I use a Kershaw spring loaded in my off hand pocket clipped for easier access. I use that in case someone is trying to grab my gun. Maybe it will come in handy to cut the radial tendon. Better than nothing for backup.
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If a girl does it I believe it is referred to as âhot.â 
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Only if youâre Paris Hilton.
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Wow, tone of asking questions around here has gotten a lot uglier. But I will play.
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Are my knives an açcessory to make me feel more manly? No. I carry 2 SD knives, 2 folding paramedic knives for breaking car windows, and 2 general utility knives for opening stuff.
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Do I have formal training in knife fighting? Yes, since I was 15.
3)Can I actually use a knife in a rough and tumble street fight? Yes.
Fighting with a knife.
A) You are going to get cut. Unless your opponent is an idiot.
B) If you get cut, itâs going to be bloody.
C) Next thing (barring a gun) wrap your non dominant forearm with something and then use the outside facing part of your forearm as a shield.
Remember, points A&B. Thatâs how most knife fights playout. One of you bleeds out. You win with the edge of your knife not the tip. Many stab wounds the muscle will seize up around the stab and you can lose your grip and now you have 0 knives.
Why do I carry 2 of everything ? 1 is none and 2 is one.
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Six knives? I think thatâs the most Iâve come across so far.
Are any of them a âbraceâ with two of the exact same model?
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Yes.
SD knives are Damascus steel Kerambits.
Paramedic kk moves are both the same.
General purpose knives are same
So 3 braces. I want the knife I am using to feel the same in my hand Everytime.
If I break or lose one, I replace it with identical make
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Do you do the thing where you only use one of the two, general purpose knives, so the other one stays at maximum sharpness?
I kind of want to carry two just so that one can stay perfectly sharpâŠit bugs me when I use it and donât get a chance to hit the sharpmaker and the edge just doesnât have that pop any more lol
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Yes I do. I wear one on my neck, the other is itaped nside my belt
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Since you seem like a knife guy, slightly related topic/question: Do you think the so called super steels are worth it for daily carry/use type knives? Like, say you were looking at a particular make or model and you could get it in S30V or S110V, thin the S110V is worth it? Or would you just grab something even less expensive in like 8cr13mov?
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I donât care about the steel quality on anything but my SD knives. I think my knives I use for breaking window and cutting seatbelts are less than $50.00 a piece and my utility knives are about the same.
My Kerambits are ridiculously expensive and I take lavish care of them.
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Manly, ,i dont think so, tool yes sir. use it everyday just like these other guys said⊠and if need it for a fight , better believe iâm trained for that. and id probably use it before i pulled my firearmâŠCarry be safe and GOD BLESSâŠ
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LOL That is hilarious
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Thatâs just a dumb question. My knife doesnât make me feel like a man. Thatâs what the Old Spice is for.
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Please stay home with family and out of harmâs way.
You are more important!
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Manly, I assume refers to tactical style knives. LIke the one Gibbs carries in NCIS.
That does indeed say something, but Iâm not sure what that something is.
A good pal needed a knife for some chore and pulled one out of his pocket, a big black tactical style knife. I commented on it and he sheepishly told me he had been looking at it in a Big Five and cut his hand and bled all over the knife and the counter. After that he felt he had to buy it,
So it wasnât carried as a fighting knife, but just a very large pocket knife,
The optics however are a bit intimidating!
But manly? I went for a ride with my then teenage daughter in her car and had to fish something out of the glove compartment. What I uncovered was a huge Smith & Wesson Border Guard. She explained her boyfriendâs dad, a cop, gave it to her.
I thought that was very thoughtful of him.
A few summers before my manly daughter and I went on a back packing trip in Yosemite National Park and my daughter chose a SAK, the itty bitty pretty red one with a single blade and scissors. Decidedly not manly.
Another teen who had just enlisted in the Navy and wanted to be a SEAL, accompanied me on a 4WD search in the Sierra National Forest. He proudly showed me his new Bowie. So here we are bouncing down a D-8 firebreak road with that Bowie getting waved all over the place, threatening the headlining in my truck as well as us occupants. Iâve no doubt that was manly in the ladâs mind.
So tactical style knives can be a badge of manly bravado, a connection anyone can have with Delta Force or Navy SEALs or SWAT Teams, or any of our brave service members who fought in the ME or elsewhere. Its much like High School kids wearing an M-65 field jacket or Navy P coat back in my day (do they still do that?) That doesnât mean a High Schooler (or my buddy, or my daughter, or my Explorer Scout passenger) knows how to crew a 105 Howitzer or LIttoral Combat Ship.
Itâs optics, maybe false security, maybe even pseudo manly, but whatever it is, itâs still a tool and can open the mail, cut twine or slice a sandwich and that, unless youâre going in harmâs way (in which case your wealthy Uncle will supply you with training, ) should be enough.
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To the best of my knowledge, I have only met a couple of people in Delta. Itâs hard to say for sure, because they are so unassuming. Thatâs why the line above struck me. Delta types wouldnât walk around with badges of bravado. They are secure in their masculinity and donât need to carry tokens to prove it. When I think of them, itâs the ideal âgrey manâ practice that we aspire to.
So the thought of someone carrying a big knife to connect to Delta strikes me as funny.
Maybe less so for Seals, but I would never say that to their faces. 
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I agree.
The genuine SF-types donât require âtokensâ
I had the good fortune to know an ex-OSS who could accomplish most anything with a screwdriver and a pair of pliers.
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I only carry this if I am going to be out in the woods. It is mostly kept at home along with my guns. It has a heavy duty 8â blade and is very sharp. It is just another tool for defense. While I am far from an expert with a knife no one wants to bd on the business end of this knife.
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A good knife can definitely be a security blanket. When I was flying a Super Cub in Alaska I kept a Randall #1 in my kit. It probably wouldnât do much to discourage a Grizzly, but it was a comfort to have when sleeping under the wing on a turf strip somewhere.
It didnât make me feel manly though.
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@OSUONE As if we needed another reason to carry a large knife in the woods or when we think it may be needed. I carry a KA-BAR Fighting knife. Most people here have never needed to finish a wounded animal or butcher a farm animal you donât want to blow a hole in. Love Cold Steel. 
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