Bassbob
Emissary
Surely you touched it up on a ceramic rod.
A day in the life of an EDC knife.
- Thread starter Sld1959
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Sld1959
Hellcat
Jim Diamantoni
Elite
Bassbob
Emissary
My knife today was a Benchmade Casbah. It didn't see the action your UTX85 did, but I did strip some wires, open a couple boxes and cut the nozzle off a tube of caulk.
Sld1959
Hellcat
Ah the exciting life of the EDC knife. Where would we be without them...
Bassbob
Emissary
At work I am really, REALLY tough on knives. As such I don't use good knives at work. I have a rotation of Bokers and S&Ws that generally fill that purpose. I recently bought a $27 S&W drop point flipper, which I had to completely disassemble and re-assemble correctly. While I had it apart I put a dab of the ol blueberry Loc-tite on all the screws. It doesn't hold an edge that great, but it does sharpen up nice and easy with a stone. I've had it a few months now and it's been the best crappy little beater knife I've had in a long time.
As far as the BMs and MTs I have hit some of them a little with the ceramic rod, but I won't sharpen them. I'll send them back to the mother ship if/when the time comes.
Bassbob
Emissary
Well, it’s like yesterday when I used a beater knife to open sacks of concrete. Yeah the MT would do it but that’s one of the fastest ways I know to dull a knife blade.
Sld1959
Hellcat
Today am opening several boxes and then cutting them apart to make bottoms for the reusable grocery bags my wife has bought. Switched out the EDC to this Boker locking blade trapper for the reasons you mention.
Another completely mundane day in the life of the EDC carry knife, at least mine. No ninjas in sight.
Bassbob
Emissary
I removed and reinstalled a door then did a lot of yardwork today myself. Besides the winter creeper I detailed in the other thread, the next worst thing was my wife's new flower bed next door. Probably a 20 x 12 semi-circle. Not having a tiller and it being in it's current condition, a regular grass yard, I had to turn it all over with a round point. Then break it all up and remove the grass clumps and mix in about 12 giant bags of potting soil. The job of opening all those bags fell to my UTX85. Sadly no pictures.
Sld1959
Hellcat
Very sweet blade
Lexie__M
Custom
I too have the same knife sharpener for quick sharpener and a stone for razor sharp.
Sld1959
Hellcat
Another boring day no ninjas , no zombies or crazed druggies to stave off. Opened a few bags of mulch and a couple cushions for the outdoor chairs, and unwrapping a new unwelcome mat. Oh then the excitement of sharpening a couple poles for beware of owner signs, just kidding they were free pine wood for campfires
old saying 'bout midway - they ship fast but deliver slow - I've waited weeks sometimes - they always blame it on the carrierAnd I'm over here all PO'ed because 6 days after I ordered my UTX-85 and 5 days after they shipped it, not only is it not in today's mail, but USPS has no tracking info on it. Priority shipping too.
Man, between Blade Ops and Midway I'm about to re-think everyone I do business with. Don't these people understand that crap shipping is a huge deal breaker for me? Y'all charged my card, I want my.
That reminds me though, I need to refill the bird feeders and the hummingbird feeders.
nice work and good teaching. My MA instructors insisted on rubber/plastic knives, Cbat teachers used real stuff.Nice knife.
I train/teach Filipino Martial Arts and part of the training involves the use of blades like Machetes and knives. I have training blades but will sometimes put duck tape over the blade of a live blade to train, but not on a student...
I have a few blades in different shapes(Karambit, Spearpoint, Butcher). I even have a OTF(Out The Front) knife.
Part of the training we do are techniques where the folding knife is closed and we use the metal ends to strike pressure points and other targets. It's advanced training but I used it a few times in self-defense and was able to avoid having to cut someone. The beauty of these techniques is that you can also do them in a pinch with a folded newspaper or AARP magazine...
Since I don't like to make civilians nervous, I usually carry folding knives in public. I will carry a smaller fixed blade sometimes but not usually a Karambit as those knives sometimes draw a little negative attention. I prefer to fly under the radar as much as possible.
3 of the blades in the picture were bought at a local pawn shop used for under $35 each. I have a couple of Benchmade knives that were gifts, but I only carry them when I'm wearing a suit and tie which isn't often anymore...