military looked out of place clipped to a pair of dress slacks. It took a while, but I've settled on single blade knives. This one is my EDC.

It might be a bit large for some, but that's more personal preference than anything. I don't even notice this knife when it's nestled next to my wallet.

Get something that you are comfortable carrying, that's pretty, and is permitted under corporate policy. Everything else is a matter of taste.

- Christian

 

[Berkley]

During the decades when I had to wear the professional uniform, I carried a fancy pen knife with a bail, attached to keys and a minilight.

The little Boker pearl/abalone or Case amber jigged bone with scissors were lightweight, useful, and attractive enough to draw only expressions of admiration.
Now that I'm retired and freed from the need to wear a suit daily, my new Case Bose teardrop jack is my main EDC, with one of the keyring knives only as a backup.