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Title: Pocket knives
Post by: Diehard0123 on March 16, 2013, 10:11:49 PM: It seems like less people carry them these days, My dad taught me to carry one and I did for many years but the career field I am in does not allow them on grounds due to security concerns. My dad also collected them as a hobby and I got a few of them when he passed away a few years back. do any of you carry pocket knives regularly? I have heard that the cub scouts and boy scouts no longer allow for scouts to carry them except for certain occasions like campouts ect. can anyone confirm this?
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Post by: h2ofowlr on March 16, 2013, 10:18:44 PM: Pocket knife is considered a weapon now. I know they have a no knife policy at cub scout camp. Not sure if it the same for boy scouts. I know I carry one every day.
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Post by: washelkhunter on March 16, 2013, 10:20:53 PM: Never without mine.
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Post by: 100 grain on March 16, 2013, 10:21:45 PM: Just started to actually. Most guys at work are leatherman guys but that's way too much for me
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Post by: jyerxa on March 16, 2013, 10:28:52 PM: A pocket knife is a tool if you were to ask me. I have carried it daily for 33 years. The blade is really honed down now. But it is still as tight and has a new feeling opening it up. My dad carried the one I got him when I was 5 and carried it until the day he died. My granddad and great granddad each carried one all their days. It is kind of a personal piece of jewelry if a guy were to consider things like that.
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Post by: Widgeondeke on March 16, 2013, 10:30:37 PM: ALWAYS.
Even when working and carrying utility knife.
Allow my kids to carry theirs when huntin, fishin or campin
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Post by: viva_che1363 on March 16, 2013, 10:31:51 PM: i carry one everyday, and use it about as much
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Post by: PolarBear on March 16, 2013, 10:33:31 PM: My Grandfather and Dad always told me that if you have you pants on there had better be a pocket knife in them. Even my Grandmother carried one. Whenever my wife, kids friends etc need a knife they ask me "ya got your pants on?" I feel naked without a folding pocket knife. My favorite is the 3 blade stockman by Case or Camillus.
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Post by: Fishnfowler on March 16, 2013, 10:39:29 PM: Always, but I went to a small belt knife for most of the time. I carry a small folder when I have to dress up or go to the school for a program.
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Post by: NWTFhunter on March 16, 2013, 10:40:03 PM: I have carried a swiss since joining the army in 87 and I am never without it. My dad, gpa, and uncles always had a pocket knife. My 2 youngest always want to carry theirs, but school frowns on that idea.
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Post by: 100 grain on March 16, 2013, 10:46:40 PM: My mom was coming back from a work trip one day and rolled into a river and landed upside down!(lostine river over by wallowa Oregon) She was bringing my cousin back from Joseph Oregon to surprise us for the summer. My cousin was carrying his knife and cut my mom out of her seatbelt as she was stuck. True story my moms alive this day from my cousin carrying a pocket knife! :'(
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Post by: Heredoggydoggy on March 16, 2013, 10:46:55 PM: I carried a pocket knife all through school, and it never once occurred to me that I could use it as a weapon. A couple of years ago I had my small pocket knife confiscated when I appeared for jury duty because it was a "Weapon". It made me wonder why I was considered reliable enough to serve on a jury, but not reliable enough to carry a jacknife. Yet a BIC Pen, or a pencil was fine, and they can kill someone just as quickly as a pocket knife. Maybe quicker.... :dunno:
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Post by: Pappy on March 16, 2013, 11:20:47 PM: I carry a Benchmade Griptilian 551 daily, and feel naked without it.

Quote from: h2ofowlr on March 16, 2013, 10:18:44 PM
I know they have a no knife policy at cub scout camp. Not sure if it the same for boy scouts. I know I carry one every day.

