My family always gives me shit for always having my Gerber on my belt, until it's Christmas morning or any of the other times someone needs a knife or pliers.
Your family Christmas morning sounds vicious. You should try getting everyone to sit down and have the youngest child hand the presents out one at a time.
See, in america every holiday and social event is an opportunity to express your individualism and lack of empathy. Usually there's a competitive game people assault each other over, like Uno, Spades, or cornhole. A common phrase here is "I just don't like other people".
I actually don't edc it anymore. I have an office job now, and half that giant belt clip doesn't really fit in with the business- casual attire.
But I do keep them in my car, and happened to be using them today in time for those pictures because we're moving offices this week and I was using them to take apart monitor arms, cut boxes, etc.
I was using them to take apart monitor arms, cut boxes, etc.
... disassemble the corporate helicopter fleet, clean the salmon & beef steaks for the team's BBQ lunch, tighten the bolts on the hatchway to the HVAC-access roof, recalibrate our GPS markers for the DST changeover... just the usual.
Yeah, when I carried it all the time I was fixing shit left and right.
What it's really good for is all the little annoyances you notice day to day that aren't worth a trip to the garage in the moment.
Door knob slightly loose in the back bedroom? Fixed next time you walk in. Drawer sticking? Take care of it now instead of forcing it and forgetting about it later. You don't even realize how much of that stuff there is until you have the multitool handy at all times.
And the bit driver really is a game changer. You can get a ratcheting version now too.
Bought it years ago on Etsy. Just looked in my email history, and it looks like it was from a user named HoldMyGear. Looks like they're still active, and they have a version for the ratcheting bit driver too.
I have a 3d printer, but it doesn't look like the stl is available anywhere. It's printed really well, though. I don't know what material it is, but it's held up a lot better than standard PLA or PETG would.
Edit: looks like he has one for the Surge as well.
Open source doesn't properly describe the Roxon Flex multi tools. CAD files are available for making custom implements but the drawings for the frames they are used in are not available.
Regardless of this I think the Flex series seem like great tools and I am considering buying a Flex pliers tool. The thing holding me back is the price because in Europe and most of the world you can't buy the frame only and implements are only available in sets.
One time I brought a watermelon to a picnic so that I could show off my fancy butterfly knife and I ended up cutting myself so badly that I had to wrap my hand in duct tape to stop the bleeding while someone else distracted the children. Worth it.
Tbf with many mandolins those things are utter garbage especially if you need to go fast, not waste 20% of your food, and aren’t into dulling the blades when you slam metal prongs into them which is 40% of why you never see professional chefs use the guard in videos (the other 60% being “I’m a super cool chef” bullshit which is why they also never wear the protective gloves either
However, I was unfamiliar with its operation. There was a guard, which I did use; but apparently it was supposed to interface with rails, which I didn't know about or use. Also it's commonly used with blade resistant gloves, which I didn't even own at the time.
So yes, it's a potentially dangerous device, but there are ways to make it less so.
If I ain't got a pocket knife on me, you need to tell me to go back in the house and put my pants on....
But I'm old and I grew up on a farm and everyone carried a pocket knife. It's a tool just like any other tool. In fact, it's human's second oldest tool, right after the basic rock. I highly recommend getting one for yourself. A Victorinox Classic is a great EDC. You might not use the little 1"/25mm blade very often, but that nail file and scissors are fantastic to have. And the Classic comes in many handle colors and can hang on your keychain until needed. In fact I highly recommend any Victorinox tool. It might be the greatest urban survival tool ever invented. And Vic's are always acceptable carry in nearly every social situation. People never seem threatened by them.
These days I don't use my pocket knife as much as I used to. But I still carry one every day and it some how feels wrong if I don't. And it's there waiting and ready for when I do need it.
There are a few places that knives are not allowed because a few morons can't be trusted and ruin everything for the rest of us. Just have to be smarter and leave you knife at home when you know you are going to those places.
What is truly sad is knowing the general population often thinks a pocket knife is a horrible scary dangerous thing to see in public.
You can clean them.
You can technically disassemble them but it involves preening over pins and whatnot. It's a hassle.
