Carrying a knife . . . .

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The Whip said:
Apparently you ignored poking_stick's picture in post #24, so I'll include some more for clarity. Think this can't happen in America? Think again.
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Interesting that most of the knives in the pictures are kitchen knives. I wonder how many women went to cook dinner and found their Wushofs missing because Junior heard the call and turned them in.
 
What do you suppose the next weapon of choice will be in London?

Any sane person knows that banning a specific inanimate object won't quell violence. It just changes what the reporter fills in the blank with. Murdering has been illegal for quite some time, regardless of the apparatus used. Still happens quite a bit

The bad news is that someone could easily do harm with a crowbar... but it's not very good at slicing an apple. :(
 
The Whip said:
marcinek, I realize that I'm not going to convince you of anything, but I thought that a couple of your rhetorical questions in this thread deserved answers.



Apparently you ignored poking_stick's picture in post #24, so I'll include some more for clarity. Think this can't happen in America? Think again.

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Hmm. I suspect some of the passengers on these planes wished they had knives (and guns) with them.

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On a lighter note, you obviously read the wrong magazines growing up!

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You might want to research America's history a bit. Coalitions of likeminded individuals communicating with/grousing to one another about encroaching government overreach eventually led to the drafting of the Declaration of Independence.


Back on topic: To my way of thinking, being dressed means having a knife on your person. Venturing out of your home without a knife is just plain irresponsible.

-Steve
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It's ever so much easier to control and enslave people if you can first brainwash them into embracing "harmlessness" and voluntary surrender of personal weapons and the training to use them . o_O:thumbsdown::thumbsdown:
 
I'm wheelchair bound disabled guy in my mid 60's and find myself needing a knife on a daily basis. Just this morning I had to open a package containing two Buck 283 Nano Bantam Keychain Knives I bought for two of my grandsons. :D

All kidding aside the point is that to me a knife is one of most useful and necessary tools ever invented by mankind so useful even disabled folks like my self would be hard pressed to not need one everyday for everything from kitchen duty to removal of those pesky strings that appear on our clothing that if you pull it in an effort to remove it the whole darn garment will unravel.
 
Peter Hartwig said:
Sounds good until they take that privilege away from you. Carry and use your knife, but don't antagonize or you may come to regret it. I use my knives in a normal manner(as a tool) and have never had any problem with the public or police. Not even a comment. If confronted I would handle it in a polite, but firm manner. No need to feed their fears by being aggressive.
of course-All IMO
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Excepting they'll not take it away from me. I open carry a S&W M13 revolver too. Again, if others are so unresilient they can't handle that. Screw them. Seriously.
 
91bravo said:
Hell, I still carry an atlas in my truck. How many people do you know that still carry one?
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I arrived here in Mission Viejo California last week from Texas. My Rand McNally atlas was on the seat the whole way. I've navigated all over this country with my atlas. I'm a technophobe and don't do smart phones or google navigating. In a week I'll be driving back to Texas with atlas still on truck seat.
 
jackknife said:
I arrived here in Mission Viejo California last week from Texas. My Rand McNally atlas was on the seat the whole way. I've navigated all over this country with my atlas. I'm a technophobe and don't do smart phones or google navigating. In a week I'll be driving back to Texas with atlas still on truck seat.
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That's awesome! It's actually time for me to buy a new one as mine is worn and outdated, by about 15 years!
 
dirc said:
it's funny... I also make an active effort to hike at night in the woods without using a flashlight, not because I don't carry a flashlight, but because I think of how useful it would be to be somewhat accustomed to the dark, and in a forest its amazing how dark it gets

I guarantee you you'd all get a real adrenaline rush doing it, even on a full moon when there is more light.
There is a very real hardwired fear factor doing such things alone at night. Fighting it, and learning to keep your head calm is worth gold in my book. Not to mention how acute hearing skills can become ; ) It's a win/win/win situation. (with the proper mindset)

