1.- 4"
2.- My EDC helps me at work, at car, at home, every where ...
3.- 10, since today (41)
Need your help
This is gonna sound familiar:
Length 3" (Delica)
General purpose: opening boxes and packaging, cutting string, home work use like cutting up boxes or a piece of rope, and poking air holes in plastic coffee cup lids. Also, a few times I've trimmed a leather belt with a removable buckle as I've lost weight. :-)
Started with a small pocket knife in Boy Scouts when I was whatever age they take kids, also had SAKs or Leathermen before I caught the Bug in my early 30's.
Length 3" (Delica)
General purpose: opening boxes and packaging, cutting string, home work use like cutting up boxes or a piece of rope, and poking air holes in plastic coffee cup lids. Also, a few times I've trimmed a leather belt with a removable buckle as I've lost weight. :-)
Started with a small pocket knife in Boy Scouts when I was whatever age they take kids, also had SAKs or Leathermen before I caught the Bug in my early 30's.
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bindlestiff
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mjmcdowell
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Sal, hope this helps,1. 2 to 4 inches,folder daily. 2. work, cutting boxes, shrink wrap, plastic strapping etc. 3. I was 10 yrs. old when my dad gave me an LL Bean single bladed pocket knife, have carried a knife ever since and I'm 50 plus on birthday's, Good luck hope it all works out for you. be safe, mjmcdowell
I carry a Calypso Jr. roughly a 2.5 in blade. I use this knife for what it was intended for including but not limited to cutting, trimming, slicing and occasionaly as a money clip. I learned about knives and cutting tools at a young age through the Boy Scouts. I bought a Ladybug when I was twelve with the help of my father and learned to respect the knife for what it was, a tool. I didn't start to carry a knife everyday until the age of 22 when a teacher of mine showed me a Calypso Jr. I bought it and clipped it to my pocket and it's been there ever since. Spyderco makes fine knives for everyday carry, it makes sense to save your teeth and use a sharp edge.
Edited by - jwyslak on 9/13/2004 11:25:18 PM
Edited by - jwyslak on 9/13/2004 11:25:18 PM
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cmassicotte
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Hi Sal,
Don't know if this reply will come in time, but for me.....
I got my first knife at about age six.
I usually carry a three inch knife - para miliary , native, Lil Temp, but also carry the Milie frequently.
I use my knife for everything from opening letters & packagees to cutting cardboard, cutting almost anything in the garden, and for kitchen and BBQ chores.
Good luck to you...
I suspect that we all need you to be successfull - as my guess is that your success will involve our freedom to carry.
Chuck
There is no right way to do a wrong thing
Don't know if this reply will come in time, but for me.....
I got my first knife at about age six.
I usually carry a three inch knife - para miliary , native, Lil Temp, but also carry the Milie frequently.
I use my knife for everything from opening letters & packagees to cutting cardboard, cutting almost anything in the garden, and for kitchen and BBQ chores.
Good luck to you...
I suspect that we all need you to be successfull - as my guess is that your success will involve our freedom to carry.
Chuck
There is no right way to do a wrong thing
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captain hook
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Sal,
I will carry whatever sized knife that I feel I need for whatever circumstances that I feel the situation requires. Usually, the bigger, the better, regardless of the law. There are several senarios that can support this:
Though the chances are slim, mountain lion attacks, bear attacks, or even rabid animal attacks can claim lives and can be thwarted with the proper hardware. I don't think a 2-inch knife will be as effective as a larger one.
If approched by a street thug, the mere size and phycological impact of a knife can be a deterent to crime.
Perhaps a rollover car accident, if I am half-concious, upsidedown, and being strangled by a seat belt, a large knife can be easier to manipulate.
Regardless, the government should not dictate what size knife is appropriate for whatever condition, I do. Because, only I, the citizen, am the one that best knows the liklihood of encountering whatever certain risks that may arise in whatever particular condition I will be in. Sometimes, I can't predict what may occur. Obviously, I will not carry a large knife to work for fear of it scaring people, but otherwise, a large knife provides more peace of mind, because we never know what will happen, and being preparred for the worst, is the best preparration.
