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36 Handy, Lifesaving, and Fun Uses for a Pocketknife (www.artofmanliness.com)
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[–] 10 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I've been carrying a pocket knife of some kind every day since I was 10 or 12 years old; I'm 55 now. I can tell you from decades of experience that a pocket knife has hundreds of more uses than the 36 "manly" and boring ones listed. Art of Manliness indeed.

I am a believer that everyone should carry a pocket knife of some kind. For years I carried a "basic" cheap pocket knife (yes, grade school and high school), then I carried a Buck lockback knife, and then for a couple of decades I had folding utility knives (I worked retail and then managed a warehouse). These days I am loving my Opinel No.8 carbon.

Everyone should keep a pocket knife of some kind.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (3 children)

    can you share some of your common uses? For me it's wierd that I almost never have any use for my knives.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (2 children)

    Open boxes, cut straps/twine, carve up fruit for a snack, alter the shape of a chopstick (make it pointy, oblong, whatever is needed; chopsticks are another tool), removing those annoying plastic bits that hold tags on clothes, shave those lint bits off clothing, use the spine of the knife to open a bottle, letter opener, open plastic packages (those form-fitted nightmares), pry out staples, stripping and cutting wire, do you fish?, and of course you can use a pocket knife to shotgun a beer (if you're in a frat).

    It's weird you never have a use for a knife. Maybe think about ways that using a pocket knife can make life easier for you.

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