Isn't this Case Toothpick a beauty? It's very small, too. I absolutely LOVE it!
I don't have strong fingernails so anything that has to be opened with a nail nick is impractical. That being said, I have a couple. I also like to have my SAK champ (I think that's what it's called) in my bag. I use the scissors and magnifying glass on that more than I thought I would when I got it.
The brand I seem to favor is spyderco. I like a blade that can be opened with one hand. I also like the choice of steels they have and the nice grippy scales. There is a blade shape for everyone. The last one I purchased was a zdp stretch. It was either that or the superblue. I love the shape of that knife so much I will probably get the superblue as well. Or an endura superblue.
I have more invested in knives than in guns. I use them everyday though. Knives I mean.
I am confused about all the comments against knives as self defense. I know it's not the best choice. In fact it may be the worse choice. But you don't always have a choice.
I guess what people are referring to is the notion of carrying a knife with the feeling that it alone makes you defended and safe. I can understand that. One of my coworkers showed me a knive she got at a flea market, that she kept in her purse. She got it as a little extra protection walking to her car in the work parking lot. By the time she got it out of her purse, used two hands to open it, it wouldn't have helped her at all. At least she will have it if she needs to open a clampack or something.
I got the Ka-Bar 2-1232-1 Sheath Knife 4" in stacked leather. I don't really care all that much for it, though.it's alright, nice enough, but not one that makes me drool all over myself, so to speak
OMG!!! I loved my stacked leather handled ka-bar! I lost it a long time ago. I cant' even remember what it looks like.
I carried it everywhere and kept it shaving sharp. I used it fishing and for other outdoor activities. I think it was when I was fishing that it got lost. I wish I knew what steel it was made with, I know it got rusty if I didn't keep a little oil on it. It didn't look anything like the kabars I see today.
Oh well, I've moved on. Here is a really cool knife I have. My grandfather had it made for my uncle, when he served in WWII. The blade is made from a file, which gives the edge kind of a micro serration. Mom used to keep it in her tackle box. That's where I found it a few years after she died and I was going through the stuff in the garage. The sheath is kind of moldy and rotten and the knife was a little rusty, the copper parts of the handle were all green and icky. It cleaned up great though.
I wish this pic was better, I need to take another one. It's the middle one
So the original point of this thread is women specifically should carry and have an interest in knives because they are good tools? ... Um, duh. That's why people in general carry knives. Don't understand the random insertion of gender into that. A knife is a useful tool regardless of XX or XY chromosomes
Because women overlook this useful tool when they should be using it. They even have an irrational fear of them and sometimes form a negative opinion of women that don't share this fear.
That's been my experience anyway. Women can be kind of clicky and sheep like. I work in a female dominated field and it's not all that great. We used to have a male supervisor in our department at least but he's moved on. Now it's nothing but women. It's terrible, strong words coming from me, a lesbo. We are all older, over 50. Whenever we get a new younger person in the department they run them off by being unwelcoming, clicky, and kind of mean.
But I digress. There are differences between men and women. Sometimes those differences are more pronounced than others. I mostly have guy friends, we just have more common interests, knives are but one. I also like hunting, riding ATV's, running my beagles, and texas hold-em poker.
I'm a 16 year old boy trapped in the body of a middle aged woman. LOL.
How so? When is a knife ever a great self defense option?
A long long time ago someone tried to carjack/rob me. My then husband kept a large bowie knife in the console of the van. I was in such shock that it was really happening to me that I didn't react with fear. I didn't react at all, I just sat there. When he tried to grab me I got to the bowie first and pulled it out of the sheath. He ran away. I think the fact that I did not react the way that was expected, plus the knife, had a lot to do with it. And luck.
Not all attackers have weapons or are even much larger than the victim. A knife can make all the difference in the world then.
I have another knife defense story but don't feel like telling it, I know it sounds like I'm just making up stories. Plus I was lucky. The world was a lot different then. People up to no good weren't as eager to risk getting hurt or killed like they are now. I've also defended myself by having a firearm a couple times. These incidents weren't really that uncommon at that time or place.
The bottom line is I was willing to put up some resistance and the aggressor backed down. I'm much better off now and have things like a phone, a car, and ways to keep from having to go places I don't want to go. I would not want to have to use a knife to defend myself but if that's the only tool I have at the time I'm not going to not use it. Hopefully the only think I have to defend myself against are the sharp edges of a stubborn clampack.
I should have read this thread all the way through, or when it was first started. I made more posts in this thread than my entire time on this forum!!
Oh well. I've decided to make a knife purchase this week, I've been lusting over a few models. I think I'll scan some of the sponsers sites and make it happen.
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