Awkward knife carrying moments...

Its funny huh? Last term at my community college, some kid needed to get the plastic strapping off the box of his new calculator, and the teacher went into his bag to get a knife--well helpful me, pulled mine first and handed my sog flash2 to the kid. He happily opened the package and thanked me..

THEN a girl stands up and demands an answer from me "YOU CARRY THAT THING EVERYWHERE YOU GO?!?!?!?"

..."uhh yeah?" I said..nobody else seemed phased by my knife wielding, the teacher did say he doesn't carry a knife quite as large, but it didn't bother him.

I swear with all the recent school shootings, I'd have my CCW if I was allowed to carry there.. So whats the big deal about a knife?

I suppose those young ladies that hate knives should just get in their daddy's BMW and stick to cheerleading class where the world is sugar coated and nobody ever needs any sort of cutting tools..
 
ya ive gotten some weird reactions, nothing huge but normally "you carry a knife?"~stupid look~... "ya dude, its a tool". given up at school it is the only thing i have if i were to get in to any bad situation that i couldnt get away from (being in the city when there have been a shooting, stabbing, and my suite mate got jumped all with in a block of my dorm in a "safe" place). but im an art student in va so a knife doesnt draw to much attention, heck more of the females carry knives than the guys do... to bad they are pretty much all undateable

ive just gotten to the point that if i get any of those i just give the, its a tool, shake my head and let it pass... but i am also the one planing out my pistol purchases over 2 years before i can legally get one

-matt
 
i've gotten wierd looks from friends over carrying a one hand trekker but theyve warmed up to it and whenever they need a knife they always ask me so i guess i win in the end
 
I've never gotten a "stupid" reaction to a knife, but I've had some remarks from co-workers. My boss came to my desk a while back and asked me to find a box for him. We looked around for a good sized box, which was filled with product and sealed with tape. We went to my desk and I pulled my Rat3 out of the sheath and opened the box, then laid the knife on my desk. My boss said " is that a hunting knife" ? I said, " no, it's a box cutter :)"
People are just silly, some are assholes, like the guy at the wedding.
You just have to have your witty retorts at the ready.
 
Row said:
i've gotten wierd looks from friends over carrying a one hand trekker but theyve warmed up to it and whenever they need a knife they always ask me so i guess i win in the end
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Dude, a SAK? I thought those were the last bastion of sheeple friendly knives. These people need to get out more.
 
Probably just about everyone here has gotten the "why do you need a knife???" response at some point or another. Me? I just start listing off the things I do with it on a daily basis and the point gets across pretty effectively. Nobody seems to fear a letter opener, a string cutter, or a pencil sharpener.
 
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i've gotten wierd looks from friends over carrying a one hand trekker but theyve warmed up to it and whenever they need a knife they always ask me so i guess i win in the end
Dude, a SAK? I thought those were the last bastion of sheeple friendly knives. These people need to get out more.
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Thats exactly what i thought
 
I'm all for helping out in most situations when someone needs a knife. In fact, when I go to family gathering it seems I carry it more to help others than to help myself. I remember one birthday party where I forgot to carry my pocket knife. I must have been asked 5 or 6 times to cut tape, ribbon, plastic, etc. All I could do was apologize. I felt like I let them down.

However if I'm in a situation where I feel I may get hassled for carrying a knife I let them use their teeth and fingernails and keep my knife in my pocket.
 
I have had (near) panicked reactions when pulling out a 1" long SAK blade, to discretely sharpen a pencil. It's beyond pitiful. Beyond all profanity and disgust. Words fail me to describe the weak sisters this place is filled with.
 
I'm and electrician and a 18 yr veteran of the armed forces I've carried
multiple knives on me at all times everyone that knows me.can count on me
if they need to borrow a knife I'm willing to lend it to them.the last time I was asked why do i carry a knife. My response was well....if i decide to start killin
everyone around me in a fit of anger,it would be kind of embarrassing to have
a little sak with a 1" blade:eek:.they looked at me then realized i was joking I asked why else would I carry a knife.
their response was oh..to cut things?:rolleyes:......bingo
I hate dumb people


tyrantblade
 
Usually the folks I'm with appreciate my having a knife on me. The main complaint I get is 'Why do you keep that knife so sharp?', this is usually after they cut themselves with the darn thing because they grab it by the edge as though it was a buttern knife. Even though I always warn them - well dumb habits are hard for folks to overcome sometimes.

Then there was this time I was working with my boss, dealing with some fishing nets. My boss who was hopelessly tangled asks if I have a knife on me. I hand him my buck 119, which had just been fine tuned on the sharp maker. He finishes with it, says "thanks, thats a nice sharp knife!" Then in one motion he throws it point first into the sand :( Now I know why he thought my knife was so sharp. Clearly he doesn't have any sharp ones of his own.
 
I just don't pay attention. Other people's..... squeamishness isn't my problem. I make sure I'm legal, and that's good enough for me.

Andy
 
True story:

Some people are sitting around a table enjoying a meal. Then this girl needs to open a package of cheese. One guy takes out his Spyderco folder to help her. This girl starts yelling : "which civilized person carries a BIG knife like that". The guy puts his knife away and answers: "which civilized person is going to BITE open her packet of cheese?"
 
