I was embarrassed to use my knife

Pseudonym said:
Not really. He didn't even take it out. She freaked out at the thought of him carrying a knife so he denied even having one.

I agree with PropThePolecat :P
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Or he thought his particular knife would freak her out. So I believe the question to be very relevant.
 
Sunog said:
(She graduated from UCLA and is currently studying to become a lawyer).
It's just that we grew up learning that knives were weapons.
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Let's see...California...Lawyer...knives are weapons

Don't they have a "three strikes and out" law in California? Gosh, you'd better start listening to Rush Linbaugh.

Sonny
 
i do that at work all the time they ask for my knife and i tell them i don't have one, then theyll point to the clip hanging from my pocket. I'll reply well what do you need cut and proceed to walk over and cut it myself not becuase i'm ashamed of my knife, but because my knives are very sharp and expensive and i don't want some non knife person missing up my stuff.
 
marcinek said:
What kind of knife was it? Was it some comically large folding pocket sword or ultra-tactical stabinator? :)
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It was a cheap Sanrenmu 710.

PropThePolecat said:
It sounds like this Emily is a pretty girl or you wouldn't have cared what she thought :D
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Yes, she is very pretty, but I am not into her in that way. (I am also female.)

Sonnydaze said:
Let's see...California...Lawyer...knives are weapons

Don't they have a "three strikes and out" law in California? Gosh, you'd better start listening to Rush Linbaugh.

Sonny
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:( 90% of the people who were there that day are liberals/democrats. Let's not get into politics though...



Later in the evening (or early morning...), one of the guys (first time meeting him that day) pulled out his knife upon hearing that I carried a knife.
Far away, I looked like a Benchmade Barrage, so I got excited and started talking and asking about it/knives.
It turned out that it was a Chinese knockoff that he got on set. (And. He didn't know anything about knives except that they were "cool".)
 
If the knife is legal to carry, you shouldn't worry what other people think. Of course, that sounds good until you're in a situation like the OP, and you don't want to be confrontational. Sometimes it's jut not worth it. In those times, it's good to have something like a Swiss Army knife or a small slipjoint like a Case Peanut. You can alleviate the tension of "OH MY GOD HE HAS A KNIFE" with a MacGuyver joke, or laugh at the (lack of) size of your Peanut. And/or you could have a Victorinox Classic or Leatherman Micra/Sqirt on your keychain and use the scissors instead.
 
Someone used to have a signature line about civilized people using knives and animals tearing or ripping with their teeth and claws.
 
I'll be honest every one that meets me expects me to carry a knife so this situation never happens to me. But when it does it usually goes something like this : random person ' hey noah do you have some scissors our something?' Me ' yeah hold on ' whip out knife. Random person ' why do you need a knife like THAT' I smile and say ' so I can stab people easily'. he laughs I laugh ..... and the question never comes up again :)
 
This is why I always carry 2 or more knives. I always have a vic mini champ on my keychain as well as a large and a small knife in my pocket. Lately my small knife has been a yellow serrated dragonfly salt. The yellow handle is non-threatening and I find the serrated edge adds a little versatility to my normal plain edge carry options. I have also carried a harvest orange case peanut in this role. It's kinda hard for people to get too freaked out by a small traditional pocket knife with under a 2" blade. Small traditional knives compliment larger modern folders very nicely. Aside from that, man, I don't know what to tell you. I have some female friends who were maybe I little unease at first about me flicking a knife sitting next to them in the couch, but if you learn to just keep it in your pocket and make absolutely zero reference to it being a weapon, eventually people will see the usefulness in it. Believe it or not, despite me not carrying a knife even remotely for self defense, I have had some of these girls ask if they could borrow a knife for their walk home from the bar...you know...just in case. That's when you pull the good old "why don't I just walk you home... " (just to make sure she got home safe of course...;))
 
that's why i carry a few different blades with me, at least one is sheeple friendly. SAK is for the sheeple, large folder stays hidden for those folks to save me any arguements. Actually my Leek i just got I would list as sheeple friendly as well. Not sure why you would be embarrassed though.
 
