What did you cut today?

Im a Carpenter by trade, I have my own Kitchen and bath remodeling company and I also build custom houses when i get the chance to. My pocket knife it probably the most used tool I have in my tool box and I have a big tool box ( a 1 ton GMC cube van set up as a work shop on wheels). I just recently Had a custom Jon Graham Razel made for me in CPM 154. I have really came to respect the ability of the higher end steel. Just this week I used it to cut up 3 rolls of fiber glass insulation for a project I was working on and it held and edge well. Most times I would use a Stanley type utility knife but they dull so fast it was a good surprise that after dragging the knife thure 6" thick insulation about 40 or 50 times it still had a keen edge, I usaly would have been thure 3 or 4 of the utility blades for that task. Last week I used my pocket knife to open 23 bags of concrete mix, a few bags of grout and split some shims. thats on top of the given open the mail, cut up lunch, scrape some crud off the floor, prune back some brush that is on my way and the best pencil sharpener I own.

That said I think its kinda cool to collect all of the different types of steel. Right now im on a M390 kick. Oh and the one use for my pocket knife that most people would scoff at is as a door stop. I do not think twice about opening my folder and jamming it under a door to keep it open when I need to carry things in and out of customers houses.
 
Okay so after reading through your answers I guess I don't feel so bad.

It sounds like a few have the option of using their knife at work/on the job instead of a razor. I work for a huge corporation and just a few years ago I would take my throwers to work and practice on cardboard bales on breaks. I'd take my newest blade and show it off, or I'd spend time in the enormous shop making knives. The engineers liked that. :)

Then they took it all away. Knives (even the SOG mt they bought me!) are now "weapons" along with guns, and are banned right along side drugs and alcohol.

Stupid. So that rules out work for me...

Then some of you use them for camping/hunting/fishing. Okay, I can get behind that. Well, sort of... I have a big family and only get out camping 3-7 times per year. Might tack on a couple more day fishing trips. But hell, even with that if you add up all of the actual CUTS made there really aren't that many. I guess I don't hunt (or haven't in years) so I'm missing that piece of the puzzle.

Then there's kitchen/food duties. I do this too. In fact when I cooked steaks a couple of nights ago my wife rolled her eyes and asked me if I'm using my "special" knife for mine. :D Um... that's affirmative little lady! But for the most part my knife is too nice, or too clean or more likely, has a non-foodsafe oil/lube on it somewhere.

All of this adds up to... not much to cut. :( I mean aside from what I listed initially, I don't even use a knife on a daily basis, and worse, it sounds like I have plenty of company.

Oh well... I guess it's time to go find that phonebook. :)
 
Raining said:
This. And cut my fingers a lot. :D
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THAT (LOL) and boxes, envelopes, food, whittling, pencils, stuff, leather, paper and loose string on sweaters (not good to do to a loved one in public, it can look like a mugging) among other bushcrafty things. I just can't seem to get into the super steels. I've always been more about construction and type. Considering that I have steel in my pocket and primitive man only had stone I think we're all doing ok with what ever we're carrying.
 
cncpro11 said:
No piece of fruit goes unscathed, nary a pencil that hasn't felt my blade, and not an envelope in sight that wasn't reduced to a pile of shreds.
And then of course there's my bald forearms...
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This comment made me laugh...... I also have a big box of shredded paper/envelopes, still have the hair on my arms though :D
 
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This comment made me laugh...... I also have a big box of shredded paper/envelopes, still have the hari on my arms though :D
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I have an inch thick stack of reciept paper that I use to cut. I filled up a small trash can with shreds once. It took a long time. And by shreds I mean smaller than trimmed pinky nail size.
 
Im a Carpenter by trade, I have my own Kitchen and bath remodeling company and I also build custom houses when i get the chance to. My pocket knife it probably the most used tool I have in my tool box and I have a big tool box ( a 1 ton GMC cube van set up as a work shop on wheels). I just recently Had a custom Jon Graham Razel made for me in CPM 154. I have really came to respect the ability of the higher end steel. Just this week I used it to cut up 3 rolls of fiber glass insulation for a project I was working on and it held and edge well. Most times I would use a Stanley type utility knife but they dull so fast it was a good surprise that after dragging the knife thure 6" thick insulation about 40 or 50 times it still had a keen edge, I usaly would have been thure 3 or 4 of the utility blades for that task. Last week I used my pocket knife to open 23 bags of concrete mix, a few bags of grout and split some shims. thats on top of the given open the mail, cut up lunch, scrape some crud off the floor, prune back some brush that is on my way and the best pencil sharpener I own.

That said I think its kinda cool to collect all of the different types of steel. Right now im on a M390 kick. Oh and the one use for my pocket knife that most people would scoff at is as a door stop. I do not think twice about opening my folder and jamming it under a door to keep it open when I need to carry things in and out of customers houses.
 
jwren said:
It's funny, my kitchen knives probably see the most use out of all my knives, but they're the cheapest ones I own, and I have no desire to upgrade them. Meanwhile I drop money on expensive pocket knives, that don't see anywhere near the same amount of use. Ahhhh, good 'ol addiction :)
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Hahaha thats just how I am :rolleyes:
 
Boxes, duct tape, wire shielding, wires, cord, packages of sorts, random craft materials the wife is using, things like that.
 
Today I cut (why isn't this a thread like EDC? Today I cut...)

Probably two dozen boxes open.

A bunch of zip ties.

Loose string on my clothes.

Loose string on my friend's shirt.

An orange (I washed my knife first)

My hand (on purpose, there was an old blood blister that needed to go)

The CPM S30V handled the tasks quite well :rolleyes:
 
Today I used a knife that I got in the mail yesterday to open a box that contains a knife that I'll use to open another box tomorrow which will contain another knife that I will use in a similar situation the following day....
 
yesterday while sharpening a kitchen knife for stitches removal i cut the back of one of my knuckles. thought it was pretty funny. put some super glue on the cut and decided to use scissors to remove the stitches.
 
Going with the flow...

Today I cut- open a package that contained a kevlar glove that a great guy here gifted to me for my budding carving career (hobby). :)

Soon (hopefully) I'll use the same knife to cut open the package that contains my new handmade carving knife!

I'll change the title of this thread as soon as I'm NOT using tapatalk, which, for some reason, doesn't allow me to edit my posts. :)
 
I cut a little bit of everything.
Boxes, packages, mail(the envelope), strings, paracord, food, zip ties, paper, fabric, my fingers.
You know, the usual.
 
My weekly routine is a bit weird, it changes a lot from one day to another.


I spend some days reading and writing at home, I only go out to train at the gym for a few hours, and a SAK is more than enough to cover my cutlery needs.

On other days, I head out to my family's ranch and my knives are faced with far bigger tasks, usually involving abrasive media. For those chores I like to have a small fixed blade made out of a steel that'll hold an edge well, even if sharpening is a bit harder.

I also spend a great deal of time traveling, by bus and airplane, as part of an olympic wrestling team. I'm in charge of organizing everything and the guys turn to me to sort out almost anything, so my knives and tools actually fullfill the needs of 15-20 people (not one of them carries even a bloody keychain multitool!). When I'm on the road, far away from home, I like to carry overbuilt knives that I know won't let me down.

I guess I've got fancy knives with super steels because I like them, I'm pretty sure I could get by without them. I don't often get involved in activities that justify those types of knives on a daily basis. I do enjoy it a lot when I get the chance to really put them through the ringer, like when I used to work at a hunting preserve and had to go through a couple dozen hogs in a single day.
 
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