What about knives/knife people just makes you laugh?

RBid said:
I find that my disappointment with the deterioration of language continues to grow. As life gets more and more convenient and social media and texting continue to gain prominence, people get lazier and lazier. This extends to communication, where people often can't be bothered to think about what they are saying. It has gotten to a point where articulation and effective language are noteworthy, as opposed to being normal.

"These are my 6 favorite EDCs!"

That isn't a well developed thing to say. For starters, "EDC" is a lot like "lol" (which I don't mind, in moderation). It is a term that people see and start using without connecting to what it means. "Every day carry" is a very clear and specific set of words. There isn't a need to use it for any other purpose. This simply happens because people see it and lazily slap it on everything instead of taking the fractions of a second required to recognize that "carry" is actually faster to say, generally more accurate, and hardly difficult to type.

"These are my 6 favorite carry knives."

Would a person reading that wonder what they were being used for, specifically? Probably not. It's unlikely that anyone is going to assume that the writer uses them in tactical or survival situations on a daily basis, because those uses are outside the norm and are typically specified. In other words, we don't need to incorrectly use a specific term to define general use.

This isn't especially important, of course. It is just disappointing and at times very inconvenient. I run into people who are too lazy to think about what they are saying or doing on a daily basis. People will bring a problem to me expecting a quick fix, and when I asks them basic questions, I often hear, "I don't know", "I think it's broke or whatever", "well it's just, like, not working" and so on. I have to pull teeth to get information to work with.

When it comes down to it, this very little thing is part of a big avalanche of lazy that will evolve into stupid.

Tl;dr "EDC LOL!"

I have the attention span of a coconut, and I think about what I'm saying. I'm not perfect, but I do the best I can. If somebody with my limited focus can articulate, so can anyone else, if they can be bothered to.

I'm going to go start a bunch of YouTube reviews and not finish any.
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Though I agree that language is slowly deteriorating, "EDC" is the least of our worries. I use the term loosely - it can adopt a variety of meanings and I just like the expression. Call me lazy but I think you are being pedantic ;)

tidefan said:
Well, I have been a knife fanatic since I was 4 and my dad gave me a flea market barlow. I've owned Striders, Busses, Case xx, Schrade, and about every other production knife out there as well as dozens of customs. I've even worked with Neil Blackwood and learned to make knives. I love them all. I think life is too short to complain about what other people like or don't like. 99% of all knife users never really use their knives hard and couldn't tell the difference between 420HC and INFI if it wasn't labeled. But it's what we like. Isn't that why we are all here, on a knife forum? Some like Busse, some like wilderness survival, some like Becker, and so on. If you are a mall ninja or primitive survivalist, use what you want. Who cares what anybody else thinks? I would love to see a Conan the Barbarian carry a Mora, or a primitive survivalist carry a big-ol-Busse. Nothing about knife people makes me laugh, but I smile when I see people happy while playing with their gear. I know I go out in my back yard and practice skills with several different knives, and I have loads of fun. Have fun with every knife you get...life is short!
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This guy gets it - I would buy you a beer if I could!
 
Here's a random thought that probably best belongs in this topic...

I want a balisong / butterfly knife, but I don't want to be "balisong guy" which, to me, conjures images of Insane Clown Posse t-shirts and those Hot Topic pants with the zippers all over...
YouTube videos do nothing to break this stereotype :P

I'll still pick one up, but I feel like I'll have to fight against the image.
 
Basically everything in this thread, and the Schrade Cliphanger.
 
I once had a sad chuckle over a Gerber Paraframe. Felt so bad for the owner that I gave him one of my Kershaw Tremors.
 
marcinek said:
Me too! And in addition to that, and the thing I posted before about laughably ridiculous "extreme spec ops" knives distributed by gun makers (and the goofs who own them!), another thing that busts me up is n00bs who own like 2 or 3 knives who think they can now judge knife design and peoples' knife design preferences!

Those people are even more laughable!
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Seriously, they crack me up!
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This.

And for me, I would add, knife makers who, while admittedly good, have such massive egos that they suddenly know not only everything about knives, but pretty much everything about everything and if you do something they wouldn't do, you're completely wrong. Even if it is something like Origami or merkin construction. Only know a couple makers like that but, still.
 
What makes me laugh:

1.The names some companies give their products... here some examples:

Benchmade "Onslaught"
Emerson "Roadhouse". Like the punch?
Tops "Sudden Impact", Hoffman "Harpoon", and M4X "Punisher". Tops also makes the "Baghdad Boxcutter", I might buy one of those just for laughs.

