Oh, you know. Keys, a screwdriver, a ballpoint pen, whatever they happen to have on them because they “don’t really know why someone needs to carry a knife all the time”.
Or they just borrow one from their friend who does carry a knife.
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I suppose you cut new pen nibs with your keys too.
Teeth.
(In reality, I’m the friend who carries a knife.)
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You’re right. That’s just what I should have. Thank you.
I’ve carried a knife since I was in Boy Scouts. Now I mostly use it to open beer bottles (with the butt of the handle), open all the Amazon packages my wife and children order, and sharpen pencils because my kids constantly misplace the sharpener.
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What? No condom?
I’ve worn a Buck Tool or a Leatherman for the past +25 years, handy to have.
Only lost one (a costly Leather Skele-tool) at the airport (just so natural for me to wear one, completely forgot… into the garbage it went… I was devastated)
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talk about glass houses!
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I have been cut to the none by a penknife that closed on me. Locking blades are the way to go.
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My pet peeve is bad popcap bottle openers on all the multitools. When my bic does a better job than a purpose built tool on a knife, you’ve really failed.
Looking at you leatherman minis.
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In this economy?
Definitely shop around.
I got myself a new CyberTool M last christmas (15yr old one was battered and partly broken but keeping it as a spare)
£95 direct from the manufacturer, £63 from a UK website… I’d expect a price difference, but not one that extreme 
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Along those lines, my pet peeve is companies that add a bottle opener into anything else and call it a multitool. Opening bottles should not be an allowable task category, when you can use a lighter or the edge of a table or your eye socket.
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So my grill spatula is a multi-tool?!
I used to carry this, but it made people feel uneasy.
It was excellent for scoring, picking, prying, scratching, opening packaging, hacking apart boxes, and felt beautiful in the pocket.
I’ve been carrying various multitools lately, but they’re all either too bulky or too dinky.
I’m looking for another single bladed one hand operable knife that is less intimidating.
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Not in my book, but the spatula company probably thinks it is.
Well, if you won’t use a perfectly good multi-spatula’s designated bookmark function …
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I just cleaned my fingernails before a meeting.
Yes, sir. I am that guy. The one who gets asked to take care of stuff because I have the “gizmo” on me that will work for it.
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