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pholder

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just got in from seeing the movie : Last house on the left. there is a scene where a young woman is stabbed so my wife, bless her heart, leans over to me and says; THat's a Spyderco. all i could do was laugh.
what more could i ask for, she carries a small sak but always suggests a william henry. i see my current hobby becoming even more expensive.
thanks for listening
 
:D :thumbup: when the WIFE starts asking for william henry knives, you know there is a problem. I just showed my GF some of the custom jobs in the Boker forum, and i think she said "I want one like that!" about 50 times.
 
Several years ago, my wife got summoned for jury duty. She routinely carries 2 or 3 knives in her purse (has done so for many years), and it never even dawned on her to remove them before entering the courthouse....amazingly, she breezed right through their security checkpoint without a peep ! We had a good laugh that night, but she was kind of shocked when I asked her if she had remembered to leave her knives at home....
 
I sometimes fall into the category of "a knife is a knife," and that's not the greatest thing for a board like this. Yes, I know the difference in blade steels and lock strengths and so forth, but when I see people like Massad Ayoob write articles praising certain Spydercos as if they were somehow notably better than other knives on the market used for defense, I just sort of think, "Payola!" And though Spyderco's a great knife company, a knife (unlike a gun) doesn't have to be of premium quality to fill a defensive role like, say, weapon retention. It's like anything else that's hyped. I remember the movie Cliffhanger, where Michael Rooker, dangling from a precarious position with one arm, uses his other hand to retrieve his Spyderco, flip it open and insert it into the leg of his attacker overhead.

Those kind of scenes do a lot for business, just as Dirty Harry sold hundreds and hundreds of people on a huge revolver they didn't really need and couldn't handle. Yet they did want the thing. And want is what drives our economy. It's not a bad thing, but it is fascinating that your wife instantly said, "Spyderco!" when she saw the knife in the movie.
 
pholder said:
just got in from seeing the movie : Last house on the left. there is a scene where a young woman is stabbed so my wife, bless her heart, leans over to me and says; THat's a Spyderco. all i could do was laugh.
what more could i ask for, she carries a small sak but always suggests a william henry. i see my current hobby becoming even more expensive.
thanks for listening
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+1 Sounds like "You have chosen... wisely". :thumbup:
 
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pholder said:
just got in from seeing the movie : Last house on the left. there is a scene where a young woman is stabbed so my wife, bless her heart, leans over to me and says; THat's a Spyderco. all i could do was laugh.
what more could i ask for, she carries a small sak but always suggests a william henry. i see my current hobby becoming even more expensive.
thanks for listening
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Looks like it's no longer just your hobby and that's something rare in a relationship - she deserves a WH
 
I'm getting her a mini CQC7b btw just because. Her favorite color is royal blue so maybe I can get some CF scales in that color made for it?
 
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looks like an endura to me
 
What an awesome story Pholder! I've been warming my girlfriend up to knives since we were going out. We've been going out for 7 years and when I first met her, she didn't want any near her. Now, she is considering letting me purchase one for her that she'll actually carry. I hope to get her to the stage your wife is at in the near future...:D
 
Looks like an Endura 4. At least Hollywood's using decent knives on set (it could have been a Mantis:barf:). PHolder, hang onto that wife of yours, she's a keeper (does he have any single sisters you could send my way;)), and get her a WH at some point too!:thumbup:

Regards,
3G
 
This forum is not for movie reviews. :D. Let's not go there since it is a topic better suited elsewhere on this site. (Community)
 
Yes, it does look like they've now upgraded from the E3 to the E4 in this movie. Call it a compulsion, but I like to watch movies that I know have a recognizable knife in it. Even if the movie itself may or may not appeal to me.:D

Jim
 
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