What situation were you in where your knife saved the day

onojoe said:
Nothing that dramatic, but I do feel like a hero when my wife asks if I have my knife, even if it is to cut a thread
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sharp_edge said:
as dangerous as it could be, I never get how people use a knife esp a fixed blade to open beers. Using teeth would be safer and easier; any hard corners (table, stair step) shall do it. If nothing like these available, just hooking up the lids of two bottles and twisting and pulling, problem solved.
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It really depends on the knife. You can use the BK11 to open a bottle without taking it out of its sheath. My favourite way to open a beer is by using a Bic lighter like a pry bar. Other lighters like Cricket may work, but some have weak plastic that can crack. Can also do that with any hard, flat object like the back end of a fork/spoon, or even a closed folding knife. I've used the back end of a stainless-handled Kershaw Leek like that and it barely scratched it.
 
I was out for a stroll in a nasty blizzard just after Xmas 2015, when I came across a Grackle flailing around in a tree with its feet frozen around a small branch.
My serrated CS Black Talon 2 cut the branch, and the bird made a full recovery after being smuggled home under my coat. :)
 
Kwon Kwang said:
One time at work, someone needed to free a coat rack from a cocoon of tape. My Leatherman came to the rescue. :thumbup:

Another time I used my SwissChamp to help a supervisor get a stubborn cabinet open.

There was one time when I was at a family dinner. The kids loved the large grapes, but not the seeds. Out came the Mackinac Hunter, which got those grapes halved and the seeds booted out real quick. :thumbup:

My coworker recently had a delicious cake but nothing to cut it with. SwissChamp to the rescue again!

My girlfriend knits and is often without a tool suitable for cutting yarn. Several of my knives have assisted with this.

Several parties I've been to where my SwissChamp has come in handy for opening bottles of beer and wine.

Just a few examples. My knives come in handy all the time, I don't go anywhere without at least one.
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I love the SwissChamp and use it a lot, but I rarely carry it on my person because of its size.

It sounds like you carry yours a lot. Do you use a belt pouch?
 
I can't recall saving any lives, but my knives have accrued tons of good karma over the years, helping others in myriad ways, usually small.
 
full flat grind said:
Nice! I guess you get used to it after a while.

I might try carrying mine more now. It certainly comes in handy.
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I love belt carry for knives. Keeps my pockets free for other things and makes whatever knife I'm carrying just a little more accessible and significantly more secure.
 
Tommy07 said:
A Polish farmer friend of mine gets the sleeve of his work jacket caught in the power take-off of his tractor. As he struggles to free the cloth, I get my Leatherman Crater C33x out of my pocket, open it quickly, and cut the cloth before his fingers and arm are mangled by the revolving shaft.
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THIS is the reason one should always have 2 fixed blades when working with machinery.

In August 1965, while working on a combine, my grandfather's left shirt sleeve came unrolled and got caught in a chain. He pulled out his Kabar 1232 and cut the sleeve. He looked at me and said "That's why you carry a fixed blade. You can't open a folding knife with one hand." (before the day on one-handed openers, obviously).

I asked him "What if it had been your other arm?"

He looked at me a little funny, then he said "Let's go." We drove the 3 miles to town and went to the Western Auto where he bought a Western L46-5, as they were out of Kabar 1232s.

A couple of weeks later, he bought second 1232 when they came in at the WA and he gave me the L46-5, saying "If you're smart enough to come up with that question, you're old enough to have your own fixed blade." I was 10 years old. I still have that first fixed blade.

I carried dual fixed blades whenever working around equipment until about 10 years ago when I said to hell with other people's attitudes and started carrying dual fixed blades all the time. Either dual Kabar 1232s, dual Kabar shorties, or dual L46-5s.

sharp_edge said:
as dangerous as it could be, I never get how people use a knife esp a fixed blade to open beers. Using teeth would be safer and easier; any hard corners (table, stair step) shall do it. If nothing like these available, just hooking up the lids of two bottles and twisting and pulling, problem solved.
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The BK11 is designed with a bottle opener as the "pommel".
 
I was at Hog-Rock many years back, watching a Charlie Daniels tribute band when one of the biker-chicks slid off of the large wooden spool she was sitting on and got a big splinter in her hand.

I pulled out my Vic Waiter, pulled out the tweezers and extracted the splinter with no problems.

Saved the day for sure. ;^)

best

mqqn
 
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