EDC XIII Which knife or knives are you carrying today?

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Knowing I had a lot of cleanup to do in the sheetmetal shop today and that there'd be lots of substantial boxes to cut down along the way, I needed something sturdy and slicey, so grabbing the my work user Turtle from the Shiro drawer was an easy decision. I never did get to my copper project, but got some figuring done and fought back all the mess in the shop.

I got a lot of that cardboard, random basement burnables, and some of our wood scrap haul into the heating fireplace that loads down there to get the shell more warmed up as the temps will drop overnight with maybe some slushy snow showing up by morning.

I got outside for some knife pics later in the afternoon as the rain had let up on this windy, dark, wet, but still rather warm day with the incoming weather all up from the south.

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ChazzyP said:
Knowing I had a lot of cleanup to do in the sheetmetal shop today and that there'd be lots of substantial boxes to cut down along the way, I needed something sturdy and slicey, so grabbing the my work user Turtle from the Shiro drawer was an easy decision. I never did get to my copper project, but got some figuring done and fought back all the mess in the shop.

I got a lot of that cardboard, random basement burnables, and some of our wood scrap haul into the heating fireplace that loads down there to get the shell more warmed up as the temps will drop overnight with maybe some slushy snow showing up by morning.

I got outside for some knife pics later in the afternoon as the rain had let up on this windy, dark, wet, but still rather warm day with the incoming weather all up from the south.

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Beautiful knife. I wouldve left that one warm and safe at home and used a Kershaw to do the work lol
 
ChazzyP said:
that there'd be lots of substantial boxes to cut down along the way, I needed something sturdy and slicey, so grabbing the my work user Turtle from the Shiro drawer was an easy decision.
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1 question ... please forgive me ... ☹️
for the cardboard ... y use one of your good knives on it? 😳
wouldn't a box/utility knife like a Stanely with replaceable blades be better?
Cardboard is hard on any knife with all the sand ("silica") and other contaminates in it.
Why dull a good knife, then lose blade steel sharpening it back up?
A box of 100 Stanely blades costs a lot less than a new good knife. Heck, Ten boxes of 100 Stanely blades would still be under $100 (USD).

I always used a box cutter on cardboard and most other nasty jobs (scoring and cutting drywall, for example) saving my "good" knives for less destructive tasks.
 
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afishhunter said:
1 question ... please forgive me ... ☹️
for the cardboard ... y use one of your good knives on it? 😳
wouldn't a box/utility knife like a Stanely with replaceable blades be better?
Cardboard is hard on any knife with all the sand ("silica") and other contaminates in it.
Why dull a good knife, then lose blade steel sharpening it back up?
A box of 100 Stanely blades costs a lot less than a new good knife. Heck, Ten boxes of 100 Stanely blades would still be under $100 (USD).

I always used a box cutter on cardboard and most other nasty jobs (scoring and cutting drywall, for example) saving my "good" knives for less destructive tasks.
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Well for me, and I'm sure I'm not the only one, the whole idea of having a nice knife is so that I can carry and use it at work (and anywhere else) so that I do not have to use a boring box cutter. Actually carrying and using my knives is part of the fun, enjoyment, and fascination of the knife hobby for me. If I didn't need a knife at work, and couldn't use it, I would probably not be in the knife game at all.

I do need a knife at work, and I do use my nice ones, because it brings a little pleasure into a long and sometimes mundane work week.

Yes, cardboard can be rough on a knife edge, but seriously, I have knives that I have owned for years and they are not anywhere close to needing replacement due to loss of steel from sharpening. A quick honing or stropping is all it usually takes. I very seldom have to do a full on re-sharpening just from normal daily use.
 
ebidis said:
Well for me, and I'm sure I'm not the only one, the whole idea of having a nice knife is so that I can carry and use it at work (and anywhere else) so that I do not have to use a boring box cutter. Actually carrying and using my knives is part of the fun, enjoyment, and fascination of the knife hobby for me. If I didn't need a knife at work, and couldn't use it, I would probably not be in the knife game at all.

I do need a knife at work, and I do use my nice ones, because it brings a little pleasure into a long and sometimes mundane work week.

Yes, cardboard can be rough on a knife edge, but seriously, I have knives that I have owned for years and they are not anywhere close to needing replacement due to loss of steel from sharpening. A quick honing or stropping is all it usually takes. I very seldom have to do a full on re-sharpening just from normal daily use.
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Well said!!!👍👍👍
 
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