Odd Sheeple Reaction

Great response. I have been asked "why do you keep your knives so sharp?" before. Well....because its a knife and its job is to cut, so why shouldnt it be sharp? I think you handled it well and it didnt lead to an argument. :thumbup:
 
I can understand displaying firearms that were once operational, but no longer safe to use, and deactivated so no one makes the mistake of trying.

I can also understand people raised in the relatively antiseptic urban industrial environment not being familiar with tool use themselves. But I wonder why they don't underastand that other people are tool users, and should be expected to have highly functional tools.

Anyway, this sort of question has come up before.
Spark's sig line reads: Only Sharp Knives are Interesting.
 
With the advent of really tuff clambshell packages , its a wonder knives havent made a comeback . How do sheeple cope with those things ?

Chris
 
sheeple love to argue with you and try to proclaim you as an extremist. (even here in the military - that is scary!) It makes them feel superior(even family members), especially left wingers. Bravo Zulu for not getting into an argument, I just let them be sheeple. I always follow the philosophy of TR - "speak softly but carry a big stick (knife)."
 
The other item that bugs me about people is the whole size issue. I work in the kitchen everyday where the standard blade length is 8" which is great for those who like that size. I have and always have used a knife with a 12" blade. For the new people coming through to stage there they all say the same thing "Your just showing off".

I don't think there is anyway to get around it, if I am using my Forschner I will show them how a big knife is more useful. Nine out of ten times they will come back with a bigger blade.

Patience I geuss is a virtue.
 
I have been asked the same question.... I proceed to show a nice scar on the knuckle of my ring finger on my right hand from a 'dull knife' (i dont mention i was about 8 and throwing it at the time) and explain how much more dangerous a dull knife is, especially to the person using it!
As far as the packaging is concerned I have watched people suffer in amusement after they give me shit about my knives. If they ask... click zip open in about 2 seconds... I actually converted somone doing that. Was a great feeling!
David
 
DaleW said:
(Dale preads out some newspaper to protect the carpet when Dog Man shows her a huge weapon)
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Couple of times, on days when I have EDC'd one of my large folders to work, and have it sitting in my bag, I'll do a Crocodile Dundee routine and tell them, "Oh, that's not a large knife. THIS <pulling out, for example, my ZT301 or my BM Skirmish, flicking it open> is a large knife".

Their eyes get REAL big. They never comment on the Subcom again.
 
I'm glad other people feel that an unsharpened knife actually isn't a knife. someone named les robertson sold me several unsharpened knives once. he told me "you didn't ask if it was sharpened" when I emailed him and told him I wasn't too happy that I got unsharpened knives.
 
You should have said:"I don't collect knives, I just have more than I can use at any given time" :D
 
You could have said that you collect sharp knives for the same reason that the Samurai studied tea ceremony. It helps with your concentration and attention to detail.
 
IMP,

With your reference to Les Robertson selling you several unsharpened knives, that is a lie.

Les Robertson.
 
Being age 60 now, I long ago realized that just because someone asks a damfool question does not mean that I owe them an answer. The asking of a stupid question by someone does not impose on me the obligation to try to explain myself.
 
I'll keep that in mind if I ever want to collect butter knives.


Sharp knives are safer than dull ones. A thick dulled edge that is hard to make cut through anything requires a lot of force. The harder you have to push to make the blade do the work the more dangerous it becomes. Not to mention an edge that isn't maintained, particularly on a carbon blade may also contain additional unsafe particulate matter that can add to or complicate wounds made with it and recovery time by causing infections. When a knife is sharp it does the same job with less force; sometimes much less. Therefore a sharp knife is more easily controlled.

If you are really pushing with a lot of force trying to make your butter knife do something and slip with it and hit your baby sister with it while she innocently watches from the side and all because the force was so great due to the dullness of the blade that there was no way to stop the blade because of the built up energy behind it then it becomes much more dangerous than even the sharpest knife in your collection.

STR
 
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