flashlight in the winter, knife in summer

Rule 1: Always carry a knife.

Personally, I’ve got pretty good night vision but no claws so…

Around home I use a light a lot more, and can always get a knife from the kitchen drawer if I need one. Outdoors, probably knife, though it seems like a false dilemma. You want a knife of reasonable size, but even a tiny keychain light (I mean the coin cell Photon style, not a high power one) makes a ton of difference. And a small modern 1aaa light is almost as good as a big light. Add a little bit of elastic cord and you have an impromptu headlamp.

My swiss army knife is great because I have a beltpouch for it. I guess what I really need is a beltpouch for a good small torch, but I’ve so far not done that. Interesting thing to consider. However, there is always a torch on my phone, and never a knife, so I might choose the swiss army knife again for that reason…

Flashlight. I use it more often than my knife.

I can open most stuff with hands, teeth or other tools, but I cannot see in the dark.

Honestly, a knife is more useful. But I enjoy the “showing off” aspect more for a light. Like, I’ve never shown off a knife to a group of people and got a positive reaction. But you pull out a multi-thousand lumin light when it’s dark, you are going to get a reaction.

Knife, hands-down. My eyes will adjust to the available light. I can’t cut things with my bare hands.

Flashlight at work. No knives allowed.