Do your knives have "roles"?

[Comeuppance]

I see a lot of people who have their one knife they use for everything. I remember those days.

I have a fairly established system for my knives - all of them fill a role that others do not, and there is no redundancy.

I have a:
- Main carry knife (Kizer 401B)
- Backup utility knife (carried with main carry) (Kershaw Echelon)
- Around-the-house knife (Cold Steel Tuff Lite)
- All-purpose beater/fun/camping knife (Cold Steel Warcraft Tanto; purchased about an hour ago)
- Backup main carry (Kizer 412A)
- Weatherproof dedicated always-in-backpack knife (Spyderco Pacific Salt)

I also have a vacant spot: Fancy shiny impress-people knife. It's a low priority.

Everything else falls into the fondle, trade, and sell category. What I carry changes depending on my finances and what kinda deals I can find - for example, I may be switching out one of the Kizers for a Mini Onslaught, and I might upgrade the Echelon to a Southard (allowing me to move the Echelon to the house knife role and give away the tuff lite).

 

[cchu518]

Trapper office food knife

Ukpk Knapsack mon to Fri knife

Mini Barlow in my picket all the time knife

Mini presidio combo edge garden

Skyline utility drawer quick grab

Mini grip car knife

Opinel 8 quick grab knife same as skyline.

 

[Blackie Scantling]

Kershaw Kuro - EDC rope, box cutter, fingernail cleaner, Barbeque toothpicker, self defense.

ESEE-4 - Hunting, heavy utility, shtf duties.

Trail Master copy- chopping, hog butchering, showing it off, self defense, shtf w/ all out zombie attack.

 

[three2seven]

Let's see if I can get them all in the right place.

Benchmade 531 for the office

2 Spyderco tenacious (one in the truck and one in the pack)

Spyderco Native for alternated edc

Black Alox Cadet for EDC

Protech TR4 or Spyderco PM2 when I want to feel like a bad ass

Mora Carbon and Opinel #8 in the utilty drawer/tool bag.

And a couple of fixed blades on my packs or in my truck (all Beckers)


Thanks, fun topic!

 

[Hawk45]

All my knives are basic EDC blades and I use them as such, no matter the cost of the individual.

The only time I may grab one over the other based on situation is if I want it to be a secondary defense tool, which isn't all that often honestly.
The other time is if I'm dressing up and need a more discrete and lighter knife.

That's about it.

 

[jc57]

Yes.

General purpose daily carry = SAK Alox Cadet
Home repair projects = Boker WharCom, Spyderco Delica
Food prep knife in lunch bag = Case Slimline Trapper SS
Box opening = Boker KeyCom

 

[Nic S.]

I have 3 dedicated work knives. Spyderco Assist, Benchmade Triage, and a Gerber Hinderer Rescue. Other than that my off duty carry has no rhyme or reason.

 

[HotSteel]

My knives not only have roles, I have it called out in my database: collector, edc, hunting, self defense, survival, utility.

Helps keep me from buying knives I don't have a real purpose for.

 

[bdmicarta]

I have a big batch that I use for EDC weekdays.
I have several that I use for weekend carry.
I have a couple of multitools that I sometimes use for weekend carry.
I just got a Delica that I am trying to carry as a second knife, in case someone wants to borrow it, etc.
I have one knife that I have carried for hunting/fishing trips.
I have a Spyderco Mule that sits on my desk, and a Becker BK11 that hangs above my workbench.

 

[AntDog]

Yep.

EDC - Al Mar Sere 2K /alternating with/ Cold Steel Recon 1 XL (clip point)
Woods/Camp Chopper - Busse Basic 9
Bushcraft/whittling - Allen Blade MEUK
Weekend EDC - one of my smaller fixed blades (right now, Becker BK17)