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OK, so being that my luck this week has run dry in a bunch of ways... I'm down to a good ol' last minute rush to finish an assignment...


I'm writing a paper on why people should not fear knives, knife users, and knife collectors. We've all had a moment or ten :D when someone looked at us funny or treated us like irresponsible children for possessing or using a knife.

I need an interview for this paper, and it's due on Friday morning... so any help given by Thursday night will probably be used, but make sure you include your name and qualification. Otherwise, I can't cite you as a source. The longer the responses the better.



SO... please write your first and last name and what qualifies you as an authority on the topic:

Example: John Doe, knife enthusiast for 3 years



THEN... proceed to respond to the questions...


1. When did you receive your first knife and what is your earliest memory of a knife?


2. Why do you think knives are important or worthwhile? Why do you enjoy knives so much?


3. Has anyone ever treated you negatively because you used a knife or showed a knife to someone (not brandishing)? If so, how many times has it happened and could your recall the circumstances and reactions of one particular instance?


4. About how many times a day do you use your knife on average?


5. If people feared knives less, would you choose to carry a different knife than what you normally carry? Would this knife be more useful or practical for your purposes than what you currently carry? If applicable, please describe what you carry, what you would carry, and why you would carry it:


6. How many knives do you own?


7. Lastly, how long have you been seriously interested in knives? What sparked your interest? ... it was Rambo for me. :D



Being that I've heard some of your sheeple situations, I figured it wouldn't be a bad topic for a paper, and I think it might be something useful too. Also, I have to give a small presentation after its done, so I might be able to impact/influence the class a little too.

This should be my last undergraduate paper; so, I'm kind of excited that I get to write about something that actually means a bit to me - as opposed to Sutherland's Differential Association Theory or the like. :barf:

Thanks in advance for your help on this one...


P.S. Moderators, if I have done anything wrong here... lock it up, or ship it away, or just tell me how to fix it. I will do it as soon as I can. Thank you.
 
I may write some more later if time permits (I'm going to bed now and I will have a long day tomorrow), but I just had to throw something in here...

Make sure that you add Sigmund Freud as a resource into your paper with one of his quotes I like to throw at the sheeple when one gets on my nerves:

“A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity”.

Gets em every time. :D
 
DWM said:
I may write some more later if time permits (I'm going to bed now and I will have a long day tomorrow), but I just had to throw something in here...

Make sure that you add Sigmund Freud as a resource into your paper with one of his quotes I like to throw at the sheeple when one gets on my nerves:

“A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity”.

Gets em every time. :D
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Haha, I just might do that. Thanks. :D
 
Eh... I'll play along.

My name is Ben, I'm 27 years old and have been using knives for almost 20 years.

1. When did you receive your first knife and what is your earliest memory of a knife?

My grandfather gave me a well worn Buck 110 sometime around 1987 or 1988. It was HUGE. It's still huge, but when I was 6 or 7 years old it was like a sword in my hands. He taught me how to open and close it and how to be safe with it. At the same time he also gave me an old Camillus stockman that wasn't so big and told me to put the Buck away until I could handle it.

He taught me how to be safe with the knives and not to take it to school.


2. Why do you think knives are important or worthwhile? Why do you enjoy knives so much?

Why are they important? Because it's hard to cut things with a spoon, ballpoint pen, teeth, fingernail, car key and a whole host of other edgeless things.

My enjoyment of knives comes from their value as a tool and maintaining their functionality. To be perfectly honest with you, if a knife never got dull or needed sharpening, I don't think I'd be interested in them at all. Sharpening knives to me is a philosophical journey because it's one of the few things in the world that really lets you free your mind of everything.

You have to be free of everything or you'll damage the edge. When you're sharpening a knife the most important thing and the only thing is the edge on the stone. Nothing else matters at that one point in time, and everything else just gets in the way.

I get a lot of thinking done without realizing it when I'm concentrating on an edge.


3. Has anyone ever treated you negatively because you used a knife or showed a knife to someone (not brandishing)? If so, how many times has it happened and could your recall the circumstances and reactions of one particular instance?

Nope.

4. About how many times a day do you use your knife on average?

Whenever I need to. I don't count. Some days I never take it out of my pocket and other days it's in my hand for hours.

5. If people feared knives less, would you choose to carry a different knife than what you normally carry? Would this knife be more useful or practical for your purposes than what you currently carry? If applicable, please describe what you carry, what you would carry, and why you would carry it

I don't see all these people who are supposedly afraid of knives. Maybe they just don't exist around here. But regardless of public opinion, I carry what I feel is the perfect set up for my needs and I wouldn't change that because of other people. The only reason I see to change what I carry is if a new knife comes along that fits my needs better.

