Knives Mechanics carry...?

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Hey guys. What do you carry around the shop? I've used my Benchmade griptilian with a plain edge mostly, but have carried my sebenza as well a few times. Leatherman wave clipped in my pocket also depending on the day or my victorinox swistool. I kind of ditched the swisstool because it was too big in pocket and got caught up getting in and out of cars.
 
I'm not a mechanic(warehouse work) but I carry my ZT560, para2, kershaw rake and my Morris knives mini necker.

My good friend has been a mechanic his whole life and he swears by his blur.
 
I carry a leatherman wave as well, but in a sheath around my belt. In addition to that I have been carrying my PM2 clipped in my right front pocket lately. This type of combo has served me well for ten years now. I feel naked without em :eek:
 
My brother is in training to be a jet engine mechanic at the moment and I felt bad for him when I saw him carrying a chinese pos knife so I gave him a brand new Para 2.

Hopefully, now he'll understand and see the difference between a $100 knife and a $5 convenience store special.
 
I had a repeat customer when I was sharpening knives, he was a mechanic and carried Kershaw, don't recall which model.
 
I fix outboard motors and make some cash wrenching on cars (but not enough to cover how much i spend on mine :( ) and carry a para2 and a leatherman wingman.

My big thing is the clip the knife to my waistband or drop it in my pocket, having scratched up a fender once with a Blur clip.
 
I do auto work as a hobby/cash saver. I carry a Benchmade 551 Griptilian or Zero Tolerance 0350, and a Leatherman Juice S2 in my back pocket.
 
Seeing the blur pop up a lot in this thread, maybe that's why Snap on is offering the toxic green and carbon fiber one.
 
Case slimline trapper... auto mech from age 15, 8 years nuclear missile maintenance USAF, and 9 years Mechanic/Welding Supervisor in pipe fab shop Only recently use some Spyderco's. Endura 4 and Ambitious and Tenacious. Still my trapper is my go-to knife for most projects. (only on my second one after all these years!)
 
The yellow-handled knife on the left side of this photo is the one that I carried when I was a mechanic. I started working in my father's garage when I was 15 and I received some of his handed down knives, mainly this one that had the tip broken off of the main blade. I squared it up a little bit and it made a good screwdriver. I also would sharpen the blade with a bench grinder and it worked well for cutting hoses and belts. The best part of this knife was that I always had it in my pocket. Many times we would be working on a car in the lot in front of our building and having the knife in my pocket saved me a trip back into the shop to get a screwdriver. Nobody had ever thought of multitools back then but I've since wondered how much use I could have gotten from a good multitool. I'm not sure what qualities I would think would be good from a pure knife for a mechanic but I seemed to cut belts, hoses and cardboard more than I cut anything else. This might be a good use for a fully serrated blade. Come to think of it, my Leatherman Charge ALX has a fully serrated blade, as well as a plain edge blade.

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^^that dark Spyderco in the middle looks like a Wayne Goddard design, but I haven't seen them with that handle??

I'm not really a mechanic, but often end up wrenching on old cars. Usually have my CPM M4 Spyderco Military on me. Today used my Case Swayback Jack to cut some hose, and also to let the air out of some tires in order to get the tire tie downs to fit over the large truck tires, to secure the truck onto the trailer.
 
As a young guy who tinkers in his garage to save a few bucks, I've got my Manix 2 clipped to the pocket whenever I'm in the garage. If I'm wearing gloves, it's easy to operate, and with the black g10 I don't have to worry about getting scales dirty with greasy hands.
 
bdmicarta said:
The yellow-handled knife on the left side of this photo is the one that I carried when I was a mechanic. I started working in my father's garage when I was 15 and I received some of his handed down knives, mainly this one that had the tip broken off of the main blade. I squared it up a little bit and it made a good screwdriver. I also would sharpen the blade with a bench grinder and it worked well for cutting hoses and belts. The best part of this knife was that I always had it in my pocket. Many times we would be working on a car in the lot in front of our building and having the knife in my pocket saved me a trip back into the shop to get a screwdriver. Nobody had ever thought of multitools back then but I've since wondered how much use I could have gotten from a good multitool. I'm not sure what qualities I would think would be good from a pure knife for a mechanic but I seemed to cut belts, hoses and cardboard more than I cut anything else. This might be a good use for a fully serrated blade. Come to think of it, my Leatherman Charge ALX has a fully serrated blade, as well as a plain edge blade.

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What's the knife on the right of the AFCK?
 
Really any good folder does the trick. Right now it's a BM 790 subrosa.

I used to carry a leatherman but I found that I liked using real needle nose pliers and screw drivers instead.

I LOVE the leatherman wave and think its a really handy tool when 4x4ing, but I no longer carry one in the shop
 
I'm carrying a Pocket Bushman or an Ontario XM-2 partly serrated. The guy who repairs and maintains our shop carries a Blur.

The P Bushman is going to get serrations, either i'm doing it with a die grinder or i'm sending it out to someone. But only on about one inch of the blade, I can't stand blades with too much serrations and I do appreciate a fully serrated blade, they have their place.
 
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I'm not a real mechanic but I have been known to fix up older motorcycles and 1950's> cars on occasion. Most of the time a leatherman wave and whatever my cutting tool at the time is, are in my hands.
 
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