The above posts raise a whimsical smile of " ah been there and got the tshirt" with the reactions of nonknife carrying folk.
I've had countless similar comments directed my way most of the time when using some folder or small fixed blade to cut off clothes or free some tangled bandages on trauma patients as they are being resuscitated. I have become fairly oblivious/ignoring of these exclaimations but my wife, bless her heart, ran into this the other day:
while at a philanthropic/charity deal stuffing envelopes with the spouses club they had several boxes wound with plastic strapping and tape that needed to be opened. For the past 4-5 years she has carried one of the more inexpensive Benchmades (the now d/c'd, I think, panther with a partially serrated blade). This is notable in itself because she is a university graduate from an extremely liberal northeastern college with a background of being granola eatin, treehuggin, etc. Anyways, so she pulls out her knife, flicks the opening stud and proceeds to open a couple boxes, releases the lock, folds it up, puts it back on her waistband and.... there's silence and shocked disbelief. Then she gets deluged with a bunch of questions/commentary. She said that you'd think she pulled out a sword and decapitated somebody or something. And she was totally nonplussed because she carries this 24/7 and its like a tool!
Course, then one of her more smirking friends in this group that knows us well just has to speak up and inquire politely about how her 92FS and when she's gonna take her shooting..... but thats a whole nother story in and of itself.
I guess the endpoint of this fairly longwinded diatribe is that it really is a shame that you get classified as being somewhat fringelike for simply using a tool. I/we have started trying to educate folks about this slowly and gently, and I would encourage everyone here to do the same.
BTW, you can bet they all do bring their fairly nasty and neglected pocket knives our way for a trip through my apex or via my stones. It is somewhat ironic.
Cheers-
B
I've had countless similar comments directed my way most of the time when using some folder or small fixed blade to cut off clothes or free some tangled bandages on trauma patients as they are being resuscitated. I have become fairly oblivious/ignoring of these exclaimations but my wife, bless her heart, ran into this the other day:
while at a philanthropic/charity deal stuffing envelopes with the spouses club they had several boxes wound with plastic strapping and tape that needed to be opened. For the past 4-5 years she has carried one of the more inexpensive Benchmades (the now d/c'd, I think, panther with a partially serrated blade). This is notable in itself because she is a university graduate from an extremely liberal northeastern college with a background of being granola eatin, treehuggin, etc. Anyways, so she pulls out her knife, flicks the opening stud and proceeds to open a couple boxes, releases the lock, folds it up, puts it back on her waistband and.... there's silence and shocked disbelief. Then she gets deluged with a bunch of questions/commentary. She said that you'd think she pulled out a sword and decapitated somebody or something. And she was totally nonplussed because she carries this 24/7 and its like a tool!
Course, then one of her more smirking friends in this group that knows us well just has to speak up and inquire politely about how her 92FS and when she's gonna take her shooting..... but thats a whole nother story in and of itself.
I guess the endpoint of this fairly longwinded diatribe is that it really is a shame that you get classified as being somewhat fringelike for simply using a tool. I/we have started trying to educate folks about this slowly and gently, and I would encourage everyone here to do the same.
BTW, you can bet they all do bring their fairly nasty and neglected pocket knives our way for a trip through my apex or via my stones. It is somewhat ironic.
Cheers-
B