My current set up is a Benchmade 710 for 99% of my cutting needs, and a Victorinox Soldier whose blade touches nothing but food. It works, why change.

6. How many knives do you own?

50+. I really don't know.

7. Lastly, how long have you been seriously interested in knives? What sparked your interest? ... it was Rambo for me.

Like I said, I started using knives nearly 20 years ago, but never really paid attention to knives until I got to college.

When I was in high school it was ok to carry a knife as long as it was within legal limit. Well, that was true until the last half of my senior year (I graduated in 1999, just a few months after Columbine and there were some bomb scares and a few guns found in lockers at my school, so they were being justifiably safe). So for most of high school I carried my Buck 110 on my belt.

But then I got to college. A college campus is a lot bigger than a high school campus and I realized very very quickly that that Buck 110 was just too big and bulky to have flapping around on my hip while I was hiking around to classes. So I started carrying a Victorinox Climber. I love that knife, but it's not small and bangs around a lot when you're wearing shorts.

So off to the internet I went looking for a new knife. That's when I discovered the massive range of knives out there. This would have been around early 2000 I guess.

I bought several Kershaws with pocket clips and carried them all through college, and it solved all my problems. Now I still had a knife of good size (3.5 inch blade which is just about the perfect size for me, I wish the BM710 was half an inch shorter) that was light weight and didn't flap around a lot.

I still love Buck 110s, and have six or seven of them, but I don't carry them.

I've gone through a lot of knives since then. I bought a used Sebenza in junior year of college to see what all the hype was about. Didn't particularly like and sold it for a profit (the only time I've ever sold a knife).

In 2003 I bought my Victorinox Soldier which has been part of my EDC set up ever since. And in January 2006, the Benchmade 710 replaced a Spyderco Native that I'd been EDC'ing. I've only bought three knives in the past three years, but it's still a passion, I still love knives, but one hasn't come along that I have to have. I'm happy with my set up.

If you really dig hard you'll find that most people aren't afraid of knives. Don't limit your research or interviews or whatever to this forum because we're all biased towards our sharp pointy things. My advice would be to post these same questions on other forums that have a general discussion section that isn't dedicated to knives and get opinions from outside the community.

There's nothing wrong with posting the same thing on multiple forums and you're going to get more responses from a broader range of people.

I wrote a similar piece in graduate school for a creative non-fiction class. It wasn't about people's fears of knives, but it was about knife use in general. Don't try to persuade people to carry because honestly some people don't need knives, some people will just get hurt (my girlfriend is a perfect example, she loves knives but I have to take them away from her before she stabs herself in the foot... you'd think she was a two year old sometimes), some people don't have the maturity to handle a dangerous object.

Don't make the paper argumentative because then you'll come across sounding like a right wing nutjob who wears a tinfoil hat and thinks all us liberals are out to take his guns and knives away (we're not), but make it informative. You'll win a lot more people over with solid information than you will with propaganda.

Sorry, my degree is in professional writing, so when these topics come up I go a little overboard with advice and ramblings.

Good luck.
 
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Peter (email me for my last name if you need it), 31, knife enthusiast for 21 years.


1. When did you receive your first knife and what is your earliest memory of a knife?

I got a Victorinox Tinker Swiss Army Knife for my 10th birthday after hounding my parents forever.


2. Why do you think knives are important or worthwhile? Why do you enjoy knives so much?

Knives are an indispensable tool and exhibit a huge variation in shape, size, function, looks, and material. They range from the simplest tool like a paring knife to works of art. Carrying a knife exhibits preparedness on the part of the user, something that is sorely lacking in today's "someone else will do it for us" America.


3. Has anyone ever treated you negatively because you used a knife or showed a knife to someone (not brandishing)? If so, how many times has it happened and could your recall the circumstances and reactions of one particular instance?

no, but I have always worked in knife friendly professions (commercial fisherman, professional mariner).


4. About how many times a day do you use your knife on average?

At work, several. At home, 3 or more times a day. I carry them even if I don't use them. You never know when you might need a knife and it is better to have one and not need it, than to need it and not have it. There wasn't a pocket knife in sight at the T station in Boston when the elderly lady's scarf got caught in the escalator and she died. What would have happened if someone had a knife?


