Senior Men - Do you always carry a pocket-knife on you?

I don't carry one in my pocket,but i have at least one in each car,and one in my concealed carry fanny pack. I also have a thing in each car that has a blade for cutting a seat belt,a pointed metal thing to break car glass with,and an enclosed pin to puncture the air bag with if needed.

Your son did an awesome thing, well done! You must be very proud.

I keep a small swiss army knife on my key chain most of the time; although I've lost mine, I'll be replacing it this week. It isn't big enough to cut through a seat belt very easily, but it comes in handy for many other things. I've carried a small swiss army knife since I was about 12 or 13 years old, even girls need one sometimes...:)

My husband carries a similar knife all the time, and also has a Leatherman's tool that he carries with him on his belt when he isn't at his regular job (where he wears a shirt and tie).

I carry a first aid kit and other emergency supplies/equipment in my car. One of the things in my kit is a pair of Trauma Shears; and these 'bandage scissors' are what I have used to cut through seat belts. I've used them to cut seat belts, leather belts, and even a boot.

Here is the shears I have now, there are many other brands and most cost less than $10.00; my husband and I probably have 5 pairs between us:

http://www.rescuedirect.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc...

Added in edit: I have one of the seatbelt cutters that Sneaky's Dad mentions; it works, but the trauma/utility shears are easier for me to use on seatbelts. The seatbelt cutters take a bit more hand strength than the utility shears do. The shears can be used for much more than just cutting seatbelts.

Also; I have a window punch, and it is nice to have, but takes a bit of practice, and you need to be a bit cautious with it.

I do not carry my pocket knife when entering the courthouse (I have jury duty this month), or when I board a plane, if I check bags then my knife, scissors, and shears go into the checked bags.

For the better part of 20 years in the U.S. Navy, I carried a folding knife (mostly it was a Buck or Case knife) on my belt. Then in 2 of my long term jobs after retiring, I carried the same knife I had when I retired from the Navy. Funny thing is, on my last ship just before retiring, a ship's Master at Arms told me I couldn't carry my Case knife...and a note book (Day Timer) that stuck up over my back pocket. I told him to write me up that he was the first to ever tell me I couldn't carry those 2 items. He just looked at me and walked away. In 16 years working with foreign navies, I also carried my Case knife. Everyone I worked with knew it, and from time to time someone would ask to use it. In 2000, while working with the Taiwan Navy, the Bosun Chief greatly admired my knife. I had it set so I could flick it open. Finally one day, I slid the sheath off my belt and handed him the knife. He asked, "For me?" I told him, "It's a gift." In his limited English, he said, "I cry", and hugged me. I had to buy another. Another Buck knife this time. But in the job I have now, I don't' have much call for a Buck knife, so I keep it in my desk drawer, ready to be used.

::: Brits aren't allowed to carry a POCKET KNIFE? Why? I knew about not allowed to have a pistol, but a POCKET KNIFE? Required to have a license for a TV....and you are a FREE country? Amazing!

I have a small Cutco pocket knife on a key chain. It's only about 1-1.5 inches long, but the blade had come in handy. Mostly at fast food restaurants that give plastic ware & I wanted to cut some food up to split with a friend. I use it at home to open delivered packages since the keys hang by the door.

Swiss Army Knife

I have always carried a Swiss Army pocketknife (with two blades, screwdriver, bottle opener, and corkscrew--very important) and I sharpen the blades regularly. It comes in handy for a thousand and one things. Plus I always carry a disposable lighter. And a little, spring-loaded tape measure.

(I was recently pulled over by a dumb-azs redneck cop who saw my long hair and decided to search my person and my vehicle for drugs. He couldn't figure out what the tape measure was and was convinced it must be some kind of secret drug container for some kind of secret drug, until I showed him how it worked. Some people are such incredible blockheads that it's frightening to think that they are allowed to join the police department.)

I have had a folding knife in my pocket every day since I was about12 years old. That would be 40 years. I feel.lost without it and I have wore out several.

I've always had a small Swiss Army knife, with small scissors. I am not sure they could do the job you describe. I think I will get the blade sharpened!

Isn't that illegal, I mean, it is a weapon (also kids aren't allowed to even carry a fork on them, let alone a knife), and if you carry a firearm you need approval by the state.

I remember once I tried to carry on a pair of beautician's long scissors and had to return to my car with it because they wouldn't allow it on the plane (I was going to cut my mom's hair when i got to my destination).

A friend gave me a tiny pair of scissors that fold up and hook on a keychain, and that suffices for a knife. I lost mine several years ago, but think it's a good idea instead of a knife.

I am a woman and NO I don't carry one, but may reconsider after reading about saving the baby!

My husband has always carried one, his whole life and it is surprising how many times it has come in handy.