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I carried a folding pocket knife in my pocket for a really long time. Eventually, someone educated me that multi-tools (that include knives) exist. I carry this everywhere now instead of a knife. This is a lot more useful than a folding pocket knife: https://www.gerbergear.com/en-us/shop/multi-tools/all-multi-tools/suspension-nxt-black-30-001777 - You may still have plenty of uses for a fixed blade knife in addition to this, but getting some kind of multitool (I am not a fan of Leatherman), is a good upgrade to a daily carry knife.
Never carved anything into a tree; that's fucking dumb.
I tried to get into carrying a multitool but it's too big for and I never found I needed much besides the knife. Besides, if you try hard enough, everything is the right tool for the job.
I felt the same way until I realized that multitools come in different sizes, and you don't need to get the biggest one with 80 tools that weighs 5 lbs. The smaller ones are barely bigger than a normal size pocket knife, and include a knife, pliers, wire cutters, pry tool, and a couple other of the most common things you might need. Much more handy than just a knife.
It's mostly the pliers. I rarely use any of the other tools of a mult-tool.
It has a screwdriver but they are so painful to use as a screwdriver - I'd rather walk 10 minutes and get a real one.
I have this one. I like the fact that it has a carabineer built in so I can hook it anywhere.
https://www.leatherman.com/products/skeletool?srsltid=AfmBOoowk5eNE6X7qLXXQ2nRpAA4MX55NmKD0XCQbP2z-Oo4n-c_ilVB
I carry a skeletool from time to time. Same deal. It's light, simple, and the pliers work well.
You can make a lot of things with a sharp edge.
Same here. Growing up, you got a pocket knife for Christmas or your birthday some time around middle school (usually a Swiss Army or Boy Scout knife) and it was just a thing you carried like your wallet or house key.
Multitools changed the tradition a little, but didn't end it. Largely it meant another round of all us kids getting a multitool for Christmas.
I'm not a big EDC guy, but I still habitually have a good penlight and one of these on me most of the time: https://www.gerbergear.com/en-us/shop/multi-tools/all-multi-tools/armbar-drive-onyx-30-001585
The scissors and screwdriver come in handy more often than the blade. So these days if I give knife/tool it tends to be something like that rather than a Jackhawk 9000 sort of thing.