A bag you keep in your car that has all the supplies you would need to get home in case of an emergency. I keep one because I tend to wander down dirt roads and sometimes we go off road. It also functions well as a spontaneous hiking bag.
another term you may hear is the bug out bag. thats usually a bigger bag people keep at home that has all the supplies they would need in case they have to leave in a hurry. Some people pack it almost as a weekend road trip bag. some people go doomsday prepper. I dont have one of those.
Yep! I don't have a BoB, but I have camping/backpacking gear, so I figure I'm solid if shit hit the fan. I've had a GHB ever since a snowstorm in the Birmingham area stranded me and a few thousand other people in their offices overnight, plus it's a handy gear stash in case Red Mountain's hiking trails call my name![]()
I was at Nordstrom the other day picking up some boots I had ordered online. The girl working there asked if I needed something to open the packaging with to try them on. I said "No thank you" and used my pocket knife. She was like "Thats the coolest thing I have seen in a minute. Very casual, very cool." It was a decent looking manual open knife with a bleached bone handle so it wasnt too technical or tactical. I was surprised by the appreciation.
Both my father and grandfather always wore a watch, carried a handkerchief and a pocket knife. I just understood that those are things a gentleman should always have with him. I'm usually carrying either a Case Copperlock or a smaller Old Timer. I have an old shoe polish container full of my Grandfather's old knives - going back to the first one he had as a young boy. They're all still razor sharp ... the guy knew how to sharpen a knife.
I use to carry a Spyderco Endura 4 all the time and then stopped when I was trying to streamline what I carry in my pockets.
I should really start carrying it again as I frequently regret its absence.
Recently switched from a Leatherman Skeletool to a Leatherman Squirt PS4 as my main pocketknife. I mostly use it to cut open boxes and use the wire cutters occasionally at work so I didn’t really need the bulk of the bigger tool.
Santa brought me the Kershaw Chive. I like it. It's currently clipped into the fifth pocket of my jeans, as a test to decide if I want to remove the clip or not.