In the woods hunting and something is impaled and needs taken out.

Cutting something open that’s not in the kitchen or the house.

Cutting fishing line.

Cutting up that roadkill rabbit I found while in the way to make some sets.

It doubles as a punch, screwdriver, and machete at times.

I need to carry a pocket knife for all those that don"t.

I’ll humor you just this once. I’m a carpenter so it’s always handy. Opening packaging, sharpening my pencil, scoring a a line, trimming shims, prying staples out of door jambs or the edge of a piece of plywood…

For one thing, carrying a pocket knife gives one a good excuse to buy more pocket knives so you don't have to carry the same one everyday. Win, win.

Dirty d. Today I have used my knife to cut twin on straw bails, open a package the wife was firing with, remove a thorn and clean my nails.

Yesterday it gutted and processed a deer.

I have turned around and gone home and been late to work when I didn have my knife in my pocket. I lost it or my son did when gutting 2 deer recently. I stoped at the store and bought 2 new ones before work.

I also like a multi tool. Didn't thin I would use it much but after I had it I found it being used all the time.

I don't use my edc gun much but it sure is handy when I do.

I didn’t realize certain people just look like they have a knife, but I’ve been to gatherings where one was needed and a guy looked around to umpteen different people and asked me if I had a knife he could use. Of course I had a knife, lol. Also had to open it for him if that tells you anything. Told my wife I didn’t know which one of her girlfriends brought that feller but she picked a winner.

Spend lots of time in the woods, I can't remember the last time I came across something "impaled and needed taking out". Did get a fishing lure in my cheek years ago while fishing alone, couldn't see it obviously so I left it there till I got back to civilization and had it removed then without a knife. Pocket Knife would of been of no use at the time.

I usually wait till I get in the house or workshop to cut something open, no need to open it right here right now.

I carry tools while fishing for cutting line and if I'm using fishing line around the house for other uses I have utility knives stored where the fishing line is stored.

Carry a container with tools used for trapping, in there is a knife. Again I don't need to cut up the rabbit right on the road where I find it, I'd toss it in the vehicle and cut it up later when needed.

All sorts of tools can be used for uses other than designed, again, if I need a punch, screwdriver or machete (don't know when the last time I needed a machete was tho) I have those tools and others in a couple of places that I take things when I need to do work on them.

Pocket knifes are useful when your in a remote place, even then if your going there to do a task take the tools with you that you most likely will need. If a knife is going to be needed take a decent knife for the purpose like filleting a fish rather than a pocket knife.But I don't need to carry a pocket knife if I'm working in the workshop or hanging around the house, or driving around in the car. all places have all sorts of other tools at hand.

I got one I doubt I'll get over anytime soon, unless there's a big change......a democrat voter!

I have never asked someone else to borrow their pocket knife.
If It happened often I'd carry my own but as it has never happened I don't need to carry one.

Yup, there are no ethics in hunting. There are rules and tradition whether mandated or self imposed but at the end of the day meat is still meat and dead is dead.

I'm with ya Dirty D, I absolutely hate stuff in my pockets! Get on a creeper to roll under a car and out everything comes. I'm never far from one, but to just carry one to carry it ain't me.

I don't wear rings, a wrist watch or anything, jewelry either. Reach down into a tight spot and the last thing you need is a ring to catch on something.

lets see it

I found a multi tool once while fishing, it was a pretty good quality one. Carried it around for about a month or so. Never used it, gave it away. Bugged me to cart the thing around.

I guess my mind set is different than most. I keep tools in areas where they will be used. So if I need open a package, I wait till I get to where the tools are then I open it. No need to open right here right now.
My example of breaking down boxes for the dump, I keep a knife in the garage where I break the boxes down. Don't need to carry a knife if there is one handy.

If I'm deer hunting I carry a knife for gutting a deer. Of course if it always better to leave the knife home then you'll for sure shoot a deer

Your examples, I handle by doing the task where tools are already handy or I bring a knife that is usually better suited for the task if I know its going to be needed instead of relying on a pocket knife. But I don't carry a pocket knife every where I go just cause I might need it.

We could be twins!

A knife is a multi tool, lol. Guess it’s all in where and the times you were raised. Men carried knives and women carried purses. Maybe we just weren’t as structured as some and carried everything we needed to do the job right so we made do with what we had. A knife is one of those things we always had.

this guy gets it. I keep knives around where they are handy along with other tools but to carry one on me at all times just in case is silly.

And the knives I keep around are better suited for the tasks at hand then a pocket knife would be. Try filleting a fish with a pocket knife vs a fillet knife, you can do it but I'll bet a fillet knife is a better tool for the job.
And again, you take the fish home or to camp to clean them more often than not. Keep the fillet knife in camp/home where its handy.

I carry a cheap Walmart pocketknife, because I'm hard on it. It's a cutting tool, a prybar, a screwdriver, and a hammer, all in one. I use it constantly to open boxes and such both at work and home.

I usually but don't always carry a pocket knife. When I don't, I'm constantly asking my husband for his. Often it's for opening packages. Not much point in packing packages from the road to the house 3/4 miles away to open them and then packing the empty boxes another 3/4 mile back out to the trash can, lol. I use the knife for opening bags of soil or mulch, opening bags of dog food or poultry food, cutting small branches out of the way that whack ya on the trails, making sticks to roast hotdogs, cutting zip ties, getting a sliver out, cleaning dirt from gardening out from under my nails, cutting open bales of wheat or pine straw, cutting t-shirts up to make ties to tie up my tomato plants, cutting rope, twice, fishing line, etc. There may be some days I don't use a pocket knife but there aren't a lot.

Have always packed a pocket knife since first allowed to as a kid. My uncle that I used to hunt with taught me a knife is used to cut things and not a gasket scrapper or pry bar.I don't loan it out just the same as I don't load out my dog. or traps. Not many days goes by I DON'T use one of mine. Even my wife has her own.