I seem to have the opposite sort of reaction. All my friends and people my age have no problem with me carrying a knife, its all of the middle aged and older people asking why I feel the need to carry such a large weapon around. I carry a Benchmade Griptillian, are you kidding me? If they only knew that at the same time I am carrying my CCW I am sure I would never hear the end of it. Heck last night I was finally told (after six months of having it clipped to my pocket on a daily basis and using it several times a day) that it was against company policy to carry a knife. (Actually they tried telling me it was in violation of the law at first, then I pointed out that I knew I wasnt in violation of the law for several reasons and they dropped it.) Literally an hour later I was asked by one of the people who repremanded me to borrow my knife, to which I politely declined having as it was against company policy. I dont understand how people think sometimes, its really baffeling.
 
Andrew Colglazier said:
I just don't pay attention. Other people's..... squeamishness isn't my problem. I make sure I'm legal, and that's good enough for me.

Andy
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Me too. I explain that it's a tool, and I leave it at that. It's only happened to me three times in the last 15-20 years, and each time it was some self-righteous "sheep" who had a problem with it. Ironically, on two of those occasions the other person was drinking, but I wasn't.

I give away the little SAK Classics as gifts all the time, so anyone who knows me knows I'm a "knife guy".

thx - cpr

ps - if necessary, I can tell people the officer's badge # whom I talked to, and the date, when I confirmed that what I carry is legal. Hasn't gone that far yet, but I can do it if I have to.
 
With all due respect, I believe it was a bad decision. It was a wedding, and I doubt there were too many obstacles a smaller, friendlier looking knife could not have quelled. When you're at a social event it's not necessary to carry a knife that could gut a rhino, you should probably stick with an SAK. Even if the Busse does the job better and faster, it isn't worth making people feel uncomfortable. A lot of people here are knife addicts, and want to bring their knives everywhere. If someone was a machete collector, it doesn't mean they should bring their machetes everywhere because they can use them. Plus what's the worst that could happen at a wedding that calls for a Busse?

For formal events bring a folder. I doubt the guy would have said anything if you brought even a scary looking folder. It's just the fact that fixed blades have that connotation that you are expecting something life-threatening to happen.

I love knives, but if someone brought a fixed blade to my wedding and someone was uncomfortable about it I would be a little perturbed.
 
We live in such a wonderful, peaceful, prosperous world that people now assert the right not to be offended or frightened.

What will they do when real problems arise? Die of shock ...
 
Jos said:
True story:

Some people are sitting around a table enjoying a meal. Then this girl needs to open a package of cheese. One guy takes out his Spyderco folder to help her. This girl starts yelling : "which civilized person carries a BIG knife like that". The guy puts his knife away and answers: "which civilized person is going to BITE open her packet of cheese?"
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awesome. That is a perfect answer.
 
In retrospect, I agree with you that the SAK was probably all I needed (though I'm not sure if my little Classic would have been able to fix the broken wood on the dance floor or not).

I don't know what the worst thing that could happen at a wedding is. I hope I never find out.

I didn't lay out all my knives that morning and decide which I thought would be the most fun to have at a wedding. I was going someplace to provide free labor for a friend (the groom) who didn't have enough cash to pay hired hands. On weekends I always carry either a small fixed blade or a Leatherman Wave. I know all about Busse's reputation for durability, it's one of the reasons I purchased one, but a three inch blade is still a three inch blade- and entirely legal where I live.

I don't know what to say about your high esteem for Busses- especially since I own and carry one. Busse ADs are tough little utility knives, but a Rhinocerous is tougher (don't flame me hogs, it's true :) ) Rhinos eat acacia bushes with sharp, five inch thorns for breakfast. They also weigh up to 4,000 pounds. You may be skilled enough to gut one with a three inch knife but I could not.

I didn't break any laws and if I had known I would have made someone uncomfortable I probably wouldn't have brought a knife at all- and as a result the wedding would not have gone as smoothly as pointed out by others.

As to your point about machete collectors, I'm not sure I agree with you on that one. I believe that machete collectors should be able to have a machete with them wherever it is legal for them to do so. They should also be prepared to hear the occasional complaint from people who don't like machetes.

I'm not trying to bash anyone who feels uncomfortable around knives. I'm not even trying to criticize them for complaining (though I think it was a bit hypocritical). I suppose I'm trying to understand what specifically made them feel uncomfortable.

Clearly people are afraid of weapons, this is somewhat understandable, but why are knives so often viewed as weapons instead of tools? Why aren't the same people afraid of a pair of scissors, or a hammer? Why is a three inch knife scary to people who are holding a 5 inch fixed blade (possibly illegal :eek:) to cut their dinner with?
 
I carved Christmas a turkey at my mother's house with a Cold Steel Voyager XL. I open it with a wrist flip, which I needed to do since all of her knives were dull.

Since then my dad expects me to pull out some sort of blade or another, and always wonders what sort of pocket gun I have on. He's not a gun guy, so it's a treat for him to see.

I've given up on people having reasonable reactions to knives. My wife gets looks of shock and horror at her government job when she pulls out her Spyderco Meerkat form the key chain sheath I made her to cut those plastic strips on printer paper boxes.

A whole Building of sheeple.

(And they're in charge) :eek:
 
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