"Good Guy" Knives and "Bad Guy" Knives

You mean if your machete has knives it's bad ass?
Doh! Swiss Army machete! Why hasn't this happened yet. Though clearly that would be a good guy knife.
 
simioh said:
I would consider these some of my Good Guy knives:
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And these some of my Bad Guy knives:
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And a shot of them all together:
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Any objections?
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why is the POLICE model a "bad guy" knife?
 
Lee D said:
why is the POLICE model a "bad guy" knife?
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Because Denzel Washington carried/used one to intimidate people in the movie Training Day, and we all know he was the bad guy in that movie. However the Police model he used was not the newer G10 model, it was the classic stainless steel fully serrated one.
 
Metal Made Fox said:
Because Denzel Washington carried/used one to intimidate people in the movie Training Day, and we all know he was the bad guy in that movie. However the Police model he used was not the newer G10 model, it was the classic stainless steel fully serrated one.
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LOL...ok, I can live with that.
 
I'll play

Spyderco;
Bad Guy - Vallotton Sub Hilt
Good Guy- Gayle Bradley
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Benchmade;
Bad Guy - 810 Contego
Good guy- 940
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Cheers
 
K.O.D. said:
Good guy--KA-BAR, Bowie knife, etc.
Bad guy--Crap like this:


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I dunno. that middle one is probably good for cutting tape, and breaking down boxes, or maybe skinning bunnies.
I wonder why nobody has mentioned the fact that knives are not moral agents and cant be good or bad?
ok, i will stop being a smartass and play. I do get exactly what the O.P. meant, and find no problem with it. if you cant discuss this here, then where?
In reality, I think it does make a difference where you are the way the knife you carry will be seen. I live in the country, and for the most part, out here if I wear my Buck 110 in public, nobody bats an eye. but I work at a college, and I would definately raise eyebrows with the same knife. thats where a pretty little case knife works real well.
so, good guy : buck 110 if you need big (I have really never needed bigger, except for slicing bread, of filleting fish) or most case folders.
bad guy, any large fixed blade on a person who does not obviously need it ( the butcher gets a pass on this) or any assisted opening knife on a person with 2 functional hands. (
of course, I own both good and bad guy knives, but do not think of my self as a "bad guy" in the way intended in the O.P.
 
I think the best way to consider OP's question is like this:

When directors make an action movie with weapons, they usually put a lot of thought into the weapon selection and training the actors to use them correctly or in a specific manner. You would select a different knife for the villain, but it's relative; if the good guy is McGyver and unarmed, any knife is more menacing than dental floss and duct tape. Given the context of this question, I think it would be best to consider it a selection for 2 unnamed movie characters, one a lawful good protagonist, and one for an immoral antagonist, both decidedly armed with knives. Knives are inanimate objects, but the details and selection is meant to enhance the persona of each character. I think it's better to relate it to a movie than to real life because movies are black and white, but real life is a sea of a moral gray area - and in real life a bad guy will have more practical considerations than how many spikes something has.


With that said, this is one of my biggest pet peeves with Blade Forums (I just made an account, and I want to say this once so the people that are offenders can consider it, and everyone can be aware of how an outsider views these things) - when everyone tries to take these posts too literal and prescribe philosophical and/or overly complicated thinking to something that not only does everyone understand, but is sufficed with practically any answer whatsoever. Some things are just for the sake of discussion or entertainment. When someone asks for a recommendation for a tactical knife there is no need to write a 500 word post about the misuse of the word tactical and why you're too learned (or simple) to give a recommendation. We all know what they're asking, and I for one would much rather hear your opinion on the knives than to read your superfluous attack on the question. It's interesting to see how different people would interpret the assignment of a weapon to morally polar characters in a story - it's a waste of time to discuss why its a useless exercise, at least in my experience.
 
W.M.B. said:
I dunno. that middle one is probably good for cutting tape, and breaking down boxes, or maybe skinning bunnies.
I wonder why nobody has mentioned the fact that knives are not moral agents and cant be good or bad?
ok, i will stop being a smartass and play. I do get exactly what the O.P. meant, and find no problem with it. if you cant discuss this here, then where?
In reality, I think it does make a difference where you are the way the knife you carry will be seen. I live in the country, and for the most part, out here if I wear my Buck 110 in public, nobody bats an eye. but I work at a college, and I would definately raise eyebrows with the same knife. thats where a pretty little case knife works real well.
so, good guy : buck 110 if you need big (I have really never needed bigger, except for slicing bread, of filleting fish) or most case folders.
bad guy, any large fixed blade on a person who does not obviously need it ( the butcher gets a pass on this) or any assisted opening knife on a person with 2 functional hands. (
of course, I own both good and bad guy knives, but do not think of my self as a "bad guy" in the way intended in the O.P.
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Those look like bad guy knives
 
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