Just be polite....

i try and be polite when people show me their junk knives that they think are so cool and wonderful. sometimes i succeed, sometimes i fail.

i also try and steer them in the direction of Moras and Opinels.
 
In this day and age,if a law abiding person has a knife,i embrace him as a brother because he is not an anti-knifer.

In this day and age, if a law abiding person has a gun, i embrace them as a brother because they aren't an anti-gunner.

The first time i rode my Kawasaki Klr (street legal dirt bike) to sturgis, i did so with apprehension. I was told by several Harley riders "it ain't what you ride, it's that you ride".
They embraced me as a brother.
When i was 8, all i could afford was an Imperial "kampKing" knife. Cheap, low quality, $1.29. It got me through 10 years of HIGH ADVENTURE. It got used (and abused) more than any knife i have ever owned. I still have it. Almost anyone would roll their eyes and bite their tongue, if they saw it. regards Henry
 
A couple of days ago I was fishing at the beach with one of my friends, he pulled out a pocket knife to cut up some cut-bait and once he was done he said "I love this knife" and he handed it to me.. I examined it a little, it had rust all over it and the blade was very dull with cheap plastic handles and then I flipped it over and right there on the handle was the Frigidaire logo.. I guess the knife was given as a company token or something.. I thought to myself "I don't even want to hold this" but I was polite about it and handed it back.. once I handed it back I pulled out my Mini AK47 and shaved some hair off my leg.. he flipped s***.. maybe he will buy a decent knife someday
 
Maybe I'm too soft, but I'm pleased to see another normal guy carrying a knife or multitool, even if it's a cheap one. In my mind he is way ahead of a non-knife people who freaks at the sight of a blade, so he deserves some respect. Today he/she might be carrying a cheap low-end knife, but with a little luck I can encourage him/her to get a better one.
 
I have a friend that buys all his stuff from flea markets and one day brought home a knife the seller dubbed "the organ ripper." after some taunting and teasing from him, i whipped out my o-1 trail knife that i made (1/4" thick). I told him to hold his Organ ripper blade up on my bench vice and proceded to swing away. I gave him the $10 for his severely damaged knife. Whereas mine went back into its sheath with me saying "money well spent!"
 
When someone that is new to guns or blades asks me a question about quality I find that being.honest is the best policy, for instance my buddy bought a cheap gas station blade and asked me to sharpen it I did but could not get a hair popping edge on it. He used it and the scales started coming loose, I told him for 10 bucks more then what he spent he could have gotton a Spyder tenacious which for 20 bucks is a hell of a knife, guns are the same way, especially for self defense the same buddy asked he about hi points I told him that he should save up and get something more reliable like a glock, my thinking behind this is, theoretically you are going to spend more money when u have to keep buying the cheap stuff rather than just spending a little more on the good stuff once, if someone new to this kind of stuff asks u questions I think its our response abilities as enthusiasts to point them in the right direction instead of biting our tounges. Especially if they see us carrying the good stuff. Just my opinion.
 
Nothing wrong with Hi-Point, They're great for the $$$. Nothing wrong with S&W Knives either. I believe in giving every company a chance, so I usually like all guns and knives. When someone shows me one, I stay polite and usually show what I have also.
 
I try to be nice to people when they show me their latest knife like object.

I do try to point them in the direction of a quality blade. It occasionally works.

A guy once asked me to sharpen his "Sunday knife". I was expecting to see a nice BM or Spyderco.

The belt I used to sharpen his "knife" was worth about 50X what the knife was.
 
KennyB said:
I remember I poked a little fun at some guy's Hi-Point 9mm Carbine. Said it looked like a BB gun. He pointed the muzzle at my face and said, "Does that look like a BB gun!"
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You should have called the police. Pointing a gun in someone's face is against the law.
 
Mitchell Knives said:
I try to be nice to people when they show me their latest knife like object.

I do try to point them in the direction of a quality blade. It occasionally works.

A guy once asked me to sharpen his "Sunday knife". I was expecting to see a nice BM or Spyderco.

The belt I used to sharpen his "knife" was worth about 50X what the knife was.
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Hehehehe,happens to me with the edge pro and some friends knives too. One stone would be worth 3 times the knife I'm working on.
 
Wow. I'm almost embarrassed about my Camillus Silver Sword, USN Mk2, and various Victorinox. None of them were particularly expensive but all are good quality.

Tom

(ps I'm new)
 
The problem with being the person in my troop in charge of teaching knife safety is that i see POS knives all the time, but whenever a kid shows me a knife he is proud of I always act interested. I normally am and even if I dont like the knife I bite my tongue because in my mind a crappy knife is still better than no knife. I will try to convince them to buy better knives though.
 
Heh. When I was about younger, (yes young people can be younger), i used to buy 1 dollar knives. they broke when i opened them :P Then i moved to 5 dollar knives. They broke. Then i moved to 30 dollar knives. They broke. Then i moved to 40 dollar knives. It broke. Then i got a benchmade, and it didn't break. Also, a lot of people dont like buying expensive knives, cause they would feel worse when they loose them.
 
It depends on how close they are to you.

I make fun of them, proceed to berate them, then ultimately educate them. I don't want them showing off their POS to someone, knowing that they are associated with me. Therefore, I try to point them in the right direction after a good amount of ridicule. This pertains to anything, be it cars, guns, knives, even food. If I'm gonna hang out with my friends, I at least want them to know what's good.
 
I went over to a friends house to get some paracord for my new BK2 (said he had some extra that I could use for a scout wrap for the sheath), and to show off the new knife. When he saw it he was immediately impressed, and then brought out his "survival knife" to show off (rambo knockoff from the 80's, complete with matches inside the handle and the compass).

I merely commented on how useful the compartment in the handle must be, and then mentioned that you can even fit stuff in the handle of the Becker, it just needs a wrench ;). Inside, I was hoping he never really needs to rely on it...

That being said, I'm still new to knives compared to most here. For my married grad student budget, even the Becker was a bit spendy.
 
hipoints are great guns, I have a C9 and love it. goes bang ever time and more often then not, I have that near me cuz i can afford to just leave it in my car and it has come in handy. i have $2k guns but a lot of good those do me locked up in a safe. In fact, it did save me once already from being jacked and yes, it is cheap but it is also warrentied forever and if you watch some videos off youtube, they are damn near industructable! can i bullseye shoot from 25 yards, the answer is no. Can I put 10 rounds into someone at 25 yards quickly, the answer is yes!

sorta like a cheap knife. as long as its got a sharp edge and won't break on you, I think its great that the person even has one on them (most people don't).
 
Ratchet-Kunst showed me his karambit.

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The only "outdoor" knife I own

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I said it was cool.
 
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