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There ain't too many things in this old world that can get my goat faster than a man in fancy britches trying to tell me how to do this or that. Nor can I take a man with a fancy knife that just sits in his pocket collecting them little pocket dust bunnies.
Dag gum, I met this fellow and I was cutting on some rope to tie up some lumber I had just bought at the lumber super yard. He admired my benchmade knife and then showed me his real fancy shiney knife.
He then asked if he could help me get my stuff tied down, and I was pleased to have another hand. When it came time for him to cut the rope he had just tied, he asked if he could borrow my knife. I asked him what was wrong with his. That's when he told me that he does not cut with his knife. I could not help but ask him what he did with it, and just as plain as day he said he wore it for show. That the knife was too expensive to use. He was scared he would sratch the blade or some such nonsense.
I handed him my benchmade and we finished. Shook hands and I was on my way home. Never in all my wildest dreams would I believe a man could own a knife he would not use. A show knife, that he carried to impress people. Gosh, it was so impressive to see a man with such a knife. I don't know if my life was complete until that time.
Now, I don't see nothing wrong with collecting knives and not using them ones thats in your collection. But to carry a knife that you don't use, just to be impressive is a bit silly to me.
I don't have any collecting knives, but I do have some that are retired that were my Dad's or Grand-dad's but I would not hesitate to use anyone of those old knives if I was to be carrying one.
Would anyone one on this forum carry a knife that they would not use? If so, why? I ain't never heard of such, but let me know if there is a good reason.
God bless and keep 'em sharp, oiled and ready,
Forever in Liberty and Justice,
Judge Blackhawk
Dag gum, I met this fellow and I was cutting on some rope to tie up some lumber I had just bought at the lumber super yard. He admired my benchmade knife and then showed me his real fancy shiney knife.
He then asked if he could help me get my stuff tied down, and I was pleased to have another hand. When it came time for him to cut the rope he had just tied, he asked if he could borrow my knife. I asked him what was wrong with his. That's when he told me that he does not cut with his knife. I could not help but ask him what he did with it, and just as plain as day he said he wore it for show. That the knife was too expensive to use. He was scared he would sratch the blade or some such nonsense.
I handed him my benchmade and we finished. Shook hands and I was on my way home. Never in all my wildest dreams would I believe a man could own a knife he would not use. A show knife, that he carried to impress people. Gosh, it was so impressive to see a man with such a knife. I don't know if my life was complete until that time.
Now, I don't see nothing wrong with collecting knives and not using them ones thats in your collection. But to carry a knife that you don't use, just to be impressive is a bit silly to me.
I don't have any collecting knives, but I do have some that are retired that were my Dad's or Grand-dad's but I would not hesitate to use anyone of those old knives if I was to be carrying one.
Would anyone one on this forum carry a knife that they would not use? If so, why? I ain't never heard of such, but let me know if there is a good reason.
God bless and keep 'em sharp, oiled and ready,
Forever in Liberty and Justice,
Judge Blackhawk
