[AT] OT pocket knives

[Cecil R Bearden]

John:
That single blade lockback is a good design and made by a very good 
company.  I keep one of those to carry as my Sunday go to meeting 
knife.  The lockback design is especially good for someone who is ot 
really familiar with the many uses a good knife is put too.  I cut my 
index finger of my left hand to the bone when the large 3 blade stockman 
Case knife folded on me when I was cutting the top on a bucket to remove 
it.  That was the event that started me carrying lockback knives.  I 
have carried a pocketknife since I was in first grade.  That was 57 
years ago, and all boys carried a knife.  You only had it out at recess 
or to sharpen your Big Chief pencil.  It was never used as a weapon.  In 
fact it was many years later before I even thought of using one as a 
weapon.

I commend you for getting him started with the tools needed to work 
with...   I would bet that my knife is used an average of 2 times an 
hour during my waking times....

Cecil in OKla





On 7/12/2015 7:10 AM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
> Just an update: I bought my son a single blade Case with a plastic/composite
> handle. The knife has a lockback design. After reading your posts it seems
> quite a few folks are using single blade knives instead of the 2 and 3 blade
> knives I carry. I carried him to 3 stores and we tried several. This one is
> fairly easy to open and close, yet the blade is never in a "free" rotating
> state. Some of the easy opening ones seemed to me they could open in your
> pocket. The blade is about 3-3.5 inches long and the knife is big enough to
> get a really good grip on. The handle is also textured. The Kershaw and
> Gerber knives some of you suggested were out of stock actually. Anyway he
> seems pleased and has used it the last couple Saturdays around the farm.
>
> John Hall
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