What do you do when you don't have a knife?

Nixelplix

Nixelplix

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My girlfriend lives down in L.A., so I've been flying down to see her a lot. I don't like to travel with checked baggage, so that means none of my knives can come with me. Lately, to solve this, I've been carrying around her SAK while I've been down there. I'll pobably buy a good knife to leave at her house later.

What do you do when you have to leave your knives at home or find yourself in some other situation bladeless?
 
I'd just borrow one from my girlfriend, which sounds like what you're already doing. Nothing wrong with a SAK. :thumbup:
 
I've only flied a few times...once I accidentally carried my Civilian on me and security did not notice it nor did they confiscate it! Go TSA! I got rather nervous given I realized I had it on the plane...needless to say, I made sure the pocket clip didn't show. The other time I remembered to remove my blades and in a 2 hour flight, I had about 3 panics that I lost the blade!
 
dude, buy a knife in cali and leave it with her so you have a knife when you go down there

or just check it
 
How about growing you thumb nails and sharpening them at 25 degrees inclusive with a nice little back bevel? :D
 
Nixel,
Don't buy a good knife and leave it with her.
When she dumps you, she'll just give it to her next boyfriend, and you really don't want to play with a knife.
FACT: long distance romance last as long as the other doesn't get caught.

JGarth ....
 
JGarth said:
Nixel,
Don't buy a good knife and leave it with her.
When she dumps you, she'll just give it to her next boyfriend, and you really don't want to play with a knife.
FACT: long distance romance last as long as the other doesn't get caught.

JGarth ....
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There's a bit of history in this one, so I'm not too worried about being dumped in the near future! I wouldn't mind who got the knife if I did get dumped.

Anyway, the reason I thought of this is while sitting in the airport, I fantasize about knapping blades out of bottle glass or getting a sharp piece of metal from somewhere in the terminal.

(Obsessed? yes.)
 
I fly twice a month. I've been doing it since 1989. I mostly fly to Southern California and Houston, TX. I always check my luggage and take a 4" blade with me, usually a BM 710. I've almost been car jacked twice and mugged a number of times, so I am never complacent and unaware. If you don't want to check your luggage then buy a Byrd Cara Cara and leave it with your girl.
You can get the g-10 version for $22.50 at Grand Prarie Knives. They are good people. Good luck.:)
 
Get a couple of small fixed blades custom made that fit together as a pair of scissors. After you pass through security with your TSA-acceptable scissors, take them apart in the bathroom stall and put them in the custom made concealment sheaths you have on either side of your belt.

QED.
 
Use my teeth to chew through any ropes that your girl ties you up with. :D
 
I go insane.
I feel naked, depressed, lonely, cold, scared, helpless, sad, insignificant, abandoned, worried. . .
I huddle in a dark corner while it rains and cry.
 
"What do you do when you have to leave your knives at home or find yourself in some other situation bladeless?"

I run.
 
"What do you do when you don't have a knife?"

I believe that's called "taking a shower";)
 
After you land, immediately go and get something to eat at a restaurant....and steal the steak knife!:D

Seriously, just put a knife in your checked luggage.
 
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