How often do you cut things with your EDC knife?

Everyday and i have just about run out of armhair to shave. I always think i can get it just a little sharper. Try explaining to your wife " babe I really dont have the mange, I just gotta make sure its sharp". If i could i would shave with a big bowie just like Crocodile Dundee.
 
Goose 7279 said:
Everyday and i have just about run out of armhair to shave. I always think i can get it just a little sharper. Try explaining to your wife " babe I really dont have the mange, I just gotta make sure its sharp". If i could i would shave with a big bowie just like Crocodile Dundee.
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:D Been there. Outgrew it eventually (I hope :rolleyes: ), but every once in a while, I just got to test the sharpness just a little bit in a discreet (I hope :rolleyes: ) part of my arm. I think I'm getting away with it. Meanwhile, if she asks, I'll just tell her it's a touch of the mange (:D).
 
Gaston444 said:
In the home I never use a pocket or outdoor knife to cut anything because I am a miniature modeller and there are dozens of #11 X-acto blades (with no handle) everywhere: They lie flat so are completely safe, they are easier to reach for and cut far better and more precisely than just about any knife: For instance they can cut the coffee seal without folding the edge of the material at all, which any kind of stouter blade would do a mess of. Because they are so thin, pointy and sharp, they can even cut heavier material with less effort, despite having no handle, especially once the initial bite is started.

They can split pills in twos or even fours without making a powdery mess of them: Try that with a fancy folder anytime...

The only downside is they rust if water is allowed to stagnate on them.

I tend nowadays to use large fixed blades outdoors. Outdoors I find blades under ten inches marginal, even for small precise tasks, so my pocket knife use has diminished from the near zero it was before. I see folders mainly as defensive items that have few other uses, hence I tend to favour the Spyderco Civilian or a re-profiled Fatcat.

Gaston
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I guess you've never seen my Imperial peanut or handled a Victorinox classic.
These two knives would put your exacto blades to shame in a heartbeat, and guess what they go in my pocket and aren't defensive blades in any way.

Now to stay on topic, I used the crap out of my knife yesterday.
I don't count how many times I use my knife.
 
Today was a banner day. I cut the yellow tape holding a bunch of bananas together, so I could take a banana with me for lunch. Used my pocket knife, a Case Medium Jack. Cut right through it. Never even crossed my mind to reach for the nearby scissors.

Though luckily I didn't actually need a knife to separate the bananas where they join at the stems. For that I would have needed a tanto blade with a more powerful steel.

Tomorrow, perhaps there will be an envelope in the mail that refuses to just tear open. Every day is a new challenge.
 
Some days more than others. Normally have at least a couple things to cut a day. You definitely owe it to yourself to learn how handy a knife can be in a lot of different situations.
 
I use my knives every day - string, tape, cardboard, plastic, apples, cheese, sausage, then there is the odd zip-tie, wire, etc.

It is a rare day I don't use one of my knives at least once.

Yea, I could get by with a scissor or box cutter, but they don't write songs about scissors (inside joke).

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Why the hate for scissors? They're a fine tool! ...and not all scissors are created equal. :D

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Nothing at all wrong with scissors. Right tool for the right job, I say. Some tasks are better accomplished with scissors, and knives are better suited to some other tasks. In some cases there is crossover, but scissors can't do every type of cutting job as well as a good knife, and vice versa.

I always have a small pair of scissors on me anyway, on my Victorinox Executive. For years I also kept a Leatherman Micra in my work bag for bigger scissor tasks, but eventually realized I didn't use it very often.

Jim
 
Since my keyring is always with me, and my little Victorinox classic is mounted on it in a pouch type sheath, it's my most used knife. It's with me every single day, without fail. And every single day, it opens mail, opens FedEx or UPS boxes, opens plastic blister packages, deals with small Phillips or flathead screws as needed, or I use the small scissors for something. I'm on 5mg of Amlodipine for blood pressure, and every other morning I have to cut a 10mg pill in half. The classic has a nice thin blade that cuts the pill very neatly with no waste. The nail file gets used often, as does the tweezers now and then. I'll have a stockman or larger SAK in a pocket, but the classic gets used the most. I really can't leave home without it.

Between the knife blade, scissors, SD tip, tweezers, and file, it gets used for something, every single day.

