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My Wife Thinks I’m Crazy for Doing This…

Am I losing my mind?

Maybe… But I sure as hell never want to be caught without a knife. That’s why I recently started carrying two of them, every day. Why two knives you ask? Here are just a few reasons:

For Everyday Use

Pocket Knives
Photo by: Alexander Rushing

First, I use a knife every day for utility purposes. By carrying knives with different sizes and blade shapes it’s more likely that I will have a better tool for the job. I can also carry one knife that is my “beater” (The one I don’t hesitate to get muddy, sticky, or greasy).

For Self-Defense

Next, in a self-defense situation you never know if the knife kept on your dominant side will be inaccessible. Perhaps an attacker has you pinned against a wall, has control of your arm, etc.

Also, if forced to stab an attacker, it is very possible the knife will be difficult to recover, a grisly thought but it is a real problem (Muscles tend to clench around the blade). If there is a second attacker you’ll be glad you brought a backup.

Self-Defense Situation Number 3 (okay, my overactive imagination is probably the real reason my wife thinks I’m crazy): Carrying blades on different portions of the body can be an advantage if you are taken to the ground. This is a great reason to carry a boot knife. I can keep going with the self-defense scenarios but I think you get the point.

As a Survival Tool



A knife is also one of the two most critical survival tools we have (a fire source being the second). As the old saying goes “Two is one, and one is none.” You can expect that if the SHTF you’d immediately drop your one and only knife into a mud hole, or it would fall out of a pocket in the dark. A backup is just common sense.

Okay, you can see that there are a lot of good reasons to carry two knives. Even so, some people may question my logic by saying that if this were the case we may as well carry two of everything—two sets of keys, two wallets, two cell phones, etc.

Here’s the Thing

It’s possible for us to take preparation to such an extreme that it becomes impossible to lead a normal life. The difference, especially with knives, is the relative ease of carrying two. With so many knives on the market it is easy to find a backup that is inconspicuous, small, and comfortable. What I’m trying to say is that the downside is so small and the upside so large that it’s simply a no-brainer, at least for me.

So what do you think?

Am I the only one who carries two knives? Let me know in the comments below!

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1,264 thoughts on “My Wife Thinks I’m Crazy for Doing This…”

  1. I agree completely. I carry two knifes also. Never can be prepared for everything. But maybe enough to get out of trouble.

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  2. No I have three on me at all times. I just love to play with them. I’m always sharpening a knife. I find it relaxing. My wife thinks I’m crazy also.

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  3. I don’t have as nice a collection as you do but I do have one in the car one on me and one under my pillow I feel safer with having them.

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  4. Yes, I also carry two knives a straight blade knife and a karambit dual edged curved knife. Each knife serves its own purpose. The straight blade is good for cutting things like wood, rope, cardboard boxes, etc. While the Karambit is well suited for self defense.

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  5. Well I carry three knives,a utility knife,pocket knife and one for self defense,so there is nothing wrong with caring two knives,more power two you,my brother.

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  6. To me,a knife is a tool,I carry several,multi tool has two,folder in right front pocket,small Swiss army in left front.Im a knife nut.If I go in a store I end up at the knife display hoping I find one I don’t already have.Carry on my friend.

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  7. No, you are not crazy, Jerry! I always carry several knives all the time. I am also a custom knife maker.

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  9. I carry four or more knives on my person at all times, so I absolutely know where you’re coming from, some of my loved ones and friends think I’ve a few screws loose, but like it was said, your everyday work, beat on old reliable, never fail neatest friend, and then you have your self defense ones strategically around my person for different scenarios !
    nothing wrong I see with it !

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  10. Hey, Bob, if you are crazy I need to be put in that same category! I have carried two knives with me ever since I left Vietnam. The stuff I went thru in Nam and the way the world is today I do not care if they call me crazy!!!

    Your friend, Rick

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  11. I carry two different knives with all the time . They are both buck knives. The look the same but there is a big difference. So I have too. Because I use them for different. Times .I also do a lot of electrical work. So need different k Ives
    For what ever the job calls for.

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  14. I grew up in SC. and EVERYONE carried a knife, you might leave your shoes but never your knife. I have over 100 knives I’ve collected over the years for different needs or just wants. I always carry a minimum of two knives but mostly I carry 3 knives. I LOVE knives and I plan to keep collecting and carrying. You never know when you might need s knife and I normally use at least one knife everyday ( my 5 blade Case) razor sharp and ready to cut any thing! I also carry a “survival, spring loaded three and a half inch blade (just cause ya NEVER know). A knife never misfires ( but I love guns also, Don’t get me started on then. Thanks for reading, stay hip and keep sharp !

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  15. Well I guess I,m right there with you. I carry 4 on me at all times. #1 belt buckle knife #2 pen knife #3 key knife and last but defiantly not less a Hoffman Richter on my belt in back. Like you said you never know what,s coming at you and from where. Tom

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  16. Here in England you can get into big trouble for carrying a knife, partly because there are truly crazy people who do this. I once did Voluntary Work in Adult Literacy, and one of my students had just come out of prison. He’d been a gang member who hung around multi-storey car parks in Manchester, armed with knives, mugging people and threatening to rape their wife.

