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The crap non-knife people say

i hate to say it but i like to play with my knives in class (paramedic school go figure) i have a ganzo and an el-01 both pretty large blades. one day a classmate looks over and says "why do you need a knife that big?" i turn to him and go "because my mail is made of ninjas and they have lots of bags to cut." that classmate later became a friend of mine, bought a knife, and carries everyday +1 for knife conversion
 
I was once at the post office and had to open my package up, (before shipping it), to get a slip out. I used an Endura to cut the tape on the box and a little old lady walked by and said, "Why would you carry a weapon like that around!?" I told her to piss off. I don't feel the need to explain myself to people.

This may seem like a rude thing to say, but I am not going to get in an argument or heated discussion with someone who wants to bother people at the post office. Just leave me alone.
 
O I have one . One of the most disappointing things I hear non knife people say is when I ask them what kind of knife they have and with zero interest they say something along the lines of "I got it from (generic sports store), I'm not sure what it is... Why?" manages to deflate me every time. I've yet to find a real life knife knut on the street.
 
"what can you do with all those knives"
"knives are not even that useful why do you carry one"
 
"I love knives too. I got all sorts of Gerbers. I'm serious! Come on over ill prove it."

"How much was that?"
"About $225"
"$225!!! My first car was less than that!"

"What kind of steel is on that anyway?" after hearing the price tag on my Adamas
"D2."
"Never heard of that stainless"
"Because it's not stainless"
"Well that's not worth $200 to me"
"That's why I own it and you don't"

"How much was that one"
"A little over $120"
"You're dumber than you look, know that?"

"Got a knife?"
"Not for that I don't!"

"I only buy Smith and Wesson knives. That's it. It's got a good weight to it."
"You should check out Spyderco and Benchmade"
"Nope. Only Smith and Wesson."
 
But .. I thought you were a Christian ?
( I get that one a fair bit )


how many people you gunna kill with that ?
"/shrug .. I dunno , why , how many people you gunna mashed with your car ?"

In this day and age NO-ONE needs a knife anymore
Ok , so .. how you gunna eat your steak next ? chew it apart ?
thats different sometimes you need to cut things
youre getting it ... youre getting it ..

one non knife friend : can I borrow your knife?"
non knife friend 2 : NO .. you dont want his knives , trust me , youll cut yourself worse than I did !"
me *grin*

my wifes sister "Im using your knife 'k?
me "OK careful I just sharpened it "
her " Yeah ? oh dam .. got a bandaid ?.."
 
bladeboss said:
"I only buy Smith and Wesson knives. That's it. It's got a good weight to it."
"You should check out Spyderco and Benchmade"
"Nope. Only Smith and Wesson."
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Oh God, I can't stop laughing at that one.

Pulled out my edc at my local grocery place to cut open a package today. An old man near me said "Why would you ever need that big ol' knife?". I turned to him and said "Do you not see me opening this?". He replied "Just use your teeth. Or carry a little pair of scissors".
 
"Why do you carry a knife?" followed shortly by "Can I cut this with your knife?".
I then ask "Why don't you carry a knife?" they follow with, while using mine "I don't need one".

"God that's sharp!" Uhhh... no, really?...


I showed this girl my pocket knives and she says: "What one are you going to kill me with?"
I followed that with "None, I wouldn't want to get your nasty blood all over my pretty blades".


I was at this Halloween Party and these country boys were playing with a cheap POS Smith and Wesson. It was ridiculously shaped, had horrid serrations, and was spring assisted. They were talking about knives and how $35 was a good price for that Smith and Wesson. I went over and pulled out my Large Sebenza(when I had it). They all oohed and ahhed over it for a minute and one boy says "This one's spring assisted, is yours?" I said "No, I don't need it to be, it opens fast enough, and it's my favorite." Well another boy says "That one is REALLY nice!! Is that a Kershaw?!"

I stared at him a minute and slowly replied "No... it's a Chris Reeve Large Sebenza.. You should look them up sometime if you like them."

If he ever looked them up I'm pretty sure he would have to take a double take when looking at the price lol.
 
ednemo said:
I was once at the post office and had to open my package up, (before shipping it), to get a slip out. I used an Endura to cut the tape on the box and a little old lady walked by and said, "Why would you carry a weapon like that around!?" I told her to piss off. I don't feel the need to explain myself to people.

This may seem like a rude thing to say, but I am not going to get in an argument or heated discussion with someone who wants to bother people at the post office. Just leave me alone.
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Now that's my kind of comment. :thumbup::D
 
The one I get most is "Have you ever stabbed anyone?" My answer: "Have you?" I carry a BK-14 clipped inside my front pocket EDC. The funny part is when I tell them that I was a line cook for years and am most comfortable with a blade over 10" and that I can peel a tomato with a 13" sheep's hoof (a butchering blade). Usually doesn't come up again.
 
