Using your EDC at a restaurant

Nope, never had to use one my knives in a restaurant....... Or even felt that I had too...
 
Just because I was bored.

made a mini California roll using my small sebenza.

Making sure its sushi sharp...
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The california roll

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The cut
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I admit it was fun, blade is too short for food prep though, even a mini roll.

or maybe im used to 12" blades haha.
 
Only encountered one extremely dull knife for a steak before from what I recall. Never felt the need to use my EDC to cut a steak, it be too much of a hassle to clean the thing when I am done and attract too much attention. The only things I would use is a more traditional slipjoint if I had one, or at the most a SAK.
 
Had the chance to divvy up a BACON MAPLE MONKEY BREAD with my Southard.... oh man that was absolutely delicious! My girl wasn't about to let me have the entire thing lol.

P.S. not as fun as making a Sushi roll but hey, any chance i get to use my EDC in a non defensive manner is a good thing :D

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I've used my Cold Steel Mackinac Hunter, Black Rock Hunter and Spyderco Tenacious to cut up restaurant food and clean up frayed chopsticks. Nobody bats an eye, except maybe extended family who happen to be sheeple. I honestly don't care. I'm within my legal rights. I'll gladly whip out a knife when I need it, cut what I need to cut, and put it back in my pocket/sheath. That's what it's there for, end of story.
 
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Oddly enough, I've never had to use an EDC knife for steak. Apples, however... I go to a bible study that takes place at a local Panera Bread. Every time I go, I have an apple as a side. I don't really like to just bite into my apples (maybe a holdover from braces) and the restaurant doesn't have anything sharper than a butter knife to cut it with. So out comes the knife. I usually cut it into 8ths and remove the core from each slice. For this I prefer a thinner knife, to better de-core the apple. As of right now, I use my Case Cheetah, but I've used SAKs, an Opinel, and a sodbusters for the task also. Very handy, and I never get any weird looks for it, probably because I all the knives I use are traditional style knives. I do carry something mor modern, but that is a Spyderco Techno, which has a thicker blade, unsuitable for cutting apples.
 
I don't eat at out very much but I did use my Benchmade 710 to cut a sandwich at an Arby's while I was on vacation a couple of months ago.
I guess you could count my everyday lunch as being out because I eat in the deli of a local grocery store. However, I almost always have a packed lunch.
 
We ate at a "Chuck Wagon" dinner in South Dakota in route to Yellowstone a couple of weeks ago. My wife asked me for my knife. She said, "That guys' using his.". The steaks were awesome, but they gave us plastic knives and forks!! My Blur got a workout.
 
I had forgotten about trimming straws for the kid until I read this thread. That used to be a normal thing.
Other than that I've used my knife at restaurants for various tasks. I've also seen plenty of others doing likewise. No one around here cares, if they even notice.

The exception is something like I saw recently at a crowded steakhouse in Chattanooga, Tennessee. There were a couple of younger guys eating near us. One of them had a large folder out (looked like a CRKT or similar), continually flicking it open and kind of semi waving it around. A few people were noticing, although no one seemed concerned about it.
 
CSG said:
I think the real issue here isn't using your knife at a restaurant but taking a photo of you doing it and posting it on a knife forum... :D

Oh, and I can't recall ever doing either.
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If I don't like the plates, I will just carve my own from a pile of timber I carry as an edc. I get some looks, but F Them! :p
 
Chair wobbly? I just cut down or baton the other 3 legs with my knife. You want to see strange looks? Try that! :D
 
Ankerson said:
Nope, never had to use one my knives in a restaurant....... Or even felt that I had too...
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Pretty much the way I feel. If I am in a restaurant with either dull knives or food too tough to cut, then I am going to ask for a sharper knife or sent the food back or both. I've eaten at an awful lot of restaurants over the years and have never used my EDC.

JMO with one exception...

Monofletch said:
We ate at a "Chuck Wagon" dinner in South Dakota in route to Yellowstone a couple of weeks ago. My wife asked me for my knife. She said, "That guys' using his.". The steaks were awesome, but they gave us plastic knives and forks!! My Blur got a workout.
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^^^In this case, I might be tempted to pull out a real cutting utensil. ;)

In fact, Wife reminded me that when we went to a Chuck Wagon dinner here in Chama a few years ago, we took 2 sets of nested camping utensils with us just in case we needed them. We didn't, but I can see how we might have.
 
Was not comfortable with this guy's toupee at a restaurant, I whipped out my Bear Grylls and gave him a pompadour to go!
 
I actually have a knife that is my 'Go To' knife when I'm heading out for a steak. It's a Boker Exskelimoor 1 with maple scales. It looks enough like a regular eating utensil to be non threatening, and it's a really good slicer. I like my cow really dead (Yes, I know, a waste of good steak), and I don't want to be sawing at it with the poor excuse for steak knives that most restaurants use.
 
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