(KNIVES) Let's see some sharp pointy objects

[Yahoody]

I thought I had posted this prior but guess not. My tactical Q-Tip. A most impressive folder out of many I have used and carried. A true one hand folder opening with a "flicker" and closing with the push button "dead bolt" lock. And a quick as any auto knife I own while being stronger than most I suspect. This is an outstanding folder imo if the blade shape and overall size appeals to you.

CRKT James Williams 2908 folder​

 

[Yahoody]

70's #14 with a CDT and the homage 5513 on a jubilee bracelet

 

[Fifty150]

As with a lot of boys who grew up during a certain time period in The USA, I carried a Swiss Army knife. A status symbol. In those days, the poor kids had some knock-off. The kids whose parents had good jobs got Wenger and Victorinox. The more money your family had, the bigger the knife with more attachments.

Eventually, by the time I was 10 or 11, a more functional blade was required. Opening potato chip bags before the cut notch and "tear here" perforated line, was difficult. As many children of a certain age remember biting into the plastic bag and trying to tear it open with your teeth. I also needed something more capable for cutting bait and field dressing game, as I was now old enough to fish and hunt.

Life changes. I was now in high school. I soon learned that I needed a fixed blade knife, which I could deploy with one hand. And I had to have a finger guard so that my hand did not slide forward onto the blade. Not that there was a risk of cutting my own fingers off, while trying to stab somebody else...... but still. You had to be ready. The streets of Chinatown were different after darkness fell, and the tourist retreated back to their hotels.

Circumstances in life change. In the modern world, if someone were to assault me, I would defend against the assault with a firearm. I wouldn't try to stab back at an assailant. The most common use for any knife is to cut food. Sharing food at dim sum tables, farmers markets, or from hawker carts. I now carry a knife with a dependable blade, which I can use in restaurants without attracting too much attention.

I don't want to be the guy cutting meat with a fighting knife.

 

[steve u]

Custom made skinning knife (sharpfinger style)
David Mary-maker

 

[steve u]

Diefenthal Drop point ...Outstanding German Quality

 

[Trenchfriend]

Diefenthal Drop point ...Outstanding German Quality

Yeah, very rustical, but really on the good side! I like it.

 

[Trenchfriend]

I still love my Böker Magnum Nice (440 A). It's just a wondeful multipurpose knife, in my opinion. Awesome in the kitchen! Grippy, handy, multipurpose weight.

PS:
My hands are small.

 

[FOXTROT LAMONT]

Life changes. I was now in high school. I soon learned that I needed a fixed blade knife, which I could deploy with one hand. And I had to have a finger guard so that my hand did not slide forward onto the blade.

O Fates, come, come,
Cut thread and thrum,
Quail, crush, conclude, and quell.---A Midsummer Night's Dream V; I

 

[Trenchfriend]

The Magnum Jewel still serves me well. Still nice sharp as it was out of the box.

 

[steve u]

Latama 11" (28cm) classic French horn tip

 

[Trenchfriend]

@steve u

440c?

 

[steve u]

Trenchfriend,
Yes

 

[Trenchfriend]

This is the best presentation video, in my opinion!

Curiously, the Strike Droppoint is even available in street stores (!), but actually too high priced here in Germany, for my taste.
Costing 68,95 EUR normally and I have really no idea, why. I mean, it's a normal "switcher", no high-end steel. Yes, nice aluminium scales and a safety-lock, but altogether nearly 70 bucks??

 

[Fifty150]

I often wonder if all of the guys who carry knives actually use those knives. Or are they just for show? Dude with a big @55 knife - has he ever stabbed anyone with that? Or is it a belt hanger? Just hangs on his belt for decoration. Like all of those samurai swords that are sold at The Mall. Along with the motorcycle jackets sold to people who don't ride motorcycles. Like condoms in a teenager's wallet - which also don't get used.


I'm not stabbing anyone on a daily basis. But I do cut things. Amazon deliveries. Food packaging. Food, mostly. Out and about in the real world, I find myself on the street, eating meals on the go. Oftentimes with plastic utensils that come with take-out and to-go orders. I could get by with disposable chop sticks and plastic forks. But I do need a decent knife for steaks, sandwiches, burritos, and Malay sponge cake[a] .


The X pointed out the obvious. I carry the folding pocket knife version of a cheap steak knife. The kind of cheap steak knife that restaurant supplies sell for $12 a dozen. I actually use these same cheap knives in my house. And no, despite the accusations, I did not steal them from my local diner.

Here's the dirty secret that nobody will tell you. You do not need a $$$ chef knife to slice tomatoes. A $1 serrated steak knife does it best.

 

[Trenchfriend]

All pocket knives/knives at home are used in the kitchen, all the time.

 

[Yahoody]

Knives are almost as old as man. And so many styles of knives that it would be hard to make a comprehensive list. I've used knives since I was in grade school for everything including opening a letter to killing a wild boar.

I have knives that I still open letters with and knives suitable for killing man or beast. All of them are just tools. Man is if nothing else a "tool maker".

I can eat a steak rather easily without an implement of any kind as long as I still have teeth.

A little harder to get to that steak without a decent knife of one sort or another and very likely a fair sized "chop stick".

A funny story comes to mind. As a younger man I once hosted a party at my apartment. Burgers on the barbie and all. On the cutting board for slicing tomatoes was a razor sharp, 7," Randall #1. The only good knife I owned at the time. Which of course has 1/3 of the top edge full sharpened as well. One of my guests was all bent out of shape after he had cut his thumb trying to guide the knife through a tomato. I'd came away with the thought.; "if you don't know how to use a tool or what a tool looks like, best not to play with them

Two of the earliest Randall's known. Simply tools.

 

[rogueclimber]

You do not need a $$$ chef knife to slice tomatoes

We also don't need a 1940's era Stetson, or an original CHP jacket, but as connoisseurs we enjoy that which is luxurious

I had this in my pocket today at work, it cuts line and does not rust

One day I spent an hour, with this knife, under the boat cutting line off of the prop (as my boat drifted towards Fiji LOL)

But I also have a wide selection of other knives that I simply enjoy carrying even if I at most slice open a few boxes or stab the occasional steak.

 

[Steven65]

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[DonR]

One of my regular carries. A Para 3 with custom titanium Kraken scales.

 

[rogueclimber]

One of my regular carries. A Para 3 with custom Kraken scales.

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Those scales are fantastic!