Yesterday I was with the wife at an office getting some paperwork done when the gentleman doing the stuff, a very nice young fella, noticed my little Boker that I have in one of my carry bags and used as a zipper pull.

Being a Boker, is well built and sharp. It gets used to do the menial every day cutting things without having people freak out for pulling a full size blade.

The Young Fella asked to see it and I gladly unlocked it and passed it to him. He examined and then said:

“Mine is bigger.”

Out of his pocket came some brand-unknown rescue folder with a tanto blade. While he was displaying his knife proudly, my wife saw me motioning and said to the Young Fella: “Now you done it.” Yup, I produced the rest my EDC blades.

Beside the miniature Boker, I carry religiously a Swiss Army Knife and have done so since my teens. I like this version because the main blade locks and overall it is the Leatherman tool of many generations before multitools. The Social Work Blade of the Day is a Kershaw Fatback. It has what they call a Speedsafe Opening (like spring assisted) which makes for a nice dissuasion theater.

And, of course, not happy with just looking at a very surprised Young Man’s face, eyes darting between the knives and my sweet grandpa/Santa face, I had to cap the conversation like this:

“And I have a tomahawk in my truck.”
“You have a tomahawk?”
“Yes. You don’t?”
“I bought it for him for Christmas several years ago.” chimed the Missus.

He returned my mini Boker and shook his head in what appeared to be amazement. We left the office and the wife commented with her exquisite Southern accent: “I bet he doesn’t do that again.”

I am not gonna argue with a woman of such wisdom and the fact that herself was carrying two knives that I know of.