You know: I actually don't carry a pocket knife.  Maybe I'm not a Galoot?

If so, I have a lot of tools to sell.

Gary Katsanis
Albion NY, USA
(where the rain which is forecast for tonight might be the only thing 
keeping us from a frost)


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Subject: 	RE: [OldTools] Pocket Knives - Derived from Honing Oil Thread


Galoots,
  
This is a topic near and dear to my heart.  I have carried a pocketknife daily
since I was a boy.

Gary,

You are not alone. Perhaps there is a junior grade Galoot category we 
knifeless souls.

Troy
Melrose, Florida where fall has finally arrived.


On 10/18/2014 9:35 AM, Gary Katsanis wrote:
> You know: I actually don't carry a pocket knife.  Maybe I'm not a Galoot?
>
> If so, I have a lot of tools to sell.
>
> Gary Katsanis
> Albion NY, USA
> (where the rain which is forecast for tonight might be the only thing 
> keeping us from a frost)

Galoots,

Rest easy "Knifeless Souls" I'm covering for you, I always carry at least 
two knives. Sometimes three.

To give this some context the second and third are the little Swiss Army 
Classic model, only a bit larger than 2" overall.  Always have one of those 
with me (usually in the watch pocket) and the other on my key ring when I'm 
away from home. The SAK Classic SD is actually a useful little tool with its 
scissors, nail file toothpick etc.

My main carry varies, at home it's a SAK Farmer with its metal "Alox" 
scales.  Just super galootish knife to have around my rural acreage with its 
blade, wood saw, awl and screwdrivers. Great saw for small branches, and 
it's flush cutting. When I go to town the I find Farmer a bit bulky with 
keys and change in my pockets so I carry a Fallkniven U2.

Hiking in the mountains I carry a larger belt or folding knife for self 
defense and SAKs come along for utility. We were expected to have a knife at 
work and I carried an original style Leatherman multi-tool which has lots of 
good features but a rather poor knife blade.

Some Galoots confess to a saw problem, I confess to having been a knife 
"aquirer", (a few Benchmades & Spydercos in the mix) but my heart still 
melts when I pick up my old single blade I*XL by George Wostenholm, 
Sheffield. Twice lost and then found, blade worn down from sharpening, 
broken spring replaced and re-scaled with ebony. Paid $5 new in 1970 and 
carried for nearly 20 years in my pocket. Now that's a knife!

Marv Paisner
Kootenay Lake, BC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Troy Livingston"

> You are not alone. Perhaps there is a junior grade Galoot category we 
> knifeless souls.
> Troy

> >On 10/18/2014 9:35 AM, Gary Katsanis wrote:
>> You know: I actually don't carry a pocket knife. Maybe I'm not a Galoot?
>>

Galoots,

I used to carry a knife all the time when I was younger.
Got my first knife from Grandpa when I was 7, carried that
until I lost it, and carried a succession of twin blade folders
through to the end of high school, and then began to leave
the knives at home more and more often.  Fast forward 25
years and I became a Scout leader, and started carrying a
knife again.  The one I drag around all the time now is a
small single blade Zippo locking blade knife I picked up
at a garage sale for a dollar.  It was in a box with several
very badly mangled $3 victorinox knives, but the Zippo
was in excellent shape, and had the smaller price tag!

In my drawer I have "a few" pocket knives, ranging from
a big old Schrade to a pile of those "losable knives" from
Lee Valley.  Maybe carrying them is a deadly sin in the
eyes of the law here, but lets just hope they never try to
outlaw ownership of sharp stuff or we're all doomed.

-- 
Darrell LaRue
Oakville ON
Wood Hoarder, Blade Sharpener, and Occasional Tool User

I usually carry four little ones, two on the key ring, one in my pocket and one
in my wallet. If I am hunting then two more in my coat. A lot of times I wear my
neck knife and also carry a Benchmade AFCK or Cold Steel sliding tanto. When I
visit family I take my kukri machete in case of disagreements. Actually it is
because my dad usually has some yard work waiting for me. My house has various
knives stashed all about in most rooms.

At a pork expo once with friends in college a lady gave my roommate and me each
a pencil. She said 'if you only knew someone who had a knife you could sharpen
that' we both just laughed and thanked her.

Bad Andy 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 19, 2014, at 4:54 PM, Darrell & Kathy  wrote:
> 
> Galoots,
> 
> I used to carry a knife all the time when I was younger.
> Got my first knife from Grandpa when I was 7, carried that
> until I lost it, and carried a succession of twin blade folders
> through to the end of high school, and then began to leave
> the knives at home more and more often.  Fast forward 25
> years and I became a Scout leader, and started carrying a
> knife again.  The one I drag around all the time now is a
> small single blade Zippo locking blade knife I picked up
> at a garage sale for a dollar.  It was in a box with several
> very badly mangled $3 victorinox knives, but the Zippo
> was in excellent shape, and had the smaller price tag!
> 
> In my drawer I have "a few" pocket knives, ranging from
> a big old Schrade to a pile of those "losable knives" from
> Lee Valley.  Maybe carrying them is a deadly sin in the
> eyes of the law here, but lets just hope they never try to
> outlaw ownership of sharp stuff or we're all doomed.
> 
> -- 
> Darrell LaRue
> Oakville ON
> Wood Hoarder, Blade Sharpener, and Occasional Tool User
> 
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