So, what made you decide to carry a knife?

I started when I was shopping in a thrift store and saw a CCC. Thinking it was cool I bought it. I got home and realized within 3 weeks that it was a POS. While surfing the net I saw someone linked Bladeforums. =D

Got myself an Endura and that's the beginning.
 
I remember watching my dad whittle a wooden dagger for me out of a oiece of broken fence panel & he drew a knurled handle on it with a biro etc.
He used a tiny pocketknife off his keyring & eventually gave me one of my own.
He came back from a trip to Germany with a proper SAK for me when I was about 7 & i thought it thye most amazing thing Id ever seen. LOL
Since then have carried a SAK mostly but sometimes a Leatherman or Applegate-Fairbairn folder. If im honest I use the tools far more than the blades!

Gibbs in Navy NCIS "Rule No.9 Always carry a knife!"
 
I was raised on a farm and never left. Amazing how many times a day you reach for it during the course of the day. Forget it and I'm only half dressed like forgetting your watch.

Traderdell
 
My uncle, Bob Clark, made knives out of a little shop in his garage. I'm pretty sure he made them from scraps he picked up at his day job. I know he made handles out of old palates.
I recall how it was so incredible whenever I got to go in there. He had some swords hanging on the wall. He had knives all over the place. I was about 5 at the time, and this place was like some sort of magical dream land.
So from then on, I always had the idea that knives were super awesome. So, as soon as I recieved my first knife, it just about never left me.
 
Can't remember not carrying a knife. Grew up on a farm and dad,grandad,and uncles had knives and it was a normal tool for everyone to carry.

Back in the day in rural Va. most of the boys carried a pocket knife to school.It was a tool even to the teachers.
Still carry a folder and a multi tool at all times.
 
Ever since I was a kid I just wanted one, most of the men in my extended family carried knives and a much older cousin of mine was a black smith. Finally, at the age of 8 my uncle gave me a little red victorinox camper. I fell in love with the knife and since then my knives have just gotten biger and better, not that the camper wasnt a good knife, as a matter of fact I still have it and keep really sharp and it works really well.
 
Actually the decision wasn't mine. I was expected to carry a knife by my father and grandfather starting at age six. It was really not an option. Going without a knife was preposterous to them and I went along with it. As I got older that wisdom became clear as a bell to me. Now the first thing I put in my pocket is a knife. Everything else is secondary.
 
Country folks always did outdoors type things. So, we kind of needed a knife. Now I live in L.A. and stil carry a knife out of the same kind of thinking. Just in case. I've been carrying a pocket knife since I was a kid.

cliff
 
You know, it is funny that you mention it, but the first thing that goes in MY pocket, is my knife. I have always done that. I am sitting here in my PJ's, and I have a knife on me.
 
Halfneck said:
When I was 8 or 9 my Grandfather gave me a Case 3 blade of some sort as a gift. I cut open packages, mail, whittled sticks, and fought dragons with that knife.
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You just told my story.
 
I started carrying a knife since I was 7 or 8. Dad took me to the store and let me pick out any (inexpensive) knife I wanted. I chose a cheap Sharp brand clip-point lockback, because it looked similar to the Puma he always carried. He taught me at a young age that knives made great tools, and you never know when you'd need to cut something open like an apple for lunch or have the hankerin' to just whittle on a stick, or even sharpen a pencil in a pinch. Since then, I've always kept a knife in my pocket from the time I get dressed in the morning until I go to bed.
 
I can't tell you why, just have always liked knives. And I have been carrying one since about the age of 8--way back when you could carry one to school without them calling the SWAT team on you. As a matter of fact, we used to play with them out in the school yard at recess with no problems at all. Since then, I have moved on to better quality knives (I would hope so) and it is so true what many say--- you never know when you will need a knife. Have you noticed that on those occasions when you don't have a knife, that is EXACTLY when you will need one?
 
J. Wilson said:
I chose a cheap Sharp brand clip-point lockback
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I used to have some Sharp knives! I got a 3-pack at Kmart. 3 different colors and blade types. What a cool thing for a little kid to get, 3 knives in one! I have given away or lost all of those cheap little pieces of junk. I later tried to find them again, but it's kind of hard to search for "sharp" knife and find what you are looking for. :)
 
I grew up in a family where hunting and fishing was a way of life, and you had to have the tools of the trade. I still have scars on my fingers where my old 110 had snapped shut. Now I depend on my knife when at work, and can't live without one anywhere else.
 
My grandfather always has a SAK on his keys. He also had a couple other knives around the house.

My father had a fully loaded SAK he took on out-doorsy trips. He also had a Buck 110, but rarely used it.

It was a while ago, but I think my first decent knife was a small Gerber LST. My brother got one, so then I had to have one. I carried it around because I liked it and it just seemed like the thing to do. No particular reason.

But before having any knife, I recall briefly carrying a set of small folding scissors. I was very young and I don't remember what happened to those (heck, they could be lost in a box here somewhere). I must have had some desire for the usefullness, even before getting a knife to play with.
 
I got my first knife at 11 when I joined the Scouts, and dropped it in my pocket to stay. I've had something there every day since. :)
 
I found that if I forgot to carry my knife, I would for sure need it and reach for it. . . I was lucky enough to be able to carry a knife all through school, and of course, college.
 
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