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Amongst family I suppose so. Anyone else and it would surprise me. In fact if anyone else knew I'd guess that I was doing something wrong. I have some neighbors I've lived near for twenty years that don't know my name and I try to keep it that way.

At the place I worked at for many years (until two years ago, because of you-know-what), I was known as 'the knife guy.' Not because I ever announced it, but because people were aware over time that I used them for various tasks.

Some people in my immediate family are aware I carry knives, but they aren't knife people and share none of my interests, except for maybe music. I prefer to keep things to myself, anyway. I reveal far more about myself and my interests here than I ever do in real life.

Jim

Around here a lot of people are knife guys & gals...I'm definitely one of them

All my friends already know this, but when new people come to my house, they understand that I am a "The knife guy"

At the office, yes, I am.

Yep! I am the knife guy at the office. The reputation was further bolstered by having a Spyderco double stuff sharpening stone and strop to touch up others knives in the office.

I had a Sheriff ask if I had a knife on me,to pry a bullet out of a door frame. When I handed him my Police Model he stared at it and asked why I needed a knife so big. Of course I responded "why not"? He was obviously not a knife guy. I'm glad he didn't break off the tip.


I brought up my daughter as a knife person.

5-by-5 wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 05, 2022 11:11 am

it always makes me laugh when someone asks for a knife and then asks why i need the knife they just borrowed because they needed it.

I am that guy at work.

My Grandpa would whip us if he caught us without a knife in our pocket. My cousins and I knew that because he told us. Grandpa passed away in 1984, but I always have my knife and think of him when I use it. I feel naked without it. Everybody knows I have a knife with me, or two.

Yes, I'm that guy among my friends, family, and co-workers. I have given knives to a bunch of them, and I've also influenced several to buy Spyderco knives on their own.

"The knife guy" or "McGyver".

Guilty as charged. It's fun when someone else pulls out a spyderco, and one guy pulled out an older H&K (Benchmade) auto. Times like that are few and far between though.

ladybug93 wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 05, 2022 12:26 pm

5-by-5 wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 05, 2022 11:11 am

it always makes me laugh when someone asks for a knife and then asks why i need the knife they just borrowed because they needed it.

Has literally happened to me as well.

Oh yes, I am absolutely “the knife guy” in my friend network, have been for years. About a decade ago at a church Christmas party one of our ministers could not open the gift box he’d been given. The MC called out, “Where’s Bill? He always has a knife.” My SAK saved the day.

I also sharpen knives for my friends, at home and while traveling. It is rewarding and so appreciated. My late father did the same for his friends, so I’m continuing a family tradition.

I'm known as the knife guy in my immediate family meaning my wife and daughter. I use my knives at work sometimes to slice an apple or things like that but otherwise I don't make it public. I live in a place where people aren't overly alarmed by knives but I still don't want to flaunt it.

I’m certainly known amongst my friends and family as the knife guy. I generally take sharpening equipment back to my parents during the holidays to touch up my mom’s kitchen knives as she is a great cook, but won’t keep her knives sharp otherwise.

I would have to live at a knife store to avoid being "the knife guy."

Oh yes... I am definitely known as that.

Said it before: Here in Austria everyone could legally carry whatever knife they want, but practically almost no one actually does - no "EDC knife culture" around here.
So I really stick out by always having a Spyderco on me.

A few friends slowly begin to understand that it´s actually useful to carry a folder, but they still think I am crazy cause I have like 13 Spydies at home, have overall owned quite some more and all in all invested like (converted) $ 3000 already in this brand (most of my friends know that I am exclusively into Spyderco for some years now when it comes to folders and even recognize the brand, mostly due to the opening hole) - they actually still don´t see why one would pay more than 30 Euros for a single folder...
Well, and I have to say it: When I sometimes mention this forum and that I am really just a tiny fish in a huge pond, and there are a ton of people even "more crazy" than I am: I have a a feeling they don´t believe...

Same goes for sharpening: Since I can get a knife "unbelievably" sharp (which is PAPER CUTTING or even HAIR SHAVING sharp! ) I am known as a bit of a sharpening wizard - which is pretty hilarious, cause I am sure the majority of regulars on this forum are much better at sharpening than I am...

... I may add one point, cause it something that I am glad about:

The only person really interested in knives roughly the way I am is my oldest niece.
She is twelve years old now, but for whatever reason began to show that interest when she was around nine.

I gave here a Byrd Meadowlark like a year ago, and quite recently a Native Salt.
She really loves these knives and carries one of them all the time in pocket (except in school, where they don´t like that - though I figure technically it would be allowed, but she puts the knife in her book bag there).
[Byrd Meadowlark is what I gifted to several people already, but while they bring those folders on a hike for example they say it´d feel "weird" to always carry a knife...]

The cool thing: My niece not only wants to carry her Spydie/Meadowlark, but even more so learn how to use it, and all the stuff like whittling, fire starting and so on - things I can show her - time for a fixed blade, I´d say...

"Problem": Now her younger sisters want to carry folders too... but being 4 and 6 years old, they are a bit young for that imo (gave them each a blunt tipped Kids Opinel though, which they are allowed to use when my brother (=their father) is watching).

Oh I’m definitely the knife guy, and I leave a trail of sharpened kitchen knives at every friend and family member’s house I visit. I hunt with my brother and some neighbors up here in Alaska, and I’m the one in charge of bringing the good knives and keeping them sharp. I only consider myself an intermediate sharpener, but the lay person is always astounded at the aggressive scrschhhhhhhh as an edge I’ve made slices paper. It’s a proud duty really, and somebody’s got to do it. The world would be a much duller place without us Knife Guys.