{"id":75968,"date":"2024-06-28T05:14:35","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T11:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/?p=75968"},"modified":"2024-06-28T05:14:35","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T11:14:35","slug":"five-reasons-you-should-carry-a-fixed-blade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/28\/five-reasons-you-should-carry-a-fixed-blade\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Reasons You Should Carry A Fixed Blade"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-75969 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Blade.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1015\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Blade.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Blade-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Blade-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Blade-850x477.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1015px) 100vw, 1015px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"jeg_post_title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/article\/five-reasons-you-should-carry-a-fixed-blade\/\">Five Reasons You Should Carry A Fixed Blade<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Neck Knives, Boot Knives, Swords, Daggers, Cleavers, and Steak knives, oh My! It\u2019s true. Man\u2019s oldest tools have been around forever and are not going away anytime soon. There are thousands of custom knife makers and manufacturers across the globe who are pumping out millions of knives each year. With so many to choose from, the helpful staff here at<a href=\"https:\/\/dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/tag\/skillsetmag\/\">\u00a0SKILLSET<\/a>\u00a0want to offer several reasons why you should carry a fixed blade everywhere you go.<\/h2>\n<h2>From kitchen knives to machetes to that little blade included in your multi-tool, knives are indeed a part of our everyday lives. Like with about everything else in this world, collectors and consumers of the world\u2019s edged tools can be overly opinionated.<\/h2>\n<h2><em><strong>Five Reasons You Should Carry A Fixed Blade<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<h2>While some users are like, \u201ceh, it\u2019s a knife, I use it to just rope and boxes at work,\u201d many are like,\u201d I only use the finest super steel, with superior edge retention to cut my lunch apples.\u201d Without a doubt, whatever the end user decides is best for them in a knife is best for them. But the key word here is \u201cbest,\u201d and on many occasions, that tends to put all the \u201cknife experts\u201d on opposing sides of an argument. Another argument is what kind of knife one should<a href=\"https:\/\/dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/article\/what-is-the-perfect-edc\/\">\u00a0EDC<\/a>.<\/h2>\n<h2>\u00a0Most will argue a fixed blade, some a folding knife, some a multi-tool. Some, like myself, will carry all three.<\/h2>\n<h2>Some may argue that carrying a fixed, folder, and a multi-tool may be a bit much, but it is not. But In today\u2019s article, I will give five solid reasons why if you choose to carry only one knife, it should be a fixed blade. Know, to be fair, I am a knife designer. Having designed everything from neck knives to folders to short swords. I always have everything either on my person or in my vehicle. If I only have one knife on me, it is a fixed blade.<\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/article\/five-reasons-you-should-carry-a-fixed-blade\/\">RTWT<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74699 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/live-sword.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"790\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five Reasons You Should Carry A Fixed Blade &nbsp; Neck Knives, Boot Knives, Swords, Daggers, Cleavers, and Steak knives, oh My! It\u2019s true. Man\u2019s oldest tools have been around forever and are not going away anytime soon. There are thousands of custom knife makers and manufacturers across the globe who are pumping out millions of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3786,5445,16821,612,5674,6002,2064,177,483,484,2863,17],"tags":[658,17627,8028,8979],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75968"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75970,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75968\/revisions\/75970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}