I was a Blade Forum poster boy today.....

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cj65

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We are doing construction walks at an L.A. County park today. I am walking with a couple of contractors, Park staff/admin/ pipe fitters, etc....

Our goal is to visit the irrigation controller retro fit installs and verify install is correct and all the bells and whistles are connected and dinging correctly. As we are visiting the controllers, we need to strip some wires to install a rainswitch that was not completed yet, so I hand my 2011 BF forum knife to the guy who volunteered to do it. I had recently paper wheeled this knife, and knew it was sharp. It/I recieved a great compliment on my sharpness, and the style and pattern of that knife. He showed it to the other guys, who asked about the EO notch, so I had to explain why it was there. Next, there were a few vandal resistant rain switch guards (it is amazing what park patrons want to steal or break) that had to be dissassembled and reconfigured. My Leatherman TI Charge had the needle nose pliers to spin off the nuts, and a phillips head screw driver to get access into the junction box and I got more compliments for being Johnny on the spot. Our vehicles and tools were on the other side of the park. Towards the end of the walk, a guy asked me if there was a knife blade on my Leatherman, which I said yes, there are 2. He asked me why I needed my pocket knife and this one as well. I told him that I have issues, and I am compulsively drawn to edged tools. I then was showing off and showed him my Benchmade 710, and told him I use that when I need a quick one hand opener, and that I also use it at dinner time. It was not a great day by any means but this sure was a bright spot on my day. There are some days, having a multi tool, a slip joint, and a modern folder may be a tad excessive, but today made it all worth while. Thanks for letting me blog:foot::D

Anybody else got some positive knife ambassador stories/??????

Did you mention to them this cherished website????;)
 
Awesome story! Thanks for sharing! :)
Not quite the same but I did use many of the tools on my Leatherman Charge TTi to help my cousin build her potential energy car project (physics project). She was quite impressed by the versatility of the tool.
 
My co workers were shocked (not "OMG HE'S GOING TO KILL ME" shocked, but " oh hey what do you need that for?") that I had a PM2 to cut my apple at work the other day.


Then I lent it to one of them to peel a mango I swear the lady using it had a "peek of pleasure for "adult activities"" type response ;) Now everyone wants one.
 
Doogoon said:
My co workers were shocked (not "OMG HE'S GOING TO KILL ME" shocked, but " oh hey what do you need that for?") that I had a PM2 to cut my apple at work the other day.


Then I lent it to one of them to peel a mango I swear the lady using it had a "peek of pleasure for "adult activities"" type response ;) Now everyone wants one.
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It is great when you have something that really slices, it get the oooohs, and the ahhhhhs, it even helps more if the lady is attractive and gets a bit edgy (pun intended) over the knife.
 
aznpos531 said:
Awesome story! Thanks for sharing! :)
Not quite the same but I did use many of the tools on my Leatherman Charge TTi to help my cousin build her potential energy car project (physics project). She was quite impressed by the versatility of the tool.
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I have worn this one every day for about 8 yrs. now. I rarely, actually never miss a day carrying it. I have broken the tiny screw driver, and snapped the dedicated flat blade, but the interchangeable head one has a flat blade too. I am sure it can be repaired. I may do so, but I do not want any other. This one is special, my dad got it for me, and I realized he spent a bit more than usual. He probably was having a hard time finding a cheaper one, and gave up and bought the Ti Charge model rather than a lower end one.
 
Doogoon said:
My co workers were shocked (not "OMG HE'S GOING TO KILL ME" shocked, but " oh hey what do you need that for?") that I had a PM2 to cut my apple at work the other day.


