Knife junky here, I carry a very small penknife for use out in public 
because our society has gotten so timid and afraid, and in my pocket I carry 
either a S.S. Kershaw Leek because I like the assisted opening also, or a 
Crkt M-16, or any number of Japanese made Spyderco's depending at the 
perceived need for the day. Hard to get by without a knife, but todays world 
seems to want it that way.

-----Original Message----- 
From: RH Hutchins
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 2:28 PM
To: oldtools@r...
Subject: [OldTools] Pocket Knives - Derived from Honing Oil Thread

On 10/16/2014 12:37 PM, John Holladay wrote:

"Who, due to recent job change has had so little shop time that I am not
using much of anything in the way of honing oil except occasionally to
take 5 minutes to touch up my trusty pocket knife."

Which leads to an assumption that virtually everyone here carries a
pocket knife of some sort.  I have more than I want SWMBO to know about
(I never let more than 2 gather in the same place), including a Barlow
2-blade given to me by my Dad ca. 1949-50 when I was 7 years old.

I carried gentlemen's Boker Tree brand smallish knives for many years,
loading the current favorite into my pocket each day just as I did my
wallet, a handkerchief, and whatever (very small amount) cash I was
given by 'er indoors.  Now that I've retired, I carry a much bigger and
more useful knife that is equal to every task I've asked of it for the
last several years.  It is a Kershaw, assisted-opening single blade of
~4".  I like it because I can open and close it with one hand.  It came
pretty sharp, but I've touched it up a time or two.  The Kershaw folks
sell it with a lifetime sharpening offer, but I haven't wanted to do
without it for as long as that would take.

How about you folks?

What pocket knife do you carry every day?

Anyone here who doesn't carry one?

Anyone ever had to leave theirs with the thugs at the airport?

Bob Hutchins
Temple, TX, USA