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Going to ask a stupid question...

What is "your" purpose of carrying a knife?

I live in South Florida, Beach Capital! Other than keeping a knife in a drawer at the office or in the car for the occasional use of opening boxes and stuff, I'm not sure what I would use them for. I have about 20 SmithNWesson knives... all different types. But I rarely look at them... let alone actually use them.

Maybe there are applications I could put these babies to use that I am not realizing...

dDoubleUjr

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Cut open anything
When at work, cut down people who try to hang themselves
Last ditch weapon.

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What you order? From a maker on BF?

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There's a myriad of uses for them. Everything from cleaning fingernails to cutting food to eat at work. Google "uses for a pocket knife". I carry a Swiss Army Knife or a Leatherman, so I have scissors, a knife, screwdriver, etc. wih me. Very handy to have.

There was a time when every man carried one. Both of my grandfathers caried one, my dad and FIL both carry one.

The question shouldn't be "why should I carry one?" it should be "why sholdn't I carry one?"

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Here ya go. Spyderco Salt Series with H1 Steel. This is a RUST PROOF steel, not resistance, proof. It is work hardened so while it will not hold it's edge as long as other steels, over time it will get better. It's easier to sharpen due to it being a softer steel. But if you want a good beach/water/dive knife get one of these.
http://www.bladehq.com/cat--Spyderco-Salt-Series--776

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I carry two.... A Swiss Army knife, and a folder on a clip in my back pocket. I use one or both at least every other day or so. I've carried a pocket knife since I was in the 5th grade, never as a weapon, always as a tool. The principle at my Jr. High School has a nice collection of Barlows he would relieve from me about once a semester. Never any trouble, never any repercussions. Just ask me if I was carrying, and I'd give it up. Next day, I'd turn in coke bottles for enough money to buy a new one. Store was right next door to the school, and there wasn't restrictions or anything. I walked to school, so I always had a stash of returnable soda bottles hidden away for several dollars (and Barlows were $1.00 in the 1960's!).

They have ALWAYS been a tool, with many uses, which is why I have carried a Swiss Army knife for the last three decades. The folder in the back pocket is for ease of access, when my hands are full, and I can't reach into my pockets, or when I need a bigger blade than the one on the swiss army knife. I lead an active outdoor life, have a house and 6 acres, tractor, ATVs, 4x4's, and all sorts of outdoor work involved. Thus, I always have a need for a blade. If I lived in a big city, did very little outdoor or physical labor, I'd probably have no need whatsoever for a knife. Except maybe for self defense.

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Yeah it is from a guy on BF and totally custom so it doesn't have a name. I picked out everything; blade steel and shape, deployment method, handle material, colors, file work, pocket clip and even hardware. He is known for being very good at taking something you imagined and making it into a badass cutting tool.

I am very excited so the wait is going to be tough but I'm sure it will be worth it. :tu

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Who's the maker?

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Alan Davis.

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Good Deal bro! Looking forward to seeing it.

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They come in handy for multiple things.

Cutting tags off of clothes, cutting rope, packages open, seat belts to get people out of a burning car.................endless amount of things a knife comes in handy for.

I wouldn't be caught without one, it's like my wallet. I'm lost without it.

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where does one order a knife like this if interested?

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I did it by researching different knife makers on bladeforums.com and unsusualsuspects.net to find someone's style that I really liked then either found their website if they had one or emailed/pm'd them through the message board. I picked Alan Davis because had the style, price and flexibility I was looking for. There were several others I tried and they were either out of my price range or inflexible with style, materials or changing their templates to a left-handed lock. This probably won't be the last knife I commission from him.

There is another knife maker that I really want a knife from but his work is a bit more expensive. Jake Hoback makes overbuilt knives and his style is something I really like with super-thick Titanium handles and beefy blade stock. I hope to own one of his knives in the future.

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There are quite a few knifemakers on bladeforums that do great work. USUALLY a folder will cost more $ than a fixed blade knife made by the makers over there. Some of them make them and sell them and also take custom orders. You should check it out.

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got some salt water on the blade of my kershaw blur today. its s30v. Before i realized it, it had some small spotty surface rust. Will some soft brillow pads take this off much like guns or should i use something else?

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I would think so.

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I just picked up a Kershaw Volt II. It's my first knife with the SpeedSafe opening mechanism. It was a little stiff when I first started using it, but now it's pretty smooth.

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Nice!!!

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Woot sale today on a CRKT Van Hoy On Fire Knife. $24.99

http://sport.woot.com/offers/crkt-va...n-fire-knife-4

http://d3gqasl9vmjfd8.cloudfront.net...1358175d00.jpg
http://d3gqasl9vmjfd8.cloudfront.net...f3db3a0a51.jpg
http://d3gqasl9vmjfd8.cloudfront.net...64ab3db2d7.jpg
http://d3gqasl9vmjfd8.cloudfront.net...b0c38599e7.jpg

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I have been carrying this around daily for a couple years

http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/...7/photo-27.jpg

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Thoughts on the SOG Flash I?

