I completely stopped carrying a locking knife

[SteeleJ1976]

Curious as to how many of you do this as well. I have stopped carrying any other knife around 100% of the time outside of my swiss army cadet. I've owned many good knives, being from CRK, Hinderer, Medford, TRM, you name it. In the end I just find that a SAK style multi-tool just sees more use in cutting, and other tasks that a normal knife cannot handle. I've yet to need more knife in my day to day life, but maybe I live a fairly easy life. For harder use, I do carry a fixed blade.

I am 99% there however I do carry my Skeletool (which has a locking blade) along with my SAK Tinker. I rarely use the blade on the Skeletool and prefer the blades on my Tinker. That being said the OHO is nice when it is needed. I am cautious of any locking knife and try not to use them any different then a slip joint.

I have a harder time carrying just a knife because I like multitools\SAKs way more then just a knife (I am basically 100% multitool\SAK carry). What is worse is I probably use the awl on my Tinker more then the knife even. The awl can open packages and not get tape residue on it and wedging the awl in to break or open tie wraps is safer to me then even a locking blade

 

[Slice-E]

I am 99% there however I do carry my Skeletool (which has a locking blade) along with my SAK Tinker. I rarely use the blade on the Skeletool and prefer the blades on my Tinker. That being said the OHO is nice when it is needed. I am cautious of any locking knife and try not to use them any different then a slip joint.

I have a harder time carrying just a knife because I like multitools\SAKs way more then just a knife (I am basically 100% multitool\SAK carry). What is worse is I probably use the awl on my Tinker more then the knife even. The awl can open packages and not get tape residue on it and wedging the awl in to break or open tie wraps is safer to me then even a locking blade

If SAK started in 2023 they would advertise the AWL as a “dual AWL/package opener”



I have a few leatherman multitools. I sometimes carry them but in my life I never need plyers. I keep a Surge in the car and a Rebar at home just in case.

 

[Guy McVer]

"Its a Buck knife, it'll take it". Well, it didn't, and not long after lunch, there was a piercing scream from the sheet metal shop

The lock failed and he cut his hand very severely to the point of tendon and nerve damage. The doctors were trying to restore some use to the hand.

Yeah I remember reading the first story before. Believe it or not, it's actually stuck with me. I think about it from time to time. I don't recall the second story though. Poor kid. We all do stupid things when we're young. I don't think we should have to keep paying for those stupid mistakes for the rest of our lives, but sometimes that's the way it goes. I've had two separate instances where I ended up with broken bones from doing stupid crap when I was young. Both happened at a joint, but thankfully I've essentially got the full range of motion restored in both cases.

 

[willisoften]

I carry a Rambler everyday everywhere. Here in the UK and most of Europe locking knives are problematic for EDC.
The law does allow for need, but if I felt the “need” Id rather a fixed blade.

Edit: I forgot to say I do like Opinels quite a lot more for the thin blade than the lock. More than once I’ve used mine and never engaged the lock. Lots of UK users remove the ring anyway.

 

[jackknife]

I carry a Rambler everyday everywhere. Here in the UK and most of Europe locking knives are problematic for EDC.
The law does allow for need, but if I felt the “need” Id rather a fixed blade.

Edit: I forgot to say I do like Opinels quite a lot more for the thin blade than the lock. More than once I’ve used mine and never engaged the lock. Lots of UK users remove the ring anyway.

This is a conclusion I came to years ago; that if my everyday pocket knife like the Case peanut, small SAK, is too small, then my default is my old Buck 102 woodsman that lives in my daypack, or the 12 inch Ontario Machete in the emergency kit in my car trunk. As a young kid, I recall seeing my dad do this, go from his EDC pocket knife to taking out the cut down machete in his car trunk for the heavy duty cutting/chopping/prying/large slicing. He had cut off the blade of a war surplus English machete at 9 1/2 inches and he called it his 'bushwhacker'.

I remember a family picnic when Mom forgot to pack the kitchen knife in the picnic basket, and Dad sliced the ham for sandwiches with his small machete. It made a very good ham slicer. Mom was less than enthusiastic.