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[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

I carried a folding pocket knife in my pocket for a really long time. Eventually, someone educated me that multi-tools (that include knives) exist. I carry this everywhere now instead of a knife. This is a lot more useful than a folding pocket knife: https://www.gerbergear.com/en-us/shop/multi-tools/all-multi-tools/suspension-nxt-black-30-001777 - You may still have plenty of uses for a fixed blade knife in addition to this, but getting some kind of multitool (I am not a fan of Leatherman), is a good upgrade to a daily carry knife.

Never carved anything into a tree; that's fucking dumb.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 3 points 25 minutes ago

I tried to get into carrying a multitool but it's too big for and I never found I needed much besides the knife. Besides, if you try hard enough, everything is the right tool for the job.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 hours ago

These comments are wild lol

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 9 points 3 hours ago

It's kind of a compliment.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 22 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

What's wrong with carrying a swiss army knife? I always have it with me. It's been with me at all my dates. No tree carving, though.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Better luck next time, homey

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 7 points 7 hours ago

This thread reminds me — I need to get my machete sharpened.

(unrelated note — I still think one of the funniest lines in Nacho Libre is the kid saying "This was my Grandmother's machete.")

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 24 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

What do you mean one of them? What kind of moron doesn't carry a knife as part of their regular kit? Just today, I forgot my knife and was boned because I couldn't open a thing until I got home. Knives are handy.

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 13 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

We should only question those who don't regularly carry knives. Are they even trying to be contributing members of society at that point?

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I don't go camping with people who can't drive stick

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I would, but then I'd probably make them learn while we were camping and give them some practice on fire roads etc

[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

I usually take them out, and kick them into the river. It's the only merciful thing to do with people that can't drive stick.

[–] the_flying_pig@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago

It's because of the implication.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 12 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (3 children)

I just want to use this post to make a PSA - ALWAYS keep a blade in your car! In the case of a serious accident you may need it to cut off your or a passenger's seatbelt, as the locking mechanisms can get stuck and make it difficult to reach the buckle/release. Ideally you want to keep a "vehicle escape tool" which has a hooked safety blade and a punch for shattering your windows if needed. But the right knife could do in a pinch.

[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Good Call. I also recommend looking for one that has that little metal nipple thing on the end that's meant to shatter glass if you need to break it.

[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Ideally you want to keep a "vehicle escape tool" which has a hooked safety blade and a punch for shattering your windows if needed.

Multiple even, at different places.

You don't want to be hanging upside down in your burning car while being unable to find your escape tool.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 3 points 3 hours ago

Agreed! They’re pretty small and inexpensive, leave one in every compartment you can.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 6 points 12 hours ago

also applies if it wasn't an accident, just want to point that out

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 29 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (15 children)

I always have a pocket knife with me. 🤷‍♂️

Most of the time, it just gets used as a screwdriver. Maybe they should make pocket screwdrivers that have a secondary knife function... 🤔

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago

They have those ...

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 7 hours ago

Mine has a permanent place on my coffee table, but I rarely carry it with me, and haven't felt I needed to. It mostly get used for opening packages.

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[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

All the people justifying carrying a knife everywhere: context, and also the kind of knife. I remember once being in the labor and delivery ward of a hospital and a guy visiting pulled out his wallet to sign in. He must’ve been one of those every day carry chumps because like 8 things fell out of his pocket, including a pocket knife that was at like 8” long.

What fucking threat are you gonna have to neutralize at the maternity ward you fucking nerd? Or do you think they’re gonna let you cut the cord with that dirty ass flea market knife that’s probably blunt as shit. All you’ve achieved is making everyone around you uncomfortable because america is loaded with incidents of mass violence.

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 hours ago

Most of the staff at that hospital are probably carrying a knife as well. They are simply tools and come on handy more often then not. And I love your exaggeration of an 8"knife in a pocket. That would be a waist carry.

[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Wouldn't it be wild if he was somewhere before he got to the maternity ward? Maybe he should just leave the knife in the car, so that it's available for anybody if they want to steal it.

[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 3 points 2 hours ago

I work in a hospital, on the way to work and on the way back I often stop by picking mushrooms. The situation you described is not unlike my ordinary life.

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 hours ago

lol one of the things we have to do in psychiatry is go through every patient's belongings on admission.

We've seen all kinds of things from drug paraphernalia to weapons to dildos (and one dude just had the whole lower half of a sex doll) but in this context the thing that takes the cake was the patient hallucinating so bad they were talking to the demons more than us and it turned out there was a loaded gun in the bag they'd had at their bedside for 8 hours in the ED. The honorable mention is the lighter that looked like a gun that I put in a little plastic baggie with a note covering it that said 'THIS IS A LIGHTER' so that no one would panic when they first saw it.

Honestly I don't even care all that much we really do live in an area where you might just want to have something on you even if it's just a nice hefty flashlight. I'm probably not going to win a fight, but I've always said I'll at least take a testicle with me and leaving behind some tetanus doesn't sound too bad either.

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