The Keyboard-Commando's EDC

microtech85 said:
I disagree with jackknife about blade length. I do agree that a one or two inch blade will do a lot. However, i find i have the need for about 3 inches of usable blade for many cutting tasks. The 3 inch will cut open most things easily and is long enough to cut apples in half. My delica will cut the apple in half, but the native5 i had would not quite make it through to the other side. The delica has a fraction of an inch more in usable blade length but it made the difference on many cuts. I do not find it to be about ego in any way.
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You can cut a 3 1/4 inch apple in half with a 2 inch blade. Just cut through half of it, turn it over and cut through the other half. Same with large sub sandwich. Cut down with what blade you've got, then turn sandwich over and cut through the bottom.

It just takes a little thought.
 
jackknife said:
You can cut a 3 1/4 inch apple in half with a 2 inch blade. Just cut through half of it, turn it over and cut through the other half. Same with large sub sandwich. Cut down with what blade you've got, then turn sandwich over and cut through the bottom.

It just takes a little thought.
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Certainly sub optimal though. It's why I carry a knife with at least a 2.5" cutting edge. Specifically for food use. That's the only reason though.
 
jackknife said:
You can cut a 3 1/4 inch apple in half with a 2 inch blade. Just cut through half of it, turn it over and cut through the other half. Same with large sub sandwich. Cut down with what blade you've got, then turn sandwich over and cut through the bottom.

It just takes a little thought.
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"It just takes a little thought", do realize what you are asking. :)
Jackknife I enjoy your stories but some times you over generalize just a bit. We'll just have to agree to disagree.

I tried a peanut challenge for a week, only made it for 5 days. A stack of boxes and a radiator hose was the killer. I came to the conclusion that just because I can, why should I. What I learned was a knife that fits my hand is so much more comfortable to use. Not to mention the fact that now I've got with a yellow CV peanut, that will forever sit idle in a drawer.
For 25 plus years I carried a 4' stockman. These days a 3 ¾ inch closed, single blade or single spring makes the perfect knife.

jackknife said: ↑ "Growing up in the years just after WW2, every man who had pants on had a pocket knife. And it was always some small two blade penknife or little jack, about 3 inches closed."

I'm 66 now, growing up the only sub 3” knives I saw were at church. Every other day it was 3.5” to 4” closed, mostly stockmans, muskrats, trappers etc. It's obvious we grew up in different areas around different types of people.

jackknife said: ↑"For most urban/suburban work environments, all you need is a small inch or two blade. More is just an exercise of want vs need and ego."

In these days of tacticool, pocket brick silliness I some how do not think of a Northwoods IRJ or 4” stockman as an exercise of want vs need and ego.

jackknife said: ↑"I spend more time fishing now"

I love fishing, I think my fishing is different than yours, I use blue gill and tennessee tuna aka skipjack shad as bait. I guess I could use a peanut or SAK classic to cut bait but it ain't gonna happen.
A 4" stockman will make short work of bunnies and squirrels for the stew pot.
 
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jackknife said:
You can cut a 3 1/4 inch apple in half with a 2 inch blade. Just cut through half of it, turn it over and cut through the other half. Same with large sub sandwich. Cut down with what blade you've got, then turn sandwich over and cut through the bottom.

It just takes a little thought.
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That is a good argument for making a smaller blade work. Bjt my comment was about a knife blade being able to cut an apple in half without having to go to the other side. I had to do that with my native5 but not with my delica and that is my main point. I like a blade that will cut apple in half in one cut. Anf that is why a gave my native to a friend as a gift.
 
You guys carry 5-10 times more than I do and I work on a farm.
Esse4 and SAK Pioneer
In the steel shop all I carried was a sod buster jr
 
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SkrufKnifer said:
You guys carry 5-10 times more than I do and I work on a farm.
Esse4 and SAK Pioneer
In the steel shop all I carried was a sod buster jr
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Perhaps you have tools at the ready but in an office environment, many situations can be address by either having the tools on you or waiting days for an IT or service request to be completed.
Lord knows I can't borrow anyone else's knife or multitool or flashlight since practically noone else has one.
I'm sure that you carry/use way more "farm stuff" than I do everyday but that doesn't make either of us right or wrong. It's just different needs for different work environments.
 
So to answer the OP and thread title I tend to carry a single folding knife, usually what I would consider a medium size, and either I use it none or use it on many things in my current job. I did change jobs and went from being an IT Help Desk to a more desk oriented job. When I did IT I found more need of the knife but I do still use it for opening packages and envelopes and breaking down boxes.
 