A good soak in warm soapy water and a scrub with an old toothbrush can do wonders.
If it's seized by rust WD-40 is your friend.
Throw a qullion (i think thats the term anyway. Reading them fantasy books sometimes i forget that may have made up basic shit too) on that mofo and you could also use it to staby stab... boxes.
Oh, no. Cheap knockoff SOGs. The knife is there for everything you shouldn't use a knife for. Screwdriver, pry bar, toothpick, etc. Keys are in the same pocket tho and are usually the first thing I find.
I ripped out my SOG Kiku XR and handed it to my buddy when he didn't have a can opener for his corned beef hash at a football tailgate. The quality stuff should be BETTER at this sort of abuse then the cheap stuff. If it breaks, you gotta get something more up to the task.
The only thing in my EDC is that knife, and it's all I usually need. That short and fat bastard can do work. That said, I'm not into pretending it's a screwdriver.
I was seriously thinking about it. But at the end he said they might make an XL version with scissors and pliers and so I'm definitely waiting around for it.
When all you have is a knife, every problem looks like a wine bottle cork that you should have tried removing using a proper corkscrew first instead of playing mac gyver to impress the room
I suppose you could sabre the neck off with the 25mm blade on your Victorinox Classic to look cool. But if you had a Victorinox Tinker you could just use the cork screw that is on the knife........
I have a keychain mini-multitool (Gerber Dime) with a dedicated "retail package opener" and it's by far the function I use the most. It's actually getting worn down and needs to be resharpened.
This is like when you go round someone’s house for dinner and they ostentatiously get out the “Japanese steel” to chop the vegetables with, which you have to ceremonially bloody on your palm every time it comes out of the block. Later you see the shitty little serrated knife they normally use while helping load the dishwasher.
probably, they used the "shitty little serrated knife" for something that needed serrations.
Just because you have a nice Santoku, doesn't mean that you won't be using other knives for specific purposes. Our Nakiri cuts nothing but vegetables, fruits, nuts and herbs. I won't use it for anything else.
I have knives that only cut apples for decades now.
I think I’m beyond help at this point. When I’m not at work I EDC a pocket knife, a leatherman, and a Swiss Army knife. Probably overkill but I’ve never been in a situation where I thought “I wish I came less prepared to this”.
I'm usually like, ooh, I have a Swiss army knife in my pocket. And another on the keychain.
...Except when I'm home, the keys go to the tray and I switch to indoors pants, so when I actually need the damn things I usually need to take extra effort to go grab them anyway.
You can rip apart an Amazon box with your baby toe, those things are made to be easily ripped up. Tell that to my neighbours though, the shared recycling bin is always overflowing with uncut Amazon boxes
94 Comments
merde@sh.itjust.works · 93 pts · 363d
people without pocket knives when they need to cut something ☞
bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip · 23 pts · 363d
My family always gives me shit for always having my Gerber on my belt, until it's Christmas morning or any of the other times someone needs a knife or pliers.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 363d
I keep a tiny 1" knife on my keychain. It's incredibly handy, unless I forget to take it off when going through airport security...
lemming@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 363d
Can you not fly with it? In Europe, you can, the limit is 5 or 6 cm of blade. I regularly fly with mine.
anti_antidote@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 363d
If it's sharp or pointy at all you have to check it in the US. I almost got my nice multibit screwdriver confiscated because it was almost too long.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 362d
Nope, but they recently loosened the rules so you can bring nail trimmers again.
bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 363d
I've done the same with my Gerber quite a few times
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 363d
Your family Christmas morning sounds vicious. You should try getting everyone to sit down and have the youngest child hand the presents out one at a time.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works · -3 pts · 363d
See, in america every holiday and social event is an opportunity to express your individualism and lack of empathy. Usually there's a competitive game people assault each other over, like Uno, Spades, or cornhole. A common phrase here is "I just don't like other people".
GreenShimada@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 363d
Christmas morning! Every single time I'm the person that pulls out the knife.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world · 59 pts · 363d
I'm way more insufferable:
merde@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 363d
!edc@sopuli.xyz
chiliedogg@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 363d
I actually don't edc it anymore. I have an office job now, and half that giant belt clip doesn't really fit in with the business- casual attire.
