What MANLY thing did your (traditional) knife do today?

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My wife and I were shopping for groceries and she started having a minor conniption over a tag in the back of the pull-over shirt she was wearing. She asked if I'd cut the tag off, I said I would when we go home for her safety. We were getting ready to pick up a couple of items for my mom and so I called her to get some input. I look at my wife and she's twisting around and grabs the tag and is trying to rip it off the shirt. Other shoppers are staring at us wondering what is going on. I'm signaling her to give me a moment while I finish the call and put the phone away. I grab my Vic Pioneer, open the main blade and slice off 2 offending tags from the back of the neck line. I was able to prevent her from destroying the shirt and suspend craziness for another few minutes. When we got home, I grabbed a Vic with scissors and cleaned up any jaggedness on the edge of the tags.
 
Cut my bloody hand:D

I'm responsible but a Queen Copperhead helped out. Don't let anyone tell you Queen D2 can't be got sharp:D:eek:
 
willgoy said:
Cut my bloody hand:D

I'm responsible but a Queen Copperhead helped out. Don't let anyone tell you Queen D2 can't be got sharp:D:eek:
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I'm a believer in Queen's D2. :thumbup:

Did the same thing to my thumb, when sharpening my Country Cousin. On the upside, it was so very sharp, the cut was almost painless (bled like a stuck pig, though), and it healed very neatly & quick. Something to be said for the clean edges of a cut from a very sharp blade. Makes healing much easier. :)
 
One thing my traditionals are always responsible for:
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I drive a towtruck, and these are dolly bars in case someone here doesn't know...
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They have to be extended every time they're used. To extend them, those big steel pins get pushed in, and the bar is slid to the next hole until you reach the disired length. The spring under that pin is pretty strong, and each time they're used requires 16 or 20 pushes. It's easy to pinch your thumb as well, so everyone uses some object other than their thumb to work these. I use the nickel bolsters of whatever traditional folder I have on me. Not a traditional use for a knife, but maybe it qualifies as manly?
 
Buck 301 was used to cut open some sausage and spread some mayo on a roll.

Did a valiant job of it too!
 
Went out to dinner. The dull steak knives the restaurant uses were not enough to cut the steaks. So, I had to pull out the Case CV stockman and cut the steak into bite sized bits, for me and my kiddo's.
 
I used my small Texas Jack to cut up some seat belts at our local junk yard.
Seat belt material is amazing stuff. 20 year old seat belts seem as young as new seat belts.
 
1581zebra said:
One thing my traditionals are always responsible for:

I drive a towtruck, and these are dolly bars in case someone here doesn't know...

They have to be extended every time they're used. To extend them, those big steel pins get pushed in, and the bar is slid to the next hole until you reach the disired length. The spring under that pin is pretty strong, and each time they're used requires 16 or 20 pushes. It's easy to pinch your thumb as well, so everyone uses some object other than their thumb to work these. I use the nickel bolsters of whatever traditional folder I have on me. Not a traditional use for a knife, but maybe it qualifies as manly?
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Actually, I find that to be a very traditional use. When I was young, a pocket knife was a common tool and was used for whatever purpose it was needed, and it wasn't always cutting.

For example, the father of one of my friends used to use his pocket knife to scrape carbon off spark plugs. Then he'd adjust the gap and put the reconditioned plugs back in the engine. Come to think of it, I did that myself quite a few times.

Meanwhile, this afternoon I used my pocket knife to open some Ikea boxes. Not all that manly, but still useful.

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Just unloaded this wrecked Dodge Ram... used the pen blade on my UN-X-LD barlow to trim some plastic away from the front tire so it wouldn't rub while I towed it.
 
Used the Douk-Douk on my keychain to cut the heavy straps and wrapping of a 250 sheet skid of steel (14 guage galvaneal) at work. Pushed the little folder to the limit but got it done.:thumbup:
 
I'm getting ready to move into a new house so this afternoon was filled with cutting up boxes using my Case Swayback Jack. Oh.... and I also cut open some junk mail.
 
I used my case backpocket to cut up some hospital waffles. It's been handy during our stay for food prep and other odds and ends.
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hoopster said:
I used my case backpocket to cut up some hospital waffles. It's been handy during our stay for food prep and other odds and ends.
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Beautiful knife.
I reckon though, at the hospital I'm spending the weekend at, they'd expect us to cut those waffles with the plastic fork. I'll be using my yeller cv soddie jr. ;)
 
1581zebra said:
Beautiful knife.
I reckon though, at the hospital I'm spending the weekend at, they'd expect us to cut those waffles with the plastic fork. I'll be using my yeller cv soddie jr. ;)
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Yeah, our meals didn't even come with plastic knives. Glad I came prepared.
Hope your hospital stay goes well.
 
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