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As a sales manager in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) I EDC a Navigator II. ( It works as a sales argument :rolleyes: )
But used mostly to open boxes, demonstrate the quality of cut protection gloves and of Fall Protection lanyards and Harnesses. And sometimes just to show off what sharp means.. :cool:

As President of the Royal Sharpshooters of the Veluwe (Shooting club) I always carry next to my EDC a Leatherman Charge.

I used to work for Home Depot, and they have a very explicit no knife policy of any kind; no clip-its, no SAKs, No Leatherman Tools, no nothing, just these stupid little safety knifes (HD Orange of course) that used a unpointed utility blade and would only stay open with your thumb on the release...I'd keep the Kiwi in the Watchpocket when I worked there.

Now I am a Stay At Home Dad and I can carry whatever I want, I just gotta be careful slicing bagels with my ATR, I bit myself pretty good once.

My wife works for a Federal Govt. Agency, and when she worked out at their facility in Golden, I used to go visit with a full-size Persian, Manix or G10 Police...Heck I could've taken a HK MP5 or a pound of Semtex for all their rent a cops cared even after 9/11.

But just the other day going to visit her at their new facility downtown I was wanded twice and had to pass through a "sniffer" box that puffs air on you to search for explosives...Wisely all I had that day was a Utili-key on my key ring.

i'm in and out of a lot of different government offices, but my work is kinda independent, and people are glad to have me around, so i can't imagine having any trouble about carrying knives. obviously, i wouldn't take my military to a meeting with the board of suipervisors and spyderdrop it out to sharpen a pencil, though... :D although i did pull out my dragonfly to sharpen a pencil at a TVA meeting, and no one seemed to think anything of it.

i also sometimes ride around with the police as part of my work -- doubt i'd get busted by these coworkers, though... :D

people in virginia generally seem to understand knives. that being said, i don't go out of my way to freak anyone out. usually have a variety on me, mostly around 3", at any given time.

At home i dont get the chance to carry much more than a UKPK but at work which is not in the UK i make up for it and i get to carry what i please (normaly a Para) along with my FN FAL and Walther P99 :)

I could show up geared like Doc Snubnose and my boss would just smile. I work on a fish farm so I use a knife constantly. Rotate between Dodo, Delica, and Endura. I leave my Ruger 10-22 at work at all times (keeps my boss' 12 gauge company) and often bring my .223 Remington model 700 to shoot in the shooting range my boss and I set up. So I guess I work in a pretty knife friendly environment.

My work needs sharp edges to exist :)

I work for myself and carry whatever I want wherever I want, and use it, too. There's always the possibility that some client or passer-by might be concerned, but if he can't adapt that's just too bad: I've spent a lot of time structuring my life the way I want it, and public opinion is something I care about very little.

In general, people are a bit knife-unfriendly at my work (since it is a museum, and because in Amsterdam there are a few places were knives are officially banned). Most of my direct colleagues do not really mind about my knives, mostly because I carry a :spyder: Ladybug 2 and a Leatherman P4 (not particularly scary) together with a Photon on a keyring.

And they all know to find me when a box has to be opened, a pair of glasses has to be fixed or any other task you do not want to do with your bare hands. Then it is me to the rescue with my :spyder: Ladybug! :D

My new job is pretty knife friendly, I found one of the supervisors sharpening a switchblade the other day! :D