I feel like the knife community would respect gerber more if they would actually label their steel so that we don't have to "google it". When you are just getting into knives you would probably not care, but at my point of collecting knowing right away what steel is being used can mean the difference between a sale and buying a Competitor's product.
 
ednemo said:
I was once at the post office and had to open my package up, (before shipping it), to get a slip out. I used an Endura to cut the tape on the box and a little old lady walked by and said, "Why would you carry a weapon like that around!?" I told her to piss off. I don't feel the need to explain myself to people.
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Someone said something like this but you should have just said this is easier to open boxes than my .45
 
I work at a nursing home and carry my Buck 110 on my belt everyday. I use it constantly in different resident's homes and rooms and have never had a weird look or comment from anyone. Most of them think it's "pretty". Our A/C guy likes to give me a hard time about my knives but it has just turned into a big joke. He has a few cheap knives and really abuses them. He will need to cut some wire or something and will say, "Byron, let me hold your knife." Then I'll just give him a look and laugh. No one really gives me any crap about it anymore though, especially when they need their knife sharpened. Word has gotten around that if they need something sharp, just give it to me for a bit.

"Will you sharpen my knife?"
Me- "Sure"
"But I don't want it as sharp as your knife"
 
I disagree. Why attempt to have an intelligent conversation with someone who wants to volley a rude question to get an argument going? She wasn't interested in the knife, she just wanted to add a little drama to her day.

I feel the same way about all of these types of arguments. I remember being out wearing my motorcycle jacket and some guy implied I was probably racist because of it. I told him to **** off as well. He wandered off and one of my black friends came up and asked him why I didn't tell him I was friends with him or that I was Cherokee. I asked him why he would ever feel the need to explain or justify himself to someone who was a rude ***hole looking for a problem.
 
I generally ignore most people and only converse if I'm in a situation that it makes sense really. It would be cool if it was cool to say something like "All the better to stab you with my deer" and then start chasing her around.
 
M.FREEZE said:
I was cutting cardboard in pieces small enough to fit into a roll around bin. My co-worker walked up and asked,"why don't you tear that up by hand?" I replied," that will take forever." He then said," you'll dull your knife cutting with it..."
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He's not wrong. But luckily, us Knife knuts just love sharpening our knives.
 
When I get knives sent to me, I have them sent to the post office because, unfortunately, we have "Mailbox Shoppers" (they follow the mail trucks and look through the mailboxes for stuff to steal).

I recently went on vacation and, due to a perfect storm of late / early packages and not picking up my mail for 10 days, I had nearly 2 dozen packages. Rather than pack it all home, I started opening them in the PO to gift the PO with all the trash and not fill up my trash can at home. I had the knives laying on the desk when within 5 minutes I had 2 odd-ball encounters.

The first was the lady who asked me if I was the post office knife inspector. I just grinned and said "Yes."

The second was a guy who asked (really, he did!!!) if I had a knife he could use to cut open a package.

I said

"Sure, you need a little one (holding up a WW2 vintage Western G46-8 (8 inch blade) or a big one (held up a 27 inch 1858 Chassepot bayonet)?"

He laughed and pointed at a Barlow and said "That'll do."

I then showed him my Buck 484 and 486 and told him he needed to get some of "these".
 
I generally say something rude myself if someone says why do you need that huge knife, once at the dmv my daughter was there to take her driving test and the office lady had to open some new forms. Wrapped in a nice heavy plastic strap, 4 guys pulled out pocket knives she started laughing and picked mine. The absolute best question i've ever had was a older lady in the parking lot at walmart, she looked at a zombie response vehicle sticker on my toyota and asked if that was real. I looked her right in the eye and said yes mamm, and asked if she had seen any zombies around town lately. She looked thoughtful and said no I havn't. I said I'm doing my job then. She smiled patted me on the arm and said keep up the good work. Made my day and my daughter had to hide behind the car she was laughing so hard.
 
ednemo said:
I was once at the post office and had to open my package up, (before shipping it), to get a slip out. I used an Endura to cut the tape on the box and a little old lady walked by and said, "Why would you carry a weapon like that around!?" I told her to piss off. I don't feel the need to explain myself to people.

This may seem like a rude thing to say, but I am not going to get in an argument or heated discussion with someone who wants to bother people at the post office. Just leave me alone.
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Assuming you're in the USA, it's illegal to carry a pocket knife with a blade that isn't less than 2.5" in length inside a federal government building. Just FYI.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/930
 
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