[coryb]

I've carried a pocket knife since I was 8 and passed the test in Cub Scouts that allowed me to do so. It was with me every day I was in school too.

At age 50, I'd feel naked without it.

The only time I don't have it is when I fly or go into a government building that has metal detectors. I was in Vegas a few years ago - sans knife - and bought something in one of those stiff plastic sealed-on-all-edges packages. I darn near killed myself trying to open it.