Funny things non knife people say.

This instance just happened and I thought of this thread -- one of my new janitorial employees at a new account needed to access a toilet paper dispenser and didn't have the key; he needed something long and thin to unlock the mechanism. I simply deployed my waved CQC-7 and inserted it into the dispenser and opened it up.

Right as I had deployed the knife, without missing a beat, my employee said, "oh, a SEAL knife."

Later I found out he was former Army Special Forces and had worked with SEALs before. He was quite familiar with Emersons.
 
"Is that a knife?"

No it`s the latest smartphone you bought for 600$ after having the latest and best 3 months ago.

The thing is that knives are pretty common, but it`s the tollekniv/pukko/mora style sheath knives, everything else is evil.
 
Art_Vandeley said:
The thing is that knives are pretty common, but it`s the tollekniv/pukko/mora style sheath knives, everything else is evil.
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Where do you live? Around here, almost nobody I've spoken to thinks "everything else is evil". I mean I've had some surprise when I chose to carry a Cold Steel Spartan or Ti-Lite, but but pulling out a regular Spyderco or Kershaw nobody thinks twice about it.
 
Scottie3000 said:
My favorite NKP story is a friend who asked me "Why do you need to carry a knife? This is modern times, we're not skinning antelope on the Serengeti." Not a day or two later, he got a package in the mail and was struggling to try to cut the tape with his keys. He looked up at me and i raised my eyebrows, and he said "Just give it no me."

I later gifted him a Spyderco Stretch and he's been a knife guy ever since. He would usually drop it off on my desk every two weeks or so for sharpening.
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Thats an oxymoron right there.

(Just kidding).
 
I was talking to my mom about the usefulness of knives for usual EDC purposes and such, she then felt the need to tell me that I don't need to pay $90 for a Benchmade Griptillian and it's such a large knife (3.5in blade I believe.) She then said how I didn't need to carry a weapon or multiple (she knows I carry a CRKT Minimalist and the BM) I'm just thinking ...-_- . So i later told my dad, about what she said, (he being a knife guy) the first thing he said was that knives are tools not weapons. So apparently there is hope for the world
 
I live in Eastern Connecticut, was a Boy Scout, and carry a knife every day.
I've never had a "sheeple" comment made to me. If someone needs a knife
and I'm around, they ask me to do the job. I'm happy to do it and the most common
comment I get is, "thank you". I have, however, had a few folks ask what would
be a good practical knife to get and carry.

I even carried a Gerber pocket tool while I was teaching middle school science.
No comments from the administration, parents, or students. After hearing all
the negative comments in this thread, I feel like I must live in a really special
place.

Bill
 
At least my girlfriend understands enough about me and knives that when she asks "Do you have a knife?" it's a rhetorical question. :D

Here in far west Texas enough men (maybe 25-30%) carry clip-on folders that you aren't treated like a serial killer if you have one. Even a fair number of women carry.
 
Longtrang said:
In my line of work everyone carries firearms. Quite often I hear guys comment that the volume of firepower we have access to negates the necessity for a knife. More often than not it's the same guys asking to borrow mine when they need to cut something. Blows my mind that someone would enter a combat zone without even a Leatherman.
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I work as a substitute bailiff sometimes at our local municipal court and every LEO I come in contact with - dozens on an average day - carries a knife.
 
"stop flipping that damned butterfly knife so close to me, i dont want it to fly out of your hand and stab me in the neck"
 
Non knife person - "theres no reason to carry a knife"

Me- "how do you cut things"

Non knife person-"scissors"

Me- " you realize thats essentially two knives hinged together "

Them-"...."
 
unvisible805 said:
"stop flipping that damned butterfly knife so close to me, i dont want it to fly out of your hand and stab me in the neck"
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Sounds reasonable actually. I'm a knife guy and don't want people flipping crap near me and my family.
 
Well, it wasn't so much a funny thing, but recently one of my friends has expressed an interest in knives. He had a Sog Micron Tanto on his key chain that was pretty dull so I offered to sharpen it up for him. As I was doing that, I got out a few of my knives to show him so he could see what he liked. Showed him a Spyderco Para2, Native 5, Captain, Peter Herbst Aluminum, and BM Mini-Grip. His favorite was the Captain which I found funny. He noticed the quality in all the knives, and especially remarked on the build quality of the Native5. Commented on how solid it felt. He did squawk a bit when I told him the price I paid for the Captain, but if I have anything to do about it, he'll get there.
 
Tonight, just a few minutes ago, my boss walked over to my desk and asked if he could borrow a knife. His double walled plastic tumbler had developed a leak someplace and was filling up the airspace. He wanted to drill a hole in the outside to empty it. I pulled out my Vic Farmer, deployed the awl and handed it over.

Why did he come ask me? He knows I carry a knife (or knives) and we've had many discussions about them. He really likes the older Case knives, and who can blame him, but he doesn't always have one with him.
C
 
As new people come into my life after awhile they will eventually say "how many knives do you own?" and I reply, as many as I can afford!
 
My sister needed assistance with opening a twelve pack of canned soda. For some reason, the ends of the packaging had been over-glued and made the hand-opening very difficult. So, in an attempt to separate the glued end-flaps, I pulled out my SERE 2000 and slid it into the glued area.

Well, I sliced open the packaging but I also accidentally sliced one of the cans. I was dumbfounded when I heard my nephew reply, "Uncle, your knife is too sharp. You need to dull it down. You know, maybe rub it on the concrete or something." He's 17.

Needless to say, I had to edge-u-cate my nephew in this area.
 
Many of these comments are the reason I try not to take my large carry folder out for most daily chores, unless I need it. I've been carrying a buck prince in my pocket with my other pocket crap for years and it serves well for boxes and envelopes, I can hand it to others without the usual knife comments and if they do something stupid with it before I can stop them, it doesn't break my heart.
If I need my big folder, it certainly gets to work, but there are plenty of chores the buck is fine for with a lot less attention.
 
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