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POCKET KNIFE: what are your favorite uses?
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Leftytwogunz
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Opening a package containing a new knife, I guess.
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My favorite? Castrating a fly in mid air.
I am not very good at it though!
I am not very good at it though!
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I'll go first.
Lemons with tequila?!?
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Well I use that last knife I acquired to open the box of the new one, it just keeps repeating itself, also I'm heavily into wooden model ship building, I use Moras and Opinels for that.
Lemon, Lime....who really cares? The tequila and salt are the most important! LOL ... a lot of bars don't have limes, as lemons are more commonly used. I prefer lemons. I have lived in Japan, Spain, USA and Cuba...Lemons!
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Favorite use? Whittling. Most common and satisfying use? "Ah goodie, a box, I just so happen to have a beautiful sharp thing in my pocket to slice it open!"
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Probably cutting drywall because the tip don't break like on utility knives or scraping gum and gunk off stuff or for trimming plants
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What?!
I don't know what type of bars you go to!
True. I have not been to a bar that did not have limes. Maybe an international thing?
On topic, I use my pocket knife for just about everything. Hard to narrow it down. I'll steel what lefty said: opening a package with my next knife in it!
Using it as a learning tool to teach the younger members of my extended family safe knife handling and how to open a one-handed folder.
It's very satisfying when a child at a family function, brimming with curiosity, asks me about the folder in the sheath on my belt, and after a few minutes of instruction they are able to open it safely (with two hands of course because their hands are too small for one-handed opening), and I can see that both a passion for knives, and an awareness of knife safety, have taken root in their minds.
Not every child in my extended family has a father or man around to teach them about knives. So I often get to be the "cool uncle" who teaches them.
It's very satisfying when a child at a family function, brimming with curiosity, asks me about the folder in the sheath on my belt, and after a few minutes of instruction they are able to open it safely (with two hands of course because their hands are too small for one-handed opening), and I can see that both a passion for knives, and an awareness of knife safety, have taken root in their minds.
Not every child in my extended family has a father or man around to teach them about knives. So I often get to be the "cool uncle" who teaches them.
Probably cutting small limbs or saplings. You can easily saw (combo-edge for life) through a 1 inch diameter sapling in just a few seconds if you bend it and cut it right at the bend. I really wanted to carry one of those hard-use $400 knives, but the thick blade and lack of a combo-edge made the task I mentioned above nearly impossible, even with a coarse edge (DMT 325 grit?).
Back when I carried a cheap Schrade CH7, I loved throwing it at trees. It lasted me almost 20 years.
I carry a Spyderco Stretch combo-edge currently.
Back when I carried a cheap Schrade CH7, I loved throwing it at trees. It lasted me almost 20 years.
I carry a Spyderco Stretch combo-edge currently.