But I do keep them in my car, and happened to be using them today in time for those pictures because we're moving offices this week and I was using them to take apart monitor arms, cut boxes, etc.
jago@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 363d
... disassemble the corporate helicopter fleet, clean the salmon & beef steaks for the team's BBQ lunch, tighten the bolts on the hatchway to the HVAC-access roof, recalibrate our GPS markers for the DST changeover... just the usual.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 363d
Yeah, when I carried it all the time I was fixing shit left and right.
What it's really good for is all the little annoyances you notice day to day that aren't worth a trip to the garage in the moment.
Door knob slightly loose in the back bedroom? Fixed next time you walk in. Drawer sticking? Take care of it now instead of forcing it and forgetting about it later. You don't even realize how much of that stuff there is until you have the multitool handy at all times.
And the bit driver really is a game changer. You can get a ratcheting version now too.
kindernacht@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 363d
Dude, where did you get that holster. I've been looking for one that would carry the bits and blades for my surge.
Edit: looks custom printed, nice
chiliedogg@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 363d
Bought it years ago on Etsy. Just looked in my email history, and it looks like it was from a user named HoldMyGear. Looks like they're still active, and they have a version for the ratcheting bit driver too.
I have a 3d printer, but it doesn't look like the stl is available anywhere. It's printed really well, though. I don't know what material it is, but it's held up a lot better than standard PLA or PETG would.
Edit: looks like he has one for the Surge as well.
peoplebeproblems@midwest.social · 3 pts · 363d
Man I don't edc anything, or simultaneously, everything.
If I put my keys, wallet, or phone down outside of my pocket or bedside, it's lost until I'm late to the next thing.
pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 363d
Let me introduce to you the open source and modular multitool
https://roxontool.com/products/flex-modular-multitool
Romulon@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 362d
Open source doesn't properly describe the Roxon Flex multi tools. CAD files are available for making custom implements but the drawings for the frames they are used in are not available.
Regardless of this I think the Flex series seem like great tools and I am considering buying a Flex pliers tool. The thing holding me back is the price because in Europe and most of the world you can't buy the frame only and implements are only available in sets.
whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 363d
thanks!
Romulon@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 363d
I'm also insufferable.
merde@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 362d
can you post this on !edc@sopuli.xyz ?
Romulon@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 360d
Good idea. I just posted it there.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 363d
Sanic username checks out
gnu@lemmy.zip · 44 pts · 363d
People without pocket knives when they want to get into a box:
kieron115@startrek.website · 5 pts · 362d
My mom opens chip bags like she's a wrestler ripping their shirt off for the crowd.
ICastFist@programming.dev · 2 pts · 361d
The floor demands her chips!
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works · 32 pts · 363d
One time I brought a watermelon to a picnic so that I could show off my fancy butterfly knife and I ended up cutting myself so badly that I had to wrap my hand in duct tape to stop the bleeding while someone else distracted the children. Worth it.
toynbee@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 363d
Something similar happened to me the first ... And last ... Time I used a mandoline.
wake@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 363d
What's hilarious about this pic is the thing you're supposed to be using to keep your hands safe is sitting off to the side
toynbee@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 363d
That's true! That was the one included safety device I used right before cutting off my finger tip.
Bonus@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 363d
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 363d
that's what the cowboy hat is for
ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 363d
Tbf with many mandolins those things are utter garbage especially if you need to go fast, not waste 20% of your food, and aren’t into dulling the blades when you slam metal prongs into them which is 40% of why you never see professional chefs use the guard in videos (the other 60% being “I’m a super cool chef” bullshit which is why they also never wear the protective gloves either
TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 363d
This is the only reason I own a pair of cut resistant gloves. Makes the mandoline actually a useful and safe kitchen tool.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 363d
ksigley@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 363d
I don't see how anyone could look at this device and be like, "yeah, that seems safe."
Bonus@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 363d
toynbee@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 363d
Nor do I. It wasn't for me.
However, I was unfamiliar with its operation. There was a guard, which I did use; but apparently it was supposed to interface with rails, which I didn't know about or use. Also it's commonly used with blade resistant gloves, which I didn't even own at the time.
