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I have been buying and carrying traditional folders for several years and carrying them religiously as my EDC. I went from a few years of carrying nothing (mostly due to the 9-11 BS), to carrying a medium Case Congress knife for whittling (which helped me smoke less), and then onto other Case knives. I eventually discovered the really well made USA Winchester knives (sometimes known as the "Black Box" Winchesters), which were made by Queen. It was not long until I discovered the fantastic Great Eastern Cutlery knives, and I was suddenly hooked on all those wonderful and well-made traditional folders.
Around Christmas of 2013 GEC came out with their very sleek Radio Knife, with a combination bottle opener and screwdriver blade. I was suddenly reminded of how handy a Swiss Army Knife was, and remembered I had a slew of them. I decided to start carrying one again, just for kicks. I was certain in a few days I would be back to my more traditional and slightly less utilitarian knives. I remember eating some ribs and needing a toothpick during this time, and boy was I glad to have one on my knife (a Swisschamp). I also had a need for a file to file down a sharp edge on toy for my daughter, and there it was on my SAK. My other daughter got a splinter, and the tweezers came to the rescue. I needed to crimp a loose chain a bit, and the pliers were there to do the job. I wanted to measure something, and the ruler was right there. I was looking at some jewelry and could not tell if it was real gold, and the magnifying glass was there to show me it was.
Needless to say, at this point, as I approach 50 years in age, I find it pretty darn useful to have all of these great tools in my pocket whenever I need them. I went back to my plain folders for a bit, and found myself missing the SAK much more than I ever missed the plain folders. The one thing I missed on my other nice folders was the gorgeous stag handles on some of my favorites. I am a sucker fro nice stag. Once I discovered that, with a little patience and looking, I could have my favorite SAK with stag handles, I decided to make the change, and made my SAK my EDC.
What is strange is that years ago I always carried an SAK exclusively, and really only stopped when airports and lots of other places started searching me for knives. When I travel by air, I now check my baggage and knives. Most other places don't search people like they used to, so I carry a knife everywhere I go now, and it is an SAK, which most people do not view as a weapon anyway.
Around Christmas of 2013 GEC came out with their very sleek Radio Knife, with a combination bottle opener and screwdriver blade. I was suddenly reminded of how handy a Swiss Army Knife was, and remembered I had a slew of them. I decided to start carrying one again, just for kicks. I was certain in a few days I would be back to my more traditional and slightly less utilitarian knives. I remember eating some ribs and needing a toothpick during this time, and boy was I glad to have one on my knife (a Swisschamp). I also had a need for a file to file down a sharp edge on toy for my daughter, and there it was on my SAK. My other daughter got a splinter, and the tweezers came to the rescue. I needed to crimp a loose chain a bit, and the pliers were there to do the job. I wanted to measure something, and the ruler was right there. I was looking at some jewelry and could not tell if it was real gold, and the magnifying glass was there to show me it was.
Needless to say, at this point, as I approach 50 years in age, I find it pretty darn useful to have all of these great tools in my pocket whenever I need them. I went back to my plain folders for a bit, and found myself missing the SAK much more than I ever missed the plain folders. The one thing I missed on my other nice folders was the gorgeous stag handles on some of my favorites. I am a sucker fro nice stag. Once I discovered that, with a little patience and looking, I could have my favorite SAK with stag handles, I decided to make the change, and made my SAK my EDC.
What is strange is that years ago I always carried an SAK exclusively, and really only stopped when airports and lots of other places started searching me for knives. When I travel by air, I now check my baggage and knives. Most other places don't search people like they used to, so I carry a knife everywhere I go now, and it is an SAK, which most people do not view as a weapon anyway.
