I work in a kitchen and I'm surrounded by knives of all shapes and sizes, however I still carry a knife in my pocket. When I need to open a box, cut some wrapping, slice some food, I just pull it out make the cut, and put it away, easy as that. Besides my chef's knife, it's the knife that I use the most throughout the day. People often ask me why I don't just grab a paring knife for such chores. Well 1)Kitchen knives are primarily for food-I'm not about to trash a $50 paring knife by cutting up a box, plastic straps, etc... 2)depending on what I'm doing, my kitchen knives are not always within reach (while my pocket knife is always on me) and 3)besides cutting up "stuff", my pocket knife can cut food too! (well, after I give it a quick wipe first of course)
Besides work, I use my knife/knives in almost every other part of my life. One of my most memorable situations was when I was on a long road trip with some friends and I needed to answer nature's call....like FAST. So walked (NEVER run cuz it only makes things worse) as quickly as possible to the washroom but when I get there, I discovered that my draw strings somehow got tied into a dead knot and I just couldn't get the damn thing untied even if my life depended on it (and believe me, it seemed like it at the time). So I pulled out my knife and cut the damn thing off and went on with my business.
Pair of track pants....$50
A replacement drawstring....less than $1
Not having to ride home wearing soiled pants with friends for 2 hours....PRICELESS!
Jason
Besides work, I use my knife/knives in almost every other part of my life. One of my most memorable situations was when I was on a long road trip with some friends and I needed to answer nature's call....like FAST. So walked (NEVER run cuz it only makes things worse) as quickly as possible to the washroom but when I get there, I discovered that my draw strings somehow got tied into a dead knot and I just couldn't get the damn thing untied even if my life depended on it (and believe me, it seemed like it at the time). So I pulled out my knife and cut the damn thing off and went on with my business.
Pair of track pants....$50
A replacement drawstring....less than $1
Not having to ride home wearing soiled pants with friends for 2 hours....PRICELESS!
Jason