So yes, it's a potentially dangerous device, but there are ways to make it less so.
RebekahWSD@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 363d
Happened to my mother. She sliced her palm very badly, sibling had to take her to emergency care.
Sibling got me metal slicing gloves when they got me my mandolin lmfao
Bluewing@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 362d
If I ain't got a pocket knife on me, you need to tell me to go back in the house and put my pants on....
But I'm old and I grew up on a farm and everyone carried a pocket knife. It's a tool just like any other tool. In fact, it's human's second oldest tool, right after the basic rock. I highly recommend getting one for yourself. A Victorinox Classic is a great EDC. You might not use the little 1"/25mm blade very often, but that nail file and scissors are fantastic to have. And the Classic comes in many handle colors and can hang on your keychain until needed. In fact I highly recommend any Victorinox tool. It might be the greatest urban survival tool ever invented. And Vic's are always acceptable carry in nearly every social situation. People never seem threatened by them.
These days I don't use my pocket knife as much as I used to. But I still carry one every day and it some how feels wrong if I don't. And it's there waiting and ready for when I do need it.
Johanno@feddit.org · 2 pts · 362d
I used to have a knife with me most of the time as a kid. It was cool and useful.
But when I had to store it in security when in festival I more often had to remember to not forget about it than I used it.
Bluewing@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 362d
There are a few places that knives are not allowed because a few morons can't be trusted and ruin everything for the rest of us. Just have to be smarter and leave you knife at home when you know you are going to those places.
What is truly sad is knowing the general population often thinks a pocket knife is a horrible scary dangerous thing to see in public.
solsangraal@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 363d
craftrabbit@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 363d
I have this thing for a reason!
Threeme2189@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 363d
You can clean them. You can technically disassemble them but it involves preening over pins and whatnot. It's a hassle. A good soak in warm soapy water and a scrub with an old toothbrush can do wonders. If it's seized by rust WD-40 is your friend.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 363d
BenLeMan@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 363d
The Cybertool really is the best of the Victorinox knives. Unfortunately, I lost mine 😢.
craftrabbit@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 363d
My condolences
RoyaltyInTraining@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 363d
Mine has been rusted shut for ages. I wish you could disassemble and clean them
Dragonborn3810@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 362d
I think threeme was supposed to respond to you but replied to the parent comment
RoyaltyInTraining@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 362d
Thanks, wouldn't have seen it without your message
AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 363d
Okay, if there's ever tape on the box, the box cutter comes out because I ain't got time for that bull.
BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 363d
I made this for opening boxes.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 362d
Does it work?
BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 362d
peteypete420@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 361d
Throw a qullion (i think thats the term anyway. Reading them fantasy books sometimes i forget that may have made up basic shit too) on that mofo and you could also use it to staby stab... boxes.
ooterness@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 363d
Can confirm. I once had a letter opener made to look like a tiny katana, with a scabbard and everything. It was fucking awesome.
seathru@lemmy.sdf.org · 7 pts · 363d
I always have a pocket knife but I still end up using my keys to cut open boxes.
merde@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 363d
expensive knife?
seathru@lemmy.sdf.org · 7 pts · 363d
Oh, no. Cheap knockoff SOGs. The knife is there for everything you shouldn't use a knife for. Screwdriver, pry bar, toothpick, etc. Keys are in the same pocket tho and are usually the first thing I find.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 2 pts · 363d
Yep, mine was $12 on Amazon, has a screwdriver built in with a holder for bits. Poor blade... gets used for everything.
Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 363d
I have an expensive knife and try and use any chance I get. I bought it for a tool and not for looking at. But maybe I'm different.
InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 363d
Yea, all my tools deserve use even those that are nice to look at.
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 363d
I ripped out my SOG Kiku XR and handed it to my buddy when he didn't have a can opener for his corned beef hash at a football tailgate. The quality stuff should be BETTER at this sort of abuse then the cheap stuff. If it breaks, you gotta get something more up to the task.
The only thing in my EDC is that knife, and it's all I usually need. That short and fat bastard can do work. That said, I'm not into pretending it's a screwdriver.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 363d
It's part of the experience.
BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 363d
Lol, it's literally why they're carried in a lot of cases.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 5 pts · 363d
"everyday carry" people fantasy: the lights went out but we have to open that box and sign this form. We're doomed!! Who can save us!?!
reality: I guess I will just do it later.
Worx@lemmynsfw.com · 7 pts · 362d
Real reality: I've got a torch on my phone, that light is never getting fixed
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 363d
Reality is the box can be opened by hand, everyone in the room has a flashlight on their phone and the form can now be esigned on a phone.
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 363d
Best EDC knife I've found.
USSEthernet@startrek.website · 4 pts · 363d
pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 363d
I was seriously thinking about it. But at the end he said they might make an XL version with scissors and pliers and so I'm definitely waiting around for it.
USSEthernet@startrek.website · 2 pts · 362d
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 3 pts · 363d
I couldn't see the blade until I zoomed in, it's the same color as the background, haha.
Looks like a utility knife razor?
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 363d
Basically, yeah
Hadriscus@jlai.lu · 4 pts · 362d
When all you have is a knife, every problem looks like a wine bottle cork that you should have tried removing using a proper corkscrew first instead of playing mac gyver to impress the room
ICastFist@programming.dev · 3 pts · 361d
Well, shit
Bluewing@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 362d
I suppose you could sabre the neck off with the 25mm blade on your Victorinox Classic to look cool. But if you had a Victorinox Tinker you could just use the cork screw that is on the knife........
grue@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 363d
I have a keychain mini-multitool (Gerber Dime) with a dedicated "retail package opener" and it's by far the function I use the most. It's actually getting worn down and needs to be resharpened.
TastyWheat@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 363d
I miss doing iaido. I still have my practice sword though, that shit was expensive
ikidd@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 363d
I've cleaned a moose with my pocket knife.
Perspectivist@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 363d
Are you Jordan Jonas?
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 363d
This is like when you go round someone’s house for dinner and they ostentatiously get out the “Japanese steel” to chop the vegetables with, which you have to ceremonially bloody on your palm every time it comes out of the block. Later you see the shitty little serrated knife they normally use while helping load the dishwasher.
merde@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 362d
probably, they used the "shitty little serrated knife" for something that needed serrations.
Just because you have a nice Santoku, doesn't mean that you won't be using other knives for specific purposes. Our Nakiri cuts nothing but vegetables, fruits, nuts and herbs. I won't use it for anything else.
I have knives that only cut apples for decades now.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 362d
Not everyone’s climbed to the top of the forbidden peak to learn the correct Zendatsu technique from Kendo Nagasaki to use those holy tools though.
BurntWits@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 363d
I think I’m beyond help at this point. When I’m not at work I EDC a pocket knife, a leatherman, and a Swiss Army knife. Probably overkill but I’ve never been in a situation where I thought “I wish I came less prepared to this”.
sundray@lemmus.org · 3 pts · 363d
The guy who always has a knife:
https://youtu.be/YAD0a6wWFrI
noxypaws@pawb.social · 2 pts · 363d
but mine has tritium on the handle!!
haulyard@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 363d
Or unwrapping Xmas presents.
SonOfAntenora@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 363d
merde@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 363d
i use every tool on my Mountaineer, but the hook. I've never used that hook.
Who needs that hook?
kieron115@startrek.website · 1 pts · 362d
maslow's mall ninja
umbraroze@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 363d
I'm usually like, ooh, I have a Swiss army knife in my pocket. And another on the keychain.
...Except when I'm home, the keys go to the tray and I switch to indoors pants, so when I actually need the damn things I usually need to take extra effort to go grab them anyway.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 363d
I keep a folding utility knife on me for just that reason
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 363d
You can rip apart an Amazon box with your baby toe, those things are made to be easily ripped up. Tell that to my neighbours though, the shared recycling bin is always overflowing with uncut Amazon boxes
peoplebeproblems@midwest.social · 6 pts · 363d
Really? It always seems to hurt my hands more than it's worth.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 363d
Yeah, that tape is no joke.
jaschen306@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 362d
I have a tiny Leatherman and use it all the time