do you use your traditional knife on the job?

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I use my Queen Gunstock in D2 for everything on the construction site minus cutting sheet rock. I was just wondering, how do you guys use your knives?
 
i'm construction ( electrical ) too. use a schrade 340T for cutting open boxes, shrink wrap, stripping wire, AND sheet rock. BTW , whats in sheet rock , that makes it rust up a knife so quick?
 
I've got a white collar-type job, so my edc's see only light duty opening packages, food containers, and very light work. They actually see heavier use at home than at work.
 
Don't tell the principal, superintendent or board of education, but I bring a knife to work every day. Opening envelopes and boxes is the most I'll ask of it there, but it beats safety scissors!
 
I've lost and ruined so many knives at work I now often use stone flakes (I work granite) to hack shrink wrap and twine etc. Occasionally I still carry a folder for trimming conduit etc.
 
I am in the same boat as Foilist. For the most part they see heavier use when I am not at work.
Of late I have been rotating between these two on weekdays.
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Kerry (and Tony) would be proud. No purses, but they do ride in an otherwise empty pocket. ;)
 
I have an office job too, so for me I'm usually carrying a medium stockman or small jackknife.

I use them primarily for cutting the plastic bands on cartons of computer paper or opening cardboard boxes. I keep a Marjaq folder ( like an Opinel) on my desk just for cutting food.

My knives also get more of a workout at home, I find the multi blade stock pattern to be the best around the house and yard. I use the sheepfoot blade the most.
 
I am a farmer and tend to use a knife often most every day.

Usually carry three:thumbup:
 
PB Wilson said:
Don't tell the principal, superintendent or board of education, but I bring a knife to work every day. Opening envelopes and boxes is the most I'll ask of it there, but it beats safety scissors!
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I also work at a school; I've used my knife or a multitool to cut/fix any number of little things and I've never had a problem, although at a previous school a woman saw me in the break room poking holes in the cover of microwave meal with a CASE PEANUT and said I reminded her of Norman Bates in Psycho. If I had been a quicker thinker, I would have pointed at the chef's knife on the counter and said THAT was what was used in Psycho.
 
I work construction as well (Glazier). Not a day goes by where my knife isn't put to use somehow. I use it for cutting shims when installing door and window frames. (Much nicer to look at than the typical razor blades most carry at work). Rubber setting blocks are used when installing glass lites in openings. It seems they never send out enough, so they get cut in half. Boxes need opening. Rope needs cutting because some people just don't know the basic, simple knots needed to keep cargo safe and secure. Apples and oranges and the occasional onion need cutting. Soemtimes even the sandwich gets cut if I'm not quite hungry for the whole thing. One guy commented on how sharp my Boker stag 7474 stockman was when he cut a sliver of onion. "You can get a knife that sharp? That's sharper than my razor blade!" was his comment. So yea, I try to use it daily for work and at home, too. What's the point of carrying it if you are not going to use it?:D
 
I work around a lot nasty people and the boss won't let me use my knive in the performance of my job LOL>.
 
I use mine alot at work for mostly opening cardboard boxed and breaking them down for the dumpster. It sees other duties at work as well like cutting bulk hose, but cardboard makes up the better percentage.

I work as a parts specialist at an auto parts store and everybody carries a knife there, mostly the very cheap one handed tacticals, but my manager carries a Case Slimline Trapper. It is nice to work where knives aren't just accepted but required:). Heck, right now it is nice just to have work:(.
 
I use my Case swayback to open blister packaging for customers. Best knife for the task I've seen yet. :thumbup:
 
When working on the drill rig as a mudlogger I used my knife (AG Russell Hunters Scalpel) every day - mostly opening coffee packets. Sometimes for minor electrical repairs too.

Now I work at a small research company in the geophysical division, and I use my pocketknife (Old Timer 34OT) much more - opening boxes, shaving plastic, electrical. Tomorrow I'm headed into an underground coal mine - I'll be switching back to the Hunters Scalpel since it has a lanyard.
 
Hello, I've been here for a few months now reading and learning a lot, figure I might as well start joining in the conversations :) I work in receiving for a hotel/casino where I live and I use my knives all day long. I had a couple of schrades 885UH and a 510T I used for 15 years and now for the last two years or so I switched to a buck 112 and 301. They do everything from cutting bands, boxes, cardboard etc to cutting fruits and vegetables for quality checks on a daily basis.
 
I work in an office environment so I just use it to open up boxes and plastic wrap. At home I use it for yard work, sheath making and sometimes to make other knives.

-frank
 
I guess I am the lucky one here. I get payed to play with knives everyday. I work in the print industry where knives are pretty much part of the culture, just about everyone carries a knife.
My big one's are 45 inches long and can turn a ream of your computer paper into post-it note size in a few seconds. All our equipment has some kind of cutting capability, whether it's rotary cutting, scissor or flat bed. I have been at it 30+ years, so the amount of cutting I have done would probably fill a small city.

OBTW, half of that junk you get in tomorrows paper likely passed through my hands.:eek:
 
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I work in building maintenance, so my knives get used a lot. Hardly a day goes by without something to cut, whether it is a loose carpet fiber or a bathroom floor worth of old underlayment.

As for what is in sheetrock that rusts a blade so fast, I believe the gypsum attracts and holds moisture. It may have other things in there to promote corrosion as well.
 
I use mine non stop at work, which requires 2 knives for me. A sak and a buck with a pocket clip or whichever brand it may be for the day. My pocket clip knives take a beating since I do asphalt. So I use the knives in there regular tasks cutting etc, but they also become scrapers getting cooled off asphalt off of my boots, shovels, tools , and sometimes the paver itself.- Joel
 
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