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Originally Posted by Turpis
i dont know how any of those cuts because i'd consider the most expensive among them of bad make. put simply two words: 'moving parts'. folders, flippers whatever they are for show. the only reason you need a knife in pocket at all times is if you intend to use it for hurting someone. if you are working you have your tools with you if you dont have your tools... well then you aint working are you?
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OK, I propose two scenarios. Let me introduce you to one of my two (three actually) daily carries first:
Ain't she a beaut? Perfect for cutting of all textiles, opening of boxes and letters, etc etc, in a very non-threatening safety-tipped package.
Now, farming's a bitch, no denying, and if you can daily carry a sword or whatever, go you. The civilized people who design all your farm equipment (brethren to myself) must choose significantly more discrete options for tools (Did you really insist that small tools aren't, somehow, tools, by the way?)
First scenario, you (or someone you love) is stuck in a car...let's make it an upside-down car, with the seatbelts jammed, and the gas slowly seeping towards the hot exhaust. In the first scenario, I get the above pictured Boker ResCom that I carry on my person at all times, and you get your bare hands (since you weren't intending on hurting someone that day), and we race to get away from the explodey car.
Second scenario, I get my rescom and you get your bayonette, and you have to get the seatbelt off without drawing blood. On your mark...get set... (don't forget the fire)...
There are other scenarios...opening retail packaging (I assume you use your teeth like god intended?), opening boxes (maybe all that milk you drink on your farm has given you Nails of Extreme Tape Penetration), shortening rope, (teeth again, or perhaps brute force?)
As far as prying, well, that's what the leatherman Micro on my keychain is for. Who pries with a blade?!