Sheeple friendliness

Uh-huh.. sheeple need to start understanding that knives are useful TOOLS! They shouldn't get freaked out just because someone pulls out a SAK, KERSHAW, BUCK, SPYDERCO, SEBENZA, SOG, LEATHERMAN (or WHATEVER knife you have) to cut or fix something! It's all about how you carry yourself and what your actions are, knife or no knife. I too was once told by my supervisor in an office enviornment that my SAK Supertinker wasn't "authorized" or "acceptable" for my workplace because it was a "deadly weapon," whose blade had made some of my co-workers uncomfortable. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?!! A SAK?!! GIVE ME A FREAKIN BREAK!
 
Tell them to get professional psychiatric help ,they've proved they need it !!! Don't change your lifestyle because someone else has mental and emotional problems !
 
...Ooops, hit the post button but wasn't done.. Anyway, I used my trusty SAK daily for my usual tasks as a warehouse/office clerk including opening/breaking down boxes, fixing small pieces of office/electrical equipment and for cutting/eating my LUNCH! I could not believe that experience.. I finally ended up looking up penal codes regarding knife carry and pointed them out to my supervisor, showing that I was completely legal carrying my knife. She also came around when I pointed out that if she didn't want my to use my SAK, then I would need some "legitimate" tools to complete my daily tasks, which of course SHE and the office would have to pay for. Needless to say, my SAK was never called into question again. SPREAD THE WORD and STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHT TO HAVE/CARRY KNIVES! Sorry for being a bit off topic, but sheeple drive me NUTS! Thank you for your time and patience.
 
Coldwood said:
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
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I also carry a SAK (huntsman) as my ordinary knife to use when lots are around. Usually I do have another knife on me for real cutting tasks (included preparing dinner at my girl's house back a bit- cutco knives can't slice butter once they've been used on granite cutting boards for a few years)

Back on topic, I've found wood & slow calm openings are good to keep the masses calm.
 
I haven't seen a consistent criteria for a sheeple friendly knife. Have to agree - SAK is generally a safe bet. I think people think "boyscouts" and say "ooh, love those little scissor thingys". I've also been camping and had a beer swilling buddy suddenly look at me funny when I unfolded a BM 710 to get into my Doritos "Damn - you going bear hunting":confused:

Personally, i'm respectful about my environment and wouldn't whip out a SOG Seal Pup in church. But - I don't think people should have to feel funny about using a tool like a knife for a legit purpose. In fact, I sometimes enjoy the sheeple looks I get when i show how self sufficient i am by having a knife handy.
 
Lanyards, ropes, carabiners and such dangling from a knife seem to do well. Maybe it gives a knife that "normal things that belong in pockets" look.
 
Rainbow anything... From having carried my rainbow leek (I had to have one) for just two days so far and already having handed it out to about 5 people to check out after they saw it on me, or me using it. I guess a rainbow finish doesn't scream tactical evil folder.
 
I say multitools. They give the impression of practicality and utility.

With the media constantly pumping fear into the general public and individuals going through majority of their life without an EDC knife, the connection made of (EDC, not kitchen) knives to weapons isn't really difficult for me to understand from their (quite ignorant) perspective.

Some people just don't know. I can't blame them for not understanding knives in the way that I understand them if they've never seen them in that light- as much as I don't like that fact.
 
Coldwood said:
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
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I work in a lab and for some time I carried a MicroTech UMS. I always opened it two handed so most didn't know that it was an automatic, even the button didn't give it away. Those that knew didn't say anything and those that didn't didn't know the difference anyway but that knife never excited anybody. Granted, it's handle is black but the blade is not too long and very plain looking. But later I switched to a MOD Point Man, approximately the same length (0.2 in shorter actually) blade all black with textured handles and lots of serations. On several occasions I got some negative feedback when I would take it out and flip it open with the thumb stud. Black is bad and presentation has a lot to do with it.

Wuff
 
3wolves said:
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:
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It "Annoys" me when I read about the "adult" behaviour of some people.
Nevermind the age of the person using a knife, in the proper way as a tool, it should be encouraged.
I have some "common-sense" not a Muppet mentality.
 
Sheeple Unfriendly:
Black or camo blade coatings
Any assisted opening knife
Tanto or other blade shapes besides the standard clip or drop points (utility blades)
Serrations
Large or oddly shaped handles
Blades in an office environment over 2.5" or 3"

A lot of the issue is how you present the knife. If you whip out a waved black Emerson with a tanto or recurve blade chock full of nasty looking serrations, most people will, at the least, give you odd looks. If you slip the same knife from your pocket, open it slowly and display a bright steel blade, most people won't give it another thought.

At a family Christmas dinner I had to use my Sebenza to cut the ham from the bone as the hostess didn't have a single decent knife that would cut meat without sawing at it.

If the knife looks familiar - conventional blade shape and no serrations, blood grooves, etc. most people just accept it as a tool. Of course, walk into a room full of cops or EMT types and whip out the same black Emerson and no one will blink an eye.
 
3wolves said:
It is 100% legal for me to carry any knife even a fixed blade as long as its under 6"
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FYI there are no length restrictions in Canada!! I fell prey to the 6" myth but here you can still carry a samurai sword legally (but the LEO's WILL still harass you). The law states that you cannot conceal a weapon but a non-restricted knife is a tool until you use it in a menacing manner (unless you live in a place with bylaw restrictions). I still would add that it is a good idea to keep the knife smaller in your case (being young and all).

I have always found that if you counter their "weapon" claims in a calm manner and using logic and knowledge of laws that it seems to take the temper out of their stance.
 
Any multi-tool is acceptable, at least that I have noticed. I carry a Boker yellow Sodbuster Jr. and a Victorinox Classic SD for when I'm among the masses and don't want to be seen with a bigger blade. It's still there, but they don't know that.
 
I disagree with the spirit of this thread because it encourages a social perception that some knives are bad.
 
I understand your point, but if some guy pulls out a knife with a 9 inch blade to clean his nails, in crowd of people, you kniow it will likely make someone
think that it's a little odd, at the least. Not to mention that his personal grooming should be done in private.

We are having to deal with human nature. I don't think we can get other folks attitudes changed overnight.
 
I was hanging out by the schoolyard with my kukhri watching the kids, and some sheeple teacher called the cops!
 
In all my time here at BFC, I've never understood the "serrations are evil" thing. All they are for is for cutting fibrous materials. I can understand the blade length and type of knife things if I look at it from their (skewed) perspective, but I just can't figure out for the life of me HOW serrations would make a knife "evil" in their eyes. I'm truly baffled here.
 
tenman said:
...One of my favorites in this regard is the BM 690- very sheeple friendly appearance but quite strong and capable in function... .
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Funny you say this. I just got a red for Christmas exactly for this reason. Well, it was a good excuse anyway.
 
Like most people here i think the most sheeple friendly knife is a Multitool. I also have found that the more non-knife tools the better. That said i will not cater to the sheeple's flawed ideology; i will carry what ever is legally acceptable, but i might use the least threatening for the task at hand. On a side note with the kids my age being brainwashed by school, our right to carry SAKs might come under attack in the future. The senance that is making more people scared of SAKs is, "it has a saw blade that can cut a mans finger off" from the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime.
 
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