Knife Hobbie is over...

ColdOne said:
Well, lets see...
Since you joined here you have:
1. Repeatedly tried to find a way to smuggle illegal items into Canada.
2. Tried to get people in the states to assist with the above.
3. Sold cheap knives to "friends" at school who you considered a risk but "had them sign a contract" who in turn flashed them around
4. Screwed around and sliced up a friend...

Overall I think it will be for the better.
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thats a not a very fair summary, but i dont disagree ;)

i did try to get a balisong here, since it is sooo cool and interesting. but everyone makes mistakes. im not the only one trying to get them here.
and i have no given up, just taken a different approach.

as for selling knives to friends, theres people who sell firecrackers, drugs, cigs, boss jackets, stolen ipods/psps. i saw it as a business.
 
Seeing everything as a business is an unhealthy way to live. I've tried it. It sucks. There are better ways to make money.
 
Money doesn't help when ya get kicked out of school, etc
No need to have "arms dealer" on your record.

Knives aren't everything, we buy quality, so we buy fewer. Find the ones you truly enjoy til your education/natural talents allow you to blow excess income.
 
I don't think that you should give up your hobby, Mike. It was an accident, and if its what you like to do then a minor setback shouldn't stop you.
 
heck, i still cut myself all the time! well, not all the time, but i have a few scars.

never cut anyone else, though.

i think it took guts and a great deal of self realization to be as frank and candid as blazengem has been in this thread.

yeah, it was stupid and maybe he is too young to be playing with knives. but it shows quite a bit of maturity (cutting his friend aside) to come here and post this story. all the while knowing many of us would tear him a new one.

bravo, blazengem. stand up guy, at least imo.
 
BlazenGem said:
thats a not a very fair summary, but i dont disagree ;)

i did try to get a balisong here, since it is sooo cool and interesting. but everyone makes mistakes. im not the only one trying to get them here.
and i have no given up, just taken a different approach.

as for selling knives to friends, theres people who sell firecrackers, drugs, cigs, boss jackets, stolen ipods/psps. i saw it as a business.
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your other acts, however, seem to show your immaturity and poor judgement.

it may be "business", but it is illegal. dont ever try to justify your actions or choices by pointing the finger at those around you who are doing the same or worse.
 
Sounds like you had a decent collection for a 15 year old!

As with most hobbies that involve physical activity or potentially dangerous objects, there is always a chance of accidents occuring. Most accidents can be avoided by simply being responsible and using common sense. I wouldn't stop collecting simply because of this incident.

Just be more careful and responsible in the future...it could have been a lot worse.
 
I was into knives from a very young age..got my first dagger at 10 along with my grandfathers WW2 bayonet. Had heaps of balisongs when I was 12 (they used to be legal 19 years ago in Sydney). Only mishap was when a kid I was friends with used to knock off black powder from his old man to make us copper bombs (like a pipe bomb). A mate set one off and thought the wick didnt work so went to retrieve it. Didnt realise it was a good, slow burning wick used on muskets. Picked it up and threw it one second before it blew up his face. My other mate never made a copper bomb again...haha.
 
Ya we have all done stupid things and I'm sure I will do some more and I'm 46.. However you are endangering other peoples lives playing with knives like you did.. You can't reverse the damage. Sounds to me like you are still heading for trouble if you are trying to get an illegal knife into Canada.. Gonna be hard for your parents to trust you again when you are doing things that are illegal.
 
Sorry but trafficing weapons to obviously stupid people, trying to subvert the law, trying to encourage others to do so, blatant disregard for his and others safety THEN trying to justify it using the wrongs of others and claiming it was just "business" to make some cash. Hell son, why not just sell dope? Sounds like it is the next step up in your business
plan.
Thank God I found this thread before I did a trade with you.

BK6
 
bigkahunasix said:
Sorry but trafficing weapons to obviously stupid people, trying to subvert the law, trying to encourage others to do so, blatant disregard for his and others safety THEN trying to justify it using the wrongs of others and claiming it was just "business" to make some cash. Hell son, why not just sell dope? Sounds like it is the next step up in your business
plan.
Thank God I found this thread before I did a trade with you.

BK6
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ouch that is harsh...but I agree that not many would want to trade with a minor. In Sydney now it is illegal to sell a knife to a minor without a parent present.
 
