I have carried a pocket knife since I was seven years old and my older brother gave me his old Barlow knife when he got a Swiss Army knife for Christmas back in 1949. He would have been nearly twelve then. Right now, I am carrying a Spydie Cricket and a BM Osborne 940. Generally, when I am in Washington, DC, I carry aither my BF Native or my C-19 Terzuola Junior Clipit plus the Cricket. When back in Virginia, I usually carry my StarMate or my REKAT Carnivore. Oh, and my keychain has a SOG Crosscut on it. That minitool has at least one small blade on it.
About the only school that did not allow me to carry a pocket knife was my Rat Year at Virginia Military Institute. Nobody could carry knives there.
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Walk in the Light,
Hugh Fuller