Harrassed about your EDC knives?

I have had a few co-workers ask me whether my Chive is a switchblade. They usually start the conversation by saying I though switchblades were illegal. Other than that, if anyone acts nervous, I usually tell them that the Glock under my shirt is a lot more dangerous than my knife.




Lest anyone take me seriously, I'm just joking about the last part.
 
I get anything from "Why do you need such a big knife?", to "Who ya gonna kill with that?".
My largest EDC is a small Sebenza and I usually carry a SAK either with it or by itself. I get the same comments no matter which knife is being used. Funny thing is...the same people who make these comments are usually the same ones who come to me when they need something cut.

Paul
 
I work in an Office.. kind of a IT-ish office. Casual sorta. Since i'm a web designer i can get away with my blue/green/red hair, and whenever a package comes in addressed to me (i order to here quite often) usually the other designer and the girl up front are like.. "so, you get another knife?"

heh..

its not always a knife tho since i do like 75% of my shopping online. I only carry a couple knives on the keychain and two knives out of my EDC rotation
 
I had a moron* who worked im my office ask why I carried a knife. She saw me use my Endura a few times. I told her that it was a tool and that I carried one ever since I was a Cub Scout. Her answer was, "So the Cub Scouts teach you to carry deadly weapons?" Next time I opened a package in front of her I used my Cold Steel Tanto. :D


* She could not alphabetize patient's charts in general acted like a poorly educated fool. I wonder why we get so many of these types from those medical assistant schools.:(
 
Originally posted by Stolle
I have had a few co-workers ask me whether my Chive is a switchblade. They usually start the conversation by saying I though switchblades were illegal. Other than that, if anyone acts nervous, I usually tell them that the Glock under my shirt is a lot more dangerous than my knife.




Lest anyone take me seriously, I'm just joking about the last part.
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What is funny is one of my coworkers is just like that! He has a CCW permit and has a handgun on him at all times! :eek:
 
Mostly depends. If i want to attract attention i crack the knife open loudly in plain view, if not i just open it do what i need to do and thats it. Mostly if you catch any flack its because of the way you do it. If i saw a guy at work using a big ass bowie knife to cut boxes i would be a bit perplexed myself. For the most part though, the first time someone sees the knife they question it, after that its not a big deal.
 
I don't mean this sarcastic, I just don't see how you guys carry so much in your pockets and on your belt. Iusually have a Kumber Ulta Carry in an IWB, a small knife such as my MT M-UDT, my wallet, my cellphone, and assorted change. That's about all I can stand. I love my knives and my handguns and have way too many of each, I just can't carry them all at one time.
 
Originally posted by Wasz
Mostly depends. If i want to attract attention i crack the knife open loudly in plain view, if not i just open it do what i need to do and thats it. Mostly if you catch any flack its because of the way you do it. If i saw a guy at work using a big ass bowie knife to cut boxes i would be a bit perplexed myself. For the most part though, the first time someone sees the knife they question it, after that its not a big deal.
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I wasn't even using it...it was simply on my belt...
 
My friend and I get harassed every Thursday night at class. The whole class knows about our knife habit and that we carry and it comes up at least a couple times every class. The others just like to joke about it and the fact that we are both "armed" and we both live in the same town (she lives up the street from me). I think some of them were a little freaked out the first day we showed them our knives (during the usual intro thing), but since they are constantly joking about it I think they've become a lot more relaxed and probably aren't as afraid as they were in the beginning.

If I use my knife at work, some professors will mention it, but no one ever really harasses me. But since all of the professors know me they pretty much trust me--I think that has a lot to do with it.
 
When I worked at the zoo here, my usual carry was a tad bit larger than what I carry now. I would always get negative comments about my Commander, Mini AFCK, and CQC7. The problem was that the blades were a necessity with all of the work to be done. Now that I work in a hospital, I carry a neck knife under my scrubs to work and leave it in my locker. While on the floor, I carry a Benchmade 5W in my back pocket and occasionally a Calypso Jr SE IWB.
Matt
 
My normal edc is a J.W. Smith LS-1 Recurve. It has a 4" blade. It is recurved but the knife is not all that wide, from top to bottom, so it doesn't make a big scene when I take it out to use it. I have never received any flack about a knife from my immediate supervisor, where the flack comes in is from my 7th grade students! You see, I am a teacher. Teach 7th grade Science and have been for 19 years. In that 19 years I have carried a knife to work every day. There has never been a problem and I have worked for 5 different principals. The students always want to see my knife and of course want to play with it and then tell me all about theirs, which is fine. Of course all I let them do is see the knife NEVER let them actually hold or use it, not for fear of hurting the knife, but themselves!
 
