Pocket Knives: Types and Uses
A pocketknife is also known as folding knife. Its important feature is the blade that slides into the handle. This knife is small enough that it fits in a pocket. Normally the length of a blade ranges from 3-5 inches. A pocket knife can be very useful in many tasks such as opening an envelope or cutting cord or slicing a fruit.
There are few types of pocket knives and among them Swiss Army Knife is very popular. The other types are pen knife, quill pen, whittler, stockman, trapper, sodbuster and credit card knife. Also there are some popular styles of blade shapes namely; clip, spear, drop point, pen, sheep’s foot, wharncliffe, spay (spey) and hook. The invention of locking knives changed the knife world forever. However, there is some certain amount of restrictions on the use of pocket knives in many countries.
The uses of a pocket knife can be divided into three categories namely, frequent uses, occasional uses and potential uses. Some common functions that a pocket knife can perform are; peeling, cutting, repairing, chamfering, scraping, extracting, modifying, digging and field dressing etc.
