Got a little Benchmade pocket knife.

It's cool. But while I've heard that a decent pocket knife is a good idea if you ride, I cannot see how it would be more useful than say, a leatherman.

So tell me any stories you have of when your pocket knife came in handy as a rider.

 

I always carry a pocket knife and it always comes in handy. Guess I really don’t have any specific stories that will put it above a blade on a Leatherman though. A blade is a blade for the most part, and as long as you have one when something needs to be cut, you’re set.

 

Keep a folding knife in my tool kit. It's a tool, after all.

 

There is always a Swiss Army knife in my pocket and a Gerber Multitool (like a Leatherman) in my saddlebag. I use the Swiss knife more often than the Gerber. Everything from trimming my toenails to opening a beer or bottle of wine.

I also carry a tool roll with the most likely wrenches, a Harley screwdriver with bits for the most common fasteners on the bike. If that and a siphon hose won't do it, I've got a credit card and a cell phone. If all that fails, I also carry a Glock.

 

I have a Swiss Army Knife on my keychain, and Gerber multitool on my tour pack. I rarely use either one, but they’re nice to have, just in case.
I carry a folding knife in my jacket, but never use that.

 

I stabbed a man in Reno, just to watch him die.


Honestly, don't think I've ever had to use it for the bike, but the multi-tool doubles well for when I go camping/tenting on the bike. I have a leatherman.

 

I wear a Buck model 112 on my belt about 99% of the time, sure miss it when I have to take it off, airports come to mind.

I've opened many things like bottles and containers with it. I've cut rope while tent camping, removed screws, cut and stripped wires, even made kindling for fires. To me, it's an all around tool that I've been carrying for decades.

 

They don't call it an EDC for nothing.

 

Have always carried a Swiss Army knife (forever), but the past 2-3 yrs I carry a Leatherman instead mostly because of the pliers function.

 

What kind of guy doesn't carry at least some sort of knife? Ya need to clean the grease from under fingernails with something don't ya?