5. If people feared knives less, would you choose to carry a different knife than what you normally carry? Would this knife be more useful or practical for your purposes than what you currently carry? If applicable, please describe what you carry, what you would carry, and why you would carry it:

I carry the knife that I found most useful for the cutting needs I expect to meet that day. My carry choices don't depend on what other people percieve as frightening. They depend on my personal needs. I do not brandish or show them excessively and take them out when something needs cutting. At work I carry a locking folder with a four inch blade (as required by company policy) and at home I usually carry a smaller locking folder, a slipjoint of some kind and a Swiss Army Knife (Vic Recruit) that I've carried daily for almost 2 years. I used the Recruit openly in a Fed Ex place in Chicago without so much as a second glance by the counter girl or other people in line.

6. How many knives do you own?

Too many to count. really. I have my accumulation/collection at my parents' house in Massachusetts and several here in Chicago. They range from inexpensive work folders to $100+ (now collectible) Spydercos. I have owned almost every style of folding knife at one time or another (except for a gravity knife)


7. Lastly, how long have you been seriously interested in knives? What sparked your interest? ... it was Rambo for me. :D

I have been interested in knives for over 20 years. My interest was sparked by the TV series MacGuyver and when I was 10 my parents got me my first knife, a Swiss Army Knife, which I used for everything from fishing to hiking in the woods, making forts and spears, whittling etc. My father saved his own life with a Spyderco Endura around 1992 and I have carried a knife almost every single day since 1995.

Email me if you want more info or have any other questions and if you would, whether you use my interview or not, send me a copy of the paper. I would be interested in reading it. :)

Pete
 
i'll bite.

SO... please write your first and last name and what qualifies you as an authority on the topic:

Example: John Doe, knife enthusiast for 3 years
Trent Russell, i'm 20 years old, knife user since...well since i could manipulate tools. Knife enthusiast for 3 years or so.


THEN... proceed to respond to the questions...


1. When did you receive your first knife and what is your earliest memory of a knife?

We had a set of rules in my family...i think it went pocket knife at 10, wrist rocket (high powered hunting slingshot) at 12, BB gun at 13...something like that. My first knife, if i recall, Was an off-brand SAK style stainless steel folder, with two blades, a cork-screw, a few screwdrivers, and a saw.

2. Why do you think knives are important or worthwhile? Why do you enjoy knives so much?

There have been times in the last 10 years when i haven't carried a knife in EDC (aside from being in school, just not owning one). By my mid teens, i was able to tell the difference between a good Victrinox SAK and the cheap off-brands. I went through lots of smaller SAK's in my teens, as well as a 7" fillet knife for cleaning fish (damn where is that thing!?). I think around turning 16, i purchased a Gerber Ridge, which was my first single-bladed EDC knife. I loved that little thing, i could open it lightning fast. These days, i feel totally naked without a beefy folder in my pocket. People always know i'm the guy who has the knife when they need it. Knives are one of the ultimate examples of the union craftmenship and utility. A knives' craftmanship defines it's utility. This fascinates me endlessly.


3. Has anyone ever treated you negatively because you used a knife or showed a knife to someone (not brandishing)? If so, how many times has it happened and could your recall the circumstances and reactions of one particular instance?

In 7th grade, i sat down in class one morning and unzipped my trapper keeper (:D) to find my silver SAK knock-off sitting inside. I had no idea how it got there, i could only assume i had pushed it off of my bed and it had landed there, or something. I freaked out. I picked up my entire trapper keeper, without touching the knife, and walked directly up and set the whole thing on the teachers desk in front of her. Frankly, i don't remember her reaction, but one of the PE teachers confiscated it and i remember when my mom came to pick me up, i told her to park her car and come inside. I realize i probably got off lightly, she just had to go in and retrieve it for me, accompanied by a stern talk from an admin. There were a few other times when i accidentally brought SAKs to school in my pants pocket or something, but i was at a new school and i new the consequences would be dire, so i just buried it in my backpack, in my locker, and crossed my fingers. Through my late teens, until now, i can honestly say i've never had anyone give sour looks or remarks about my knives.

4. About how many times a day do you use your knife on average?

probably around 5 times a day, on average.

