Funny things non knife people say.

Generally it's something along the lines of "Why the @$%# would you pay that much for a knife?! My $5 Walmart knife cuts just fine!" Of course, then I see them struggling to cut through...well...anything, and I offer them my knife and they just get mad, lol. I've stopped trying to explain it to people, though. They rarely, if ever, seem to get it. Though they do on occasion, and that makes me quite happy.

Example: a small success story would be my dad, who always had some small "knife" on him. They never cut worth a darn, regardless of sharpening, and thus he would always end up borrowing my knives. I finally got him an M4 Mini Grip this past father's day, and shortly thereafter he was telling me about how there was a guy at his work that needed to cut through some rather thick rubber on a tire that had a big ol' chunk taken half out of it and was just kinda flapping there. My dad used his newly acquired knife to zip right through it and afterwards just kinda stared at the blade in disbelief. He had finally understood, lol (or as he would say "Dawn breaks over Marblehead.") Now if only everyone could experience something like that. ;)
 
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I was asked by my supervisor at work why I needed I knife when we have Stanley knives (box cutters). I answer that I don't need to constantly change the blade on my BK13. He then asks to see the knife, I hand it to him, he puts the knife right to his friggin' throat and mocks a cut-throat gesture. I am gobsmacked. I get the knife back and call him a fool, and grab a piece of paper and slice through it with no trouble to show him how sharp the blade is. I had just sharpened it so it cut through like it was butter, and he got a funny look on his face.

And he gets paid more than me because he is deemed responsible enough to supervise our section.....
 
NathanJ said:
I was asked by my supervisor at work why I needed I knife when we have Stanley knives (box cutters). I answer that I don't need to constantly change the blade on my BK13. He then asks to see the knife, I hand it to him, he puts the knife right to his friggin' throat and mocks a cut-throat gesture. I am gobsmacked. I get the knife back and call him a fool, and grab a piece of paper and slice through it with no trouble to show him how sharp the blade is. I had just sharpened it so it cut through like it was butter, and he got a funny look on his face.

And he gets paid more than me because he is deemed responsible enough to supervise our section.....
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Candidate for a Darwin award right there.
 
I pulled out a Leatherman at work (grocery cashier) and used the screwdriver to push a coin out of a tight spot it was wedged in when my elderly male customer dropped it. "Sheesh, whipping out the deadly weapons now, are we?" with a smile, wink, and an NRA hat on his head.

Supervisor at work: "You are so nice and unassuming and all the customers like you so much, you could be walking around with a gun on your hip and it wouldn't bother anybody!"

Other supervisor at work: "You can just use your pocket knife to open the boxes. I'm sure it's sharper than these lousy box cutters."

Customer: "Can you cut this ziptie/package/string/cut this tag off/anything for me?" A lot every day. They usually expect me to go get a pair of scissors.

Store manager, taking apart a big self service photo printer booth for the trash with me: "We really just need a pair of pliars." "If only I had a bigger screwdriver, I just stripped mine" "Let me go get a pair of scissors for these zip ties..." Leatherman for the win.

Grandfather: "What do you need that for?" Then fixed his jet ski and saved him hundreds of dollars by cutting the extra off a zip tie in the jetski and shaping it into the right tool to fix the jet ski in 30 seconds. Then he understood the value of any decent knife always with you. It ain't just a knife. Just takes imagination.

But the very best of all: Talking while with the 2nd in command of the Sunday School at my church, the kids singing in children's church, the Sunday after Newtown. She (5 foot tiny lady)
"My husband and I both just started looking into guns. (She didn't know I was a gun nut first class) How do you feel about that, as far as protection and stuff?"
Me: "Well I have something like 14 guns in my room alone, including an AK or 2, if that answers your question. I love firearms and believe we have a duty to protect anyone possible, these kids..."
Talked about CCW permit process and Church security and different handguns for a few minutes.
Her: "What can we do now though, since you're too young for a pistol (I'm 18) and those permits take so long? What if someone came in right now? My husband and I were talking about that..."
I lift my shirt to show my OC spray and she smiles, and then I pull out the Cold Steel AK47 I had on me at the time, and flip the blade open and shrug.
Her eyes go wide, she smiles bigger than the fat knife blade, and she says, "Oh, wow! Good!" The one and only time someone was happy about one of my big black Cold steels haha.
 
This thread makes me glad to live in the south. No one questions a knife. I always carry 2 guns and 2 knives. 2 is one one is none!
 
When I was using the scissors on my little Victorinox Classic to cut and splice some paper (back when I was in court reporting school in the '90s; I no longer work in that field), a nosy woman said, "I hope you realize that that's a deadly weapon!"

Also in the '90s, a friend was using a medium-sized folder (possibly a Boker?) to cut something, and a mutual friend saw it and said, "Whoa! What are you gonna do with that thing?...kill a water buffalo?"

I was recently using a Pacific Salt SE to cut the plastic strapping off of bundles of sheets, and a co-worker said, "I didn't know you carried a knife! Is that thing legal?"

Jim
 
Noah2A said:
I pulled out a Leatherman at work (grocery cashier) and used the screwdriver to push a coin out of a tight spot it was wedged in when my elderly male customer dropped it. "Sheesh, whipping out the deadly weapons now, are we?" with a smile, wink, and an NRA hat on his head.

Supervisor at work: "You are so nice and unassuming and all the customers like you so much, you could be walking around with a gun on your hip and it wouldn't bother anybody!"

Other supervisor at work: "You can just use your pocket knife to open the boxes. I'm sure it's sharper than these lousy box cutters."

Customer: "Can you cut this ziptie/package/string/cut this tag off/anything for me?" A lot every day. They usually expect me to go get a pair of scissors.