Then I lent it to one of them to peel a mango I swear the lady using it had a "peek of pleasure for "adult activities"" type response ;) Now everyone wants one.
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Nothing like a Millie/ParaMillie to make people understand why you carry a "big" knife. Over at my mother's house my sister and mom were cutting a bunch of fruit for a fruit salad and had to take care of the pineapple, only their normal kitchen tool had broken or something. (I'm not sure what kitchen tool "peels" pineapple, as I'm not a big kitchen person :p ) Their larger kitchen knives were dirty so I handed her my CPM M4 Military. I watched as she lined it up to slice a whole side of the pineapple. After the first slice she set the knife down, turned to me with huge eyes and said "I DIDNT EVEN HAVE TO PUSH ON IT". Then carefully picked it up and continued. Of course, that's more a testament to a sharp knife than anything, as a sharp kitchen knife that is half as thin would have done it even better :p

But good on you OP. I've never been *quite* that much of a poster boy. But I do have a few "saves the day" type scenarios involving my pocket knives. One of which was behind the scenes at a beauty pageant, where my SAK ended up being passed around by more beautiful women than I could shake a stick at (shake a SAK at??) who needed it for various things. ;)
 
I work in an office environment and someone always seems to need a can opener to open teir lunch. SAK to the rescue.
 
does it count to be a poster boy for yourself? I tend to have to fix 10 different things that always go wrong with my bike and my Wave plus whatever is the cutting tool of the day seem to save mine consistently
 
A knife ambassador, I am.

In my electrical career, I probably had about 30 apprentices over the years. It was a requirement that they each carry a knife in their pocket. I always started them out with something small, inexpensive, and easy to replace if lost.

So of them, had never had knives, and were smitten quite hard with the knife bug. I recently ran into a guy that I apprenticed, at a gas station of all places, as soon as he seen me, he got a big grin on his face and walked over, and asked, "So, what kind of knife you got in your pocket?" Which was usually the first thing I asked guys their first day with me.

It took me a second to figure out who he was, but as soon as I did, I got a big grin too. Pulled out my knife and said "This one."

We talked for a while, and it was awesome to see how much in the knife community he had gotten, knew tons of info, and makes and makers, and all kinds of stuff.

Not bad for someone that didn't own a knife until they 22yrs old.

Moose
 
It really is about being an ambassador.

I like the pineapple story. My wife does appreciate a sharp knife, she just does not want one in the kitchen knife block. It is her kitchen, just like it is my garage, so I do not try to express logic in her kitchen, just like she cannot opine in my garage.

I bought a friend who is not a knife nut a Queen Canoe and he noticed how it is almost forgotten in his back pocket even without reading the forums. Come to think of it, I need to buy or carry a canoe in my next rotation. Too many knives, not enough lives.. :-)
 
Haha today at work, one of my managers was trying to disassemble a pigtail for a fuel pump. He asked to borrow my Leatherman Juice to use the pliers to pull it out, then asked to borrow my Fenix PD31 for light to be able to see down into the connector. It was pretty funny just pulling out every tool he needed from my pockets.
 
00ChevyScott said:
Haha today at work, one of my managers was trying to disassemble a pigtail for a fuel pump. He asked to borrow my Leatherman Juice to use the pliers to pull it out, then asked to borrow my Fenix PD31 for light to be able to see down into the connector. It was pretty funny just pulling out every tool he needed from my pockets.
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That is what I am talking about.
 
I love that feeling of having the tools you need handy when they are needed. Numerous times I have avoided having to trek halfway across the country to go grab tools out of my Jeep simply because I carry a multitool, knife, and a flashlight. I have had people ask why I needed to carry a separate knife when I have a knife blade in my Skeletool, but my reasoning has always stood up; In case I needed the pliers to pull something while I cut with the other hand. Have been in that spot a few times, and it was a pain in the arse until I started carrying both.
 
Just the other day I was at my brother's Church's Men's BBQ dinner. I saw a gentleman folding up a liner-lock knife. I didn't see it well, but thought I'd ask him what he was carrying. It ended up being a custom damascus folder with mammoth ivory handles and mosaic bolsters, that he had received from his father. Beautiful! We spent the next 5 minutes, or so talking about knives, and I showed him my 2007 BF Traditional knife (Canal Street Cannitler with Mastadon). I told him about Bladeforums, and said I hoped to see him on here.
 
I work in a chiropractors office, and am not shy around the staff with my knife collecting/making habit. The owner is a bit of a metrosexual, classic city guy, but has been fairly inquisitive (and humorously harrassing) towards the knife culture. After showing him a pic of my antique show acquisitions, he wondered how prices were determined. I explained features in demand, makers etc. then showed him the copy of Levines Guide 3 that I had at work. He asked if I would bring it back at work so he can look through it to further understand our sub-culture as time allows. It's a start!
 
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