SAK Classic Blade Rub?

[Stropping Young Lad]

If I dare to think about it much, the classic on my keyring is used just about every day.

I love my stockman, I loved my peanut. But since my better half got me into the little classics, It just may be my used pocket knife by virtue of being right there on my keyring that is on a carabiner on my left side belt loop. It seems every day I use the SD tip for some small Phillips screw, the nail file for a rough nail. the scissors, and knife blade for small everyday cuts like packages or whatever.

There were so may times in Washington D.C. that it was my only knife of the day by way of being small enough to go into government buildings. Now in Texas, it's just plain convenient. The scissors works well on monofilament fishing line, and the SD tip fits gun sight screws very well.

I think there is a lot of people in the world that EDC's a classic as their pocket knife, and do well.

I’ve been carrying mine all week and have been pleasantly surprised at how useful adult-me finds this little blade.

I still carry a GEC too, but GEC’s don’t have scissors and tweezers.

 

[afishhunter]

I wonder if it's worth a survey to ask how many folks had a grandfather that carried a small SAK?

Or great grandfather ... or grandmother, and great grandmother, for that matter.
After all, most knife companies before the 1950's (and especially in the mid 1800's to the 1930's) had a line of knives intended for the female market, with the scissors, nail file, nail cleaner, pen blade, and other tools. (A feminine version of a "gentleman's knife" you might say.) I'm sure the SAK Classic would have been a more budget friendly option for a lot of folk.
I don't remember what pocket knife my great grandmother (passed when I was 7 or 8) or great-great grandmother (passed when I was 4 or 5) had. I do know they both kept a small pocket knife with scissors in their purses, though. I remember them using it to cut stray threads, and when sewing, quilting, knitting, or doing crochet.