We shouldn't be concerned with what schools teach in the way of etiquette, my parents taught me and parents should teach their children things like this. Where do you live that a knife clipped in your pocket is illegal ?
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We shouldn't be concerned with what schools teach in the way of etiquette, my parents taught me and parents should teach their children things like this. Where do you live that a knife clipped in your pocket is illegal ?
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I remember the days when I was naïve enough to hand my knife to people who wanted to see it.
One douche decided to flick it open (slightly annoying), and then make cutting motions really close to my face (highly annoying).
So, I grabbed his wrist and took my knife back. :thumbup:
Just one of many reasons I do NOT lend my knife to anyone, ever.
He didn't seem like the sort of moron that would stick a knife in your face...until he had a knife in his hand.
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It's the best policy.
If they can handle a knife safely, they'll already have one of their own. :thumbup:
And I still won't hand them mine.
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You can never tell.
My dad handed a knife to a fellow engineer to look at...who then tried with all their might to force the blade closed, despite it having an easily seen lock!
My dad was surprised, because the fellow in question had demonstrated having a functional brain in most other things.
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LOL.. I think if you give them a disclaimer such as, go easy now, that's expensive blade before you hand it over? But honestly, if you were flash a sebenza to a guy only knows about his 20 dollar kershaw and he were to take a look, who would you blame? The guy will most likely flick it open like his kershaw without any reservations. Why wouldn't he? He might not know knives existed that were not suppose to be flicked opened.. Who knows.
I try not to be too sensitive about my knives and such. I would be half disgusted if someone were to show me their knife and watching me like a hawk during the process... Obviously I wouldn't be doing stupid things with others toys.
I guess if something that important, keep in a vault.. lol.. Sorry had to say it.
I try not to be too sensitive about my knives and such. I would be half disgusted if someone were to show me their knife and watching me like a hawk during the process... Obviously I wouldn't be doing stupid things with others toys.
I guess if something that important, keep in a vault.. lol.. Sorry had to say it.
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I guess if something that important, keep in a vault.. lol.. Sorry had to say it.
Vault, nah.
I'll use the hell out of my knives, but no one else gets to.
They can buy their own damn knife, just like God intended. :thumbup:
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LOL.. I wasn't really serious. Im sure you knew.
I use the hell out my blades as well, and that's probably the reason why I do not mind if others want to take a look.
I'm tempted to buy your book. That's impressive to be author of published material.
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Ok, I'm going to take the opposite side here.
Ive had my SMF GG for 7 years, still carry it every day. I use it for anything and everything. If I show it to some dude and he flips it open a time or two it's not going to kill it. I mean, as long as he doesn't try to cut metal or stab something, no big deal. I will admit that I probably have shown my knife to like one person all year though so I may have a different experience than you guys. Usually the guy who runs my local gun shop and I also talk knives. He usually sees some of my new ones, but he carries a sebenza every day and uses it hard so I'm not worried about him breaking my Strider.
If you absolutely want to be sure someone won't do something that you dislike with your knife, keep it in your pocket. If you must hand it out, state the ground rules, or deal with the consequences. Make 'em sign a waiver, LOL. But it's the same thing as handing someone a loaded pistol, high probability their finger goes straight onto the trigger.
Ive had my SMF GG for 7 years, still carry it every day. I use it for anything and everything. If I show it to some dude and he flips it open a time or two it's not going to kill it. I mean, as long as he doesn't try to cut metal or stab something, no big deal. I will admit that I probably have shown my knife to like one person all year though so I may have a different experience than you guys. Usually the guy who runs my local gun shop and I also talk knives. He usually sees some of my new ones, but he carries a sebenza every day and uses it hard so I'm not worried about him breaking my Strider.
If you absolutely want to be sure someone won't do something that you dislike with your knife, keep it in your pocket. If you must hand it out, state the ground rules, or deal with the consequences. Make 'em sign a waiver, LOL. But it's the same thing as handing someone a loaded pistol, high probability their finger goes straight onto the trigger.
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I certainly encourage everyone to buy my book.
The second one should be available early in the new year; the publication process had been started. :thumbup:
It's not a direct sequel, although Stabman returns for a couple of pages.
As for dings and scratches on knives, I'm weird that way.
I don't mind the coating wearing off, scratches and chips in the edge from use, but when someone scratches the handle with one of those tungsten carbide rings they couldn't be bothered to take off first, it really pisses me off.
Just one of those pet peeves.
Or other knife damage; one of my friends busted the tip off the Cold Steel Mini Tuff Lite I gave him while doing construction work; I was pleased with the amount of use it was getting, and gave him some tips on how to proceed with it.
If it were my knife that someone busted the tip off of though, I would not be pleased at all.
Just little idiosyncratic personality features, I guess.
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Havent read the whole thread, but I hear where you're coming from with this concern....altho from my perspective it's more related to the knife being dropped or some other weird accident that could happen with a little carelessness during said flicking.
I have to echo the thought that I wouldn't have a knife in my pocket at all if flicking it might actually hurt its functionality.
To offset this risk, if any non-knife people ask to check out my knife, I'll open it myself and pass it to them handle first...if they can't figure out how to unlock and close it (and somehow most dont!), then I usually dont have to worry about them flicking it open ;-)
I have also found peace of mind if there's any grass or dirt nearby, I try to make sure that's where we are standing when I do eventually hand it over.
I have to echo the thought that I wouldn't have a knife in my pocket at all if flicking it might actually hurt its functionality.
To offset this risk, if any non-knife people ask to check out my knife, I'll open it myself and pass it to them handle first...if they can't figure out how to unlock and close it (and somehow most dont!), then I usually dont have to worry about them flicking it open ;-)
I have also found peace of mind if there's any grass or dirt nearby, I try to make sure that's where we are standing when I do eventually hand it over.