Originally Posted by
robt
One thing I've never used a penknife for (with one exception, see below) is anything food-related, but I am thinking about changing this. I had been planning, this summer, to start getting into a bit of hiking/camping, but it'll probably be next year now. My question to you, or anyone else who uses a penknife for food is, how do you go about keeping it hygienic? And do you keep one or more knives just for food and have others for jobs that might result in the knife being hard to clean properly?
In my last job, everyone had to provide their own cutlery. So I kept some titanium cutlery in my bag along with a Victorinox Excelsior for whenever I needed to actually cut something. I bought it for that and it's never been used for non-food purposes.
I also keep a small atomiser containing 70% IPA in my bag, as this is pretty good for removing grease and killing bacteria, if you're out and about with no running water around.