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SOG Paratool every day on the belt. Cut many, many strands of junk barbed wire in my day to day business of boundary corner search. The jaws are still perfect. Son has ruined 2 Gerbers and a Leatherman trying to match my 15 year old SOG ... ain't gonna happen The screw drivers get used a few times per week as well. I rarely use the blades, unless I need "serious sharp"...oh, the saw blade does get used in the field quite a bit as well

A 3 blade Buck folder for every day cutting

A single blade 1-3/4" cheepo "Maxam" - razor sharp (a work tool)

A single blade 2-3/4" cheepo "Maxam" for utility tool "junk cutting" and for a "loaner"

A small cheepo Shrade pocket multi-tool with scissors (I use the tooth pick more than anything )

And, if I am already planning, or expecting meat at one of our routine redneck gatherings, a 3 inch Gerber folder, or 5 inch Buck fillet when I'm doing the cooking (normal)

I have a lifetime collection of pocket knives and belt knives, but the above are just plain old routine. Well, I don't wear the belt tools or belt knives to church, but the rest are in the pockets

Knives are about the most useful tools a person can have. I can not imagine life without a knife within hand's reach.

The question of "do you carry a knife" is one of the very most distressing questions I have heard American men ask? I don't know if it's just an age/generational thing due to social training, or city/country issue. Being "50 something" and having lived in somewhat small town all my life, I grew up with pocket knives, and don't know any men my age that would even consider putting their pants on without a knife. Most of us started taking our pocket knife to school in 1st, 2nd or 3rd grade. By 5th or 6th grade the teacher was likely to ask to borrow a student's pocket knife for some chore or another. By the end of the year, she figured out who had the sharpest knife to borrow.

It's unfortunate that we have allowed such a stigma to be placed on pocket knives that they are no longer considered essential tools for men.

Sorry for the rant. Yes, I carry pocket knive(s) daily.