Do people try to remove your knives from your pocket without asking?

The first and only time someone attempted to try and snatch my blade from my pocket they wound up getting cut. I didn't know that it was a friend of mine sneaking up on me. I happened to look down and noticed someone reaching for my knife. In an instant I had it out and open and cut 3 of his fingers. He bled some but required no stitches. I felt horrible afterwards and we laugh about it now. But he was very lucky that I didn't turn around and gut him like a fish. No one has tried that stunt since.
 
some of my friends have thought it was fun to play a game and see if they can take my AO knife without me noticing from my back pocket. They're lucky it never opened on them because they could have gotten badly hurt.
 
Lol... great response guys, even though I didn't get much solidarity in this issue. Let me say in response to Leanwolf, Knarfeng, and especially Wyoblade, if you read my post, you'll notice I never said friend. If searching was on for non-members, I'd challenge you to read my history and ascertain that I'm no idiot. Sometimes, like when one goes to college, has jobs, etc., one doesn't get to choose the company of those you spend time with. My friends are always excited by my gear, be it flashlight, knife, whatever, but they know to ask...

WyoBlade said:
That was my exact thought when I read the original post. Maybe if the OP matures for another 15 or 20 years he could be trusted to have a knife around the people he hangs out with then.:rolleyes:
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If I was so immature, Wyoblade, then wouldn't it have been better for me to post this in prac-tac and talk about how I then pull out my push knife and deliver a gash 1/2 an inch from their carotid and tell them "If I'd wanted, you'd already be dead?" I think it far more mature to post in the general section, admit that I have a problem, and not play action hero, and solicit advice. At least, that's what I thought anyway. Maybe I should have posted in Prac Tac. Any thoughts?

Esav Benyamin said:
There's people like that all over, so I sympathize with Zero_Time. Although it does seem to happen to him way too often.

I've worked in otherwise civilized offices where people thought it was all right to grab pens out of my pocket. Since some of the "pens" in my pocket weren't pens ... not a good idea. My reaction was often intemperate, but I never actually hit anyone for doing it. :)
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Esav, you've got it down. People see me as a fun and interesting guy, and don't know what they're getting into. I once had a friendly acquaintance sneak up on me and put a spray bottle (she was wiping tables in the cafeteria) to the left side of my neck; without a thought I moved to disarm her and bear hug her to get a better grip on the situation. Suffice to say, we aren't very friendly anymore, as she didn't understand that invading someone's personal space can sometimes engender a defensive reaction:(.

Interestingly, I've found that having a fountain pen obsession is almost worse, because people grab your pen and will try to write with it- :eek:my nib!!:eek:

The most recent incident was a very annoying guy who unfortunately hangs with one of my groups of friends; possibly his attempt today was because he once tried using his "good" gerber to cut a hole in a bucket and did so after 10 or so seconds, and my waved endura did so in about 2...
I don't know; it's not just him though but other people. I've educated them one by one, but maybe people just like having an excuse to get their hands on my tool-er, tools...;)
Zero

Edit: One last thought: nearly all these attempts have come from the 12:00 position, so that's really why no one has gotten harmed... they face me, lean forward, and start tugging at my knife- it's so surreal the first few times I nearly didn't react! Another thought is it might be the touchy-feely college stuff...
 
Zero_Time said:
Interestingly, I've found that having a fountain pen obsession is almost worse, because people grab your pen and will try to write with it- :eek:my nib!!:eek:
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That's one of the non-pen pens I was thinking of. Always carried fountain pens, often my big Montblanc. No way they get to write with that, especially since I have a calligraphic nib on it.
 
Never experienced this one. I am on the watch for knife grabbers!:D Only people who you know are allowed to play like that, but the folks that I am around knows better!;)
 
Esav Benyamin said:
That's one of the non-pen pens I was thinking of. Always carried fountain pens, often my big Montblanc. No way they get to write with that, especially since I have a calligraphic nib on it.
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Ha... yeah, I thought you might know the wonders of a fountain pen... most people have never even seen my Meisterstuck... I probably WOULD tactically harm someone who attempted to do anything with it...
Zero
 
Never had anyone try to do this. My friends wouldn't do it, so I figure if someones reachin for anything thats on me, they deserve whatever my response is....
 
I had been stationed in Germany, and saw them there but never got around buying one. About a month after I got home, I was in the Bronx one day, and saw one for the exorbitant price of something like $30. Well, OK, I went for it. Shortly thereafter, Nixon did his thing with gold and the price went up to about $300 for one, but I wasn't tempted to sell by then.
 
I never let anyone but family get that close to me, and they would never behave like that. Any stranger gets close I will...

a: move away
b: speed up my pace
c: suddenly stop to "window shop"
d: ask them if they have a problem

If the are close enough to me to grab at my knife in my pocket then they are way to close to my handgun. I have asked people to get off my back in checkout lines, there is no need for them to be close enough that I can feel their breath on my neck. I have had my CCW since I was eighteen and after that many years I have learned to be very aware of what is happening around me.
 
NO. That would freak me out. I don't fret about it or anything, but I'm constantly aware of my right front pants pocket where my knife is, and my left front pocket where my car keys are.

Like a few others have already said, that would be the same as someone trying to pull my wallet out and rifle through it.

Incidentally, when I was a teenager, I noticed a surprising number of girls tend to try to do just that to a guy's wallet. I actually had a girl take an expired Cal-State LA ID out and keep it, for whatever weird reason. That was the last time it was "amusing," and I can imagine much worse consequences with a knife.

"Hey, this is kind of scary looking! Is it shar--OH MY GOD, IT'S IN THE BONE! IT'S IN THE BONE!"

**Hey Absintheur, so I'm *not* the only one who makes a habit of using window reflections to see what people around me are doing! :D
 
I'm often in environments where it wouldn't be cool for people to know I'm carrying a knife, so mine rides clipless in my pocket... I guess the added bonus is that this has never been an issue.
 
Only once , I try to make it a memorable experience , that requires a change of undies !
 
I've never in 53 years had anyone try to grap anything out of my pockets. It's really beyond my comprehension that someone would try to do so.
 
Well Tracker2...you have a couple of years on me but i haven't had it happen either, perhaps I just look like the type of person you shouldn't try that with...lol.
 
I have had attempts from others to pull my knife from my pocket on several ocassions---once at a scouting event, and only once. I was over a fire ring arranging kindling in your typical "tee-pee" pattern to start off our fire for the night when another Scout came up from behind attempted to pull my Spyderco Military from my pocket for duty with a magnesium block and its striker. I clamped on his wrist and wrapped up his arm with my left, putting him in a modified arm-bar, him on his stomach facing downwards. EDIT: This was actually a move learned to combat the swim move at football...besides discipline, sports have their uses...My Scoutmaster, an LEO, just shook his head and proceeded to lecture people about ASKING.

Most of the Scouts that want to borrow my knives have always respectfully ask---and I always give them some that I'm not too attached to. Now they ALL respectfully ask! ;)

Nobody got hurt, and all the kids learned a valuable lesson: use your own piece-of-sh*t Wal Mart "Winchester Special" on the flint and steel, not a nice Spydie.

God bless you, America, and our men and women overseas.

KATN,

Wade
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Only a couple of VERY close female friends that like knives, but they don't exactly sneak up on me though.

I had a coworker that tried it once years ago while I was working out in the middle of the store, but stomped toes and a twisted wrist showed him the error of his ways.
 
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