Etiquette

Sosa said:
If a knife can't handle being forcefully opened on occasion I don't want it.
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+10000 seriously
Seems like some are taking things way to seriously. Also if someone hands me a sword to look at I expect they are wanting me to look at it. If I don't think they are a knife person I will show and not hand it to them. But I wouldn't blink if they flick it open. Also the reason I will not likely own a crk is because the mentality they will void a warranty on a 300-400 knife because it was flicked? Really. In time my budget will allow to buy really nice things. But that will be one because of that. If it is that fragile I don't need it.
 
It's not about how tough or fragile a knife is or isn't. It's about doing the right thing.
fwiw, the first car on my tail is a tailgater. It's just the way things are going.
 
It makes me furious.

I have a good budy. Best friends in highschool. Roommates in college. We were each other's best men.

He is both a knife flicker, and a revolver snapper!

First time I let him hold a revolver he spins the cylinder, and snaps it closed like he is trying to catch a bear in it!
 
When I was first reading this thread, I was thinking...come on, what's the big deal if someone opens your knife (I'm not a folder guy btw)...but then I thought about all the times I've handed one of my prized fixed blades over to a non-knife guy, & then watched in horror as they handled it like a stick they had just picked up from the ground. So ya, I get it, & like many of the other guys who have responded here, I now just don't hand people my knives unless I'm sure they're more capable of holding it than my 2yo daughter.
 
Makes me remember an old cartoon of a bartender asking a customer "what's that big knife for?" next picture shows the knife Stuck thru his neck from the front! LOL
 
lol!^
I only hand over my knife when asked but when a knut flicks er... well, knuts are peeps too.
 
I can see Cold Steel's next test scenario...

- THE WRIST FLICK -

...brought to you by Andrew Demko.
 
I usually open and close the knife in front of them first (which accomplishes showing them how to unlock it as well - 9/10 don't know how to operate anything other than a lockback) which also seems to always result in them opening the knife in the same manner and at the same speed.

I also just don't generally hand people my knives. I think it's funny that so many that I do then wipe their fingerprints off of it... I understand the precaution, but it's almost insulting.
 
fetzer85 said:
What's the big deal? Am I missing something?
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This was my reaction. Are you handing your knife over to someone (who you obviously trust enough to let them handle your knife) expecting them not open it with the thumbstud or hole? I understand being upset if they try to open it with a wrist-flick heavy enough to overcome the detent, but otherwise I think you are being much too uptight about your tool. If you don't want a knife opened, leave it in your safe.
 
Comeuppance said:
I usually open and close the knife in front of them first (which accomplishes showing them how to unlock it as well - 9/10 don't know how to operate anything other than a lockback) which also seems to always result in them opening the knife in the same manner and at the same speed.

I also just don't generally hand people my knives. I think it's funny that so many that I do then wipe their fingerprints off of it... I understand the precaution, but it's almost insulting.
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See, I would appreciate someone wiping their grimey paw prints off of my blade. I usually hand my knife over already opened, and most people hand the knife back with it still open. I wouldn't really care if they flicked it open or cut something with the knife. I usually hand particularly interested people a thick business card or cardboard coaster for them to slice up. I'm not really concerned about people damaging my knives. The ones they could actually mess up are cheap enough to replace, and the more expensive ones wouldn't really be "damaged" unless they dropped them point down.
 
Comeuppance said:
I usually open and close the knife in front of them first (which accomplishes showing them how to unlock it as well - 9/10 don't know how to operate anything other than a lockback) which also seems to always result in them opening the knife in the same manner and at the same speed.

I also just don't generally hand people my knives. I think it's funny that so many that I do then wipe their fingerprints off of it... I understand the precaution, but it's almost insulting.
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I had to show one buddy of mine how to unlock my 0562cf. The guy is not stupid. Just didn't know. We usually talk firearms together.
 
Yup, seen this myself a few times. Not supposed to dry-fire a gun or a bow, either. Not supposed to lean up against other people's cars (especially at car shows). You're not supposed to put whatever it is directly on the glass if it could cause scratches (another gun thing). Lots of people use weapons/tools/tools-that-can-work-well-as-weapons in the most "toy-ish" way possible when they don't really know how a lot about it. I think it's somewhat natural to familiarize yourself with these things, but flicking the knife is supposed to be asked about first. Same with throwing it!
 
It would not bother me. I know there going to do it so, if I didn't want them to do it I wouldn't mention I have a new knife. To me this is not improper etiquette. When you're at a show and you go by a table and reach out and handle several of a custom maker's knives without asking him first. 'May I look at them?' This is poor knife etiquette. I see guys do this all the time and I doubt they have the money for a custom knife. But at a show you have to put up with this. Then after they move on, wipe your knives down. DM
 
Sosa said:
If a knife can't handle being forcefully opened on occasion I don't want it.
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...and that's okay, but don't ask to see mine...
I don't personally flick them. I've seen a very expensive Strider SNG "stuck" open from forceful flipping...to the point where I had to use a long-nose pliers to unlock it. There is "USE" and there is "ABUSE." That's a bit like voluntarily wearing a ring in someone else's mint blued revolver cylinder.
 
It doesn't bother me. Flippers seem to be the rage today and I see so many AO Kershaws in pockets that I think some people assume that's how you open a knife. But I personally don't do it!
 
BladeScout said:
After experiencing people not knowing how to properly handle borrowed knives, Ive simply stopped lending anyone my knife and/or multitool (unless its to a knife person, whom I trust).
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And then you still don't lend knives to people, since the knife people don't need to borrow one.
 
It annoys me, too. I once handed my father my Ti Millie and I cringed when he flicked it open. It's the original model without the steel insert. :grumpy:

I learned my lesson after the first time, and I don't hand people my knives unless I trust them and know they're not gonna mess with it.
Actually, that's not true. I was carrying my Spartan on Halloween and handed it to a friend who was a lot less...cautious with blades than myself. While our friends trusted me with the blade, they got nervous when he was holding it. I quickly took it back and put it into my pocket.

I think I'm just going to keep my knives in my pocket when I'm not using them from now on and swallow the "I'm proud of this thing I own so I'm going to show it to my friends" feeling.
 
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