But that’s a -3 to manliness!
Personally, once I gave up on manliness and switched to women’s jeans and consequently found it necessary to carry a purse, I realized that my knife carrying capacity increased.
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Not when it’s a tactical single strap bag with MOLLE loops and spot for a Velcrod morale patch or two and a trauma kit inside. That’s like a +4 manliness.
Also - yes - I always have a knife. I can’t promise it will be sharp…
you had to be that guy
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Substitute “phone” for “hip flask,” and eliminate the single-purpose knife, and I resemble that remark.
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If not atrial fibrillation, then acute flatulence.
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Look, the whole point is to super-conspicuously signal my masculinity through things I have purchased. There is no place for discretion in that.
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I…think you’re proving my point?
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The only knife you really ‘need’ to carry around is a pen knife on your keychain. I’ve gone through multiple mini Swiss army knives, and have advanced to the Gerber Dime. I use it every day for something (this weekend I used the pliers to unstick the buttons on our building keypad that got jammed from the freezing rain.)
But yes, I’ve met the “knife guy” before.
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It’s great. I have one of those Dimes on my keyring because it’s just that small. I never need a “full sized” pocketknife, but having a tiny little thing which has a sharp edge, pliers and a bottle-opener all in one package does come in handy sometimes.
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“Amateur.” —Typhoid Mary
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It’s what I do. I even mostly wear men’s pants - i just got tired of the thing i want always being in my other pants.
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My favorite EDC is theKershaw Leek.
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I call shenanigans on this video. I mean, he has a knife. but does he whittle with it?
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At a previous job, we had one of those floating around and I used it regularly - it’s an excellent knife and I was shocked at the abuse that it took (although we did manage to snap off the very tip of the blade). Several years after I moved away, one of my previous co-workers messaged me just to let me know that it was still going strong.
And his book will give you an aneurysm
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Well, don’t come crying to me if you want to burn something down.
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One word: Kapselheber.
If you call it a “go bag” and make sure it’s extra tactical your manliness is secured. And you get space for extra knives.
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Studded leather?
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PLASTIC BUCKLES!
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