    When I was small, youngsters could carry sheath knives, commonly because they were in the Boy Scouts. But for Self-Defence, a long-range kick seems better. Like all these gadgets, you probably won’t have them ready when there’s any justification for using them combatively. And with a folding knife you stand more chance of seriously injuring yourself before you get anywhere near using it against an opponent.

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  17. As a lady, I may not always be wearing boots. Are there ankle straps and sheaths available for most, or only a few types of knives. Or is it something I should craft myself out of leather supplies?
    Overall very good points, I will look for a second or backup knife to carry. I may have to try different types to find one best suited to me.

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  18. I don’t carry more that one on me at a time but I also carry 2 in the car…trunk/visor, strapped to bed frame, in hall/bedroom closets, mounted on walls in strategic locations. I’ve been called excessive but I am a handicapped female that takes no chances.

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  19. I’m a woman, but an old one. I’m turning 65 this year. But I am old school, always have been. I have 3 knives with me all the time. A large one in the trunk of the car (belongs to my husband), one in the glove compartment, and a small one in my purse. I can’t tell you how many times it came in handy!

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  24. I have a credit card knife in my purse always, but when I go out I through my Hoffman Richter in my pocket or purse. Preferably my pocket for quick access. I have bought them through Survival Life last year, and I have the TRS X-8 Stinger right by me in the living room.??

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  25. As knike collector I carry four knives on me at all times and I feel the same way. I carry 1 on the belt and serrated towards the back gets me out of a jam when cutting rope or hose in the car. Other 3 knives are in different pants pocket. I am an avid fishermen and hunter I always like to be prepared when I am in the outdoors.

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  26. I love knives too. It’s starting to get to the point where I’m running out of reasons (excuses) to get anymore. I have multiple folders of different sizes for different locations on my body. I just got a gnarly folder that has made a home in my right pocket and a neat pressure held fixed for my left belt. I tell my family that each nightstand needs one, each vehicle needs 2 with seatbelt cutters and window punches, my hunting knife has to be camo, etc. I just found out my KBAR Tonto disappeared (I’m furious). I’m the same with guns. I’m off duty on disability so my qualification card is out of compliance so I’m arming up with more blades than usual.

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  27. I carry at least 3 knives, and have done so all my life. The go to fixed blade, for any job. Opening boxes, digging in the dirt, prying, and scraping. Another with a razor edge, for? Another 3 blade for multi use. And another razor sharp, with a fine point for removing splinters, and precision intricate cutting. Ok make that four knives. The fourth like I said is for precision work only, it’s smaller and attached to my keychain. It’s a Spyderco. I depend on many brands, my EDC’s consist of an original schrade uncle henry fixed blade, an assisted Kershaw, and an original 3 blade schrade old timer stockman. Sometimes changed out for my favorite schrade two blade trapper. I carried a knife with me my whole school career, of course that’s a big NoNo now days. I’ve collected knives since my daddy gave me my first small schrade 3 blade stockman, I was 6 yrs old. I have close to four thousand knives now, at age 52. I buy knives almost on a weekly basis, sometimes daily basis, when the bug bites, I buy. I suppose I’m just as crazy as you, lol

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  29. Excellent,
    Site I got the emergency flashlight, I also got the flashlight knife fire starter kit.

    This was an excellent site I recommend it to my friends and family members.

    RET: 82ND ABN and DoD Federal Contracting

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  31. I have knives from my grandfather and I am 65. I always have a few on me just in case I have a need for it. It doesn’t always use them protection. I will use them for protection if need be but knives are a multi purpose tool. I have several knives from Fight Fast. Nice, solid, workable tools.

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  32. I’m with you also I carry two sometimes three knives with me all the time. It’s my Hoffman Richter collection I always have at least one of them & the 5N1 EDC knife & maybe one other from my collection on me. Can never be to careful.

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  36. I have three at all times, small, medium, and a bit smaller than large. It has to be kept to inconspicuous, so as to not up set the wife.

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  38. I’m a disabled Vet I carry a knife also I carry a pen that can penetrate a skull eye socket chest ear drum where ever is accessible and I pack so I feel I’m safe and who evers with me.

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  40. Like you I have a few knives I collect. Usually I only carry one but now I think I will train myself to use one with my off hand. Just in case.
    Love your stuff.

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  41. I’m 65 and grew up on the streets of the East End of London post WW2. I have lived in some undesirable places around the world. I have witnessed unprovoked violence on innocents and having an edged weapon is one of the only realistic defense tools,especially one fitted with a”Mason”clip for quick open to use in ultra close ambush type attack.Backup weapons are important in the chaos.This type of thing happens every day and your approach of multiple weapons is very practical not weird.

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  42. I like changing up every day i have a decent collection to choose from and carry different sizes every day my first knife when i was seven years old was an old barlow sound familiar

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  44. If you know how to use one two or more can be handy!
    My many men friends are never caught without a knife. Whittling, cleaning fingernails, emergency, etc!
    I think it is smart to carry (2)!

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  46. I always carry a folder and a small fixed blade every day so carrying two knives seems normal to me, unless you consider a Leatherman Micra a knife (I don’t) then it would be three!

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  47. Actually I usually carry two knives, one on my keychain and a larger one (spyderco) clipped to my right front pocket. I don’t fly anymore since I refuse not to be able to carry a knife. And forget Europe with all their stupid regulations now. ( it did not use to be that way, I used to carry a sheath knife on my belt when growing up in Holland, even in school!)

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