Knife myths

I heard once that if you stab someone with a serrated blade, it would be considered a war crime. And he assured me it applied to ALL of us.

Smith
 
"you can do all those chores in the house without a knife you know" aint it much easier like this?

"you are dangerous.. or what are you planning?" after they notice my collection growing
 
Most people seem to be full of very odd ideas about knives. Some misconceptions I have heard are: 1 there is a knife that can do everything. 2 All handmade knives are better 3 any knife that is not in the kitchen is for killing 4 (this one is personal) I live in Northern Mi and there are alot of vacation homes for wealthy people and I have tried to get some galleries to sell my knives along with other art I make but they all say that their customers would not be interested in knives.
For along time I worked in the building trades and I can tell you the people who shop at these galleries also collect guns and other hunting stuff to adorn their cabins. Like knives are for poor people only. That makes no sense.
 
This is one of the funniest (and truest) threads i have ever read!

here's one: knives kill people! no, knives don't kill people. people kill people. just like they say with guns
 
edgy_em said:
I think the myth that ticks me off the most, is that any knife not specifically designed, advertised and sold for food preparation must automatically be designed for violence, illegal activity or gang activity.

I used to explain that a 16 year old could purchase a cheap stainless steel knife from a department store or the local markets if their aim was merely to possess something capable of inflicting harm on another person, as opposed to coming into the small shop i work at, where we get to know the customer, always ask for ID and have video surveillance. These days i tend to walk away, really it is not worth my time.
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Thank you, great post!
 
"if your knife is so good, why does it always need sharpening" - a variation of the classic...

"Why are you carrying that weapon" - looking at my Mnandi I used to open a box for her... she works in a tool room...:rolleyes:
 
the knife is mans oldest tool!!!!!!! Plain and simple...if you think someone carryong a knife is extra dangerous than you need a reality check, ANYTHING can be dangerous in the hands of certain people...I mean a pencil in the right hands can kill someone, you know....a butterknife can take a life (hey thats sounds good, if I ever run for govener or somethgin that will bhe my slogan, I will promise for better knife laws, I know I will earn all your guys votes, lol)...People are too judgemental...if you carry a knife your up to no good, lookign for trouble, etc...

Ok lets see, here is another one:

"big knives are more dangerous than little ones"

Well not if you know what you are doing...Infact I think there is even a video, little knives, big trouble, is the title, lol, anyway it doesn't take much sharpened steel to badly injure someone, althogh most people would feel more comfortable seeing a small knife rather than a big one...

I am considering starting to EDC some slipjoints, ever notice that most people are unscaved by them? Whip out a benchmade, or spyderco and people get nervous but whip out a case, and people say cool can I see that...Makes you think the old school slipjoints get more respect, same goes for SAK's (swiss army knives) people are just familiar with them...
 
"Blade length should not be over 3 inches"

Funny, I tought our country was using the metric system. (Canada)
 
My current favorite:

Knife collecting and the subsequent growth of a knife-centered knowledge base is not a hobby any normal, well adjusted individual would engage in. Just buy your knives out of the big, clear jug at the gas station like a regular person.

And everyone wonders why I don't share.
 
My "favorite" myth:

If you carry a knife for protection, your attacker will just take it away from you and use it against you.

Speaking as someone who is experienced when it comes to self-defense training, I can assure you that this is a huge, f**king myth!!

I'm sick of morons with no self-defense training who continue to babble on about this myth! The only thing worse is when a so-called Martial Arts Master also spews this crap from his mouth! :mad:
 
Monocrom said:
My "favorite" myth:

If you carry a knife for protection, your attacker will just take it away from you and use it against you.

Speaking as someone who is experienced when it comes to self-defense training, I can assure you that this is a huge, f**king myth!!

I'm sick of morons with no self-defense training who continue to babble on about this myth! The only thing worse is when a so-called Martial Arts Master also spews this crap from his mouth! :mad:
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Zing! The best of the best, the cream of the cream of knife myths! :thumbup:

If it is so easy to take a knife from someone, why wouldn't the knife loser simple take it back from the bad guy, who would take it back from the good guy, who would take it back from the bad guy...eventually both would drop from exhaustion. :D
 
But then people would say the bad guy is a better knife fighter than the good guy only he must have left his serrated black killing knife at home because it was over 3 inches long and he did not want to break the law.
 
Myths?

How about the notion of a knife being a weapon, the knife is a tool, that can easily be substituted for a weapon if needed.

I get asked all the time if it's "legal to carry that knife".


Or morons that look at my knife, obviously seeing it clipped to my pocket, and then wonder if I'm breaking the law by carring a concealed weapon,,,, WTF over? You are looking at it and can tell what it is, how is that concealed? The concealed knife is the one in my other pocket that they have no idea exists.

This is a subject that rubs me the wrong way, I'd better go ahead and finish up before I get excited.

How about the notion that owning something will make you safer?

I know a guy with an extinsive collection of junk fantasy swords, and he thinks that if someone breaks into his home he is going to injure the intruder with his sword collection. My quiery is this "what is to stop the intruder from picking up one the swords and doing harm first?". Simply owning something does not make us safe, and I think in his case with dozens of swords displayed and laying around his home it makes him less safe.
 
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