If your blade folds

[Don Rearic]

Yes, Smash, you have described the pool of terrified douchebags that inhabit the cities. Then, congressional colostomy bags see the chance to create a crisis then offer the solution to the crisis they created - law.

 

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As angry as Don Rearic seems to be about all of this I can't deny he has a point and his anger may perhaps be well founded.

 

[Don Rearic]

The denial of the problem and the creation of another, false problem, is appeasement and appeasement is going to get stuff banned. The denial of the problem is that there are people who have IRRATIONAL FEAR and true paranoia. The creation of the false problem is saying that the problem is caused by "haughty snots" and "cubicle commandos."

Appeasement leads to bans.

 

[Smash05]

Yes, Smash, you have described the pool of terrified douchebags that inhabit the cities. Then, congressional colostomy bags see the chance to create a crisis then offer the solution to the crisis they created - law.

Almost all of these "laws" come from a perceived threat. I would gander that the "locking blade" language in some laws eminates from the propensity of some biker gangs in the 70's to use the Buck 110. People want to be made safe, and they accept both the governments will, with the support of the police to do "whatever it takes." I look at knife laws the same way I look at some drug laws and stop and frisk infringement on the 4th Amendment. Its all a pretext to put someone in jail, and for many police departments to say that they are "protecting and serving." My local police log is filled with entries like "17yr old black male was stopped for suspicious activity, booked for carrying concealed weapon in violation of local ordinance." Its a pretext, plain and simple - it goes on the books, someone ends up with a criminal record, all in the name of safety and justice. I call BS. I'm sorry but until you assault someone, you should not be charged with a crime. There appears to this lawyer's brain to be a severe lack of intent in "knife" crime as it has become in our urban centers - those who cannot explain away a reason to carry a knife, or those who fit a certain "profile" whether it be race or just the way you look (suspicious) get bagged. Its why I fly under the radar as much as I can, I don't offer a knife in public unless it is something that can be resolved with the use of a SAK classic. Its just not worth the hassle.

 

[Don Rearic]

Almost all of these "laws" come from a perceived threat. I would gander that the "locking blade" language in some laws eminates from the propensity of some biker gangs in the 70's to use the Buck 110. People want to be made safe, and they accept both the governments will, with the support of the police to do "whatever it takes." I look at knife laws the same way I look at some drug laws and stop and frisk infringement on the 4th Amendment. Its all a pretext to put someone in jail, and for many police departments to say that they are "protecting and serving." My local police log is filled with entries like "17yr old black male was stopped for suspicious activity, booked for carrying concealed weapon in violation of local ordinance." Its a pretext, plain and simple - it goes on the books, someone ends up with a criminal record, all in the name of safety and justice. I call BS. I'm sorry but until you assault someone, you should not be charged with a crime. There appears to this lawyer's brain to be a severe lack of intent in "knife" crime as it has become in our urban centers - those who cannot explain away a reason to carry a knife, or those who fit a certain "profile" whether it be race or just the way you look (suspicious) get bagged. Its why I fly under the radar as much as I can, I don't offer a knife in public unless it is something that can be resolved with the use of a SAK classic. Its just not worth the hassle.

A thinking human being. What a beautiful thing to behold.

 

[Smash05]

A thinking human being. What a beautiful thing to behold.

The sad truth, logic is a poor defense in most eyes, which probably lends credence to your point, that those with an irrational fear are mentally ill.

 

[Don Rearic]

I don't like spiders. Probably a mild case of arachnophobia. I won't light up a can of Lysol to kill one in the house. I just kill it. Being bitten by a Brown Recluse did nothing for me not liking spiders.

On the other hand, I can sit and watch the orb weavers spin these intricate webs, craftsmen! Errah, crafty spiders.

Don't like them on me though! But I won't run into trees getting away from one...then you have a problem...unless the spider is as big as a Mini Cooper, then I'll run...

