Its a useful tool and carrying one is common practice in many parts of the US. I had it on me out of habit at the time and after this incident mostly stopped carrying one in public except when necessary.
Because it’s a tool I use often during the day. I might open a package with it, scrape some gasket material off of some parts, whittle a stick, de-burr a piece of metal, cut an apple or sandwich. Bunches of uses. At 5:30am this morning, I cut open a package a bacon for my breakfast with it. Why don’t you carry one?
If I don’t have a pocket knife on me, I should probably go back home and put my pants on…
I used to carry one, I thought <it’s ought to be useful sometime>, and it could be. But most packets are easy to open ny hands, and utilty knives become become progressively less useful as you get used to the.
I was checking and checking granpa’s garage, I found some two heavily used pocket knives in there. Rusted, shut. I restored the without losing that ‘antique’ patina. But I could never carry these. First they’re illegal around here ~ and if you want to visit any EU city they’re not things to have on yourself ~ secondly, they’re less than ideal tools in many such cases. I like harvesting and hiking, and shears are safer to use. I understand a swiss knife, but that has limits too.
A general advice is that one of these knives can put you in dangerous situations, like the one yoy described…
Why do you carry a knife in the first place?
Its a useful tool and carrying one is common practice in many parts of the US. I had it on me out of habit at the time and after this incident mostly stopped carrying one in public except when necessary.
Because it’s a tool I use often during the day. I might open a package with it, scrape some gasket material off of some parts, whittle a stick, de-burr a piece of metal, cut an apple or sandwich. Bunches of uses. At 5:30am this morning, I cut open a package a bacon for my breakfast with it. Why don’t you carry one?
If I don’t have a pocket knife on me, I should probably go back home and put my pants on…
I used to carry one, I thought <it’s ought to be useful sometime>, and it could be. But most packets are easy to open ny hands, and utilty knives become become progressively less useful as you get used to the.
I was checking and checking granpa’s garage, I found some two heavily used pocket knives in there. Rusted, shut. I restored the without losing that ‘antique’ patina. But I could never carry these. First they’re illegal around here ~ and if you want to visit any EU city they’re not things to have on yourself ~ secondly, they’re less than ideal tools in many such cases. I like harvesting and hiking, and shears are safer to use. I understand a swiss knife, but that has limits too.
A general advice is that one of these knives can put you in dangerous situations, like the one yoy described…