SRT Driver Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Ever notice that most pistol shooters have a knife in their pocket. But, how many actually use them? Seems like most never see the light of day. Or are they ornamental due to the big $$$ some spend on them? Just wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loves2Shoot Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Ex-boy scouts. I generally always have a knife, they are handy. Be prepared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AikiDale Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I generally carry a knife and not only do I use it quite frequently, all those other people who don't carry one seem to think it comes in handy as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kruger Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I carry _two_ knives on my person on a regular basis. A swiss army knife (champion) and a spyderco delica. They see use on a weekly, if not daily basis. However, I do think that there is quite a bit of "cool" factor in the knife industry. There are plenty of fancy, expensive knives out there that, in my opinion, don't offer much more in terms of utility than the lower-middle price range offerings. Respectfully, Mark Kruger P.S. I also carry _two_ flashlights, a Surefire E2e and a Photon Microlight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ima45dv8 Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 (edited) I started carrying a knife when I was 12, almost 20 years before I started routinely carrying a pistol. Currently I have a nice Boker assisted opening knife (OK, switchblade! in some jurisdictions) that a fellow IPSC shooter brought me from a business trip to Germany. It's not on display. It rides in the bottom of my pocket. Mine get used. Definitely not ornamental. Edited July 21, 2006 by ima45dv8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Knight Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Knife, Thats not a knife. -shing!!- Now theres a knife! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 (edited) I started carrying a knife well before I even had my first gun. I'm sure it's the same for most of us. Here you can read about my evolution with blades. Edited July 21, 2006 by Nemo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonub Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 (edited) "when i run dry and still have a target untouched, the knife goes into action" that is if the backup jams on me " mall ninja I have a folder that i use for cutting and prying. The latter is a bad idea, borke my benchmade at the tip for this stupid stunt Edited July 21, 2006 by Jasonub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry White Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I carry a Kershaw folder and use it just about every day. Not a expensive blade but it is a good one.------Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I've always carried knives. Still do. Have three or four practical multi-blade folders. Also have two flashlights... one a Streamlight, one a Digilight. I use the light and the knife all the time for any number of things. Truly they are essential TOOLS. Yes, they can be very "cool", too, but even my "illumination tool" fanatic friends use their lights (and knives) for very practical situations as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric nielsen Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 A.H. subscribers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Heiter Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 A friend of mine started this site. http://www.customknivesandguns.com/ He's not really into competition shooting but he's into guns and WAY into knives. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shred Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 a long long time ago, the pocket folder was required competitor jam-clearing equipment. Rules have changed since then, and I can't even recall a knife-requiring jam from anybody on my squad in the past several years either.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I use mine everytime I help setup and tear down stages. I shot a 3-gun match last weekend and never saw so many knives used by shooters on one particular stage. You had to use a supplied Remington 700, in .223, to finish up a stage and shoot 5 small clays at 50 yards. (with only 5 rounds) The only problem was that the gun was not ejecting or extracting, or some combination of both. It was the match directors rifle and when he ruled that rifle malfunctions were your problem and there would be no reshoots I saw lots of shooters whip out their trusty knives and dig into this rifle to clear double feeds, failures to eject/extract. Needless to say they didn't exactly treat the gun like it was theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgary Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Started carrying a knife consciously when I was racing big sailboats. Not only useful, but life-saving, in a number of instances. Have carried one constantly (a Spyderco, normally, these days) for pretty much the last 30 years, feel "not completely dressed" without one. It gets daily use. Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfinney Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Tools seperate man from the animals. Guns and knives are tools, but I don't get to carry a gun everyday, so I carry a knife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2ipsc Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Ever notice that most pistol shooters have a knife in their pocket. But, how many actually use them? Seems like most never see the light of day. Or are they ornamental due to the big $$$ some spend on them? Just wondering. Better to have one and not need it...than the other way around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iweiny Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I'm a computer geek who sits at a desk all day... My flashlight and leatherman are with me every day... You would be surprised at how many times I have had to use either or both as a desk jockey! Like others have said knifes are just tools. Ira Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raz-0 Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I'm a computer geek who sits at a desk all day... My flashlight and leatherman are with me every day... You would be surprised at how many times I have had to use either or both as a desk jockey! Like others have said knifes are just tools. Ira Ditto. In fact the only time i usually don't have a knife on me is when shooting a match as I keep mine in a sheath and it goes in the bag with the dailywear belt. The flashlight is WAY more useful than it seems. People ALWAYS think i'm strange for having it on me, even after they have borrowed it for the 100th time. The leatherman sees daily use at a minimum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn jones Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 i carry knives because chicks dig it! lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbadaboom Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I carry my Spyderco Native everywhere every day and use it several times a day because it's very hard to open boxes with my guns without distroying the contents.......And forget about cleaning my fingernails with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1911user Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Another Spyderco fan here. I have several, but the workhorse is a delica that I've carried most of the last 15 years or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RifleShooter Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I carry a small Gerber with a partially serrated blade. It fits nicely in the flashlight pocket of my 5.11 shorts, along with the Surefire G2 Nitrolon, of course. I use the knife pretty much every day, the light much less often, but I don't go anywhere without both. Arnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmshooter Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 I have carried one for the past 10 years either a Spyderco Delica (serrated ) or Rescue. I seem to find a daily use for it. If i forget it at the house i feel naked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huston in Austin Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 (edited) I carry two Benchmades, a Surefire L4 LED, and a Gerber Multiplier all the time. When fixing machine tools I'll use just about all of them. Actually the second Benchmade is for when the first won't cut cardboard boxes open anymore. Just a word of advice, if you have a knife with the black teflon coating, be carefull cutting carpet. It may screw up the coating. Edited July 22, 2006 by Huston in Austin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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