Store manager, taking apart a big self service photo printer booth for the trash with me: "We really just need a pair of pliars." "If only I had a bigger screwdriver, I just stripped mine" "Let me go get a pair of scissors for these zip ties..." Leatherman for the win.

Grandfather: "What do you need that for?" Then fixed his jet ski and saved him hundreds of dollars by cutting the extra off a zip tie in the jetski and shaping it into the right tool to fix the jet ski in 30 seconds. Then he understood the value of any decent knife always with you. It ain't just a knife. Just takes imagination.

But the very best of all: Talking while with the 2nd in command of the Sunday School at my church, the kids singing in children's church, the Sunday after Newtown. She (5 foot tiny lady)
"My husband and I both just started looking into guns. (She didn't know I was a gun nut first class) How do you feel about that, as far as protection and stuff?"
Me: "Well I have something like 14 guns in my room alone, including an AK or 2, if that answers your question. I love firearms and believe we have a duty to protect anyone possible, these kids..."
Talked about CCW permit process and Church security and different handguns for a few minutes.
Her: "What can we do now though, since you're too young for a pistol (I'm 18) and those permits take so long? What if someone came in right now? My husband and I were talking about that..."
I lift my shirt to show my OC spray and she smiles, and then I pull out the Cold Steel AK47 I had on me at the time, and flip the blade open and shrug.
Her eyes go wide, she smiles bigger than the fat knife blade, and she says, "Oh, wow! Good!" The one and only time someone was happy about one of my big black Cold steels haha.
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that is all good to hear. cool examples.
 
bpeezer said:
My favorite is "Dude, you know switchblades are illegal right?!" after I flick open my Spyderco Tenacious :rolleyes:
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I've gotten that many times... Although I could totally understand someone saying that about flipper knives like Kershaw... mmmm Kersahwwww :D
Edit: BTW what is "W&C only!" mean with reference to a certain emote?? I took it out in case I wasn't supposed to use it.
 
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sL1k said:
This thread makes me glad to live in the south. No one questions a knife. I always carry 2 guns and 2 knives. 2 is one one is none!
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Ditto.
I'm only 32 and I can remember in elementary school if you were caught with a pocket knife it was mearly confiscated and returned at the end of the week.
Of course by the time I was in highschool that was a more serious offense but it still didn't get you expelled.
No self respecting southern man is ever without a pocket knife.
 
While at work in full uniform at the station, my partned pulled out his Benchmade 9100 to slice his apple. A newer Agent was standing nearby and asked why he was carrying a knife and a swithblade at that when you have a gun on your side. :eek: Silly boy. We proceeded to explain to him all the possibilities when the SHTF and how a knife may be the difference between going home and going to your grave. Seems that the academy doesn't prepare our young new recruits sufficiently. Silly, silly boy.
 
I've heard some people say things like:" No one is going to rob if you have that knife" but they are mostly in good fun. The first time a friend of mine saw me flip my crkt ripple he said:" whoa! Why are you carrying a switchblade? You could go to jail for that!" I then explained to him that simple physics made the blade move, not a spring so it isn't illegal, even though I can deploy the blade as fast...
He quickly realised how stupid or knife laws are...
 
Redmasta said:
You should let them hold it...but before giving it to them wipe it off, then when they hand it back grab it with your shirt sleeve, drop it in a plastic bag, say thank you and walk off.
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Just saw this one, nice.
Good to have another set of prints eh
Cheers
 
Just be careful, when you talk about the quality of your knives you're bound to face that one piece of argumentative logic you can't overcome: what good is the steel and the warranty if you wind up losing your $400 knife somewhere and can't find it?
 
Like your towel, always know where your knife is.
I "lost" my grandfather's case pocket knife once. I handed it to a kid who I was helping load lumber at the hardware store where I was working. We needed the knife to cut twine to bundle some trim pieces. He "accidentally" put it in his pocket when he was done with it. I didn't realize I didn't get my knife back until a couple hours later. Luckily we had the customer's information and the kid's dad got the knife and brought it back to me. Since then I've tried to be keenly aware of where my knife(s) is at all times.
 
Funniest thing I ever heard was when I had to replace a lost pocket knife and my wife asked if I was going to Wal-mart or K-mart. I laughed at her and then took her to my favorite knife shop. She about had a stroke when she saw the price. I told her the knife cost what her wedding band did and might last longer.
 
C_Becker said:
Should have told him to cut that apple with his gun :p
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That would have been a sight to see!

Lars3585 said:
I've gotten that many times... Although I could totally understand someone saying that about flipper knives like Kershaw... mmmm Kersahwwww :D
Edit: BTW what is "W&C only!" mean with reference to a certain emote?? I took it out in case I wasn't supposed to use it.
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Wine and Cheese is a little corner of BladeForums that is filled with..... debauchery amongst other things. A very fun place but if you decide to go there tread carefully, its not for the feint of heart. One step in and you'll understand why that emote only belongs in there.:D
 
If the question is asked something like.."Do you mind if I ask you why you carry a knife?"
Then I simply answer, "Of course I don't mind" then walk away.
Cheers
 
When I was volunteering at a food pantry, a lady asked if anyone had something to open a package we had unloaded off a truck. I took out my Buck Lightning which has a blade just under 2.5 inches, opened it and offered it to her. She took it and commented, "Oh, you have a 'dangerous' knife" before using it and handing it back. I had never really thought of it as a dangerous looking knife, so I was a little surprised. Of course, there are some people who will view ANY knife being carried around as dangerous.

And any knife COULD be "dangerous"...but so could a lot of other things.
 
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