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Up until the last year or so, I had never carried a knife, but my awareness of
knives had been raised by all the guys on this board who always carry a knife.

As backups to my pistols, I always have carried pepper spray and a small flashlight with a scalloped rim (to use
defensively against BG's eyes, foreheads, or whatever I could reach).

Although many knife guys are partial to folders, I wanted to carry a fixed blade since I could not see myself asking
a human threat to wait while I unclipped the folder from my pocket and got it ready to go. It's similar to the idea
of always having a round chambered in your pistol, as opposed to having to chamber a round by racking the slide
while under threat.

My knife is a basic Smith and Wesson HRT (Hostage Rescue Team), fixed blade, about 5.5", worn in its factory leather scabbard.
About $19.99 at Academy Sports and Outdoors. Not as fancy as some of the nice brands mentioned above, but I
feel that I have a more effective Plan B, weapon-wise, if I have to disarm when entering a 30.06 site.

When I first wore it on my left (weak) side, a few coworkers asked if it was to stab somebody.
I said it would most likely to be used by me to cut an accident victim out of their seatbelt.

SIA