I'm looking for a daily use knife. Looking for something small that I can carry and not realize it's on my person. The price is right on this knife and I like the design.

So far I see this is around $35 shipped.

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Not a bad little knife but I would recommend the Kershaw Cryo in that price range.

http://www.amazon.com/Kershaw-Cryo-S...s=kershaw+cryo

Blade is 2.75" (a quarter inch bigger than the SOG) and it weighs in at about 4oz (about double the weight of the SOG). It has open assist (as does the SOG), adjustable clip for tip-up or tip-down carry right or left, frame lock as opposed to the pistol lock of the SOG and the steel is about the same although the cryo has a nice titanium carbo-nitride coating to help resist rust.

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Thanks for the recommendation, Tony.

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Anytime Bryan! :tu

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DANGIT Leatherman, why is it that the only multitool you make with decent knife blade steel fails to include an Awl? why oh why!

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Argh... so I have to pick one Leatherman multitool to take with me to Venezuela for a year.... price is (mostly) not an object. But if I spend extra, I kinda want to get extra ;)


The Surge gives me an awl, and a dedicated flathead for prying. But the knife is crappy 420HC steel. And it can only carry a saw or file, but not both at the same time.
http://bigshowtools.com/images/lt830159x1000surge1.jpg

The Charge ALX gives me a 154CM blade and a nice cutting hook, but no awl and no prybar!
http://www.cyclocamping.com/prodimag...T-830674-1.jpg

The Charge TTi gives me a S30V blade, cutting hook and flathead prybar... but still no awl, and a 80% price bump over the Surge.
http://inspectusa.com/images/LM-830667.jpg

I don't know... any thoughts?
Things get MacGyver'ed there A LOT, so I figure an awl qill be used a ton for scraping and punching tasks.... but so will a knife!
Any other heavy duty high multitools I'm missing?
I handled the SOG, I don't like it. AWESOME pliers, but I felt like I was going to snap the blades in half, they felt so think and weak.

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wow, I was tired when I typed that, so many speleeeeing errors its almost unreadable :r

fixed:
I don't know... any thoughts?
Things get MacGyver'ed there A LOT, so I figure an awl will be used a ton for scraping and punching tasks.... and if I need to put a hole in some tin or something, an awl is the only tool that can do it.... But a knife also will get a lot of use in various tasks...

Any other heavy duty, high end multitools that I'm missing?
I used to own the original Leatherman Super Tool from years ago, thats why I've set my sights on a Leatherman.
I have handled the SOG before, I don't like it. AWESOME pliers, and it has an awesome ability to customize whats in it, but the tools felt so thin and flimsy, I felt like I was going to snap the blades in half, and they didn't lock with a very confident click.

Oh yeah, prices:
Surge $70
Charge ALX $90
Charge TTi $112

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If you are worried about having a pry bar/scraping implement I would go with whichever multi tool that works and then attach a mini pry bar from county comm with a small lanyard to your tool. works great as a way to pull your tool out of your pocket/case and then it is a dedicated prying device. These things work great and last forever. http://www.countycomm.com/widgy.html I have had one in my little survival kit for a while and found it very useful.

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mmm... interesting idea... though I'd still want something narrower to punch/gouge with... seems like the right track....

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420HC may not be super steel but it will get scary sharp and even if it isn't the best at holding an edge it is really easy to resharpen. I would go with the Surge with a saw or file, depending on which you may use more at work.

You could always carry a second small knife in a pocket with some decent serrations to take the place of a dedicated saw. :tu

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oh yeah, forgot to mention -It's illegal to carry a knife in Venezuela. Jail. not fun ;) -- a bit less likely if the knife is inside a multitool -- so my trusty benchmade is getting sidelined. :(

And tools are VERY expensive down there. -- this tool won't be for EDC, this will be for a mostly home toolbox. Building, fixing, repairing, you name it. Last year I used my old one to disassemble and fix a laptop, break into a locked strongroom with a stripped out lock, string wire, and fix plumbing. that was in the span of a few weeks. This time around I'm moving there - It will be my everything! :)

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I'd contact Leatherman on their FB page. They have one of the best customer service departments I have ever dealt with. They will have some good input and advise.

They are about making customers happy, not pushing products if you know what I mean.

Heck, MAYBE, after you buy your tool, you could send it into Leatherman and they could swap the blade for you. I have had that done before.

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Ouch!!!

I still think the Surge is your best bet. 420HC can be touched up using your kitchen knife steel honer without a problem.

