Why do you carry multiple knives?

[Tritium]

Oh yeah, one main knife and a Leatherman. Possibly a small pocket knife in front pocket. Also possibly a Recon1 with a wave in the back pocket. Also possible to have a fixed blade somewhere on me. Few in my bag as well. So, yes, more than one.

 

[norcalAF]

On my person usually just one large ZT folder 0452 and 0909 have been the current frequent flyers. In my work sling bag rides a Leatherman, and in the car in the parking lot is at least a Gerber multitool, a SRK C, a RAT 1 and maybe more, I'd have to check

 

[DocJD]

every movie when knives and guns are involved

And cars , planes , spies , women , men etc ... and weird Hollywood physics .

 

[155440]

If i'm carrying two knives generally it's because one is for designated food prep and one is for everything else- not a huge fan of mixing the two.

 

[ToXicXxX]

Generally, no.

If I’m out on site for something I’ll probably have my Leatherman Arc and a Tenacious S35VN.

If I’m in the office or just out and about, one is plenty.

 

[Bellis]

A nice knife for clean work or just for show, 2nd for the rough stuff but a nice tough blade, A TRM of one kind or another , CR . Then a ZT or civivi . Just depends, yard work is nothing I worry about losing or chipping.
There is your problem, worry about damaging or loosing any safequeens so drop to my custom bugout or 940-1 , best of both
Hard life being hooked, I imagine it's what an addict feels , see that knife and you just want it bad,
Week later start looking at them again and boom it happens again.
Just hooked

 

[cbach8tw]

I would like to say because I can, but most of the time it is because I couldn’t decide which I wanted to use.

 

[gadgetgeek]

I roll with a knife per purpose/carry method and then let those method/purposes overlap, so at any one point in time I have one, but often up to three. I have diet needs that mean I carry a small cutlery set in my edc/wandering around backpack, that includes a knife. When at work I belt carry a leatherman. My lunch kit also has a cutlery set. When off work, I have some kind of knife in my pocket. Honestly, this is less of a "carry a knife all the time" and more of an "if I have this with me, I know I also have a knife" because I'm not an "organized" person, so I have to develop habits to compensate (this also includes having a snack, notebook, pen, etc) in some form within reasonable finding range at any point, no matter where I am. I'm not precious about the knives per se, they can all be pressed into service should the need arise, but they are also selected based on expected use, so my food knives are a stainless opinel and a broker sanyougo, utility knives are SAKs or Leathermans, and my hiking knives are a combo of fixed and folders (it will shock no one that I also have a spyderco salt manbug that lives in my tackle box) basically, if I own a bag, it probably has a knife living in it, so that by accident I will have at least something that will work.

 

[Daedric Panther]

I generally carry anything from one to three with me depending on what I’m doing. It follows a simple pattern.

There’s a primary knife which covers my cutting tasks. Anything from opening boxes to cutting rope to splicing wires to food stuff. It’s almost always a large folder but lately I’ve been on a fixed blade kick. Then there is a second knife, a SAK which lives on my keys. It’s there as a backup to my primary and for the other tools. The small scissors are great for nail trimming, the tweezers have come in handy, it’s non intimidating too which in some situations is a plus when it’s not as acceptable to flick out a ZT.

 

[marchone]

Multi-tool and flipper. Either a SAK or Leatherman in an urban or rural context.

 

[Bob Denman]

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.

But can you explain this one?

 

[Cementite]

One for each hand?

 

[Cementite]

I do that in every movie when knives and guns are involved. She loves it.

I like how they can get 234 shots out of one 1911 magazine...or 5,678 shots out of one MP5 magazine.

But what I like best of all -- and this is in, like, EVERY MOVIE ever made -- is how nobody EVER carries a loaded gun, because then we wouldn't have the SNICK SNICK of the characters loading their guns to signal (like the ominous music in the background) that NOW I'M MAD and the do-do is gonna hit the fan.

Apparently, cops and soldiers and even villains spend 99% of the time carrying unloaded guns, and the only person in Hollywood who carries a loaded gun is Alec Baldwin. Who knew?

 

[scdub]

I always carry multiples, mostly because I like knives, but the ones I carry do serve different functions.

On duty:


Off duty:

(Also off duty it’s nice to have a little knife to use around normies…)

 

[Cementite]

I always carry multiples, mostly because I like knives, but the ones I carry do serve different functions.

On duty:
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What's the one on the bottom? Looks handy for seat belts, etc.

 

[DaveReb]

I only carry One knife at work because that’s all I need. If I have other cutting needs I have 2 bags of tools that will cover just about any cutting scenario. At home it’s pretty much the same, I may switch up from the work knife, but typically only carry a single knife.

 

[353]

In addition to a pocket knife these two are on my keys, so if I cant cary a pocket knife or forgot it these are there to help.

A classic and a christy.

 

[Hal]

Nothing profound.
I carry multiple knives simply because I can.

When I was 20 years younger, I enjoyed trying to see how many knives I could carry at one time.
I quickly became the person in the family everyone turned to when we would go to a steak fry
I believe my all time record was around 17 - give or take.

I'm happy to see my son and grandson have picked that up and both carry - - a bunch of knives.

 

[scorpnsnake]

I'd never admit this to anyone, besides the entire internet obviously.

It's not my only reason, but thanks to some good old fashioned childhood trama. I have an irrational fear of being bound and panicked.

Having a second, and a shot at escape, irrationally soothes that irrational fear. lol

Among other more practical reasons ofcourse.

 

[David Mary]

cops and soldiers and even villains spend 99% of the time carrying unloaded guns

Don't forget the loose parts on all those guns that caused them to clink and clank every time they are pointed at anyone.

One of the knives I carry is for no other purpose than to sit alongside my phone in my cargo pocket so that the phone doesn't rotate horizontally. When it is vertical my leg has better range of motion.