Pocket Knife uses

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What are the uses of a pocket knife?
Let's try to make a list so that when someone bugs us about it, we have ton of smart answers to shut them up.

It would be great if we could have a list that we just keep adding to without any repetition (which is probably quite difficult). Maybe we could get 50 uses, or a 100...

At the end of certain time periods(once a day if this thread stays afloat), I will TRY to compile them to a numbered list for easy viewing.


Cleaning
1. Dirt in finger/fingernails.
2.

Cutting
1
2

Drilling
1. Holes for an opening on a coconut
2. Holes on a belt

Poking
1.
2

Peeling
1. Apples

Opening
1
2

Shaving
1
2

Chopping
1
2

Sharpening
1
2

Fending of
1. Bees
2

Playing
1.
2

Scraping
1
2

Slicing
1
2

Trimming
1
2
 
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Cutting bagels
Breaking down cardboard boxes
Opening Letters
Preparing dinner
Sharpening pencils
Slicing foam to size for packing out items for mailing
Slicing huge gashes in your hand (oops, sorry, I didn't mean to type that, and I've NEVER done it)
Lenny
 
Just in the past few days I've opened a UPS box, my mail, cut some twine on a house project, opened one of those dammed plastic blister packages, and broke down some cardboard boxes after a shopping trip to Sam's Club.

Carl.
 
Worry beads - some people find it therapeutic to open / close their knives repeatedly or just to fondle them - kinda like a security blanket.

Other uses:

Trimming landscaping
Opening bags of playsand / concrete/ peat moss / topsoil
Trimming loose clothing threads
Trimming new car floor mats
Whittling / carving
Making fuzz sticks for fire while camping / hiking
 
Opening Bags (eg: Dog Food, Feed, Snacks, MREs, etc)
Cutting Threads
Trimming fingernails
Whittling
Cutting out articles from newspaper, magazines, etc.
Trimming photographs.
Trimming and cutting out sheet rock.
Removing insulation from wires.
Removing foreign bodies from skin.
Incision and Drainage of abscesses (of course, only on an emergency basis, and after appropriate disinfection :-) )
Fending of Zombies
cutting meat (eg: Steak)
Fire prep (cutting tender/kindling)
Helping kids with school craft projects
Cutting Zip ties
Opening blister packs (carefully).

Oops. I noticed that there are some repeats in the list.
 
Cutting a seat belt during an emergency
Nostalgic reasons such as bringing back ones youth
Great wilderness tool
Cuts my breakfast muffin in two including the paper :P
 
Sort of a silly thread....but
We could organize by things like
Opening bags of (fill in the blank)
Opening boxes of....
Trimmin...
Cutting....

I think the OP should organize the comprehensive list!! :D
 
I use my pocket knife for almost any cutting task that appears in my daily life, from opening packages and envelopes to cutting fruit and dried meat.

I believe it was on the Leatherman site where I read that someone rescued people at a car accident by cutting the seat belts with his knife. It seems to me that using a knife for such emergency situations would be a great answer too if someone asks why you carry a knife.
 
Somewhat updated and compiled from other people's answers

Cleaning
1. Dirt in finger/fingernails.
2.

Cutting
1. Bagels
2. Twine
3. Seatbelt

Drilling
1. Holes for an opening on a coconut
2. Holes on a belt

Poking
1.
2

Peeling
1. Apples

Opening
1. Letters
2. Blister Packages
3. Boxes
4. Bags of Pet food

Shaving
1
2

Chopping
1
2

Sharpening
1. Pencil
2

Fending of
1. Bees
2

Playing
1. Mumbletypeg
2

Scraping
1
2

Slicing
1. Gashes in your hand
2. Foam

Trimming
1. Loose clothing threads
2. Photographs

Removing
1. Foil from a bottle
2.

Carving
1.
2.

Sculpting

Engraving
 
fending off bees!!! ha ha ha ha ha!!! that is some funny sh$t right there.

reminds me of a monty python episode where they went bug hunting... with full auto machine guns...
 
CLEANING: Dirt from the soles of your boot, can be nasty:D Getting that crystaline white 'fur' from battery terminals, watch out for shocks:D
Reaming a pipe-bowl.

Gutting fish

Cutting tobacco and other non soft drugs:thumbup:

Making kebab skewers from sticks or 'toasting forks'

Skinning furry creatures in a survival situation...

Cutting fresh veg from your kitchen garden

Striking cuttings in the greenhouse. Stripping electrical wire. Trimming sheep feet and other hooves including human nails. Carpet trimming and cutting up rags for cleaning.

Cutting a rose for the one you love. Carving your name in wood/stone.
 
99% of the time I'm using my pocket knife, it's for cutting open some kind of package. Those plastic blister packs in particular need a good knife, but even something like a bag of chips is much neater and easier to open with a knife.
 
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