Knives

[Kitsun]

You shouldn't need to carry more than:

wallet
keys
sunglasses
cell phone
knife


I agree with Back on this one.


Alright, what knives do you guys carry for daily use? What knife do you like the most?

I used to carry my Spyderco Harpy and Crossbill for a while but an uncle gave me a really sweet Benchmade tanto-tipped folder that I can't remember the exact style off the top of my head.

Favorite knife I don't get to carry around is a Rigid bowie.

[Delias]

Cho butterfly... I don't carry it much anymore.

[Sean]

None?

[Tordane]

Cybertool 41 - This thing is awesome, little big..but I've gotten use to it. It saves me so many trips to the tool box.

http://qualitylasts.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/cybertool41.jpg

[Ribbons]

I have a cane that hides a knife in the bottom of it. Push down hard enough and it springs out. Other than that, no knives or anything. Arizona is a pretty safe place.

[Tordane]

Other than that, no knives or anything. Arizona is a pretty safe place.

Who the fuck carries a knife for protection? If I want protection, I live in America, I'll carry my glock. Thank you!

[Ribbons]

Who the fuck carries a knife for protection? If I want protection, I live in America, I'll carry my glock. Thank you!

Eh...I'm not entirely comfortable limping around with a glock in my waistband. I have one at home but other than that I see no point in toting a gun around. Then again, ex-Marine here.

[Delias]

Who the fuck carries a knife for protection? If I want protection, I live in America, I'll carry my glock. Thank you!

Chicago has had a handgun ban for quite some time... just got overturned, I guess, but we'll see what happens.

[Tordane]

Eh...I'm not entirely comfortable limping around with a glock in my waistband. I have one at home but other than that I see no point in toting a gun around. Then again, ex-Marine here.

Yeah, you have skills I don't. I need the gun for protection. :P

[zhelas]

I normally carry a m16-13T -CRKT

http://www.crkt.com/crkt/content/images_inv/w/s/260/CRM16-13T_xlarge_3909_large_260.jpg
http://www.crkt.com/crkt/content/images_inv/w/s/260/M16TBottom.jpg

[BriarFox]

I have a Gerber multitool and a Gerber Gator, both of which I like and occasionally carry. The 9mm and the .45 usually stay at home, even though I have a CCW.

[Ribbons]

Yeah, you have skills I don't. I need the gun for protection. :P

Eh, my 'skills' are pretty rusty but disarming an attacker is simple. Again, I live in a fairly peaceful place so there's virtually no chance of being mugged or attacked.

[Tordane]

Eh, my 'skills' are pretty rusty but disarming an attacker is simple.

Hopin my son might like to get involved in martial arts, will probably take the time to join him if he does. Always been interested in grappling and disarming techniques.

[Ribbons]

Hopin my son might like to get involved in martial arts, will probably take the time to join him if he does. Always been interested in grappling and disarming techniques.

If you can find anyone who can teach Sambo, learn it. Or even Judo. Don't waste you or your kids time on Karate or Tae Kwon Do. Sambo and Judo are incredibly reliable styles for street fights and disarming opponents.

[Kitsun]

Cho butterfly... I don't carry it much anymore.

I want a butterfly knife but NJ has a list of banned weapons an armlength long and that is on there.


I have a cane that hides a knife in the bottom of it. Push down hard enough and it springs out. Other than that, no knives or anything. Arizona is a pretty safe place.

Yeah, when I said daily use, I meant non-protection. I hope no one is in constant threat of danger.

[Gan]

None

[Drew]

If you can find anyone who can teach Sambo, learn it. Or even Judo. Don't waste you or your kids time on Karate or Tae Kwon Do. Sambo and Judo are incredibly reliable styles for street fights and disarming opponents.

Or BJJ/MMA.

[Drew]

Kershaw automatic. Not as expensive as a benchmade or spyderco so I don't feel as bad if I lose it but still good quality. I also like automatic knifes and Kershaw has a great mechanism.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/212A0MDV3SL._SS500_.jpg

Mine is pretty similar expect the bolts are black and the blade is half an inch longer.

