Knife saves the day.

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Oregon Knife Guy

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Thought this may result in some interesting discussion... When have you ever been really happy to have a knife on you... Like the post says, the knife saves the day! Any good stories?
Obviously most of us carry on a daily basis, mostly for small cutting chores, but in the back of our mind, we always have it there for protection as well, wheather its to cut the rope that is caught on your leg, or ward off a pissy bear.
 
Tough to say if the knife really saved the day, but my wife and I were taking a walk in the neighborhood, and an angry dog came running at us, baring teeth and barking. I had my Marbles knife in my waisteband, so I push my wife behind me, pull out the knife, and face the dog. Apparently, this was enough threat, because the dog turned back around and ran away. Didn't have to use the knife, but maybe the confidence that I could defend my wife made me stand in a more threatening way? Could be my imagination, though.
 
I was getting a horse shod and had him tied with a slip knot to our fence. he flipped out and set back. Normally the knot I tied would have allowed me to pull it loose and get him off the fence but it got pulled tight and I couldnt get the knot undone. I pulled out my minigrip and cut the lead so that he could get off. If I hadnt had a knife I would have lost a fence and may have lost a horse.
 
Doing a landfill project in the middle of the summer(kansas). 140 degrees in the bottom of the hole(we are installing the filter fabric and its black). The guys are trying to cut to length off the roll and they can't get it to cut(1/4" thick non woven polypropylene). I remembered that I had my gerber multitool w/serrated blade up in the truck. Whipped right through it. Of course, the guys left it down in the hole when we started dumping the dirt cover on! But that serrated blade was the only thing that would cut it.
 
Was riding a jet ski and my hat kept blowing off. I put my hand through the hole at the back strap to just hold onto it. A friend was getting on the jet ski to go fill it with gas. As he stepped on it flipped over. My hat got caught on the handle bar and it took me under water and upside down. I had an Emerson Commander clipped in my waist band. I pulled it out and was able to cut the strap and then come to the surface. Ever since, I wont go near the water without a sharp knife.

Greg
 
Lol only thing recent i can think of was when i was handling my ball python and talking to my girlfriend. took my eyes off of the snake for not even 30 seconds and she had slithered through the belt loop on my shorts. well, shes a biig snake and she couldn't get through no matter how much she tried, i could pull her backwards out but it would have hurt her, so i pulled out my griptilian and cut the belt loop off. i was more worried about the snake than my NEW shorts. But yeah i ended up sewing the loop back on after i got annoyed with it dangling. theres other times mainly with my vic. super tinker, bucktool (like leatherman, discontinued) and benchmade ascent but they slip my mind right now as i'm tired. I'll hopefully reply back later! Oh, my timberline kelly worden tactical i had on me and a big tent had blown over, the store i was working at was having a sale and i had to tie it down because it was walking its way into the road, and i seem to be the only one who ever has a knife on me :-). Had just sharpened it up and one of the dummies i was working with asked to use it while i tied the line down and he rambo style threw the blade into the grass into the dirt. needless to say i had a lil talk with him about what that does to the blade and whatnot, didn't yell i wasnt really mad because i could fix it, just kind of irritated that it wasnt his knife and he did that.
 
I think dogs know that knives are weapons. In my situation, I had two dogs after me and no knife! After that I began carrying my Cold Steel Gunsite 5-incher and, on occasion, a Vaquero Grande. In fact, speaking of the Vaquero, I was in a surplus store one evening (it was getting dark), and looking at the knives. One fellow who had just gotten there on bike came in just as I was commenting on the Vaquero. Without a word, he reached into his back pocket, pulled out a Grande, flipped it open in my direction and then began showing it to me. I had one of my own at home and didn't think much about it, but several bystanders on my side of the counter physically blanched. It wasn't something I would have done, but he was anxious to show me what someone would face if they hassled him on his bike and it had an impact on some of the customers.

