Does it offend you...

No it doesn't offend me. A knife is a tool. Some tools are for bashing nails into wood and some are for bashing bad guys. Some tools are for putting holes into paper at very great distances and some are for putting holes into bad guys. Some tools are for cutting my steak and some are for cutting bad guys.

Do you see my point? Whackos will be whackos, but folks can be legitimately interested in knives only (or primarily) for defensive purposes and not be a whacko.

People collect things for all sorts of reasons. If you feel that someone else's reason for collecting reflects poorly on your reason for collecting, by all means do your best to distance yourself from them. But keep in mind that the general public that does not share your interests will never see the distinction between you and the "other kind" of collector.

We in America learned that with regards to our firearms rights. The anti-gun folks exploited a false divide between "recreational" shooters like hunters and more self-defense oriented folks. In the end, this bogus difference was recognized and the "Assault Weapons Ban" was allowed to die. In Canada, things progressed a little further and you got the Long Gun Registry which did nothing but interfere with legal legitimate gun owners. In England, they banned self-defense firearms, then all but banned hunting & target guns, then big scary knives, then knives that lock back, then even kitchen knives over a certain length!

Basically it's the same situation. Some said "I'm not like THOSE people. Go ahead and ban their scary tools but leave mine alone." The problem with that is folks who are anti-liberty will never leave it alone. And that, that offends me.
 
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It would have offended me a few years ago, but since then I stopped caring what people think of me :)

Seriously though, why should I care what they think a knife is for? Its not like I'm going to change their minds about knives or what they are used for by learning them the uses of a knife. If they think its a weapon ONLY, so be it. I think they are weapons as well as tools. Why should everyone think the way I do???

There is only reason why something would offend me, and thats if someone I loved completely disregards and spoke down about something I care about. I could care less what the rest of the world thinks.
 
I mean, it doesn't offend me if someone is interested in the use of a knife as a weapon. People have used knives as weapons for hundreds of years, it is nothing new, and it is not necessarily a bad thing. Look at jambiya daggers or the skean-dhu.

Constantly harping on it gets annoying, as does overthinking it.

The only thing that actually passes the mark and seriously annoys me is when I am using a knife as a tool and someone takes objection to me using a "weapon", no matter what I say. It can be almost infuriating to have someone look in disgust at a small pocketknife and ask if you're trying to be Rambo.
 
Well it depends on the seriousness of the use. Knives are tools and weapons. They can be used as both. I don't condone the use as a weapon unless circumstance dictate them to be used as one. But I also like swords and axes such and those are designed as weapons. So I guess to each there own.
 
Doogoon said:
When you come across someone who is into knives, but they only consider knives to be weapons? The only thing they have in mind when it comes to blades is how effective it would be when attacking another person... Does it offend you?

I know it offends me and I think it plays a terrible image on the knife community, and I always make sure there are observers when I try to tell these people that they are crazy and wrong.

How do you handle these types of people?
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It doesn't offend me, but it does strike me as a very childish way to look at knives.

When a friend / coworker tells me they bought a new knife or whatnot and they go "It's so cool, it's perfect for for Stabbing and Slashing and emergency self-defense! It's my Tally-ban killer! :cool:", I just laugh and change the topic or whatnot. Really, though, I think people like that just need to grow up and stop fantasizing about stabbing people.

They may think that carrying a knife makes them all cool like Jack Bauer or whatever, but really, they just make themselves look like total banana-heads and present a pretty lousy image of the rest of the knife users to the rest of the world.

That's why I mostly avoid the Practical-Tactical section. :D
 
Doesn't offend me, but if thats the only thing they talk about (as apposed to how their weeks been, work ....etc) I'd get fed up with them quickly.
 
It doesn't offend me personally but I think the less we openly discuss a knife as a weapon the better it may be when it comes to our constitutional rights and those who want to limit them. Even though I can identify dozens of potential deadly weapons within a 20' radius of me at almost any given time, the sheeple only see black and white . . . You could have a pocket protector full of screwdrivers and pens or pencils but the knife in your RFP will be the only thing they consider a deadly weapon . . .
 
Doogoon said:
When you come across someone who is into knives, but they only consider knives to be weapons? The only thing they have in mind when it comes to blades is how effective it would be when attacking another person... Does it offend you?
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My sister in laws parents adopt and/or foster a lot of "Special Needs" kids. They don't offend me one bit ;)
 
1badcj_7 said:
I usually dont care about comments like that since its not worth my time trying to change such ignorance but, sometimes I will try to explain that criminals will always exist to commit violent crimes whether its with knives or sharpened tree branches..

