Least threatening knife attributes?

James Y said:
I once had a woman get all uppity and uneasy when she saw me using my little SAK Classic (the scissors) to snip paper, telling me it's 'a deadly weapon'. So it isn't cut and dried that a SAK or traditional slipjoint pattern will be seen as non-threatening by most people. Jim
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I once put a SAK classic in the gift picking game that my wife's work has at their holiday party. Two ladies actually fought for it. And these were urban professionals in a very blue town. I maintain that to most people SAKs are perfectly acceptable and most wont give you a second glance. Especially a SAK classic.That lady isn't most people. There's always a small population of nutzos in every crowd. You found her. :D
 
stabman said:
Just use your knife in a normal fashion, and be able to clearly explain things if asked.
To the "SAK is fine!" crowd...no, that doesn't always work on its own either.
As I presented the groomsmen gifts of Victorinox Sport model Swiss Army Knives for my brother's wedding, a couple of the bridesmaids said "Knives? As a present?!? Why knives?"
Utter confusion at the concept...
But I was able to clearly articulate, in a calm fashion the various non-ninja uses of such things, and they then got it. :)

And it isn't just because they're girls, because one of the other bridesmaids owns her own knives, and thought the Cold Steel Large Espada with polished G-10 scales and aluminum frame/bolsters was cool :D (that was at a wedding favour stuffing event I got suckered into...at which two men went completely silent at the presence of the ZT 0561, and wouldn't look in my direction until it was closed; go figure).

The point is, calmly explain things, use them in a normal fashion, and if people still have a problem, then they're the ones with a problem.
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Did they think of them as weapons though or were they just girls on a fairy tale kick because of the wedding? In a setting like that any practical gift that didn't have some heartfelt sentiment or some household utility could be seen as odd for something so "story book" as a wedding...girls:rolleyes: :D

Edit: They probably would have had the same response if you gave a bunch of crescent wrenches.
 
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marcinek said:
Precisely! :thumbup: Don't act like a jerk, and people are fine with you. Act like a 13 year old boy who needs to whip his penetrator out of his pants constantly and play with it...and people will treat you like a 13 year old boy who needs to whip his penetrator out of his pants constantly and play with it.
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That sounds naughty.
 
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...now that last one interests me in a way I can't explain. :confused:
 
marcinek, the word "penetrator" just MADE that sentence. Hell, the whole phrasing of that one was great. I was laughing for a good bit

For what its worth, I only whip out my penetrators every once in a while to play with them. Their just to awesome not to. Although I try to exercise discretion around strangers who may have an irrational fear of penetrators ;)
 
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