What's in your pocket?

[Beap52 1,520]

You'll likely never find me without certain objects in my pocket.  Right front: coins, pocket knife, Chapstick, and nail clippers.  Left front: keys. Left rear will always have a handkerchief and right rear will comb and billfold.  I also seldom wear a shirt without a pocket. 

 

Unfortunately, my pocket knife has met it's end.  It's been getting loosey goosey for some time.   It's hard to find a good ole USA made knife and I've carried this one for years.  I've misplaced it a couple of times but fortunately, my wife will let me borrow the one she carries in her purse.  I may hit some local antique/flea shops and see if I can find one.  I've got several in a drawer but none of them suit my tastes. 

[8ntruck 7,939]

Yup.  Old Timers are still made, but now in China.  I've been carrying a Case medium stockman for quite a while now.  Probably have collected 8 or 10 variations of them over the last couple decades.

 

Being left handed, folding money, coins, and pocket knife are in the left front pocket - keys too, when I'm carrying them.  Wallet in the left rear - unless I'm in a crowded area - then it goes in the left front.

 

I've got a Caniadian dollar coin and a couple Kennedy half dollars that I've carried so long that the faces of the coins show noticeable wear.

[squonk 43,998]

Our plumber at work carries a pair of Channel locks and a 12" Crescent wrench in his front pocket. Always.

[rjg854 12,301]

@Beap52 right front pocket is a Swiss Army knife, model Tinker. It has all the essentials, couple of different blades, couple of different screw drivers, toothpick, tweezers and an awl. Call it my toolbox in a pocket. Small enough but not bulky.

[Ed Kennell 42,341]

Right rear     nose blower. shop rag

Left rear       wallet

Left front       phone   car key

Right front     nitro pills, knife, .32 auto

 

I carried this Case XX 6347HP stockman for many decades.   It has field dressed bear, antelope, and many deer.

I retired it when the salt water started to take its toll.   Yes, I used it to cut bait and clean fish.

I carried this Schrade Old Timer 80T for a while, but with its squareish corners, it never felt as good as the Case.

Then a good friend and business associate gave me this single blade all stainless Zippo that is 1/3 the thickness, easy to carry,  and is very easy to keep sharp.

BTW, Zippo is now the parent Co. of Case.  Still making Case and Zippo knives in Bradford, Pa.

 

[WHX?? 52,059]

Pocket knife only ... the kind everyone has now with the clip. Got tired of the girls asking if I had a roll of quarters in my pocket or if I was just glad to see them... 

Only the 10 dollar knives tho if I get a nice knife sure to lose it. 

Dad left me a bunch of those Old Timers Beaps. If I can find them I'll send you one. I'll just lose it if I carry and I highly doubt they'll bury them with me either. 

[rmaynard 16,403]

Left front small Buck knife and pills. A couple of coins (sometimes). Right front phone. Left rear wallet, right rear handkerchief and keys. Items in front pockets varies according to whim.

 

 

Oh, and I forgot that there is usually a quarter for a cart at Aldi.

 

 

Edited Friday at 11:55 AM by rmaynard

[ebinmaine 73,237]

If I'm wearing my work shorts I have my wallet in the zipper pocket at right front. 

Otherwise empty. 

 

Work bag or hiking pack now...... thems got stuff...

 

The BBT. She just ain't complete without a knife in one o' her front pockets. 

BTW that's pronounced: 

K'niffee

[squonk 43,998]

Normally,1 frt pocket wallet. Other frt. phone. Nothing else. Pants won't stay up as it is. Keys go in back only if I'm going into a store ect. On the hook at home. At work a multi tool in the wallet pocket and on the doggie trail a knife. 

[adsm08 3,402]

I gots lottsa pockets, and so I keep lottsa stuffs.

 

Usually, on any given day, I have my wallet, chapstick, pistol, flashlight, cell phone, some loose change, my knife (either my Kershaw knifedriver or my Trump Tactical knife) maybe a socket or a wrench or some such, probably an old lube sticker, pen, marker, a few other random items.

[SylvanLakeWH 28,780]

Small notebook / pen

Knife - Buck single blade

Chapstick

Nose rag

keys

Wallet

 

[Handy Don 14,210]

Nearly always with me: Victorinox Classic linked to a ThruNite Ti3 V2 flashlight (AAA), two car fobs & house key, wallet, clean handkerchief, mechanical pencil

Started carrying knives in Scouts, Mom started me on handkerchiefs, my son on the tiny flashlight. The linked knife and light are a lot harder to lose and both have come in handy more often than I can recall. A pencil instead of a pen because I can erase oopses. 

Edited August 29 by Handy Don

[JoeM 8,463]

Around the house and shop just a zippo knife and the shop keys.

I only carry my wallet when I am driving. I grab it and my keys on the way out. 

 

13 hours ago, Ed Kennell said:

all stainless Zippo that is 1/3 the thickness, easy to carry,  and is very easy to keep sharp.

Had one for years and it worked well and lost it and upgraded to the lighter plastic handle zippo.

[MainelyWheelhorse 1,701]

Keys front right,

phone lower right,

wallet back right.

random other stuff on the left since usually the right is full.

[ClassicTractorProfessor 5,378]

Right front pocket: folding utility knife, flashlight, toolbox keys for box at work, extra cigarette lighter

 

Right rear pocket: billfold

 

Left rear pocket: cell phone 

 

Left front pocket: loose change, any other random junk I happen to stick in my pocket throughout the day

 

Shirt pocket: cigarettes, cigarette lighter, ink pen, sharpie, tire pressure gauge 

 

All keys besides toolbox keys are always clipped to the right front belt loop, and never go anywhere without my pliers in there holster on my right hip. 
 

