Do you keep a knife on your saddle ?

[MasterBlaster]

Binky

 

[Burnham]

Always a knife. Sure, a Silky will handle a rope, especially under tension, but it's not a precision tool and there are many scenarios where I've wanted that or could see where I might need that fine work capability.

 

[Levi]

Anyone tried a SOG? Best knife I've owned , I like it more than a benchmade. Here's the one I have, it is AWESOME!
http://www.sogknives.com/everyday-carry/knives/x-ray-vision.html
They also make some other tools that are pretty cool.

 

[cory]

Klein is what I have Cory.

No doubt a carry over from lineman work Im guessing. Unusual blade, what do you like about it?

 

[Limbrat]

You're right Cory, hawkbills are used for skinning the insulation off of wire. A sharp hawkbill cuts rope very easily. I don't know if it's because it wraps around the rope with more cutting surface or the fact that you can pull without it slipping off the rope. I just know it works.

 

[MasterBlaster]

it's not a precision tool and there are many scenarios where I've wanted that or could see where I might need that fine work capability.

Care to expound on that?

 

[Raj]

...to do some carving!

 

[Levi]

Nice work Raj! I wish I could carve like that

 

[Raj]

No, I got that pic off the net. Most I would be able to do is a pair of boobies.

 

[Levi]

gotcha. I did this one with a pocket knife, cherry wood.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I used to carry one on my saddle, now I have one that clips to my leg strap. Good for intricate work like digging mistletoe out of little nooks.

 

[timbertramp]

I always have my mil tech pocket knife in my pocket and a fixed blade either on my belt, in the car or in a leg carry. Probably a bit over kill but I've broken a lot of pocket knives, and in some cases my fixed blade has solved the problem. And I know my new knives won't break. Pocket did a good job slicing my buck strap before I had a hand saw this summer when I had a 911 while climbing alone

 

[MasterBlaster]

Good for intricate work like digging mistletoe out of little nooks.

Stop doing that.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Nope

 

[MasterBlaster]

It's really a waste of time... you'll never dig it all out.

 

[Raj]

paid by the hour?

 

[CurSedVoyce]

YUP!

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

Carry on.

 

[ksTreehuggerCo]

Its better to have it and not need it than it is to need it and not have it.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Welcome to the TreeHouse, brother.

 

[ksTreehuggerCo]

Welcome back ya mean. Its been a few years. You used to have my number and call out of the blue and just wanna talk. Im Kenn Shawcroft. Ring a bell?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Uhhhh...

 

[ksTreehuggerCo]

Didnt think so. But I remember you and the treehouse. Its good to be back though.

 

[Grendel]

Carried this Emerson every day for over ten years. I take it out of my pocket when I put my saddle on, and into one of the zippered compartments on my diddy bag.

 

[Burnham]

My mother sister reports that my mother told her, when she was just starting dating, back some 45 years ago or so, that she should NEVER seriously consider a man who didn't carry a pocket knife .

I completely agree with that, and I think the same should be said of a climber...or any other man.