 

[Smash05]

I will say, to get this on track - that I get the least amount of odd looks when I am outdoors. I reserve my odd looks for the people who are obviously under-prepared for whatever activity they are participating in. I also make a mental note that I might be asked to assist them - perhaps even with a knife!!!!!

 

[Don Rearic]

I think knives should be placed in a positive light whenever possible.

 

[tonym]

The majority of people I deal with in my work are very wealthy, affluent, and mostly liberal. I spend alot of time with them and some I get to know on a personal level. You would think these people would be the type to give you that wierd look or dumn comment about a knife.. However it is never the case, I have pulled out my Izula or lil pocket scandi hundreds of time infront these people to open an envelope, box, or cut fabric. They never flinched.
It is more of the younger, middle class, or not so educated people who give that :Oh my, why do you carry a knife" comment..

Just recently I met a pretty well known news reporter from a very liberal station. She is super liberal everything, but the nicest person I have ever met. I could sit and argue with her for hours and never once get upset. One thing we won't be arguing over is how useful a SAK is; she keeps a rescue tool in her purse at all times:thumbup:

 

[midnight flyer]

Don - thanks for the time to personalize your remarks to me by dissecting the post. I laughed all the way through your responses - some were hilarious!

I forwarded this thread with your posts highlighted to a couple of my buddies that work for/with me. (It's raining, and we can't get to the job site today.) They enjoyed them as well. They loved your "you have described the pool of terrified douchebags that inhabit the cities" remark. My buddy Paul told me in a very thoughtful tone of voice that he never thought of himself as a douche bag; he told me his wife just calls him an a$$hole. The other one said "hell.... I never knew I was terrified!" Apparently only his ex wife really terrifies him.

While staying in touch to see if we are working tomorrow, I have been getting razzed all morning about going to a Turner Diaries based survivalist site. They think this is a site based on end of the world survival skills (think "The Omega Man"). And I have been hearing a variant of "Robert, I want to go to work tomorrow to finish up the roof repairs, but I am too terrified" all day.

In hind site, as much fun as your comments and posts were, I shouldn't have forwarded them to the guys I work with. Now every time I pull out my knife to sharpen a pencil, cut banding straps, or cut open packing boxes I am going to have to watch one of them feign fainting, or making "baaaaahaahaa" sheep(le) sounds. Great.

I can't wait until I send one of them for coffee and have to listen to them tell me they are too scared to go by themselves. No doubt I will have to hear "you should call Don!! HE wouldn't be afraid to go!!" followed by their guffaws. They are out drinking beer tonight since it is apparent we won't be working tomorrow either, so they will have a full dose of b.s. for me when we do get back at it.

All in good fun, I guess.

I have actually done this, not because I "can't abide a dull blade" which you have never heard someone say, you're making it up, but simply because I want to cut the meat and not tear the meat apart or smash the meat apart.

Me too. I was fine with a lot of your strange global assertions about me and my character since they were funny, but this one you got completely wrong. I am sure you didn't mean to call me a liar on purpose (since you weren't there, right?) but that guy was me with my brand new Browning folding hunter. I couldn't have been more pleased or more proud of that knife.

As an idiot teenager in '72, I thought everyone needed to see my new folding manliness ( http://tinyurl.com/ydgnl44 - gorgeous, no?) and proceeded to pull it out and snap it open while announcing that to my fellow steak eaters at the diner that very thing. It was said on purpose. By me, in a flourish of dramatic dumbass.

Yes. Guilty as charged. I freely admit I did it for the *wow* factor. Since that was almost 40 years ago, I chalk that off as youthful stupidity. Everyone had Bucks in those days, and I was the only one I knew that had a real Browning. Like I said, I sure was proud of that knife. No doubt though, there was someone like me (now) sitting nearby that said to those sitting around him "look at that jackass. What an annoying prick. Why doesn't he just ask for a sharp knife?". But that would only be the ones that actually noticed...

