Has this happened to you yet

[JAM]

1) Generic appearance of perhaps a skilled tradesman.
2) Three knives is overkill, if not on the job.
3) A more positive approach generally produces productive results, but you have to TRY. Quitters never win.
4) I said perhaps restrain in the company of people who are not accustomed to knives in public.... USE YOUR HEAD ....
5) And feelings are the BOTTOM LINE, ... how do you expect to develop a more positive image of people who use knives more than the average person. Legality is NOT the prime factor here. COMMON sense prevails.

Geez are we are own worst enemy here or what?

Feelings are the BOTTOM LINE? Get real man, If you believe that just leave ALL of your knives at home, you will never bend over far enough to please these folks. Especially if you are already acting from the assumption that you need their approval.

Giving any validity to that kind of attitude is exactly the problem! "Oh, nobody ever NEEDS to have a knife like that....it's SCARY oooooh." That view becomes the proper "PC" position to have and then you have policies against having a SAK in your pocket at the same office that in the kitchen drawer under the coffee maker they have all of the above mentioned butcher knives and giant bread slicers that are magically benign because they are in the kitchen.

I have to agree with Troop.

 

[Habbekuk]

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2) Three knives, kinda overkill. I'd give a person like that a rather negative look too. Again, no info on why you need to carry three knives.[/QUOTE]

*empties pockets, counts blades, counts again, gets his coat*

 

[JohnWayne360]

I had a lady ask me one tie if I was allowed to carry a knife "like that" (she was referring to my cheap-arse gerber folder) after I pulled it out to cut out a plastic seal. Since then I carry a SAK, more people friendly, and I'm actually happier with it.
People are way too paranoid.
I don't see the point in carrying 3 if you work at a warehouse though. Nothing wrong with wanting to carry more though. The most I've ever carried is 2 and that's in the field.

 

[swamp]

2) Three knives, kinda overkill. I'd give a person like that a rather negative look too. Again, no info on why you need to carry three knives.[/QUOTE]

*empties pockets, counts blades, counts again, gets his coat*[/QUOTE]






I was walking by some co-workers today, and one of them said, "why do you need to carry three though?"

I thought maybe they were talking about knives so I slowed down to listen.

He saw me looking at him and looked back at the other guy and said, "because if someone pushes you down from behind you can just reach back and grab one (he didn't say from where on the body) and go BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!

As he raised his hand like he was shooting the other guy in the face. I smiled and walked into the building.

I don't work with people who are scared of knives. I actually issue them machetes.

 

[desmobob]

No one has asked the basic question here. Why does anyone in our society have to justify to anyone else why they "need" anything, just as long as it is legal? Someone asking a rude question or making a crude, ignorant comment in no way imposes upon me an obligation to explain myself to them.

That is a question that never fails to raise my hackles... "What do you need that for?" I usually reply with something like, "There's a law that says you're only allowed to have what you need and nothing more? Hmmm... who gets to decide what you need?"

Unless you are a professional big game hunter or scout I'm not sure what you would use a fixed blade knife for on an every day basis.

Yeah! What do you need a fixed blade knife for?

Geez are we are own worst enemy here or what?

Feelings are the BOTTOM LINE? Get real man, If you believe that just leave ALL of your knives at home, you will never bend over far enough to please these folks. Especially if you are already acting from the assumption that you need their approval.

Giving any validity to that kind of attitude is exactly the problem! "Oh, nobody ever NEEDS to have a knife like that....it's SCARY oooooh." That view becomes the proper "PC" position to have and then you have policies against having a SAK in your pocket at the same office that in the kitchen drawer under the coffee maker they have all of the above mentioned butcher knives and giant bread slicers that are magically benign because they are in the kitchen.

+1


Stay sharp,
desmobob