What did you use your edc knife for today?
- Thread starter lonefish
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SAK evolution 17 used to: tighten loose bathroom tap, open birdseed bag, peel orange, cut salad from garden, cut and file fingernail, but unusually didn't have to lend it to some plonker who didn't think edc necessary. Interesting, isn't it how often other people seem to need to use ones kit and how often these are the ones who sneer at edc stuff.
always the way that sneerers have a sense of entitlement of using your stuff when they need it.
"Why drive a 4 x 4?"...Oh, its snowing...can I have a lift?
"Why have a generator"....oh theres a power cut and my freezer is defrosting....can I just?
"Why have a chainsaw"....theres a tree down across my drive and the tree surgeon can't come for a few days....can you just....
"Why keep a big pantry"...oh, I'm out of...can I borrow some.....
I don't know when being self reliant and practical went out of fashion and being dependent with a sense of entitlement of other people sorting out your mess became the politically correct way.
Red
"Why drive a 4 x 4?"...Oh, its snowing...can I have a lift?
"Why have a generator"....oh theres a power cut and my freezer is defrosting....can I just?
"Why have a chainsaw"....theres a tree down across my drive and the tree surgeon can't come for a few days....can you just....
"Why keep a big pantry"...oh, I'm out of...can I borrow some.....
I don't know when being self reliant and practical went out of fashion and being dependent with a sense of entitlement of other people sorting out your mess became the politically correct way.
Red
i've always found that "NO" with a great big smile on my face (maybe even a hearty chuckle if i really feel like twisting the knife a little) is a perfectly workable answer to all of the above, they either take the hint and go and get their own, or they get all offended and never talk to me again. either way, i never have to listen to that particular sneering comment from that particular sneering idiot again, winner!
stuart (failing to make friends since '77)
I am similar mate, except I like to point out the day/date they originally sneered at me for having what they want now; then say No.
..aah I take it a little different - its a learning opportunity for them...the first time. Sort of a lightbulb time. Got a couple of "politically correct vegitarian teachers" moved into the (very rural) neighbourhood recently. They are doing up a house. Got real hope for the husband - he's accepted help from me and a couple of other neighbours and started asking "where do I get something like that tool?" - which is nice. He gets it now.
I do agree though - there are plenty of people who just like to sneer. They only get a limited opportunity to wise up
I do agree though - there are plenty of people who just like to sneer. They only get a limited opportunity to wise up
Well yesterday i cut bread, poked sausage in the frying pan, spread butter on said bread, for my daughter & i while we were canoeing. Oh yeah also cut foam to fit on the canoe seats.
Today, so far i've cut cord...but the day is young.
Rob
Today, so far i've cut cord...but the day is young.
Rob
Yesterday I opend a couple of bottles of beer with my SAK Huntsman, today I've used the larger blade to stir my tea and the scissors to take an anoying label out of my shirt.
Dave
PS - I do drive a 4x4, have a large food store, and own a chainsaw. No generator but plenty of gas for the camping stoves & lots of candles and huge store of firewood
Dave
PS - I do drive a 4x4, have a large food store, and own a chainsaw. No generator but plenty of gas for the camping stoves & lots of candles and huge store of firewood
Cleaned my nails, cut some string, opened a package, that's about it today.
Thanks for bringing the thread back on track guys
Thanks for bringing the thread back on track guys
Used the reamer on my SAK farmer to drill holes in the bottom of a big plastic pot. Not the useless tool I once thought it was. I used the knife itself for a bunch of stuff including string cutting and taking the middle bits out of a courgette before feeding the rest to the fish.
My outside edc today was a Spyderco Squeak...I didn't use it.
My at home edc today is an Enlan EL01B (part serrated). I've been popping balloons. Very quietly. So my sleeping 3 year old wouldn't figure out where they've all gone!
My at home edc today is an Enlan EL01B (part serrated). I've been popping balloons. Very quietly. So my sleeping 3 year old wouldn't figure out where they've all gone!
Used my small Opey for a leather cutting job...made some cord backstays and stakes for two wobbly fenceposts.
Ceeg
Ceeg
"A man who asks the question may feel a fool by the answer for 5 minutes, a man who doesn't ask the question is a fool forever"
Used my ukpk to cut down my breakfast pouch after it had rehydrated so that I didn't get 'the dreaded sauce nuckle'.
Used my locker for cutting duct tape and polythene sheeting and my SAK for snipping baling wire. Now I have an allotment I have a cast iron excuse for carrying a locker (on my way to and fro)
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