Comments you get when you take your knife out

[KardinalSyn]

Thought of posting those funny, weird, odd and angry comments we get when we take our Spydie out. Just for a laugh or serious discussion.

My opening post.

I had a Dragonfly clipped to my shirt near my heart with the handle showing a bit. A colleague asked me about what I had there.

"Hey, what have you got there?"

I said "it's my Spyderco Dragonfly" took it and opened the blade and held it up for him to see. Then I explained "it's the legal carry length here too".

He says "hmm, okay, let me just take a step back. See you later."

At no point was the knife blade pointed at the colleague. But heck, he seemed a bit disturbed by it. Odd.

[Emcee Bunzing]

A farmhand on a property i do a bit of work at has taken to calling me eddie (after edward scissorhands) because im always carrying at least 4 knives on my person on the job. It wasnt a spydie but a builder who's a good mate of mine was cutting fruit with a tiny SAK so in classic crocodile dundee style i said "thats not a knife!" and waved my cold steel XL espada out of my front right pocket, they **** near fell off their chairs :D . On the opposite note, my sister was once speechless because she couldnt believe i DIDN'T have a knife on me at the time.

[w3tnz]

As an electrician everyone at my work has a knife in some form or another, so when I bring in something nice people are usually pretty impressed, I sold a para 2 to a workmate and he loves it. I showed my ZT0350 to my supervisor today, and his words were "wooooaahhhhhh thats my kind of blade". Im definitely way more into knives than anyone there but its good they can appreciate a nice knife when they see one and I do my best to educate them where I can.

Otherwise my knife stays in my pocket, unless Im at home. To the general public a knife is a weapon and will be treated as such, I will usually carry one everywhere but if im around a lot of people I will un-clip it.

[SolidState]

"Wow, that's tiny!" or "That's a cute knife."

Because I only use my ladybug in public mostly. Sometimes I pull my full-sized carry out, but rarely in public.

[bartvdb]

If i am around people i know do not ask the question "does someone have a thing to cut this or that " they just say "BART"

[jackknifeh]

I seldom have the need to use a knife in public but when I do I usually have something that is appropriate for the location as far as size. I haven't gotten a comment about the size of a knife or about it being a weapon. When the knife size is appropriate people where I live think nothing of it. I live where there is hunting and fishing. If you move to my town you have 30 days to have a gun rack installed in your pick-up if you don't already have one. It's just assumed you already own the pick-up. :) The only thing that gets attention is how easy it is to have a knife go from my pocket to being out, open and cutting. Usually you put down what needs to be cut, reach deep in your pocket and pull the knife out and use both hands to open it. If whoever is standing around is paying attention to what we are needing to cut they may not see my right hand reach for my pocket and pull a knife out and open it. The first time they notice the knife it is open and possibly cutting already. That gets more looks or comments than the fact that someone actually carries a knife or that it may be a weapon.

Jack

[ChrisR]

Most times I get good responses but the other day I happened to use a FRN UKPK in front of a lady friend and the conversation went something like:

Her: "Ohhh, what's that for? Stabbing people?"
Me: "Not at all, you see - it's just a tool for cutting stuff..."
Her: "What stuff? People?"
Me: "Err ... no, just string, packets and stuff ... look" (cuts open a food packet with ease)
Her: "Ohh, but you could stab someone..." (picks up my knife and makes 'stabby' gestures into thin air)
Me: "Well, no because it doesn't lock so the blade would fold back and trap your finger ... and besides it's not designed for that"
Her: "But you *could* stab someone with it...?"

At this point I just sighed, put the knife back in my pocket and changed the subject ... she is a lovely girl but sometimes it's not worth the hassle :rolleyes:

[JaM]

If i am around people i know do not ask the question "does someone have a thing to cut this or that " they just say "BART"

Ha! :)

Over here it's "JAN"

Dont mind being the knife guy, but I am consious to know what is needed, blade-wise, in relation to who is watching.

So if there are customers (in the bookshop) or parents (in school) I use a SAK (stay-glow climber).
If I need to cut cardboard and there is no one around I get to play with a bigger knife, either an SE Police, or a Sage1, or...

Small cuts are made with the Dfly. My most used knife! Couldnt live without it.

Well, I can, but I'd rebuy one in an instant...!

[jackknifeh]

I re-wrote the ending because since most people don't want to stab someone we think of stabbing with knives from a "victim" point of view, not a "protecting my loved ones" viewpoint.

Most times I get good responses but the other day I happened to use a FRN UKPK in front of a lady friend and the conversation went something like:

Her: "Ohhh, what's that for? Stabbing people?"
Me: "Not at all, you see - it's just a tool for cutting stuff..."
Her: "What stuff? People?"
Me: "Err ... no, just string, packets and stuff ... look" (cuts open a food packet with ease)
Her: "Ohh, but you could stab someone..." (picks up my knife and makes 'stabby' gestures into thin air)
Me: "Well, no because it doesn't lock so the blade would fold back and trap your finger ... and besides it's not designed for that"
Her: "But you *could* stab someone with it...?"
You: "Yes I could, and would stab someone if they were trying to asault me, my family, steal one of my kids or possibly hurt a good friend of mine."


At this point I just sighed, put the knife back in my pocket and changed the subject ... she is a lovely girl but sometimes it's not worth the hassle :rolleyes:

Jack

[ChrisR]

I re-wrote the ending because since most people don't want to stab someone we think of stabbing with knives from a "victim" point of view, not a "protecting my loved ones" viewpoint.

