Describe your perfect sheeple knife.

[Rat Finkenstein]

Bowing to the irrational fears of idiots is stupid and wrong.

 

[Todd A]

Maybe. Though in this day and age of vague no weapons policies in many companies, it does help to have a non-scary tool with you.

Should what that sharpened piece of steel looks like matter? No,but it does.

 

[vwb563]

Bowing to the irrational fears of idiots is stupid and wrong.

I agree some what. But, being a police officer I want as little attention drawn to myself as possible. I do not go around wearing "police" attire or clothing indicating as to who or what I am. So when a bad situation does arise, suprise will be on my side! My "sheeple" knife is a Victorinox Executive. My significant other usually is a Spyderco full size Manix or an Endura.,,,VWB.

 

[udtjim]

Almost any SAK.

 

[Jos]

My sheeple knife:

Oh wait, you probably mean sheepleFRIENDLY knife. That would be this one:

 

[Mikel_24]

I think that SAK's, Opinels and pretty much any slip joint will work....
Mikel

 

[wutitiz]

The SAKs and Boy Scout knives are probably sheeple friendly, but give up function, namely a locking blade and one-hand opening. I want a locking blade for safety and one-hand opening for convenience.

I'm far from an arts/design person, but it seems to me that there are 'styling cues' that could be used to help. The Kershaw with Rainbow ti-ni coating posted by 'blendingnoise' (@1) is a great example. The knife has all the features of a 'tactical,' but it flatly doesn't intimidate due to the color.

Another idea I wish some maker or company would try is to look at the accessories for mountain-biking, snowboarding etc at an outdoor retailer like REI. What if similar 'styling cues' were incorporated into a knife? Another example is Stanley tools, which tend to have a certain look.

Finally, I think there must be ways to make a knife look smaller than it really is. I have two knives that are almost exactly the same size, but one looks much bigger, I think because of its large shiny 'bolsters.' When the knife was delivered I had to measure it, because it seemed so much bigger than what I had anticipated.

For those who think it is stupid, just look at the recent thread in which a poster from Germany said that locking folders had been outlawed, and so he needed recommendations on good slip-joint folders. http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5507076 Or the Blade magazine articles about people convicted in (Eliot Spitzer's) NY state for carrying liner locks that were mistakenly classed as 'gravity knives.'

As astute poster Todd A. points out: "Should what that sharpened piece of steel looks like matter? No,but it does."

 

[ahgar]

it'd have to be a sak, you could pull out a 3 foot long sak in the middle of a presidential news conference and nobody would say anything. pull out a delica to open a package at some jobs and you'll be on the carpet before lunch. seriously messed up.

 

[pedicabdriver]

i would agree with nearly every SAK. i carry a tinker from time to time, and when i've taken it out to use it people who know me as "that knife guy" have said stuff along the lines of "hey, i used to have one of those."

 

[mmmotorcycle]

I only carry knives I know are legal. My 2.5 inch wharnie from Eddie White has routinely been called pretty by onlookers while I slice an apple or various other tasks.

With that said, where's the fun in bowing to sheeple??? (there is none!!!)

 

[MORIMOTOM]

im with jos, here are my three newest ones.

 

[lazerboy2000]

Boker Trance

 

[ceriksson]

Sheeple can suck it

my other "sheeple knife" and my sheeple pen too

 

[Todd A]

Although I am carefull around sheeple,I do indeed carry what I like.What I choose to use ,I admit does depend on if sheeple are present.
My workday EDC...

The Leek doesn't get used much at work. If sheeple are present the Kabar small stockman or the ever-present Schrade SS1 is used.I don't carry them just because of sheeple, I just like them.

 

[3mptin3ss]

yeah forget the sheeple, if i frighten them thats their problem, im the one holding the large bowie knife in my hand, not them.

cold steel voyager bowie 4 inch

cold steel safemaker punch dagger

spyderco chinook2

spyderco military

kershaw blur

 

[Odds]

I don't carry a sheeple knife pre se but I guess my back up knife (Boker Subcom) is sheeple friendly. Certainly it is the one I let others use if someone needs one. I wouldn't trust just anyone with my sebenza.

 

[3wolves]

If im going to a sheeple infested place, Ill leave my folder at home and just take the swisstool it has never scared anybody. I would take a folder but sheeple are just so irrational and it would probably just cause a large scene. No one ever stops to think that you can use a knife as a tool more than as a weapon. You own a knife and you are instantly labeled a criminal. Whats next, will shoe laces be banned? Or will there just be length restrictions?

 

[T.K.C.]

Here are my NKP friendly knives. They all have blades that are 2 1/2 inches.

 

[bennyG19]

we should all start carrying around big chainsaws so people will stop complaining about our knives. Case and SAK are the sheeple friendliest knives I know of. Mine are sheeple friendly until they get to use one and see how sharp it is, then they usually freak out a little.

 

[stabman]

Any knife you pull out and use like a regular human is okay.
My Spyderco Military or BM Resistor get no weird looks, because I'm NOT acting like a homicidal maniac. My P'kal has been called "cute."
I'm in university and, because of my chosen field of history, mainly surrounded by(HOT!) girls; somehow, they don't get scared, and you'd think university girls would be "Sheeple Country" for sure.