Experiences with People Mistaking Khukuris for Pistols?

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This past weekend, as I was preparing to reduce a few sticks to firewood for a hamburger cookout, my little 3-year-old daughter observed the British Army Service khukuri on my belt and asked, "Daddy, is dat your dun?" (= "gun"; in her speech, G = D, C = T, etc.)

It occurs to me to ask everybody here what experiences they've had in which their oddly-shaped bent knives have been mistaken for pistols by khukuri-unaccustomed observers. I have to say, the appearance does kind of lend itself to that misunderstanding. Stories, anyone?
 
Never had it happen with a khukri, but I had a co worker who saw my CRKT Bear Claw on my belt and thought that it was a pistol for a minute.
 
Never happened yet.

But last year l used my 20" AK to help a local deputy hack away some brush at the side of the road to get to the drunk driver who went straight ahead when he should have turned. The cop was impressed. The drunk guy was afraid of it.
 
Around here, I'm more comfortable being seen with a pistol than I am with a khukuri. I mean, everyone has a pistol...
 
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