If you see a pocket clip, do you stop the guy?

I don't ask because most I see around here are crap anyway. I've given up on the fantasy of asking some dude what he's carrying and it turns out to be a Sebenza or something and he's on bladeforums, etc. I don't get asked what I'm carrying, ever.
 
Capt. Spaulding said:
Blasphemy!

WTF kind of crap is that. :thumbdn:
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I know right? And I only know this cuz I offered an employee my knife when I saw him struggling to open a package with a "company issued pen", as he called it.......needless to say, he wasnt too happy either
 
Peak_Oil said:
I dunno, maybe. It depends on the person. I would never ask a woman if she was carrying a knife because that might be awkward for various reasons. If the guy wasn't busy with something else and didn't seem as though his attention was required for a matter at hand, then maybe.
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I don't think we're talking about asking IF people carry a knife. It's noticing a knife clip and asking which make. I think it's aces to interact with people who obviously have similar interests. Wish somebody would ask me!
 
I wouldn't ask upon just seeing a clip.

Sometimes if a person has their knife out and handling it I might inquire...depends on the situation.
 
my own knifes are in my pocket not clipped to it .iam mostly harmless and wish to appear so.that being said in a fight a knife is better felt than seen
 
I see clips in pockets once in awhile. I always try to see if it's anything worth asking about, but it always appears to be something cheap so I let it go. Who wants to listen to somebody go on about how great their cheapo folder is anyway? The one time I did ask it was a girl working at a gas station and she whipped out a folding cheap box cutter.
 
HK Auto in Maryland an showing it off? Good way for a year in jail and/or $50 to $500 fine. (Yes, autos are legal to own but not sell or carry. Unless a LEO or MIL or a rare carry permit holder.) When people ask what I'm carrying I just tell them it's a tool.
 
Aside from the larger urban areas, most people in Texas carry a knife. Not a big deal here and no one thinks to comment on it.
 
addylo said:
Aside from the larger urban areas, most people in Texas carry a knife. Not a big deal here and no one thinks to comment on it.
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I hardly ever notice anyone carrying a knife here in Dallas. I've had people eyeball my pocket clip warily more than a few times. Lots of folks are moving here from knife-unfriendly places, I'm afraid.
 
I was just in dallas ft worth area, and I noticed almost every cowboy i saw had a leather pouch for a slip joint or buck on his belt. Not alot of pocket clips, but i saw a ton of traditional folders. Id ask if I saw a clip i thought belonged to a higher end knife. Especially if it looks like a deep carry clip. If someone tells you to mind thier own business, say sorry was just trying to be conversational as i collect knives. And if I saw a pistol being open carried yes i do ask what they have. Most guys just go.....oh glock 21. Granted if it was a glock i wouldnt have to ask, but older revolvers or modern 1911 can have lots of variants.
 
Tasmaniac said:
I hardly ever notice anyone carrying a knife here in Dallas.
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Yep, Dallas, Houston, and Austin are exceptions to the rule. Austin is probably the least knife-friendly of the three. Also the most liberal.

I live on the Fort Worth side of the DFW metroplex and you rarely see a jean pocket without a clip.
 
If I see a clip that is unfamiliar to me or is from a knife that I have not handled, I will ask.
Of course, if I know it's junk I won't bother.


At a recent BBQ I saw a 10 yr old boy proudly carrying a small neck knife with micarta handle scales.
He was not waving it about or acting stabby. Just a kid carrying a knife.


Small piece of low carbon, hand filed, micarta scales hand pinned to the tang. Suede sheath with a retention snap on a leather lace.
Rather crude, but decent F & F.
After talking to him a while I found out he had made it himself.
He had guidance, but it was a good job for a 10yr old.


How can you learn from or meet new people that possibly have the same interests as yourself without talking to them?
 
No - I don't stop strangers asking what they have clipped to them.

I have asked people that I have had to deal with; people in meetings at my office etc.; however most of the time they have a leatherman or a Jarbenza.

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If I notice a clip and the guy seems to be a decent sort, I'll usually ask if that's a Spyderco or something like that just to initiate the conversation. And I've always had a pleasant conversation. I don't do this with everyone I see, just now and then. Here in Nebraska, there are more people with clips showing than not it seems.

I don't bother talking with the obvious mall ninja guys, although I'm sure some of them are decent enough guys. Just usually don't have the patience. Lol.
 
I have asked people who were providing some service for me, ie. mechanic, someone giving me estimates on new windows, ect. Never just a random person though.
 
I seriously debated asking a guy I saw not too long ago but decide not too. Funny thing is I've thought about this encounter multiple times since it happened, and then I see this thread. Living in rural GA, clips or sheaths are not uncommon. I just wish knife shops were as common as the pocket clips are.
 
Only when I see a familiar clip.
I stop and talk if I can tell it's a real one.
I've talked to benchmade owners, and Spyderco owners.
 
I've asked a couple of fellas, I guess. Only men that I'm interacting with for some other reason. I wouldn't ask a random stranger.
 
Waiting for the bus last week, I saw a guy at the bus stop with a pocket clip showing.
Then I noticed the Aryan Brotherhood and Swastika thing shaved into his hair...
Not clubbing him to the ground taxed my limits of politeness...and I figured I didn't need to know what such a fool carried anyway.

So no, I didn't ask.
 
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