Favorite Quotes from non-knife people.

at work today:

Co-Worker: i don't understand why you carry that huge knife around. weapons scare me.
Me: it's not a weapon, it's a tool. you're not scared of a screwdriver are you?
Co-Worker: no, but you can't kill someone with a screwdriver.
Me: you could if you wanted to.
Co-Worker: true, but it's easier with a knife.
 
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In the office where I used to work, usually while I was giving a presentation to new hires, I would always get the "YOU HAVE A KNIFE?!??!" When they would see one of them clipped to my pocket or on my belt. My favorite response was "No I don't" very seriously. I always got a kick out of their confused faces. After awhile I think everyone became used to it. I could be walking around the sales floor cutting something up and no one would even bat an eye. Who knows... maybe they believed there wasn't a knife...
 
"Buck Knives don't hold an edge."(no concept that the blade can be made of different steel)
"Honey, come in here with your sword." (Wife needs a box open)
 
Runsalone said:
GC: You better be careful someone might take that from you and use it on you!
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One of the fellow guards said that back when I worked security at the hospital.
I said "No, they couldn't."
He said "Yes they could.", and then reached for my knife (in the RFP)

He went down to the ground from the wrist-lock I applied...and I said "No, they couldn't."

He seemed to get the point.:)
 
Those stones are total crap (pointing at my japanese waterstones), let me show you a real sharpener (pulls out a $2 pull through piece of junk).
 
iwouldhurtafly said:
In the office where I used to work, usually while I was giving a presentation to new hires, I would always get the "YOU HAVE A KNIFE?!??!" When they would see one of them clipped to my pocket or on my belt. My favorite response was "No I don't" very seriously. I always got a kick out of their confused faces. After awhile I think everyone became used to it. I could be walking around the sales floor cutting something up and no one would even bat an eye. Who knows... maybe they believed there wasn't a knife...
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Our VP came to visit our office from Chesapeake and saw that I had a knife clipped to my pocket. It was my blue Endura. "are you carrying a knife?" he asks. I started to sweat but then he pulled out a buck style slippy. "I like when people are prepared. Every man should carry a knife." Turns out he was a boy scout and has carried a folder since he was 8 years old.
 
stabman said:
One of the fellow guards said that back when I worked security at the hospital.
I said "No, they couldn't."
He said "Yes they could.", and then reached for my knife (in the RFP)

He went down to the ground from the wrist-lock I applied...and I said "No, they couldn't."

He seemed to get the point.:)
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And thats justtaking it easy on em too. Never understand the stuff People think. Take it away. ... Absurd! Lol
 
"I've never had a need for a knife, I don't like knives."
Yet this guy asks to borrow my Griptilian or my Vantage S30V once everyday. :confused:
 
Mike8008 said:
Our VP came to visit our office from Chesapeake and saw that I had a knife clipped to my pocket. It was my blue Endura. "are you carrying a knife?" he asks. I started to sweat but then he pulled out a buck style slippy. "I like when people are prepared. Every man should carry a knife." Turns out he was a boy scout and has carried a folder since he was 8 years old.
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I really like this one. It's nice when you realize one of the sheeple turns out to be just as level headed as yourself.
 
Bill1170 said:
That VP is no sheep. He's a man deserving of respect.
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No disrespect intended. A: I was of the impression "sheeple" was used to describe those who are wary of knives and people who like them. B: I'm assuming VP stands for Vice President. The only VP's I've met are wary of anything other than their own wallets.

Hope this clears anything up.
 
Metal Made Fox said:
I got one that will top every quote here for life. My friend asked "Why do you need a knife that expensive?" in a very pissed off tone after I told him my Strider SNG cost $400.00. He then said quote... "Are you going to kill somebody and need a knife that can't provide fingerprints to the cops?"

I was in disbelief at the ignorance of that comment to which I just started laughing hysterically.
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arrghhhhh!lol
 
Had an effete looking new guy ask my "are you carrying a knife?!?" after seeing the clip.

I replied "hell yes, working with these freaks here you better have something, You got one? No? For Gods sake why not! Oh they're gonna love you! Make a SHIV! Yeah that'll get you to first coffee break, hopefully".

For some reason he didnt last long.
 
As a profession, I am an installer (as well as instore sales, but this story doesn't involve that aspect of my life). I install satellite TV systems, satellite radio systems, flat pannel TV's, home theater, audio systems both commercial and residential, and touch a bit on security cameras / systems.

Anyhow, I am on this commercial job, adding satellite radio to an existing audio system for a retail shopping center. Unknown to me when quoting the job, the manager of the center is (was?) my Boy Scout leader from when I was younger. He is a smart man, who has my upmost respect.

I was near the end of the job, and the manager, and another employee were waiting for me to give them the rundown on how the system now functions, when I had to remove an old label from the amp, as to not cause confusion. As the label was stuck pretty well, I reached into my pocket and pulled out my Spyderco Paramillitary 2 to peel it off. The other employee gasps at the knife, and made some comment on it, to which the manager then asks me "why the knife, are you going hunting bear?"

I vividley remember this man "issuing" me my first real knife, a vic of some sort that I carried for YEARS. Our troop won some kind of a challange, and this was our prize. I died a little inside when I heard his knife comment. This is the man who started me on edc with that knife..........

My father never really carried anything usefull in his pockets.......still doesn't. I gave him a leatherman wave one year for christmas, and I don't think he touched it since. I found this odd, as my dad is a jack of all trades, there is nothing he can't fix, and if it doesn't exist, he can fabricate it. He is always running for a tool. I keep hinting that his leatherman has that tool built right it, all he does is agree. I now have a 3 year old, and I will start him right, he already likes to play with daddy's flashlights, he will get loaded out with some larger tools, as he gets larger.

Sorry for the rant, I just don't understand how a Boy Scout leader cannot see the merit of a good knife........
 
Mike8008 said:
Our VP came to visit our office from Chesapeake and saw that I had a knife clipped to my pocket. It was my blue Endura. "are you carrying a knife?" he asks. I started to sweat but then he pulled out a buck style slippy. "I like when people are prepared. Every man should carry a knife." Turns out he was a boy scout and has carried a folder since he was 8 years old.
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Great one. I worked very closely with the VP in our center. We became pretty good friends, but it was always fun to show him a new blade. Once I waved my Endura Wave for him.... he started sweating bullets. Priceless.

I tend to carry 2 to 3 knives a day. A large folder, an EDC, and some sort of fixed blade. I always get asked "why do you need so many knives on you?" I usually reply with a "why not?" When a coworker asked and I replied he said "I carry one and that is all I need," and pulls out a CS Recon 1 tanto. I am fine with that knife (considering he has bought me two of them) but upon examination the edge was so messed up and dull.... I don't think it could cut hot butter... I think he was trying to cut steel or something I dunno... Then I explained that since I have a knife "system" I tend to always have a sharp knife... After the conversation he wants me to work on his blades and I caught him looking up knives online... great day.
 
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