5. If people feared knives less, would you choose to carry a different knife than what you normally carry? Would this knife be more useful or practical for your purposes than what you currently carry? If applicable, please describe what you carry, what you would carry, and why you would carry it:

I don't usually have a problem with complaints, so i carry as i always have, clipped to my front right pocket. If i'm wearing boardshorts, i keep it at 4 O'clock IWB. My current EDC is a boker trance, which is the beefiest, but not the longest, blade i have ever carried. I plan on upgrading to a ZT350 in the next month or so. With that addition, i'll have a good assortment of sizes to fit my needs/clothing/activities. I'm not worried about EDCing a ZT, as far as sheeple are concerned. I go to a predominantly agricultural school (NC State) so every other person has a 4" buck folder or the like on them. I could comfortably go longer than the ZT (3-1/4") if i had something with a slimmer profile (Manix, etc.)

6. How many knives do you own?

3. Kershaw Random Leek S30V, Boker CLB Drop Point Trance, SOG Flash2.

7. Lastly, how long have you been seriously interested in knives? What sparked your interest? ... it was Rambo for me.

like i said, i've always been interested in knives, but i guess REAL interest started about 3 years ago when i joined BladeForums (different account) and used information found here to purchase an all-black Kershaw Leek. Knives were a right of passage, so to speak, for my family, so it was something that was really just always around.


Hope this helps! Good luck!
 
mhawg, land surveyor/ outdoorsman for 45 years

1. When did you receive your first knife and what is your earliest memory of a knife?

Got my first knife at 6 years old in sort of a trade. Used it mostly to cut or sharpen sticks to poke things with, I'm still dangerously curious at 56.


2. Why do you think knives are important or worthwhile? Why do you enjoy knives so much?

As Sal Glesser said 'All Gods creatures got claws.' Men are expected to be prepared to fix things, open things, shape things...without a knife you are just an earthworm, naked and helpless. I have always been attracted to the shape, color, feel, texture and weight of a knife, folders and straight knives. I don't like all knives because I've found what works for me as a user and what I like in the overall being of a knife. I have worked in the field and in warehouses since I was 10 and so few days have passed where something didn't need to be smoothed or trimmed or shimmed or sharpened or...well you see what I mean.


3. Has anyone ever treated you negatively because you used a knife or showed a knife to someone (not brandishing)? If so, how many times has it happened and could your recall the circumstances and reactions of one particular instance?

In one of my favorite watering holes they got a new bartender/manager. One night I was showing a 3" blade knife to a guy, a Marine, under the bar and the new bartender threw me out for life for having a knife in his bar. They do serve food and there is a knife on every table with food but he used the deadly knife to get me out for good. He literally said that knives are dangerous and people had no excuse to have one in his bar.

4. About how many times a day do you use your knife on average?

I started out this morning opening the inner bag of raisin bran with the Spyderco Native that I keep in my bathrobe pocket. I'm going out in the yard to plant a few things the wife wants in the yard so there is 2 or 3 more and the mail hasn't arrived and I have some things to do with a hacksaw and PVC conduit so there will be some cleanup there so easily 10 - 15 times today. Usually it might just be the mail and a neatening up a fingernail so minimum 2 - 5 times.


5. If people feared knives less, would you choose to carry a different knife than what you normally carry? Would this knife be more useful or practical for your purposes than what you currently carry? If applicable, please describe what you carry, what you would carry, and why you would carry it:

Normally I carry 2" to 4" slipjoints and/or lock blades and always a 2" to 3" neck knife. The necker is the hard use blade and the folders are slicers mostly. I would add a 4" to 6" drop point straight blade worn on my belt if laws and attitudes were more reasonable. I care a knife to help me do my job and make things work in my daily life. I am willing to use my knife to help others with there needs when appropriate. The straight knife would be a useful addition to my daily carry options and I would feel capable of carrying the straight knife and one folding knife in most cases but would still like to have a nice folding knife to use for a little showiness and one for the grunt work like scraping and cutting tape and such.


6. How many knives do you own?

I have sold 40 knives on ebay in the last 4 months due to unemployment and still have at least 100 in my stash. At least 50 of those are the 'Collection' with the rest being knives I liked and bought at one time.


7. Lastly, how long have you been seriously interested in knives? What sparked your interest? ... it was Rambo for me.

I usually had knives from the gas station or country store, $2 knives I'd call them. I received a Gerber Folding Sportsman as a gift when I was in my early 20's and experienced what a real quality knife could be and I have been on the path ever since, I'm 56 now.
 
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Oh, you might find this useful too: http://www.sosakonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=378&Itemid=35


Jered, 21, serious knife enthusiast for two years.

