Let's hear your worst (or best) sheeple experiences.

[Mr.Moose]

I forgot a letter opener and was opening sealed bids in a meeting with my Vic Soldier (I pulled from my pocket). One of the attendees says "hey, isn't that a concealed weapon..." So I said no this is.. and pulled my MP5K out of my briefcase... good times.. just kidding . Seriously, I told him it was a "pocket knife" hence I carry it in my pocket, duh...

 

[Danbo]

I recently got a new folder, and even though it's normal size, every reaction I've gotten so far has been completely positive. Even from folks I was concerned would give me crap about my "weapon". If this knife had been black, with angular grinds, I am confident some of those reactions would have been negative...

Also, when I finished my big Bowie knife, I brought it in to show my coworkers. One man I worked closely with, and considered a friend, was afraid to be in the same room as the knife. Rather than just giving up on him, I finally made him hold the knife, saying it was just an inanimate object. Within seconds, his eyes lit up, and he was testing its balance. Sometimes I think many of us give up on our fellow man too easily. As we say in our company, it's our job to turn problems into opportunities.

Hey, nice knife! Much better than what you had to give up to get it, IMHO.

Here's my sheeple story. A few months ago, I was mailing a bowie to a friend who lives in Canada. Now, when mailing packages to Canada, you have to declare the contents, and they charge the recipient a tax on the declared value of said package. For this reason, I usually declare my knife related packages as "Camp Tools" and put a nominal value, so the recipient doesn't get reamed on the charges. Never had a single problem, until one day when I went to the local Fedex store.

I hand the very obese and highly unattractive woman behind the counter my package, and pull my wallet out to pay. Now, keep in mind that I was getting ready to pay over $30 for Express Delivery. The lady looks at me, and asks me, "what's a camp tool?". I say, "it's a tool used while camping, why?". She looks at me and says, "Because, I need to know". I say, "no, you don't." She says "I'm afraid that, yes, I do need to know." This lady wasn't going to leave it alone, so I said it's a knife. She looked at me like I was wearing a turban, face mask and carrying an AK47! She calls over another person, and they start getting out all kinds of different paperwork. She says, "I'm afraid that we will need to declare this as a deadly weapon!" I say, "Nope, not today", as I grab my package out of her grubbly hands.

I drove down the street to the local USPS office, hand them the package and pay for Global Express delivery, and save at least $10.

 

[Esav Benyamin]

I hand the very obese and highly unattractive woman behind the counter my package, and pull my wallet out to pay. ... ... ... She says, "I'm afraid that we will need to declare this as a deadly weapon!"

As the late, great Dean Wormer said, "Fat, ugly, and stupid is no way to go through life!"

 

[Old Dog]

Hey, nice knife! Much better than what you had to give up to get it, IMHO.

She says, "I'm afraid that we will need to declare this as a deadly weapon!" I say, "Nope, not today", as I grab my package out of her grubbly hands.

She was a moron......I ship firearms FedEX and never declare anything..... :grumpy:

This country is becoming more and more whimpy as each day passes.

Anyway, I'm very careful where I open my new SERE2000 (legal blade length), it tends to give people the wrong impression. I think I need to buy a little smaller knife to carry in the other pocket so when someone wants something cut I can pull that one out.

I'm glad I found this forum, I thought I was the only one addicted to collecting steel.

 

[DRider]

OK so she was partially teasing me but it really had "sheeple" written all over it. I was at my desk in the Insurance Cube Farm (take a left at the Fifth Circle, if you can't find it ) and eating, what else, an apple, slicing it with my BM 630 Skirmish. My co-worker comes around the corner to ask me something and goes "Woah! That's a big knife!" and starts backing away! I'm like, "its just a fruit knife" (ie, get over it) but she keeps walking and from her desk yells "I'll just wait over here!" I had to go tell her not to make some big deal out of it and not to go spreading all sorts of "Dan's got this big 'ol knife" gossip which would have freaked out management no end. They trust me with millions in other folk's money but if they knew I had a knife they think I'd just go Manson and start carving up the neighbors. Hmph.

 

[DRider]

Got to add one more. Very fond memories. My father is a knife collector, has been since before I was born (and I'm 40 now). When I was little he had a tradition - we used to go occasionally to the San Francisco Gun Exchange and he'd get a new custom knife. Then we'd always go to Victoria Station restaurant and he'd get a prime rib - and whip out the new find, be it a huge alaskan skinner or what not - and start carving away, to the shock and amazement of the waitress.

 

[Planterz]

Perhaps not a sheeple moment, but I had one blithering moron come into my store today.

A few 20something college students came in, and one had a coupon, but it wasn't cut out. Instead of whipping out my balisong, I opend up my V'Nox SAK and cut the coupon out. One guy goes

"Those knives are so dull."

I reply

"Not this one, it's brand new and razor sharp."

he retorts

"Yeah, but when they go dull you have to buy another."



I didn't waste any more breath on him, I just gave him his pizza and walked away.

 

[dennis75]

"She looks at me and says, "Because, I need to know". I say, "no, you don't." She says "I'm afraid that, yes, I do need to know." She says, "I'm afraid that we will need to declare this as a deadly weapon!" I say, "Nope, not today", as I grab my package out of her grubbly hands.

I drove down the street to the local USPS office, hand them the package and pay for Global Express delivery, and save at least $10.

oh wow, LOL!, awesome stuff!

"no, you don't!" , "nope, not today!",.....hehehh, ROTFLMAO!, wish i was there to see that, good move!

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[klattman]

Perhaps not a sheeple moment, but I had one blithering moron come into my store today.

A few 20something college students came in, and one had a coupon, but it wasn't cut out. Instead of whipping out my balisong, I opend up my V'Nox SAK and cut the coupon out. One guy goes

"Those knives are so dull."

I reply

"Not this one, it's brand new and razor sharp."

he retorts

"Yeah, but when they go dull you have to buy another."



I didn't waste any more breath on him, I just gave him his pizza and walked away.

Ha, the _easiest_ knives to sharpen!!!

You should have said that when they go dull, you can recycle them, and tell him where to turn them in.

 

[silenthunterstudios]

All of the posts listed are reasons I carry my Blink as my EDC, and I should probably change it to my Dragonfly, because of the Blinks assisted opening. I just can't stand it when people get excited over nothing, and then turn a blind eye to whats really important.

 

[fedaykincmndr]

Some of my Marines used to go WHOA! When I'd pull out my CRKT or Gerber GB. I'd just look at em like they had a penis growing out of their forehead. That was post Fleet, though. These kids would have crapped themselves if they saw anything bigger than a LM or a SAK. Must've been the squiddies we worked with rubbing off on em... .

 

[WYK]

One of the attendees says "hey, isn't that a concealed weapon..." So I said no this is.. and pulled my MP5K out of my briefcase... good times.. just kidding

Laf! Ya want a funny one along those lines? I was at an accident scene where an 18-wheeler crammed a car into the size of a shopping cart and showing a friend who operates a heavy duty 30 ton recovery wrecker my Harsey Ranger _which I EDC_. After he shows me his Spyderco he says "Wow, is that legal to carry? It looks sorta big - I thought it was some sort of multi tool when I saw it in your pocket." So I smiled and told him "Well, it's under 5 inches, so yeah. In any case, it's legal for me to carry THIS[I show him my concealed Walther PPK]. It may look smaller than the knife, but it's more deadly out of arms reach."

Yes, I do have a CHL. God Bless Texas.

On another note, I never get a second look when I use my Laguiole to carve up fruit or what-have-ya at a restaurant.

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WYK