Superstitions concerning knives

golok

golok

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I don't know whether these beliefs are prevalent in other countries but in my country, it is sometimes believed that one must not play with knives at night. The fear is that a knife has a "spirit" of its own.

Or, one does not readily give a knife to another person, a family member or a friend, without extracting a token payment in the form of a dime or a dollar in return. Otherwise, the belief goes that the relationship or friendship will be severed.

My aunty recently gave me a penknife but not before taking 10 cents from me. She believes firmly in that and I didn't want to contradict her, afterall I am the one receiving the free knife.

It is also believed that a knife which has "tasted blood" attains a certain life force and this will be manifested in its unpredictability. I seriously don't know what the heck it is but it seems to be a common belief among a lot of guillible folks.

People who are followers of feng shui do not want to have knives anywhere near their presence. Sharp, pointed objects apparently spoil their good luck.

Their goes my good luck then! But I have been happy so far. :D :D
 
Originally posted by golok
I don't know whether these beliefs are prevalent in other countries but in my country, it is sometimes believed that one must not play with knives at night. The fear is that a knife has a "spirit" of its own.
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I always follow that, if I give a knife away or I'm given one, a coin must be present.

Originally posted by golok
It is also believed that a knife which has "tasted blood" attains a certain life force and this will be manifested in its unpredictability. I seriously don't know what the heck it is but it seems to be a common belief among a lot of guillible folks.
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if that's true, 90% of the knives owned by people around here are part of the Dark Force. A least ALL of mine had tasted my blood ...

Originally posted by golok People who are followers of feng shui do not want to have knives anywhere near their presence. Sharp, pointed objects apparently spoil their good luck.
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HA! I didn't know that, but makes me feel better, since my former employer was a motherphucker, at least I messed his efforts on making the office a FS kinda place carrying 2-3 knives all days there... and keeping a Mark I on a drawer of my desk!
 
I'm a practicing pagan. I'm currently a student of druidry, specifically reconstructionalist. Howerver, I went through a Wiccan phase of self-education. Though I never practiced magick or (even believed) in it, one of the beliefs of theirs' is that an Atheme (A double edged dagger used in magick rites) is that it may never be used to cut anything aside from air or smoke. My wife and I utilized one in our handfasting ceremony. I still have it, of course, with all of the candles and such. It's said that if it is ever used to cut anything of this plane, that it loses it's magick...

WayLander

Call this an "Aside".
 
Ah, memories of basic training:

Question: "What's the spirit of the bayonet?"

Answer: "To kill Sargent!!!" (spoken at the top of ones lungs, while secretly wondering inside why Mom let me do this!)
 
I don't know if it's Superstitions or not but I never sell or give away any knfie that cut me.
 
For combat, in some cultures, a blade should not be drawn unless meant to be used. I heard the hitting of metal tools against each other accidentally is not good either, especially knives.
 
accept all your haunted knives and send back a replacement knife that is clean, unfettered, and cheap.
 
I once heard something about some folks (with a much more spiritual perspective on knives than me) Need to "blood" or expose a new knife to blood to ward off, or satiate evil spirits in the blade.

Wonder if and how they'd do the same thing with a revolver?

Although it did just occur to me that about 95% of my most bloody knife accidents have happened after sundown, but I still attribute that to simple cases of late night cranial rectal inversion. Besides, when a person spends hours every night at home tinkering with knives, ya' gotta git bit some time....
 
Originally posted by Runs With Scissors
I once heard something about some folks (with a much more spiritual perspective on knives than me) Need to "blood" or expose a new knife to blood to ward off, or satiate evil spirits in the blade.
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Just picture a Komie news report about knives after overhearing the same conversation....

"Satan worshipers and their weapons: Knives in Amerika"
"How to protect your children from evil knives collectors"
"Why we must ban knives too"
"Insider scoop: 'knives have evil spirits'"
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...


NsB
 
It is a tradition in my country that when somebody admits these sorts of silly superstitions, one must laugh and point and otherwise mock . . . or be cursed with bad luck;)
 
I'm a believer in the handing knives back open/closed one. Unfortunately, I've discovered about 90% of people I hand a Liner, Axis, or Rolling lock knife to can't figure out how to close it, thusly handing it back to me and cursing me with what I have now calculated to be 1,237 years of bad luck.
 
I don't know if this qualifies as a superstition or not, but EVERY dang time I DO NOT have a knife on me, there is something that will need cutting. So, needless to say, it is rare that I do not have a knife on me. This however, does not include such activities as showering, swimming, sleeping (though one is close by), or any other activity where nudity is involved.:D
Mongo
 
A good friend is a retired LEO and did three tours in Korea with an Army Paratroop company. His unit was near a group of UN troops from Turkey, when asked to see their decorated fighting knives the Turkish troops would withdraw it from the sheath and let him inspect it,,,,,they then cut themselves before replacing into sheath. The Turkish troops all stated that a fighting knife once withdrawn from a sheath,,,,must draw blood !!

He also stated the Chinese were terified of these guys and would avoid attacking their position if possible.

Regards,
FK
 
Originally posted by FK
A good friend is a retired LEO and did three tours in Korea with an Army Paratroop company. His unit was near a group of UN troops from Turkey, when asked to see their decorated fighting knives the Turkish troops would withdraw it from the sheath and let him inspect it,,,,,they then cut themselves before replacing into sheath. The Turkish troops all stated that a fighting knife once withdrawn from a sheath,,,,must draw blood !!

He also stated the Chinese were terified of these guys and would avoid attacking their position if possible.

Regards,
FK
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:eek: :eek:
 
my great grandmother was 'off the boat' Irish/Welsh and she once drove a knife into the front door after a couple of farm accidents (much to the consternation of the rest of the family). she said bad luck (evil fairies) couldn't abide 'cold iron'.

i think it stayed there about a month before she would let anyone take it down.

Metis
 
Yes, the giving of a knife as a gift is frowned upon in Chinese culture, as Golok said.

That being said, I've given knives to my parents and brothers, they're not the superstitious type.
 
this stems from a chinese saying that translates to "1 cut 2 break" (literally)
means severing ties with someone

the part about blades not allowed to be sheathed without tasting blood
i don't think it's a superstition
more like a tradition
inculcates proper blade discipline, imho
you don't go screwing around with knives if you're doing that
:D

i refuse to give away or sell knives that i've bled on
that mofo ain't going anywhere
you bleed me, u suffer with me :p
 
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