Mongoose

A few people sure look at you funny when they see you open carry a fix blade. LOL

You can see the fear in their eyes. I guess they seen to many Dice and slash movies.

Raevan.. you miss the point of a mindset. Sure a knife is made to cut, that is why I also carry a little pocket knife just like my grandfather did. It even has a little bottle opener, how cool is that.... nuff said

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halfcrazy

Make sure you use a good steel 1911 for framing and something like a polymer smith and wesson M&P for finish work

zackattack78

swaggs pretty much hit the nail on the head with his reply to this question. A knife is a tool in my book. It only becomes a weapon when used as one.

I do take very good care of my knives and keep a razor sharp edge on them so I'm really not worried about tape residue that stays on the blade for all of 30 seconds before I clean it off.

After the fact I realized that I've been carrying this knife everyday for the past year, and he never even knew I had it. Some people are so oblivious to their surroundings.

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jfl

You are right it IS a tool; my Glock is a tool also.
I have lots of tools, that each have a specific purpose; I don't use a screwdriver for a chisel ...

The SD tool doesn't possess mythical power; using for another purpose that doesn't damage it doesn't make it less apt for SD. It didn't destroy the "magic", because there is no magic.

Like another poster said the SD is not in the tool it is in the attitude.

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jwhite75

I carry a Benchmade folder...it is a KNIFE. I cut things with it. Tape...an apple..a person in SD if need be. I did not spend hundreds of dollars on it, just to POSSIBLY defend myself with it. I wipe off tape residue with a rag and alcohol. If your sharp SD knife won't defend you with tape residue on it.... Throw it away! As for carrying a second smaller knife...I have enough crap in my pockets now.

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community

pansies. wooshies (sp).

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LongRider

That is a joke right? I have been carrying knives for over forty years and have been cut more than a few times. I can assure you that knife combat is not a West Side Story dance or anything resembling precision strikes and cuts. It is nasty brutal grab your attacker hack, slash, rip your attacker guts out as quickly as possible. Stabbing like an industrial sewing machine. I guarantee you that neither you nor the moron getting stuck gives a rat's rear about a bit of sticky tape residue on the blade or if the blade is not surgically sharp. That said I carry three or more knives at any given time. I use every one of them for whatever task is at hand they each stay razor sharp, clean enough to eat with and more than capable of defending my life with. A knife is a tool to be used often throughout your day until it part of you an appendage as familiar and natural as your fingers.

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TN_Mike

I do not open boxes with my SD knife. I have a swiss army knife for that kind of thing.

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GreyGhost

I carry an SOG Flash 2. It does not have a designated job description. It does all the jobs I ask it to. I in return do all it asks of me, clean it and keep it sharp.