"That's pretty fearsome"

Confederate said:
British studies have shown that there is no legitimate reason to justify sharp points on knives and, after interviewing a large sample of British chefs, the authors of the study concluded kitchen knives would be equally ass effecive as rounded points. Already, legislation has been enacted to keep these dangerous weapons out of the wrong hands. Of course criminals could sharpen the points themselves, but then that would be against the law!
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As if stabbing someone wasn't illegal. ;)
 
Yeah, I've seen "the look" at work before too. A few months ago I started also carrying a SAK classic in addition to whatever other knife I'm carrying. Even that small knife has gotten a look from an ultra paranoid woman in the cafeteria. I guess I should have chewed off the plastic on my noodle bowl...:jerkit:
 
terrified by a multi-tool........the mini-screwdriver no less. he might have soiled himself if you had whipped out the saw.
 
the saw... I was actually wondering what would have happened if I had opened up my M2 Rittergrip with a wrist flick.

While he wasn't using some new spin on the word to call me totally awesome or gnarly, he may have thought the Leatherman was a little 'badass'

Yeah, fear me, I carry a tool that turns very small screws. Though it is black oxide coated, so it's a tactical eyeglass screwdriver.
 
From the Confederate:

"British studies have shown that there is no legitimate reason to justify sharp points on knives and, after interviewing a large sample of British chefs, the authors of the study concluded kitchen knives would be equally ass effecive as rounded points. Already, legislation has been enacted to keep these dangerous weapons out of the wrong hands. Of course criminals could sharpen the points themselves, but then that would be against the law!"

Wow. That is about the gayest thing I ever heard of. Looks like we escaped from Europe and declared our independence(by violence), not a moment too soon.

What the heck could possibly eclipse that?!
 
gila said:
Yeah, I've seen "the look" at work before too. A few months ago I started also carrying a SAK classic in addition to whatever other knife I'm carrying. Even that small knife has gotten a look from an ultra paranoid woman in the cafeteria. I guess I should have chewed off the plastic on my noodle bowl...:jerkit:
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I got "the look" from the same woman! She was holding a paring knife that is left in the break room for everyone to use!!!! I just stared back at her and licked off the blade. The second look was priceless! :D
 
Confederate said:
Kind of reminds me of the dialog in Goodfellas. "Whatd'ya mean I'm funny?"
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lol, great scene from a great flick! joe pesci is the man, lol...:D

By the way what kind of chefs knife do you think he borrowed from his mom for that trunk scene, lol...Hes a class act, bet it was a wusthof! Did you know that the women who played his mom in the movie was martin scorsese's mom...He puts her in all his movies...just a little movie trivia...
 
hardheart said:
I was told this as I used the mini screwdriver on my Leatherman Wave to tighten up a pair of glasses. The guy thanked me after anyway, but I thought it was rather strange, especially since I never exposed either of the blades on the tool. He's also a rather staunch Republican and always speaks well of the military. Weirdness.
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Is his name "Giuliani" by any chance? :p

What does he say to the person who ties his shoes?
 
cutlerylover said:
lol, great scene from a great flick! joe pesci is the man, lol...:D

By the way what kind of chefs knife do you think he borrowed from his mom for that trunk scene, lol...Hes a class act, bet it was a wusthof! Did you know that the women who played his mom in the movie was martin scorsese's mom...He puts her in all his movies...just a little movie trivia...
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Yeah, I love that flick. And about Joe Pesci's mom, y'know, I thought she looked familiar. Joe came to a fairly painless end in that move, but more of a prolonged, painful end in Casino, also a great one.

The thing about the Brits, though, is that they do something, then a number of years later, California does it, then it kind of spreads to the other states. They just banned guns recently and we're right behind them. The ATF is closing gun stores because of paperwork errors -- little things. Now that the Brits are starting on knives, I wonder how long it will be until someone starts thinking about banning "tactical knives." They'll begin by telling the public that there's no legitimate reason for them; that their only purpose is to kill. Then they'll stage speed tests between switchblades and tacticals.

I was told by my boss in a federal workplace not to bring my knife to work anymore, even though it was legal. She gave me a letter saying I didn't need a knife to do my job. Of course I ignored her. I just didn't offer to open any boxes after that. I was so ticked that for the next week I carried my 6-inch Cold Steel Vaquero Grande to work!
 
My wife and I just watched the TV series, Firefly. One of the characters used the word "fearsome" in the way way we usually hear the word, "awesome."

I'm not convinced that the guy wasn't actually paying you a compliment.
 
Hardheart, if he thought your Leatherman was "fearsome", I bet he would have wet himself if you had pulled out what you were probably carrying in another pocket.
 
Maybe that was just a poor attempt at humor on the part of that man you helped, or maybe he's just not sufficiently eloquent to have chosen a better word than "fearsome." I don't take people's short remarks seriously most of the time. Most aren't that bright.
 
Well we all know everyone has their own idea of whats "scary" and whats not, I have had comments about using a case knife before, someone asked me why I had a knife? lol, and othertiems I had used my Cold Steel Ti-lite or medium vaquero with no reaction what so ever, they were just happy I was helping them out, lol...we will never be able to please everyone, there will always be people who are uncomfrotable with our tools and these very same people are the kind of guys and women who get into office and are part of our very oversized US government...
 
Thank goodness I am teaching my teenage sons to think on their own and not like the rest of the sheeple....cripes
 
hardheart said:
I was told this as I used the mini screwdriver on my Leatherman Wave to tighten up a pair of glasses. The guy thanked me after anyway, but I thought it was rather strange, especially since I never exposed either of the blades on the tool. He's also a rather staunch Republican and always speaks well of the military. Weirdness.
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This poor guy probably wet himself and hid behind the couch whenever MacGyver pulled out his Swiss Vic on TV.
 
This thread was only mildly amusing until I reached Rat Finkenstein's and Glockman99's posts - I busted out laughing! Fearsome posts!

I think Scott may be onto something. These words are used so interchangeably anymore you can;t really be sure what people mean. Just listen to the American Chopper guys: "Man, that thing looks sick!"....meaning fearsomely cool. ((( :D )))
 
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