Reactions when you "whip it out"

whenever i "whip it out", this is usually the reaction :eek:

i agree with BOK... a knife is a friggin' tool, not a murder weapon... all my friends all freak out when i "whip it out" to cut something (and it's just something small usually) i get so annoyed when they ask stupid things like "what are you gonna kill with that?" or "is that sharp enough to cut your skin?" or something stupid like that..

i got fed up with ppl freaking out, so i just discreetly carry my knife in my pants and walk away with my shirt covering my pants


aXed
 
Usually something along the lines of "what do you need one that big for?" Wish I always got that reaction... I don't think my EDC is all that big, but apparantly a good number of people do, it's only in the 3.5"-4" blade range.
 
The only question I get is: "Looks like you bought another knife, didn´t you??"

Since 1999 (when I joined the company where I work now) probably 15% of my colleagues have started to carry a knife :)

David
 
Sorry Guys. I never "whip it out". As a responsible adult and knife owner, I will only remove my tool if asked, or after I ask if I can be of assistance. I am pretty sure a little maturity and common sense will go a long way. You can say it is the other guys problem all day, but when our precious one handers are banned, you will see who has the problem. :o
 
Originally posted by Richard K
When I carried a small Sebenza I don't recall getting a reaction/comment from non-knifeknuts. When I carried a large Sebenza I coul'nt count the number of times I've gotten comments such as: "why do you need a knife that big?" or "what are you going to kill with that thing?" etc. Never a comment about the quality. When I carry my Benchmade 690-01, I seem to always get "ooh NICE KNIFE" or similar. Go figure.......
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Same with me. My Whiskers Allen folder got "ooooh, ahhhh" all the time. My Sebenza = eek!?! followed by "What in the &*%$# is that?"

Now I have a Microtech L-UDT and it makes me go "eeek!?!" :eek: :eek:
 
Last time I tried to help, my sister was about 2 feet away, and asked both me and my father if she could use a knife to cut something.

I pull out the Delica(PE) and open it, handle first to her, while my dad digs for his pipeknife(yep, he's one of <i>them</i>)... to which she says "I don't want to kill it! Thanks dad." (By this time, he's getting the blade out with both hands)...

Just can't help some people... and yet her Fiance loves my Delica... May even sell it to him after I get my next one. He liked the way it cut through pretty much everything when I helped them move.
 
well, its not a knife, but when i pull out my V-gar to show people, and i rarely do, people usualy find religion.

People start calling me Jesus Christ. then i have to explain that although i am Jewish with dark hair, i am not their lord and savior.

I'm just the guy standing their that produced a steel garrotte from absolutly nowhere.

Its such a treat to see people's eyes bulge out of their head and for them to be short of breath for a few seconds.

Remember rule # 4007 - when you wrap a steel wire around someone's throat or head, they usualy do as you want them to.

Rule # 4008 - remember to use a COATED steel wire, or you will need a sponge and bleach.
 
I was at my aunt's apartment in Manhattan for Christmas Eve one year. I pulled out my Gerber multitool and my grandmother started yelling "What are you doing with a knife? You'll get arrested!" She goes on to say something to the effect of "When I had my purse stolen and I told the policeman that I had a little Swiss Army knife in it he said we couldn't list it as stolen because it is a lethal weapon." Obviously this member of the NYC Police Department didn't know his own law. When I was visiting my folks in Jersey, I pulled out my Gerber EZ out to cut fruit and my father said "You shouldn't be carrying a knife." It was three and a half inches and NJ state law is five inches. I was confused by that. An old high school friend refused to let me get into his car without leaving the knife at my folks house because "most cops don't know the law." I CAN carry a three and a half inch knife in NJ right? Five inches is the law right? Thats what Bernard Levine says anyway.
 
I had a horrid experience in NYC today, and it wasn't even me who "whipped it out". More info in my newest thread. :(

Asha'man
 
Francisp, I have a Gerber EZ-Out too, and I think the blade's a little too big (fat and wide), so that's why people think that it's threatening in some way.

And God help you if it's serrated. Ooh, scary. Though the specs have it as a 3.5" blade, it can be a bit more than that depending on how you measure it. As Hong Kong has a 3.5" weapon/non-weapon distinction, I'll be leaving the EZ-Out in the US when I go home for the summer, especially since cops back there will probably associate my mohawk -:) with criminal "punkedness" and want to search me.
 
The only time I can remember getting any reaction out of someone when I "whipped out" my knife was at a formal dinner, held to "install" the officers of out fire department and first aid squad.
This was at a ritzy place, the kind where people have weddings and stuff.
When the prime rib arrived, I gleefully whipped out my Al Mar SERE (the original, BIG one!) and the waitresses eyes sorta popped open.
Of course, her reaction may have been to the fact that I was only wearing a tablecloth at the time... I dunno.

I've carried all kinds of blades while working as a printer, firefighter, EMT and now as an armed guard.

The only reaction I ever get, if any, is "Nice knife".
Last week, I was eating at one of our locations, and had decided that the blade they gave me to cut my food wasn't up to par, so I used my MT SoCom, auto.
I admit, I opened it "by hand", rather then letting it snap open, but I noticed the bartender looking at it.
I said, "Hey, I like the silverware ya offer in this place!"
He just came back with, "I'm staying near you, cuz I wanna bus your table!"
Of course, I was in uniform and had a very large handgun on my belt at the time, so my knife wasn't a major concern to him.

But I really don't remember anyone ever questioning any of the knives I carried "in the world".
Once I was helping a lady with a car that didn't start and a couple of cops came along, as she was disabled on the side of the road.
I forgot exactly why I needed a knife, but I reached for my Spyderco Police Model and opened it in front of these guys.
They noticed it alright, but as I was obviously using it as a tool, and acted like it was the most normal thing in the world fo me to do, they didn't say anything at all.

I think it's all in how you present it, and when.
VG
 
I've had several strange reactions at work over my small Sebenza. I've found that if I slowly open it with two hands (traditional "pocket knife style") I attract less attention.
 
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