Secondly, if I feel that a spyderco knife will better aid be in accomplishing a certain task or chore, I will use it.
Thirdly, I had a buck folding knife in a leather pouch on my belt in fourth grade. Someone told on me and it was confiscated and given back to me at the end of the day. (It was in the mid-eighties) I was told not to bring it to school again, but I did anyway, I just kept it hidden. I never used it, but it was helpful to know it was there - just in case - in case of anything, you never know.
Could luck Sal, I hope you prevail in your legal endevours.
I will carry whatever sized knife that I feel I need for whatever circumstances that I feel the situation requires. Usually, the bigger, the better, regardless of the law. There are several senarios that can support this:
Though the chances are slim, mountain lion attacks, bear attacks, or even rabid animal attacks can claim lives and can be thwarted with the proper hardware. I don't think a 2-inch knife will be as effective as a larger one.
If approched by a street thug, the mere size and phycological impact of a knife can be a deterent to crime.
Perhaps a rollover car accident, if I am half-concious, upsidedown, and being strangled by a seat belt, a large knife can be easier to manipulate.
Regardless, the government should not dictate what size knife is appropriate for whatever condition, I do. Because, only I, the citizen, am the one that best knows the liklihood of encountering whatever certain risks that may arise in whatever particular condition I will be in. Sometimes, I can't predict what may occur. Obviously, I will not carry a large knife to work for fear of it scaring people, but otherwise, a large knife provides more peace of mind, because we never know what will happen, and being preparred for the worst, is the best preparration.
Secondly, if I feel that a spyderco knife will better aid be in accomplishing a certain task or chore, I will use it.
Thirdly, I had a buck folding knife in a leather pouch on my belt in fourth grade. Someone told on me and it was confiscated and given back to me at the end of the day. (It was in the mid-eighties) I was told not to bring it to school again, but I did anyway, I just kept it hidden. I never used it, but it was helpful to know it was there - just in case - in case of anything, you never know.
Could luck Sal, I hope you prevail in your legal endevours.
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ricknhman43
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1) 3" to 4" depends on dress / activity , etc. Sometimes I have more than one. There does not appear to be any legal limit on blade length in my state for Folders.
2) Primarily to open boxes at the office, occasionally making network patch cables, opening any number of items that I deal with that are individually wrapped in plastic (think computer supplies and hardware). Cutting my 3 year olds food when we're on picnics or in places where all they give you are those crappy plastic utensils.
3) Geez... I know I had one in Jr. High (no law or rule against it back then (I'll be 37 next month). But I also know I had one earlier than that. I was raised on a farm and for a long as I can remember I had a knife on me. I had to get up and feed cattle and do all that type of stuff. I was always exploring so I always carried one around the place.
Good Luck Sal.
2) Primarily to open boxes at the office, occasionally making network patch cables, opening any number of items that I deal with that are individually wrapped in plastic (think computer supplies and hardware). Cutting my 3 year olds food when we're on picnics or in places where all they give you are those crappy plastic utensils.
3) Geez... I know I had one in Jr. High (no law or rule against it back then (I'll be 37 next month). But I also know I had one earlier than that. I was raised on a farm and for a long as I can remember I had a knife on me. I had to get up and feed cattle and do all that type of stuff. I was always exploring so I always carried one around the place.
Good Luck Sal.
Hi.
I'd like to thank all of you very much for your replies. The information was for a court case in Boston regarding a self defense issue involving a Harvard grad student.
You have been great. It is good to know that the knife community can pull together when needed. We collected quite a bit of information on three forums.
Thanx again,
sal
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Whatever the problem, education is the solution.
I'd like to thank all of you very much for your replies. The information was for a court case in Boston regarding a self defense issue involving a Harvard grad student.
You have been great. It is good to know that the knife community can pull together when needed. We collected quite a bit of information on three forums.
Thanx again,
sal
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Whatever the problem, education is the solution.