pocket knives

 Pocket knives are a useful tool for everyday life in almost any situation needing cutting. 

A good knife is an essential survival tool, which a decent pocket knife can be. Now generally in a survival situation I'd prefer a fixed blade knife. Fixed blades are generally stronger can be used as Spears and even minor chopping tools. But a pocket knife would be incredibly helpful building fires creating small tent pegs doing all kinds of things. Cutting rope anything like that.

 But generally I found that a pocket knife is just a great daily companion. It can be used while cooking at an outdoor grill, for quick tasks in the kitchen, opening packages cutting string and rope, even cutting small wires. And a variety of any other task that requires cutting. Now I found overtime that there's lots of tasks around the house or scissors are way easier, but in a pinch a pocket knife works.

Pocket knives are very personal choice. I've come to the conclusion that a basic $5 decent pocket knife for instance an Ozark is good enough and would probably last you your whole life. There are some cheap $5 knives that aren't worth having they're brittle and they're just too cheap. But there's nothing wrong with having a 350 or $500 knife if that's what you want. You want that super special hard steel or some other amazing attribute which won't really matter in your day-to-day life unless you're in some very specialized field. Or if you just like custom-made knives that are handmade by individuals, for instance there's some people that make knife blades out of old files. They're beautiful knives and I have a fascinating history and if you want to spend $1,000 on one why not. But for me a basic 20 to $30 folding pocket knife is good enough. They Don't really stay sharp that great but you can sharpen them up repeatedly. And sometimes I just sharpen them on the kitchen sharpening stick, just to put the edge back on real quick. It's nice to have a knife that you think looks attractive and that you are comfortable opening and closing and working with. It's also nice to have pocket knives that are ambidextrous.

At the end of the day get a pocket knife that you like. Maybe use several, but I generally come back to the same knife.

 I have a couple of spyderco's, but think they are overpriced. They are extremely well designed and constructed. But they do have parts that wear out and it just seems like there's somewhat overpriced.

Knives that have too many gimmicks seem like a waste. Now I can imagine how the victorinox knife that has about 40 different blades on it could be useful in a survival situation. For instance it has a little saw and a magnifying glass. It has two or three knife blades scissors and a bunch of stuff. So it could be useful starting a fire and preparing a fish for dinner but on a daily basis it seems like a waste it's bulky and cumbersome and awkward to use. Just to gimmicky.

Buck is a great knife and there's lots of great knives, crkt and so forth. But for the time being I've settled on camillus. They're not particularly flashy but they're functional and I'm comfortable working with them.