So called "Knife People" these days...

GREAT Story!!

I feel your pain. I have had similar situations when I'm using my old Case Barlow for some task and someone offers a large tactical folder to "help me out". I just grin and shake my head.

I'm also a bit leary to offer one of my good, sharp knifes to someone asking for a blade because of the way I've seen people abuse the crap out them. My knife is not a screwdriver or a prybar!!
 
moonwilson said:
Hey, at least the guy carries a knife. That's a big step above a lot of folks these days. I wonder how many of the guys on this forum started out like that poor, misinformed lad.
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I have to agree with you there. No one taught me about knives, but I knew I needed one to carry. I started with a Buck Odyssey and worked my way up to better quality knives like Benchmade, Kershaw, Spyderco, RAT's, Beckers, and Scrapyards.

Not everyone is into knives and has a ton of knowledge about blade steels, ergos, locks, and handle material.

You gotta start somewhere!
 
Funny D, truly. You all know me, I tend to like to share, soooooo.... I have a box of SAKs I hand out to the mall ninja crowd that I run into at work now and again. Of course I am now the "go to" guy if you need a knife, or one sharpened.. :/

Good story, reminds me to be humble about my "old junk knives" :D

Your a good guy D, I don't care what anyone says about ya... well everyone.. :D
 
rmc85 said:
I have to agree with you there. No one taught me about knives, but I knew I needed one to carry. I started with a Buck Odyssey and worked my way up to better quality knives like Benchmade, Kershaw, Spyderco, RAT's, Beckers, and Scrapyards.

Not everyone is into knives and has a ton of knowledge about blade steels, ergos, locks, and handle material.

You gotta start somewhere!
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I agree. Everyones gotta start somewhere. The trick is not talking sh@t, especially if you know you cheaped out on your own stuff. lol. I have certainly had my share of cheapos. I went through my early teenage gunshow knife phase just like a lot of knife people, but I sure as hell kept my mouth shut. I knew how cheap my stuff was. I wasn't trying to advertise it.
 
i keep a box of decent cheap folders , saks, case , rat folders , crkts stuff i stopped carrying for one reason or another.... some times i order some mora's now and saks , when i take people out to the woods the first time.... you would be amazed what people pack to "camp" and not pack a knife....
 
Dylside said:
I agree. Everyones gotta start somewhere. The trick is not talking sh@t, especially if you know you cheaped out on your own stuff. lol. I have certainly had my share of cheapos. I went through my early teenage gunshow knife phase just like a lot of knife people, but I sure as hell kept my mouth shut. I knew how cheap my stuff was. I wasn't trying to advertise it.
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Very true.
 
KEmSAT-Survival said:
Then I thought back to him calling my OHT "cheap junk" one day, opened the window and yelled: "Wanna borrow my knife, or should I find you a screwdriver to put that thing back together?"

All I got back was an unceremonious: "Prick."
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Yeah, you shouldve went out there and used your OHT to put his knife back together.... Then finished the job with the OHT. :D
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Great stories guys...I must be in the minority, I never went through the gunshow tactical blade phase. I always had SAKs growin up, and Bucks and Kabars.

I got a few buds that love the tacticool S&W folders. If it aint tanto, stainless, and half serreted, they want nothing to do with it. They always smirk at my SAK farmer. :rolleyes: I even gave one of my buds a Al Mar Talon in PE that was SCARY sharp, and they thought it was too weak to be of use, and gave it back a week later. I say he was scared of the edge on it!!

Ive tried to educate em, but those cheapo gas station specials draw them in at gun shows, forkin over there dollars like they were at a titty bar.

Some guys never learn. You should hear some of the gun debates we have.
 
Good story!

I also try to educate people, but only if they show a little interest.

I gift quite a few knives as well. I gave my cousin a Leek for his graduation, which started him on the rise from MTech and NoName up to Kershaw, Scrap Yard, and he just picked up an RC5 and positively loves it.



I'd comment on an annoying non-knife person comment, but we have all heard em all already...
 
My favourite is 'Why do you always bring a knife and a whistle when we go hiking? Don't you get tired of that? We are not going far, and we are on a trail."

Never say never.
 
KEmSAT-Survival said:
I used to work with a guy and he had the same fixation.

looks cool = is cool.

He was consistently showing me his prizes and I consistently smiled and nodded.

"Does it work when you need it to?' I asked.

"Everytime." he answered.

"Then it's a good knife."

Then he asked me what I carried. That day I carried my One Hand Trekker.

"That's illegal." he sez.

"It is? How so?" I sez.

"Because it's a switchblade." he answers.

"No. It's a one-handed opener. There's a difference. A switchblade is an auto-opener, which means you push a button and it pops itself open. You actually have to use your thumb to open that knife."

"It's still a switchblade."

"How so?"

"Because it's just the same thing."

"How so?"

"Because it's easier to open than a regular knife."

"That doesn't make it a switchblade."

"You'll see, if you ever get caught with it."

I have since seen three cops, two of which wanted to see my OHT because they were curious about it. No prison terms as of yet.

