Do you ever get tired of being the one with the knife?

I don't get tired of being the one with the knife, but I'd sure get tired of being the one without a knife.

I've given knives to a handfull of friends and family members. Some carry them daily and would never again go out without one, others just sit in a drawer. Ya win some, ya lose some.

A few months ago I was at work in an office when two people came in carrying three cardboard boxes. They set the boxes down and stared at them funny, trying to figure out how to get them open. One finally grabbed a pair of plastic safety scissors and started trying to tear at the tape. That wasn't working well so I handed him my 940. He looked at it for a minute and once he figured out it was a pocket knife, he set it down on the table and went back to tearing at the box with the plastic scissors :confused:
 
I dont mind cutting things for people.

What I hate is when at my job people bitch at me cause I have a knife, then the same people complain that they need mine to cut something.
 
I'm more surprised by the fact that people usually manage to do their package openings, plastic wrapping openings etc. with their teeth!
When I offer my services, they are so proud to accept it, that they try even harder with the teeth.
How can people manage without a knife, even a tiny one? :p
 
Thomas,
That is another thing I hate. When you see someone struggling to open something (typically with a key), and you offer your knife only to have them say "no thanks, I've got it", and then continue struggling. When you tell them a knife is a lot easier they don't care, becuase "this works fine". Well, you know what they say, you can cut down a tree with a hammer, but an axe is a lot easier.
 
"Why do you carry a knife? Do you feel threatened?"

My response to statements of this nature are generally along these lines. Well, I think it is reasonable to assume that life can at times be
threatening. I believe there are no victims in life only volunteers. I chose not to be a volunteer.Why
would any rational person place themselves in a postion of being helpless in the face of a physical threat.Why do you?
I think it is Gods way of sorting out the weak from the strong. Pretty soon the bad guys will eat them all and we can just talk about knives.
Several years ago a fellow was robbed. He gave them his wallet. They killed him, beat and raped his wife. The police chief stated that the victim did
exactly what he was suppose to do in that situation.Go figure.
 
The part of it that makes me nuts is these are the same people who think it is stupid to carry a knife everyday. They say things like "what, are you going to kill people?". Or better yet " Hey that's not legal to carry", forgetting that I am an LEO and am well aware of the laws (it's only my job, DUH!). But when they need a knife to cut something I am the first one they ask. My father came to visit last year, and he constantly needed a knife. I was fed up enough that I gave him a NIB BM Darkstar out of my collection as a present. Then it took me 15 minutes to explain to him that the knife was not a $10.00 Wallmart special, and he should take care of it. OOpps, guess I should write that one off.
 
Boy is there a LOT of venting here!!! We all get tired of the uneductated public poking hard words
at folk's who carry knives. WE took the time to get educated about knives (and guns for some of us)
that WE understand why we should carry one (or more). It's not about self-defense most of the time,
it's about utility. Using the knife as a tool as intended. Foolish, prideful people who open packages
with a key deserve the gouge they get when it slips. Like most anything else the foolish don't need
something until they don't have it to use. Go figure...........
 
Originally posted by RyanMalpiede
I wonder what kind of knife God has on him anyway??? Maybe a MT Halo II. :D Ryan
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I am not sure of the brand but I know it is two-edged! Heb 4:12
:D :D ;) ;)

BTW, I love being the one in the crowd with a knife! Just ask any of the folks in my church . . . they know the preacher has a blade!!:D
 
Ok, today in my Calculus class this girl was attempting to open up her new graphing calculator (she hadn't even removed it from the package). It was that really tough plastic clamshell type package. She was trying to open it up with a nail-clipper.

She looks at me and says, "Do you have a knife?" I say, "Sure" and I have just about handed her my knife when I realized I was carrying my Random Task. I didn't think it'd be a good idea to let her open it up so I pulled it back and slowly opened it with two hands, and then set it on her desk.

Well then she's scared because my knife is "too sharp" so she hands the package and my knife to the guy behind her. He slices through the package, narrowly missing his fingertips, but thankfully no blood was spilled.

So after handing her the calculator and remains of the package, he trys to close my knife. He obviously had never seen a linerlock before, because he was really cranking down on that blade trying to close it. I was afraid he would hit the liner and then it would close on him, so I quickly said, "That's ok - I'll close it." He did at least hand it to me handle first.

All this happened in the second row and my professor never noticed. The moral of the story? Next time I'll be answering, "Sure, I'll be happy to open that for you..."
 
Liner locks should be incorporated into childproof packaging. I don't see what it is about them that mystifies the general population, but I always have to show people how to close them.
 
This is exactly why I also carry a micra ... $20.00 & if they kill themselves with it, you say it was just a pair of scissors. The Umfaan just sits in my pocket waiting for envelopes.
 
sometimes.
only one other guy carreis a knife at work,and its a POS.all the managers have small buck or shrades on their keychain.

yeah,im the one that gets asked. i usually carry a BM 940 or AFCK and my carson m4.
one fella said "let me borrow that ****** one" after showing what i was carrying that day (afck, cammilus slipjoint,and my carson).he was referring to the afck.

no one borrows em anymore.
had two stolen at my previous job,my boss recognized one that someone was carrying and gave it back. edge was ****ed up real bad. shaves now ;):D
 
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