Or anything else that caught my fancy.

Fortunately, for my checking account, I came home with only a new knife for me and a little itty-bitty keychain knife for the woman.

There’s a guy at these gun shows that sells random “odd” knives — overruns, test products, stuff that failed QC, etc. at some good discount prices. Found one that really seemed to fit me and the price was right.

It’s a Kershaw Leek, like this one with a trout on it, but mine’s got ‘Jeep’ scrawled on it with an outdoor landscape. For 30% off MSRP I can deal with having a handle that most folks wouldn’t want, especially when I drive a Jeep myself.

So, for $50 I got a decent pocket knife again. Awesome.

What’s new about this one is it has the assisted opening technology in it. Folding the blade into the handle sets a spring and upon opening just a teeny bit the spring, err, springs into action and flips the blade out the rest of the way for you. It sort of acts like a switchblade but isn’t one in the legal sense. Further, because it operates like a regular folding knife you’re not SOL if the spring breaks and you still have all the hardiness of a typical folding knife.

I’ve actually kept myself away from this technoloy as I didn’t think it was of any use but it’s really started to grow on me.