Everyday Carry

[99call]

I'm interested for those who carry knives on a daily basis, and that are not genuine outdoorsmen / tradesmen.    What do you most use those knives for?    Is it just....if I ever need one.....then I've got one.   Or do you use them day in- day out.      If so on what?

genuinely interested

[AndrewNR]

Used to carry a knife and lighter, since entering human services they just live in my personal car. 

Private life sometimes I'll still have them on me. I forage, hunt, boxes, letters, fruit etc. 

Nothing special anymore, had some nice ones stolen so mostly just use quality stuff to purpose or cheap pocket Knives.

If I was in USA don't know if I'd carry a sidearm.. find it hard to believe I'd ever be in a situation where it unnecessarily escalated things. Not about to shoot someone over anything below immediate threat of life so don't need to be waving a hand cannon around 

[tigger]

6 hours ago, 99call said:

I'm interested for those who carry knives on a daily basis, and that are not genuine outdoorsmen / tradesmen.    What do you most use those knives for?    Is it just....if I ever need one.....then I've got one.   Or do you use them day in- day out.      If so on what?

genuinely interested

It runs the gamut for me from practical uses almost daily like cutting twine and opening boxes/bags of pet and chicken feed...to occasional situations where I need to strip wire, uncap a cigar and the like...to what I'll call "insurance," on things I hope to never need it for like cutting a seatbelt or breaking a window on my vehicle (with the handle, not the blade) in a bad situation.

[99call]

9 minutes ago, tigger said:

like cutting a seatbelt

Never really thought about this before, good point.    

[RDB]

I only carry a knife when camping. Then it’s a Swiss Army Soldier, which is the one with the saw and the one-hand locking blade. And ahem the bottle opener. Not fancy but it’s done amazing service.

[TBird55]

9 hours ago, 99call said:

I'm interested for those who carry knives on a daily basis, and that are not genuine outdoorsmen / tradesmen.    What do you most use those knives for?    Is it just....if I ever need one.....then I've got one.   Or do you use them day in- day out.      If so on what?

genuinely interested

Just in case and opening packages from FOH   🥴.  All kidding aside, living on a farm, there is always something that needs cutting. Twine, boxes, bags, vines,ect...

[tuff]

I find a pocketknife incredibly handy and feel naked without one. I only carry a lock back knife for my own safety when using. Here is my most recent one a Benchmark Bugout 535BK. Incredibly light for the size at 2.5oz. and 3.5 inch blade. Mostly used for convenience such as opening boxes or cutting cord. but have been known to cut a steak with this one.  

[joeypots]

11 hours ago, Psiman said:

Here is my everyday carry

This is a great little cigar tool. I use the blade to sever caps and sometimes the punch as well. The scissors are great for trimming little bits of tobacco around the foot.

The blade gets very sharp for stainless.

[Nevrknow]

1 hour ago, tuff said:

I find a pocketknife incredibly handy and feel naked without one. I only carry a lock back knife for my own safety when using. Here is my most recent one a Benchmark Bugout 535BK. Incredibly light for the size at 2.5oz. and 3.5 inch blade. Mostly used for convenience such as opening boxes or cutting cord. but have been known to cut a steak with this one. 

Was looking at that blade last week. M390 steel. Sweet. 👍

[tuff]

23 minutes ago, Nevrknow said:

Was looking at that blade last week. M390 steel. Sweet. 👍

It's a very nice blade. Been using for at least 4 months every day and still very sharp. I know it's hard steel so not looking forward to sharpening. The thing for me is the weight for the size knife. I can't stand something heavy in my pocket and this is perfect. I shopped hard for this, and for the quality they can be had reasonably!

[Jack]

My idea of "roughing it" is receiving a chipped plate from room service.

I've also been known to partake of the food truck scene in Los Angeles.

It may be a food truck, but there's no reason to behave like animals and use plastic utensils!

 

...and because everyone always asks:

The fork, when fully open, unlocks the two sides.

[Nevrknow]

34 minutes ago, tuff said:

It's a very nice blade. Been using for at least 4 months every day and still very sharp. I know it's hard steel so not looking forward to sharpening. The thing for me is the weight for the size knife. I can't stand something heavy in my pocket and this is perfect. I shopped hard for this, and for the quality they can be had reasonably!

For that steel. Look into shapton HR glass stones. They are extremely effective and fast on hard steels like that. Other stones are cheaper and a lot slower. 500, 1 or 2k and a 4k. Your set. 👍

[wineguy]

On 4/9/2022 at 11:38 PM, Huckleberry said:

Cheers for Skoal brothers  My everyday carry looks a lot different than the ones pictured

+1

[inter4alia]

My mini grip. 

 

[Lfhard]

I see a few of benchmade blades. Must be the a favorite around here. I might need to check them out. Looks like I know what brand I’ll have to check out next. 

[tuff]

On 4/12/2022 at 8:14 AM, Nevrknow said:

For that steel. Look into shapton HR glass stones. They are extremely effective and fast on hard steels like that. Other stones are cheaper and a lot slower. 500, 1 or 2k and a 4k. Your set. 👍

Thank you for the tip. Will be looking into those stones for sure 

 

On 4/11/2022 at 6:06 AM, NicPac said:

Here’s what I carry daily. I had it forged recently. The guard and cap is from a reclaimed 1800’s prison bar.

NicPac that is one of the most beautiful knives I have ever seen. I would be very proud of the workmanship and elegance of that design and story behind it.  

[chu2]

My everyday carry pocket gear is pretty basic, but has proven to be pretty indestructible and reliable over the past five years.  Case Sodbuster Jr CV, brass Zippo with a Thunderbird insert, and a Fisher pen.  Great for when I’m in the wilderness, and handy around the house on the daily too. I love how easily the CV Case knives sharpen. 

Either a basic Seiko 705 or Garmin Instinct on the wrist, too-reliable, simple to use, not too expensive or irreplaceable, and hard to break. I feel naked without it! 

[Lfhard]

@chu2 your brass lighter has some nice patina on it. 

[BlueRidgeFly]

Fancy shmancy powdered steel version of the Spyderco Delica. Didn't realize how dirty it was until I took the photo 😀 Love this knife, always with me. Have had it for several years now. Light, small, holds a sharp edge real well. Still have my old Spyderco Delica with the crappy plastic clip from the early '90s in my fishing pack.

[Lfhard]

I like spiderco some of my other knives are from them as well. I also like to support them since they are from my state 😁. Gotta support the local business. 

[HarveyBoulevard]

I love a good pocket dump / edc review. 
 

First, let’s get the man purse out of the way. It’s a Nutsac Mag Satch 11or 13 (I can't remember). A waxed canvas bag with leather bottom.  Check out their stuff if you are in to that sort of thing.

www.nutsac.com

Here is what is in it… almost…

 

[Lfhard]

@HarveyBoulevard at first I thought it was a joke about your bag being called a nutsack had me cracking up then I saw it really was a nutsack. I love those ridge wallets I have like 3 of them and have never had to change the band. Very durable they sell some good stuff I have one of their keychains that hold all the keys together you should check it out.