Nobody supports my hobby...

Well, I got you there. Being Sicilian means never having to say you're unarmed.

(My friend owns a clothing store. I was trying on full length overcoats. We both couldn't decide if I looked more like Neo, or my Uncle Leo.)

I do have another hobby, other than guns, knives, motorcycles or fast Mustangs. I collect PEZ dispensers. Try telling THAT to a few dozen Harley boys.
 
J-man,

Sure I have, I was being sarcastic. You ride together with these idiots for five years and you get really chummy. For example, to use the shower, I've seen 15 guys rent ONE motel room, packing five guys to a bed. We eat together, often from each others' plates. Many of the current wives were at one time the girl friends of other members. We bail each other out, catch each other boinking at mass camping grounds, even trying to rid the same uprising of crabs that attacked the club.

To that end, the collecting of little plastic toys seems really minor.
 
Originally posted by The Tourist
J-man,

Sure I have, I was being sarcastic. You ride together with these idiots for five years and you get really chummy. For example, to use the shower, I've seen 15 guys rent ONE motel room, packing five guys to a bed. We eat together, often from each others' plates. Many of the current wives were at one time the girl friends of other members. We bail each other out, catch each other boinking at mass camping grounds, even trying to rid the same uprising of crabs that attacked the club.

To that end, the collecting of little plastic toys seems really minor.
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If you put it that way, it does.
 
Tourist,

Isn't that the way Ebay started? The founder's wife collected PEZ dispensers & he started the site to assist her hobby.

maximus otter
 
Otter,

I've heard something like that, always thought it was an urban myth. I'll have to check snopes on that.

As for the PEZ dispensers, I had heard that Flo Zigfield hated his wife's addiction to little candies and the mess they made being carried loose in her purse. Her name was something like Patricia Emily Zigfield, the initials PEZ, and the dispenser an inventer created for her caught on with the public.

There again, I think it's an urban legend.

J-man,

Among biker friends, we insult each other at every opportunity for fun, it was called 'ranking' in my day. Being caught without a comeback was embarrassing. While they didn't care what I collected, they might say something like, "Do you also knit little booties to carry them in?"

You had better be able to come back with something like, "Yeah, little booties, and they would also make great condoms for guys build as slim as you."
 
Let me explain...my most prized posession as a kid was my first cub scout knife. My Dad gave me my Buck 110 when I passed Hunter safety at 16, but it was understood that it was for hunting, not carrying around.

However, I stand by my position that the average NYC parent would find excessive sharpening to be a wierd hobby. (follow me here - to get a knife dull enough to require sharpening, you must be cutting things. what are you cutting?). You guys here need to remember - this kid is 16, he's a minor under the control and responsibility of his father. He does not yet have the freedoms that we enjoy as adults.

I think "cool it" is sage advice that will serve you well in many situations from now until you're out of the house and on your own. It is just not worth the hassle with dad, especially if he otherwise leaves you alone.
 
Granted, but since (at least from what we've heard) he's not really doing anything wrong, he'll be better served by being up front with his father that this is his hobby, and why he enjoys/is interested in it, than acting like he IS doing something wrong. Lots of parents don't want their kids to go into music, either. That doesn't mean they should let it go just to satisfy them.

And, I'll admit, different areas call for different measures--especially when dealing with common public opinion. NJ isn't the most knife-friendly spot in the country. I spent a big portion of my youth (like from 10 to 17) bombing around the Mountains in New Mexico with a big knife, machete, but also a small ham radio and snake-bite kit. No one thought anything about it.

I've long known that for the sake of my sanity, I'm NEVER going to live anywhere on the East Coast. Too many people think they can tell you what to do. Please bury me on the lone prairie. :cool:
 
Actually, I'm 15, so my LST is illegal for me. :( Eh, I'll show him when I'm more comfortable. (I brought it with my summer pay and I wasn't supposed to spend it.) FYI, I was practicing shapening with a bunch of 99 cent store knives, so they're already dull from the factory. Thanks guys!
 
NYC must be a wierd place:eek:. I had a Cub Scout knife when I was 8 and collected (and lost:( ) many more knives well before I was 16. By 13 I earned almost all merit badges related to outdoor survival. IMO "Be Prepared" means what it says, not "Be prepared only when you are going on a camping trip and only be prepared in a PC way." Folders are meant for EDC.

