Posted on 03/14/2012 7:02:14 PM PDT by marktwain
Knives are arms protected by the Constitution.
I carry 2 multi tools with me. One is a small one on my keychain and the other is full sized and stays in my glove box.
I carry one clipped to the bib of my chest waders.
If I slip in the river, I want to be able to rip those waders open from the inside in no time flat.
knife Shrade SG7
flashlight coleman Max
Lighter
P38
spoon
1911 .45
I am ready for what ever life dishes out.
Why a spoon and not a spork?
Nope, I no longer travel to states that have restrictive knife or CCW laws. Not even for business. Sates that have CCW reciprocity with Colorado will get business. Others won’t.
That’s real smart!
never fished with waders but did some beaver trapping; had a knife somewhere but not that convenient.
The clips are kind of a new thing for an old guy...
I always carry a Leatherman Skeletool (has an outside accessable blade,) a SOG Twitch II (assisted opening knife,) and a Victorinox Classic SD.
I’ve been carrying a Leatherman Wave for more than a decade. Never had any trouble, even in Stalinois.
Leatherman is a heavy democRAT supporter. I wuld never buy their ommie crap.
I’ve carried a knife for about 50 years, since I was a boy. Never once used it as a weapon, but I keep it sharp. Just in case.
And that’s why smart people wear fall protection when doing roofing work.
Love them Benchmade knives. And CRKT. I have a number of assisted openers... I suppose by now I’m officially a “collector”.
My daily carry knife is a CRKT Fire Spark AO. My spare in my briefcase is a Benchmade Carson drop-point AO.
The jewel of the collection is a magnificent Benchmade Gold Class, damascus folder with a pure white mammoth ivory grip. It’s breathtaking. :-). But that one lives in the gun safe.
Wat back when the kids were still young we went fishing down at Port Aransas. We were in the boat near the end of the jetties ,anchored off with a bow line and maybe 75 feet of line.We were fishing for sheephead near the rocks so I dropped a stern anchor to keep us in one spot, just straight down. A coast gaurd cutter came through, kinda close pushing a helluva wake. The first wave hit and I realized the anchor was hung up and water came over the stern, the second wave was much larger , I had my knife laying out I was using for cutting bait. It was sharp. I used it to cut the anchor line before the wave hit saving us from being swamped and sunk. Since then I always keep an open ready knife anytime I am boating.
Not a knife story but a friend was at the fuel dock
on the lower mississippi when a tanker came up river
The bow wave sucked all the water away from the dock
his 24 foot boat went under the dock and then the water
came back up , crushed the top and console. he was lucky
to be in the cockpit. A real nightmare.
I carry an Emerson, and spend my time away from FR over at Bladeforums.com, happiness is a quality knife.
Much of they energy for the pending knife legislation in Georgia is coming from Bladeforums,in support of Blade Magazine’s annual “Blade Show” in Atlanta, right after Memorial Day. Many of the attendees have had issues navigating the patchwork of local ordinances down there.
You know, most people have no idea just how dangerous boating can be, you can go from silent night to jiffy pop in about three seconds. I see so many stupid people out on the water some days, overloading, people riding on the bow, crap like that. Every time I read about a water tragedy, drowning, whatever, it reminds me just how unforgiving the water can be.
Currently carry a 3” Buck lock-back. Very light weight, very good quality blade, very sharp. Use a diamond stone first then follow with a crock stick. If I have the time I finish with a jeweler’s hard Arkansas stone.
Am 64 now, past being dangerous. Would still like to own a Kukri. Think they are beautiful blades.
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