Can I see some of your pocket and/or tactical knives?

[peskypesky]

i just have a machete, which i carry in my car.

 

[mrpinter]

Very nice @mayfly. I l really like the rosewood handle and the engraving.

 

[mrpinter]

California-legal (under 2") auto. Sharp and snappy!

 

[rockandroller]

I was searching my office today for some Bluetooth hardware and stumbled on the little lockblade knife our detachment commander gifted me. Its about eight inches long when open, Very comfortable to hold...

 

[rockandroller]

 

[mrpinter]

^^^ Now that's a proper professional/first responder knife @rockandroller; strap cutter and glass breaker and everything!

 

[mrpinter]

A couple of new knives for the collection:

Hogue Mysto, USA made






MKM "Lov" lock back folder, Italian

 

[Spud]

A couple of new knives for the collection:

Hogue Mysto, USA made
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MKM "Lov" lock back folder, Italian
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Hogue makes some nice holsters!

 

[mrpinter]

Hogue makes some nice holsters!

And pistol grips too.

 

[mrpinter]

Microtech MSI folder in Midnight Tiger Camo. 3.9" M390MK blade:

 

[Scab Pickens]

I don't get it. What do you use these knives for? If I owed these knives and used them for "tactical" reasons, I wouldn't display them on a public forum. Just sayin', you know? (I know you don't know ... ).

 

[mrpinter]

I collect them. I don't have any intention of using them as weapons. There's a lot of technology involved with some of them. They're interesting to me. I'm interested in watches and guitars for the same reason. And I have some that I do use for everyday tasks like opening things. If this thread bothers you... you don't have to participate.

 

[rockandroller]

The human drive for "collecting" isn't limited just to guitars!

 

[mrpinter]

Something I just noticed about my collection is that there is a sub theme of miniature knives. These are definitely not what you would call tactical, more like everyday carry or utility:

Extrema Ratio BF0. ~2.5" blade, N690 steel, Italian


MKM Isonzo, 2.25" blade, M390 steel, Italian


Pro-Tech Runt 5 (auto), 1.9" blade, Magnacut steel, USA


Spyderco Manbug, 1.9" blade, Micro Melt PD#1 steel, Japan


Spyderco Dragonfly, 2-5/16" blade, VG10 steel, Japan

 

[rockandroller]

Those ones with the big round holes in the blades; is that just weight reduction or is there some other utility??

 

[mrpinter]

Those ones with the big round holes in the blades; is that just weight reduction or is there some other utility??

The holes are to facilitate one-hand opening: when holding the knife, you engage the hole with your thumb, push down and forward, and the blade swivels up into its locked position. The holes are an alternate opening method to thumb-studs, which are more common on locking folders, and function the same way. You push on a protruding stud to open the knife instead of a hole. In the photo below the thumb-stud is at the top of the butterfly logo:

The round opening holes are a trademark protected invention of the Spyderco knife company, which is why opening holes by other companies are not round. They save a few steps in the manufacturing process compared to thumb-studs. I don't find any advantage to using either; both work and it comes down to availability or personal preference.

 

[Tretgeraet]

They save a few steps in the manufacturing process compared to thumb-studs. I don't find any advantage to using either; both work and it comes down to availability or personal preference.

Thumb-studs are sometimes detachable, which might be handy here in Germany. It's illegal here to carry knives with one-hand opening function.

 

[mrpinter]

Thumb-studs are sometimes detachable, which might be handy here in Germany. It's illegal here to carry knives with one-hand opening function.

Knife laws can be nutty. In the UK knives with a locking function are illegal. To accommodate knife users there, Spyderco makes the "UK Penknife" series, which are slip joints that otherwise look like regular Spyderco knives. Here in California automatic opening knives with blades longer than two inches are banned; so a few companies make autos with shorter than two inch blades for this state. In Australia, I hear, it's illegal to carry almost ANY knife. That's pretty Draconian, if you ask me.

 

[Tretgeraet]

Well it's actually even worse in my hometown Berlin:
I used to carry on of these everyday, mainly for scissors or the bottle openers, or some other tools, I rarely use the knives at all.


I even made purpleheart scales for this one:


And I used this at work:


Unfortunately, all kinds of knives (meaning no matter how long) are banned from public transportation in Berlin and since I use mainly trams and trains to get around, that means no more EDCs for me.

 

[mrpinter]

I don't know about Berlin, but in some of our big cities in the US, there are shootings and stabbings occurring on public transportation systems, so I can understand the thinking behind these laws. The trouble and irony is that the bad guys are going to carry anyway.