As far as it being strange for kids to cut things, I cut more things as a kid than I do now, and not only because I had far more time to be outdoors back then. I made things all the time, like tanks from carboard boxes (I guess that would be un-PC), things out of wood, and modified toys. I also used rope a lot and that often needed to be cut.

For some reason I never flipped out and cut off heads like the PC crowd thinks I would have done. :rolleyes:
 
Originally posted by RH
I think "cool it" is sage advice that will serve you well in many situations from now until you're out of the house and on your own. It is just not worth the hassle with dad, especially if he otherwise leaves you alone.
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No, I think he should talk to his dad and share his interests. That's what I'd want my son (or daughter) to do.
 
I know how you feel.

I was sitting in my living room sharpening a couple of my knives, and my father walked in and said "What are you doing with those knives?".

"Sharpening them" I said.

"Why? What have you been using them for? And what do you need to use a pocket knife for anyway?" he replied.

"Didn't you ever carry a pocket knife Dad?".

"Well, I used to carry a fixed blade knife, your Grandad used to carry a folding knife."

"So what's the problem?" I asked.

"Erm, um...want some coffee?" he replied.

:) My Mum doesn't even dare ask about my hobby since I got her to carry an Inova X5 when she asked about my torches. :)

Just keep showing him how responsible you are with your tools, and how useful they are and your Dad will come around.
 
im 14. my dad used to think it weird, but i built up his trust, cumulating in his asking me to cut a tag off of an article of clothing he was wearing, and when my mom started to yell about it, my dad faced her and said "i trust him". now he doesnt bother me about it. it took him a long time to come around though. i cant give you any advice, just ride it out. btw, i carry a buck 110, its probably illegal to do so where i live as im underage, and i really dont care. im going to carry a knife, and within limits ill carry whatever i finoikin want, and if the law has a problem with that, they can suck a lemon
 
Knife11 hit it on the head. We support your hobby...at least I do. :)

Having grown up in Texas...I started carrying my first pocket knife(a SAK) when I was 8 years old, my dad was the one who gave it to me. That said, I doubt my parents thought I would grow into collecting knives. At first it bothered them I think, after being responsible for about 10 years now...I think they're finally starting to come around. ;) If you act responsible and explain to your dad that you enjoy collecting and using knives as tools, I'm sure he'll come around eventually.

Until then though, hang in there.

-Random
 
GarageBoy,

Not sure if you celebrate Christmas or not. In any case.....get your dad a nice pocket knife and your mom a nice chef's knife. Then keep them sharpened. Show your dad how to sharpen knives too. If possible, have him read some of the stuff in Blade Forums......see if you can't get him hooked.

Two cents from a stranger,
Mike
 
I believe I told this already, but here goes.

When I was 16, my family took a car trip. I helped out with the driving. During one spell, my dad wasa driving and I was sitting 'shotgun,' navigating. My jacket was in the rear seat with my mom and younger brother. Something poked her. She fished around in my pocket and found a 6-inch, Italian switchblade stiletto.

She handled it, said non-chalantly, "I see you brought a knife," or some such words.

She slipped the knife back into my pocket and never mentioned it again. And yes, my mother KNEW what it was.
 
Originally posted by The Tourist
I believe I told this already, but here goes.

When I was 16, my family took a car trip. I helped out with the driving. During one spell, my dad wasa driving and I was sitting 'shotgun,' navigating. My jacket was in the rear seat with my mom and younger brother. Something poked her. She fished around in my pocket and found a 6-inch, Italian switchblade stiletto.

She handled it, said non-chalantly, "I see you brought a knife," or some such words.

She slipped the knife back into my pocket and never mentioned it again. And yes, my mother KNEW what it was.
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Icha, by the sounds of it, your about same age as my father and you both grew up in a more laid back time when compared to today. It seems you were lucky enough to live in "non-knife taking" family. (My father, is pretty knife freindly infact, gave me my first knife a SAK)
 
Yam, my dad knows how to sharpen and he knows of this as a hobby. He just won't let me participate.
 
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