You nailed it!
I carry a plain old Barlow. I don’t use it as a weapon. I carry my Sig Sauer for that.
We've got copies aka not as expensive but very useful nonetheless.
I have had one for 15 years, that was a 30 year award of sorts, and it was so bulky and well built, I never used it. Last year,I thought "Might as well get it dirty", and began to use it. I used to carry a pen knife, but this one is in the toolbox. I think they also make Swiss Navy knives too. Do you have one?
I have two Bucks. Very useful slicing pastries when the wife and I visit a coffee shop. At home comes in handy slicing up boxes to be recycled. Gibbs rule #1, always carry a knife. Good advice.I have two, one has more, one has fewer. Also a Buck Folding Hunter.
That was rule 9.I have two Bucks. Very useful slicing pastries when the wife and I visit a coffee shop. At home comes in handy slicing up boxes to be recycled. Gibbs rule #1, always carry a knife. Good advice.
@gamboolman Thanks for your very interesting post! It's true that "Survival Plans" come in all sizes!I have always carried a pocket knife since I can remember.
When I went to Oilfield in 1978, I added a Flat & Phillips Screwdriver, Pen, Tally Book, Tape Measure, a Crescent Wrench, and Pliers and a Flashlight. When I was Offshore I carried 2 Flashlights as being down in the bottom of a Super Tanker and having a Power Failure is Black Ink Dark.
Lot of Claptrap and lots of torn off Pockets due to all the weight.
By the time Leatherman's came out I was Supervising and I swapped to carrying a Leatherman. If I needed more than the Leatherman, I was getting a Toolbox and most likely getting some Hands to come and work on the problem.
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Now that I'm retired, I still carry the Leatherman and a Pocket Compass, Whistle, small Magnetic Bubble Level, Flashlight, small pocket knife, Phillips/Flat Bit, Spare Magazine, G-26, I-phone, Pen, Tape Measure, and one concession to older age issues - a metal cylinder to carry Heart Pills in.
I clank when I walk and it all weighs about 7 or 8 lbs....
Better to have and not need than to need and not have Ha !