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In New Orleans......I am not sure who would be worst to face with a knife...the Police or the Thugs!!!!
 
patrick - how old are you? Do you already have a pocket knife, and aren't allowed to carry it, or are you wanting to get one, but your parents won't allow it? Obviously you shouldn't carry one to school, unless it's OK, but I doubt it is. It was OK when I went to HS in Colorado, but I graduated a year before the Columbine tragedy, so I suspect things have changed since then.

If you don't have a knife, but want one, suggest to your parents they let you get a Swiss Army knife or a small Case slipjoint pocketknife. They're ubiquitous and unassuming, even in the hands of a minor (and especially down south), and nobody would consider them weapons - at least nobody with a brain. They're useful tools, not weapons that you're going to whip out and start some $%@ with. If your parents are really apprehensive, start small with a Victorinox Classid or a Case Peanut, then work your way up.
 
Welcome to Bladeforums. As others have said, once you stop playing "badass" with your your knife, no doubt your parents (or anyone else) will give you a problem about it.

Pick up a cutting tool like a SAK or stockman. Or wait until you move out of your parents' house. Then you can play "badass" to your heart's content.
 
Start by carrying and using a friendly, red, unbadasstic Swiss Army Knife. The folks will easily get used to it and find it undisturbing. The you can gradually switch to other styles that are more to your liking, if you want to, probably withoutbcausing too much trouble.

It goes without saying that using knives safely and responsibly as tools (not weapons) is the way to go.
 
Work with your parents on this, not against them. If they take issue with carrying a knife, suggest to them that they should hold on to the knife until you need it and you can ask them for it at those times.
This works in several ways:
- Your family will see the situations in which you choose to utilize a knife, hopefully seeing over time that these are "good" situations
- Your parents will feel like they are in control of the situation rather than being at ends with you on it
- Over time, either your parents will begin to see that you're making good use of the knife and feel comfortable letting you carry it without their supervision, or you may realize that your need for a knife doesn't merit frequent carry after all
- This earns trust and respect in your parents' eyes

I'm a fan of EDC'ing a knife, but I'm a bigger fan of respecting one's parents so long as you're in their household.
 
Others have already mentioned this, but don't think of steel as 'badassery' it isn't. It is a only a tool, nothing more, nothing less. I've had one since I was 5, and carrying one on my own since around the age of 7. I was taught to use them properly, and my dad even encouraged me to carry one everyday because I may need one at any time for something I wasn't expecting.
 
I might be wrong in this, but I think the OP used the term "badassery" much like one would use the term awesomeness, or cool, or neat.
 
I'd suggest you carry something that has utilitarian look, and not a " I'm going to stab you" look. My son carries either a Leatherman Supertool, or a SAK Alox Cadet (He is 14). Nobody gives him nasty looks...
 
FireAnt said:
How about using the term "neat cutlery" instead of "steel badassery". :P
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I would imagine that is because it is an entirely different thing. I get the impression that out friend isn't interested in "cutlery" or something that makes him look "neat."

He is wants knives that make him look "badass." No doubt large black folders with lots of pointy bits on them and writing on the blade. Something stabtastic. Stabalicious.

And that's cool. To each his own.

Would a parent hassle him about that kind of knife? Yes.
Educator? Yes.
Law enforcement officer? Yes.
Real badass? No...he'd probably shoot him.

Would the majority of members here hassle him? Yes.

Among the reasons why is that many here work very hard to change people's impression that knife users are "badasses." And the more "badass" knuckleheads there are running around with Stabinators, the more some people want to take our knives away.

Maybe I got the wrong impression and got the whole thing wrong....wouldn't be the first time.
 
I'm curious to know why he hasn't replied yet. Yes, he is new, and probably young. I went through this mall ninja phase. I carried this:
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My parents hated it, and I soon found it to be quite useless for practical cutting needs. Perhaps we are being to hard on him, everyone starts somewhere. Maybe get a slip joint, I'd recommend this, it really gives your parents a second thought on your attitude, and it is much more useful for a lot more situations. After they find you using the knife in situations, they will not feel as bad about you getting new ones.
 
patrick117 said:
My folks arent to big on me carrying a knife everywhere i go. Im trying to find out how many of ya'll carry some form of steel badassery in their pocket wherever you go.
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The only time/place people look cool because of their knife is in the movies. Folks in real-life will appreciate a knife if it is carried quietly, produced when needed, and disappears after the job is done--but it's the man and not the knife that gets respect. A funny thing happens as you get older; you tend to appreciate the smaller, less 'badass' looking knives, a little more each day.

I'm assuming you're a young fella, so do yourself a favour: save up and buy yourself a nice classy traditional style pocket knife (with your parents' permission, of course.) When you're old and grey, it'll probably be the knife you carry most often and be a prized possession--a knife you can say you've had for years and years.

Good luck! :)
 
FireAnt said:
I'm curious to know why he hasn't replied yet. Yes, he is new, and probably young. I went through this mall ninja phase. ....
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Well FireAnt....you hang around here long enough and you see the same "types" over and over again. "Stabby "badass" teen mad at the parents" is one of them. We all know the kid. Seen him a million times.

Hopefully we are wrong. He might come back and say..."Yes....what you say makes sense." Or he's disgusted with us, he's in mom and dad's basement listening to death metal, eating HotPockets, and stabbing the drywall and we never hear from him again.

Could go either way.
 
I'm with the SAK and traditional slipjoint crowd.Though for a youth I understand the appeal of a tacticool knife,I was young once too.When I was a teen the Buck 110 was the epitome of Bada$$ery.I always had a slippy of some kind on me since the age of 7 or 8.When I was 16 I bought that Bada$$ 110 with me own earned money.My Parents and Grandparents trust me to use knives properly.Hardly anybody raised an eyebrow back in those days anyway,sadly those days are long gone in alot of places.
 
My mom likes me having one, but if it helps I use mine at work a lot.. and I just work at a local pizza place. Remember, a knife is primarily a tool. I keep 2-3 on me and a machete in my Jeep.
 
one things for sure -theres always gonna be someone who badder AND a bigger ass.
 
I agree with the fact that calling it "badassery" in front of the parents might not go a long way to supporting the OP's cause..

But I remember back in the Army in the early 80's, a good portion of us carried some sort of badassery or another, and thought of it as such...No one said we were very bright :D

If we all thought of knives as purely "tools" we'd all be carrying a SAK :)
 
I second Game. A knife isn't there for badassery, although I'll add that it's badassery only if you're with a crowd that requires it. If you're carrying a knife to be a badass, you're in more danger than you realize. Like the others said, go SAK, use it as a tool until you can move on to something bigger in a responsiible way. Good luck!
 
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