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Bottle opener.



Travis

I can open a beer bottle with almost any object on the planet

I actually am down to almost not carrying a knife since I started with a leatherman.

I do carry a somewhat dull Schrade so I don't have to dull the sharp blade on the leatherman though. It cuts crud I dont' want to with the L... Don't use it for anything else though

Harvesting vegetables and flowers from the garden. Grafting trees--even tomatoes.

Pocket knives are passe', what with Pirantas available.

ha, actually did perform a moleectomy on my buddy. He had one on his neck that his colar would rub and it was sore so he asked me to cut it off I said why not. I sharpened my sodbuster and wiped it off with a alcohol wipe. it bleed like a stuck hog. I still eat with that knife. It grosses our wives out.

Me too. But when I have whiskey dick a knife comes in real handy.



Travis

That's what John Wayne Bobbitt thought.........

That chick was mean.


Travis

True dat.

Imagine bein' famous for having your schlong cut off.

"Oh, hello Mr. Bobbitt. How's it hangin'?"

A knife is a cutting tool, plain and simple. Our ancestors flaked off a piece of stone and found that it could be used to slice through whatever they needed. Not a chopping tool. Back then, they even had stone axes for that. Not a prying tool. A cutting tool. An American tool since most of the people of the World go forth with either ax or machete. Far more versatile tools, I think. According to Steve Rinella's book Meateater, most cultures hack their critters into chunks and cook them. We use the knife.

I make knives and my mentor goes back and forth with me about the features of a perfect knife and he feels it is a thin, light, flat ground blade. A wicked sharp Moran edge and a three finger handle. 3" or so of blade with a short ricasso and a choil to make sharpening easier. I get a lot of good feedback on that type of blade. Something easy to hold and sharp.

Tell me more about grafting tomatoes. My knife keeps me from feeling nekid. miles

Three:

cutting
stabbing
hacking

Gunner

Dating

Clean your battery posts and then get clean peeling your buddy's apple.

mumbley peg, shaving, protection, first aid, peeling fruit, opening boxes, fishing, whittling, carving, scribing, removing splinters, preparing food, hunting, spackling, can opener, tune an engine... what can't you do with a knife?

A better way -- tie a string around it and choke it off. I've done that 4 or 5 times. Works especially well on skin tags.

Steve.

Some of you guys ought to count the number of times in a day when you pull out a carry knife and use it. Could be a good contest.

Steve.

I use a pocket knife only for whittle things.

Opening and draining large abcesses on cattle.
Digging out splinters in my skin.
Shorting across terminals on a starter to jump start a tractor.
Splitting a sternum on a steer or deer.
Cutting strings on bales.
Once had to use a knife to dig out when I got pinned between 2 round bales.
Scraping manure or mud off clothing.
Decapitating things, from bees to snakes.
Cutting open plastic bags that contain snacks from the convenience store.