Knife myths

langchop said:
Hi all... my first post here....

Here's my favourite: My old lady has a drawer full of arb knives and one Victorinox. She thinks because it is a 'brand' knife that its her sharpest knife in her kitchen... its actually the dullest because the domestic grade (useless) kitchen sharpeners are unsuitable for resharpening the superior steel edge!.. i have heard this idea from many people.

PS i agree with you knifenut... the back of my left hand is permanently clean shaven from testing my edges! My other test is that it must cleanly cut through an A4 piece of paper when held at the corner.
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Both of my arms are completely shaven free of hair and there is a bald spot on my right leg from testing sharpness.:D

O and the thing I've heard the most from people is "that's a weapon" yeah... whatever.
 
Long story, but I was talking to someone recently who works at Case cutlery...and we were talking about how most young teenagers don't even know they can legally carry knives...and its a shame because I know many young men out there would love to be able to carry and use a nice smaller to medium size knife...of course out of school...
 
cutlerylover said:
Long story, but I was talking to someone recently who works at Case cutlery...and we were talking about how most young teenagers don't even know they can legally carry knives...and its a shame because I know many young men out there would love to be able to carry and use a nice smaller to medium size knife...of course out of school...
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Yes, I know exactly what you mean, and it doesnt help that many stores have an 18+ rule when it comes to buying knives.
 
It's really sad how "underground" knife culture has become. I don't mean to keep posting the same kind of stuff, but it's troubling to me. Even when I was growing up not too long ago, it was just another part of being a human. A wallet, a watch, and a knife; that was daily dress attire. I even carried one in school and like a lot of folks are saying kids just don't know they can or think you're some kind of psycho if you do. It's, as Rush would say, another sign of the pussification of America.
 
Elen said:
My favourite one is the myth about knives being mostly weapons instead of tools, and even as weapons ineffective and dangerous to the user.

I don't think I need to tell any of you guys just how useful a good knife is as a tool! :) There might be some people here that consider knives ineffective and dangerous to the user as weapons, but hey, that's life. One needs to be able to look outside the box.
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:mad:

Thats my favorite MYTH as well.

people watch psycho and scream and all of a suden knives are superpowered murder weapons :barf:
 
There are a lot I could mention, but the one that annoys me most is the idea that if you really intend your knife as a tool, you would carry as little knife as possible. If you carry a big knife somehow that suggests it's intended as a weapon.

My answer to this is, if I need to hammer a nail do I have an obligation to use the smalles hammer that can do the job?

What's the difference?
 
here's one. a friend of mine showed off his new knife to me tonight. he bought it for, get this, $5! he said it was a nice knife and sharp too. i tried to shave off some hair with it. it wouldnt even catch the hair, let alone cut it!

myth is this. good knives cost $10 or less. :rolleyes:
 
myth is this. good knives cost $10 or less. :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]

I don't know how to properly quote.


I showed a co-worker my xm-18 and he said " It looks like a good $40 knife " and that was after I told him the materials and that it is a custom knife.
 
mm3 said:
I don't know how to properly quote.


I showed a co-worker my xm-18 and he said " It looks like a good $40 knife " and that was after I told him the materials and that it is a custom knife.
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just hit the quote button.

yeah. i can be with friends and they can be talking knives and how much they cost and alot think that $60 is too much to spend. the most i have ever spent on a knife is $170. thats only because it was on sale. the MSRP was $300.

here is another myth. AO knives are not for work use. so i guess that ppl in the construction business (for example) have no need for a knife they can open quickly and with one hand when the time comes? same goes for the military. so the Army Corp of Engineers shouldn't use an AO knife in thier job? another thing is that AOs are just plain fun to play with :D. i didnt tell this buddy that. i did tell him about the construction thing though. he can be educated though. at least he isnt afraid of them
 
offsetlover said:
here is another myth. AO knives are not for work use. so i guess that ppl in the construction business (for example) have no need for a knife they can open quickly and with one hand when the time comes? same goes for the military. so the Army Corp of Engineers shouldn't use an AO knife in thier job? another thing is that AOs are just plain fun to play with :D. i didnt tell this buddy that. i did tell him about the construction thing though. he can be educated though. at least he isnt afraid of them
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Well, actually that's why automatic knives exist :p
 
mm3 said:
...I showed a co-worker my xm-18 and he said " It looks like a good $40 knife " and that was after I told him the materials and that it is a custom knife.
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Don't tell me. I showed someone a NIB Spyderco Chinook and he said: oh yes, sure, I know this knife, it was 'bout 8.5$ where I've seen it. :rolleyes:
And I said: "great, gimme the address, I think I'm gonna buy a dozen" :jerkit:
 
dialex said:
Don't tell me. I showed someone a NIB Spyderco Chinook and he said: oh yes, sure, I know this knife, it was 'bout 8.5$ where I've seen it. :rolleyes:
And I said: "great, gimme the address, I think I'm gonna buy a dozen" :jerkit:
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A dozen $8.50 knives still doesn't cost what one NIB Chinook costs.

Thanks for the info offsetlover!
 
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