That's true Jack ... though if I had to protect my loved-ones in the heat of the moment I'd probably pick up anything that came to hand, like a lump of wood. The UKPK would probably not be the first thing to get out because it'd require getting up close to the attacker Hard to say what we'd do in that kind of situation though - and thankfully I've never found out :)

It was just such a silly conversation because we were standing in the kitchen, surrounded by food-prep knives - but if I am going to cut potentially dirty packages I don't want to use a clean food knife.

[Reject]

I was at my local pistol club when a visitor to the club needed to cut something and asked if I had a knife they could use.
Then suddenly all the members standing near by started laughing. :D
The visitor was a little surprised and so was I and a little disturbed.
:o I hadn’t realized I had gained such a repetition for carrying a pocket knife (or 2) and that it was so widely known.

Mind you: not that it worries any of them. :) You got to love country people.

[enduraguy]

"Is that legal?" :rolleyes: I don't even carry an auto. I think my second favorite has been "What do you need something like THAT for??" As if the only reason to carry a knife is to use it offensively. Thanks Hollywood.

[phillipsted]

At last year's Boy Scout camp, we had several parents who were first time campers. The first day, they had all the questions and issues that first time campers have - forgetting to clear the stones and pinecones out from under their tent site before pitching it, wearing the wrong shoes/socks, forgetting flashlight batteries, etc.

As we settled down around the campfire at the end of the first day - I have a tradition of doing some "dutch oven magic" for the parents. Brings a little bit of civility to the wilderness. This evening, I prepared a large Brie cheese with brown sugar and pecans in the dutch oven. Gooey, yummy goodness! And of course, you have to have French bread to dip into the pot. When I saw one of the dads trying to cut the loaf with a plastic luncheon knife, I whipped out my orange millie, flicked it open and handed it to him. All the newbie parents' eyes got as big as dinner plates. Then they saw how it glided through the bread, making perfect thin slices.

Keep in mind - here we were - 10 miles off the beaten path at a camp site in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains. What the heck were they shocked about? Personally, I'd be completely freaked out if I'd *forgotten* my knives. :cool:

TedP

[usmc1371]

Any one who knows me knows I have a knife at all times, I just can't leave home with out one. I love the look on peoples faces when they are trying to acomplish a task that really needs a knife and they don't have one. Handing some one my zdp endura (se) always gets a reaction. From is that leagle to OMG that is the sharpest knife I have ever used. The auto BM always gets a good reaction to, nice to live in a state where I can edc an auto if I feel like it.

[Blerv]

Most people are pretty cool with mine. Typically it's a small knife used in public, opened with two hands slowly or even just partially to snip a thread.

"What's that?"
"Oh, just a pocket knife."
"Ah."

I'm waiting for a timid comment about carrying a weapon so I can ask them how they like driving their 4,000 pound battering ram of destruction to work.

[thog94]

My wife got sick of me bringing out my "larger" knives when we went out somewhere nice or to a family function, so I got a Dragonfly Tattoo last year. Just something with a little more class as she like to put it. All I hear is how "pretty" it is from the ladies, just about everyone is scared of it, or it seems that way by the looks I get. I ended up getting a Lady Bug tattoo for my sister in law after she saw the knife it was a nice purse knife and she loves Lady Bugs. I love hearing that she shows and tells everyone that she knows that she has one.

[enduraguy]

At last year's Boy Scout camp, we had several parents who were first time campers. The first day, they had all the questions and issues that first time campers have - forgetting to clear the stones and pinecones out from under their tent site before pitching it, wearing the wrong shoes/socks, forgetting flashlight batteries, etc.

As we settled down around the campfire at the end of the first day - I have a tradition of doing some "dutch oven magic" for the parents. Brings a little bit of civility to the wilderness. This evening, I prepared a large Brie cheese with brown sugar and pecans in the dutch oven. Gooey, yummy goodness! And of course, you have to have French bread to dip into the pot. When I saw one of the dads trying to cut the loaf with a plastic luncheon knife, I whipped out my orange millie, flicked it open and handed it to him. All the newbie parents' eyes got as big as dinner plates. Then they saw how it glided through the bread, making perfect thin slices.

Keep in mind - here we were - 10 miles off the beaten path at a camp site in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains. What the heck were they shocked about? Personally, I'd be completely freaked out if I'd *forgotten* my knives. :cool:

TedP

Nothing beats a god-like moment in front of the natives eh? "Oh white man bring magic of the gods" :)

[Rwb1500]

I'm starting to think I spend all my time with rednecks. I never get negative comments. Quite the opposite, it's usually, "Wow! That's sharp!" Or "Cool knife! What is that?"

No disrespect to rednecks of course, heck I may well be one.




Well, maybe not, I can't do country music.

[xceptnl]

I like to think that I am so very fortunate to live in a state that is fairly blade friendly and even more fortunate to live deeper into Appalachia than TedP. Here you hardly ever get knife comments and if an outsider happens to make an off the wall comment about the size of your choice of carry knife or desired purpose for such blade, they get odd-ball looks from everyone else in the room. I have witnessed this first hand. Also I can say that I share Bart's feelings about being referred to as the "knife guy". I have guys come from halfway across the plant to ask me for a knife or to cut something for them.

[O,just,O]

Then suddenly all the members standing near by started laughing. :D

Well ! wooden eye. That little story made me laugh too Rob :D .
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