[Cephalopod]

Or BJJ/MMA.

Are you saying you use some sort of special blow job to disarm people in a street-fight?

[Drew]

Are you saying you use some sort of special blow job to disarm people in a street-fight?

I've always been in favour of unorthodox tactics.

[Kuyuk]

http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/jpoplive/Crocodile_Dundee_-_That_s_Not_A_Knife.jpg

http://cgi.ebay.com/crocodile-dundee-thats-not-a-knife-bowie-knife-gen-2_W0QQitemZ270591953215QQcmdZViewItemQQssPageNameZ RSS:B:SRCH:US:101#ht_1293wt_911

I would love it if someone traded this to me for some truffles, since I just cant buy it myself.

Gotta find the back-sheath for it though.

[Celephais]

You think that's a knife? THIS is a knife!
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e274/NurseJoker/notaknife.jpg

[Sean of the Thread]

I've got a custom Michael Walker that I carry for utility purposes. I forgot to rinse it everytime after wade fishing so there is some tiny rust spots on the handle but an awesome knife.

I have other crappy fold outs that I got for nothing practically and use those now when I go out in the nasty.

[AnticorRifling]

Carried an Emerson back in the Corps. Now I just carry a Gerber Drop Point Folder.

[Sean of the Thread]

If you can find anyone who can teach Sambo, learn it. Or even Judo. Don't waste you or your kids time on Karate or Tae Kwon Do. Sambo and Judo are incredibly reliable styles for street fights and disarming opponents.


How about Semper Fu?

[Ribbons]

How about Semper Fu?

Only for Marines, sorry kids.

[AnticorRifling]

Someone score me a Jay Fisher. Preferably a tactical Argiope. Thanks.

Rojo he makes one called Anzu that's sexy as hell too.

[Kuyuk]

How about Semper Fu?

Couldn't win a fight against a carny... probably not very worthwhile to teach kids...

[peam]

Couldn't win a fight against a carny... probably not very worthwhile to teach kids...

That's harsh, money.

[Bobmuhthol]

I keep a Klein 44033 on me most of the time.

http://www.themegamall.info/knives%20008.jpg

[Durgrimst]

Someone score me a Jay Fisher. Preferably a tactical Argiope. Thanks.

Rojo he makes one called Anzu that's sexy as hell too.

I just google'd this, that is a $3400 knife.

DAMN

[Abyran'sa]

My go to knife is a Kershaw Baby Boa. It is practical, awesome for cutting fingernails, rubber hoses, cardboard, apples, letters, bubble wrap, and resharpening pencils. I do touch it up from time to time with a lansky sharpener, but such is the fact of life for most knives. The baby boa is also small enough to avoid most potential hassle and be socially acceptable.

To add to the original post, I am rarely without my S&W 340pd in my pocket. I feel naked without it, but sometimes I will cheat on it and carry another (or even nothing at all) if my wardrobe or social schedule requires such.

[Asha]

Knives are fucking terrifying.

[Stanley Burrell]

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/5083/modmfwc.jpg + http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/9933/keysw.jpg

+ Always in my hand and not looking like I'm walking around with a knife drawn.

I have a few hefty folding/Swiss/"tactical"/etc. big stupid goofy knives, but my favorite "knives" are anything I can hone that doesn't actually look like a knife. I also have these things called teeth. And people have these things called eyes and necks :shrug:

[Drew]

Knives are fucking terrifying.

Only in your country.

[4a6c1]

Someone score me a Jay Fisher. Preferably a tactical Argiope. Thanks.

Rojo he makes one called Anzu that's sexy as hell too.

http://www.jayfisher.com/anzublueblackg10.htm

God that is so pretty.

[4a6c1]

When I was active duty I started carrying this cute little red girly knife with a clip and pearly blade mostly to be satirical. The big manly men carried around short swords in their pockets, so of course I thought I was hilarious.

