Scared sheeple today...

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First off, I didn't mean to, I swear...:D

So I meet up with this guy at a local paintball store to buy a paintball gun from him. He runs into the store, grabs a few items that he said he'd include with the gun and heads over to my car to install the parts he bought. The package that the new bolt was in was one of those semi-hard plastic ones that are sealed, so the only way to open it is with scissors or a knife. The guy's friend who came along with im proceeded to pull out a Smith and Wesson knife (don't know which model, but it was a frame lock). Thinking that they might be into knives, I ask them if they've ever heard of Strider as I pull out my AR and open it up. Their eyes got about this wide::eek: and blurted out, "Holy shiit!" I pay him for the gun and accessories I bought and he just shoves the money in his pocket and takes off with his friend in a fast paced walk looking over their shoulders at me once probably to make sure that I wasn't going to murder them in broad daylight.:rolleyes: Once my friend and I got into my car, we laughed our asses off. Not that I was purposely trying to scare them, but I didn't think they'd have that kind of reaction.

I don't get it though, his S&W knife was pretty big as well and they got freaked out by the AR.:confused:

Oh well, happy new years everybody!
 
Freaky. The AR isn't even a particularly scary knife, just solid looking. What if you pulled a CUDA Maxx or a Vaquero Grande? :D
 
I can never understand some peoples reaction to knives, It seems to be worst with folders as a 3" folding blade is a weapon to them yet a 6" fixed kitchen knife is a tool:rolleyes: It's a good job you didn't open an auto or a bali or they woul have off like a shot.

;)
 
Ah, I've given up figuring out what the deal is with people at large and knives.

A few weeks ago a friend and I had gone shooting, kinda did the ole "one of everything" approach. .22 to semi autos, AR-15, Mini's, and AK's to single action .44s, etc. His wife used to work corrections, and thinks herself quite the weapons genius. So, later on we're at his house, hosing the guns down with a bit of WD-40 to preserve them a few more hours, drinking a bit of coffee, and talking (of course) guns. We're talkin' everything from childhood squirrel hunts down to full autos, and supressors. (from an academic standpoint only, of course) and his wife couldn't care less-Keeps jumpin' in the conversation to prove how tough and manly she is too, infact. AK's, 1911s, all sortsa hardware all over the living room, no problem. Then I gotta ruin it all....by taking my eighteen inch Sirupati outta my bag and cleaning it.

Her: MY GOD!! What....What....What's that....izzat a knife?!

Me: Errrr...no...it's a friggin' baby rattle! ahem! uhmmm....I mean yeah...I keep it in my range bag for clearing out shooting lanes, or making a fire every now and then. Pretty handy little gadget.

Her: Don't look like it's good for nuthin' but killin' folks to me! I guess whatever floats your boat....(said in the same tone as though I'd announced that I enjoy getting high on crack cocaine and pursuing transvestite prostitutes)

Me: uhmmm...yeah....it does actually...(the knives, not the prostitutes, dang it!!) I'm actually more of a knife person than a gun person in a way. I've found knives to be a bit more versatile and usable than guns, even the big scary ones. (As I'm eyeballing her hubby's AK beside her) Then focusing my energy elsewhere as I could tell I was debating emotion rather than logic. (people think I'm dumber than I really am, with a very short attention span, a pretty handy stereotype during times like this)

Ah, what can I say, I've given up figuring it out. I find my energies are used much more wisely in my own debate regarding what is the best folding knife for opening beer bottles (and don't tell me it's a Swiss Army knife, that's too damn sensible and easy):D
 
Knives do seem to cause a deep seated primal fear in the untrained.
It seems much less frightening to non knife folks to see a gun in use than a knife. If we watch the news, guns are everywhere, usually displayed as evil tool of destruction, YET, seeing them all of the time seems to dull peoples fear of them and the thought of being shot carries much less fear to them than the thought of being cut with a knife.:( Go figuire how the human mind works.
I also center a lot of my collecting around Khukuris and have gotten the strangest responses from people that see them. I try to explain carefully, how this is a tool of broad range and how the people in Nepal use them for all forms of work. I honestly do not think that any of them has believed me. IT is a weapon for killing and the tiny knives are for throwing like shuriken at people!:rolleyes: :mad: It can frustrate you at times, can't it?
 
Originally posted by ArchAngel
Knives do seem to cause a deep seated primal fear in the untrained.
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Exactly.
Few thousand years of genetic memory of what cutting and piercing tools do to human flesh - versus only a few hundred with firearms - humans have an instinctive gut reaction to cutting a piercing tools that they dont to others.
Of course, then there is the certain level of stupidity bred into most people these days, that leads them to completely seperating, never making the connection between, the tools they use in the kitchen every-day from the other types of knives.

