Does a knife make the man?

[marcinek]

My favorite uncle whom I take after was a bit of a rogue adventurer, a Texas historian, writer and as some described him a Texas Hemingway. He was known and admired by wealthy politicians and honest working men alike and would share a drink with anyone who had class.
When he died fighting cancer he had only his guns, books and his collection of knives including Randalls including a beautiful 12-9 staghorn Bowie as well as other large knives. Those were the most important things he hadn't parted with or handed to friends, relatives.
I think this might be a genetic thing.

Sounds like a heck of a guy. You could learn a lesson from him! See how he didn't buy a cheapo Randall knockoff? And how his real Randalls lasted a lifetime? Just something to about! :thumbup: He certainly appears to have never been " penny wise, pound foolish". His choice of knife shows that! Gotta respect that in a person.

 

[Blackie Scantling]

"deep seated childhood depression and being neglected by your parents"

Then that would explain Jim Bowie's problem, he felt neglected by his parents resulting in some sort of compulsive / addictive personality when he grew older. It's obvious now that whole knife wielding bunch could have used some counseling.

 

[Blackie Scantling]

Sounds like a heck of a guy. You could learn a lesson from him! See how he didn't buy a cheapo Randall knockoff? And how his real Randalls lasted a lifetime? Just something to about! :thumbup: He certainly appears to have never been " penny wise, pound foolish". His choice of knife shows that! Gotta respect that in a person.

I would have been extremely embarrassed to have even shown him this el cheapo knockoff. In fact, I wouldn't.

I'm getting ready to hit elcheapo with Kleanstrip and take it back to raw metal and age it with an acid bath. At least it will look better.

 

[Blackie Scantling]

Nope. A man needs only his mind.

Don't tell that to the Nordics> "A man without a knife is a man without a life." - Old Nordic saying

 

[GronK]

Nope. A man needs only his mind.

Heck. I knew I was missing something.

 

[22-rimfire]

Maybe the knife does make the man. You got to work up to using a big knife effectively same as being a man is sort of a work in progess.

 

[Blackie Scantling]

My elcheapo TM knockoff actually looks about half respectable now that I stripped off the black paint. It and the guard has a natural patina under it.

Want to know how to loosen a Kraton handle? Just accidently overspray Kleanstrip on it. No amount of duct taping was able to prevent it. If it weren't for the lanyard hole I bet I could slide it off. At least I can get behind it enough now to get some J-B weld under the loose guard.

 

[Firestrike]

I seem to top out at the 7" blades but I have always wanted a battle ready sword nothing to big, and a 13" Heavy Duty Wood Proccessing Blade, maybe someday.

 

[singularity35]

The quality of a man consists not in what he has. It consists of what he does.

Well said!

 

[SoCal_kid]

I feel like it is the other way around. Men make knives. Not just in the literal sense. Men, their acts and legacies, make the knives they own and use what they are.

 

[Blackie Scantling]

Yeah but without a knife you can't crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.

 

[singularity35]

Do I see personal issues here?

 

[darkangel55555]

Where's my spear

 

[Aias]

The Dude knows...Walter probably does too.

[video=youtube;gQWGIzSGtOc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQWGIzSGtOc[/video]

:thumbup:

 

[Aias]

Seeing as how this isn't in W&C my short answer is no. I've seen many a Bad a** knife in the hands of a total fool, (just go to any gun show, you'll find 'em) it didn't make them any cooler.

Like any tool it's not the tool that makes the man but the man that makes the tool...

I really like your posts--you are a very sensible fellow.

 

[Blackie Scantling]

I still think man and knife is a primordial synergy, the way a domestic dog has evolved over millennial to want to bond to man.

 

[jc57]

You may be onto something. A human without tools is essentially a rather weak mostly hairless ape. Our teeth and nails aren't suited to much more than chewing and scratching. A knife is one of the most basic and earliest tools, and one that allows us to modify the environment and create new tools.

 

[leghog]

Nope. A man needs only his mind.

A man needs character. That's what makes a man. That's what defines a man.

 

[singularity35]

A man needs character. That's what makes a man. That's what defines a man.

Agreed! Without character, all the tools in the world don't mean cr*p.

 

[Mikael W]

Don't tell that to the Nordics> "A man without a knife is a man without a life." - Old Nordic saying

This saying doesn't refer to Chinese made Trailmaster clones, but to the basic 4" bladelenght Scandi sheathknife and used as a tool.
If You have use for a knife as a tool in a legal way, You can still carry such a knife overhere in Your daily life.

It's about attitude.

If You do as You state in the below quote, You will get shot like a crazy dog, by our Policeforce.
It actually happened this summer and was caught on film with a cellphone camera.

Yeah but without a knife you can't crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.

It was a 22 year man waving a large kitchenknife in the street and killed an old woman, injured a young man and tried to cut the throat of a male adult.
He refused to obey the LEO's order to put down the knife and was shot in the leg, but got up and tried to attack the LEO's, who then shot him dead.

There's another saying: "Don't take a knife to a gunfight!"


Regards
Mikael