Non-knife people worry me.

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Last night I went to see some extended family that was passing through town. It was my wife's cousin and a friend of the cousin. Anyways we were all standing around the table and I got out my knife to open a box, a Buck 442. Nothing scary right, almost as normal looking a knife as you would see anywhere. It wasn't like I had my Scrapyard 711 out to open a letter from Santa. Those two young ladies would probably have left and went to the closest hotel which is about 35 miles down the road from my in-laws if I had been carrying something of that sort. Anyways my father in law is a rancher and my wife grew up hunting so nothing I do ever surprises them.

However the look on her cousin's and friend's face was as if I had just pulled a rattlesnake from my pocket and asked them to kiss it on the head. I could see clearly on their face that both of them were uncomfortable being in a room full of people and a knife being in full view. After I got done opening the box I closed the knife and slid it back into my pocket and I could see that was some relief to the both of them. The part to me that was so funny about the whole situation is the wife's cousin is in culinary school and uses knives every day at school and her job. The cousin's friend is going to be a field biologist of some sort for the next year and I commented "you should get a swiss army knife or some type of knife you can use as a tool in the field if needed." Anyways no one was harmed, no babies cried, not even the dog farted, but the non-knife cousin and her friend were both clearly shocked that people carried such items on their person as she stated "I have a lot to learn about the South".
 
My I laws would very likely kick me out if they knew about my concealed handgun, much less the AR in the trunk. They've never given me any flack about my knives though.
 
Good thing you weren't using an assisted opener! Babies may have cried and the dog might have farted when they ran over them on the way out.
 
I'm on vacation at a nice resort for my 15th birthday. There are rock climbing things and rope courses and other stuff. But I got a concerned look from the nice lady who harnessed me up.(She touched me inappropriately) She asked me why I carried a knife, and more importantly why two knives. I told her that one of the knives was a nice one and the other is a beater. She then proceeded top tell her boss. Luckily her boss was a knife person and told her I was fine and stated to converse with me about knives. Nice guy, but she looked at me like I was Satan for the rest of the day
 
NeverMore1701 said:
My I laws would very likely kick me out if they knew about my concealed handgun, much less the AR in the trunk. They've never given me any flack about my knives though.
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WTF? so if you are going to get carjacked you would get out of the car, go to the trunk and start spraying lead? lol
Why in the world do you carry that in the trunk of the car? doom prepper?
 
BBW said:
WTF? so if you are going to get carjacked you would get out of the car, go to the trunk and start spraying lead? lol
Why in the world do you carry that in the trunk of the car? doom prepper?
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Because I can, I want to, and I occasionally have reason to use it.

Herpy derpy durr.
 
longun said:
Good thing you weren't using an assisted opener! Babies may have cried and the dog might have farted when they ran over them on the way out.
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Oh if I had been carrying one I can almost guarantee they would of started crying and screaming. Luckily the in laws are down to earth and really good people at heart. I mean who can't like a man that keeps his blackpowder rifle above the tv on the wall.
 
I've gotten a weird look or two when I pulled my Benchmade 710 out for something or other. One of the better/worst ones was when I was asked to open a package of hotdogs this summer at a cookout. The neighbor's kid gets a look at it and sticks to her dad's leg like she's glued to it for about half an hour. And yes, I felt bad about it because I unintentionally frightened a eightish year old girl. I got odd looks from everyone there for about 30 seconds til everyone calmed down.
 
When an act of violence is nationally publicized in our country, there seems to be an increase in general anxiety. In my area, because of the recent tragic shooting spree, people seem horrified when I pull out a knife, even though knives are seldom (maybe never) used in mass acts of violence. It is like part of their brain is saying: weapons = bad; knife is weapon, therefore knife is bad.

I live in an affluent townhouse community where all the men wear suits (except me). So I've been more careful in my presentation (whipping it out) and I'm putting colorful scales on my "threatening" knives to soften the tactical look.

Maybe I'm going too far, but I'm trying not to scare nervous nellies and overly jumpy folks while at the same time enjoying my hobby and showing off some of my beauties. The price of living is a dense, semi-urban environment.
 
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I never understood why people are so scared of guns and knives. People act as though they just have minds of their own and go on killing sprees. They fail to remember that they are inanimate objects that can't act on their own. I know the feeling though. I try very hard to hide my hunting rifle from my neighbors view but they have occasionally seen me transport it to and from my truck. I get looked at like I am a criminal in my neighborhood. People are very strange about things like guns and knives and I have never understood why.
 
Me and my wife were shopping at toys 'R' US for our 7 year old. We had our 10 month old baby with us as well. So we're walking around and the baby starts getting a little fussy so i find her a toy to play with, but i have to take the tag off so she doesn't eat it lol. The plastic piece holding the tag was decently thick, so i would of had to bite it, or cut it...Anyways, i step into an isle real quick that doesn't have anyone in it, and I pull my knife out. PM2 btw, So as soon as i flick it open with a loud clack a woman circles the corner and sees and hears it simultaneously and jumps about ten feet in the air lol. After that shes kinda just staring at me real cautious and backing up. Needless to say, i caught up with my wife pretty quick and left soon after.
Elliot
 
Sounds like you married well txknifefan. Whenever "mine" see something come from the pocket, trunk, bag or anywhere else. They usually ask to see it. I love all the family. Lately they seem like an island of normal in a sea of shit.
 
I'd say, if you are visiting with family and someone freaks-out over your personal knife, invite them into the kitchen, pull out the biggest kitchen knives there, put them on the counter next to your knife, and ask them what makes your knife scarier than the kitchen knives. Perhaps if they are confronted by their blatant irrationality with visual aides they will come to their senses and realize how silly their fears really are.
 
Locutus D'Borg said:
people seem horrified when I pull out a knife, even though knives are seldom (maybe never) used in mass acts of violence. It is like part of their brain is saying: weapons = bad; knife is weapon, therefore knife is bad.
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Actually, according to a report I saw on the tube today, more attacks happen with knives, and other weapons than with firearms. It is just that with firearms, it is usually multiple victims, therefore it garners much more national media attention. But again, it is not the knife or gun that starts attacking the victims. Even though the media and politico's would like you to believe that. Same thing with those EVIL SUV's that run into people and are involved in accidents. Its getting where we need to stay locked up in our bunkers to be safe from all these inanimate objects. :eek:

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