Do you actually need your knives?

Do you need your knives? (excludes food preparation/consumption)

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Monocrom said:
You show me an ape that can use a bottle-opener.... And I'll put on a little red dress, change my name to "Shirley," and I'll literally bend over and kiss your buttocks.



Who says we are? A group of scientists who to this day have failed miserably to prove the Theory of Evolution? Yup, that's why it's not scientifically called the Fact of Evolution. Get enough of the population to believe in a theory, and pretty soon they think it's just an accepted fact.
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http://www.snotr.com/video/4098/Monkey_using_tools

So it's not a bottle opener, but it IS a monkey planning and using tools to get what it wants. Since that's only halfway, are you wearing the dress, or kissing some bum?
 
I use my knives all the time.
At work, at home and in the Outdoors.
I like to fish, go sailing and camping.
Interests where a knife often sees use as a tool.

Fine knives is also a hobby and I collect them just because I like them.

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Regards
Mikael
 
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Mikael W said:
I use my knives all the time.
At work, at home and in the Outdoors.
I like to fish, go sailing and camping.
Interests where a knife often sees use as a tool.

Fine knives is also a hobby and I collect them just because I like them.

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Regards
Mikael
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I love your collection. Could you please tell me the name of the little stage handle folder ; second from the top ?
 
You must mean this one!

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It's a GEC #65 Ben Hogan Lockback in burnt stag & 1095 steel.
As it is slim but long, it works well when making Pizza slices on a pic-nic.
I have carried it the last two weeks and used it as an eating knife at work, or when off from home.


Regards
Mikael
 
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Monocrom said:
I'll happily remain a member of the dominant species above animals. Thanks. :)
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The species is in the Kingdom Animalia. Man does not have its own kingdom in taxonomy. You should have said "the dominant species of animals".
 
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Yes we need our knives, even if a great amount of humanity blunders through life using a Bic pen to poke hole and or a key to tear. Until pretty recent time in our human history, a knife was standard equipment for a human male going about his life. No matter it farm or city, a knife was needed. Growing up when I did, it was expected that if you had pants on, you had a pocket knife in one of the pockets. Even if it was just a very small little two blade slip joint, you had a sharp edge on you. And most of the time, that's all you really need. Even a little Victorinox classic will do most of what you need. But it has to be sharp. If it is sharp, a little SAK classic can go through a seat belt or cut some shoe laces or scarf free from escalator steps.

Two times in my life, I needed a knife in very desperate circumstances, and there was a time limit on me. I didn't have all day to saw away with a key. Crawling into an upside down car that is starting to burn, there was no time to fool around with a Bic pen or house key. I don't hunt anymore, and being a half crippled old fart on a cane, I know that I'm not going off to explore the Amazon basin. But I do intend to go about my life out in this world, so as long as I'm not in a nursing home, and have pants on, there will be a sharp blade in one of those pockets. Just in case of the next time I'm crawling into a burning upside down car and need theres no time to fool around trying to cut a seat belt with a key, or a little girl has her sneaker laces bought in the escalator steps and is screaming in pain and fear. Even when someone hits the emergency button at the bottom, there's still the pressure jammed on the food, and the laces have to be cut like right now!

I'll keep my knife on me.
 
RemyKaze said:
http://www.snotr.com/video/4098/Monkey_using_tools

So it's not a bottle opener, but it IS a monkey planning and using tools to get what it wants. Since that's only halfway, are you wearing the dress, or kissing some bum?
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Humans don't directly descend from monkeys or apes despite the similarities in DNA makeup. (We descend from the same ancestral primate) We share 98 percent of DNA with certain primates but it is the differences that define the species. Humans also share 90 percent of DNA with bananas. To say evolution isn't real is to blatantly ignore the supporting evidence. The grand canyon is a massive example of fossil record and allopatric speciation. Evolution isn't something you believe or just accept, it's something you see in nature.

