Do I look like a serial killer?

[smt96797]

^^last thing i would want us to be stuck listening to another rant on how we need to take weapons out of public hands:barf:

 

[smt96797]

I'll tell you .... I've only been accused of being a cereal killer once in my lifetime and that was plenty enough!!!

Now .... the Star-Benza stays pocketed at breakfast time!

Yes!!!!!! Death to those tasteless breakfast circles

 

[spyderchop]

I sit around a big local breakfast place with ten of my knife friends once a month....we pass around knives and shoot the shit...no one ever stares or even bats an eye...cheers

 

[nyefmaker]

A large sebenza is actually a pretty big knife, especially to non-knife people. Taking it out at a coffee shop or anywhere in public for that matter would certainly raise some eyebrows. Heck, I'm a knife nut and if I saw somebody doing what you did I'd give you a strange look too.

I agree with ya on the large sebenza comment. It is a larger knife and for its size, the blade is pretty big as well. I have carried my large regular sebenzas for a long time, around family and friends and they never even noticed. I had a beautiful large 21 Night Sky and I whipped it out one Easter Sunday to cut something and everyone jumped back like I pulled out a machete. The response from people KNOWING I carry was that blade looks so pointy and dangerous. If this was the responce I got from people knowing I carry a large sebenza, I can only imagine someone sitting in the coffee shop seeing me pulling it out opening it....!!! Its just a matter of perception and in my case blade shape that freaked people out. The regular did not bother them, but the 21 did, even a Beautiful 21.

 

[Monofletch]

I had to cut something at work so I used my Blur. "Wow! You carry a switchblade? Are they legal?" More than half of them now EDC a Leek or Blur.

 

[red mag]

Maybe a Mnandi could fill the public fondling needs.
It's so small, you can easily add it to your EDC.
red mag

 

[The Logical One]

I agree with ya on the large sebenza comment. It is a larger knife and for its size, the blade is pretty big as well. I have carried my large regular sebenzas for a long time, around family and friends and they never even noticed. I had a beautiful large 21 Night Sky and I whipped it out one Easter Sunday to cut something and everyone jumped back like I pulled out a machete. The response from people KNOWING I carry was that blade looks so pointy and dangerous. If this was the responce I got from people knowing I carry a large sebenza, I can only imagine someone sitting in the coffee shop seeing me pulling it out opening it....!!! Its just a matter of perception and in my case blade shape that freaked people out. The regular did not bother them, but the 21 did, even a Beautiful 21.

It's always a matter of perception when it comes to knives. To a knife guy a 3.5" blade isn't that big, but to a non-knife person it's huge. The other day my coworker wanted to borrow my knife and he said, "Hey Will let me see that machete of yours" (referring to my xm18 3.5).

 

[Lone_Wolfe]

I had to cut something at work so I used my Blur. "Wow! You carry a switchblade? Are they legal?" More than half of them now EDC a Leek or Blur.

I got accused of pulling a 'big switchblade' when I had to pull out my XM-18 in a defensive situation. A couple people were more upset by the fact that I'd pulled it out and opened it as discreetly as I could than by the person menacing me.

 

[Big_E]

So, earlier today i was at Starbucks enjoying my coffee and i decided to take out my new 25 to admire and look at. As i opened it i noticed a guy across the room on a laptop with his eyes wide open. As soon as i looked, he looked back at his screen. Then a few minutes later, there he went again with that strange look.

Do you guys ever have this happen to you when you fondle your knives???

The real issue is.........what the #%$ are you doing in Starbucks????

 

[dragonram7]

A coworker pulled out his SOG Flash 2 to show me at work tonight, so I, in turn, showed him my Small Sebenza 21. Which he didnt like and told me it was cheap......I know. But another co-worker, standing a few feet away, stated "I didnt think we were supposed to bring weapons to work." I advised him that it wasnt a weapon, it was a tool. He sarcastically replied, "you're my hero."

Sheep. I wouldn't worry about what the sheep think. They have no instinct concerning how to guard the flock.

 

[Hawk45]

Only places I take my knives out in public are drinking beers with the boys at the gun club (post shooting of'course) or after a concert when everyone is asking me to cut off their wristbands. I save the fondling for home or in the truck when waiting for the wife while she runs in to get Chipotle.

 

[stabman]

Sheep. I wouldn't worry about what the sheep think. They have no instinct concerning how to guard the flock.

Careful with attitudes like that; you don't want to get your rights trampled by a stampede of "sheep."

