Non knife people's AWESOME knives. Lol

I had a guy at work, who knew I was into knives, raving about this awesome knife he had just picked up at the Army surplus. It was red, covered in skulls, serrated on the spine and an auto. His main reason for having it was that in addition to opening boxes he could "totally f*** someone up" if he had to.
I smiled and nodded.

I think some of the bargain knives nearly encourage that line of thinking. With the knife not doing regular jobs well and the over the top styling, you start to wonder what they're good at.
 
r redden said:
This teenage kid I know loves to come over and look at my knives and guns. We always end up talking about hunting camping and everything outdoors. He went on vacation with his parents and got to go to the SMKW store in TN. As soon as he got back he brought 10 really cheap knives for me to see and proudly told me how he had got them all for $70. In his mind he had gotten the deal of the century and now had his own collection. I told him he had a great start on a collection but also told him to be very careful how he used them I did not want one to break and injure him. Then I with his dad's permission gave him a Leek I had and told him to display the ones he had bought and use the old knife I had given him. Now we are always talking about knife construction handles blade steel liners lock systems and such. For Christmas this year I am going to give him a Spyderco. I would never tell him he wasted his $70 because he was so proud of them.
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I agree with the cautioning approach. I work with a guy that knows I like knives and always sends me Groupon updates. Now most are crap but I have seen the occasional SOG or CRKT so I don't complain. Today he showed me a knife he bought through them and asked what I thought. I asked him what he would use it for. He said it was just cool. I responded by saying it would be great for him. Now I was positive, but my answer got him thinking and he asked me questions and we got talking about knife use and I shared my experiences with him. At the end of the day he still likes his knife, but also understands its limitations.
 
Blues Bender said:
And you point is what? :confused:

To him, it probably was awesome...

I wear Walmart jeans and carry a Rockstead. If someone commented on how my clothing "wasn't awesome" I'd be offended. I don't need designer clothes; much like your "friend" doesn't need a designer knife...
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You make a good point.

I look like meth addled biker trash... and y'all know what I carry.



(Or maybe that's just how I still see myself?)
 
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I was showing a coworker my Ontario XM strike fighter the other day and another coworker of mine says that's cool, but check mine out. He pulls out a folding box cutter and tries to explain how his is better. I didn't even try and argue with the guy. I sent him a link to My knife on blade HQ and he still tried to argue his point on how he had the superior knife. I gave up after that.
 
Recent laugh on 4 July when my couzin made his annual trip out to my place to shoot off large fireworks. While he is digging through his mountain of fireworks in the back of his pickup, he asked if anyone had a knife to open a box of mortars he was struggling with. I handed him a ZT0350, he hurriedly sliced the cardboard container and in the process sliced through the wicks on all the mortars.:D I keep all my knives razor sharp.
 
Good replies all. I have gifted many friends knives, at work and not. If they have a knife that is a hazard to use the next time I see them I ask if they would like to trade their knife for mine. Usually something under $25 or $30 as there are a great many in different styles that are good solid knives for the price. Along with the knife I offer lifetime sharpening services. Sometimes they complain that the knife is too sharp, but after a while they get used to using a sharp blade. If they forget their knife I chide them about being "improperly dressed". It's a good feeling that all my friends have good sharp knives and don't need to borrow mine!
 
A few months ago one of my students had a knife on him (I teach auto mechanics, we use knives as tools all day long), it was a cheaper m-tech, or smith and Wesson something. He was trying to cut some wiring harness on a vehicle that we were working on and was really struggling. I gave him my small seb (now sold) and let him use that the rest of the time. He had no idea that he was holding a 300+ knife and I didn't let him know. I simply let him use it. He handed it back to me and I offered to sharpen his. He was not really interested in the seb. Quite frankly the only difference for him was that mine was sharper.

Sometimes it's interesting to see this and puts things in to perspective for me. Sometimes we find ourselves with a burning desire to have the best there is, or the biggest, or the coolest. But when it all boils down, we just need something that works and gets the job done.

I typically never put anyone down for what they want to carry. I'm just glad that they have something to carry and use. I used to be one of those kids that had the Chinese pot metal handled survival knives with the compass. I loved stuff like that when I was a kid. I didn't know any better.

My grandfather had a friend that worked at the case/zippo plant and would give us knives every year. I never really understood the full appreciation myself until someone else helped me along and gave me a better quality blade.
Some days I want to do this with certain people. If money grew on trees and I had more of it, I think I would have a decent give away knife with me for situations like some of the ones that have been said.
 
