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From: Robert Hutchins
 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?
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Over the years I’ve broken, worn out, and lost a dozen or more pocket knives. I
also have gathered twice that many that end up in tool boxes and glove
compartments of various vehicles.
I have 3 or 4 of the Leatherman combination tools that were given to me. I find
that like most combination tools they do a great many jobs poorly and none well.
One with a pair of locking pliers is in my travel bag.
For the past 10 years I’ve been carrying a Schrade Old Timer. The original one
was a carbon steel bladed one with, I believe, plastic scales. It ended up being
left behind at a customers place of business. When I lost the original I got the
other one out of my chest of drawers and started carrying that one. A few years
back I bought a stainless steel bladed Old Timer and I carry that for formal
occasions and keep the carbon steel for day to day.
The only time I have been asked to give one up was when I was going to jury
duty. Dave Rumens was the security guard that day and told me I should take it
back to my car because he couldn’t give it back if I gave it to him. Nice to
have friends.