Now good sense prevails. At least most of the time, anyway. Right knife for the job coupled with discretion seems to be the best path for me. As always though, YMMV.

Good fun on a rainy day. Keep 'em coming!

Robert

 

[Bushman5]

The way to assimilate the aforementioned blubbering, cowering mentally ill panicky prone to hysteria media/guberment led followers, lemmings Dolts with no cognitive ablilities of their own, unable to think rationally for themselves sheeple is for EVERYONE to start wearing and using knives around the above mentioned people.

remember cell phones? and how everyone was slowly assimilated into accepting them? knives can be the same way.

Ignore the reactions of the lesser gene pools, and use your knife PROUDLY, and OFTEN. eventually these recessive gene types will catch on and soon everyone will be using a knife for daily tasks.

remember, cell phones used to be ostracized.....now 99.9999999999999% of the population walks about with one. No one blinks an eye. Replace cell phone with knife.

here are some images to help the recessive gene, cowering, mentally ill, panicky prone to hysteria media/guberment led followers, lemmings Dolts with no cognitive ablilities of their own, unable to think rationally for themselves sheeple to look at. Start slowly, stare at the images. If you feel sick pause for a bit, then come back and see more images. They cannot hurt you, they are inanimate objects, incapable of thought, or movement. Its ok, your not going to get stabbed. Remember, you use kitchen knives everyday........

click for slideshow

 

[Smash05]

The way to assimilate the aforementioned blubbering, cowering mentally ill panicky prone to hysteria media/guberment led followers, lemmings Dolts with no cognitive ablilities of their own, unable to think rationally for themselves sheeple is for EVERYONE to start wearing and using knives around the above mentioned people.

remember cell phones? and how everyone was slowly assimilated into accepting them? knives can be the same way.

Ignore the reactions of the lesser gene pools, and use your knife PROUDLY, and OFTEN. eventually these recessive gene types will catch on and soon everyone will be using a knife for daily tasks.

remember, cell phones used to be ostracized.....now 99.9999999999999% of the population walks about with one. No one blinks an eye. Replace cell phone with knife.

here are some images to help the recessive gene, cowering, mentally ill, panicky prone to hysteria media/guberment led followers, lemmings Dolts with no cognitive ablilities of their own, unable to think rationally for themselves sheeple to look at. Start slowly, stare at the images. If you feel sick pause for a bit, then come back and see more images. They cannot hurt you, they are inanimate objects, incapable of thought, or movement. Its ok, your not going to get stabbed. Remember, you use kitchen knives everyday........

click for slideshow

Actually I had a good friend, who is well educated come into my home and ask me why I had an 8 inch chef's knife? For cutting food I say, and he proceeds to ask me what I would do if someone broke into my house and tried to stab me with it. The Fiance just laughed at him.

 

[Don Rearic]

Don - thanks for the time to personalize your remarks to me by dissecting the post. I laughed all the way through your responses - some were hilarious!

That's a damned good thing because some of it was meant to be hilarious!

The other dude that came in and said I had a point, he had one thing wrong, I am not this person seething with anger. I do get angry, I mean, I am a human being after all. But for the most part, I'm laughing at this shit too.

I forwarded this thread with your posts highlighted to a couple of my buddies that work for/with me. (It's raining, and we can't get to the job site today.) They enjoyed them as well. They loved your "you have described the pool of terrified douchebags that inhabit the cities" remark. My buddy Paul told me in a very thoughtful tone of voice that he never thought of himself as a douche bag; he told me his wife just calls him an a$$hole. The other one said "hell.... I never knew I was terrified!" Apparently only his ex wife really terrifies him.

Really? So, these guys, they write their representatives and ask weapons, guns, knives and other stuff to be controlled or banned?

I don't quite think your reading comprehension skills are up to my level of satire, Bob.