Huh? my son just crossed out of cubs into boy scouts. Knives are not banned, though you had to have earned the whittling chip first (just a card saying you know the rules). Now that he's in Boy Scouts, he's one of the few that only carries one knife.
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Post by: ppodpearson on March 17, 2013, 07:40:21 AM: Always carried a pocket knife. If I didn't, how would I be able to dig the slivers out of my hand?
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Post by: raydog on March 17, 2013, 07:44:46 AM: i carry one on the weekends, but i'm 17 so i still go to school. My cousin accidentally brought a 2 inch pocket knife to school in 7th grade and got kicked out for 3 and half months. Which is stupid
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Post by: GrainfedMuley on March 17, 2013, 07:45:57 AM: Quote from: h2ofowlr on March 16, 2013, 10:18:44 PM
Pocket knife is considered a weapon now. I know they have a no knife policy at cub scout camp. Not sure if it the same for boy scouts. I know I carry one every day.

What a sad world we live in today. The Lib tards have taken away almost everything I ever knew growing up. I still have the baby boomer ideals. This new GenX is killing our country.
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Post by: swanny on March 17, 2013, 08:22:03 AM: I carry one every day also. Even got my wife to carry one.

As a word of caution, if you head to a Mariner or Seahawk game, make sure the clip isn't showing. They wont let you in unless you throw it away or take it back to your car.
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Post by: Hunting Cowboy on March 17, 2013, 08:43:50 AM: I view it more as a necessary tool. There are so many times throughout the day where I need mine. But just from a safety stand point, Being around horse's you never know when you might need a knife. Or in the case of a car accident.... using the butt end of the knife in your fist can break through a window allowing escape or if a seat belt might need to be cut.

Again, we villainize the tool and not the behavior. Sad.
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Post by: MP123 on March 17, 2013, 08:45:59 AM: Heck, you can fly on an airplane with one now that TSA relaxed their rules. I carry mine all the time.
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Post by: deerhunter_98520 on March 17, 2013, 08:49:40 AM: Forgetting to carry a pocket knife on me is like forgeting my wallet....got to have one
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Post by: lokidog on March 17, 2013, 09:10:59 AM: When we were kids we would "forget" our knives at Christmas and Grandpa would almost always give us another one so we could open our presents. Wish I knew where some of those went. :'( I used to carry one most of the time, just got out of the habit somehow.
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Post by: smittyJ on March 17, 2013, 09:26:17 AM: I usually cary at least two, did get stopped twice, county jail would not allow any and the SSA would not allow a 4" or larger, both were Swiss Army knives. I'm all for the HAS allowing them on flights, after all, that's all those guys had to stop the one guy on 911.
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Post by: 724wd on March 17, 2013, 11:34:15 AM: i carry my CRKT Ken Onion Ripple every day. if i do somehow leave the house without it, i have 2 spare pocket knives in my pickup, a buck and another CRKT Krommer. my wife used to have a small SAK in her purse, but lately it's been on the mail counter by the door. maybe i'll put it back in her purse.

i'm naked without a knife! :yike:
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Post by: PolarBear on March 17, 2013, 02:14:57 PM: I have a couple of cigar boxes full of old promotional pocket knives from the 30's, 40's and 50's from my Grandfather. I have some Purina knives that he picked up at the feed store when Purina was just starting out 80 or so years ago. The same with Case knives. He collected but used most of them, some are unused and stashed away.
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Post by: highside74 on March 17, 2013, 02:45:27 PM: I've noticed most men over forty carry a pocket knife and most men under forty don't. I am 38 and do but most of my friends don't.
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Post by: uplandhunter870 on March 17, 2013, 03:30:14 PM: I'm under 40 and carry at least one knife everyday have since I was 13. I feel naked without it I seldomly forget my phone or wallet but I never forget my knife. My gpa always had a jack knife in his pocket and my father always carries one. I was taught growing up that as a man you should never be without you wallet keys belt and most importantly a knife, a sharp knife, especially since I grew up on a farm you never knew when you would need

I won't leave the house without one
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Post by: Alchase on March 18, 2013, 08:30:20 AM: Got to have a knife! I carry a SOG Flash in my pocket, but have multiple knives in my vehicles, and a leather man wave or SOG Multi tool in each vehicle and boat, pack, or jacket, LOL

Last time I counted, I think it was 14 Leatherman/SOG Multi's to many pocket knifes to count,
:dunno:
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Post by: nwwanderer on March 18, 2013, 08:38:41 AM: A small single blade stainless currently. Scraped the crud out of a bucket, removed plastic from a pallet and cut twine yesterday. It has a small arc mark on the blade and I find they do not grow very will when I plant them.
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Post by: Hunterman on March 18, 2013, 09:13:25 AM: Its like an American Express Card,, I don't leave home with it. I've carried a pocket knife since I was in cub scouts, a looooooong time ago :yike:

