Favorite Quotes from non-knife people.

hank_rearden said:
Re: the spydey delica i bought yesterday.

she: "what's that?"
me: "a knife-tool." ;)

she: "it looks like a cement trowel."
me: "it is."

she: "why does it have a big hole in it?"
me: "what kind of tool is it when you can't hang it on a nail on the wall?"
she: "oh yeah, i forgot."
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Well played, sir. Well played. :p
 
"why do you carry a machete?"

"it's a Rambo knife!" (esee 4...)

my coworkers have accepted me as a knife knut. The fact that we all use knives everyday at work and I taught them how to use a stone helped :) The previous comments were not made by my coworkers, lol. Matter of fact they were rather interested and asking questions about my Condor Hudson Bay yesterday, and have begun to ask significant questions lately.
 
Is that really what the Spyderco hole is for? I didn't know that.

One day, before the ski lift closed, we were held back for a good forty minutes to clean up the slopes. Among the ten to fifteen workers there were only two knives: some cheap tacticool balisong, and my Buck 110. I was the one being asked to cut everything because the other guy didn't have much of an edge on his; he was just using it to impress some skank for a while.

When I started carrying the Buck's big brother I got a lot of comments, mostly from Jewish customers, about what I was carrying my sword for. :D

Recently my mom has begun to say, "Oh, God, not another knife," every time I ask to borrow the credit card with a wad of cash in my hands, too.
 
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in the kitchen at work

-is that thing dangerous
-only if you are my sallad

I like to process my side sallad for lunch at work while i heat my food in the microwave oven.
 
recent one:

Mom: STOP BEING SO FOCUSED ON KNIVES! GET REAL AND PRACTICAL!

Few days later sister is battling to open a small medicine canister

Mom: Give it to your brother. He'll open it with one of his knives o-O
 
Pug-butter said:
Recently my mom has begun to say, "Oh, God, not another knife," every time I ask to borrow the credit card with a wad of cash in my hands, too.
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I used to get something like this alot....until I got my Debit card

only difference was she would say "what are you getting this time?"

and thne give me crap about spending my money instead of saving it....then order whatever is was that I was wanting
 
The biggest thing I hear from non-knife people is, "why do you need such a big knife, somebody could get hurt with that."

A lot of times now, I just don't answer, or if I do, I just say "because I like it." and that all the explanation they are going to get from me. Now if they continue to ask questions and I think they really have an interest in the knife, I will open up with them.

Of course I do admit that I usually carry a big knife that I'm sure even some knifeknuts would ask why so big.
 
This one was me. I was 14 tho.
Looking at a benchmade Balisong for the first time "Is it made on some sort of bench?"
I know I know. I used to be one..............
 
"Renee,you got a pair of scissors so I get get this open?"
My brother in law to my sister on Christmas day a few years ago.What makes that quote so "special"is that a few minutes earlier he had opened,admired,and put back in the box and handed to my sister to put in her purse the Spyderco Dragonfly(even spent an extra 20 bucks for the VG-10 bladed model)that was my gift to him.
 
crom said:
I think it's psychological, but why are kitchen knives OK?
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kitchen knives are ok psychologically ok in their minds.

note: people have been ripped apart by cutting instruments since the beginning of, well, cutting instruments and i think maybe there is an embedded fear in many people's minds from this, like a historical primal memory imprint in some people. One example is an 'unfounded' fear of dogs. I had a friend who was scared sitless by ANY dog. It's how it goes and i accepted it about him. The fear is real to them and they dont wanna die so be nice, lol.

My experience I had someone "accuse" me of "liking sharp knives", -duh dude! :D
 
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A worker at Home Depot needed to cut open a box (A hardware store worker without a razor knife.) Go figure. Anyway, I pulled out my BM 630 Skirmish, and he said "Woah, what's that for, to kill?" I looked at him and said "Yup, that's exactly what it's for, to kill." Then I cut open his box for him.
 
Is that a legal switchblade? (asked about my Kershaw Chive)

Are you planning on killing someone with that?


My last reserve unit was a cargo handling unit, Out of 300 people you could have shook everyone down and maybe gotten two dozen knives and maybe 50 multitools. People were always asking to borrow knives.

On a field training exercise I was asked by a smoker if I had any matches to staart a fire. I asked him why he didn't use his lighter, his response was that lighters were only designed for lighting cigarettes and you needed matches to light wood on fire.:eek: I resisted the the urge to hand him my magnesium fire starter.
 
Quote from a nurse I work with-

"Why do you carry a huge knife? Do you plan on killing one of you patients?"
 
Murphys Law said:
Well I'm keeping pretty low profile with my knives. I try to not whip out my EDC fixed blade at every possible moment ;).
My friends at the university know I'm carrying a knife and will ask for it occasionally and I don't make a big secret out of the fact. The knife is carried in a nice orange kydex sheath on my belt under my sweater, so occasionally someone sees it. But I haven't had bad experiences yet.

For the anecdotes: I'm not only EDCing a knife but a nice little AA Flashlight also.
I had one guy who just wouldn't get why I carried a flashlight... "What do you carry a flashlight for?" I just pointed my finger at the window.. Outside its winter, and dark after 5pm. "Because it's dark!"

He didn't quite get it... :D
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I usually just say " because the world is a very dark place" :)
 
This is a good thread.

Comments / Questions from the common folk:

1) "What do you use it for?"
2) "Why is it so light? Isn't heavier = better?"
3) "Why a knife?"
4) "I don't know why anyone would collect them. You only need one right?"
5) "Have you ever.. you know? Had to use it one someone?"
6) Whispers, "Is this legal?"
7) "Do you really need one that big?" (My EDCs are usually 3")
8) "How do you close this damn thing?"
9) "What are you in middle school?"
10) "This guy thinks he's McGuyver."
 
Sister: "Now no one will mess with you" after seeing my 3 inch Kershaw Ram knife.
*Brings out 17" combat Bowie knife*
Sister: "Holy shit, why do you have a sword?"

~

*Shows female friend my Swamp Rat RMD LE knife*
Blond Friend: "Hey, that's a nice Swiss knife! Where's the tweezers and tooth pick?"

~

City friend: "Can I borrow your knife please?"
*Hands him the same Kershaw Ram knife*
*Gets it back 15 minutes in two pieces with blade snapped off*
City friend: "This is not a very good pry bar."
Me: "What the hell...how the...damn it man."
City friend: "Yeah I know man! It's not made to take out nails out of the wall. You need to buy a better knife."

Moral of story: Don't take a dump while a friend has your knife.
 
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(co-worker) " Can i use your knife....my knife isn't sharp "
(ME) Why don't you let me sharpen it for you?
(co-worker) " Oh... i don't like a sharp knife because i might cut myself "
A guy i work with uses this all the time on me. He thinks that his old timer is the best knife ever made and it is dullest knife i have ever seen! Couldn't cut myself if i tried. He likes to buy those junk knives on the gas station counters.
 
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