Little Using Knives

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I used to dislike little knives. I mean knives in the penknife or Spydie Ladybug size range...until I started carrying them.

Now I feel strange if I don't have some type of small knife on me. Of course, I always have the obligatory mid-to-large-sized one-hander clipped to the pocket, but there are some tasks that are just easier to accomplish with a good little knife. Also, it's easy to drop it in a pocket and forget about it...it doesn't bulge your pocket or slap your leg like most medium pocket knives can.

Anyone else like carrying/using a small knife besides their modern knives? What type: mini-stockman, 2-blade pen, peanut, Ladybug, Cricket, SAK Classic or Executive, whittler???
Jim
 
I always carry a small knife in addition
to my larger one. Lately, it's been a small
Bucklite lock-back. However, I find that
any one of my several Case non-lockers,
particularly those with the narrow clip-
point blades, are more convenient and see
more usage.
 
I have been carrying a Ladybug 24 hours a day for the last 6 weeks or so. I added a pencil type pocket clip and carry it clipped to a thin nylon cord around my neck.

It is the best splinter picker / scalpel blade substitute I have ever seen. Definitely not a toy!


MNH
 
I love the small pocket knives. They are more useful than most people think. I carry a Schrade Oldtimmer and would be lost with out it.
 
If I have my pants on (and occasionally when I don't!) I have my little Spyderco serrated Cricket aboard.I may have several blades on me or close to hand, but my Cricket is my pacifier (flicking open) as well as my most used cutting tool. It weighs nothing, but is capable of surprisingly serious work!

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I too carry a Cricket in my front pocket, and a Commander or SOCOM in my back. The Cricket is the knife I use in the mall or around non-knife people, the back-pocket knife is the one I use for serious work.

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I have a Ladybug also and love it. It's great for all those little tasks. And sheeple friendly
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It also fits on the keychain better than a Buck 110. If Spyderco ever makes them in plain edge I'll buy some more.

I have a little Old Timer that I carry once in a while also. I'm thinking of getting another SAK for a loner knife.

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I have had a three blade stockman style of one brand or the other in my pocket since sometime in grade school. Of course it wasn't forbidden at that time for young boys to have a pocket knife in there pocket.

I have three blade stockman's all in the 3 1/4 to 3 3/4 range made by Schrade, KeenCutter Buck and others. A Buck 303 has been my latest carry, untill recently I have been on an "Opinel" kick.

I suppose the newness of discovering the opinels will wear off and I will go back to stockmen. But for now it is an OP6. Pretty cool knive for about ten bucks.
 
I usually carry a small SAK but sometimes I mix in a Schrade Uncle Henry 2 3/4" closed stockman or a Case s/s handled lockback of about the same length.
 
Used to carry a small Buck pocket knife. Since obtaining my Leatherman Micra, I like its variety of features better. I have it on my keyring, so its always within reach.
 
Among my other knives, I always carry a Micra when I'm away from home. At home I usually swap it for my CF plain edge Cricket.

Axel
 
Small knives I like to carry:

1. Sean Perkins' Kerver, a small, non-threatening pocket fixed blade with a 2 or 2.5 inch edge. Great conversation piece. Nice leather pocket sheath. I find myself carrying one of my Perkins' pieces almost daily.

2. Vero Beach UDT

3. Micra

4. Camillus tortoise shell celluloid stockman

5. Spydie Carbon Fiber Dragonfly

6. Any of my small neck knives by Perrin, Simonich or Raker, but I take it we are discussing true "pocket" knives here.

Blues

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At a show this weekend I ended up buying my son a small single blade Old Timer, the 'Pal' I think it's called. 2 1/4 in clip blade, cap and bolster kind of like a mini-trapper handle, and the more I looked at it the more I liked it. I got one for my daughter the next day at a local hardware store, the last one that they had, and picked up the small Old Timer stockman as they were 1/3 off. I already have a smaller Old Timer stockman, a 4in discontinued 'Slim Premium' that I like better than the standard large one, and I may start carrying the little one too as it's such a neat little knife. Those little carbon steel blades get pretty sharp. Last week I picked up a Gerber EZOut in ATS-34, to try out the steel, clips, and one hand openers, but only having one bigger, clunkier blade it ended up in the pack. I agree, smaller knives are fun, often more useful too.
 