I've found that most people come around when they see knives being used as, well, knives.
Only the most stupid people keep failing to see the utility of knives when you've opend their packages, cut up fruit in the lunchroom for them, and fashioned useful little items from readiliy available materials using your knife.

If you have to think of them in colourful terminology, think of children rather than sheep. Children can learn; they often just haven't learned yet.

 

[hondahirny]

...I save the fondling for home or in the truck when waiting for the wife while she runs in to get Chipotle.

Me too. I don't ever play with my knife in public. I do use it in public, but not a whole bunch. Fear and ignorance have given us many of the misguided knife and gun laws we have today.

 

[Livefreeordie92]

Considering I have either an M4 carbine sitting next to me or an M9 on a thigh holster, or sometimes both when I'm at work, nobody really says anything about me playing with a pocket knife.

 

[kaosu04]

Considering I have either an M4 carbine sitting next to me or an M9 on a thigh holster, or sometimes both when I'm at work, nobody really says anything about me playing with a pocket knife.

Knife enthusiasts are just as rare in the military as they are in Starbucks. Everyone carries a knife as a tool because it's necessary, but it's still impossible to explain to any soldiers I'm around why a knife would ever cost more than $50. In a lot of ways they have the same mentality towards knives as liberals have against guns

 

[High-Gear]

Knife enthusiasts are just as rare in the military as they are in Starbucks. Everyone carries a knife as a tool because it's necessary, but it's still impossible to explain to any soldiers I'm around why a knife would ever cost more than $50. In a lot of ways they have the same mentality towards knives as liberals have against guns

Same goes for Cops! Heck, most carry a gun every day, but only shoot at required dept. qualifications.

P.s.
Please stop using Liberal synonymously with "Anti-Gun", it makes about as much sense as using "Christian" to describe Fred Phelps. There are some Liberals who would like to ban guns, but there is also strong support for the 2A on the Left.

Now back to your regularly schedled knife talk.

 

[John_B]

same here. i prefer my knives to cut, not rip my food to shreds

Man I'm glad to hear that others do the samething. I got such weird looks when using my DELICA at Outback. The manager asked me to put it away because someone nearby comained. I did and I ate my steak with my hands while looking around at the other tables.

 

[southernknives]

Best Practice. I don't let people know I'm carrying a gun for just this purpose. Keep em guessing so I am not the first target. I saw a douche bag walking around with his Springfield XD in town this weekend in a hip holster. Cheap plastic thing, and he was paying no attention to it. Had on a "Kill em all Let God Sort em out" type of T-shirt. At least when the lead starts flying he will make a great diversion for me. I just don't like his type being front and center in the debate as our "Poster Boy".

You should look them dead in the eye and say, "If I were planning to kill someone, YOU would never see it coming."

Spot on! It is a tool, and like all tools if used recklessly it can harm people. If used with skill and practice it can do wonderful work.

Agreed, I always use my own knife. Sometimes I get odd looks from the wait staff, but screw em.

I think I like this guy. Seriously I am the same way. I always keep my underwood ammo loaded Glock 20 and four hi cap mags hidden. I don't want anyone to know I'm packing until the front sight is on their chest or head, or they feel the drop.

And over the years I've become less tolerant to peoples stupidity. They can do and say stupid stuff all they want to themselves or their buddies, but the "Shock" some people display when they see my Rukus or any knife, with the serial killer like comments I shred them on it.

Also, if anyone is worried about knife laws in the US, joining knife rights will help. We are and have repealed switchblade laws in several states already. This includes knife laws that will keep all knife laws consistent throughout the state, "no local laws apply from city to city" you can go about your business with a switchblade in your pocket. When in public, I will use my knife anytime I need it. I EDC a ruckus so it's not small. I use the knife and put it away. I don't start looking around to see if I'm getting weird looks. I block them out. Only people who feel as if they had done something wrong does that.

I rarely get comments from people, but when I do I assert my rights.

 

[CrazySanMan]

So, earlier today i was at Starbucks

Found your problem...

 

[kubix]

The local coffee shop has the annoying habit of distributing coffee lids without the air hole completely punctured, which hinders drinking the beverage. I've never hesitated to pull out my (fairly small) knife to widen the hole. Once someone standing next to me realized what I was doing and asked if they could borrow it to do the same. I've never heard a complaint or got strange looks, but I suppose it depends a lot on where you live. Downtown Toronto is as urban as it gets, but a lot of people have cottages or go camping on the weekend so perhaps it is more socially acceptable here than elsewhere.

However, my rule in public or at work is not to take it out without good reason. The "it's just a tool" defence is much more compelling if you are actually using it as a tool and not a plaything.