How many knives do you

My guess would be about six. The problem is that my wife will scoop up any loose knives she finds and put them in one place. Most of the time she fails to tell me so I am always looking for at least one knife.
 
I usually have 3-6 around the house, but every day or two I will put them away and do a quick inventory and start over.
 
I can't remember where i hid half of them....i have them hidden all over inside and out, in the attic, basement, taped under tables and behind pictures, burried all over the yard, even tape little ones to the dogs collars....when the $h_t hits the fan we can never have enough knives. :)
 
bigmark408 said:
I can't remember where i hid half of them....i have them hidden all over inside and out, in the attic, basement, taped under tables and behind pictures, burried all over the yard, even tape little ones to the dogs collars....when the $h_t hits the fan we can never have enough knives. :)
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And I thought I needed a intervention :)
 
clockman said:
How many knives do you usually have out in you house or apartment at the same time ? Not counting the knives

in your pocket/pockets.

I usually have at least three sometimes more.
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Three fixed blade knives are out and get put away when I leave the house.

I keep a Sog tomahawk in the house too. The other matching Sog, a Estwing camp axe and a Fiskars hatchet are outside of the house.

Cate
 
A few thoughts here...

My late Dad kept a few knives out and my late Mom kept several scissors out when I was growing up in the 50's and on. We were told NOT to touch them unless we owned them, were given permission to use them and/or when we were taught how to use them properly and safely! They did not put all of their kitchen knives away in some LOCKED drawer.

They did not hide them, lock them up or put every single knife or scissors away.

Were they safe about many things? YES. We were taught personal responsibility and to respect other people's property too.

I never had children but if I did have them, I would not lock up every single knife or pair of scissors in my house.

We had a small, shallow swimming pool in our yard when I was a kid too. We did not drown in that pool, ocean, larger pool at the Y or club or in a water bucket either.

I figure if a kid can learn to swim as a toddler (Me!)... he or she can learn how to use a tool or be told NOT to touch something that he/she has no clue about too.

People should LEARN about these things as a kid. You TEACH a kid NOT to dive into the shallow end of a pool or off of a boat in shallow water whether you have a depth finder or not - you can teach them about knives, matches, etc. too!

Adults should be taught things that they never learned as a KID too.

Your mileage may vary.

Old Lady Cate
 
My knives have a desk their stored in, but there are always many out. I have a chair with an ottoman I AIT in. Half the ottoman is usually covered in knives. I try to keep it down to three out, but they accumulate and when there's about 10 I usually put them away and start over.
 
I keep one or more in nearly every room of the house. Not counting what's in drawers, etc., I'm at 15.
If you count kitchen knives in the block, then add a dozen more.
 
Hey, Old Lady Cate, "growing up in the '50's" makes us about the same age. Despite being an Old Man, i have a 9 yr old daughter who lives with me. As there is no adult woman in the house, i get to do what i want, which means leaving 'knives of current interest' lying around. Since i rarely have time to examine, clean out, sharpen, or file away these knives, the number of them lying around continually increases.
I agree 100% with what you say. Since age 0 my daughter has lived surrounded on all sides by knives. Some she has claimed for her own collection. She knows to not touch the knives without first asking and for a few years now has been able to properly use a knife for food prep.
If child welfare authorities ever dropped by they would likely demand i put all my knives away or loose custody of my daughter. Most people these days do not understand what you say, that children are quite capable of being safe around knives or other "dangerous" articles if shown proper handling technique and the safety rules explained.
Thanks for your excellent post.
kj
 
Not sure what the definition of "out" is.

I have knives spread around the house for various reasons. None of my gadgets or whatever are out anywhere in the house except in the small spare bedroom that I use as a "man cave" or in my workbench area of the garage.

1. There are 4 knives in my garage around my workbench but the one that gets used the most is the 154CM Manix 2.
2. Right now I have 2 fixed blades laying on my desk- one is a small no-name custom knife and the other is a Spyderco Mule. Also on the desk are a Leatherman Charge and Leatherman Skeletool. In the desk drawer there are some misc. knives that I don't have storage space for elsewhere, the only one of these that gets much use is the M4 Manix 2.
3. Stored elsewhere in the house is a plastic box with the dozen or so knives currently in my EDC rotation.
4. My collection of fixed blades is locked away.
 
kootenay joe said:
Hey, Old Lady Cate, "growing up in the '50's" makes us about the same age. Despite being an Old Man, i have a 9 yr old daughter who lives with me. As there is no adult woman in the house, i get to do what i want, which means leaving 'knives of current interest' lying around. Since i rarely have time to examine, clean out, sharpen, or file away these knives, the number of them lying around continually increases.
I agree 100% with what you say. Since age 0 my daughter has lived surrounded on all sides by knives. Some she has claimed for her own collection. She knows to not touch the knives without first asking and for a few years now has been able to properly use a knife for food prep.
If child welfare authorities ever dropped by they would likely demand i put all my knives away or loose custody of my daughter. Most people these days do not understand what you say, that children are quite capable of being safe around knives or other "dangerous" articles if shown proper handling technique and the safety rules explained.
Thanks for your excellent post.
kj
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Joe,

Thank you.

I think that you are raising your daughter properly too!

Cate
 
By "out", I suspect you mean "visible" versus tucked away in a safe or in a storage container. At the moment, I have probably 15 to 20 knives "out" where I can easily grab one to use. They do tend to walk around a bit, so I might not know where a particular knife is for a month or so, but they almost always turn up.
 
Two or three usually. Whatever I was carrying the previous day. No kids so stuff I leave out is in the same place the next day.
 
Catherine_Montana said:
A few thoughts here...

My late Dad kept a few knives out and my late Mom kept several scissors out when I was growing up in the 50's and on. We were told NOT to touch them unless we owned them, were given permission to use them and/or when we were taught how to use them properly and safely! They did not put all of their kitchen knives away in some LOCKED drawer.

They did not hide them, lock them up or put every single knife or scissors away.

Were they safe about many things? YES. We were taught personal responsibility and to respect other people's property too.

I never had children but if I did have them, I would not lock up every single knife or pair of scissors in my house.

We had a small, shallow swimming pool in our yard when I was a kid too. We did not drown in that pool, ocean, larger pool at the Y or club or in a water bucket either.

I figure if a kid can learn to swim as a toddler (Me!)... he or she can learn how to use a tool or be told NOT to touch something that he/she has no clue about too.

People should LEARN about these things as a kid. You TEACH a kid NOT to dive into the shallow end of a pool or off of a boat in shallow water whether you have a depth finder or not - you can teach them about knives, matches, etc. too!

Adults should be taught things that they never learned as a KID too.

Your mileage may vary.

Old Lady Cate
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Some of us just keep them put away to avoid clutter and theft. Personally, I have taught my daughters (10 and 14) about firearms and knives, and there is no mystery or excitement around those items for them. My oldest carries an SAK that I gifted her, and she's very responsible with it.

All of my things have a place, and I know where to go for them when I want them.

As for firearms...

I have a commitment: my firearms are secure 100% of the time, with no exceptions. I have one on me all day, every day, and the others are locked up unless in use. "Each and every time, without fail, no exceptions."

There have been many stolen firearms in history. I know guys who liked to hide them around the house who have lost them in burglaries (even in low crime suburbs and one guy in a very secluded rural home). I'm making sure I won't be That Guy.

Knives, lights, pens... Those are just 'put away', not locked up.
 
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