Mom uses Cricket to save child's finger

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David Rock

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My wife, who routinely carries a Spyderco Cricket on her person, reported the following incident:

Our son was playing with an elasticized hair band. Somehow he managed to fray the material and had wound the elastic around his finger in such a way as to make it a hopeless tangle tight enough to restrict the flow of blood. By the time he called it to Mom's attention his finger was seriously purple. She could not untie the string, so she used her Spyderco Cricket, which did the job admirably. That little hooked point is a nice feature when you're cutting near the flesh of a loved one.

I wonder why some people DON'T carry knives!

David Rock

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David,
The hooked point is exactly why I purchased my Cricket.
The shape of the Cricket blade is absolutely great at keeping the point away from something that you don't wish to cut. I'm happy your wife was able to save the finger.
As far as some people not having a pocketknife, well I never understood that either. All the little daily cutting tasks make a pocketknife a must, plus what would happen in an emergency situation where you had to cut a seatbelt?
I've carried since I was a kid, and that is a LONG time.

Will



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>I wonder why some people DON'T carry knives!

I do not carry a knife, because I do not want to be arrested. I was in a federal building the other day, and asked about knives. The guard was real friendly, he said any knife 2 1/2" or less was fine. But if it was bigger than that, they would arrest you.
You can own as many as you want, I know people who have thousands. But the question is always, what can you carry. If I were to carry a 2 1/2" blade, it sure would be a spyderco though, they will most likely out perform much bigger bladed knives
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Thanks, JohnR7


 
I love reading stories about how a knife saves a life (or someone's health!).

Regarding federal buildings, I never had a problem nor worried about being arrested carrying a small SAK (2 and 1/4" closed). It's not a big, hard-use knife, but a knife nonetheless. But of course, away from such places, I carry what I want that's legel. Right now my main carry is a Police model (4 and 1/4" long blade). And a small SAK for more mundane tasks.
Jim
 
JohnR7,
A security guard in a federal building who actually knew the law regarding knives? I'm amazed. At the federal building in Oakland, CA the guards confiscate (for the day -- they give you a receipt and return the knife when you leave) even the smallest SAK's.

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Dave

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of More Knives
 
Guy's,
I'm always blown away when someone mentions pocketknives and confiscation in the same sentence. (Even in California!) In the south having a small knife in your pocket is almost a must. My key's go in one front pocket and a folder goes in the other. Since I've been into Spyderco's, I usually have TWO knives on my person. A Victorinox "Executive" model in my watch pocket and a "Delica", "Dragonfly", or "Cricket" clipped to the pocket of my jeans. Nobody around here cares what kind of pocketknife I choose to carry. I'm lucky!
I don't want to say anything bad about California but, WOW! To be concerned with such a small knife is a little nuts. However, I guess it IS possible to kill someone with a penknife. (If you held them down and sawed long enough!)

Will

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Will:
Although I've never had a knife confiscated (yet, knock on wood), I've heard stories. One guy was at an outdoor concert and had his little Victorinox Classic taken off his keychain by security. Another guy had a similar little SAK confiscated at an airport (somewhere in the US) that was in his briefcase!!!
Here in CA, the mentality of many people is often, "Why do you need to carry more than one knife? How many times are you going to kill someone?" Or: "Why do you think you need a knife at all?"
Often what us knife people take for granted as "public-friendly" knife shapes (Cricket, Dragonfly, Calypso Jr., small SAK pen knives, stockman knives, etc.), are all still somehow menacing to the majority of people.
Of course, when someone burns to death in a vehicle because no one had a knife to cut the jammed seatbelt, these same people just can't understand how such a trajedy could happen.
Jim
 
Or why someone didn't have a knife on them to cut the victim free. Go figure...

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Today our congregation had a fund-raising sale event, and I brought a bunch of knives, including some Crickets and a printout of this thread. None of the "mommies" I talked to actually had a favoroble enough reaction to buy a Cricket or any other pocket knife, and one lady actually became more afraid of it after I showed her the story than before. I think all that registered was "knife" and "finger." We're talking about a thick wall of prejudice here.

Knives are primal. And the fear and prejudice are primal.


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butt knives are also "elemental"

necessary tools used by these same ladies everyday

so where is the line?
when does it becomes a 'weapon' or 'scary' ???
 
There seems to be a Fear of Folders that is greater than the Fear of Knives in general. A bunch of the ladies, especially, had no problem looking at the large kitchen knives, but cringed at folders, and were absolutely certain that they could never keep their fingers out of the way when closing one.


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yes
I see that too
My wife absolutely will not accept that the choil of the Dragonfly was made for her finger to rest in. She will 'not' touch the blade in using it. I finally took it back.

And forget 'onehanded' opening on any knife.
She loves the miniDyad butt will only open and close it very deliberately with both hands.
 
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