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> Which leads to an assumption that virtually everyone here  carries a 
> pocket knife of some sort.  
 
I will make sure that this thread sticks to the charter and mention the  
knife I carry daily - My turn of the Century Miller Bros. Bald Head Jack with 
a  rosewood handle. We always called these "Farmer's knives," and when I 
find them  in the wild, they always follow me home. Big, thick, spear point 
blades with a  wedge profile, Carbon steel that takes and holds a wicked edge. 
 
Now THAT'S a knife. 
 
-Wm. West