Superstitions concerning knives

Yep, DEA, I was thinking of that myself.

"ˆê?™_Ð" (One cut, two pieces)

Hope that comes out right. :)

edit:
Nope, it didn't come out right. Getting Chinese to publish properly on the web is a horrible form of torture.
 
That thing about "can not draw a knife without it tasting blood"? Yeah, most of my knives are like that, I have the scars to prove it!
Its a knife. How the heck can it have evil spirits?




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I was taught by my Sifu to "bleed" all new knives; both to sate the bloodlust of virgin steel, and to induce good karma. He was a practicing Taoist. I don't do it anymore, but I do say a quick good luck prayer with every new purchase. My $0.02.
 
a knife is just that,
a chunk of steel molded and heated and then sharpened. It's a knife, a tool. No more special than a wrench or hammer. It serves a purpose and does a job. It is expendable and relatively inexpensive. There are thick ones, and thin ones, sharp ones and dull ones. It is only as dangerous as my actions and as useful as I use it. It will last as long as I take care of it and not use it.

In the end, it is only a chunk of steel and I if I break it or lose it, I will simply replace it.

That's my superstition, or lack thereof.
 
I don't think the "one cut two pieces" thing is much of a proverb, at least not a sense of Chinese proverb as I understand it.
It's usually uttered in anger by a person in a relationship threatening to leave the partner or something like that. At least it's rarely use outside of that context.
Perhaps carrying knives doesn't allow me to win the lottery, who knows? ;)
 
Not exactly a superstition, but I read an article by Jeff Randall in TK a while back. He went on a trip to South America I believe. He gave a knife(TOPS?) to the leader of the tribe he was with at the time. He noticed someone stirring the fire with the knife and stopped them quickly. They didn't understand the explanation of why it was bad to put a knife in the fire. So he told them that the knife had spirits in it which helped to keep the knife sharp, and the fire killed the spirits. This they understood. I thought it was a pretty cool story that kind of fit with this topic.
 
The Indonesians believe that a kris (usually a small wooden or brass copy of one) hung outside the door keeps away evil spirits; but then again they believe that there are some makers that can forge a kris with their bare hands...no hammer just hot steel and hands.
 
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