How many knives do you carry and why?

I carry 2 knives. While working, usually an Emerson CQC-10 (Strong-side) & always a HAK on my weak-side. Off-duty, usually a lg. reg. Sebenza &, again, the HAK on my weak-side. I do have a multi-tool handy, but it'll be in my vehicle &/or my bag (In my vehicle).
 
For work, I carry my ZT 0650 in front right, sometimes with either a kershaw leek or OD-1 in either my left arm pocket (ACU's) or left ankle/calf pocket. then i have my leatherman charge on my belt. When i am out strolling on base or off in the ville, I still have my ZT on me with my leek or OD-1 in my back left. So normally, I have 2 knives. The zt for size, coolness factor, and it is freaking razor sharp. then the leek or the OD for smaller tasks. It is a little more conservative! And the leatherman because you never know when you need a screwdriver, pliers, or any of the many other tools offered on one of these things!
 
Usually a Leatherman TTi in my backpack and a slipjoint or small folder in my pocket. And on my days off often a fixed blade on my belt.

Slipjoint or small folder as a small cutter because that's often all I need.

Multitool in case I have to fix something or need pliers/saw/drivers etc.

Fixed blade....well because I can and I like to carry something I made or someone else made for me.
 
For the past five-or-so months, I've carried a Victorinox Super Tinker in my left-front jeans pocket and a rotating primary folder clipped to my right-front pocket. I also have a Leatherman Juice CS4 and a Vic MiniChamp in my backpack.

The primary folder rotates between my Benchmade 943, Kershaw Skyline, Spyderco Delica, Rescue 79mm, UKPK, and Dragonfly2. It's used when a cutting task warrants a larger knife, or when it's easier for me to deploy a one-hand-opening blade. I carry the SAK primarily to use around NKP/knife-phobic folks, though the bottle opener and scissors have come in handy. It is also my loaner blade. The Juice is my go-to multi-tool, and it comes in especially handy when I am disassembling computers at my tech-support job. The MiniChamp is my SHTF backup blade, just in case all else fails.
 
Usually 2.

A public friendly Case small toothpick in blue bone and a waved 4"-5" locking beast of a folder for fun/work/SD. Occasionally I'll also carry a custom fixed blade on my belt.

Today's knives:

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Almost always a Custom Buck 110 and sometimes I will add a second folder...because I can.
 
On work days:
- Folder for defensive carry, usually a Cold Steel Recon 1 Tanto but lately a ZT 0200
- Cold Steel Rajah III just cus its smaller and so dam cool....don't really use it....backup defensive carry for left hand
- Kabar ZK Kharon (tanto folder) for small cutting tasks like for cardboard and packages...my most used knife
- Leatherman Wave...I use its knife blade when around "sensitive" people so they can see its just a multitool
- Leatherman Micra (in Maxpedition pocket organizer)
- Victorinox Alox Farmer (in Maxpedition)
- Kershaw Scamp (in Maxpedition)....just lately



I knows it a bit overkill...but why the hell not? I like knives, so I carry around more.


No work:
- I usually just remove the Leatherman Wave from the list. Everything else stays....especially since the Maxpedition pocket organizer carries a ton of stuff already. Sometimes I leave the Maxpedition in the car during non work days but it always leaves the house with me.
 
Way too many or not enough???

I almost always have a leatherman supertool, first generation I think, on my belt at work or at play because I like to have the pliers and stuff handy. The sure way to need it is to leave it at home. I also usually have a paper scale Buck 110 (lighter) on my belt and it just stays there, just like a small flashlight in the fall and winter. I also have a canoe in my cargo pocket because I like to have a traditional knife with me and a Pioneer Pruner. I like the grippy alox handles for work, its not too ostentatious and the hawkbill comes in hand for some everyday tasks there. I used to carry a Spyderco Police and a sodbuster but I was running out of pocket room. Since I used them the least, and if I'm getting one of them out its probably time to go find the proper tool, they take a rest now.

Outside of work I trade the Pruner for a Harvester as its the closest thing I have to a nice scout pattern right now and the saw comes in handy every non and then. I also have my Case large sodbuster for heavier tasks, sometimes an Opinel 8, a medium Case trapper cause I got it from Jammpa and I like it, and a 108 OT as I've carried it for 30 years or so. Sort of my catch-all, go to, mail opening, fingernail cleaning, teeth picking knife.

On Sundays I trade out that paperscale 110 for a white cow bone scaled model or another nice Buck folder I have with giraffe bone. I usually keep the sodbuster if I'm wearing cargo pants too. If I'm in slacks I scale down to either a green Vic Farmer or just my canoe. Pocket real estate just doesn't allow much else. But I've also got three or four fixed blades in my truck doors too.
 
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A SAK Alox Farmer in front right pocket. It has an ARC AAA Premium flashlight attached to it.
A Traditional in coin pocket - usually a Case small Texas Jack CV or a medium Stockman.
A modern one bladed Folder, clipped into front right pocket - usually a Spyderco, Benchmade, Boker or a Kershaw.
 
Depends on what I'm doing.

Work - Large Sebenza for general utility. Gerber folding utility knife with hook blade for cutting samples of single ply roofing. Leatherman 300 on my belt for shearing samples and adjusting other tools and a ESEE Izula in my boot for cutting myself out of fall protection if needed.

Weekend - Sebenza in pocket for general utility

On the water - Spyderco Pacific Salt for diving or fishing.

In the woods - Blind Horse Knives PLSK2 or Bush baby depending on if it's an overnight trip and theres a need to process wood.

These will get rotated at some point for something new I acquired. Sometimes it will replace my current favorite and sometimes it doesn't. The Sebenza just recently unseated my CQC7 that I carried for over 8 years as EDC.
 
Leatherman original on belt
SOG e-clips left front
Spyderco Endura or Benchmade 940 right rear
Spyderco credit card wallet
 
Mostly two but sometimes three. Vic Rambler is always on my keychain, and if I choose a larger folder to clip to my right front pocket (lately it's been the Spyderco Para-Military 2,) I'll usually drop a smaller sheeple-friendly folder into the mix as well.
 
gundude73 said:
usually a larger folder (paramilitary 2/military/ZT0350CB) small sebenza, and a tertiary tool (lately its been my leatherman juice CS4)

then there is the gerber shard, vic classic, and spyderco ladybug that live on my keys.
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Please, do tell, what is a tertiary tool?
 
Work: Victorinox Pioneer, Buck Vantage Select (large) and a Charge TTi

Off-work/Daily: Victorinox Cadet and usually Sm. 21 Sebenza. The Sebenza gets rotated amongst other knives but the Cadet is a constant. I find that this 2 knife system easily covers the situations I come across daily. Gonna be supplementing them with a smaller multi-tool once I get one. Outdoors is basically the same except that I add a mid-sized fixed blade.
 
Zt 0200 and a german sodbuster as edc....Grohmann #4,old carbon skinner and Case hunter on my camp knife belt.......140t old timer,Case soddy,and a Case 316-5 fixed blade on my hunting belt.......FES
 
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