Have you ever felt 'under' or 'over' knifed???

[RogueBowie]

What did you say to the cop?

If they were a knife knut like us, it was probably "No, you can't 'confiscate' my Sebenza"

I think a couple times that I was over knifed are what got me into SAKs, so I had something 'reasonable' to pull out for the next time. Once was at work, I was working at a restaurant and I needed to cut open some plastic on a box while I was doing stocking and a girl saw me pull out my Benchmade Mini-Barrage. It wasn't so much the size, but more so the black handle and loud THWACK of the assisted opening that made a couple nearby girls raise some eyebrows. One of them even rolled her eyes and immediately walked away. Another time my girlfriend asked me to borrow a knife to cut something in the car and all I had was my ParaMilitary 2. When I handed it to her she didn't even want to use it, she just handed it back and said 'Why do you even HAVE that!? It's SO big!'. Funny thing was, when we parked I ended up cutting open the clam shell package she had been struggling with. THAT's why I have that. Now I always have a SAK along with my other knives to avoid annoying situations like that.

The difference:
SAK-'Oh neat, a Swiss Army Knife!'
Big OHO Folder-"OH MY GOD WHY ARE YOU CARRYING THAT AROUND!?"

 

[Franciscomv]

I can't remember ever feeling "over-knifed". I don't usually carry very large knives, and when I do I always have a smaller one as well. I'm also in the habit of EDCing SAKs in addition to anything else I might carry.

I do often feel "under-knifed" when I need to go somewhere where rules/laws on knives aren't clear. In those cases I only carry a small SAK or slipjoint and feel quite uncomfortable. Tomorrow, for instance, I've got to go to a Jewish wrestling club and they sometimes make you go through metal detectors and X-ray your bags. So I'll probably have to leave all my knives at home and get by just with the Vic Executive I keep in my first aid kit.