The cheap kershaws also have some funny names too, such as "Lifter", "Brawler", and "Needs Work".

2. Ultra-loyal fanboys.

3. Guys who think their gas station or flea market knife can survive a red-dawn style invasion/WWIII/Zombie incident/etc.
 
Some of the posts I come across in this very section quite often make me question the overall status humanity. :)
 
hogworthy said:
Today I CTKTWOTTCIDWLFDO my kershaw leek.

Oh, by the way that means I "carried that knife that was on the table cause I didn't wanna look for a different one".
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:thumbup: This made me laugh. However, I will still use the term "EDC" :p.
 
It makes me laugh when people buy "zombie knives" and then proceed to use them as regular tools. Well, zombie knives in general make me laugh.
 
EDCanAdamas said:
What makes me laugh:

1.The names some companies give their products... here some examples:

Benchmade "Onslaught"
Emerson "Roadhouse". Like the punch?
Tops "Sudden Impact", Hoffman "Harpoon", and M4X "Punisher". Tops also makes the "Baghdad Boxcutter", I might buy one of those just for laughs.

The cheap kershaws also have some funny names too, such as "Lifter", "Brawler", and "Needs Work".

2. Ultra-loyal fanboys.

3. Guys who think their gas station or flea market knife can survive a red-dawn style invasion/WWIII/Zombie incident/etc.
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NO, like the MOVIE!

[video=youtube_share;do04wWOX_PI]http://youtu.be/do04wWOX_PI[/video]
 
People who think a sharpened/touched up knife, or one that has been carried, automatically loses value. They're tools, man. Why else would one buy a tool? I don't buy hammers to look at them. However, if you're talking customs, or semi-customs, I can see the logic in keeping them pristine. I'm referring only to readily available production models. Also, people who swear up and down that a knife cuts well when it is obviously a brick. I'm sure you can get a beautiful crazy sharp edge on it, but it will always be a thick stock.
Folks who buy expensive knives just because everyone else buys them, or get so hyped up about certain brands and/or premium steels that they completely skip all the awesome hardware on lower levels.

As for knives, overbuilt folders that don't cut very well, as mentioned above. If it doesn't slide through cardboard, I won't expect it to slide through anything tougher. Fighting the drag of a thick blade to cut through something just isn't too enjoyable. Also, the use of framelocks in mid-tech knives, and in general the following of trends. Sometimes it seems as though makers are creating various iterations of the same style of knife; overbuilt, framelock, titanium, etc. Heck, if more makers created knives like the Avispa, I'd be all over them. That thing is huge, but cuts through everything like buttah!
 
Sam Wilson said:
NO, like the MOVIE!

[video=youtube_share;do04wWOX_PI]http://youtu.be/do04wWOX_PI[/video]
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:thumbup:

Just one thing kinda makes me smile and shake my head and that's people who get mad when a knife doesn't shave hair after breaking down one box. It'll cut 100 more boxes just fine, but it doesn't shave hair after one so its a crap knife with crap steel
 
dogstar said:
People who think they are superior because they carry a knife.
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I feel like in some aspect, it does make us better equipped, as we retain the knowledge or have acquired the knowledge to use a tool, whereas many modern people would rather ask someone else or substitute the wrong item for the job. It implies a sense of forethought and problem solving skills. Maybe it is just where I live, but the ability to come up with a solution to a problem or to even start the gears turning seems to be dying out.

However, it doesn't really make anyone "superior". It's more like those others are lacking in the ability to use what they're already equipped with deep down; logic and sense. They use keys to cut things(as an example) because no one taught them differently. In that way, I would say we are more prepared and adaptable, but that those people can also be taught to be the same. Pretty deep topic, I think.
 
I see what my 95 year old grandfather carries on the farm and feel like slapping myself for fretting about blade steel, handle composition, etc.
It's an old case medium sized stockman that is the only knife I have ever seen him carry. Do I need more than that ? Probably not.
 
Hey, I love my cliphanger. One of my few FFG's and slices wonderfully (imagine that). Lost the clip eons ago and come to think of it the idea didnt really work very well. Still a quick release/retention device IS a holy grail. I guess we just have to admit we here are all a little weird in our own way-viva la difference!
 
rabid fan boys, regardless of the maker they slavishly follow. The spending of TONS of money, on the latest thing, just to hear another fan boy say "Oh My, that's GREAT". Stacks of fan boy purchases, put on display, only impressing other fan boys. Laughable. :D
 
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