How many times do you switch out knives during the day?

How many times do you (typically) switch your carries during the day?

  • Same knife/knives all day long

    Votes: 77 71.3%

  • 2 or 3 different changes a day

    Votes: 29 26.9%

  • 4 or 5 different changes a day

    Votes: 2 1.9%

  • 6 or More changes a day

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    108
Until covid hit I used to carry the same knife during work days, when I was in our capital studying. When I came back home for the weekend I'd switch knives out more frequently. Currently I change my mind a lot, up to 4 or 5 times a day, but usually I'd stick with the same throughout the day, so that's what I voted for.
 
Being in the military I usually have some sort of modern folder clipped to my pocket, during the day, and usually a traditional in the pocket. But on days I only have a modern I usually swap it out immediately when I get home for a traditional. So I suppose about half the time I end up swapping knives around. I don't like carrying my nicer traditionals to work.
 
Most of the time I only carry one a day. Sometimes I’ll switch it out if the task before me is better served by another knife.
Recently though, I’ve been carrying a couple in my pockets on the odd day when I feel like it and thinking about large/small, fixed/folder and traditional/modern pairings more and more - not that there’s anything wrong with that…
 
For me it's the same knife or pair of knives for a week or more at a time.
If something arrives in the mail I will switch.
 
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I seldom change knives during the day, unless there's a task that requires a different blade. Usually there's a modern locking knife clipped to LF jeans pocket, and a Wenger Pocket Tool Chest attached to Photon Freedom LED light in my watch pocket.
 
I'm now retired so switching out to different knives, several times a day, gives me something to do. I can't wait 'till tomorrow...
 
I voted for same knife all day long. Usually I grab one knife in the morning and carry it till I go to bed. However once in a great while I’ll swap it for a different one when I get home from work. (Maybe I grabbed that big Waynorth 86 in the morning and it’s pulling my shorts down by 6pm? Ha.) Sometimes I’ll deliberately swap my knife for another, usually on a Saturday if I’m working on something and feel like I need “more knife,” as I tend to prefer smaller single spring designs.
 
I guess I’m in a posting mood today and this is the best thread for this post.
Pretty sure I responded that I “carry” the same knife all day, and I usually do, but when I sit down to relax I get out my knife “travel” box and put several knives in it to fiddle around with. It’s actually a cigar travel box but it works great for knives too. My box for this morning looks like this.3F5506A9-544D-4FA7-8DD9-29B547C5B156.jpeg
The two on the right are pretty much always in there or in my pocket. There is always a Cadet of some color in there because they are great cigar knives. The other vary from day to day. 😊
 
bigfish64 said:
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I need me one of those boxes!
 
bigfish64 said:
I guess I’m in a posting mood today and this is the best thread for this post.
Pretty sure I responded that I “carry” the same knife all day, and I usually do, but when I sit down to relax I get out my knife “travel” box and put several knives in it to fiddle around with. It’s actually a cigar travel box but it works great for knives too. My box for this morning looks like this.View attachment 1665960
The two on the right are pretty much always in there or in my pocket. There is always a Cadet of some color in there because they are great cigar knives. The other vary from day to day. 😊
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Pretty cool idea, Todd! :cool::cool::thumbsup:
JohnDF said:
I need me one of those boxes!
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I think I need to look for two of them.
In answer to John's original question, I usually switch out my knives on Monday, and no other days, since I typically follow a weekly rotation schedule. But the schedule assigns me 14 knives each week, and I have 4 knives that I ALWAYS carry (and some weeks I'll carry a couple of "free choice" knives, too). So some knives end up in my pockets, and some in various compartments in my backpack, and some in a fanny pack that I either wear or stick in the backpack. A couple of boxes like the one Todd posted would be an excellent organizational aid!! 🤓 😁 :thumbsup:

- GT
 
I have been switching out more often since covid and working from home. I get to be around my collection more so it’s easy. When I go out for the day I normally pick one and a SAK.
 
JohnDF said:
I'm not disciplined enough to try that.
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Same here. I really enjoy the process of making up my mind the day of, and choosing which knife to pocket. I typically only carry one per day but change it daily. Often times I swap knives when I get home from work. Then on the weekends it’s a bloodbath. Always fiddling with different traditionals.
 
Generally speaking I grab my knives in morning and that is usually the pairing for the day
 
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