While staying in touch to see if we are working tomorrow, I have been getting razzed all morning about going to a Turner Diaries based survivalist site. They think this is a site based on end of the world survival skills (think "The Omega Man"). And I have been hearing a variant of "Robert, I want to go to work tomorrow to finish up the roof repairs, but I am too terrified" all day.

What an interesting book! I really didn't enjoy it. I'm sure you did though!

In hind site, as much fun as your comments and posts were, I shouldn't have forwarded them to the guys I work with. Now every time I pull out my knife to sharpen a pencil, cut banding straps, or cut open packing boxes I am going to have to watch one of them feign fainting, or making "baaaaahaahaa" sheep(le) sounds. Great.

Perhaps they will get an erection at the mere hint of Woolite on your clothing. You might just get lucky.

It's hindsight, too.

I am sure you didn't mean to call me a liar on purpose (since you weren't there, right?)...

Like you, I don't have to be there. You know better, you can see through walls too.

 

[mcjhrobinson]

maybe we need to have hot girls in bikinis toting BK9s

 

[Don Rearic]

Yeah! Then Brother Bob can tell us how all of his extremely manly and heterosexual male friends tossed off around the jobsite like manly men tend to do when laying brick and other manly-man things.

 

[Don Rearic]

Oh, this is gonna be a goodun.

 

[midnight flyer]

That's a damned good thing because some of it was meant to be hilarious!

I knew it had to be! I have been hearing about how "terrified" they are just about every time I talk to them. Sadly, even though my buddy Paul lives in "the city", when he was chuckling about being a terrified douche bag, his wife corrected him. Apparently he is an annoying bu$$hole. Believe me, she would know better than anyone.

Really? So, these guys, they write their representatives and ask weapons, guns, knives and other stuff to be controlled or banned?

I don't quite think your reading comprehension skills are up to my level of satire, Bob.

Sigh... I guess not. You move so fast and your wording is sometimes so complicated; not to mention all the big words. Cleverly written, too! Your comment of "I will sit across a room and watch someone struggle with a box, like a monkey trying to get its' penis into a football" was a real winner! I have never seen that, and I'm not sure it's something I would watch, but you sure did paint a picture! :thumbup:

Sorry to say though, I reread both of my posts and never saw anything about me or my amigos writing any letters to anyone. Not a trace. Guess I need to read them again to find what I said to confuse you enough to make an assumption that they might write anything. I assure you though, small loss, if any. I am sure the way some of them write (PAUL....ahem... maybe not at all!) not much would be gained by letters to anyone. Wait - was that just silly hyperbole on your part?

Rascal !!

Perhaps they will get an erection at the mere hint of Woolite on your clothing. You might just get lucky.

Not sure I follow. Are you trying to say that someone wearing clean clothes to the job would make them frisky? Compared to our normal sweaty, dirty, work clothes we see each other in all the time, I guess that's possible! If it made them work harder.... it would be more than lucky - it would be a frickin' miracle!! I'll take it!

Like you, I don't have to be there. You know better, you can see through walls too.

I don't know what your projection of your own thoughts on to me as a truth has to do with seeing through walls.

But this is still weird. I can't believe you know I can do that.....

I don't think I have ever mentioned that on this forum. Whoa... you are good!

BTW - you are one syllable away from getting my name. It's Robert.

Robert

 

[Bushman5]

Rotflmao!

 

[dougo83]

GREAT post Mike. :thumbup::thumbup:

I too, am sick of that term and the implied haughtiness that accompanies it. It has a "why aren't people cool like us" ring to it when they come back here to post their indignation.

SNIPPEDRobert

I would have to agree. I have carried knives for most of my life. I have carried them at the bank where I worked, in high school, in college, at church, and pretty much everywhere else. I have never had anyone gasp, scream, cower, or run in terror when I use my knife. As MF says, it's all in presentation. I don't act like an ass with my knife, I use it to cut something and then put i tback. I don't have any reason to play with the damn thing at work or when otherwise in public...that's just stupid.