At about 13 years old (in 1977), I bought a Schrade medium stockman whose main blade was stamped "razor-blade stainless". In my teen years, that was a main carry knife for me. I also had a Camillus-made Buck Cadet stockman, but the edge on the schrade came sharper and easier to maintain.
Later, my only carry knife when I moved overseas for years was a Victorinox Spartan. I carried that knife even after I came back home, which totaled about 10 years. I carried that knife through airports in Taiwan, Hong Kong, S. Korea, Japan, and the U.S. Those days are over, but that knife went all of those places with me. I retired it, not that it had to be. I just felt that knife represents a special time in my life.
Then I got back into knives big-time with all the modern one-handers. I've accumulated a bunch of knives, many of which I don't use, but some which I have, and have come to appreciate.
The knife I carry now and can call a 'friend' is my black Vic Executive. It's always with me, regardless of whatever other knife(s) I may have on me, wherever a knife is legal to carry. It's used a lot, too. Been carrying it about 10 years, too. But I generally use another knife if heavy cutting is in order.
I went ape with the knife-buying in the late '90s to the early '00's. My purchases have lessened considerably. I'm very careful now if I buy a knife and am usually successful at it now. Anyway, I am glad to have the opportunity to have the choice of which knife(s) I can carry.
The idea of function can be a mental struggle for me, though. If I choose a slippie like a stockman, etc., I wonder if I'll need the screwdriver or other tools of an SAK. Yet some slippies can do harder cutting longer than an SAK. Then does this or that SAK have enough of the tools for some unlikely scenario I might need it for? Do I need to carry multiple SAKs just in case? It almost seems like a type of OCD. Man, I hope it's not.
Jim
Later, my only carry knife when I moved overseas for years was a Victorinox Spartan. I carried that knife even after I came back home, which totaled about 10 years. I carried that knife through airports in Taiwan, Hong Kong, S. Korea, Japan, and the U.S. Those days are over, but that knife went all of those places with me. I retired it, not that it had to be. I just felt that knife represents a special time in my life.
Then I got back into knives big-time with all the modern one-handers. I've accumulated a bunch of knives, many of which I don't use, but some which I have, and have come to appreciate.
The knife I carry now and can call a 'friend' is my black Vic Executive. It's always with me, regardless of whatever other knife(s) I may have on me, wherever a knife is legal to carry. It's used a lot, too. Been carrying it about 10 years, too. But I generally use another knife if heavy cutting is in order.
I went ape with the knife-buying in the late '90s to the early '00's. My purchases have lessened considerably. I'm very careful now if I buy a knife and am usually successful at it now. Anyway, I am glad to have the opportunity to have the choice of which knife(s) I can carry.
The idea of function can be a mental struggle for me, though. If I choose a slippie like a stockman, etc., I wonder if I'll need the screwdriver or other tools of an SAK. Yet some slippies can do harder cutting longer than an SAK. Then does this or that SAK have enough of the tools for some unlikely scenario I might need it for? Do I need to carry multiple SAKs just in case? It almost seems like a type of OCD. Man, I hope it's not.
Jim