How many people have you convinced to have an EDC knife?

My sister. I gave her my CRKT m16-12z, and my large Timblerline Wortac. My dad gave her a Gerber Ridge. She carries all of them every day now.
 
My sister, I suppose, though it wasn't through any sort of direct effort on my part. What happened was that for years if she needed a knife to cut something she'd ask if I had mine on me, and eventually I guess she decided it was easier to have one of her own since I'm not with her 24-7. She got a small SAK-type knife somewhere along the way and then later a cheap liner lock that came with a multitool. A while back I gave her a Victorinox Tinker and last week I gave her my Mini Grip to try out.

I've had no success with my parents. My mother really isn't interested in knives. She's not afraid of them, just not interested. My father, who never forgets to grab his gun before he leaves the house, claims he'd never remember to carry a knife with him. He has one that he keeps in the bedroom for cutting stuff, but that's as close as he's gotten to an EDC. He does say sometimes that if he was going to carry a knife, he'd want it to be big. I don't think what he'd prefer would make a comfortable carry knife and it certainly wouldn't be practical for most daily applications. Oh well.
 
Lost track....I have given out so many SAK"s to non-knife people and they "took" to them I can't tally it anymore.
 
Two that I'm sure of. My ex-gf carries my original AFCK, and one of my best friends carries my old mini-AFCK. Both love the knives.

Got my friend a Sharpmaker for a groomsman's gift, and just got an email from my ex asking about places to buy one. I'd say that's a solid two that are hooked. :)
 
I gave a ladyfriend of mine an old Kershaw. She sleeps with it under her pillow.

I sold my Woodard Fer De Lance to a friend/coworker.

Several people at work realized the merits of having a knfie with them and got themselves knives. Mostly SAKs, although a couple got Spyderco Delicas, and one just got a Kershaw Leek.
 
Three. Well, two directly and one indirectly. I gave my sister a medium clip point Voyager from Cold Steel and my wife a Rainbow Leek. My sister gave her husband a large Voyager because he kept borrowing hers.
I may give my sister a better knife some day, because she takes decent care of hers, but my brother-in-law is never going to appreciate something better than AUS-8 steel.

James
 
I've probably gotten about 10 or 12 people including my wife, my dad, my closest friends, several peripheral acquaintances at work etc... Most sensible people can't resist the day to day usefulness of carrying a knife or multitool,,,
 
Not a convert but I got my dad, who carried the two blade Case knives for as long as I remember, a Delica for fathers day and told him just to carry it for a week and then throw it away if he wanted. (He's the kind of dad that says everything you give him is junk and if he had wanted it he would have bought it himself. Archie Bunker type.) He hasn't put it down since. So I weened him off of Case for a Spyderco. Does that count?

OilMan
 
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