Hmmmmm.... Clever Knife Sayings?

my two favorites

A knife is not a weapon, a knife is not a toy, a knife is a tool, and anyone who uses a knife as a weapon or a toy is a tool.

and one i made up for my stoner friends

May your food be rich, your knives be honed, your women be sweet, and your good friends stoned.
 
Chris Reeve: Think Twice, Cut Once.

Sal Glesser: All God's Critters have knives.

Fellow Forum Member (I forget who in response to a "Why do you carry a knife?" thread) : Let un-civilized people open their own cheese... with their teeth.

Daniel
 
from folks here on BF:

Never bring a knife to a gun fight . . . bring two.
- Cousin Jack

"Ain't nothing more useless than a dull knife or a short piece of rope"
- Mace

And one of my favorites, from Sal Glesser:
"We've built a few collector pieces but most Spydercos are hungry and like to eat. As mentioned, open, close, cut, clean, oil, cut, cut, cut... To a Spyderco, that is living. All of the effort that we put into designing and building the knife is found in using the knife; The horsepower in the steel, the edge, the ergos, sophisticated mechanisms, carefully chosen materials or custom made materials, history of and refinements to the design, etc. Letting it die in the box is to lose 75% of what we put into it."

thx - cpr
 
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"The wheel of the bus, you threw me under, pushed the knife, that you stabbed me with, deeper in my back."

I made that up.
 
I'm not sure who said it originally, but I've seen it attributed to John Wayne. I say it often: "If you're not carrying a knife, you might as well be wearing a skirt."

Ironically, I have several female friends that I've shown the light and now carry knives and, best of all, my beloved girlfriend is an active member of BFC and a fledgling Knife Knut.

Also, if someone that usually carries a knife tells me they forgot theirs, I'll ask if they forgot to put on underwear.

Richard
 
I always like the knife quality statement.

"Buy a quality knife, only cry once."

It's something along those lines. Meaning, you cry about the price tag, but it never fails you or lets you down. As opposed to buying a cheap knife, but you always have problems with it, it breaks, you regret the purchase, etc.
 
my old army days Sgt. always told us to play with our sausage & not our knife. Hey, it sunk in!
 
"Don't lick the jelly off the blade!"
I had to tell my daughter this when she used her Trapper to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Then she stuck her tongue out and almost made a peanut butter, jelly, and plasma sandwich.
 
jbombelli said:
There never was a good knife made from bad steel.
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Heard this one... was it Ben Franklin who said it?

Never get in a knife fight with a Filipino.

And the addendum:

Hell, never get in a knife fight.

Hmm, in retrospect, I don't know how many of these count as truly clever. Knife proverbs is probably more accurate. Or knife-rhymes.

Doesn't take a knife to violate a life - Billy Idol
 
Bravo guys! :thumbup: Some good ones here!

There's also "Better a knife in your hand, than one in your Back"... or something like that.... :D
 
International proverbs make occasional knifely references:

Μάχαιρα έδωσες, μάχαιρα θα λάβεις.
You gave a knife, you'll take a knife. - Greek proverb

En casa de herrero, cuchillo de palo.
In the house of blacksmith, knife of wood. - Spanish proverb

"Setajam-tajam pisau, masih lebih tajam lidah.
No matter how sharp a knife is, a tongue is even sharper. - Indonesian proverb

Lieber das Messer ablecken als den Löffel abgeben.
Translation: Better to lick the knife than to give up the spoon. - German proverb

Ang taong nagigipit, sa patalim kumakapit.
A desperate person will hold on to a knife edge. - Filipino proverb

Het zijn niet alleen koks die lange messen dragen.
It's not only cooks that wear long knives. - Dutch proverb
 
4W4K3 said:
I always like the knife quality statement.

"Buy a quality knife, only cry once."

It's something along those lines. Meaning, you cry about the price tag, but it never fails you or lets you down. As opposed to buying a cheap knife, but you always have problems with it, it breaks, you regret the purchase, etc.
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was there something like:
"There's reason why straight razor was nicknamed cutthroat... And during that time beard was in fashion also for a reason..."
 
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