1. A swiss army knife from my grandmother. I had been a boy scout and had always wanted one.

2. Knives are man's oldest tool, even older than fire and the wheel. We haven't given up those, so why would we give up the one tool that made everything else afterward possible? Besides, as Sal Glesser says, all God's critters have knives. They're handy as hell, and there's just something fundamental about having a knife like almost every human in history has had, like it's an evolutionary extension of our being akin to poetry and song. The history and future of our race lies in tools, and the knife is the genesis of all that. Without tools, we're just glorified apes ripping things open with our lousy teeth and fingernails - that's real sophisticated.

3. Not too negatively, usually just an ignorant comment. One time I pulled out a Victorinox One-Handed Trekker (a multitool) and someone asked me in a condescending tone why I had a switchblade. I tried to explain the technical differences, don't think it made a difference.

4. If we throw in swiss knives and multitools, about every or every other day. An actual knife blade I tend to use about 2-3 times a week in a college environment.

5. If people feared knives less, would you choose to carry a different knife than what you normally carry? Would this knife be more useful or practical for your purposes than what you currently carry? If applicable, please describe what you carry, what you would carry, and why you would carry it:

I'd probably carry my Spyderco Native III, my assisted opening knife, or a switchblade (if I had one) more often as they are more convenient or in the case of the Native very comfortable, but as the ones I own are both intimidating I tend to only carry them when I am dressed nicer. I'm looking at a waved Spyderco Delica or a serrated Salt 1 in yellow as a compromise of sorts for when I'm dressed more casually but want that convenience of fast opening (or the serrations on the Salt 1) in a less scary looking package.

6. Eight.

7. I had been interested in Swiss Army knives since I was a kid, but I didn't even know about the modern pocket knife industry until I was in college and wanted to put up my Swiss Army knife to avoid losing it as my grandmother that had given it to me had died. As I was looking for a replacement a friend told me about Benchmade, which led me to looking at other knife companies, and I haven't stopped since. That was about two years ago. I have also had a strong interest in firearms for years, but knives are cheaper, more legal, and have more everyday utility.
 
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SO... please write your first and last name and what qualifies you as an authority on the topic: Darrell Wyatt

Example: John Doe, knife enthusiast for 3 years

Spent almost a year learning and researching knives

THEN... proceed to respond to the questions...


1. When did you receive your first knife and what is your earliest memory of a knife? 6-7, playing with a Chinese made knock off SAK in the back yard.


2. Why do you think knives are important or worthwhile? Why do you enjoy knives so much? Knives are mans oldest friend, people were using knives before they learned to control fire or invent the wheel. So with out knives civilization wouldn't be as advanced as it is now. Also carry a pocket knife makes life much easier, whether it is opening a bag of chips, cutting strings of of clothes, or opening those annoying packages.


3. Has anyone ever treated you negatively because you used a knife or showed a knife to someone (not brandishing)? If so, how many times has it happened and could your recall the circumstances and reactions of one particular instance?A lot of people feel that knife equals weapon, so whenever you use a knife or even just pull it out of your pocket you stand a good chance of catching flak over it. The most recent incident was when I showed a family member a RAT Izula after describing it and then they freaked out when the say, describing it as "too large" of a knife.


4. About how many times a day do you use your knife on average? Weekdays 5-6, weekends over a dozen. But it honestly just depends on what I am doing that day.


5. If people feared knives less, would you choose to carry a different knife than what you normally carry? Would this knife be more useful or practical for your purposes than what you currently carry? If applicable, please describe what you carry, what you would carry, and why you would carry it:
Probably not, during the week I carry either a SG2 Junkyard dog, Spyderco para, or kershaw RAM. During the weekend I normally carry a folding knife plus a RAT Izula.

6. How many knives do you own? I just looked around the room and I see about six in the open, I am guessing that I have two times that in a box. So I will say twenty plus.


7. Lastly, how long have you been seriously interested in knives? What sparked your interest? ... it was Rambo for me. :D

I had been carrying knives since I was 7, but I didn't get seriously interested in knives until last year when I was playing around on ebay and saw knives selling for over fifty bucks. Then I decided to get an Edge-ucation and learn more about knives.

Being that I've heard some of your sheeple situations, I figured it wouldn't be a bad topic for a paper, and I think it might be something useful too. Also, I have to give a small presentation after its done, so I might be able to impact/influence the class a little too.

This should be my last undergraduate paper; so, I'm kind of excited that I get to write about something that actually means a bit to me - as opposed to Sutherland's Differential Association Theory or the like. :barf:

Thanks in advance for your help on this one...