I always have a good fixed blade on me, and flashlight of course and sometimes more gear if I'm doing a multi-hour night hike.
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I hear you on the night hiking dirc. I Mountain Bike just about every night in complete darkness not becouse I don't have any lights, I have about 600 lumens on me. I do it for the rush and to sneak up on wildlife and I encounter a lot more at night than in the daylight. The fear factor was a thing at the beginning not knowing what lurks in the darkness but that's been erased from my mind years ago. Now I can't wait to turn off the paved roads and turn my lights off and let my eyes adjust to the darkness. People are always asking me if i'm afraid of anything animals in the woods at night and I simply tell them that the only thing that will Harm me or make me worry is People because people are unpredictable unlike animals and that's why I Always carry a knife night or day. My Biggest 4 legged encounter was with a young black bear on a narrow single track and the second we locked eyes we both turned tail and run/rode as fast as we could away from each other. Meeting a bear at night, Thrilling but meeting a group of drunk and high teenagers in the woods at night, That's scary to me.
 
91bravo said:
That's awesome! It's actually time for me to buy a new one as mine is worn and outdated, by about 15 years!
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That's what the better half keeps telling me, and it is a bit ragged. But my answer is, "They haven't moved any of the cities and states, have they????"

Okay, so I head west from El Paso and I'll hit Las Cruses New Mexico right? And Arizona is still where they left it!
 
dsalazar said:
Whats more dangerous in the same persons hand. A 4 inch folder or an 8 inch screwdriver.
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If someone brandishes any one of those, in the right circumstances, I'm going to cock the lil Derringer in my pocket.
jackknife said:
That's what the better half keeps telling me, and it is a bit ragged. But my answer is, "They haven't moved any of the cities and states, have they????"

Okay, so I head west from El Paso and I'll hit Las Cruses New Mexico right? And Arizona is still where they left it!
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Ha ha! Well, they've been building new connecting bypasses and new Interstates here in Alabama that connect with Mississippi and those aren't in my current atlas. I'll buy the latest one and I should be good to go for the next 10 years.
 
SteelJunkee said:
I had an argument with a colleague a couple week ago because. He never has a knife, he never has a flashlight, he never has a lighter and he`s always S....-up all the time. Last shot I had to pass him my flashlight and was forced to wait for him in the dark for 20 minutes because he couldn't get out of there without light. Then his sparker went dead and I had to pass him my bic to light up his welding rig and a couple minutes later he yell that he need to cut something off. That was It, I left him in the dark and when dinner. The guy was completely mad at me when he managed to get out of that hole. So I took the opportunity to breef him on readiness the answers I received where absolutely out of this world. The best one was Mr. doesn't need a lighter because he doesn't smoke. That killed me. Still a couple days latter I saw him borrowing a lighter to a guy in the shop, nothing learned....
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He sounds like one of these people that expects other people like his employer to provide every tool. If they did, he still wouldn't carry them and probably would take them home never to be seen again. He knows needs this stuff and if he was on the job, I'd send him home if I could and return off the clock with the stuff he needs to do the job. I might go as far as giving him a warning of some sort that goes into his employment file. He obviously doesn't learn from his mistakes.
 
I still carry an atlas in both trucks ... a maglite in all vehicles (even though I carry a much better small flashlight on my person daily) ...

I still carry jumper cables ... a tow strap and a chain ... I buy and put a 4 way lug wrench in every vehicle ... along with a REAL spare tire ...

and I never go anywhere without a knife ... usually a SAK Alox Farmer and a modern folder ... and my flashlight ...

I carry at bare minimum a small revolver ... but most times slightly more gun ...

I also still stop to help strangers ... although I stay much more aware than in my younger days ...

and whether people understand it or not ... I still hear my dad in my ear telling me how the people asking to borrow my knife should have had their own ... but to be curtious and cut for them what needs cut and suggest they carry their own or give them one of mine ...

so yes around here and most everywhere I've lived ... most men have at least a slipjoint on them ... and a man that doesn't is more likely to be looked on as the odd one if they don't carry some sort of cutting tool ...

I have left the house without my cell phone and I shrug and say oh s*** ... but I usually keep going and get by fine ... if I realised the same oh s*** ... I forgot to pick up my knife after using it ... my truck does an abrupt uturn and back I go ...
 
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