EDC XIII Which knife or knives are you carrying today?

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Today's been a Spyderco Saturday with the first of the 3 PM2's I've purchased. The second became part of a matching set of black-bladed Digicam knives--Millie, Para2, & Para3--with the first 2 having been sold off and the PM3 being gifted to my son. Incidentally, he broke the tip off that one, so I reground it down for him, making it perhaps the world's first PM4

Not that long ago I bought a CruCarta PM2 so I have that and this one now. I've always liked the compression lock and the functional aspects of the Para2's, but this knife, with it's original black G10 scales, always seemed kinda meh to me until I invested in this RGT fluted Ti set which has totally transformed it for me as well as making it a great companion for my fluted Ti Millie, a long-time personal favorite. I'm fine with both those Ti knives having S30V blades as I've learned to get that steel to excellent and reasonably durable sharpness without great effort and the knives are good in hand, wicked slicey, extremely handsome, and plenty smooth--especially the Millie--with sweet action.

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As I've had it out since starting this post, I figured I'd give the Millie a little screen time too, so I popped out for some pics of the two knives together and will add this one as well.

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Wasatch11253 said:
Sprint S45vn, bleached hardware, skiffs installed.

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I have the 841 Sprint Pro in S45VN and marbled CF and it is fantastic! I do like your hardware more than my black hardware, although the black isn't bad next to the CF.

yamsi12 said:
They allowed you to take a knife on a cruise? I used to be able to take a knife 10+ years ago but not anymore.
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Norwegian will allow me to take up to a 4" blade on my cruise this September.
 
Zippo2 said:
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That's great, but WHERE CAN I FIND THAT HANKIE TO BUY? 😃

Zeroedin said:
It was buried deep in my “checked” suitcase, which has never posed a problem flying….so I assumed it would get aboard the ship with no issues. In hindsight, it would make sense that the cruise line would ban knives….but I’m so used to traveling with this one it didn’t really cross my mind while packing.

Now, when I inadvertently disembarked with the knife in my pocket (at our first port) it occurred to me that I might have an issue getting it back aboard. Surprisingly, however, I simply set it in the x-ray bin atop my wallet and alongside my phone….and nobody questioned it. It was in a carry pouch, for what it’s worth. Over the course of 8 days I never had an issue coming or going with it.

The fixed blade I purchased was confiscated immediately though. They said something like “we need to see the blade please”, and when I unwrapped it I think it was the length of the sheath/blade that came into play. My guess is that it’s all dependent on the size of the blade and that the small 31 measures in just below the limit.

Something I found really interesting is that knives are one of the top selling souvenirs sold in Alaska. I wouldn’t have guessed that.
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Norwegian Cruise Line has a 4" blade limit on knives brought on board. The steak knives in the dining room are probably longer than that.
 
Zeroedin said:
So bear with me here. After 8 days in Alaska I’ve got a few knife and scenery pics….and no one else to really share them with (particularly the knife photos). Figured I’d start posting a few (in no particular order) to kinda make up for the 12 days I missed.

Keep in mind it isn’t easy to just whip out a knife aboard a “family friendly” cruise ship; seems a lot of folks don’t take too kindly to it. Lol, I’m honestly not sure how I even made it through security getting on and off the ship every day. I picked up a small custom fixed-blade by an Alaskan maker and security confiscated it as I came back aboard the ship that day. Had to wait until the end of the cruise to retrieve it. No problems with the small 31 though, go figure.

Also keep in mind I’m a rank amateur who takes all his pics with a 4-year old iPhone.

Anyway, just wanted to share a few of these over the upcoming days. Apologies for the excessive pics….but if you know me at all you know posting in moderation just ain’t my thing, lol.

Edit: for reference and scale, that glacier in the last pic is 600 feet tall. Unreal.

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Some great shots! It looks like you got some decent weather for your cruise too. I hear you about sharing knife pictures. I would imagine a lot of us are in a similar place in our lives where we can't exactly enthusiastically talk about knives or share pictures of them with most of the people in our daily lives, but you have us as your knife family now.
JOELSM said:
I know it’s a bit over the top, but my wife picked this WH out for me on our “Silver Anniversary” 1 year ago today. Never imagined I’d own an “art knife” like this. Carried only on special days, and today met the requirement. It is a beauty.


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Damn, but that is some nice seamless medieval patterning style on that handle.
 
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