Sheeple suck!
At work, I am known as "knife boy". My co workers ask me to sharpen their kitchen knives for them and my first knife that I made and sold was to a co worker. Even the boss finds it amusing that i have knives on me at all times. For all of you guys that are given a problem about it, try this. Get an Old Timer Stockman or something. Small, non locking blades in a old style pattern rarely scare people and can even cut beter than some of the high tech stuff. $20 for a 4" stockman with 1095 steel blades isn't that bad, maybe spring for a boker stag handled one with 440C blades (4474) or one with high carbon blades. Look nice and dont scare people. My genesis 2 was showed up by an ancient stockman with 1095 blades for general cutting stuff. Stockman, peanut, barlow, etc dont scare people, its the bigger single bladed knives that do, like my Genesis. People think something with a blade larger than 2" is a weapon for some reason, rather than utility. Also, the fast opening feature and black blades tend to scare people and scream weapon. They dont understand that the coating is to prevent rust, not to be stealthy. Black blade military knives contribute to this misconception. How many KaBars dont have black blades? Now, at work, I carry a genesis 2 in my pocket, the aforementioned stockman, gerber microlight LST sometimes, leatherman in my bag or on my belt and sometimes my Lynx lockback i made from a kit from Jantz. No complaints so far about carrying so many blades and people know to come to kme when they need something cut instead of using those cheapy throw away utility knives. Key is to have something that looks "pretty" (stag handles, rosewood handles, not tactical black G10 or micarta), something that wont scare people (classic patterns, smallish blades, open it slowly, etc). If people are offended by a SAK, they have problems in general. To counter this, sharpen a pencil really really sharp and use it to open boxes, or try to. Then use the keys, make it look like they dont work, then pull the SAK. No one will mind as long as that box gets opened! Well, I gotta go cram for a Urban Sociology test. Enough rambling, I gotta do a lot of BS on this test!
