What's your at work knife and your occupation?

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I run the Day to Day of my family owned construction business and I own a bunch of rental properties that keeps me going at all hours of the day.

Right Front pocket changes day to day
SMF (Just picked up last week)
Kershaw Blur
Custom Grip I had made for my company's 50th year anniversary
Buck 110 that must be 20 years old

S&W 360 PD in 357 in a super tuck on my hip

Weak side
Emerson Karambit Fixed Blade tucked inside the waist
 
Im a grocery store manager, who also does all the maintenance and handles the accounting.
For me, my blades could see anything from opening letters, to cutting cardboard and plastic banding, to trimming a door facing so it wont drag. My knives have to be tough as nails, and maintain a usuable edge for a long time. After many tried and failed efforts, ive settled on 2 blades that fit that bill.
1. Esee Izula 2. Tough, gets sharp and stays that way, and sized to not be uncomfortable for all-day carry.
2. Buck/Strider folder. Tough enough for most jobs, cheap enough to not be timid using it, and keeps a decent edge.
 
Today, I'm carrying my Spyderco Manix 2 but normally, I carry my Spyderco Paramilitary 2. I also carry a Leathern Wave in my lunch cooler bag and Spyderco Balance SS on my key chain. I always carry a second folder which is a beater in my lunch bag. I work for a consulate office and I drive the big man around.
 
Police Sergeant,patrol. Just purchased a ZT0550. In addtion to my duty gun, backup gun, COPTOOL.
 
I don't have a specific work knife, I use them all the same. I carry a smaller neck knife like this almost exclusively:

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I'm the executive assistant to a custom knife maker.
 
Ive been a carpenter for about 13 years and its been some combination of Spyderco endura or delica, Emerson cqc-7 I carried for about 3-4 years straight, a regular Griptilian sees some carry time as did a CRKT m16 zytel till it folded up on my finger. My main workhorse knives seem to always come back to a Delica/Endura. Especially the new FFG Endura, I cant seem to let anything else in my pocket for work since I got it. Too light, flat, tough, and sharp.

Truth be told my heaviest use of my EDC knife was during the time I was doing punchout work for a builder. I had to do so many different types of jobs in a day that I couldnt work out of a regular set of belt tool bags, so for the larger portion of my day I didnt wear any. Hence no razor knife. During that time my edc blade was called on to do everything from open caulk tubes to scrape crap off door thresholds to cutting the black drainage pipe that invariably gets left sticking out of each yard. The emerson really excelled for me in that roll. Especially the ease of sharpening which seemed to be every few days.

I learned how to sharpen REAL good during that period, Lol. Nowadays I do mostly carpentry, so I work out of a apron and my EDC doesnt get "alot" of use. Always have the replacable razor knife in my bags, as well as a beater mora something or other that just gets absolutely ABUSED by everybody. Ill have to post a pic of that one some time you guys would get a kick out of it. Its the reason everytime I read someone bragging on how tough thier knife is I have to giggle a bit, when theres not a scratch on it.

Funny thing in closing. I have never figured out why, in MY industry, Im always the only guy on the jobsite with a knife in my pocket , isnt that crazy! The other guys are always askin me to borrow a knife to, hence the cheap replacable mora. After the last guy I caught cutting playing card cabinet shims against a brick wall with one of my razor sharp freshly honed edges, I dont loan out my edc anymore. You'd think a bunch of grown men carpenters would be smart enough to have some type of knife on them all the time. Were not children after all......
 
I'm the shipping manager at a rather large footwear company's main distribution center. When I'm not in my office I'm in the warehouse moving product around. I use a Spyderco Tenacious as my work EDC. I use it so, so much. All my work pant pockets are all worn out and faded in the exact same spot where the knife sits and clips / unclips. Haha.

I really like the Tenacious. It's an amazing knife for the money and suits my needs perfectly. I'd never gum up one of my more expensive blades at work, but this one takes it all no problem. I've been using it every day for over a year now and its broken in real nice.
 
Licensed Electrician:
Well 6 months ago I was using a Scott Cook Lochsa...sadly I let that one go and now I'm using a Large Micarta Insingo dbl silver thumbstuds, and honestly I think the Insingo is a better working knife! I'm not looking back...well kinda, I wish I still had the Lochsa, oh well.
 
I am a Sales Manager for a Northern California Craft Brewery (Est 1987). This brewer for the past 4+ years (15+ in the biz). I have always carried the same full sized BM Ritter 552 since 2008 plus a small slippie for fun.
I use the Ritter for cutting cardboard, pallet wrap and packing straps all the time. Plus I often use it to cut CO2 and beer hose and huge bags of ice (at beer fests etc). I even have used it to chunck off ice from big blocks at events where they ran out of baggged ice or something else.
I also live/work out of Oakland CA, so once in a while I use it* (*sometimes just rest my hand on my right pocket on the clip other times...) to tell folks to find another person to ask for free beer etc....
When I need to open mail, food packs, boxes, slice fruit/cheese and anything in public I LOVE to use a Case (mostly CV) Peanut, Texas Jack, Med stockman or some other random or vintage slipjoint.
I also proudly use my Sears 4Way screwdriver to tighten hose clamps for draft equipment and use one of these a lot;
http://www.micromatic.com/draft-keg-beer/tools-accessories-pid-MP-042ES.html
 
I'm a Border Patrol Agent. I've had an Emerson Commander in my pocket almost everyday in the field since 2004. I also carry an ESEE-4 on my duty belt, and an Izula (stripped, forced patina, and convexed) on my body armor. The Snody BOSS is in my tricky bag.
 
I was a transport engineer and carried a Spyderco Para2 and XM-18.

Got made redundant over a week ago and now carry a baseball bat, axe and machete...........just kidding, still the para2 and xm-18!
 
Army reserve band and sports league manager.
I always carry an Alox Bantam in my wallet and always have a small Vic Tinker (gets pretty beat up at the beach!). I used to carry an FRN or G10 Byrd Cara Cara 2 on duty but the FRN's developed significant blade play and the G10 was absconded with. I'd like to get a medium sized fixed blade with a full size handle to carry around.
 
I'm a Corrections Officer. We are allowed to carry knives in our facility, which is very very rare. I usually carry a Spyderco Tenacious but lately it's been my Microtech Combat Troodon.
 
im a bartender. I carried a Duane Dwyer custom Strider SnG in M4. and when im feeling frisky one of my two custom SMF's (SM100 and Zwear)
 
I work in disaster restoration but that didn't change my choice of knife much, actually reinforced my reasons to keep on carrying my ZT 0551.

Though my knife sees some work my Dead-on Annihilator it the real tool of the day :D
 
I like to think of myself as a "Secondary Production Technician." :rolleyes: In reality, I'm a grunt worker doing production for Cavalry Manufacturing (formerly of Cavalry Arms "fame"), but I'm in school to be a motorcycle technician and will shoot for a mechanical engineering degree after that.

EDC for me is usually either a BM Griptilian or Spyderco PM2, backed up by a Delica4, and a Leatherman Wave as my multi-tool. I also have a small, well worn SAK on my keychain.
 
I'm a security officer at a hospital. I carry a SOG BP-1 and a Leatherman Juice CS4. I also have a Victorinox Manager that is always on my keychain.

I'm not allowed to carry any of those but I do anyway. They're just too damn useful at my job. I work the night shift and there's a lot less staff in most departments so a lot of things fall on me. With all that responsibility I should be prepared.
 
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