BRAINSTORM: Knife ambassador to the public?

PURPLEDC said:
You REALLY think that under 304,000 members many of which haven't been active in years account for 99% of all knives in the USA? There is no point debating with someone who lets their opinion create the facts for them. What makes you think every person who buys a Kershaw is a member here? And you do realize knives existed before the internet right?
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REALLY? Of course not. It was a joke. How could anyone possibly know how many knives we have compared to all the knives ever made that still exist?


REALLY?
 
RX-79G said:
REALLY? Of course not. It was a joke. How could anyone possibly know how many knives we have compared to all the knives ever made that still exist?


REALLY?
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Yes really. Given some of your other responses its not a stretch to think you were being serious.
 
Quiet said:
This movie was admittedly way more entertaining than I would have thought. Saw it a couple weeks ago.
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Love that movie!
At first it was on TV...my wife put it on and I was like "Turbokid? Seriously?"
Then it turned out to be the best thing I'd seen that month at least, maybe longer; had to buy it.

Now my wife is like "Turbokid? Again? Seriously?" :D
 
Blade Worker said:
pub·lic
noun
1. ordinary people in general; the community.

After reading several interesting replies to my earlier post, it appears that some here are letting their love of knives override their common sense. Most on this forum carry knives because they enjoy their knives. However, it is absurd to expect the general public (which includes the 99.99% of people on this planet who do not care about or use knives frequently enough to justify carrying one around on their person) to view the carrying of a knife as a "normal" behavior. We knife people are few.
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Too many folks don't keep this in mind. Never let a hobby override real life in a real world.

But, one thing we could all do, is keep a small disposable type of knife on you to give away when you see someone who does not have a knife, and needs one. Like the college kid in the parking lot of Home Depot trying to open a box that has a fan in it, to stuff it in his already loaded Honda Civiv. He's trying to get it out of the box because it would take up less room and his little car is already packed like a sardine can going back to school. Punching the box with a house key ain't working. So you take out a SAK classic and neatly slice the seams where the box is taped, and it's like magic to the kid. You give him the knife, tell him it's his but he has to give you a coin. He goes down the road with a little knife on his keyring, and maybe in time when he breaks it, wears it out, looses it, or whatever, he'll have got used to having a small sharp tool on him and he goes and buys another.

You've made a new convert to cause, and this is the best way to be an ambassador for our obsession. To convert the unwashed, the non knife carrying masses, by giving away a 12 dollar SAK classic. Or even a small Rough Rider, or little black plastic handle mini Buck that's like a ten dollar knife that's so small and innocent looking, nobody could feel threatened by it. But the people you give a knife to, will in time get used to having one on them. Hopefully.

So instead of buying another ZT, or Spyderco whatever, go buy a few small low cost knives, and carry them around until it's time to "save" the moment by cutting something for somebody, and then gift them the knife. You'll do far more for our cause that way, instead of just buying more toys for yourself.
 
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I was taught to carry a knife as a 5 year old child. But NCIS and Gibbs rule #9 Always have a knife been a good line to share with non knife carriers. In recent years.
 
ALLHSS said:
Like the old anime?
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That I do not know.
I can tell you that one reviewer referred to it as "Mad Max on a BMX."
Not a bad summation. :)

It also has what may the greatest fight scene in all of cinematic history. :thumbup:
 
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