Tourist knifes

It is considered, that tourist knifes is the important attribute of tourist equipment. There is a whole industry on manufacture of marching knifes, knifes of a survival, etc.
Quite often the addicting for knifes smells slightly of a fetishism. Tourists buy terrible instruments of tortures, cling on a girdle and try to convince colleagues, what is it - a necessary thing of a hike. I dare to approve(confirm), what is it not so. In it(this) to year I have visited 15 hikes and all time managed an ordinary harmonious(collapsible) Swiss knife. He small, light(mild), always near at hand (in a pocket), for its(his) wearing is not necessary a girdle (girdles rub a back under a backpack).

And the most important - is not interested in such small knifes militia. The tourist for them always a titbit. Everyone know about our habit to wear with themselves huge tourist knifes. Me three times for a summer stopped at station. After check of documents the first question was about a knife. I showed the pocket knife and went to myself further. Any more solid режуще-pricking instrument, even at presence of the permission, would become the basis for more long conversation.
To put it briefly, brothers tourists, do not show off - buy small penknifes.