I soon found a practical use for it. The blade and structure was strong enough to aid in disassembly for every tiny pin inside all the guns. It replaced my punch set in no time and the manly men were soon jealous.

Wish I knew where it was now!

[TheLastShamurai]

I would carry a Gerber multi-tool and a Spyderco Dodo when I was on active duty. The Gerber was great for weapon disassembly and various other tasks, and the Dodo was great at cutting 550 cord, rope, or whatever.

[Latrinsorm]

http://www.idealtruevalue.com/catalog/getimage_new_5405_1.asp

But now I want the one Drew has. :(

[kookiegod]

I personally like Gil Hibben's knives.

http://www.hibbenknives.com/gil.htm

I got a few fantasy knives for various purposes.

I usually carry a switchblade my mom got me in Germany about 20 years ago.

[AestheticDeath]

I normally carry a m16-13T -CRKT

http://www.crkt.com/crkt/content/images_inv/w/s/260/CRM16-13T_xlarge_3909_large_260.jpg
http://www.crkt.com/crkt/content/images_inv/w/s/260/M16TBottom.jpg

I carry a similar one, black with no serrations.

[AnticorRifling]

I personally like Gil Hibben's knives.

http://www.hibbenknives.com/gil.htm

I got a few fantasy knives for various purposes.

I usually carry a switchblade my mom got me in Germany about 20 years ago.

Functional knives = awesome

Fantasy knives = GAY

[Drisco]

None?

I know right? Who carries a knife around? Like Jesus where are you guys living?

[Gan]

Pulled out the knives I have in my watch drawer. Pen is in the photo as a size reference. One pocket knife is missing - I think its time to go shake down my son's room since he was nosing around in the drawer the other day.

I also have a few larger buck/schrade hunting knives that are locked up in the gun safe. I did not take a pic of these.

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll102/learningtewfly/IMG_00891.jpg

[AnticorRifling]

I know right? Who carries a knife around? Like Jesus where are you guys living? Yes we all carry knives for personal protection and that's the only possible reason!!!!!!

You're a lumber jack by default you carry an axe so you're excused for not knowing about knives.

[Back]

I joke that I must have been a slavedriver to porters in a past life because in this one I routinely carry 25-50 lbs. of crud with me wherever I go. In college I went through a real "Be Prepared" period where I carried a knife, some kind of firemaker, water, and various other things that seemed good in dire situations. That got kind of unwieldy. One way of being prepared that is wieldy is having a good Swiss Army Knife. In fact, "Swiss Army Knife" has become slang for any product that performs a bunch of different tasks.

In the '20s, the Swiss Army decided to go with two contractors to provide its regulation knives: Victorinox and Wenger. So there were two competitors who had the right to call their products Swiss Army Knives. In 2005 Victorinox acquired Wenger but things are no less confusing. These days you see Swiss Army everything because of the licensing of the brand to backpacks and other non-cutlery products. Both manufacturers were hit hard by post 9/11 restrictions on what passengers could bring aboard a plane. Probably the cheapest way to obtain a Swiss Army Knife today is to hit an online auction of goods seized from innocent passengers by the TSA. Both companies have diversified their product lines in an attempt to gain new customers. While backpacks are made by other companies that license the Swiss Army name, the knives are still made by the original companies that have manufactured them since the beginning of the twentieth century. Though Wenger has also moved into trying to "hip-ify" their knives with hot translucent colors, it's Victorinox that's gone after the serious geek market with its CyberTool line.

Though I had craved a Swiss Army Knife for years, it was hard to settle on which one would be the perfect model for me. Additionally, I had a hard time justifying the cost. It seemed a luxury to me. Then I had to get an old Apple Airport Base Station open and I didn't have a Torx 10 laying around the house. The last time I needed a Torx wrench was when I had to buy a "Mac Cracker", a long-handled Torx wrench made for getting into the old self-contained Mac Plus/SE/Classic line. I still have it and I've never used it for anything else. First I tried to borrow a Torx wrench but none of my friends could come through for me. The Berkeley Tool Library came up dry, too. So it seemed I needed to make an investment and I wanted to get as much use out of that investment as I could. So I started shopping for CyberTools rather than a Torx wrench kit. Luckily, Amazon had a 50% off sale and I was able to get the CyberTool 34 for a little less than 50 clams.