 
I had a scissor moment yesterday. I needed to open a plastic bag that had a ziploc-type seal but was also heat sealed closed above the zipper. So I needed a precise, straight cut parallel with the zipper but leaving enough plastic above the zipper to still be able to open it by hand.

Now what a puzzle - I could have laid it flat on a cutting board and carefully cut a line along it using a handle-less X-acto blade pinched tightly in my fingers. Or even a pocket knife. But no. Right there in the lazy susan on the kitchen counter were two or three pair of good sharp scissors (turns out sharpening skills are transferable to things other than knives) and I made a nice clean cut using some scissors with soft ergonomic grips. I COULD have used a knife. But scissors were faster and more precise.

Tune in again tomorrow when I explain in 4 paragraphs the 500 millisecond decision making process on choosing which color of socks to wear that day. Wow, this is truly wonderful, the feeling of sharing my most boring daily life details with the whole world! If I could compress it down to 140 characters I could be famous, or maybe even powerful! Or at least concise.
 
jc57 said:
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Tune in again tomorrow when I explain in 4 paragraphs the 500 millisecond decision making process on choosing which color of socks to wear that day. Wow, this is truly wonderful, the feeling of sharing my most boring daily life details with the whole world! If I could compress it down to 140 characters I could be famous, or maybe even powerful! Or at least concise.
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This would be greatly enhanced by the use of appropriate #hashtags... ;):confused::p:rolleyes:o_O:cool:
 
I am breathlessly awaiting the sock color decision tomorrow morning!! I get up around 5:30.......please make the decision before then???
I am really hoping there is a stray thread that needs to be trimmed before putting the socks on.......we will be privy to 2 decisions in that case!!
:D
Joe

jc57 said:
I had a scissor moment yesterday. I needed to open a plastic bag that had a ziploc-type seal but was also heat sealed closed above the zipper. So I needed a precise, straight cut parallel with the zipper but leaving enough plastic above the zipper to still be able to open it by hand.

Now what a puzzle - I could have laid it flat on a cutting board and carefully cut a line along it using a handle-less X-acto blade pinched tightly in my fingers. Or even a pocket knife. But no. Right there in the lazy susan on the kitchen counter were two or three pair of good sharp scissors (turns out sharpening skills are transferable to things other than knives) and I made a nice clean cut using some scissors with soft ergonomic grips. I COULD have used a knife. But scissors were faster and more precise.

Tune in again tomorrow when I explain in 4 paragraphs the 500 millisecond decision making process on choosing which color of socks to wear that day. Wow, this is truly wonderful, the feeling of sharing my most boring daily life details with the whole world! If I could compress it down to 140 characters I could be famous, or maybe even powerful! Or at least concise.
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jc57 said:
Tune in again tomorrow when I explain in 4 paragraphs the 500 millisecond decision making process on choosing which color of socks to wear that day. Wow, this is truly wonderful, the feeling of sharing my most boring daily life details with the whole world! If I could compress it down to 140 characters I could be famous, or maybe even powerful! Or at least concise.
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Sort of like Facebook and Twitter wherein you get to tell everyone in the world what you do and think about minute-by-minute every day. Why not the same principles in a knife forum? ;)
 
palonej said:
I am breathlessly awaiting the sock color decision tomorrow morning!! I get up around 5:30.......please make the decision before then???
I am really hoping there is a stray thread that needs to be trimmed before putting the socks on.......we will be privy to 2 decisions in that case!!
:D
Joe
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Me too! I heard red is the best sock color, because it distracts from the gigantic edc Rambo knife sticking out of it when it's protruding from your waistband. Sometimes the best concealment is right out in the open.
 
JD Bear said:
Everyday, multiple times a day. Kind of odd to join a knife forum if you don't use your knife....
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Pretty sure everybody here uses a knife but you don't have to use a knife everyday, or even carry a knife everyday, to qualify as a knife nut. I would imagine it depends largely on occupation and opportunity.
 
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And if there is a thread that needs snipping those Rambo type knifes have scissors in the handle!
Nice!!

Mecha said:
Me too! I heard red is the best sock color, because it distracts from the gigantic edc Rambo knife sticking out of it when it's protruding from your waistband. Sometimes the best concealment is right out in the open.
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