Ever Known Anyone to Carry Just One Knife?

Me!

When I loves in the UK I was, due to silly laws, restricted in knife carry. Thus, I EDCd a Victorinox Cadet for about three years. Great little piece, in all honesty it did most things as well as my current, larger and more intricate knives. Some things (like opening cans) it did much better.
 
I have EDCed a Victorionox Huntsman model for 3 years. I own lots of knives. But l carry only.one with me at a time. Before that l used to carry an Imperial Ireland Camper 1095 carbon steel friction folder. For the last couple of months l used to EDC a fully serrated VG-10 Spyderco HARPY but l found out eventually that the knife is very un suitable for whittling wood carving and butchering game ( which is a very important factor to me. From then inwards l have gone back too carrying the Swiss Army knife first mentioned.
 
Always have my Spyderco Delica ZDP189 on me and most of the time 2 other Knives.** Most other people I know also carry at least 2 Knives or more and some more than over-do it.!!^
 
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It's funny how most posts mention their father. My dad has carried a little Beretta ultralight (I believe that's the model name). It had a skeletonized blade that I thought looked so cool as a kid. Anyway he carried that and the leatherman micra for as long as I can remember
 
I know a lot of guys that don't carry at all. I use to be one of those guys. Now I have worked my way to carrying three on some days. A GEC# 06 in my pocket everyday. And I rotate a pocket clip knife; most days a small Sebenza. And an Esee Candiru on my backpack. My mother divorced when I was two, so my dad was never around. Hard for my dad to be around since he was in the Airforce. I don't know for sure, but he probably carried a EDC. Sure that would have rubbed off on me.
 
My dad only ever carries a sak, after his old one got worn out I got him a new one for his birthday. One day he went to the court house building for some kind of small task and he remembered they would take his knife away at the door, so insted of walking all the way back to the truck he buried it in a planter outside the building, it was of course "found" by one of the many people around there. I got him another one though haha. He still will not be swayed to carry anything other than a sak but I still try from time to time.
 
A buddy of mine carried a kershaw blackout for years until he lost it. He then bought another one.

I've been carrying a custom mini grip forever now, but I change it up with a spyderco Gayle Bradley/Manix2 sometimes. To me, the mini grip is a perfect edc unless you need a bigger tool for a bigger job.
 
My father, when not off in a war zone, carried a case pocket knife. He said he had carried it since before he enlisted, 1944. I assume he carried it most of his life when not getting shot at. During those times I think he carried what was issued, but think he carried an issued Randall in Vietnam. He told me one night that after two tours in Nam he received his travel orders to come home. He said he hopped a Huey into Saigon from his base camp in the delta, stopped, showered, and flew out of country. When I asked him what he did with his weapons, thought maybe he kept one and I could sneak a peek, he simply told me he left them there. No other answer was ever given. I could only assume he was done with any form of violence or reminder of such as I never saw him carry anything but keys in his pocket. If he were still alive I imagine he would have been a Spydie man. Lol
 
I had some after school jobs as a youth and I remember seeing farmers pulling out a small folder now and then. I remember one distinctly when I drove a tractor to unload apples. It was slender, looked like brown bone scales, and had a couple of blades. I also remember thinking that the main blade was quite worn down. Then in my own journey I went from small folders to big fixed blades\machetes etc. Now I am back down to smaller knives once again. Funny how things can go full circle. I still like big blades now and then, but I predominantly carry a smaller folder day to day. I have a splitting axe in the trunk and a plain Jane Mora in the glove box with fire starting materials, so I don't worry much about back up tools. I believe in redundancy outdoors because houses can be few and far between if feeling hypothermic.
 
I managed two straight years when I got my cpm m4 military. Even though I had a handful of spyderco knives, a Kershaw, sak, opinel, etc... The military was all I wanted.

Also managed a year straight with my first spyderco, the native.
 
I'm headed on my second year with my Spyderco Native 5. Brief interruptions but it always comes back.
 
killgar said:
I've carried the same folder for the past six years (Bradley Alias). I have other brands of folders (Benchmade, Al Mar, Spyderco, Buck) but the Alias is one of my favorites and at $300 my most expensive, so I want to be sure to get my money's worth out of it. Aside from my Al Mar SERE and a Buck 110 I've had for over thirty years, I'm not really all that fond of my other folders.
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Very interesting post killgar, thanks very much.

I wanted to ask, how has your Buck 110 held up over the past +30 years? Any noticeable difference in the blade due to all that sharpening, or not really? I read a story once, in BLADE I think, a guy carrying one daily as a sort of "folding boot knife" had it filed down to a very thin, pin-like blade... whether from so much sharpening or intentionally I can't recall.
 
I have carried my SnG Tanto since the day I got it and haven't touched any other knives of mine since. I've been working on selling most of my knives that are worth 50+ dollars, except for a backup or two like my FRN Native and a couple sentimental knives. I do plan on future purchases, I just purchased two of the Kershaw Emersons, but I doubt they will get much edc time.

So I guess for me, it wasn't until I found the perfect knife and now I feel wierd edcing any others.
 
Razdrazchelloveck said:
I have carried my SnG Tanto since the day I got it and haven't touched any other knives of mine since. I've been working on selling most of my knives that are worth 50+ dollars, except for a backup or two like my FRN Native and a couple sentimental knives. I do plan on future purchases, I just purchased two of the Kershaw Emersons, but I doubt they will get much edc time.

So I guess for me, it wasn't until I found the perfect knife and now I feel wierd edcing any others.
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Understandable. Why change what is perfect for you?
 
I carried a Puma lockback which was just a tad smaller than the Buck 110 for about 10 years from junior high through college, back in the day when a boy carrying a knife wasn't seen as odd, threatening or illegal. Assuming of course, you didn't do anything, odd, threatening, or illegal with it. I think I had 3 knives then, that Puma, a Victorinox Spartan (or something similar from Vic) and a Schrade Sharpfinger. I then wore that Schrade on my belt day-in, day-out when I worked for a nursery / landscaping outfit after college and before grad school.
 
pinkpearl8130 said:
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I'd like to see the wear on the Alias and 25. Anyway you could post a pic? :)
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Aside from some light scratches on the handles of the Alias, and some wear in the black finish of the Wilson, there really isn't much wear to see. I appreciate your interest, but I find posting pics to be a pain in the butt (first I have to find where my girlfriend put the camera, then the battery probably needs charging, take pic, upload pic onto computer, upload pic to Photobucket, transfer pic to Bladeforums). Too much work for this lazy guy on his day off ;).
 
RedLynx said:
Very interesting post killgar, thanks very much.

I wanted to ask, how has your Buck 110 held up over the past +30 years? Any noticeable difference in the blade due to all that sharpening, or not really? I read a story once, in BLADE I think, a guy carrying one daily as a sort of "folding boot knife" had it filed down to a very thin, pin-like blade... whether from so much sharpening or intentionally I can't recall.
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One of the things I like about the 110 is the ultra-thin edge. Not only is it great for slicing things like leather (what I mainly use it for), but it's also easy to resharpen. Just a few strokes on a hone and it's ready to go again. I'm sure the edge is further back in the blade from when I first got it, but not having a side-by-side comparison with a new 110 it's hard to tell just how much of the blade is gone. It doesn't look like too much is gone though, I've always been a light sharpener.

Over the years the pivot has loosened a few times, but a few well placed whacks with a ballpeen hammer at the pivot tightened it back up. The lockup is still rock solid.
 
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