$10 knifes, you can afford to have spares
another example, i no longer use mechanical pencil because it betrayed me so many times (i can't see if there's extra lead inside)
transparent mech pencil is better, but i often forget to bring extra leads :(
that's why i buy 96 counts pencils for $5 ... the lead is visible, it never fails me
and no, i don't bring sharpener (you can always break the pencil and 'sharpen' the lead against rough surfaces)
i bring 5 sharpened pencils instead and put the rest in various places
although it's redundant (to ensure reliability), it's simpler and i'm much happier
$10 knifes, you can afford to have spares
another example, i no longer use mechanical pencil because it betrayed me so many times (i can't see if there's extra lead inside)
transparent mech pencil is better, but i often forget to bring extra leads :(
that's why i buy 96 counts pencils for $5 ... the lead is visible, it never fails me
and no, i don't bring sharpener (you can always break the pencil and 'sharpen' the lead against rough surfaces)
i bring 5 sharpened pencils instead and put the rest in various places
although it's redundant (to ensure reliability), it's simpler and i'm much happier