@Jennifer73 … no EDC knife there… 
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I carry the Milwaukee FASTBACK™ 6IN1 Folding Utility Knife, sometimes a pistol, about eighteen inches of rope as a key fob. A chunk of rope is a good survival tool and weapon in the Francois D’Eliscu tradition.
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Don’t forget the wife…
“Have you got your knife, let me see it”
That happens about every other day, for one reason or another.
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I can not speak for all regions of the U.S.
But I grew up in the midwest, where it was common for a man to carry some small knife…almost always a folding pocket knife.
Both of my grandfathers, my dad and uncles did. (I’m in my 50s)
The types and styles have changed a bit since their times, but I can’t think of a man I know today that does not usually have some sort of carry knife.
They’re used for a multitude of daily tasks.
IMO, they fall under “I’d rather have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.”
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Knives are great , I love them almost as much as the other things , I sharpen mine with that wood carrier that two ceramic rods go into and they are so sharp they can go through a thick leather jacket and straight to the bone, I have never handed any of my knives to anyone who wanted to either use it or check it out that it’s not covered in their blood when they hand it back to me lol. I’m like “ I told you it was sharp “ And to really do some damage that can’t be sewed up very well is a folder that is one of those saws, I got it from wallyworld in a Christmas special with a little hawk and fire rod
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Frugal and effective. Well done.
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That Buck 110 was the first real good folder back in the day everyone remember? It would have been real good to have a clip on it but that was before those really caught on I guess plus it was a pretty hefty bugger but they did come with the leather on the belt sheath, IDK if that was considered a sheath or not really but it was a leather on the belt holder for it.
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I love my 110’s and 112’s. The clip takes away from the neutral feeling in hand, IMO, although I require one on my EDC knives nowadays. My favorite were the limited run 110 Lite’s that some specialty shops were selling (before Buck stopped their dealer custom program) and limited run 112’s.
When I used to carry my 112’s I position them in the holster in such away that the spine would be placed by my thumb and index finger for a quick flick open… nowadays they call it the Spydie flick because the younger folk don’t know people were doing it with Bucks for decades.
The aluminum 110’s are nice too. A slightly bastardized aluminum 110 and 112 are offered as a normal model recently with a pocket clip and thumb stud, but IMO the thumbstud doesn’t work well with the design in use:
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Yea they make a bunch of 110-12 types nowadays but the real one back in the day was the ol’e brass ends and the holster like you said were just so nice . For awhile a I don’t think I knew a person that didn’t have one. I saw one in a knife magazine that had bone slabs and I think that thing was close to 200 $ .Yea man those big Bucks was the stuff when I was coming up.
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I called my ex a two bit Ho and she hit me over the head with a bag of quarters!
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Carried one throughout my early life. I always felt like it was like pants or shirt you just put one on
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Yea they was THE KNIFE back in the day and if you didn’t have one you was a sissy or bookworm or something lol. This is a cool story about those knives, about ten yrs ago a guy my son worked with his dad was a retired WVa. State Trooper and just passed away and his son was going thru his things and found a Buck 110 that had been engraved with the man’s name and dates of service because it was a retirement gift given to him by either his co-workers or the Troopers association and he asked my son to take it home with him and clean it up a little ( I didn’t see anything really wrong with it that couldn’t have been just wiped off but….) anyhow I came up there and he said “ check this knife out I’m sure you had one” and It was just cool and he wiped it off and oiled the joints and put it back in the presentation case it came in, a cool story and a cool knife
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I’m coming to this thread late…
I don’t consider an EDC knife necessarily part of my self defense plan. Typically, I carry a wimpy little Swiss Army knife. Yeah. I know. Lay it on me. I can handle the good natured ribbing that I deserve. 
Today, I had to fight back the bamboo growth in my yard. (The local panda population is not large enough to keep it eaten back.) I used my cold steel machete for that. I keep my machete in my vehicle cause ya just never know when and where you’ll need it. So I thought I’d throw a pic up here of the blades that ride in my vehicle. I forgot to include the cold steel shovel that kinda has a blade that I also keep in my vehicle.
In the photo:
Cold steel machete.
Sog seal pup (not the elite model)
Spyderco (forget which model. Yes I carry this on occasion).
CRKT M16
Ontario RAT (I forget which number.)
I keep another spyderco with me in my EDC backpack. I carry it when I’m not at work.
I have a Cold Steel SRK that is in my bump in the night bag beside the bed.
And a bunch of Moras lying around the house.
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All real nice blades, I gotta figure out how to post pics on here, I’m not the most computer ( or phone any diff? ) Davy person there is though
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When you enter the “reply” box at the top left of “smiley face” 
is an arrow, it’s multiple choice. At top is your photo library, click and choose then add!
Took me a while as well to figure that out!
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That looks like the hard way to protect your flashlight. 
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Let’s just say, you don’t want to get that close!
I also know from a personal OOOPS experience, it’s razor sharp!
Almost lost my nose!
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I love Kitanas ( sp? ) I’m still sick from 30 yrs ago this “ eccentric “ old man who was also a professor in his day and a few other things but to make a long story short he lived right next door to my parents house and he died and this old dude collected everything and he had two daughters who lived elsewhere in some city and they didn’t want anything to do with the old man’s house or his stuff so they sold the old dump of a house to my parents and they had it tore down and fenced in the property and put a big car port out there for cook outs every weekend but those daughters of his filled up two dumpster loads with his stuff old guns from WWII and WWI and about four or five swords from Okinawa and Iwo Jima and I hate to even think about it still.
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I love mine. 
And it was free. 
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