Why do you carry multiple knives?

[GmpaJim]

 

[TimButterfield]

I like having more than one. They have slightly different usages. There may be some overlap, just like a watch shows time that is also on the cell phone and many folks still have both. Even a smartwatch is often overlapping/extending many things the phone has, just with different accessibility sometimes. I like having a slightly smaller knife or tool in the pocket and one or more other knives in my sling bag. These may include things like a Brazen, Pyrite, Iridium, or something heavier like a 110 or 112 in a sheath along with a bit larger multi-tool. Also, knives make me happy.

 

[Jsega51]

Usually the only time I carry 2 is being outdoors when I carry a fixed blade on my belt or in my pack, I always have a pocket knife too.

 

[Gary W. Graley]

There are times that my rationalizations sound vaguely similar to to this scene from the movie "The Jerk"

and ... that's all I need, just one more knife...
G2

 

[Charlie Fox]

My smaller knife is my "people friendly" one, generally some kind of SAK - always red in color. These say "you're safe, no worries here". My second one is some flavor of 3" one hand deployable locking folder. This one is used for larger cutting jobs and a back up defensive tool. This one is usually "scarier" looking than my SAK so it doesn't get to come of for routine chores.

 

[Another Shepherd]

Sometimes, one knife cannot do the job. This is a tick I found crawling up my leg. After it stopped wiggling, I cut it in half. There were no other surfaces handy that were hard enough to crush a tick on.

 

[knarfeng]

I typically carry a traditional knife in my front pocket and a modern knife in my back pocket. Because I can.

 

[whereismyknife]

Because it makes me smile....and .....happy!!!

That was the kindest way of saying "it's none of your business" I've ever seen.

 

[whereismyknife]

I dont. Knives are tools. I also dont carry 2 cellphones, 2 watches, 2 pairs of glasses, etc.

Sometimes I wear two watches. I usually carry two glasses and both are sunglasses, one polarized and the other mirrored and I've been carrying two cell phones for almost ten years. By your logic, I am entitled to carry two knives. What do you think, do I qualify? Unfortunately I can only drive one car at a time. Maybe that's why I don't have the right.

 

[GmpaJim]

Unfortunately I can only drive one car at a time.
This may work for you…

 

[whereismyknife]

Unfortunately I can only drive one car at a time.
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Hmmm, dear friend this is technically just one car. I hope you don't say you have two houses when you have a house with two floors. Personally, I'm not saying I have ten knives when carrying a swissarmy in my pocket but nice try, I appreciate it.

 

[CleverSloth]

I have a SAK or mini leatherman and small light on my keys so I'm never without them outside. I almost always take a folder or fixed blade in addition to that. They serve different purposes, mainly self defense for the folder. Unless I'm doing something outside with specific needs like bushcrafting I rarely take a full second backup blade on my person. If I do it's usually a folding box cutter because I expect to use that. Some because of weight and bulk but it's also one more thing to think about, lose or damage with no added utility. It violates the simpler is better doctrine.

A 2-4 inch folder can do all the daily knife tasks except bushcraft stuff. A proper 5 to 7 inch fixed blade can do everything you could ask of a knife short of a real pry bar, including splitting wood or felling trees. I think of it like this: I want to have the bare minimum adequate tools covered to be successful in the widest range of tasks I might likely encounter that's possible. It's easy to argue you should carry an axe or saw for added capabilities, and that's true in the bush but not my everyday world. I follow this same view for each EDC level, on body, EDC bag, car bag and so forth. If needed there's a fixed blade and backup lender folder in my car.

 

[timberweasel]

It's three for me.

Vic Rambler on my keychain for the tools, slip-joint in my left front pocket for 'public-friendly' use, and a clipped one-hander in my right front pocket for quick convenience and/or prolonged tasks.

But the Rambler is the heart of my EDC set-up. Such a handy dandy little tool! I've left the house on several occasions without any other knife (unintentionally) and didn't even die once...

 

[phantom357]

If I'm traveling, I like to have a slipjoint to prep food, like cheese, apples, pears, summer sausage, etc., while at a hotel. I also tend to have an auto OTF and folder on my person. Could I prep my food with the OTF and/or folder? Absolutely! But there is no fun in that.

 

[David Mary]

I would have also voted "I carry a beater so I don't have to use my nice knife for rough stuff", except I don't carry what I consider to be a "nice" knife (which I take to mean dressy). But all my knives are "nice" (meaning I like the way they look and feel, and they are good for their respective roles).

 

[runscott]

Laziness. I always have a ladybug on my keychain, so I know I can cut stuff if I need to;i.e-if I forget to put a more appropriate (for the job) knife in my pocket, I'm still covered.

 

[hank_rearden]

So that in a knife fight, when we're staring each other down with knives in our hands, I'll throw my knife at him and then pull out a second knife. Repeat as needed.

 

[Bob Denman]

 

[The True North]

Fixed blade and multitool. Different purposes.

 

[Tritium]

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This is the point in the movie where my wife rolls her eyes because I'm pointing out the stupid. Strings? And are those leather sheaths one time use only? I do that in every movie when knives and guns are involved. She loves it.