The CyberTool line comes in three colors: translucent Ruby, translucent Sapphire Blue, and translucent Onyx. The models are the CyberTool Lite (which despite the name "Lite" is not light on tools, but has a flashlight), CyberTool 29, CyberTool 34 and CyberTool 41. I bought the CyberTool 34 in Ruby, but I will detail what the other CyberTool models include since Epinions seems to have condensed the models into only one review category:

CyberTool Lite

1. large blade
2. small blade
3. corkscrew
4. can opener with
5. - small screwdriver 3 mm (also for Phillips screws)
6. cap lifter with
7. - screwdriver 6 mm
8. - wire stripper
9. reamer, punch
10. key ring, inox
11. tweezers
12. toothpick
13. sewing eye
14. wrench with
15. - female Hex drive 5 mm for D-SUB connectors
16. - female Hex drive 4 mm for the bits
17. - Bit Pozidrive 0
18. - Bit Pozidrive 1
19. case with
20. - Bit Slotted 4 mm
21. - Bit Phillips 2
22. - Bit Hex 4 mm
23. - Bit Torx 8
24. - Bit Torx 10
25. - Bit Torx 15
26. pressurized ballpoint pen
27. - also to set DIP-switches
28. pin, stainless steel
29. mini-screwdriver ( pat.)
30. pliers with
31. - wire cutter
32. - wire crimping tool
33. scissors
34. multi-purpose hook
35. LED, light white
36. magnifying glass


CyberTool 29

1. large blade
2. small blade
3. corkscrew
4. can opener with
5. - small screwdriver 3 mm (also for Phillips screws)
6. cap lifter with
7. - screwdriver 6 mm
8. - wire stripper
9. reamer, punch
10. key ring, inox
11. tweezers
12. toothpick
13. sewing eye
14. wrench with
15. - female Hex drive 5 mm for D-SUB connectors
16. - female Hex drive 4 mm for the bits
17. - Bit Pozidrive 0
18. - Bit Pozidrive 1
19. case with
20. - Bit Slotted 4 mm
21. - Bit Phillips 2
22. - Bit Hex 4 mm
23. - Bit Torx 8
24. - Bit Torx 10
25. - Bit Torx 15
26. pressurized ballpoint pen
27. - also to set DIP-switches
28. pin, stainless steel
29. mini-screwdriver ( pat.)

CyberTool 34

1. large blade
2. small blade
3. corkscrew
4. can opener with
5. - small screwdriver 3 mm (also for Phillips screws)
6. cap lifter with
7. - screwdriver 6 mm
8. - wire stripper
9. reamer
10. key ring, inox
11. tweezers
12. toothpick
13. sewing eye
14. wrench with
15. - female Hex drive 5 mm for D-SUB connectors
16. - female Hex drive 4 mm for the bits
17. - Bit Pozidrive 0
18. - Bit Pozidrive 1
19. case with
20. - Bit Slotted 4 mm
21. - Bit Phillips 2
22. - Bit Hex 4 mm
23. - Bit Torx 8
24. - Bit Torx 10
25. - Bit Torx 15
26. pressurized ballpoint pen
27. - also to set DIP-switches
29. mini-screwdriver ( pat.)
30. pliers with
31. - wire cutter
32. - wire crimping tool
33. scissors
34. multi-purpose hook

