Things we find normal but others don't

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OK, I know this topic has had similar threads (What makes you a Knife nut, etc.) but I always want to hear some more, so:

Post something odd that you do/say or things that happen that you find normal that some (most) people just won't understand. Thanks! :D

- Talking about knife legalities and lengths in inches/cm and not fingers/palm widths
- Seeing someone ripping open a package with their teeth or hands and smile, then just stare at them when they say "what?" during the effort
- Deciding which of your blades will be the honoured to do that cut/open that thing in front of you
- Seeing a knife scene on TV and when your friends/mates/family say "whoa" answer, "yeah that's a Microtech!"
- Knowing the difference between a clip point/tanto/dagger/spear/spey/sheepsfoot/wharncliffe etc., or between different knife types, blade shapes, grinds whatever knife related
- Having your hands with always at least one band-aid on it, or your arm with a bald spo
- Telling them you can justify that price because knife has --- steel or --- features

Thanks for your input, and long live the knife community!
 
Not sure if this is what you mean and I will think of some but :
My employer cutting through tape to open and / breaking down cardboard boxes with a pair of scissors opened back all the way when there are at least four box knives in the room on work benches. I did sharpen the scissors for her a while ago so maybe that is a complement but . . . :confused::confused::confused:

Who knows maybe she is in the camp : "If it isn't at least 5 inches long I'm not interested". Shall I give her a Cold Steel catalog ?
 
I hate scissors. Despise them. People think im crazy. I wrap gifts using a knife to cut the sheets of wraping paper. If im off topic sorry.
 
Post something odd that you do . . . that you find normal that some (most) people just won't understand.
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I carry a knife that is sharp enough to cut things very easily. And I am so "weird" that . . . are you ready for this . . . I am not creeped out, repulsed, worried, scared, what ever it is (complete mystery to me) that keeps most everyone else from wanting a decently sharp cutting tool.

and

I am so "weird" that . . . I want more than one.
 
Post something odd that you do/say or things that happen that you find normal that some (most) people just won't understand
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Yah know . . . I am thinking up about forty cagillian things I could add here and The Chef . . . I bet if we got her posting things about me that I am not even aware of we could be here until something new is invented to replace computers and the internet . . .

but I better stop with just one more . . . OK gird your loins and keep your children close :

I ride my bicycle to work . . . and I ride my bike to work in Colorado in the dead of winter (think 15° bellow) and I ride on the ice because I find it an interesting challenge to deal with it and . . . here is the weird part . . . the game is I have to be perfectly comfortable or I failed to win the game.

And . . . I don't think that is weird. Though some things I wear could be a little weird but still wonderful in their own specially way. ;)

Hey . . . guys . . . where are you going ?
Come back.
What ? ? ? ?
Oh well guess they all had stuff to do.
Cool . . . when I take off my foil hat I can hear the mother ship. THAT kind of worries me though . . .
:p:):p
 
Having more than one knife. I always have 2 cause a small Gerber 300 resides in my cell phone case.
Usually I about 4.
 
Wowbagger said:
Not sure if this is what you mean and I will think of some but :
My employer cutting through tape to open and / breaking down cardboard boxes with a pair of scissors opened back all the way when there are at least four box knives in the room on work benches. I did sharpen the scissors for her a while ago so maybe that is a complement but . . . :confused::confused::confused:

Who knows maybe she is in the camp : "If it isn't at least 5 inches long I'm not interested". Shall I give her a Cold Steel catalog ?
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Maybe she's a size queen and outed herself?
 
Oh, I'll play.

ANY time someone asks me if I have a knife, after the "am I breathing?" reply, and their subsequent question "can I borrow it", I have to ask, "what do you want to do with it/cut with it?". If it's not an acceptable answer to me, of course I assist them in finding the proper tool for the job, such as a hammer, or screwdriver, or scissors, or wire cutters, etc. If it IS an acceptable use for my knife, I typically will do the work for them using my knife in my hands. Yeah.
I do NOT let just anyone handle my blades, or use my knives for any old task.
Weird? I think not.
 
That feel when in tv show they use some shit tier folders instead some good quality knives from certain period. How much cooler for us could be True Detective if Rust Cohle had some better edc from 90'. BM AFCK, C07 Police, MT L-UDT or BM CQC7.

That feel when in tv show is knife but just for moment, badly visible and you will never figure out what knife it was.
 
Post something odd that you do/say or things that happen that you find normal that some (most) people just won't understand. Thanks!
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Belonging to an internet forum (and paying for the pleasure) so that I can talk read about knives, and post about them, and think about weird knife related things that i do... Yeah... i think most people would find what I'm doing right now to be pretty weird.....
 
I get weird looks when I clean my nails with my knife. And yes the fact that I have more than 1 knife and that my knives are actually sharp.
 
Carrying more than one knife, plus a multitool mini adjustable wrench and mini bit driver / a bunch of bits.
Using my knife to open things that are meant to be torn without even trying to tear them first.
 
I like my knives VERY sharp.:cool: Most people seem to not even think about sharpness; they would think a strop is a misspelled strap. My M-in-law has dull KITCHEN knives! :eek:
 
Guys at work think I am a strange because I bag my lunch to save my allowance for a Smith revolver or a knife. I try to explain to them I will have something of value for a very long time and they will just get hungry again.
 
Spend time pondering the purchase of a $40 pair of pants and drop the same money (often times 2 or 3) on a knife without hesitation.
 
Having a knife in every drawer and on nearly every desk/table in the house.
Besides the couple on me, I'm never more than 3 steps from a knife in my house.
 
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