I have been getting into smaller knives quite a lot in the past couple of months.
My newest small knife is the Emerson LaGriffe which I carry to work and is with me almost all the time. It's so unobtrusive it can be worn constantly and not be noticed.
I also carry a Cricket to work or a Ladybug. On the larger side of small, I have a Fallkniven WM and a Spyderco Calypso Jr. Lightweight which is closer to medium size but it's small to me.
I'm a large knife fan myself, but in Socialist America, our big brother government thinks that we will hurt ourselves or others if we have big knives on us out in public and we are not responsible enough to be able to make that choice on our own. And besides, how can they maintain a tyrant's grip on us if we all have "weapons".
WHOA! Where did that come from?!
It seems I have some "issues"...
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The Umfaan is so light and of course very sharp. It just hides in your pocket.

Mark

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Actually, all the knives I carry are "little" knives (~2.5" or less). Spyderco's Almite Walker is my favorite knife and #1 carry, with the CF Dragonfly in second place (and coming up fast on the rail).

Small knives are easier to carry, better suited to the tasks I need a knife for, and much less likely to upset the sheeple.

Dave

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when i was in high school, we weren't supposed to carry knives. i got by with minibuck until i got my spydie baby wayne goddard. excellent little knife that is overshadowed by the ladybug. it now rides on my keychain, as i'm in college and openly carry knives. but i still use it in places that my G-10 harpy would scare people.
 
Ahhh...little using knives...my favorite subject! I am currently working on a ginormous review to that effect. Until it is published, I will give brief opinions here: I love the following knives for hard work:
1) Sean Perkins Stygia or Seraph. Both have 2" blades and the Seraph a 2" handle while the Stygia has a 3" handle. These are from the now-defunct Antiqua series. I have a Herveste coming which should really blow my mind, so I am prepared to move that knife into the "carry everyday" category!
2) Around the shop I typically have a Running Dog Knives Little Pup or a REKAT Fang around my neck. Both are great for lighter work (due to the thinness of the handles). Neck knife format is great for shop use, especially when wearing gloves, although I would caution using them around power tools.
3) Rob Simonich Cetan tanto kit knife. A great knife for real work, and at 7" it is still what i consider to be pretty small. Fortunately I grabbed one of Rob's last kit blades before he got backlogged into the next century!
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4) I also own a variety of folders. The only one I carry on a regular basis is my Case Canoe, one of 500 with honey Appaloosa bone scales. I have an Endura (Spyderco), which is great for hard work, and a Calypso (full size) which is SUPER sharp, although both are fairly big by folder standards (IMO). Lightweight, though, and if you have room in your pockets, then certainly worth carrying.
5) Another folder which is pretty compact in size is REKAT's Pioneer series. I wanted a swept point, but ended up getting a deal on a clip point. Excellent knife (mine is the 1st generation style), and a great lock. Ugly, but that's the way I like 'em!
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A little heavy for everyday carry, and the damn pocket clip loves to hang loose.

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I bounce back and forth between a Dyad Jr and a carbon fiber Ladybug, but a Victorinox SwissCard is always in my billfold. For some things a small blade is much better, usually for better control.

Ray

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Every once in a while I like to be reminded that I'm not weird for carrying more than one knife on me when most people I know don't even carry one!
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Codeman, I agree that often little knives can offer more control for certain jobs. For instance, I've often found a little sheepsfoot blade on a small stockman will cut hard plastic packing better than most of my one-handers, and without the danger of slipping, or straining on the knife. My Mini-Stryker works well for this, too, but for detail-oriented cutting a smaller blade is still better.
Jim
 
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