P.S. Moderators, if I have done anything wrong here... lock it up, or ship it away, or just tell me how to fix it. I will do it as soon as I can. Thank you.[/QUOTE]
 
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TheFighter88 said:
1. When did you receive your first knife and what is your earliest memory of a knife?


2. Why do you think knives are important or worthwhile? Why do you enjoy knives so much?


3. Has anyone ever treated you negatively because you used a knife or showed a knife to someone (not brandishing)? If so, how many times has it happened and could your recall the circumstances and reactions of one particular instance?


4. About how many times a day do you use your knife on average?


5. If people feared knives less, would you choose to carry a different knife than what you normally carry? Would this knife be more useful or practical for your purposes than what you currently carry? If applicable, please describe what you carry, what you would carry, and why you would carry it:


6. How many knives do you own?


7. Lastly, how long have you been seriously interested in knives? What sparked your interest?
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1) When I was ten, my earliest memory of a knife was a folder used for cutting thin branches when I was young.

2) because without knives you wouldn't be able to cut your steak or chicken for eating properly or you couldn't be able to make a basic shelter when camping or trekking thanks to a good sharp knife. Also a good knife is a good tool for opening big packages. Because knives are like guns they are collectible.

3) In France, having and carrying a folder like the Gerber Applegate Combat folder makes you by default a potential criminal. In fact, any knife that has a blade length above 3 inches is forbidden to carry.

4) When I feel the need to do it.

5) When I need a knife, the gerber applegate combat folder is my choice, it is highly versatile and robust and it takes abuse without any problem.

6) near ten

7) Since the age of ten. The military knives and military daggers used by the military forces sparked my interest in knives.
 
I fear people with pens more than I fear people with knives.
Sorry my response doesn't fit your requested format.
 
Thanks, everyone for the help! I have more than enough information to meet my deadline of tomorrow, but I will try to include more of your information in the actual paper. Your comments, links, and opinions really helped too!

As a disclaimer, I would not have chosen an argumentative format for this paper, nor would I have intended to address the "sheeple" issue if it was up to me entirely. However, we are required to write an argumentative paper, and our professor has an inclination toward the paper addressing more controversial issues. On top of this, the paper had to deal with the concept of "my community." That is, she wanted us to write about something of which we considered ourselves a part.

I have never shown or used my knife in any fashion unbecoming a responsible individual; however, I have had minor situations when sheeple were a problem or were difficult or unkind. As one of the few argumentative issues of "my community," I thought it may prove slightly beneficial to explore this notion.

In order to balance the controversial part of the paper with something more palatable to those who are less tinfoil-hat-like, :) I'm trying to still present the paper as more of an informative survey of the differing aspects of the knife community.

Regrettably, our professor (she means well) is micro-managing this one, so I don't have as much control over the substance of the paper as I would like. My sources and information must be guided more toward the argumentative aspect of the paper, or else, the paper will take my grade down instead of up.

BUT, I will do my best. Anyone interested in a copy can shoot me an email at edw4997@cup.edu with something like "Send me your paper" in the subject line. It should be complete by early May; so, I'll try to send it to those interested around that time.

Thanks again everyone! I sincerely do appreciate your help. If I can return the favor, just let me know.

And now... goodnight! :D
 
I'll play too:

Bob W, knife enthusiast 30+ years.

1. When did you receive your first knife and what is your earliest memory of a knife?
I was six or seven when I received the first pocketknife, a 34OT Old Timer from my grandfather. My parents kept it put away until I was ~10 years old and needed it for Scouts - a uniform requirement. I carry an identical knife every day now.

2. Why do you think knives are important or worthwhile?
Useful tools, a pocket friend that every gentleman should have so as not to require assistance for common tasks.

Why do you enjoy knives so much?
Genetic, I suspect. :D

3. Has anyone ever treated you negatively because you used a knife or showed a knife to someone (not brandishing)? If so, how many times has it happened and could your recall the circumstances and reactions of one particular instance?
No.

4. About how many times a day do you use your knife on average?
Usually none. But recently I've started a new job and use it ~5 times per day for light electrical-assembly work.

5. If people feared knives less, would you choose to carry a different knife than what you normally carry?
No.

6. How many knives do you own?
320-ish.

7. Lastly, how long have you been seriously interested in knives? What sparked your interest?
My grandfather always kept a cigar box of pocketknives. Some were users, some were gifts, some were finders. It was a real treat whenever he'd take the box down and show us kids his 'collection'.
 
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