Had to bite my tongue today.

cziv said:
Read the OP. He was stereotyping the knife as not being a suitable for a woman (brain washing) not "quit pestering me dear you already got an XM-18, Sebenza and a ZT 0551 this month, wait for your birthday!" :rolleyes:
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I read what he wrote.

What i am saying is that she probably had no idea what she was asking for, she just wanted him to buy her something. We have no idea of the context. I agree that what he said was not cool, but again i dont think she'll remember this moment for the rest of her life and swear off knives all together because her dad told her that "girls dont use knives" one time at walmart.
 
My mother still remembers not being allowed to play with toy trucks when she was a little girl. That was in the 1940's. I'm so glad I didn't grow up with any of that BS.
 
maybe i'm reading into it too much, but i gotta wonder in what other aspects this "dad" has shot his own daughter down in. maybe he didn't get enough hugs when he was little.
 
Time to close this thread, it's done got all Dr. Phil

OK. Sorry 'bout that! It's late, my allergy meds kicked in, and I'm getting all emotional!;)
 
If we're talking protection, I think a girl needs a knife more than a man does.
 
She's a girl of course she doesn't need a swiss army knife.











She needs a ZT0301 or a SPyderco Military. :D
 
I'd have to laugh if I heard that.

He probably took her home, and chained her barefoot to the stove for her insolence.
 
Tony8179 said:
My filter is weak so I probably would have said something. I may have not said something directly to him, but would have definitely shaken my head and said something out loud enough for him to hear me. Something like "Yeah, why would a girl ever need to use a knife for anything ever?"
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That's what I probably would have done. Indirectly commented out loud something like "I hope my wife doesn't hear someone say that because she uses hers every day".
 
Yeah, I would've made the comment in a way that gave him some slack in front of his kid and enough room to do the right thing. Something like, "Yeah, I didn't give my daughter her first knife until she was a year or two older. She had to show me that she'd be responsible with it. Now, she uses it every day."
 
I bought my realtors (Apostolic Christian couple, a male dominant type of religion) Victorinox Trekker NS (him) and a Vic Executive (her) and she gushes about how much she loves carrying a knife whenever I see them around town (a pretty rural area). It makes me smile.
 
That is to bad, why in the world would her being a girl have anything to do with having a knife. BTW There are bad people in the world I personally think its a good thing for a girl to carry a knife or some form of self defense. Just my .02.
 
What a sexist comment, though with that said I feel like barring abuse I'm generally reluctant to get involved with someone else's child rearing.

I bought my (adult) sister a SAK years ago and she loves it, uses it all the time. Her friends sometimes expressed surprise that she carried a knife and raised some eyebrows (over a SAK!) but over time it has proven to be very practical, after many times where she'd jump in with "oh, I can open that" or "here, I have a screwdriver right here" and tweezing out splinters etc her girl friends started carrying them too. It's hard to beat a SAK for practicality.
 
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