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Swiss Army knife

by RattlesnakeJake 9mo ago

Swiss Army knife

Lio 9mo ago
Yep same for me. The knife you can take anywhere without alarming people. Nicely made and always useful.
- giardini 9mo ago
  I'd nursed a foot callus for years that hurt badly when I walked barefoot. Weeks ago, sitting on the locker room bench, I hit my limit. In desperation I pulled out my pocket knife to do some field surgery. A few minutes into it I glanced up to see two guys sitting across the room staring at me open-eyed as I dug into my foot with the tip of that pointy knife (8.5" with 3.5" blade)! I just smiled and dug that sucker out. Should have gone after that callus a year ago! Amazing how such a tiny thing can aggravate. But you're right about a knife alarming people. Years ago in another life I opened a similar knife to cut a cable and my boss literally jumped backward and exclaimed in fear. But he came from a place where, when someone pulls out a knife someone else usually gets stabbed.
  - floxy 9mo ago
    > staring at me open-eyed They were probably just envious you were rocking a Kershaw Iridium Dessert Warrior. Which also comes in at under $100. And the Iridium family are pretty nice knives. https://www.bladehq.com/item--Kershaw-Iridium-Dessert-Warrior-Pocket-Knife--186301 https://www.bladehq.com/item--Kershaw-Iridium-Dessert-Warrio...
    - rationalist 9mo ago
      That is an amazing paint scheme.
    - giardini 9mo ago
      I've never spent more than $40 on any knife. The one I spoke of was a cheap S&W from AutoZone (the checkout line "specials" bin) for ~$13 IIRC. And FWIW I fear if I cut myself with that Kershaw I might grow a pussy.
  - sejje 9mo ago
    I use my knife like a fidget toy. Not usually in public, but one time a sales guy came in and it was just me and him. He's basically a friend. I flipped the knife out and his eyes got huge, his arms went out sideways and he got in a football stance. After he calmed down, he told me he was actually attacked with a knife when he was a kid. Not long after, I finally wore out the fastener on that knife (a buck). Luckily I had already bought a twin for backup.
    - giardini 9mo ago
      sejje says >I flipped the knife out and his eyes got huge, his arms went out sideways and he got in a football stance.< That seems unusual: if I feared in that situation I would flee. His would be a gutsy, dangerous but certainly unexpected move! What did you do in response: say "16 - 32- HIKE"?
  - tkocmathla 9mo ago
    Tangentially, if that callus was a plantar callus (circular with a painful point in the center), you can get sticky pads with salicylic acid from the drugstore that will gradually destroy it. Much safer than digging into your foot with a knife, but I'm glad to hear it worked for you!
    - giardini 9mo ago
      Thank you, this is all very useful! Yes, I didn't know WTF was there but over the years it had grown beyond annoying , becoming so painful I couldn't tolerate it. I thought perhaps something (a splinter, piece of glass or steel, etc.) had become embedded in my foot. I was determined to dig it out. I'm tall and not flexible so I cannot easily see all of the bottom of my foot. But I can reach it. The callus was surprisingly small (~1/2") and came out in one piece after about 10 minutes of work. Nothing embedded. No bleeding, just a lot of knife-wiggling. The bottom of the foot is really tough!

Swiss Army knife

Lio 9mo ago

Yep same for me. The knife you can take anywhere without alarming people. Nicely made and always useful.

giardini 9mo ago
I'd nursed a foot callus for years that hurt badly when I walked barefoot. Weeks ago, sitting on the locker room bench, I hit my limit. In desperation I pulled out my pocket knife to do some field surgery. A few minutes into it I glanced up to see two guys sitting across the room staring at me open-eyed as I dug into my foot with the tip of that pointy knife (8.5" with 3.5" blade)! I just smiled and dug that sucker out. Should have gone after that callus a year ago! Amazing how such a tiny thing can aggravate. But you're right about a knife alarming people. Years ago in another life I opened a similar knife to cut a cable and my boss literally jumped backward and exclaimed in fear. But he came from a place where, when someone pulls out a knife someone else usually gets stabbed.
- floxy 9mo ago
  > staring at me open-eyed They were probably just envious you were rocking a Kershaw Iridium Dessert Warrior. Which also comes in at under $100. And the Iridium family are pretty nice knives. https://www.bladehq.com/item--Kershaw-Iridium-Dessert-Warrior-Pocket-Knife--186301 https://www.bladehq.com/item--Kershaw-Iridium-Dessert-Warrio...
  - rationalist 9mo ago
    That is an amazing paint scheme.
  - giardini 9mo ago
    I've never spent more than $40 on any knife. The one I spoke of was a cheap S&W from AutoZone (the checkout line "specials" bin) for ~$13 IIRC. And FWIW I fear if I cut myself with that Kershaw I might grow a pussy.
- sejje 9mo ago
  I use my knife like a fidget toy. Not usually in public, but one time a sales guy came in and it was just me and him. He's basically a friend. I flipped the knife out and his eyes got huge, his arms went out sideways and he got in a football stance. After he calmed down, he told me he was actually attacked with a knife when he was a kid. Not long after, I finally wore out the fastener on that knife (a buck). Luckily I had already bought a twin for backup.
  - giardini 9mo ago
    sejje says >I flipped the knife out and his eyes got huge, his arms went out sideways and he got in a football stance.< That seems unusual: if I feared in that situation I would flee. His would be a gutsy, dangerous but certainly unexpected move! What did you do in response: say "16 - 32- HIKE"?
- tkocmathla 9mo ago
  Tangentially, if that callus was a plantar callus (circular with a painful point in the center), you can get sticky pads with salicylic acid from the drugstore that will gradually destroy it. Much safer than digging into your foot with a knife, but I'm glad to hear it worked for you!
  - giardini 9mo ago
    Thank you, this is all very useful! Yes, I didn't know WTF was there but over the years it had grown beyond annoying , becoming so painful I couldn't tolerate it. I thought perhaps something (a splinter, piece of glass or steel, etc.) had become embedded in my foot. I was determined to dig it out. I'm tall and not flexible so I cannot easily see all of the bottom of my foot. But I can reach it. The callus was surprisingly small (~1/2") and came out in one piece after about 10 minutes of work. Nothing embedded. No bleeding, just a lot of knife-wiggling. The bottom of the foot is really tough!