To keep it knife related, here's a pic of some fossilized mammoth tooth on a William Henry knife
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Also, no I don't NEED a knife. It's a convenience but I'm sure I could get by with out them for non food prep.
 
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jackknife said:
Yes we need our knives, even if a great amount of humanity blunders through life using a Bic pen to poke hole and or a key to tear. Until pretty recent time in our human history, a knife was standard equipment for a human male going about his life.
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Women folk of yesteryear too. Even today. Try to prep one of the chickens for supper without a knife. Same with any fish brought home. Nowadays many believe meat comes from a grocery store in plastic wrap forgetting it was once walking around or swimming and went straight from walking or swimming through preparation/butchering, through cooking, and onto a supper plate right at home. There are still plenty of folk in the world today who live exactly the same. Sadly fewer and fewer in our land now do.
 
jackknife said:
Yes we need our knives, even if a great amount of humanity blunders through life using a Bic pen to poke hole and or a key to tear. Until pretty recent time in our human history, a knife was standard equipment for a human male going about his life. No matter it farm or city, a knife was needed. Growing up when I did, it was expected that if you had pants on, you had a pocket knife in one of the pockets. Even if it was just a very small little two blade slip joint, you had a sharp edge on you. And most of the time, that's all you really need. Even a little Victorinox classic will do most of what you need. But it has to be sharp. If it is sharp, a little SAK classic can go through a seat belt or cut some shoe laces or scarf free from escalator steps.

Two times in my life, I needed a knife in very desperate circumstances, and there was a time limit on me. I didn't have all day to saw away with a key. Crawling into an upside down car that is starting to burn, there was no time to fool around with a Bic pen or house key. I don't hunt anymore, and being a half crippled old fart on a cane, I know that I'm not going off to explore the Amazon basin. But I do intend to go about my life out in this world, so as long as I'm not in a nursing home, and have pants on, there will be a sharp blade in one of those pockets. Just in case of the next time I'm crawling into a burning upside down car and need theres no time to fool around trying to cut a seat belt with a key, or a little girl has her sneaker laces bought in the escalator steps and is screaming in pain and fear. Even when someone hits the emergency button at the bottom, there's still the pressure jammed on the food, and the laces have to be cut like right now!

I'll keep my knife on me.
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I agree and we still have a lot to learn from Oldtimers like You!
A SAK is what I choose, when going to town off work.
I still go camping or sail to one of the natural harbours in the archipelago around Stockholm.
The most used sharp tool onboard the boat is a multi-tool, but I also keep an old Sailor's Knife close to the rudder for safety.

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For fishing, I use the one in my avatar, a Fällkniven F2 with stag handle.


Regards
Mikael
 
bh49 said:
I cannot speak for everyone, but no apes in my (even extended) family.
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Then I envy you. I have one or two in my family, and I've found that they are semi trainable for simple tasks. On the other hand, our dog, Pearl The Wonder corgi, is way above some people I've known.
 
Well, I am constantly out in our garage working on things (Dirt bikes, cars, anything with wheels lol) and I find myself using my knives all the time out there
 
Monocrom said:
Who says we are? A group of scientists who to this day have failed miserably to prove the Theory of Evolution? Yup, that's why it's not scientifically called the Fact of Evolution. Get enough of the population to believe in a theory, and pretty soon they think it's just an accepted fact.
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Gravity is "just a scientific theory" as well...care to jump off a cliff? :)
Perhaps you should read up on what theory means in science. ;)

(and micro-evolution has been observed again and again and again...how did we get here from talking about knives? :D)
 
stabman said:
Gravity is "just a scientific theory" as well...care to jump off a cliff? :)
Perhaps you should read up on what theory means in science. ;)

(and micro-evolution has been observed again and again and again...how did we get here from talking about knives? :D)
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One dude decided to derail the topic by going on an anti-evolution spiel? Which hopefully has ended, because the rest of the conversation has been enjoyable to me.
 
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