Some people just don't understand.

My bro in law spends a grand on a couple drivers for his golf addiction. I am like 'meh'. I don't think much of golf as a game...now if they ran between the holes and the game was timed as well as scored...then that would be a sport to me.

Very much in the same way once in a great while an ignorant SOB comes by my table at a show and comments " Looks like a bunch of prison shanks."

Always burns my wife up. I always ask if they have experience with prison shanks and invariably none of them have ever been near a prison and have no clue. A lot of my customers like cord wrap handles and black blades....myself...not so much. You learn to deal with customer's needs and desires and I am not sorry but I don't make high polish stuff you can get for 20 bucks. Time and effort is put into choosing the material, shaping, and finishing. Take any one of those cheap knives and look and I bet you find gaps and bad fitting parts...inferior materials. I always tell people that a good tool is for life no matter what it is and if it is not, then it is not worth you time.
 
gooeytek said:
If everyone had superpowers, there would be no superheroes.

Knives, cars, guns, food, electronics...as with anything, there will be knowledgeable people, and then there are those who look to those people for opinions, and there are the rest who choose to remain ignorant.
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Yep, like this redneck moron last night that I saw with his girl/wife picking out some canned stuff at the store, the idiot said the store brand stuff is exactly the same as the name brand....

That stuff really isn't the same and it's not made by the name brand companies...... like some think it is.
 
Friends don't let friends buy crappy knives.

A difference in taste is one thing, but there's no way I could in good conscience stand silent and let a friend spend hard-earned money on a piece of junk, or worse, a knife that might be unsafe.

I'd rather give a friend one of my GOOD knives than see them using a crappy or dangerous knife. And on occasion I have done just that.
 
bladeboss said:
Hello there all. I figured I should share this in a place where someone will understand "my pain".
Yesterday, I went to an elderly woman's house (a friend of ours) to look at some old knives and guns that she was selling.
I dug out a big tote full of knives, and began my descent into thrashed china junk.
I looked through hundreds of knives and managed to find a Leatherman Kick, some Western knives, a couple of Old Timers, and a Buck knife that felt as though it came out of a gumball machine.
I purchased the old Western knives and moved out of the way so the other people I came with could look.
He crouched down and began digging.
The first thing he grabs out is a knife resembling a lobster claw that was about a foot and a half long. I had serrations on the HOLES IN THE BLADE!
It was the trashiest, junkiest knife that I think I have ever seen before.
But he thought it was awesome.
"I don't know if this is a utility knife or a meat cleaver!" he said.
So I spoke up and said "it's a gimmick"
He didn't say anything and put the knife back.
So out comes a Bowie knife with a kangaroo type second sheath hooked to the front of it.
"Woah! Check out this one! It's a bowie knife!" he said
"It's a no-name though"
"Who cares!?"
So he went back to digging and found a Large Toothpick style knife.
It looked okay, but when you were really checking it out, it was nothing at all.
"I really like this one...." He said
"But that is a no-name too" I said
"What does that matter?" He said, angrily now.
"Quality and blade steel is what matters"
"Quality my ass! You pay for the name on it. It's the same thing as this would be. Look at this thing! It is quality. See, ya' got brass on the ends and this blue stone on the handles."
I thought, "Yeah. Ok. A no-name knife with real gemstones inlayed in the handles"
I didn't say anything after that.
Then, as I was waiting for the others, another person spoke up and said:
"Out of all these knives, you only got like 5 of them!?!?"
"These are the only good ones" I said. "I know what to look for. I study knives all the time on Bladeforums and all over the internet. I go for the good brands."
Just as I said that, the "toothpick guy" started chuckling.
And when I dug out the Leatherman, the lady selling the knives said:
"Oh! I got more of those up here!"
"I already looked through those, this one is a real one"
I got lots of mixed replies to that one.
The "toothpick guy" was wearing $150.00 sunglasses (that he owns 3 pairs of), and had a Droid clipped to his belt.
WHY. WON'T. PEOPLE. UNDERSTAND????!!!!
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Sounds to me like you were really rude to that guy and the lady trying to sell the stuff. I enjoy digging through boxes of knives in pawn shops and such and love it when I find a cool one, but there is no need to insult other peoples taste or even their ignorance. I also happen to have several pairs of Oakleys and a smartphone.........not sure what you were getting at there.
 
Some people just don't understand that variety is the spice of life.... :rolleyes:
 
I would have bought the Old Timers.
 
