What do you do with your Police?

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There are some things you shouldn't do with the Police model that you can do with most other "tactical" folders. Because of the long, thin profile and the pointy and delicate tip, the Police is not made for prying-- anything.

You can't just jab the tip into anything, either. If is quite fine.

But the Police fills a definite niche that other folders just can't match, or just don't have at all.

Besides the Police, what other blade is good for:

--Picking your teeth.
--Picking out slivers.
--Sticking and picking up cigarette butts and candy wrappers and examining them, like a detective.
--Those last few olives in that pesky jar? Grab the Police.
--Lancing blisters.
--Roasting weiners.

I've also used the Police for "grabbing" sheets of paper that may be
stuck flat to something. Hard to explain, but I've done it.

Not to mention, of course, the Police is a great slicer.
 
Interesting. I must be the only one here at the forums who has a Police.

Anyone else ever seen them? :D
 
I just bought my first one on Saturday. I've spent the last hour watching in amazment as the thing slices through rolled up cloth (old blanket) like it's going through jello. Hmmm, maybe I'll try it on some jello...
 
I carry a PE or PS Police as an EDC and have for quite a while. I use it for everything that needs separating. I use a screwdriver for opening paint cans. :-)

Ken
 
My flat ground G-10 Police has become my favorite knife of all.
And I don't think the tip is as fragile as it appears.
I've stabbed in to thick corregated cardboard and I've stabbed in to a roll of some old carpet just to compare my different tactical knives. I used quite a lot of force and stabbed in a reverse grip "Ice pick" fashion , but I was careful not to impact at an angle.

And I've let the knife just fall from my hand at shoulder height and stick in my wooden deck (I was experimenting to see how the handle and blade shape affected the knive's fall and impact). The Police fell and the tip went maybe 1/4" in to the deck and there was a bit of sway back and forth upon impact, but no tip damage.

I've used the fine tip on my G-10 to bore a hole in a plastic Gator-Aid bottle (making a bird feeder) and the tip suffered no damage.

If you're afraid to risk your Police, then get a cheap kitchen knife of similar blade thickness and tip design and see what it's capable of. I'll bet you'll be surprised at the results (and wear your safety gear).
 
I buy 'em donuts & coffee so's they don't hassle me all the time by writting me speeding tickets.:D.

Oh, you mean my SPYDERCO Police?...I carry mine as one of my EDC's (as my "defensive/offensive" folder)...At least one of 'em.:).
 
Good replies, all.

That is good news to hear about Police tip. It probably is more durable than what I'm giving credit.
 
I have two Police Models, and my G-10 PE has been in my EDC rotation for the past three years. It has held up very well to the abuse that I have put it through, and has been back to Spyderco one time since I got it. I love my POLICE models.
 
Another fine tipped knife to not worry about is the CS ti-lite. Has a pretty fine tip, with the thin profile, and swedge on the tip.

I haven't pryed with it yet, but I have been rough on it over the last week. Haven't even chipped the tip at all.
 
Without a doubt my G10 flat ground PE Police has to be the best slicer of all the knives I have in my collection.

For a while it had some use in the kitchen cutting veggies, meat, chicken and such. Made for a better slicer than my Global at times!:eek:
 
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