Did someone say rule #9?

If someone watches the news at all, it is not that uncommon for something like this to happen. There was the lady in Boston I think, that stumbled on an esculator and her scarf tangled and choked her. By standers tried pulling the scarf free to no avail. Nobody had a knife to cut it, so she choked to death by the time rescue personal got there. Then there was the video of the man trapped in the burning car, and some off duty firemen were trying to get him out. They were yelling for someone with a knife, and lucky for the trapped man, someone did have a knife and they got him out. Hey, it happens.

In the winter of 1991, early on a Saturday morning on route 26 in Frederick Maryland, where it joins Route 15, I had to crawl into an overturned Datsun sedan that rolled because the lady was driving like a maniac and hit black ice. It was a scary experience, but with her weight hanging on the seat belt, I couldn't push with enough force to get it to release. I had to cut it with my Buck stockman. It got the job done, but I thought that it was lucky I had a knife. There was no way I could get her out without one.

Things like this make me wonder if the rest of society is brain dead. Most times, you can go through a wholle day, or even a week, with no real need of a knife. But when you need one, nothing else will do. Even a little key chain sak will do. Yet people refuse to carry even a small pen knife. I will never get it.

Carl.
 
I think brain dead is putting it very nicely, I can think of more than a few more suitable words for it, but they aren't for General. :D
 
Yeah, sad stuff. At least I take comfort in the knowledge that I'm the one with the knife ALWAYS, and I don't have to rely on someone else if the need ever arises.
 
Georgia Guy said:
People call me crazy all the time but I ALWAYS have a knife on me. Great find philwar.
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Thank you. These days, I usually have three: my EDC, my multitool and even a Toollogic+firesteel (the latter two in my Maxpedition manpurse :o)
 
That's a sad story, read it on here and JD. This is why I always have, and always will have something sharp on me. Weather it's my ZT-300 or a little Spyderco Bug on my keychain. Better to not need it and have it, then to not have it and need it.
 
I never leave home without something sharp. Actually with 3 things sharp, when you include my Juice II. The majority of people just don't get it!!:(
 
Sad story, Thanks for sharing Phil. Makes the point crystal clear that having a knife of some kind can save a life. As Jackknife said, even something as small as a key-chain SAK.
 
I feel naked if I don't have a knife on me.It's like leaving without my wallet. There are times when I have forgotten to grab a knife and I get out the door, but I am compelled to go back and get one because I fear that one time when I need one and don't have it.
 
No seat belt buckle is too hot for me to save an 11 month old. I've pulled bits of bacon out of raging fires, I'd happily pull a baby out and lose my hands. I know I know, I've never been in the situation. But I care more about a baby than a piece of bacon, and I've been burnt for bacon without thinking twice.

Though I'd probably just cut the seat belt with one of my three knives.
 
KNaB said:
I feel naked if I don't have a knife on me.It's like leaving without my wallet. There are times when I have forgotten to grab a knife and I get out the door, but I am compelled to go back and get one because I fear that one time when I need one and don't have it.
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I've gotten out of the house without my wallet more times than without a knife. I've found I had a knife when I was trying to leave them all at home (keychain Ladybug). Drives my girlfriend nuts at times, although she is pretty resigned to it by now.
 
I always have a knife on me and I am concious to this fact. When traveling by plane I feel naked along with the mass of other naked folks on board and do not feel right until I retrieve a folder or two from my bag when it arrives in the luggage pickup.
 
I have cut all sorts of stuff at auto crashes. Everything from seat belts to airbags to bumpers.

Even my wife has a small SAK on her keychain. I always carry at least two knives off duty and at least three on duty.

God help those that had to witness that. I can attest that crashes that involve fire are very gruesome....even for experienced cops.

Not too long ago, we had one where a girl had her leg trapped in the mangled floorboard of her car. The bystanders and rescue personnel fought like hades to get her out but they weren't able to before the fire conumed her.

I have always wondered if I could manage to cut someone free of something like that. I would guess that an amputation would be better than meeting such a horrible fate. Sure hope I never have to make that decision.
 
More recently I've thought that having a battery powered angle grinder in your car would be a good idea. Just in case you want to fold the roof up on someone else's crash.

A couple of months ago when I was 45 minutes into a 3 hour drive, I realized I didn't have a knife on me. I could feel the grim reaper in the back seat, taunting me "if you crash you'll never get out". So I stop at a supermarket to look for knives. Thank goodness the Buck Vantage is pretty readily available, and saved me from buying some piece of junk. I carried the knife for less than a day (then gave it away) just because I can't stand to go without, even for just a few hours.
 
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