Not sure why my Benchmade pictures didn't upload. Maybe too big. Here's a second try:

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It has more miles on it than what I've seen others put on a Benchmade knife. It's like they're afraid to use them.

I saw them earlier, which is why I mentioned that Benchmade with replace the blade for cheap under the lifetime warranty.

 

I saw them earlier, which is why I mentioned that Benchmade with replace the blade for cheap under the lifetime warranty.

Yeah, I was pretty sure they fully uploaded. Now they're gone. Weird. Thanks for the confirmation.

 

Which Kershaw?

This is what it looks like. I've had it for a number of years (probably 8 now?), so I don't remember what, specifically, it's name or whatnot was. It's served me well.

 

I've carried a folding Razor-Knife for around ~45-years,
not really anything special,
but it reminds me of spending most of my childhood and teen weekends
fishing 20-miles out in the Gulf of Mexico, in a 13-ft Boston-Whaler,
and cutting Bait with my Dad's Rapala-Filleting-Knife.
It's a long skinny razor-blade with a handle,
exclusively sharpened on a Leather-Belt wrapped around a door-knob.
Just thought I'd throw it in for interest.
Made in Finland.
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Nothing special. This is the first knife I got as a teenager. It still comes in handy around the house and workbench.
The only ID marks I can see is a whale and Germany on the bottom of the blade.

 

Here is my favorite folding hunter. Never been a fan of the newer "synthetic" stuff. Not sure if it still does but used to come with a Lifetime Replacement Warranty if lost. What one ole boy I knew called a two for one sale! Not as good of steel as my old pre-stainless two bladed Case folding hunter but still a damn good solid well made folding belt knife with holster included.

And a couple of Old Favorites. Case two bladed folding hunter and a WWII life jacket knife. Both prestainless and sharp as a razor even after many years on the shelf.

One reason I am a big fan of old IXL English made knives is they used Sheffield Steel to make them with. Very high quality steel.

 

Here's another that comes along on camping trips.

Wenger
Delémont
Switzerland
Stainless

 

@MaxHeadRoom you reminded me... this was my very first knife. (Not this one, and it was in much better shape )

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I recognize that one…

 

I actually have its big brother the Boy Scout version I gave my boys long ago that got left behind. Only it's in stainless being a much later model and has a couple more blades. Which, one of them tried out on the sidewall of my stepdad's car tire which may be why I still have it.

 

Here's another that comes along on camping trips.

Wenger
Delémont
Switzerland
Stainless

Another venerable choice, the "Swiss Army Knife". I have a few Victorinox incarnations of it. In particular the Super Tinker which has the pliers is a favorite.

Victorinox was founded by Karl Elsener who after many years of R&D perfected the spring system that made slip joint knives practical. That "click: when one of the Victorinox knives opens fully is to them what the muffler sound is to a Harley. They cultivate it.

They bought Wegner a while ago.

 

Is it one of these, Max?

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I REMEMBER THESE. I still have mine from my time in the Navy. Super useful. I don't carry it every day though, not allowed in the workplace due to the blade. I have a belt pouch with a milwaukee stripper, a cheapo side cutter (my sacrificial pair, I'm an electrician) and a 2.3mm by 100mm flat tipped tweaker that works as a knife when I need one.

 

I REMEMBER THESE. I still have mine from my time in the Navy. Super useful. I don't carry it every day though, not allowed in the workplace due to the blade. I have a belt pouch with a milwaukee stripper, a cheapo side cutter (my sacrificial pair, I'm an electrician) and a 2.3mm by 100mm flat tipped tweaker that works as a knife when I need one.

Does your workplace have a knife free policy?

 

Does your workplace have a knife free policy?

Yeah. Don't allow knives on the shop floor other than the provided safety razor knives.

 

Yeah. Don't allow knives on the shop floor other than the provided safety razor knives.

Do you find it causes any problems working as normal?

 

Not really. Sure the safety box cutters are annoying, but I work in a plant where, for the assemblers on the line, they tend to hire from the bottom of the barrel. Hell we had an operator on the floor hit themselves in the face with a hammer, so safety knives are probably a good idea. Great job security though for the techs. Mostly what I would use the knife for would be stripping bigger wire and for that you can use the safety ones if you do it right.
I can see how some would see it as a hinderance to being able to work, but for the work I do I don't really have issues with not having a good pocket knife on me. Would I prefer having a good knife on me, of course. From time to time you have something you would like the knife for, but like I said the tweaker does a decent job of filling in when needed.

 

Not really. Sure the safety box cutters are annoying, but I work in a plant where, for the assemblers on the line, they tend to hire from the bottom of the barrel. Hell we had an operator on the floor hit themselves in the face with a hammer, so safety knives are probably a good idea. Great job security though for the techs. Mostly what I would use the knife for would be stripping bigger wire and for that you can use the safety ones if you do it right.
I can see how some would see it as a hinderance to being able to work, but for the work I do I don't really have issues with not having a good pocket knife on me. Would I prefer having a good knife on me, of course. From time to time you have something you would like the knife for, but like I said the tweaker does a decent job of filling in when needed.

I suppose in a well defined maintenance job you should have all the purpose built tools for jobs where a knife works but an (expensive) concealed cutter specialist tool works better anyway.

 

hi,
Some Stone Age flint knife makers were pretty 'sharp' guys [ pun intended]

E
https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf...AhWKh_0HHXI1DHIQjJkEegQIAxAC&biw=1420&bih=862

 

Actually, properly flaked flint can be razor sharp. One thing that I don't miss that was VERY COMMON even as a teenager and young adult was people carving up the furniture (library tables seemed to be perfect for) with their names or initials. In Tennessee almost all public building furniture was made in the State Prison workshops out of some very nice oak and maple that were common targets of wood butchers. That and the wooden signs in public places such as parks. Grew up in East Tennessee which had a lot of whittlers, both good and bad. Old men would sit on the benches at the Courthouse square all day whittling some of the most intricate carvings you could imagine. Wooden chains and balls in a cage were common. Intricately carved canes or walking sticks were popular.

 

Project farm just did a video about knife sharpeners. It's pretty good. Most (all? I can't remember) of the sharpeners we discussed earlier, were tested. My motorized gadget placed about where I thought it would; not sharpest, not the cheapest, but best edge holding and (according to me, not the video) if you use it regularly, one of the fastest.

 

For decades I carried a Buck 110C and have no clue how many I have gone through. I have a few others like a nice S&W I came upon, a few promotional knives I got from Cabela's and several assorted Gerber and Leatherman tool/knife gizmos. Every few years I give my neighbor a new Swiss Army Knives for Christmas. He uses them for everything. Oh yeah, before I forget several bayonets for some GI rifles I own. Just for nostalgia I would like to have a GI M16 bayonet and a true authentic Marine Corps K-Bar knife.

Ron