Adventure Wolf said:
I see where you are coming from but I disagree with some of it. I look at "is it worth the price". For instance if I was a Do it yourself guy and I needed tools I would go with something like Craftsman but if I was a professional that used the tools every day I would buy something like Snap-On. You don't need the biggest and most expensive tools to get the job done.
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Yes and I understand that which is why I said that "Sometimes it matters sometimes it doesn't."

My father owns a garage and I worked there as a mechanic during college. I loved using Snap-On tools and I think they are worthwhile for a professional, but when I started buying tools for myself to carry in my car or whatever and just for occasional use I bought Sears. Actually I think the Sears tools you can buy now are better than they were 35 years ago when I was a professional mechanic. I also buy the occasional tool at Harbor Freight. I check out their tools carefully and decide if I think they will work for me or not before buying, and usually they work fine for occasional use. They have a few things that I don't have faith in and would not buy but other things that I buy and am happy with.

Applied to knives, there might be some cheap knives that would be fine for some users. If they are digging in the dirt, prying, opening boxes and bags, a cheap knife might work fine and if they lose it they haven't lost a significant investment. I'm not at that point but I do have a cheap knife in my garage for cutting open boxes and so forth. I don't expect to ever be buying Hinderers but I don't expect to be buying cheap no-name knives either, but that is my personal preference and outlook on the items that I buy.
 
I saw a big bitchin' Bowie knife at our state fair about 5 years ago, it was like 25 bucks.
To me it was a beautiful work of art, but something inside said "you get what you pay for."
I didn't buy it, but it got me thinking about knives.
Look at me now. :rolleyes:

The guy at the estate sale:
He could have said "eeew, knives!" and walked away.
Instead, he started digging.
Good on him.
 
hardheart said:
Some people just don't understand that they should mind their own business. At least she didn't kick you out for insulting what she was selling.
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+1 for that... there are about 40 ways you could have handled this situation, and other than spitting in their face this is about as ignorant as it gets. I can only assume that the elderly woman was selling a "collection" from her deceased husband, father, brother... whatever, and likely she would have had a positive image of this man. then comes all knowing you, rubbing it in her face how this man she most likely looked up to had no taste or class, and just bought junk... i bet that made her feel nostalgic! compounded by the fact that nowhere in this did anyone ever actually ask your opinion on these knives, however you felt obligated to chime in on how stupid they were for thinking this junk was worth anything.
 
Maybe next time you could be a little more sympathetic and understanding. If an old lady is selling what was probably a deceased relatives knives she was doing so because she needed the money. She wasn't trying to rob people or rip them off.

Just think if it were you trying to sell something and someone came by and started disparaging what you were selling and telling others it was junk and not to buy it. How would you feel?

There's a time and place to share your "knowledge" I don't think this was one of them.

Just something to consider.....
 
Why is this a problem? If those people would have known better, they might have take the good knives before you did. :D
 
You buy quality knives because they make you happy. Junk makes them just as happy. Don't give people advice unless they ask you. And even half the people that ask you will get pissed off if you tell them their junk is junk
 
kaosu04 said:
You buy quality knives because they make you happy. Junk makes them just as happy. Don't give people advice unless they ask you. And even half the people that ask you will get pissed off if you tell them their junk is junk
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Exactly, never offer advice unless asked a question or the outcome could be less than peaceful. ;)
 
Psyop said:
Sounds to me like you were really rude to that guy and the lady trying to sell the stuff. I enjoy digging through boxes of knives in pawn shops and such and love it when I find a cool one, but there is no need to insult other peoples taste or even their ignorance. I also happen to have several pairs of Oakleys and a smartphone.........not sure what you were getting at there.
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It does, but I was in a hurry when I typed out the story.
When I was telling the guy about knives, I was actually saying it nicely, as though I was trying to help him.
He acted like I didnt have the slightest clue in the world about what I was talking about. Even when I said something the FIRST time.
He was actually being rude to me.
And when I was telling him, the lady was on the other side of the room talking to others.
Dont get me wrong, Im definitely not a professional on knives, but I was not being mean or rude in any way to the man, or the lady.
I appreciated the fact that she was selling them to us, was thankful, and was not rude about it.

I typed out the story, then went to work. On my way to work, I got thinking about how I worded some of the sentences and regretted typing it out when I didnt have much time.
 
I have been there done that. Now that i have seen it written up in story form, i realize what an A-HOLE i can be. Now i know why people don't invite me to go shopping---for anything. regards Henry
 
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