Favorite Quotes from non-knife people.

I still think it's hilarious that most sheeple won't bat an eye at a SAK but freak out at all other folders. My climber has multiple options that I could potentially harm someone with.
 
My own example of such ignorance was kinda unique because I try and keep a sharp wit as well as a sharp blade. Once when asked about my carrying of a knife my immediate response was "Because we live in a world filled with duct tape." I don't know if they agreed but they certainly laughed.

loglew said:
"Honey, come in here with your sword." (Wife needs a box open)
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Oh man that's just plain classic and hilarious.
 
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uncouth said:
What I get a lot at work is someone having problems with their POS box cutter or utility knife coming up to me, "hey you're a knife guy, could you help me with this?"
As if somehow my carrying a real knife because I disdain box cutters etc. makes me qualified to fix the problem they are having with their cheap imitation of a knife.
I always think to myself "Yes, throw it in the trash and buy a real knife!"
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Now now, I see that there are plenty of POS utility knives, and all box cutters are, but a Stanley No 199 with some Stanley No 1991 blades in an Oxy Tool Shield is a drywall cutting machine, not to mention anything else! I don't like sharpening my knives once a day, so I use a utility knife, because they do have their place. But that's not to say that I don't carry a folder on me at all times.
 
Once on a hike, I had a fellow knife owner ask why I brought along a huge knife. (I think his exact words were something like "Planning on hunting bears with that?")

And it wasn't even a huge knife...


solidorange said:
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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I bet it would be easier with the screwdriver. Knives make nice clean wounds, and we typically keep our blades clean. The screwdriver would be covered in rust and dirt and who knows what germs and bacteria... It would give a wound + infection.


Runsalone said:
And thats justtaking it easy on em too. Never understand the stuff People think. Take it away. ... Absurd! Lol
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I once had a kid try to pull my knife out of my pocket. Turns out the clip was a bit stiff... He couldn't get it out. :p
 
"If some one tried to get into a fight with you, would you pull out your knife to defend yourself?"

As always, I reply: I'd run the $&@# away.
Then explain how [my particular] knives would hinder myself in a SD situation.
 
For reasons of safety, we strongly recommend that Scouts not carry their pocket knives. The knives should be locked up at the meeting places and only brought out when needed.
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English Scouting Association.
 
"It´s very pointy , good for stabbing, aaaaaaaaaa"

That was a guy I showed a Kershaw 1030 , he stabbed himself in the palm of his hand ,
also he was quite right , it was good for stabbing ! :D

1234,,,:D
 
I think I posted this awhile ago. But it still makes me chuckle.

I was on lunch break at work. The guy who does paint matching for my Dad ( we work at the same place ) asked if he had a stanley knife around. I said, " Not sure where, but I have a knife you can use. ". I hand him my Tenacious. He goes off and uses it. Comes back fifteen seconds later and askes me " Hey man, how do you close this bad boy? ". I showed him how to close it. And laughed after he left.
 
Was with a friend who had a new griptilian, he was showing it to some foreign guy who asked "Is it sharp" and proceeds to run edge across the fat part of his hand under the thumb and gashes himself... :hopelessness:

Also at a sporting goods store looking at the Benchmades and Spydies, old guy behind counter suggests a gerber and when I disregard it he says "I don't know why all you kids these days think you need an expensive knive, these are just as good"
 
After I nicked myself with my nitrous stryker, a friend pulls a ccc sak out of his pocket and says, "The key to not cutting yourself with a knife..." Here he opened it and pushed on the cutting edge with his thumb, "...is to make sure it's not sharp enough to cut you."

I was stunned.
 
zpavao said:
After I nicked myself with my nitrous stryker, a friend pulls a ccc sak out of his pocket and says, "The key to not cutting yourself with a knife..." Here he opened it and pushed on the cutting edge with his thumb, "...is to make sure it's not sharp enough to cut you."

I was stunned.
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W...T...Fridge is the point in carrying a knife that doesn't cut? That is like buying a car that doesn't go.
 
I get the whole "It's just a knife, why spend $200 on that!?" a lot.

And I do understand where it's ridiculous to some folks. I don't argue. The same stuff comes up with knives, guns, flashlights, electronics, guitars, virtually everything.
 
At my job, the manager of the kitchen rewarded us with a giant bag of bagels and container of cream cheese for catching a burglar in there a couple nights prior. Back at our post, my partner grabbed a bagel and looked at it, then asked me for a knife. I handed him my Cold Steel Mini AK-47.

Partner: "Now THIS is a knife!" :D(Then proceeds to cut the bagel and apply cream cheese with it)

Housekeeping: (Sees the knife from way down the hall, his eyes grow wide :eek:and he cautiously approaches) "You're not supposed to have that here, you know! Why do you have it anyway?!" :grumpy:

Partner: "You want a bagel?"

Housekeeping: "Sure, let me wash my hands first"

I fixed myself a bagel, wiped the knife off and returned it to my pocket before he got back.

Housekeeping: (grabs a bagel and looks around) "Hey where's that knife?":confused:

I shrugged my shoulders like I didn't know what he was talking about :rolleyes:. He had to walk all the way to the cafeteria on the other side of the hospital to get a plastic knife. :p
 
i have found a few ways to answer the why do you have a knife question. here is a standard conversation

no knife: why do you have a knife?

me: to cut things

NK: you never use that....

me: there is a reason it is not in my pocket.

NK: that thing was $300!!!!!!!! why would you pay that much for a knife.

me: its a nice one.

NK: yea but its $300!!!!

me: yea, how much did you pay for your tv, your golf clubs, your watch, your cell phone, the stereo in your car, your motorcycle? those are all of your hobbies that you spend far more on than my knives. so leave my hobbies alone.

just be an a-hole and give short responses. if you around the guy for more than a few hours he will ask for a knife to cut something. karma always works when people talk bad about my knives and i like that! :cool:
 
Probably been posted already , but more than once at work someone will be checking out my knife and someone else will come out with "never bring a knife to a gunfight" like they're giving some real sage advice.
 
Tim616 said:
I notice a nice bell curve in society, it seems most anti-knife people, also tend to be doing not-so-well, in life.
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I have carried knives for over 45 years. I don't know that I could recognize an anti-knife person unless they came out and said something directly to me about it. I also have a tough time looking at someone and knowing how well they are doing.

What data did you use to come up with "most anti-knife people" and "doing not so well"? This seems like a very broad generalization about society.

Just very curious.

jwh
 
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