Sheeple friendliness

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3wolves

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thread to help us buy sheeple friendly knives. everyone post whatever makes a knife sheeple friendly or unfriendly.

friendly:
small case slipjoint,
SAKs,
wood.

unfriendly:
G10,
serrations,
fixed blades.

comon every one, post
 
size!!!!!!! any knife no matter what design sportign a blade 2" or less is sheeple friendly...Also pretty much most SAKS (swiss army knives) people seem to be familar with them so they seem non threatning...
 
Knives with wood scales seem to go unnoticed, for whatever reason people don't seem to notice wood scaled folders (at least this has been my experience). One of my favorites in this regard is the BM 690- very sheeple friendly appearance but quite strong and capable in function. Nail nicks and slip joints are sheeple friendly. Some blade profiles are more friendly than others, drop points and sheeps foot probably draw less attention than some clip points. Size definitely plays a role, both ways. I don't know that G-10 is a big deal, I have an Ares with green/black scales that has not seemed to attract a second glance. IMHO, cosmetics can play a role- a knife that is well born, lots of scratches and signs of obvious use seems to strike people less as a knife and more as a tool.

I would say the main feature of a knife that makes it sheeple friendly (or unfriendly) is its owner- the manner in which a knife is presented is everything. I have a BM 943SBK, a somewhat smaller, dressier knife that for the most part is very sheeple friendly, serrations and all. What I have noticed is that the action is so smooth and quick non-knife people have referred to it as a switchblade.
 
I carry a RC-3 and pull it out around people some very liberal people plus hippie girls. The only comment I get so far is "oh you carry a knife"? Me: "Yes" conversation over maybe it is just me? Hell I pulled a MOD Mark I about the most tactical threating folder I own and got no comment on it. So what I think of as non scary is prob lockbacks, SAK's or leathermans and basically anything that looks like a tool instead of a weapon. Plus if you just show people the use of them they usually shut up I have actually started a few real liberals into the habit.
 
I think location and context matter too. In virginia it's pretty normal, but in southeast PA I was told my spyderco "wasn't authorized" at work. I was using it to break down boxes, I work as a stockboy during breaks. :rolleyes:
 
Yeah I am in ypsi, michigan, whereas in Ann Arbor I would prob have more of an hassle.

All you Michiganders from the area know what I am talking about.
 
A good old-fashioned opinel is sheeple friendly and still has a lock (though you have to engage it manually).
 
SaMX said:
I think location and context matter too. In virginia it's pretty normal, but in southeast PA I was told my spyderco "wasn't authorized" at work. I was using it to break down boxes, I work as a stockboy during breaks. :rolleyes:
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Good point. I teach science at a private school that is much more rural in location and nature, a lot of the students and parents hunt, fish, etc. Have worked there 11 years and carried every day, never a problem. I could never do that within the public school system, nor would I try.
 
aw come on, I use my zt 302 with no problems whatsoever! (I wish I had a 302)

anything that doesn't look toolish is the best. Another trick I learned here on the forum is to open an assisted open blade two handed so it appears less threatening.

tanto blades are generally not sheeple friendly.
 
When a fellow employee said something like "heh, big knife" when I loaned him my boker trance, I figured out wide blades aren't sheeple friendly. Almost replied "wait to see what I bring in tomorrow!" but I didn't bring my Lahar. What is even more odd is some weeks before he bought a 3.5 PS clip point folder at work, guess that thing must be huge. Kind of odd since we both work in Shipping/Handling and have stockboy duties. Never got a look or comment whenever I use my Old Timer.
 
size is the big deal although oddly enough you could have a sak as big as a car and nobody would notice.
serrations scare people to death and oddly enough hawkbill knives{case 61011}scare people, go figure.
 
well I use my small sebenza sometiems ate work, but before than I used my full size D@ grip everyday, and I work with mail and 6 women and 1 other man...no one has ever said a single word about my knives, no matter what I used, mostly because when I take them out I am doing them a favor, lol...but they are all cool with whatever I got on me, but maybe I am just lucky...So, its definatly a combonation of what people your around, the enviroment, and the task at hand, and how you use the knife...Ok lets take 2 different examples...
 
Pandering to the sheeple is a waste of time and destructive to our freedom.
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I agree but as a minor I dont like to draw attention to myself whipping out a spyderco civillian to cut some string. It is 100% legal for me to carry any knife even a fixed blade as long as its under 6" but sheeple adults still come up to me and ask me what a young boy like me is doing with a deadly weapon, and that I could go to ju-vee.:rolleyes::barf::grumpy:
 
I carry a SAK Tinker which I think is pretty harmless...

or a #7 Opinel, which for Gawd's sake is what Frenchmen take to a picnic...

Once at a party I pulled out a 5 inch handmade fixed blade to carve up a leg o lamb because the lady's stainless steel knives were as dull as a stick...nobody blinked about it.

Edit: I think it depends on the company you keep :D
 
Rat Finkenstein said:
Pandering to the sheeple is a waste of time and destructive to our freedom.
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Ya. Buy it, wear it, use common sense, go on with your life. Looking/acting like a normal working human being as opposed to a street pig is 90% of how you are percieved.
 
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