Stealth 110

[Merek]

I am at work today (technical publications/graphics support) and have to trim a mock-up print down to size. Our paper cutter is crap, so I grab a steel straight edge and pop my Buck 110 out of it's black leather belt pouch, flick it open and proceed to make the cut. (Normally I would have used my SAK small blade or a razor knife, but one was in the car and the other was across the room at my desk.)
A guy I have worked with for some months says, "Oh, that's a KNIFE! I always wondered why you carried 2 cell phones!" Apparently it (as a knife) has been below his radar all this time masquerading as a cell phone. I always assumed everyone knew what it is. Goes to show how observant people are.

 

[JD Mandrell]

HAHA...just be glad he didn't scream "he has a knife" and call the cops!

 

[Joe-Dirt]

LOL.

That's great man. Nice use of a good folder.

 

[orthogonal1]

That is a good sign of the times.

Such an event of mistaken identity never occurred to me.

 

[mp510]

I don't believe that anybody has ever picked up on what the pocket clip went to- and a small part of the knife protrudes above my pocket.
I have also passed my Swiss Card off as a credit card as well.

 

[psycho78]

I had a Cold Steel Voyager that I carried with me everywhere. Well I had this thing at school one time, and the principal saw the black clip sticking out of my pocket, and said "alright....give me the pager..". Pagers were prohibited in my high school. I told him that it was a knife, and that I had forgotten it was in my pocket, and that I had been using it for farm work. He just dismissed me, and told me to keep it in my pocket....lol. I liked that guy because he understood that knives were tools, and most kids at my school truly used them for farm work and things.

 

[Mentor]

I used to edc a Buck alpha crosslock in a belt sheath. I have never owned a cell phone, but, as was the case with Merek, many of my colleagues assumed that my knife was actually a phone. This came to my attention one day when a colleague asked why I would use a pay phone if I had a cell on my belt ...

- Mike

 

[bubbacatfish]

Couple of years ago a few different people at work asked me if the CQC7 clipped to my pants pocket was a pager. My usual response was "don't be nosey". Some figured it out, others just kept making wrong guesses. No one has asked me since that I can recall, around about then I started mixing up my EDC so it's likely more obvious now (i.e. NOT BLACK... ).