Imagine his surprise the day his high quality flea market camo limited edition only 100 gagillion ever made Dale Earnhardt "The Intimidator" brick fell apart on him when he was trying to pushcut a cardboard box.

I saw him through the window...and he knew it...so I just shook my head and smiled.

Then I thought back to him calling my OHT "cheap junk" one day, opened the window and yelled: "Wanna borrow my knife, or should I find you a screwdriver to put that thing back together?"

All I got back was an unceremonious: "Prick."
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The funny thing is, the rockhead was right in a way. If opening holes, studs, discs and other one hand opening devices had been around when they banned switchblades and gravity knives, they would have been banned as well because the intent of Congress was not to ban springs, it was to ban folding pocketknives that you could open with one hand, that's why they also banned gravity knives at the time. It's not just the fact you could flick them open, it was the fact you could open them with one hand. Search and see. :)

Of course, he was wrong about getting arrested for one although I am sure some people have and it was quietly thrown out of court.
 
This story is great! Good man, Dylside, by giving him the CRKT. They make decent enough knives while not being too expensive.

I've had the same "never heard of them" comments when I've brought up some higher end companies (well, high end by non-knife loving standards). I just kinda smile and say, oh.

One guy where I worked over the summer would always walk up to me and say things like, "that's not a knife. Look at mine!" Well, he had a rather large Gerber folder which I just saw is one of their more pricey ones at about $70 retail. I don't think Gerber knives are junk or anything (I have an old EZ-Out that I've used for years), but he was praising his knife and criticizing my Emersons, Benchmade, and SOG Night Vision (all of which are made out of fairly premium material). I, like many of you, had to just smile and nod!
 
The ol' "slide your thumb on the blade to see if it's sharp" reaction. Why is it these fools do that? It's like checking out a pistol, placing the barrel on your palm and pulling the trigger to "see if it shoots".

A co worker of mine was given a Benchmade Auto Stryker a while back, figured out how to open it, then immediately put the tip into his thumb.
 
LOL, I feel sorry for these guys, I really do.

Wheen I started my current job, on my first day, I had a guy showing me his wonder knife, going on and on about how great it is, and how he was going to get a katana from the same place. "Has wonderful stuff for not a lot of money. It's called Bud-K."

I wanted to go shove my head through a window, but just smiled, nodded and hoped he wouldn't try to use that katana.

And to be honest, that's why i normally don't say anything, because that type of guy rarely actually uses anything they buy, they just get something that looks cool and that they can show off to people who come by and couldn't tell a Bud-K from a Masmune.
 
I just got my Bud-K catalog today. Went straight from the mailbox into the trash:D
 
j williams : "Ive tried to educate em, but those cheapo gas station specials draw them in at gun shows, forkin over their dollars like they were at a titty bar."

that got me laughing out loud.

dylside - battoning through his knife with you RAT would have been classic. probably not altogethor well recieved - but classic!

my 0.02 - carried a SAK growing up. moved to the states and the first pocket folder i picked up was a schrade box knife (in VERY cool diamond plate). the logic - worked in a graphics department, so I was constantly opening boxes and finishing trim on projects. and there really isnt anything on this green earth cooler than an entire knife made of DIAMOND PLATE. needless to say my definition of cool has changed considerably.

then came the gerber evo jr. that was soon replaced by the fullsize evo. then the kershaw blur. the next purchases are the zt 350 and izula.

the progression was definatly a learning experience.
 
I did not become fully enlightend until recently.

I remember being a kid and loving to look at knife catalogs, but not knowing why one knife might cost $10 and a similar one might cost $50, and still another $150.

I was fairly certain that a lot of the terminology used in the add copy was BS but didn't know know what wasn't. Sure "surgical steel" almost certainly meant nothing, but what the heck was 1095 or S30V? What was the difference between 420 and 440? I carried a lot of crappy stuff for a long time.

I don't think you know what a bad knife is until two things happen: You get a good knife to compare it to, and you try to use them for something more demanding than packing tape.

My point: The guy the OP dealt with is on the right road, he has a knife and is proud of it. Be kind to the clueless. Hopefully in the end they walk away with a positive lesson. Not that you can't tease them a bit, the story had me laughing out loud.
 
Fortunately for me, I guess, is that I'm an engineering student. Poorly made junk that uses scrap material does not appeal to me at all. I started with generic swiss army type knives when I was 8 or 9, but from there I went on to a cheap Buck, a Gerber, I think SOG, and others to where I am now. Oh, it's a sickness, but a good kind of sickness!
 
Reminds me of this kid I knew in college. Was very impressionable and would have easily done and said stuff like the guy you encountered. Hopefully he learns something from it all and appreciates the knife and web address....will certainly change his view on knives.
 
kifaru said:
j williams : "Ive tried to educate em, but those cheapo gas station specials draw them in at gun shows, forkin over their dollars like they were at a titty bar."

that got me laughing out loud.
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welcome to the forum bro. :thumbup:
 
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