Blatant disregard for the law - and the welfare of your friend - resulted in a potentially life-altering injury to him. It was no accident, whether you 'meant' it or not, the probability of an injury was 1.0 - given enough time. It isn't just the hurting from the cut tissue - you have possible infections - nerve damage - muscle damage. And all, not because you were careless - you were irresponsible. Knives are tools - and, like a hammer produces the occasional smashed thumb on a framer/carpenter, can and will produce injuries to the most professional users... those are 'accidents'.

As in most self inflicted accidental knife injuries, my current bandaid and it's previous sibling were from a 'dull' Swiss Army Knife - not from my myriad of great super sharp blades. Familiarity had bred contempt - and I have produced two essentially paper-cuts - that hurt - I hate to think what a four stitch cut would feel like. I carry my knives to use - but not for self defense - I carry a revolver for that. I hate to think what you would have done had they been legal in Canada. Oh yeah, laws don't pertain to you! It's time to grow from this - which, hopefully, you will - and one day you will be a most respectful knife owner. Good luck with that. I hope that friend recovers fully, too.

Stainz
 
BlazenGem said:
thats a not a very fair summary, but i dont disagree ;)

i did try to get a balisong here, since it is sooo cool and interesting. but everyone makes mistakes. im not the only one trying to get them here.
and i have no given up, just taken a different approach.

as for selling knives to friends, theres people who sell firecrackers, drugs, cigs, boss jackets, stolen ipods/psps. i saw it as a business.
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I probably shouldnt encourage you but I did a very similar thing to you at school when I was just a bit younger (about 18 years ago to be exact). Had 7 different lockers at school and a big list of clients. Teachers knew all about it but kept searching the wrong lockers :D ....I now work for a top 10 US financial services company as a currency trader...hahaha. Stick with your mind set bro and eventually you will evolve to more profitable ventures. The financial markets are filled with all types who developed a business sense at a young age doing a bit of this and that. You just have to make sure you get more legitmate ideas of how to make money. Keep up your thinking and you will join us there if that's what you want. There are a lot of old bastids here giving you grief but you have the thumbs up from me :thumbup::D ....
 
When my Dad was in school in the 60's and early 70's he says boys openly carried and traded knives and nobody even raised an eyebrow. Even while as young as 12 and in the 6th grade he can remember buying a Camillus Army issue type pocket knife from a boy for 25 cents so he could eat lunch that day. And for show and tell he once brought a Air Force survival knife that belonged to his Dad that carried in WW2 while flying missions on a B-29, from the island Tinian to Japan. Nobody back then thought a thing about country boys packin knives.
 
I am sure you are going to be back into the knife hobby soon. Consider this a short time out. Getting cut is just part of the knife hobby, and most people on this forum have had many accidents during their knife hobby time. Heck if they havn't cut themselves at least once, then they are either extremly lucky or they are not really into knives.
 
I think a lot of the "getting cut is a rite of passage" crowd may be overlooking one thing. He didn't cut himself. He cut someone else. There's no minimum number of times someone should cut someone else to define himself as a knife enthusiast. You've got to realize every time a knife is in your hand, you are responsible for the safety of everyone in the danger zone.

I agree your folks are acting in your best interest. Parents sometimes have a stilted view as to what is safe for their kids, but yours have been more than fair. Don't just "act super nice and responsible." Be super responsible (niceness optional).
 
Sounds like you were just fooling around with a Karambit & your friend got caught in the way. It was your fault, but it's not like you meant to do it. Just remember that knives are not toys and respect what they can do.

As for trying to circumvent the laws regarding knives in your country, well that's not good. If it was just you that would suffer the penalty, I'd not care as much. Understand that you are responsible for your actions and that they would not only get you in trouble, but the person who shipped you the knife.

As for selling cheap knives to your fellow students, well at least it's not drugs. Just remember that if they end up screwing up it will come back on you. If someone you sold a knife to were to cut someone else, not only would your parents be involved, but the School and possibly Law Enforcement. There's buisness, and then there is smart buisness.

Good learning experience for you, make sure you remember it.
 
DrThunder88 said:
I think a lot of the "getting cut is a rite of passage" crowd may be overlooking one thing. He didn't cut himself. He cut someone else. There's no minimum number of times someone should cut someone else to define himself as a knife enthusiast. You've got to realize every time a knife is in your hand, you are responsible for the safety of everyone in the danger zone.
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That's what I was thinking cutting your buddy is like 100 times as bad as cutting yourself. For one what you do to you is personal and it's much easier to cut your own-self than another person by accident. When you hold a knife in your hand there is no need to approach another in a manner so you even could cut them. Cutting somebody else to put it bluntly makes us look like a clown that plays about with sharp things.
 
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