Sunog said:
She asked, "What?! Why would you have a knife?" in a tone that said having a knife was the most riduluous thing and only "dangerous" people, convicts, or crazy people had/carried knives..
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What Sunog was thinking:

"Emily, if you weren't a fat, self-center pig of a woman, you might have a boyfriend. And if you found a boyfriend, you might not be so unhappy. And because you are a pathetic, fat, unhappy pig, the only joy you have in life is deriding others. The act of meddling in other people's lives gives you a false, fleeting sense of significance that is lacking in your life because, well, you are a fat, pathetic, lonely pig.

Well guess what, Porky. Characterizing another person as short does not make you tall, and pontificating about knives does not make you any less fat, boyfriendless, pathetic or piggy. You're miserable with your own pathetic, fat little life, and so you want everyone else to be just as miserable. You know what, Oinker? I have a 6" folder right here [TWACK!], and I'm happy as a clam. I'm even happier now that I know you are afraid of an inanimate object. And I have hot chicks chasing me all day long who, incidentally, are the exact opposite of you. So maybe you should just go back the pig farm and hit the treadmill, shave your legs, and learn how to build a pie. Then guys might start to look at you for a change, and you won't feel compelled to draw attention to yourself by saying something ignorant about my knife."

What Sunog did instead:

"I dropped my hand/arm away from my pocket and said, 'Oh, I don't have one' ".

Even though I am not happy with what you were thinking, Mr. Sunog, and shame on you for that, you handled the situation well. It is always best to avoid confrontation. :)
 
The crowd I hang with including all my family members would be bummed if Dad didn't have a knife on him. My Wife is always asking to borrow it for one reason or another.
 
I have a similar story.....

I stopped at a western boot store in North Carolina last summer. I bought my wife a pair of boots and she wanted to wear them home. I needed to cut some tags off but didn't want to pull my knife out in the middle of the store. The young lady behind the counter saw me struggling and jokingly said to me " if you were a southern boy you'd have a knife" , she handed me her pocket knife.

The moral of the story , don 't be embarrassed.
 
I can't fault anyone for avoiding such a probable situation.
I love people like that young lady. They are the victims and keep the predators busy while I exit stage left.
I always carry more than one knife. One is always my trusty Victorinox Tinker. It is an unassuming tool and seldom draws unwanted attention. If someone questions it I show them the usefulness of the many tools and how often I have actually used them. My mini-barrage and or ZT350 sit quietly in my pockets drawing no attention.
I also tend to use the tool most suited to the job and sometimes less is indeed more.

While I don't spend a lot of time thinking about it I do stop and think a moment when someone asks for a knife. I don't like to draw attention to myself and pulling out an auto or 10" fixed blade to open a box, etc. is just prudent in my opinion.
 
Minnesotapride88 said:
You're only crazy until they need to use it :D
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Exactly this! I can't tell you how many people thought it was weird that I carried a knife until they saw how convenient it was for me to have one. People just feed right into the bad stigma that knives have and they believe the ONLY reason anybody would ever have one is to stab someone.
 
powernoodle said:
What Sunog was thinking:

"Emily, if you weren't a fat, self-center pig of a woman, you might have a boyfriend. And if you found a boyfriend, you might not be so unhappy. And because you are a pathetic, fat, unhappy pig, the only joy you have in life is deriding others. The act of meddling in other people's lives gives you a false, fleeting sense of significance that is lacking in your life because, well, you are a fat, pathetic, lonely pig.

Well guess what, Porky. Characterizing another person as short does not make you tall, and pontificating about knives does not make you any less fat, boyfriendless, pathetic or piggy. You're miserable with your own pathetic, fat little life, and so you want everyone else to be just as miserable. You know what, Oinker? I have a 6" folder right here [TWACK!], and I'm happy as a clam. I'm even happier now that I know you are afraid of an inanimate object. And I have hot chicks chasing me all day long who, incidentally, are the exact opposite of you. So maybe you should just go back the pig farm and hit the treadmill, shave your legs, and learn how to build a pie. Then guys might start to look at you for a change, and you won't feel compelled to draw attention to yourself by saying something ignorant about my knife."

What Sunog did instead:

"I dropped my hand/arm away from my pocket and said, 'Oh, I don't have one' ".

Even though I am not happy with what you were thinking, Mr. Sunog, and shame on you for that, you handled the situation well. It is always best to avoid confrontation. :)
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This post deserves an award for being the most off the mark, pointless, irrelevant post of the day.
Wow, just wow on so many levels.
 
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