in my pocket

i always carry a pocketknife. it arose from my college days when going out for field lab experiments and such i was left needing to cut something or other. over the years i have take a shine to gerber knives. they are a bit more expensive, but light and they stay sharp for a long time.

i had a favorite knife for ages, but i lost it somewhere. for my birthday a few years ago my friend dave bought me a new gerber because it was a manly thing to buy and it gave him reason to go to gander mountain.

he bought me this one, which seemed more than i needed. but i have been carrying it in my pocket for the last 3 or so years. i've had a few arguements with it in that time.

one happened at carihard's wedding just when i was meeting her crazy friend jen for the first time. i was playing with it in my pocket and ended up nearly cutting the tip of my finger off. luckily some superglue did the trick.

last night i was trying to force the tip through lisa's old softball bag so i could hook through some hinge-lock links because the strap had broken. i nearly cut my finger off again. and it was right before the game. had to quickly glue it shut and be on my way. i'm starting to think the mechanism to lock the blade open isn't holding.

might have to go knife shopping, just in the interest of keeping all of my digits.

happy friday.