Hunterman(Tony)
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Post by: rideorange on March 18, 2013, 02:42:36 PM: grandpa taught me when i was about 6 man always needs to have a knife, have a few favorites that i switch back and forth, i have also traveled every year on planes since ban, i have yet to be busted for my swiss tech utili key, may be small but it passes as better than none, wife also has here ckrt m16 on side of her purse
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Post by: NRA4LIFE on March 18, 2013, 03:02:28 PM: I have several different knives that I carry hunting. For every day use I have a medium sized Swiss Army knife and a SOG Micron on my key chain, both go everywhere I do, except on airplanes.
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Post by: Twispriver on March 18, 2013, 03:16:41 PM: An old friend used to tell me "a man without a knife is like a soldier without a gun". I'm an Old Timer fan - I bought up a bunch of them while they were still American Made. The one I carry now is a small three-blade model that I've had for over ten years; I won it playing pull tabs at the Antlers Tavern in Twisp, it probably only cost me three times the regular price.
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Post by: Smossy on March 18, 2013, 03:55:46 PM: I feel naked if I dont have mine on hand, My muscle memory has been developed for it for quite awhile now. Anytime I reach for it and its not there I almost panic lol, Its like not having my inhaler. Im like ahhhh nooooo. What if this, What if that... What If I need to widdle a base ball bat. These are the two I basically ALWAYS carry on hand. Weather its one or the other.
Usually the Remington with the curly maple handle (On the right).
The one on the left is my Daisy Old-Timer and Is literally razor sharp. Probably because It doesn't get as much use.
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Post by: Eli346 on March 18, 2013, 07:22:29 PM: I've carried one for most of my adult life and always have a fixed blade on my side in the woods. Rather have that than nothing. Great tools.
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Post by: KFhunter on March 18, 2013, 07:50:22 PM: Quote from: h2ofowlr on March 16, 2013, 10:18:44 PM
Pocket knife is considered a weapon now. I know they have a no knife policy at cub scout camp. Not sure if it the same for boy scouts. I know I carry one every day.

WHAT??!!!
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Post by: KFhunter on March 18, 2013, 07:53:54 PM: http://www.ehow.com/list_6714949_cub-scout-knife-requirements.html (http://www.ehow.com/list_6714949_cub-scout-knife-requirements.html)

Ok, sounds like 8 yrs old and gotta have the whittling chip badge......

still... :bash: :bash: :bash:
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Post by: alecvg on March 18, 2013, 08:27:32 PM: I'm eighteen and carry my knife everywhere, how do you work without one? Carried mine all through high school too, never once got in trouble for it, even had teachers use ask to use it. Guess my school wasn't as strict about that :dunno:
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Post by: Pappy on March 18, 2013, 08:52:30 PM: Quote from: KFhunter on March 18, 2013, 07:53:54 PM
http://www.ehow.com/list_6714949_cub-scout-knife-requirements.html (http://www.ehow.com/list_6714949_cub-scout-knife-requirements.html)

Ok, sounds like 8 yrs old and gotta have the whittling chip badge......

still... :bash: :bash: :bash:

No one is saying he can't have it earlier than that, buy in a large group dynamic, it's not a bad rule. Get twenty 8 year olds together and they get kinda stupid together
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Post by: thatkidwho on March 18, 2013, 10:19:02 PM: Always carry one. Current is a Case medium trapper. My boys (10 y/o) just started carrying their Case peanuts. I also have a variety of different types for other purposes. Its a tool.
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Post by: Hawgdawg on March 18, 2013, 11:00:29 PM: pocket when in church and a Gerber multi tool the rest on the time.

Like it better then the leather man. You can open it with one hand and I will use it two or more times a day. Saved my life elk hunting in Montana.
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Post by: JackOfAllTrades on March 18, 2013, 11:16:04 PM: Victronix Recruit in my pocket every day.

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My boys carry lock backs when they're not in school.