People are fcking stupid. I've given up - dont show my stuff to anybody who I dont KNOW to be a knife nut, and if anyone freaks when I use one for utility, thats their frigging problem. :mad:
 
I used to go camping w/ some of the guys I played rugby with in NYC- one time, I put my beater Khukri in the trunk of a friend's car when we were loading up the tents, gas stove. etc. the night before we were going to leave. Next day, we're setting up, & it was getting a little dark/cold & I was going to split some kindling for a fire & guess what- my amigo left my Khukri in his garage. "I'm not taking THAT thing in the trunk of my car". Was left w/ a dull-assed little Boy Scout hatchet to split kindling.
 
Originally posted by steelfury
I can never understand some peoples reaction to knives, It seems to be worst with folders as a 3" folding blade is a weapon to them yet a 6" fixed kitchen knife is a tool:rolleyes: It's a good job you didn't open an auto or a bali or they woul have off like a shot.

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No joke. I used to work at a Michaels (evil empire) and I used the *small* blade of my SAK to open the millions of boxes of merchandise that came in every week for my department while everyone else used box cutters (BTW, I tried a small box cutter for a while - wasn't crazy about it). My department manager would joke every so often (at least I *hope* he was joking) that I should be careful not to mug anyone with that knife, or something along those lines. This was generally at quitting time, so I'd usually just smile and be on my way. So much for the SAK being a less threatening knife. :confused:
 
people are idiots...most everything we have created as the human race has its roots in the knife and fire...and yet people get freaked out...i was at a party a coupla weeks ago and got interrogated for "why do you carry a knife?", like it's the most bizarre thing a human being could possibly do...

why would you NOT carry a knife is my response...i use it twenty times a day...i guess if you sit around twiddling your thumbs, doing little more than shuffling papers and watching oprah on the tube, maybe you don't need a knife...but those of us who actually participate in this thing called "life" find them to be quite handy little tools...

i've given up trying to "justify" myself...from now on the answer to "why do you carry a knife" will be "because i like to gut small children before i eat them. and it really helps to get them into bite-size pieces..."

(oh BTW all you PC folks, "Patriot Acters", and FBI carnivore, the preceding paragraph was a JOKE. i DON'T eat small children and although i do carry a knife, i'm not a terrorist. it's still ok to be sarcastic, isn't it?)
 
As Morgan stated, it's a primal fear and for most, an autonomic initial response from those who do not make them a part of their lives [ carrying a folder or straight daily ].

These people see knives as belongin g in the kitchen wherethey are needed to prepare and cut food only. Any knife to them outside the kitchen is questioned as to why one would carry a knife on their person.

Guns do the same thing to people.

My response is I instruct in defensive knife for civilians and LE's.

What I disagree with is one who is asked making snide comments or rude replies in answering them.

This only compounds the problem they have knowing people carry knives on the streets.

Imagine the person who asks and gets a flip answer. He'll judge the response and associate the snideness or rude behaviour with the knife, not the personality. It will only reinforce their idea that people who carry knives are not regular gentlmen and women but are someone they need to watch out for.

It's not what people know, it's what they think they know that they react to. You may not change their views of knives carried on or about ones person in public by being considerate and sensitive to their expressed fears but you may leave them with the idea that yes, gentlemen and ladies do carry them for a multitude of reasons, not the least of which is the idea of being a boy scout [ be prepared ].

Brownie
 
Yesterday, I traded for a MOD LTF 875-A "automatic"...Now, between that knife that flips open at the push of a button, and my very wicked-looking Cold Steel Vaquero Grande, I'm going to keep the sheeple in total fear for a long time to come.:D.:D.
 
Originally posted by glockman99
Yesterday, I traded for a MOD LTF 875-A "automatic"...Now, between that knife that flips open at the push of a button, and my very wicked-looking Cold Steel Vaquero Grande, I'm going to keep the sheeple in total fear for a long time to come.:D.:D.
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You mean your looks alone aren't enough? You have to add big scary knives to the equation? :D ;) :p
 
Originally posted by K.V. Collucci
You mean your looks alone aren't enough? You have to add big scary knives to the equation? :D ;) :p
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...But when I have that ski mask on while conducting my banking business they can't SEE my scary face.:D.:D.
 
My EDC is a SAK Rucksack, Comes in really handy at work and elsewhere. While on the job, I frequently get hassled about having a knife, a "weapon". One co-worker called it my "big ass Bowie Knife". Then, about every other day someone asks to borrow it. Go figure. Seems when I was a kid every man carried a knife.

Diablero
 
Dear All,

I suspect part of the reason sheeple are so afraid of knives is that we have all cut ourselves, and it usually hurt. I cut myself opening a can of dog food once, losing a heap of blood and passing out. So we all know how painful it is to get cut. On the other hand, very few of us have been shot. We have, however, seen plenty of people get shot on TV and in the movies, and it doesn't look that painful. "You call this bein' shot? There's no bullet in there." (Steven Seagal after being shot with a high powered rifle by a sniper in Under Siege 2.) So how much can that hurt?

Neophyte

PS Glockman, I reckon you're scary!

PPS The dog wolfed down that dog food like there was no tomorrow, though.
 
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