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I have some kind of primal fascination with beautiful and basic things. But I used to carry a Stanley 199 in my pocket for years, even on Christmas. I switched over to a pretty little flipper knife because of knife threads on various forums. I have one in front of my computer right now, and I probably open and close it dozens of times every day, and I often look at the open profile and regard the lines, in the way that I sometimes turn around and look at my 911 while walking away from it.
I think men have been carrying knives around since before the dawn of civilization. Otzi the so called ice man had a double edged blade in a woven grass scabbard on him when he died.
To me it would be interesting to see a multi tool thread. For a few years I thought I would get a Leatherman crunch. At one time in my life I carried a 4'' vice grip in my pocket, and a tiny screwdriver handle that went with a pocket set of 1/4 inch driver bits, which I used every day. But I have pretty much carried a knife in my pocket since I was old enough to own one, and a watch since I was in about fifth grade. In those days, an Ingraham pocket watch was still 3 dollars.
Back when cars still had points, I had a Swiss Army knife with a points file on it. It had a hacksaw, a wood saw, and a small pair of scissors. I used them all. Nowadays my idea of emergency tools is a spare tire, jumper cables and a cell phone.
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