Okay, if there's ever tape on the box, the box cutter comes out because I ain't got time for that bull.
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I have a tiny Leatherman and use it all the time
I always have a pocket knife but I still end up using my keys to cut open boxes.
expensive knife?
Oh, no. Cheap knockoff SOGs. The knife is there for everything you shouldn't use a knife for. Screwdriver, pry bar, toothpick, etc. Keys are in the same pocket tho and are usually the first thing I find.
Yep, mine was $12 on Amazon, has a screwdriver built in with a holder for bits. Poor blade... gets used for everything.
I have an expensive knife and try and use any chance I get. I bought it for a tool and not for looking at. But maybe I'm different.
Yea, all my tools deserve use even those that are nice to look at.
I ripped out my SOG Kiku XR and handed it to my buddy when he didn't have a can opener for his corned beef hash at a football tailgate. The quality stuff should be BETTER at this sort of abuse then the cheap stuff. If it breaks, you gotta get something more up to the task.
The only thing in my EDC is that knife, and it's all I usually need. That short and fat bastard can do work. That said, I'm not into pretending it's a screwdriver.
I have a keychain mini-multitool (Gerber Dime) with a dedicated "retail package opener" and it's by far the function I use the most. It's actually getting worn down and needs to be resharpened.
I've cleaned a moose with my pocket knife.
Are you Jordan Jonas?
This is like when you go round someone’s house for dinner and they ostentatiously get out the “Japanese steel” to chop the vegetables with, which you have to ceremonially bloody on your palm every time it comes out of the block. Later you see the shitty little serrated knife they normally use while helping load the dishwasher.
probably, they used the "shitty little serrated knife" for something that needed serrations.
Just because you have a nice Santoku, doesn't mean that you won't be using other knives for specific purposes. Our Nakiri cuts nothing but vegetables, fruits, nuts and herbs. I won't use it for anything else.
I have knives that only cut apples for decades now.
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Best EDC knife I've found.
Check out Hacksmith's new Smith blade.
I was seriously thinking about it. But at the end he said they might make an XL version with scissors and pliers and so I'm definitely waiting around for it.
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I couldn't see the blade until I zoomed in, it's the same color as the background, haha.
Looks like a utility knife razor?
Basically, yeah
I think I’m beyond help at this point. When I’m not at work I EDC a pocket knife, a leatherman, and a Swiss Army knife. Probably overkill but I’ve never been in a situation where I thought “I wish I came less prepared to this”.
but mine has tritium on the handle!!
Or unwrapping Xmas presents.
I'm usually like, ooh, I have a Swiss army knife in my pocket. And another on the keychain.
...Except when I'm home, the keys go to the tray and I switch to indoors pants, so when I actually need the damn things I usually need to take extra effort to go grab them anyway.
You can rip apart an Amazon box with your baby toe, those things are made to be easily ripped up. Tell that to my neighbours though, the shared recycling bin is always overflowing with uncut Amazon boxes
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I used my swiss knife for the scredriver, the mini scissors and the bottle opener. So everything but the knife when i think about it, the knife is basically the opinel, because it's better as a blade. I like that it's not spring driven.
i use every tool on my Mountaineer, but the hook. I've never used that hook.
Who needs that hook?
I keep a folding utility knife on me for just that reason