Amen Bountyhunter,

I am 36, and have been carrying a pocket knife for as long as I can remember. I still have memories of the day my dad bought me my first real pocket knife. I was probably 11 or 12 and it was sort of a coming of age thing. It was my dad’s way of telling me that I was old enough to be trusted.
I have carried a knife of varying size, shape and use every day of my life since then, After dressing it is the first thing that goes into my pocket.
These days it is difficult. I have had to check my knife at a museum in CA and the Empire State Bldg in NY. I carry a Chris Reeve Sm Sebenza now and since it was not what one would call a cheap knife I have even needed to cancel plans and leave a place when I realized that they had no way to check my blade and simply expected to confiscate it.
I don’t know, I have a hard time imagining myself with out a knife in my pocket but it feels more and more like a dying practice.