I have carried a knife of some sort since I was 11 years old. Boys and men were expected to carry one. A lady might need to cut something, and if you don't have a knife, as a man should, you will feel foolish. Here in the South, especially in the more rural areas, men are assumed to be armed, as well. All the recent hysteria against carrying knives is just more government and yuppie foolishness to me. Thank you for upholding that gentlemanly tradition, pitman!