Package opening

My wife always used kitchen knives or shears to open things, but when she was out of the house she'd ask for my knife. A few years ago I got a blue SAK Alox Cadet, and she decided it was exactly what she needed, so she confiscated it. I added one of those little pocket clip thingies, and now she's never without it.
 
Alone said:
Before I got my Demko Shark Foot, I'd open packages with my .454 Alaskan.

...but it would scare the sh!t outta' my neighbors... 😕




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I havefound that the .454 is overly expensive and a too low in capacity for freeing my daughter's Barbie dolls from the multitude of ties the manufacturers use to fasten them to their cardboard backers. I found that using a Glock 20 allows me to free most of the pieces of the doll from the packaging with usually just one or two magazines. If I was a bit better of a shot, I think I could have done it with just a Glock 17. Alas, my daughter is now 13 and that ship has sailed. She no longer allows me to open up the packaging of her expensive eyeliner even though I'm only using a .45 colt out of a Bond Arms 🤔

In all seriously, I usually just watch the evolved and civilized people gnash and tear at the plastic. My wife just hands me whatever she wants opened. My daughter will MOST of the time actually carry a Vic Huntsman or Micra.
 
My grandkids are always handing me whatever needs cutting or opening, followed by, "Papa, do you have your knife?" I've never had to say no.
Not sure what other folks do, but they've missed the boat.
 
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Peter Hartwig said:
They gnaw through it :)
Though even non knife EDCers often have a knife(kitchen)or scissors near them
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yup, I've seen people at my job going subhuman like rats gnashing their teeth on everything from bubble wrap mailers to blister packs to try and get at the goods inside! :eek:

IMHO, knives aren't barbaric and scary <as some sheeple claim>-- to the contrary, the use of an edged tool sets us apart from the animal kingdom and, in a similar sense, define us as "human."

However, technologically evolved doesn't always = superior >>> Because I've seen as many people trying to use their car ignition key like a razor knife slogging thru sticky packing tape. I'm fairly sure if a rat had a car, it would even be wise enough not to try something that stupid. 🤨

perfunctory new knife pic to keep post official <Galley Rat new, Runes & Staves not new lol>:

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Many, MANY years ago, I went to have lunch with my third grader at school. The children didn't have long to eat, only 20 minutes, made worse by the fact that the children's food came in cardboard trays with shrink-wrapped plastic, which they were having a hard time opening. Andy, my son, asked if I could help and without thinking, I pulled out my pocket knife and opened his tray for him. Next thing I know, I had a whole table of 8 year old's asking "Andy's dad, could you open my food, too?" I helped all of them but found myself wondering what penal hell I was destined for, for having a knife in school! But nothing happened, we all ate our incredibly bland lunches and life went on.
And that's what happens when you have a pocket knife.
 
guy g said:
My Middle son worked at a place that didn't allow pocket knives, but allowed box cutters.
I bought him the orange Gerber cutter, set it up like a new knife and off he went.
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My daughter is in culinary school. She brings her knife roll to school everyday but is forbidden to have a Sebenza in her pocket!
 
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