-Steve
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Post by: Swannytheswan on March 18, 2013, 11:18:37 PM: i'm 29 I have carried a knife since I was 6 yrs old just about everyday only time I don't have one on me is if I'm on an airplane (not anymore) always carried one in school most of my teachers would ask me to borrow it because they knew I had it and knew it was sharp. I usually have the Case medium stockman in my pocket I have multiple in my truck as well every now and then I carry a CRKT.
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Post by: jyerxa on March 18, 2013, 11:54:11 PM: Quote from: Swannytheswan on March 18, 2013, 11:18:37 PM
i'm 29 I have carried a knife since I was 6 yrs old just about everyday only time I don't have one on me is if I'm on an airplane (not anymore) always carried one in school most of my teachers would ask me to borrow it because they knew I had it and knew it was sharp. I usually have the Case medium stockman in my pocket I have multiple in my truck as well every now and then I carry a CRKT.

Yeah, that was my dads knife. :tup:

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Mine was/is an Uncle Henry

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Post by: kenlguy on March 19, 2013, 12:48:21 PM: If I am ever without a knife, it's because I laid it down somewhere after using it for something. Otherwise I usually have two on my person and another four or five that I can choose for EDC. I tend to lean to the Spydercos more often than not but in anycase, none of the ones I carry have a blade length of less than four inches.
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Post by: fishseeker on March 20, 2013, 11:24:28 AM: I have carried a pocket knife every day since I was 13. I'm 61 and still carry my Dad's 2 blade case that I got when he passed in 84. The one I had went in the tackle box, It's still there. Had a buddy that allways wanted to borrow my Knife because he never had one. First thing he would do is cut a wire with it :bash:got where I'd just say no. Have a little SS Buck knife that my Nephew gave me that I don't carry much.
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Post by: Heredoggydoggy on March 20, 2013, 01:34:33 PM: Quote from: fishseeker on March 20, 2013, 11:24:28 AM
Had a buddy that allways wanted to borrow my Knife because he never had one. First thing he would do is cut a wire with it :bash:got where I'd just say no.

I'd no more lend somebody my knife than I'd lend them a set of false teeth--if I had false teeth! For one thing, I'd be afraid they'd cut themselves with it. When I was a little kid, my grandfather had a set of sharpening stones in the basement, and a bunch of jacknives with broken blades in a drawer there. I commandeered one with the small blade broken off, sharpened the big blade, and carried that knife for years until I lost it someplace. Have had lots of knives since then, but still remember that broken old jacknife fondly.
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Post by: jackelope on March 20, 2013, 04:04:38 PM: I carry a CRKT Ignitor every day.
The question I have is does everyone carry an inside the pocket knife or one with a pocket clip?
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Post by: h20hunter on March 20, 2013, 04:14:25 PM: Pocket clip....a little Kershaw....every day, everywhere.
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Post by: Alchase on March 21, 2013, 07:07:19 AM: Quote from: jackelope on March 20, 2013, 04:04:38 PM
I carry a CRKT Ignitor every day.
The question I have is does everyone carry an inside the pocket knife or one with a pocket clip?

My SOG Flash II
http://www.sogknives.com/flash-ii-partially-serrated.html (http://www.sogknives.com/flash-ii-partially-serrated.html)

Has a clip, depending on what pants I am wearing I will use the clip. Occasionally it will get caught on something though.

I prefer to keep it in my pocket, but some pants pockets really do not do knives well.
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Post by: Swannytheswan on March 30, 2013, 09:25:54 PM: just picked up a new EDC Kershaw clash $20
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Post by: NoImpactNoIdea on March 30, 2013, 09:33:37 PM: Quote from: jackelope on March 20, 2013, 04:04:38 PM
I carry a CRKT Ignitor every day.
The question I have is does everyone carry an inside the pocket knife or one with a pocket clip?

I have a couple benchmades and a microtech that I carry depending on which pants I am wearing. Never leave the house without one.
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Post by: CementFinisher on March 30, 2013, 09:42:41 PM: I carry a knife everyday, and often carry a multi tool also. Along with a gun. preparedness can not be a bad thing. the knife is more for edc, cutting stuff, opening things, picking out stickers, and a just in case defense tool.