Found out my stepbrother has been stealing my knives

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Try and secretly record him confessing.

Or tell him you're so mad that you don't want to talk to him and want him to write you an apology letter, why he is sorry (i.e. what he did) and sign his name to it.

Take any of the above to your local police and swear out a warrant for Burglary. (theft from a household) Your location, whatever it may be, will have a charge analogous to this offense I recommend.

If you don't want, or can't get, actual evidence that would be presentable in a court, file a report anyways and try and get the police to interview him. At the very least you might be able to get him to leave you alone. Either that, or you're going to establish a paper trail for anything else criminal he does in the future, be it against you, your parent(s), or anyone else.

Having no reaction is the wrong reaction.
 
wtlj said:
Your a better man than I my friend.
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It's more like I'm just trying to learn from the mistakes of my slightly dumber past self. I've let my anger get the best of my and make a bad day worse on too many occasions already.
 
Demon613 said:
Try and secretly record him confessing.

Or tell him you're so mad that you don't want to talk to him and want him to write you an apology letter, why he is sorry (i.e. what he did) and sign his name to it.

Take any of the above to your local police and swear out a warrant for Burglary. (theft from a household) Your location, whatever it may be, will have a charge analogous to this offense I recommend.

If you don't want, or can't get, actual evidence that would be presentable in a court, file a report anyways and try and get the police to interview him. At the very least you might be able to get him to leave you alone. Either that, or you're going to establish a paper trail for anything else criminal he does in the future, be it against you, your parent(s), or anyone else.

Having no reaction is the wrong reaction.
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It's not that I'm not going to do anything about it; it's just that I don't feel this is the place for that. I came here just for suggestions on secure storage for obvious reasons, and more blade options because I always want more blades. I had actually been intending to get a safe or a lockbox of some sort before, but I just never got around to it. That was my mistake, so I'll deal with all or the resulting problems in due course.
 
My daughter had several of her kitchen knives (some relatively inexpensive Victorinox paring knives) disappear in college while sharing a house with a 5-6 room mates. She calls me up to ask me to help her get replacements. Got some new knives for her, but before I gave them to her I etched them:

Knife #1: Morgan's knife

knife #2: I stole this knife from Morgan

This seemed to solve the problem with her housemates.

I hope that you work things out with your step brother.

Ric
 
Seriously though like someone else said don't get a Sentry safe. I can open them in 5-15 seconds with a screwdriver. My friend bought a used one, I told him it was junk and he asked me why. I proceeded to open it with my bare hands. Spend the extra money and get a nice safe. Then kick your step brothers ass for being a thief and teach him a lesson before he steals from someone that wont be so nice as to simply kick his ass.
 
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How old is he? How old are you? Do you live in the same house?

No matter the answers to the questions, my reaction would be the same. I'd invite him out behind the woodshed for a good ol fashioned ass whoopin. Then I'd take my property back. THEN I'd buy new knives and lock all my stuff up.

A guy I work with locks all his tools up religiously. Seriously, he has about 10 boxes and cages to lock up before he goes home. He always says "hey, it's not that I don't trust everybody, or that I think humans are inherently inclined to steal. It's just that locks keep everybody honest."
 
buy a nice one and cover it in Ebola and leave it out for him to find and take.

Buy another vantage! Im slowly collecting themself now, the selects are usually only about $25 all over the online stores.
 
I would replace it with a machete, probably a Tram, maybe a Martindale, write his name on the blade, then stand over him with it while he's sleeping and wake him up. 4-5 times should do it.
 
ak585479 said:
A Spyderco Civilian would be good for you to get. It's good for slicing thieving fingers :)

Seriously though like someone else said don't get a Sentry safe. I can open them in 5-15 seconds with a screwdriver. My friend bought a used one, I told him it was junk and he asked me why. I proceeded to open it with my bare hands. Spend the extra money and get a nice safe. Then kick your step brothers ass for being a thief and teach him a lesson before he steals from someone that wont be so nice as to simply kick his ass.
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Come on, this is ridiculous even if you are kidding. Someone with no common sense can read this and think this is the way we all roll. these kinds of suggestions are not exactly helpful.
 
mars5l said:
Buy another vantage! Im slowly collecting themself now, the selects are usually only about $25 all over the online stores.
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Yeah, I've got the Buck Vantage Select (Small) with 420HC steel, I think it's a great knife for the price & you can't go wrong with it.
 
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Wally World has those fireproof/waterproof strong boxes for around $50. Pretty heavy duty and while they aren't going to stop a real determined thief, they will stop the ordinary guy with sticky fingers. And you're protected in the event of fire, God forbid.

And check out the Lion Steel knives. The opera model has tremendous bang for your buck as a daily use knife. I think they're really overlooked and highly underrated. Not sure how they came up with "opera" though for a knife name. :/

Pocket knife = Alox Victorinox Electrician.
 
RevDevil said:
Come on, this is ridiculous even if you are kidding. Someone with no common sense can read this and think this is the way we all roll. these kinds of suggestions are not exactly helpful.
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Sorry about that. It wasn't a serious suggestion but I edited my post and deleted that part.
 
Guest5160 said:
For sure. I have three of them leftover from my roommate days. Granted, two were free and one I got for cheap. Definitely a good investment to keep from having your knives lifted by "friends" and family. They're air right to boot so they help prevent corrosion during storage.

Edited to add: Unfortunately I learned this lesson at a bit more of a cost: a Benchmade 9100SBK and a CRKT M16-13SF. :-(
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When you say "three left over" does that translate to "at least one I'd be willing to sell at a discount?" :p
 
Good to know on the Sentry safes being junk -- didn't know that. I'll avoid them myself.
 
RedLynx said:
When you say "three left over" does that translate to "at least one I'd be willing to sell at a discount?" :p
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Lol. I still use them for longer term storage. 2 are small anyway, 5 or six knives at most, the larger no name military variety is holding my Spydercos. Besides my name is still the wrong color for selling. I am however out growing them and will keep you in mind once I upgrade my membership and pull the trigger on a larger case. :-)
 
I don't have any suggestions...just comments. First off, how old is this stepbrother? Is he bigger than you? You've got me interested now...would love the hear this out to the end. And, last but definitely not least, your attitude here is to be commended. I would have already made a fool out of myself. Your attitude and restraint, at least what you've posted, is amazing. Thank you.
 
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