Dogs are far from stupid, and flashing a knife at them (or anything, really) will normally send them the other direction unless you're threatening their owners or puppies and such. I was set upon by a Doberman once because I didn't know she had puppies. She went from being friendly to protective in a snap. Had I not thrown my arm in front of my throat, well, that's where she was headed. I still have the scar in my left arm and it was, oh, almost 40 years ago.

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When we got our first dog, over 20 years ago, we bought him a Kong toy, a heavy molded rubber beehive-shaped toy with about a one-inch hole in the bottom of it. The dog loved that toy, but one day he had it in his mouth, and he started going nuts....really acting paranoid and flipping out. I had to get him in a headlock (he weighed 80 lbs.) to hold him still enough to see that he must have stuck his tongue in the hole, then bit the toy hard enough to create a vacuum, effectively locking it onto his tongue. As usual, I had my Spydie Police clipped into my right front pocket, and was able to quickly deploy it, and pierce the end of the toy, releasing the vacuum. I fired off a rather irate letter to the toy`s manufacturer, and was surprised to get a reply, stating that they would immediately change the design to prevent this from happening again.
 
waterdogs said:
When we got our first dog, over 20 years ago, we bought him a Kong toy, a heavy molded rubber beehive-shaped toy with about a one-inch hole in the bottom of it. The dog loved that toy, but one day he had it in his mouth, and he started going nuts....really acting paranoid and flipping out. I had to get him in a headlock (he weighed 80 lbs.) to hold him still enough to see that he must have stuck his tongue in the hole, then bit the toy hard enough to create a vacuum, effectively locking it onto his tongue. As usual, I had my Spydie Police clipped into my right front pocket, and was able to quickly deploy it, and pierce the end of the toy, releasing the vacuum. I fired off a rather irate letter to the toy`s manufacturer, and was surprised to get a reply, stating that they would immediately change the design to prevent this from happening again.
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Wow that's neat, you created a new design! Good thing you had a spydie on you, i hate seeing helpless animals. I couldn't tell you how many things i've freed with a knife. They're one of the most useful tools on the planet imo.
 
a few days ago my car died in the middle of the road. no gas. or so I thought. put some gas on and didnt go very far. so, I opened the hood, and saw a gas line hose with a hole in it.
the solution was simple: cut the piece of the hose that was bad, and reattach it.
I only had my mcusta with me, and I coudn;t do much with it. because I needed the screwdriver and the pliers to release the damn metal collar thing. so my knife didn;t save the day. but as soon as I got home, my leatherman charge did the job.
from now on, the mcusta stays at home and the charge rides with me.
 
I warded off a big growling belly once. I used my SMF at work one day when I forgot my keys to the closet. I slid the bolt open and grabbed the last Snickers bar.
 
I set a snare one day out back with some 550 cord I had on me to catch a rabbit. Well, little did I know that cats were trying to catch rabbits as well and the cat got caught and I couldn't get anywhere near it. I needed to use the Scallion (May have been a leek.. can't remember) and cut the rope so it could get away. It wouldn't let me get it off of its head, but I got close enough so it didn't run off with anything around the throat.
 
Beile said:
I warded off a big growling belly once. I used my SMF at work one day when I forgot my keys to the closet. I slid the bolt open and grabbed the last Snickers bar.
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Wow !!!!! Close (potentially fatal) encounter. :rolleyes:
 
I wasn't there, but...

From a report on Flight 1549, the Miracle on the Hudson:

Heading toward the forward exits, and then standing on the wings, the passengers developed their pecking order. Women and children went first into the rafts, then people who had fallen into the river and been plucked out.

Hood said he and Sullenberger were last to board rafts. Someone on one of the commuter ferries threw a knife, which the pilot used to slice the tether binding them to the aircraft. And off they floated, toward a ferry.
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Source: http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090117/NEWS/90119030/-1/NEWS69

I read, in another report, there was a moment of panic when the raft passengers realized they were tethered to the plane, which was beginning to sink. Of course, no one on the plane had a knife. Not sure if that report was referencing this raft or an earlier raft that was rescued.
 
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