Frustrations unique to knife knuts

[Comeuppance]

- Getting excited to try out a new knife and no cutting chores come up all day

- Someone asks if you have a knife they can borrow, and you suddenly wish you had a "proper use" contract for them to read and sign

- You give up on buying a knife because it costs too much, get something else, and then the first knife becomes available at a great price and you can't afford it because of the substitute you bought

- Hand someone an EDC knife so they can check it out, and they immediately start stabbing the air / checking the balance like they're going to throw it

- Identifying a knife by its pocket clip in someone else's pocket, but it's a stranger and there's no knife guy secret handshake

 

[gadgetgeek]

Yup, or someone else sees your knife, wants to talk about their collection and they hand you a gas station special that would struggle with cheese, or worse, a good knife that has been sharpened on a paving stone and is "super sharp!"

 

[Smooth_Operater]

Comeuppance, I swear your reading my mind. Especially with #1 & #2

 

[Knifeoholic]

So true... You've hit the nail on the head my friend. And for the record, I think there should be a knife guy secret handshake!

 

[mwhich50]

It's always disappointing to start a conversation based on a knife clip sighting...........................and it's a Chinese Kershaw, or a Gerber.

 

[BP_]

guys thinking their crap is worth gold and the best thing since sliced bread. even better, when they inform you that yours isn't anything to get excited about, and you need to get yourself a "real knife." haha!

 

[Sonnydaze]

Buying a cheap...er...economically-produced folder that comes with a GREAT super-steel. Makes no sense whatsoever.
Having a nice folder than fits my hand...is really great but has el crappo blade-steel. No way to upgrade the blade...
Seeing some really neat deals on nice folders and having Comeuppance beat me to the punch time after time...
Watching the Exchange like a hawk for something nice...and it finally comes up and is sold quickly at 4:00 a.m....
...wondering why so many decent folders are sold with blades that are crow-bar thick...and won't slice worth a darn...
Scratching my head about folders that come out with aluminum scales...
and...other stuff...

 

[palonej]

guys thinking their crap is worth gold and the best thing since sliced bread. even better, when they inform you that yours isn't anything to get excited about, and you need to get yourself a "real knife." haha!

Yup!!! A real knife with authentic surgical steel!! You know how sharp that stuff is???
Joe

 

[Atakdog]

I find myself doing the last one all the time.
One I would add: being ashamed to loan a knife to someone when it has a mirror polished edge but is a bit used and will only shave hare

 

[ohiobr]

#2 definitely hits me where I live.

Use my ESEE 3 to open a can of Dinty Moore stew once, shame on you. Use my ESEE 3 to open a can of Dinty Moore stew twice, shame on me.

 

[Mingecutter]

- Identifying a knife by its pocket clip in someone else's pocket, but it's a stranger and there's no knife guy secret handshake

You know it...all the time, LOL!!

 

[LG&M]

No one has shown you the hand shake?
I will speak to the induction committee for you.

 

[inkynate]

Spend lots of time reading threads and posts by thousands of knife knuts online, while no one I know in real life gets it, at all :grumpy: (I did identify a guy with a Griptilian once, but that's it.)

Repeatedly offer to sharpen knives for friends and family. They either: politely decline b/c they're scared they'll cut themselves, or accept and then go home and immediately cut on granite and throw the knife in the dishwasher.

 

[killgar]

Having more knives then I could ever possibly need. And knowing that when I leave this world I will be leaving behind a bunch of unused, or barely used knives.

Just as some people want to leave this world without a penny to their name (because they spent all their money), I would like to leave this world with all of my knives used to the point of being worn-out, or close to it.

But between my limited need for knives these days, the edge retention and wear resistance of modern steels, and the number of knives I possess, I don't see myself wearing out very many of them.

 

[jdspaw]

Coming to terms with secondary market economics

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[The Aflac Duck]

That moment when you try to "close" your fixed blade, because 75% of the time you carry a folder

 

[jdspaw]

- Tapatalk
- "net to me"
- BF Political Arena

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[Jesse B.]

- Your attempt to legally change your name to "Knifey McKnifeface" is rejected

 

[Sosa]

LNIB 99th owner.

 

[marcus52AR]

That moment when you try to "close" your fixed blade, because 75% of the time you carry a folder

Haha! Or when you go to flip your non flipper because you've been playing with one recently. Thumbing to find the back lock on your frame lock for the same reason.