These days I live in Raleigh, NC and work in the IT field. My EDC knife these days is a CS Recon 1 (4" Plain Clip Point). I wouldn't even think about packing a large fixed blade like my CS Trail Masters were I live, and noway I would take one to work.

The main thing is not to show your knife off to eveyone you work with because there is always going to be those who will be scared of it.

And if the people you work with find out you were in the Military it could make things worse on you...it has for me in the past anyway...they find out I was in the Marines and some people shy away to begin with.

Use common sense and you won't have any problems. ;)
 
Ankerson :

Most of the people I work with upon hearing I am a knife & Gun Nutt , assume Ex Military. However I am not.
Looking back I sure as hell wish I had , it's the only regret I have in life is not serving.

Why do people think Ex Military people are to be leery of ?
Hell as soon as I find someone in the office is Ex Military I try to get to know them , I know if the chips get down they can be counted on.

thanks to all the military...present ..past and future !:)
 
I've only gotten really harassed once, which you can read about here. I do get some ribbing at work, but it's all good so far. Never had a cop stop me or ask about the two clips in my pockets. Yet....*hopes it'll never happen*

Asha'man
 
I reckon if you argue with a fool that just makes two fools. You are never going to win with over-officious knife haters.

Just have the right knife for the situation on you. The wide open spaces where you need bigger FB's are the same places where a knife like this wont even turn heads. In a more tame environment a small SAK or multitool shouldn't offend.

This has been said a zillion times but attitude counts for a lot as well. I've been everywhere in the big smoke (city) with a folder clipped to my pants and never been questioned in 20 years. But then I don't look or act like a punk. I live and work mostly in the bush. My gear and clothing is all function and no fashion - sort of a cross between Mick Dundee and Mad max on a bad day. If I was to wear the same getup in the city I'm sure the LEO's would stop me and search for weapons just because I look like I should be carrying one. When in the city I blend in. Wearing a utility belt isn't blending in.
 
Originally posted by Ming65
I reckon if you argue with a fool that just makes two fools. You are never going to win with over-officious knife haters.
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That is why I didn't even bother trying. :rolleyes:

Of course, I didn't consider bringing my HI khukuri next time I did a bit of banking! :D :p
 
I only have incidents when people see my tools for the first time. Most of my coworkers/friends don't carry. I only get "wow, you've got a knife?" usually. Once they say something to get it out of their system, then they're ok with it. I also try not to flaunt, since surprise is a defense/offense... when cutting something.
 
"That's not a very nice thing to have. Why do you carry that around?"

^ I was asked this question, as I was cutting a length of rubber tubing with an AFCK. You'd think that bright young university students would think before they ask, eh?

I've noticed that nobody sticks around for the explanation. Even as I recite the usual, "It's useful, I carry it around just in case I need to cut things (duh), I do lots of little projects at home, etc.," the person is already filing you away in their mental Psycho Killer! cabinet.

It's sad how quickly people judge others based on appearances. I have a mohawk, just as a sort of joke (I'll bet you've never seen a Chinese dude with a mohawk!), and I can see that most people think of me as a psycho punk before they get to know me better. I'm keeping this hairstyle just to show people how foolish they are for allowing first impressions to rule their judgment.
 
Everyone that knows me, thinks I am a badass. So when I when I whip out new blade they gather around to see. My new flash II is very inconsipous, because it rides so low in your pocket. Nobody knows I have a knife until I pull it. The flick of the SOG assisted opening usally gets people eager to try opening my knife for themselves.

When I younger I got in a lot of trouble because of my knives. I carried a chinese knife with 007 printed on the blade. I was a 5 inch folder with a wooden handle. The cops would take them away, because I just a teen, but then I would just get another one at the general store for 10 bucks.
 
Luckily I'm the boss in my office, so I can pretty much dictate law when it comes to office knife carry. My assistants have become very accustomed to the sight of knives! When I'm outside the office, I just try to be discrete. I really feel that those of of who carry knives in public need to act responsably and to project a positive image. Of course, I'm a 45 year old lawyer, so I'm less likely to be hassled on the basis of my appearance than some of the younger forumites.
 
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