It's like your saying all the farm equipment or my tool box is my "edc" wouldn't your comouter, fax machine, Xerox, coffee maker ,or key board be your edc?
My SAK Pioneer is my multi tool. Does what I can't with the ESEE. We have rabbits all over. I use my ESSE to make wooden steaks for snares and the awl on the SAK to make holes for the wire. Cut the wire with ESEE
 
Dean51 said:
"It just takes a little thought", do realize what you are asking. :)
Jackknife I enjoy your stories but some times you over generalize just a bit. We'll just have to agree to disagree.

I tried a peanut challenge for a week, only made it for 5 days. A stack of boxes and a radiator hose was the killer. I came to the conclusion that just because I can, why should I. What I learned was a knife that fits my hand is so much more comfortable to use. Not to mention the fact that now I've got with a yellow CV peanut, that will forever sit idle in a drawer.

For 25 plus years I carried a 4' stockman. These days a 3 ¾ inch closed, single blade or single spring makes the perfect knife.

I'm 66 now, growing up the only sub 3” knives I saw were at church. Every other day it was 3.5” to 4”, mostly stockmans, muskrats, trappers etc. It's obvious we grew up in different areas around different types of people.
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I seldom cut food with a pocket knife. Let's just say it is a bit of an emergency to use a pocket knife on something I'm going to eat because I know what I do with said pocket knife on a regular basis.

I also tried the peanut (ish) traditional challenge and carried my little 3.1" (closed length) stockman for a couple weeks. It worked, but I was just a lot more comfortable with a slightly larger knife (blade). Dean, you must be seeing larger stockmans than I have at 3.5-4" blades. Yeah, closed length of the knife fits that characterization.

But I agree with the general gist of the thread in that my knives tend to be smaller than many here. Last larger knife I carried on a regular basis was a Schrade 250T which is sized about like a Buck 110. Too big for me now.
 
Well, my computer, copier, printers and such are usually what I'm using the tools on.
I can either find the guy who has the combo to the tools, fish around and try and find what I need, fix the printer, put it all back (and have it verified) and then attempt to print again and repeat the process if something goes sideways or I can use my surge to hold the nut while I turn the screw with my explorer (which is also my food knife) with my Olight, attached via it's magnet, inside the printer and be done before I'd walk to the tool box.

I'm surrounded by pens and paper but I bring my own pen and I have my own pocket notepad because I prefer them and that way I have them on me in case I'm not at work (since I don't change to go home).
I have a Case Seahorse in my back pocket so I can hack at some wood on my breaks and a box cutter so I can do the dirty, rough or precise things that an instantly sharp knife affords.

I'm the guy that people come to when something needs to be fixed and that's not even close to my job description. I certainly don't feel over "tooled" since it all gets used pretty much every day.

And if I could truly carry a fully functional computer and printer with me in my pocket, I'd be first in line to sign up. I settle for a phone and the ability to print to one of 3 printers remotely from it. Not as elegant but works pretty well.
 
22-rimfire said:
I seldom cut food with a pocket knife. Let's just say it is a bit of an emergency to use a pocket knife on something I'm going to eat because I know what I do with said pocket knife on a regular basis.

I also tried the peanut (ish) traditional challenge and carried my little 3.1" (closed length) stockman for a couple weeks. It worked, but I was just a lot more comfortable with a slightly larger knife (blade). Dean, you must be seeing larger stockmans than I have at 3.5-4" blades. Yeah, closed length of the knife fits that characterization.

But I agree with the general gist of the thread in that my knives tend to be smaller than many here. Last larger knife I carried on a regular basis was a Schrade 250T which is sized about like a Buck 110. Too big for me now.
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I was talking about closed length. 3 1/2 to 3 3/4 closed goes in my pocket. At 4 inches it goes in a belt sheath.
I don't often use my knife for food, unless I just cleaned it up. Like you as often as not there's no telling where it's been.
I rarely go over 4 inches, definitely smaller than most here in the General Knife Discussion.
 
SkrufKnifer said:
You guys carry 5-10 times more than I do and I work on a farm.
Esse4 and SAK Pioneer
In the steel shop all I carried was a sod buster jr
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While you certainly did the job with just those, perhaps we aren't all as efficient as you :D so hooray for other knives!

SpySmasher said:
I don't even carry a knife. I just have one long fingernail.

Guess I win this contest.
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I cut with the sharpest thing I got: my mind... course I do dull it with a cold one here and there :D
 
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