Blood Feuds?

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Oregon Duck

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As shown in a post I made earlier about gun people/knife people, I have really made the migration from being a gun person to becoming a knifeknut. I must say that I enjoy the company of people who enjoy knives more than I enjoy the company of people enthralled by firearms.

What I am wondering is this: what are the knife world equivalents of the shooting world blood feuds? Pistoleros have all sorts of arguments that border on being holy wars. There is the ancient feuds of 9mm v. .45 ACP, pistol v. revolver, all sorts of ideological skirmishing over that ever elusive "stopping power," Glocks versus anything, Colts versus anything else; the list goes downhill from there. Rifle people have a whole other set of endlessly swirling arguments.

What are the subjects that get knife people really disagreeing with one another to ridiculous lengths? Is it custom versus production? This steel versus that steel? Fixed versus folder? Slashing versus stabbing?

What is the biggest blood feud in the knife world? I can go in the archives and see what the longest threads were, but that really isn't a reliable indicator of which disagreements are the sharpest.

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Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of the tyrant; it is the creed of slaves.

William Pitt, 1783

 
So what gets us as excited as a good round of religion and politics?

Besides personality conflicts that we won't bring up here?

How about the merits or demerits of the American Geo-Tanto blade? With or without a left-side chisel grind?

Or the merits of liner locks generally and the infamous spinal tap test?


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- JKM
www.chaicutlery.com
AKTI Member # SA00001
 
Tip down... The way God intended folders to be carried.

It says in the Bible somewhere... "Thou shalt carry thy folder tip-down. Anything else comes from the evil one.." I may not have the quote exactly right, but it says something like that.



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Chuck
Balisongs -- because it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!
http://www.4cs.net/~gollnick
 
Chuck, you got the quote almost right. Only one word was wrong, it should be up. Not down.
One other arguement is opening hole,stud, or disk.
 
Already mentioned
custom vs production
steel vs steel
airports
tip up vs tip down
fixed blade vs folder
stud, hold, button
Style vs Style
Liner locks vs other locks

There's also what's Tactical?
Anything regarding banning of a knife
What is the best grind?
How long should you wait for your custom knife and is it worth it?
Serrations, a pain or a blessing?
Do I carry 1 or 2 knives?
To pry or not to pry?
Blade style vs Blade style
Ceramic knives
 
I`m surprised that Keith and O`Connor don`t show up.I knew them both,and they were friends.
 
Geez, Duck......you do ask some irritating questions

What is even dumber is that people bother to respond......can't believe I am doing so.
But, I don't think we knife people need the kind of slant your post puts on our hobby. Damn...it IS a hobby.....isn't it ?

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Brian W E
ICQ #21525343
I think :therefore, I am......I think

 
If you see any threads with more than 50 post in them you are bound to have found one of those fewdin topics
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Knife guys can talk...... not spell.... talk!!

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>)-RadarMan-(<
age:38
A good word now is worth ten on a headstone -- Vermont Proverb
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Duck, at least we can agree on one point: as a "gun person" of many years,I find Knife People (caps intentional) to be much friendlier and more open than gun folks tend to be. What do others think?

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"To grow older is inevitable.To grow UP is optional."


 
TTTT,

It doesn't make you a heretic, but it does make you bi-pivotal, which is ok because everyone's pivotal preference in their own business
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Dave.
 
Gollnick,

I think that verse is found in the book of Axe....lol

I think personality more than anything leads to conflicts here, and even those are few and far between.
You will find yourself in the company of some very awesome people here. So relax, crack open a beer, pick up that blade and commence to flickin'



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"Worst of all my foes, I fear the enemy within"
*John Wesley*

Romans 10:9-10

"Military" Fans Unite!!

 
One must not forget Microtech fanatics versus every other auto maker out there.And how about the rabid guy on the other forum versus everyone period LOL.
Bob
 
I didn't see clips mentioned. And how about whether Randall and/or Chris Reeves are "Custom knives"? Or how about Spyderco vs Benchmade, or the "infamous" ATS34? Serrated vs plain edge?

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Walk in the Light,
Hugh


 
How about sharp knives vs. dull knives?

Just kidding, OK?!?!
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Cutting through all the muck,
we get to what's really important.

John 3:3-7

God Bless You!
 
What about SEBENZA; plain or decorated, large or small. I also was a pistol man for many years and I like both types of people.
Oh yes, and GLOCKS rule.

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RICK LEFTIES UNITE


 
(proven, reliable) CARBON v (shiny and that's all) STAINLESS

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Glen

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"What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding?" -Elvis Costello
 
Ah- I'm just sittin' here at work- finishing my banana & laughing- This is what makes knives & knife people so great- go to it folks!

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Runs With Scissors
AKTI# A000107
 
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