Traveling knives

VorpelSword said:
Shocking the Fiancee with that backpack may be a fun thing to do . . .but being "quirky" that way is only cute for a little while.

From my vantage point of forty eight years of committed heterosexual monogamy, I would recommend that, for trips together, you start by getting a less tactical looking backpack. Little used modern looking backpacks may be found on e-Bay all day long. Same for the Goodwill online shopping website.

Why start off a relationship with friction? There will be plenty of friction rerdless as tie goes by. When traveling wih your intended to "nice" places . . .go with a backpack that doesn't make people think she with a wanna-be militia member?

I'm 48 years in . . .I'm just sayen . . . .
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Modern travel backpacks have some cool features these days as well. All sorts of anti theft and sneaky tricks. That your survival set hasn't really considered.
 
VorpelSword said:
Shocking the Fiancee with that backpack may be a fun thing to do . . .but being "quirky" that way is only cute for a little while.

From my vantage point of forty eight years of committed heterosexual monogamy, I would recommend that, for trips together, you start by getting a less tactical looking backpack. Little used modern looking backpacks may be found on e-Bay all day long. Same for the Goodwill online shopping website.

Why start off a relationship with friction? There will be plenty of friction rerdless as tie goes by. When traveling wih your intended to "nice" places . . .go with a backpack that doesn't make people think she with a wanna-be militia member?

I'm 48 years in . . .I'm just sayen . . . .
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While seemingly well meaning advice doesn’t go unappreciated, it’s not about being quirky or cute. I go for durability. I’ve yet to have a travel bag stand up to the test of time as good as this one has. Some lasted me less than a month when I was driving trucks over the road a couple years ago, some have lasted for around a year of casual weekend use. The one in question has been in use by me since 1995. Camping, vacations, trucking… it just keeps ticking
 
DocJD said:
I keep ,basically always , a sack of knives in my SUV ; along with Cold Steel Trench Shovel , a big Stanley...***(see below)



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***...wrecking bar , etc . etc . :cool::thumbsup::thumbsup:

So , no commercial plane rides for me , unless no choice . :( Hate that naked feelin' .
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I hate that whole commercial flying feeling altogether. I don’t mind the flying part itself, but the totally inhuman treatment by pretty much everybody associated with the airline makes me want to be one of those disruptive passengers you read about. I have never seen another industry that makes you feel so much like you’re putting them out by doing their f’n job. Pardon me for deciding to do business with you. So the very rare occasions I go by air, I take nothing from the blade collection. If I feel I need one when I get to where I’m going, I’ll buy it when I get there.

Going by car, I’ll take a folder that’s not one of my favorites, and a couple of SAKs. Our last vacation, my wife actually wanted me to bring along my biggest folder when we went on one of the walking trails into the woods behind the hotel, in case any of those Deliverance kind of people showed up. I might have to get a bigger one before the next trip, because, you know, I gotta keep her safe.
 
^^^+++

I wholly agrtee with the inconvenience, bother and irritation associated with airports and boarding. My wife and I are now in our seventies and all that is magnified by age-related issues.

The flying experience itself is also not "fun". Amany years ago (1980s) I was booked on an international flight from Athens to NYC for work and got bumped UP to business class by the flight attendants for some reason. That was amazingly bearable.

The cost of non-cattle-coach today is staggering to me. A relative dumped a giga-jullion credit card points on a flight from NYC to Rio and the cash equivalent of first class was $15,000 in 2012!

Bringing any cutting tool along is just not worth the hassle of being challenged these days. Just passing security with a substantial metal cane is a chore. I once checked a small bag just so I could have a serious knife at my destination.
 
If I’m driving I have a Victorinox Huntsman and a multitool in both my car and truck, so for some odd reason I actually walked out the door without something in my pocket I’m covered. I’ll still take an additional knife or three with me. Camping or hunting there is always a more robust folder like a Buck 110/112 or a fixed blade for the belt. Usually there is another SAK of some type along with a stockman pattern. Other road trips it’ll be the same minus the more robust knife. I’ve found the SAK’s have come in handy for various tasks when traveling. As others have said they are also easily replaced.