Naive people need to stop being afraid of simple TOOLS and realize its the MAN wielding the tool that they should fear!
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Easier said than done. In my experience, these people, usually prefer to blame OBJECTS (guns, knives, etc.), rather than PEOPLE as the cause of crime because they simply cannot accept that the problem is the individual, not an inanimate object; these, they can ban, people, they cannot. Very frequently, these same people oppose tough crime policies like the death penalty, life imprisonment, in part, in my oppinion because it means that the society (of which they are a part) has to take the necessary measures, against individuals, against people and they prefer that somebody else do that: they do not want to be responsible, the same way that they don't want to accept the fact that they, as individuals are ultimately responsible for their own safety. It seems to me that these persons are afraid of anybody that doesn`t conform to their own ideas of what should or shouldn't be.
Sorry about the ranting.
 
Depends on knives. When I pull out my spyderco dragonfly or Kershaw Mojito when situation needed, these blades are rather ppl friendly. I got lots guys and girls asking me about them and their price. Most don't few these blades as weapon but cutting tool. When you have knives that design and look like tactical knives, you can't blame ppl get the wrong impression.
 
Offended, No. Worried about their influence on others on how they perceive a knife and knife people, yes.

If they just see a knife as a weapon they are probably dorks, and from those "types" of people I have seen, they generally know little about how they would even use a knife as a weapon. They see it on a movie, or read about it online. If anyone discredits a knife as a tool then they are tards. And if you come across these guys, tell them they are stupid so they will stop talking, they make us look bad.
 
Alvaro Candanedo said:
Easier said than done. In my experience, these people, usually prefer to blame OBJECTS (guns, knives, etc.), rather than PEOPLE as the cause of crime because they simply cannot accept that the problem is the individual, not an inanimate object; these, they can ban, people, they cannot. Very frequently, these same people oppose tough crime policies like the death penalty, life imprisonment, in part, in my oppinion because it means that the society (of which they are a part) has to take the necessary measures, against individuals, against people and they prefer that somebody else do that: they do not want to be responsible, the same way that they don't want to accept the fact that they, as individuals are ultimately responsible for their own safety. It seems to me that these persons are afraid of anybody that doesn`t conform to their own ideas of what should or shouldn't be.
Sorry about the ranting.
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When some ones says my knife is a dangerous weapon, I tell them. "I wouldnt kill you with the knife, id grab this shovel and kill you with this." Maybe we should put restrictions on shovel lengths... NYC you cant have a handle more than 36".
 
I'm going to just answer the original question.
No, it does not offend me. It irritates me when I'm told that I must like weapons to have so many. It irritates me when my friend argues that my knives were made to kill people, as that is just NOT the truth. But people will always see anything that has been used so much as a primary weapon to kill people as a weapon and not a tool. That is why we have Blade Forums, so we can talk to other people that think the way we do, to an extent.
 
Just tell your friend it must be nice to "will" their food into smaller pieces :)


BladeChick777 said:
I'm going to just answer the original question.
No, it does not offend me. It irritates me when I'm told that I must like weapons to have so many. It irritates me when my friend argues that my knives were made to kill people, as that is just NOT the truth. But people will always see anything that has been used so much as a primary weapon to kill people as a weapon and not a tool. That is why we have Blade Forums, so we can talk to other people that think the way we do, to an extent.
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It doesn't offend me.
I just ask "Well, how many people have you had to kill?"
Answer: "None."
"Well, then don't you think you'd get more use out of your knife if you actually used it for regular tasks?"

They usually come around then.:)
 
Most of the narrow minded individuals I know who see knives purely as weapons haven't grown up in exactly the most "knife friendly" families so I tend to cut them some slack and try and educate them to the best of my ability. When it comes to self defense I feel that there are better options than the knife and in no way advocate using them for such purposes. With that being said I feel it should be up to the discretion of the individual what tool they use for self defense so I don't see the need for further legislation on prohibiting the carrying of certain knives, but I digress......
 
Honestly, when people ask me about it, I just tell them that if I needed a weapon I'd use the pistol in my pocket :)
 
A lot of people here in the PI have grown up with bolos and large knives in their kitchens and backyards. Still they view a folder as a weapon but find large choppers and kitchen knives to be warm and fuzzy.
 
That made me laugh :)


singularity35 said:
A lot of people here in the PI have grown up with bolos and large knives in their kitchens and backyards. Still they view a folder as a weapon but find large choppers and kitchen knives to be warm and fuzzy.
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I EDC a knife for nothing more than what I need it for(work). The thought of defense never even crosses my mind at all. To each his own.
 
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