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Thinking about getting a pocket knife

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Just go to Walmart and pick one out. They have the best prices and have a good selection of everyday carry knives. Not the top brands, but if this is your first knife, you need a cheaper model until you learn to care for one.

Kershaw are good cheap knives and Walmart has a bunch of them.

I personally like Case knives. I currently carry this one: http://www.casexx.com/DisplayDetailPage.asp?ProductCode=2743
(one of their only locking blades with a thumb screw)
 
You can get a $20 gerber locking knife on amazon and it should be fine. Don't feel you need to get some internet-wowed thing that is hugely overpriced.
 
I carry a Swiss Champ, Leatherman Micra, and some tiny pliers daily. If I'm working, I also have a Leatherman Classic on my belt, and for sketchy traveling, I have a fixed blade Mini Culloden on my person. The only knife I couldn't live without is my Swiss Champ. I use it for something almost every day, and I've used every tool in it on occasion. I prefer Victorinox to Wenger for Swiss Army knives.
 
Zeze said:
Why do you need to carry knives? Genuinely curious.

If you're a typical office worker (most of us), why would you ever need it?

I don't remember a last time I felt I needed a knife.
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I use one every day where I work. It's a handy thing to have around and most cutting accidents I've seen have been with box cutters.
 
CRKT Summa is a fun knife; swipe a forefinger over the blade's buttock and it flips right open *snick*

Summa
 
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Whatever you get don't forget to pick up something to keep it sharp, such as a Spyderco Sharpmaker.
Myself, I carry a Manix lightweight at work and a J.D. Smith any other time.
 
I daily carry a ZT0350 for cutting things, mainly fruit like apples and nectarines. But also boxes and string as well. *shrug* A tool is a tool.
 
Doppel said:
You can get a $20 gerber locking knife on amazon and it should be fine. Don't feel you need to get some internet-wowed thing that is hugely overpriced.
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Or you could spend $50 and get a knife that will last the rest of your life and won't contribute to our trade deficit with China.

You can get a Case slipjoint for $35 that is hand made in the USA with good quality steel. That's hardly an "internet wowed thing that is hugely overpriced".
 
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Does the knife need to lock or would you be ok with a slipjoint like a swiss army or a case knife? If you need it to lock and you want light and reasonably cheap, I second the Spyderco Tenacious or maybe Persistence(little brother to Tenacious). If you want something a bit thick and heavy duty, look at the Rat-1 by Ontario. If it doesn't need to lock, look into a swiss army model that has tools and items that you think might be useful for you (scissors, couple of blades, nail file, etc etc). Just throwing my .02 in.....

J.C.
 
kazaam said:
Hmm, I don't really care what kind of knife it is as long as it works well and is reliable. The spydercos look nice. Are auto knives bad?
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There's more things to break in an automatic, and in practice you can deploy a one handed opener like a Spyderco pretty damn fast.
 
Good autos are fairly expensive and their legality depends on where you live. I only have them because of the gadget factor and the different release mechanisms.
 
I've got a benchmade osborne that I love. Has great action, so its fun to flip it up and down. Useful for all types of stuff.
 
i have a few spyderco's. great knives and at reasonable prices.

a serrated H1 Salt, a straight edge Endura 4, and their little small all metal Ladybug that lives on my keychain.
 
schneiderguy said:
Or you could spend $50 and get a knife that will last the rest of your life and won't contribute to our trade deficit with China.

You can get a Case slipjoint for $35 that is hand made in the USA with good quality steel. That's hardly an "internet wowed thing that is hugely overpriced".
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If the US made good things, I'd buy them.

I've become a China believer. Their shit is getting passable for fractions of the cost. Perhaps if your economic system (I'm just gonna assume that if you're one of those 'buy Amurican' people that you're also 'conservative' (massive air quotes)) didn't make most people poor, they could afford your 'superior' products.
 
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