I used to fly several times a year for conferences and work. Not ever wanting to get jammed up by some obscure law I was unaware of I usually kept that pretty simple with a Victorinox Small Tinker and maybe a Classic.
 
Im actually on the road now. Sitting in the hotel lobby drinking coffee with a Manadi, a Muninn and Glock 19. My all day everyday carry.
 
I rarely travel without a knife or two. I find putting them in my shaving kit is the best security when flying. I don't have anything specific, but I usually carry a two blade Congress pattern and a small fixed blade (like a Loveless City Knife pattern).

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I Don’t/Won’t fly. So I can take whatever I want with me in my truck.🤔
Once on a camping trip I counted the knives I had with me. 13!! I guess I must have kept throwing them in and didn’t realize how many I had. 😂😂
John 😎
 
Since moving to the PNW 5 years ago while still keeping property back home in Florida, all of my air travel since then has been back and forth there. I go back a few times a year, and often stay a month or more. I didn't take me long to realize that for such long periods of time, I really wanted to carry a knife that I enjoy despite the risk of packing it in checked luggage. I wanted something that was a good all-arounder. Something that I could use for everything from everyday use, to camping and going in the woods, to working on my properties, or even helping out the family with farmwork should the need arise. Something I could beat all to hell, but still something that I thought was cool and could bond with. I knew better than to go with something irreplaceable, but I didn't mind going with something expensive because I knew I was putting it to good use (still, I check inside my luggage instantly after getting it off of the carousel and put it right in my pocket ;) ). I ended up settling on the Sebenza 31.

I bring that, a Spyderco Salt for kayaking and the beach, my Swisstool, often a fixed blade (even though I keep a Buck 119 down there as well), a SAK, and sometimes a Case knife just for the helluvit.

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Knives&Lint said:
Since moving to the PNW 5 years ago while still keeping property back home in Florida, all of my air travel since then has been back and forth there. I go back a few times a year, and often stay a month or more. I didn't take me long to realize that for such long periods of time, I really wanted to carry a knife that I enjoy despite the risk of packing it in checked luggage. I wanted something that was a good all-arounder. Something that I could use for everything from everyday use, to camping and going in the woods, to working on my properties, or even helping out the family with farmwork should the need arise. Something I could beat all to hell, but still something that I thought was cool and could bond with. I knew better than to go with something irreplaceable, but I didn't mind going with something expensive because I knew I was putting it to good use (still, I check inside my luggage instantly after getting it off of the carousel and put it right in my pocket ;) ). I ended up settling on the Sebenza 31.

I bring that, a Spyderco Salt for kayaking and the beach, my Swisstool, often a fixed blade (even though I keep a Buck 119 down there as well), a SAK, and sometimes a Case knife just for the helluvit.

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That's about one worthless bottle of MaCallan. ☹️
 
Boattale said:
That's about one worthless bottle of MaCallan. ☹️
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Indeed. Luckily it proved its worth by preventing the need to stop by the liquor store between the airport and the house for a much needed evening drink after a 5 hour cross-country flight ;)
 
Dergyll said:
One time, I went on a business trip to Glen Falls NY and took my bladehq 20CV bugout (it had just released and was popular back then). At an afterwork event at a local German bar (if you are in the area, you'll know which), one of the guys wanted to borrow my bugout and promptly drops it on the dirty, dimly lit, sticky floor. Miraculously, I was able to recover my bugout in the crowd after contracting a few diseases. We were inebriated.

Fast forward a few years, same place, I bring my benchmade 943 (clip point, so it had a delicate tip). At the bar, I couldn't get the guy's attention to get me a cheapie to cut my brats. I take my 943 out and made the mistake of flicking instead of rolling. Promptly deploys the tip into the side of the glass beer mug. Broke the tip off....I was inebriated.

Moral of the story? Business trips = inebriation = accidents with knives.
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Broke the tip due to contact w/glass beer mug?? WTF? Did you contact Benchmade?
 
I travel for a living. If I travel by land, I usually carry a couple knives. When I fly, I pack the Hogue Deka in my first aid kit in my luggage.
 
I carry a variety of knives on road trips. It gives me something to tinker with if boredom sets in. Plus, usually the folks I visit enjoy looking at my knives.
 
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