CyberTool 41

1. large blade
2. small blade
3. corkscrew
4. can opener with
5. - small screwdriver 3 mm (also for Phillips screws)
6. cap lifter with
7. - screwdriver 6 mm
8. - wire stripper
9. reamer, punch
10. key ring, inox
11. tweezers
12. toothpick
13. sewing eye
14. wrench with
15. - female Hex drive 5 mm for D-SUB connectors
16. - female Hex drive 4 mm for the bits
17. - Bit Pozidrive 0
18. - Bit Pozidrive 1
19. case with
20. - Bit Slotted 4 mm
21. - Bit Phillips 2
22. - Bit Hex 4 mm
23. - Bit Torx 8
24. - Bit Torx 10
25. - Bit Torx 15
26. pressurized ballpoint pen
27. - also to set DIP-switches
28. pin, stainless steel
29. mini-screwdriver ( pat.)
30. pliers with
31. - wire cutter
32. - wire crimping tool
33. scissors
34. multi-purpose hook
35. wood saw
36. metal saw with
37. - metal file
38. - nailfile
39. - nail cleaner
40. - screwdriver 2,5 mm
41. - chisel and scraper


My CyberTool 34 Ruby has the solid construction you expect from a Swiss Army Knife. It's got real heft and it does not at all feel cheaply made. I find myself wishing the tools came out easier, though. Not only do I have fingernails that break as soon as you look at them, I also have a disability that affects my hands. Anyone with even a mild hand disability will have a bit of difficulty getting some of these tools out of their housings. It seems to me there ought to be some happy medium where the tools snap in and stay in place safely yet don't require a great degree of effort to extricate from their housings. Just as an aside, they ought to include a special tool to clean those housings because if you carry the CyberTool in your purse or in your pants pocket, it's going to pick up a lot of grit and dust in those housings. Cleaning the housings is harder than cleaning the tools they contain. The slots are narrower than your average paper cotton swab can get into.

The bit tools are all double-headed so that you get the most bang for the limited space. The bits have an embedded ball bearing in their sides that ensure a snug fit in the bit tool. Because nothing sucks as much as having a small tool bit clatter to the ground and roll away somewhere you can't find it. If, however, such a tragedy befalls you, replacement bits are available for these knives. And on the subject of support, all Victorinox Swiss Army Knives have a lifetime guarantee against defects in materials and workmanship (except for electrical components, which have a 2 year guarantee). That's the kind of quality and customer support that's worth paying a bit extra for. Speaking of electrical components, Victorinox has started offering Swiss Army jump drives. I find it curious that they didn't add a jump drive at least to the CyberTool 41. It seems to go hand-in-hand with the IT thing.

Sometimes I wish Victorinox had a way to custom order a Swiss Army Knife. Then you could get exactly the tools you wanted in a knife and pay for no less and no more than you need. My ideal tool would include large and small knives, scissors, slotted and Phillips screwdrivers, Allen and Torx wrenches in the most commonly needed small sizes, corkscrew, can opener, bottle opener, nail file and nail clippers. Actually, I'd probably want a second tool for garden work that has pruning shears, a pruning saw, a dibbler and other gardening tools that could be fit into that compact form. Anyway, like the other reviewers, I'm danged if I can find a use for the hook tool. Other than that, this tool covers my "Be Prepared" needs pretty well. My biggest problem now is making sure I take it out of my purse before going on an airplane. I don't want to be the next poor sucker to make a "donation" to the TSA.

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tldr: The above is a real review from Epinions (http://www.epinions.com/review/Swiss_Army_Cybertool_Pocket_Knife_42545086/content_341350780548). I’ve had mine for 15 years but haven’t carried it much since 9/11.

[Abilene]

Who the fuck carries a knife for protection? If I want protection, I live in America, I'll carry my glock. Thank you!


You'll carry your glock, eh? :yes:

[Drew]

You'll carry your glock, eh? :yes:

No one is going to play along with you after that stunt you pulled in the topless thread!

[kookiegod]

Functional knives = awesome

Fantasy knives = GAY

Depends what you using em for? :)

[Drew]

Depends what you using em for? :)

99/100 chance you get a dungeon rep for this comment.

[AnticorRifling]

Depends what you using em for? :)

If you need a knife you're doing it wrong.