This thread is for people that use knives...

[powernoodle]

Edwood wins this one. Sorta beats my American Idol thing.

 

[ElectrikHellfire]

Edwood7 knows how to party!

 

[sherlockbonez]

Because...? Care to elaborate?

Yeah, when I'm exhausted, I like to stick the knife all the way into the box to maximize the length of cut I can get. But the choil usually gets caught on whatever I'm cutting, especially with wraps and thinner boxes.

I just use a delica now because of the lack of choil...but then I work behind a desk now so I don't use a knife as much anymore.

 

[Chocula]

I love cutting cucumbers and bell peppers (and mushrooms when makin stew) with a knife I got from Eddie White. Fun slicing for my daily salad

I live in an apartment on campus and borrow a vacuum cleaner once a week to clean my room. Often there are long hairs tightly wound up in the brush, so I use my edc (BM530) to cut out the hairs.

 

[SpookyDriver]

Well, just this morning I stabbed a man in Reno....just to watch him die.

Ok, it was actually a cardboard box in my living room, but it really is dead.

After 30yrs of active duty, the most hardcore jobs I ever did with a knife was cutting hydraulic lines and 100mph tape on a few occasions when my crew chief needed help. Even the SERE/CRO schools didn't have much hard knife work.

 

[drewg13]

Had to kill a bunch of zip ties yesterday. They were attacking me from all sides. Barely made it out of the lab with my life. This was with my Delica 4.

 

[elkpro1]

You'd think an elk pro would think to bring a better tool for the job if he knew he was gonna likely be skinning and boning multiple elks.... just sayin...

multiple elks is still just elk ...just sayin

 

[elkpro1]

...you have obviously not had to dig an IED up through asphalt.....

How do they pave over an IED and why would you not detonate it instead of digging it up ,through pavement anyway ?

 

[termiteslayer]

...not collect them. I have used mine to neutralize IED's during three tours in Iraq....

...what have you used yours for?

if you have always wondered what "hard use", feel free to pm me.

Well, I've cut a hell of a lot of different things doing boat construction. As much as 2 hours in hand a day on a particular project for over six months.

I've never served and without knowing what is needed to disarm various IEDs I betcha I could fix up a possibles bag of quite a few of my specialty tools, under two pounds, that would be yards more utilitarian than a knife.
Some weight is worth carrying, IMHO.

me - wannabe tool collector