A number of years ago, a guy at work gave my dad and I some super cheap fixed blades. And they were ridiculously large. Mine is like a big dropped point fighter with and eagle head for a handle, and the knife he gave my dad was some Persian looking thing.

I keep that cheap fixed blade under the seat in my truck and use it to cut back vegetation every few months. It's nothing to brag about, but it works and it was a sincere gift.
 
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I have had the experience many times of friends proudly showing me their "super cool" knives and they are almost always M-Techs, Smith & Wessons, or other cheap knives. In my mind I am thinking "wow what a pile of junk", but I will say something along the lines of "oh that's cool". I personally get a chuckle out of it, but would never tell them I think its a piece of junk. For most of the people who buy knives like this (in my experience) they abuse their knives and use them improperly so its probably a good thing they are not using a more expensive blade.

As far as people jumping down the OP's throat. He is just wanting to hear some good stories that only people on a knife forum can understand and relate to. Get over it and give him a break. Its not like hes being a dick to the guy.
 
GronK said:
Hate to break it to y'alls but we are the goofballs here. $1000 knives that get stored in a safe? $200 knife to trim loose threads and open the mail? Springs to assist that overworked thumb? Super death's head military designs to impress the mall crowd? Camo to insure it's never found again when dropped? It's only natural that when you point and laugh there are three other fingers pointing back at you!
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Noice.
 
It happens all the time.

The moment they find out I'm a knife guy, they have to show me their blade.


I'll usually tell them, that's nice!

Then they ask me to sharpen it for them....
 
Nice thread :thumbup:
I' don't mind what people carry, a friend of mine carries an S&W serrated AO... he loves that knife.
To each its own I guess...
 
I bought a recon 1 for a birthday present of a long time friend, he is an electrian and been using the bm 720 I gifted him several years ago

He was excited about it as I was (green handle). I asked him if he had taken to work with him and he said he had but hadn't used it yet, but he did drop it on concrete and put a flat spot on the edge. Loves the knife though.
 
Blues Bender said:
And you point is what? :confused:

To him, it probably was awesome...

I wear Walmart jeans and carry a Rockstead. If someone commented on how my clothing "wasn't awesome" I'd be offended. I don't need designer clothes; much like your "friend" doesn't need a designer knife...
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And you know this how? More than likely he is simply ignorant of the knife world and OP gently educating him on how much better there is out there could really help him. Even if the POS IS all that he needs, doesn't mean we can't share funny stories. Lighten up Blues
 
i get what the OP is trying to say. it's not a bad thing, really. we all have instances wherein we get to feel powerful and all-knowing. in my experience, people were wowed at the sight or possession of this type of knife between 1983 and ---when was the last rambo movie?

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i tell them that's a great knife (it's a buck.) i just couldn't for the life of me explain what those screw-on spikes are for. i think they screw on at the front, to act as additional hand protection?
 
Not even reading this 4 pages of arguing, but to comment to the OP,

A guy I worked construction with for a few years was always interested in the knives I carried and some of the other guys carried. He had a couple kids and a wife that literally held his money for him and doled it out to him when he needed gas etc. Well one day I guess he splurged or she allowed him to buy some terrible gas station or auto parts store knife from a jar. It was about 2 inches long 1/2 serrated probably cost about $3 total but might not have been worth a nickle. Well he was very excited and brought it to me to show me one day at work. Well, I was looking it over and just while holding it, applied light pressure on the lock and the thing broke. I felt terrible. I went to the truck and found him something of mine to replace it with, probably a thousand times better in quality, I don't remember what it was, but now thinking about it I probably should have offered to pay for his, or bought him a new one because I am sure she would have been upset about me breaking his knife.

I guess I assumed he would be happier with the knife that I had given him, me knowing that it was better, but perhaps not. Maybe he wanted his original knife, especially considering that he probably had to request permission to buy it, and there was probably some hell given to him, from her, about it getting broken. Stuff to think about.
 
Of the officers I work with, both private security and city police, most think I'm crazy for buying and carrying $100+ knives. Almost all of them carry cheap gas station knives they got for $10-25. Their knives tend to be very bulky and with cheap steels, but if they're happy with them then that's fine with me. I buy quality knives for my own enjoyment and use, not someone else's.

That having been said, I'm happy to expound on the advantages of quality cutlery if asked.
 
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