That about covers my everyday carry stuff, except when we go to farm, then my 22 revolver is holstered on my right hip as well for critter control, otherwise it stays tucked between the seat and center console in the pickup

[Mickwhitt 5,167]

Whoa there! I Say WHOA THERE BOY!

 

I say you boys need some edufication about what you caint' carry in yer pockets in these here parts!

 

Boys about as sharp as a pound o wet liver!

 

OK back to the King's English and some educational information regarding criminal law in the UK.  

 

There are multiple pieces of legislation in our country built on "Case law", that is when a criminal case goes through the courts, they can hand down their interpretation of the original piece of statute law that created a specific offence but left loopholes or was not clear on some point at issue. 

 

So the bottom line is it's bloody complicated. Some laws we deal in go back a long ways.... the oldest?

1215 and Magna Carta which covers conviction based on evidence not on confession. Still a thing today.

 

So, which of this array of my personal collection of knives is legal to carry on your person in the UK? I'll give you a clue, only two items are street legal, and one of them is the tape measure. 

I'll start on the right hand side.

 

Neck knife, blade 1 and 1/4 inches

Emergency belt cutter, edge contained.

Chisel edge dog tag knife, no point. 

Spyderco folder blade 2 inches

Boker titanium blade 2 inches

Custom sheath knife

Sog Blink blade 2 and 1/4 inches

Vosteed Corgi blade 2 and 1/2 inches

Boker plus Gentleman 3 inches

James Dixon butter knife not sharp

The truncheon is an antique police truncheon, just for scale.

 

So of the eleven items, ten are verboten.

Not allowed, will land you in hot water.

 

One is OK to carry based on statute and case law. 

 

Did you get it? Put your hand up if you said the Boker plus Gentleman.

 

That's the only item allowed currently under UK law. Why, because the blade is less than 7.62 cm or three inches. AND it is not a locking or fixed bladed knife. 

If it locks, you're locked up as I used to say to many a knife carrying felon. 

 

While we are talking about the truncheon, it's not allowed as it is an offensive weapon. That is, it's purpose is to cause injury.injury wifes size 6 slipper is perfectly OK to carry, unless she intended to cause injury with it, whence it would become an offensive weapon and render her liable to arrest.

 

Please don't all shout out at once about weapons of offence, they are  completely different and ill cover them at the end if we have time.

 

Now that means about 98% of the pocket knives I own must stay firmly at home and not in a public place. Yes Kevin, I will explain what a public place is, it's a place where the public have access, at the material time. So a shopping precinct at 9 am, public place, same precinct at 23.30 when its closed, not a public place. Clear? Good.

 

So my choice of EDC is somewhat limited. Currently I tend to fill my pockets with one or most of the following. 

Yes Kevin, I know i said that some of them were not legal to carry. But I didn't say I was an angel now did I? 

 

The little Swiss army knife is the only knife on that table to be lawful. 

The Blink and the Corgi are both one hand openers and lock knives so they are out. The Blink opens like a flick knife but escapes that classification by way of the blade not being released by pressure on a button or other mechanism. For information flick knives or automatics are not even allowed at home, complete ban.

 

I always try to have a pen on me, always some kind of flash light and usually my mini pliers which are better than any multi tool version. My favourite colour is orange by the way. lol

 

This is my Olight rechargeable flashlight which also acts as a phone power bank great for longer days out away from a charging point. Either lamp fits into the charging dock, straight head or 90 degree.

 

So there you have it Gentlemen, and BBT. What you can and cannot carry in your mother land. 

And it's set to get worse as our current government debate banning ANY AND ALL pointed knives including cooking and chefs knives, good luck with that one old cock. 

For me, just teach kids to respect knives and each other from an early age, I have carried a knife since junior school and have never hurt anyone but myself with them lol. Banning stuff is stupid and a waste of time. Look at prohibition. 

Sone people will hurt each other, whether it's with a titanium zombie knife or just a rock. We need to deal with these people. Not everyone just in case. 

 

Here ended the lesson...

 

What? Oh yes Kevin I did mention weapons of offence didn't I?

 

A weapon of offence is an object used during a burglary to incapacitate or injure someone. So all weapons would naturally fall under that, but also cable ties, adhesive tape or rope would also fall foul. 

 

Be good children.... 

 

[adsm08 3,402]

@Mickwhitt

 

Now my wife can clear an outdoor area with her gas after eating Taco Bell.

 

Given that fact, how does her carrying a box of Taco Bell food down the street figure into all that?

[Mickwhitt 5,167]

6 hours ago, adsm08 said:

Given that fact, how does her carrying a box of Taco Bell food down the street figure into

Good point. And an easy one to answer.

That would revolve around the question of intent.

If she simply intended to eat her takeaway food then she commits no offence. It's simply food.

However,  if she intended, by eating the food, to produce noxious emissions that would clear a patio of people. Then she would commit the offensive weapon crime. Proving her intent is the hard part as many a cop has found over the years.

The reason I posted my "lesson" was to show how ridiculous our laws over here have become regarding the most basic of human tools. When we first picked up a rock to fell a prehistoric elk for dinner, we fast discovered our puny incisors were not up to the task of getting through it's hide. So our ancestors looked round for something sharp and hey presto, the knife was born.  Without it we would have remained a minor player on the scene, eating vegetables and picking fleas off each other. 

Now lawyers argue in court about how long a blade is, how a locking mechanism works, if stabbing someone with a 12 inch blade was 'intended" to cause serious injury! 

Like I said, the knife is a tool and a helper when used properly and responsibly.  It only becomes a weapon in the hands of those who neither care about or understand its ability to cause serious harm.

I will continue to carry my knife, legal or not, regardless. To me it's not a weapon, it's a tool. An essential item even in today's high tech world. Try opening a well wrapped parcel or scoring a pork joint with your iPhone and get back to me. Lol