Favorite Quotes from non-knife people.

I have had the "Why does it have to be so sharp?" question. My default answer is "The same reason you put high octane fuel in your car rather than apple juice" The point of these stupid questions we get isn't genuine curiosity for the most part. It is code for "I don't think you should have it (a knife) and by pointing it out I'm a virtuous person with better morals than you."
 
newcoyote said:
I have had the "Why does it have to be so sharp?" question. My default answer is "The same reason you put high octane fuel in your car rather than apple juice" The point of these stupid questions we get isn't genuine curiosity for the most part. It is code for "I don't think you should have it (a knife) and by pointing it out I'm a virtuous person with better morals than you."
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Yeah I have noticed that the people I get the questions from, not so much the funny lines from those who lack thorough insight, are the people who view knives less as tools and more as weapons or dangerous/illegal items. Which is funny, because 90% of the people I hear these things from are those that I work with or around, meaning a big part of the military, the MILITARY, has an anti-knife mindset, or is naive to the real depth of the blade lifestyle.
 
To be fair I've heard the, "Why is it so sharp?" from well-meaning older folks... Friends grandmas, mothers, shop instructors, etc.
 
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.
 
I find the "why so sharp?" question seems to come from people who are just too lazy to sharpen their knives, and so aren't used to sharp knives (or, in my mother's case, are completely terrified of them).

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?"
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This made me want to laugh and cry at the same time...
 
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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All I can say is somebody has been watching too many futuristic movies.
 
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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logic FTW

oh and i have had the who are you gonna shank/stab (i forget which) when i accidentally brought my MULTITOOL to summercamp ... really
 
(Walk into dicks sporting goods)
I ask for a the best fixed blade knife they have. The guy takes out a kershaw leek. I ask what he pulled that out for. He says and I quote"can you get it closed" I mean wtf I grab it and it takes me half a second to close it. He asks if I want to see anything else. I say no and under my breath I say. But you might want to look into a brain dumbass and I walk away
 
"Is it legal to carry that?" referring to my purple Delica
"Why do you need to carry such a big knife" referring to a Wenger SI
 
"that's a Rambo knife"

Ignorant ROTC cadet upon seeing my Benchmade Nimravus. I wouldn't mind having an authentic Hibben blade though.
 
The dumbest things anybody EVER said about knives are the lawmakers who said that automatics and balisongs and gravity knives should be illegal.
And that you can only carry a knife that is shorter than some certain short length.

They are the most slack-jawed, drooling, mouth-breathers on Earth, and they want to tell me what kind of knife I can have.
 
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nickortizzle1035 said:
"gerber makes some of the best knives around"
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Hey hey, don't mock them just yet. I've sharpened one for a coworker and it while the handle material felt rather cheap and rubbery, the knife wasn't wobbly at all and was in fact one of the smoother lockbacks I've held. Knowing non-knife people I'd say it was maybe 20-30 bucks at most, which is quite impressive for something with 154CM. Didn't have a pocket clip, thumb stud, or adjustable screws, but the FFG blade made it a no-nonsense cutting tool.
 
"You paid $50 for that little pocket knife (Delica)? I had no idea there are knives that are that expensive."

"You have a bunch of knives? You will probably be the one in the office that goes postal and shoots everyone, ha ha."
 
Female friend who had picked up my keychain off the table and opened the Spyderco Ladybug I have on it: "That's a pretty big knife."
 
"I don't find myself needing a knife that often." said as my friend nearly has an aneurism opening a tape sealed box.


The sad fact is, if the saying “ignorance is bliss” is true then there are people in this world that live in a constant state of orgasm.
 
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