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Interesting idea..... If they could swap the scissors for an Awl in the TTi, I'd take it! But i'm not so sure on that one - seems taht each of the models has it's own handle size and locking specs, not sure the Awl from a full size 4.5" long Surge/SuperTool would fit on a 4" Charge... never know till I ask I suppose... or till I buy both, physically compare em, then return one :D

I've taken the ALX out of the running and narrowed it down mostly just the Surge and the Charge TTi, with a "Super Tool 300" as a distant 3rd tried and true backup possibility... Kinda looked at the Victorinox SwissTool as well... seems well made, but I guess I'm just a Leatherman guy :)

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So it's been asked before, why carry a blade?

Here's a story for ya'll about the importance of EDC'ing a blade of some kind, ALL the time. And its related to the Leatherman discussion I already started :).

I used to own a Leatherman Super Tool (the original :tu). Last year I gave it to a friend in Venezuela, I knew he would get some good use out of it. Little did I know how much!

Last month he was driving in the car with his girlfriend, on the highway, out in the middle of nowhere. The car was in an accident, completely mangled and totaled. Miraculously, both of them escaped being crushed, but they came to rest with the seatbelt wrapped around his girlfriends neck, rapidly choking her. Out came the Leatherman on his hip and he cut the seatbelt off her. More than likely saved her life. And today they are both fine!

Moral of that story - always have a blade! Some kind of survival tool stashed under the seat would have been useless in that situation, he only had what was on him at the time. The rest of the car was impressively crushed, mangled, and "reorganized"!

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I dont think they would swap scissors and things but they might swap a crappy blade for a better one if you threw them a few bucks.

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How about the Leatherman Wave? I have one (old style with permanent screw drivers) that has served me quit well.

http://www.leatherman.com/product/Wave

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I'll swap it myself if the geometry will fit and they'll sell me the replacement part - or heck, sell me the part for a few bucks and I'll worry about the fitting myself!! :D
But along the same lines, if the geometry fits, that means upgrading the blade on the Surge to a the S30V also might fit as well :tu

Not so much a Wave fan for this particular "must do everything and then a bit more" usage - other models all have additional features that I would like to have some if not all of - Awl, better knife steel, replaceable wire cutter blades (supertool)

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So rather than staring at pictures and trying to pick one, I just purchased all 4 of them from amazon, and I'll pay $5 to send back the 3 that I don't want!

4" Charge TTi
4" Rebar
4.5" Surge
4.5" Super Tool 300

There's a much bigger size difference between 4" and 4.5" than I realized!

The Rebar is identical to the iconic Super Tool 300, just smaller, a lot smaller. The handles are thinner, it's a nice carry size.

I must have a bad sample of the Surge, it's loose and rattly when closed (but sending to to them would surely fix it)

I worry a lot about the strength of the Charge TTi's pliers, putting a crimper forward at the tip really screws up their structural integrity IMO.
GOOD NEWS is that the awl on the 4" Rebar looks like it's a perfect match to fit in the 4" Charge TTi in place of the scissors.

And as for the rest... I'll spare you the blow by blow review of the 4 models, suffice only to say that they're all good in some aspects, and it's going to be a tough decision.

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Excellent Idea, good luck choosing which one you're going to take. :tu

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Going thru my dresser, sorting clothes for an upcoming trip, I ran across these I had hidden away in the past:

A small Buck assisted opener
http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/...67787C5E8C.jpg

My favorite knife as a teen (not my original), Case XX Sod Buster, Jr. And I do own the regular Sod Buster
http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/...6768A50BF3.jpg

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And one my wife had to hunt down for me. A folder made for backpacking. The Buck Revolution:

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/...6760911F25.jpg

That's a carabiner made as part of the blade, for clipping onto backpack loop for quick, easy access

Here it is opened halfway

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/...6758913C78.jpg

Open all the way and locked. Push button is the lock and unlock, Not assisted opening

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/...674D29D4D5.jpg

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Not a knife, but picked this up from burchtree bladeworks.

http://www.fototime.com/D127B36ED92CC9E/medium800.jpg

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That's cool. Microtech makes something similar too i think.

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Woots offer today
Kershaw Vapor III Folding Knife
Just thought I'd share

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Finally received one of the customs I had ordered.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...es1975/ck1.jpg

This thing is built like a tank!!!

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Very nice, Tony. Interesting blade shape you chose.

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Thanks Bryan! The blade shape is a modified or tactical Wharncliffe.

BTW, I am totally jealous of that snakebite bottle opener!

I want a Burchtree blade so bad but I'm sure it is well outside of my price range. I was in a lottery for a chance to buy a lefty mid-tech he had made but I didn't win and really didn't have the funds to pay for it if I had...lol

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Woot Kershaw great deal today for $9.99:


I just ordered one!
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http://sale.images.woot.com/Kershaw_...em9zDetail.jpg