How many knives do you normally carry on you?
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How many knives do you normally carry on you?
How many knives do you normally carry on you?
Do you carry more or less when spending time outdoors -- backpacking, camping, bushcrafting, etc.?
Do you carry more or less when spending time outdoors -- backpacking, camping, bushcrafting, etc.?
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Re: How many knives do you normally carry on you?
Almost always 2, something small like my Chaparral in my 5th(watch) pocket then something a little more substantial in my primary pocket.
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Re: How many knives do you normally carry on you?
1 minimum, 2 normally but 3 typically as of late.
The new neck knife (subway bowie) has been on my neck consistently since I got it. So now 2 in pocket, Ladybug and a bigger folder and the neck knife make 3.
Then I have a truck knife thats always in the truck, I have a bag knife that is always in my bag that I carry to work, etc. I'm never far from a knife really....
The new neck knife (subway bowie) has been on my neck consistently since I got it. So now 2 in pocket, Ladybug and a bigger folder and the neck knife make 3.
Then I have a truck knife thats always in the truck, I have a bag knife that is always in my bag that I carry to work, etc. I'm never far from a knife really....
Re: How many knives do you normally carry on you?
I used to think I needed to carry multiple, but it's overkill and just looking for reasons to carry extra. I carry my main EDC and a SAK (which is used as pretty much everything BESIDES a knife)
15 's in 10 different steels
1 - Bradford Guardian 3 / Vanadis 4E Wharnie
1 - Monterey Bay Knives Slayback Flipper / ZDP 189
1 - CRK Small Sebenza 31/Macassar Ebony Inlays
1 - CRK Large Inkosi Insingo/ Black Micarta Inlays
1 - CRK Small Sebenza 31 Insingo/Magnacut
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1 - Bradford Guardian 3 / Vanadis 4E Wharnie
1 - Monterey Bay Knives Slayback Flipper / ZDP 189
1 - CRK Small Sebenza 31/Macassar Ebony Inlays
1 - CRK Large Inkosi Insingo/ Black Micarta Inlays
1 - CRK Small Sebenza 31 Insingo/Magnacut
-Rick
Re: How many knives do you normally carry on you?
Usually 8 or so.
Added 3 since this photo. bread knife, boning knife and petty.
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Just 1 outside of work. Anytime I carry multiples I never find I have enough uses to justify it so I go back to 1. Carrying more is just dead weight to me.
Added 3 since this photo. bread knife, boning knife and petty.
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Just 1 outside of work. Anytime I carry multiples I never find I have enough uses to justify it so I go back to 1. Carrying more is just dead weight to me.
Re: How many knives do you normally carry on you?
One spyderco and one SAK
Re: How many knives do you normally carry on you?
When I work : 3 to 4
Victorinox Compact and Minichamp at all times in my pouch
Either a Dragonfly or a Ladybug/Manbug
A cool slipjoint with titanium and wood for lunch break
When I do not work : usually 2
A small to medium size folder and a bigger one
If I'm building stuff or making knives or something like that, there is a big chance one is PE and the other SE.
Victorinox Compact and Minichamp at all times in my pouch
Either a Dragonfly or a Ladybug/Manbug
A cool slipjoint with titanium and wood for lunch break
When I do not work : usually 2
A small to medium size folder and a bigger one
If I'm building stuff or making knives or something like that, there is a big chance one is PE and the other SE.
In the collection : Lots of different steels, in lots of different (and same) Spydercos.
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Re: How many knives do you normally carry on you?
1 or 2 normally.
Because desolate places allow us to breathe. And most people don't even know they're out of breath.
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Re: How many knives do you normally carry on you?
One main folder, and then one SAK usually a Pioneer X or just an Alox classic on my keys
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K390 Manbug in the 5th pocket is nearly a constant at home or work, paired with a baby banter at work or larger folder outside of work. Interested in adding a smaller multitool.
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Re: How many knives do you normally carry on you?
Spydie + SAK
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Favourite Spydies: Military, PM2, Shaman, UKPK
Others: Victorinox Pioneer, CRK L Sebenza 31, CRK L Inkosi
Favourite Spydies: Military, PM2, Shaman, UKPK
Others: Victorinox Pioneer, CRK L Sebenza 31, CRK L Inkosi
Re: How many knives do you normally carry on you?
ZDP DF2 and K390 Endela. I occasionally substitute an N5 for the Endela and often have a ladybug in my 5th pocket.
Re: How many knives do you normally carry on you?
I guess I technically carry two knives most of the time I'm out working or just out & about: my main folding knife (almost always a Spyderco), and the knife in a Leatherman pliers-based multitool (either a Skeletool CX or a Charge TTi). I rarely use the knife in the multitool, though, I carry a multitool for the drivers & the pliers & wirecutters (and in the case of the Charge, the saw & the file).
If I'm backpacking/camping, I additionally carry a mid-sized fixed blade (usually a Spyderco Schempp Rock, a Ka-bar BK7, or a Cold Steel Recon Tanto). Something that can be used for camp chores with enough blade length to competently clear brush, but not so big that it weighs my pack down.Do you carry more or less when spending time outdoors -- backpacking, camping, bushcrafting, etc.?
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I carry a SAK, with two blades, nearly all the time, when I leave the house. And very often but not as often, as the SAK, I carry an additional knife, most of the time a Spyderco.
So I guess, normally I carry two knives.
So I guess, normally I carry two knives.
Re: How many knives do you normally carry on you?
1 on me most of the time. More when doing outdoor activities.
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Re: How many knives do you normally carry on you?
Typically 2 for EDC
Small to medium sized folder in back pocket (DF2 most of the time).
Small multi tool or utility knife in watch pocket, depending on what my day looks like (a modified SAK cadet most of the time).
It’s a stretch to say I need two knives, I carry the Cadet mostly for its other tools, but the pen blade can on some rare occasions be a nice complement to the wharncliffe DF2 I usually carry. I carry the utility knife as my secondary when I believe I might have to perform stupidly abrasive or damaging cuts.
Outdoor is such a large category and encompasses so many different activities. A very simplistic summary could look something like this:
Small game hunting, day hikes & SL/UL. backpacking: 1
Big game hunting, fishing, “bushcrafting”, camping: 2
For EDC I only count what’s in my pockets, while for outdoor I count everything I bring along.
Small to medium sized folder in back pocket (DF2 most of the time).
Small multi tool or utility knife in watch pocket, depending on what my day looks like (a modified SAK cadet most of the time).
It’s a stretch to say I need two knives, I carry the Cadet mostly for its other tools, but the pen blade can on some rare occasions be a nice complement to the wharncliffe DF2 I usually carry. I carry the utility knife as my secondary when I believe I might have to perform stupidly abrasive or damaging cuts.
Outdoor is such a large category and encompasses so many different activities. A very simplistic summary could look something like this:
Small game hunting, day hikes & SL/UL. backpacking: 1
Big game hunting, fishing, “bushcrafting”, camping: 2
For EDC I only count what’s in my pockets, while for outdoor I count everything I bring along.
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Re: How many knives do you normally carry on you?
You don't want to know. Trust me.
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Re: How many knives do you normally carry on you?
2-3 depending on needs . MG2
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Re: How many knives do you normally carry on you?
Usually just one. Two or more if fishing or hunting.