Correct response for common question.

Right on, Esav. Thanks for digging that up for us.

That should be made into a T-shirt, or adopted as the Moto of BFC, or tatooed onto my arm. Words to live by...

DD
 
"Fine. Open your own damn package."

"You never know when a bear's gonna jump through yur window! OH @#$*, there's one now!!!"
 
Sheep: (looking at my Kershaw Leek) Why do you need to carry that weapon?

Me: (pulling-out my compact 1911) That's not a weapon, THIS is!

*** Just kidding, haven't gotten around to getting my CCW permit yet. Plus, I wouldn't brandish my pistol if I was carrying it. But it sure would be fun to see the look on their face. The below incident is true and has happened upon mutliple occasions.


Granola sheep hiker passing by on the trail: (pointing to the .44 mag revolver on my hip) What's that for?

Me: It's for bears... and PEOPLE.

Hiker: Quietly shuffles away while giving my a nervous glance.
 
I usually just poke them with my keys or a pen. If that doesn't make them think for a second, then I just keep doing it until they leave.
 
underaged! said:
Can someone help me out, I forgot what the correct responce is for "why do you carry knives for?", "why such a big knife", etc.?

Holiday parties comming up, and I'll probably get asked this a few times.
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Sorry to be such a weener/coward/bore -

But underaged! asked a quite legitimate question -
being challenging/confrontational is, IMHO exactly what he may want to avoid -

PLUS we really do want to be advocational - rather than score points over someone - and possibly p!ss them off for life about knives- don't we?

Hopefully when someone sees your knife -
you are actually doing something useful with it -
then the simplest response is "allow me to demonstrate".

or if spotted in one's pocket (what were they doing there?) -
then explain it is a very useful tool and ask them to wait and see -
hopefully a good opportunity will arise to use the knife in a useful non-threatening manner.

For example I was out and about in a public park and a mother and child got their string on a balloon all tangled up -
and I asked if I could help - asking first and explaining I had a knife to cut the string, I even went the extra step to make sure they stayed clear - as "the knife was very sharp" -
there not only was NO question about the legitimacy of the knife -
basically they were grateful and looked upon the knife as a tool that solved their problem.

I did NOT just walk up to them and cut the string without asking first. :p

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Vincent

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"Because it's hard for me to cut open this box with my fingernails and I don't like to use my teeth."
--They always ask "why" when you are using it???
 
When the King of Sweden was asked at a reception why he was carrying a large knife he replied "Because you never know when you will need a good knife" .
 
ppl don't tend to ask me the "who yah gonna kill with that" a second time... I just reply "now, you're the one with thoughts of murder, seeing a tool used in daily life. would you mind stepping away before you kill me?"

I get the "why do you carry that" a lot, and "it's hard to chop veggies with a spoon" or "you have a loose thread on your shirt, want me to gnaw it off for yah?" solve those ppl too.
 
Because I have a use for it everyday. Counter question: What do you do when you are out and about and have to cut string, paper, cloth, thread, open packages, fix things, build things, and take things apart? I don't understand how you can function efficiently without some reasonably flexible tool on you. What would you do if you were stuck in a burning car--gnaw through your seatbelt?
 
I love Mattis' quote...usually I shrug and ignore those questions, but as an Archeology student I think I'll start responding,

"Because man by nature is a tool using beast. In the evolutionary chain man got the short end of the stick with natural abilities, but the long end of the stick in brains. To make up for that man has since the VERY beginning of his evolution used tools, and those tools were generally sharp pointy things. Now anymore questions?" :D

I figure I'll get through a sentence before they shrug and say, "Whatever." :grumpy:

-Rob
 
I usually tell them that I carry because my grandpa(RIP) told me to never leave the house without one.
 
As I was breaking down boxes with my little Falkniven U2 the other day the comment was passed "that looks dangerous!" I replied, "It is, if you're a cardboard box!"
Greg
 
Ken_McCarty said:
I usually tell them that I carry because my grandpa(RIP) told me to never leave the house without one.
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MY granpappy told me "Never trust a man what don't carry a knife."
Being politically correct, I edited his comment for content and ammended it for my daughter to: "Never #*%! trust any s.o.b. that carries not a bladed tool."
It will be a great introductory question to her boyfriends...
"Great to meet you. You a knife carrier?"
"...uh...yessir..."
"Great! Like me, so does Ceira! Maybe we will get along...."
 
I don't really think that there is a right answer to the question. Personally I just don't advertise or brandish my knives. If needed I pull one out and use it as needed. I don't get asked that often suprisingly, and actually a few people ask to see what I am carrying just because they are interested.

So then the question becomes if you are asking me to cut something for you, and don't expect me to have a knife why would you ask me to cut it? I would hope then that it is obvious why I have a knife, for occassions just as this, where something needs to be cut. Or like that Thanksgiving with my Grandparents where they didn't have a knife sharp enough to carve the turkey.

As for why something that big, well I kinda like Crocodile Dundee there, "that's not a knife...This is a KNIFE!"
 
1. Because, unlike my garotte, it dosen't get tangled up with my car keys.

2. It's much more quiet than a hand gun.

3. It's like...my...my.... binky. When I have my war flashbacks, it gives me something useful and comforting to have around.

4. Hey. I'm a guy, and anything that cuts, shoots or blows up hasta be good.

5. Knife, what knife? That was just one of my keys.

6. It's a hold over from the old days when you needed something to open oil and beer cans.

7. To cut food Chinese food with. That cat is just sooo damned stringy, huh?
 
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