What are the first things you think of others that don't carry a knife?

I participated in an open carry walk yesterday.
We all had our handguns holstered at our sides and a few showed up with their long rifles slung over their shoulders.
One guy shows up ready for the zombie apocalypse...two guns on his waist with leg straps, several magazine pouches, and a gawdawful Gerber Bear Grylls fixed blade.

If there were ever someone whom I wished didn't own a knife, it was that goober.
 
Ocelot85 said:
I've never even thought about this subject before to be honest, and I've grown up around guns and knives all my life. Really what it comes down to is that I don't care about what other people do at all, as long as it doesn't harm me or my family and friends.
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This.

Having a knife prevents inconvenience. It's not life or death*.




*I know, I know... The zombie ninja robots are coming with an EMP, and the only thing that can save you is cutting paper and batoning with your folder.
 
RBid said:
This.

Having a knife prevents inconvenience. It's not life or death*.




*I know, I know... The zombie ninja robots are coming with an EMP, and the only thing that can save you is cutting paper and batoning with your folder.
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Well, good thing SOME of us take zombie ninja robots seriously. Good luck trying to defeat them with that attitude.
 
I believe in loving my fellow man through the power of the Holy Spirit through faith in Jesus Christ.
 
No knife??? Not so unusual as people become less hands on with tools and more "virtual" in their view of the world. Hopefully they are building skills in areas that are needed in the future. And no if they ask "You can't borrow my knife you weenie".
 
When I see people using keys & teeth to try opening things I wonder how they were raised.
 
cncpro11 said:
I participated in an open carry walk yesterday.
We all had our handguns holstered at our sides and a few showed up with their long rifles slung over their shoulders.
One guy shows up ready for the zombie apocalypse...two guns on his waist with leg straps, several magazine pouches, and a gawdawful Gerber Bear Grylls fixed blade.

If there were ever someone whom I wished didn't own a knife, it was that goober.
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Did he have his concealed weapons license badge clipped on his belt?
 
cncpro11 said:
I participated in an open carry walk yesterday.
We all had our handguns holstered at our sides and a few showed up with their long rifles slung over their shoulders.
One guy shows up ready for the zombie apocalypse...two guns on his waist with leg straps, several magazine pouches, and a gawdawful Gerber Bear Grylls fixed blade.

If there were ever someone whom I wished didn't own a knife, it was that goober.
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That last bit made me laugh. Thank you for the chuckles just before bedtime :)

I can honestly say I don't think about if someone is or is not carrying a knife. If I see someone else using one, I might idly wonder what brand and model it is, but never anything beyond that. If I see someone without a knife, I don't wonder why they don't have one, and I don't wonder if they have one in their pocket or purse or European carry-all. It's something I do that allows me to cut something without having to go look for a pair of scissors or a box cutter, and I can get on with my day.
 
Un prepared and possibly a little naive to think that they don't need a knife but carry fifty credit cards to the beach "just in case". A knife is important and can save your life. I think every man should carry a knife, flint, string and a handkerchief. IMNSHO (in my not so humble opinion) thy are important to survival.
 
Student762 said:
Un prepared and possibly a little naive to think that they don't need a knife but carry fifty credit cards to the beach "just in case". A knife is important and can save your life. I think every man should carry a knife, flint, string and a handkerchief. IMNSHO (in my not so humble opinion) thy are important to survival.
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Not to pick on you, but this is an attitude that always leaves me a little bemused. The kind of survival situations that I, and many, many others, are far more likely to encounter are those dealt with by credit cards, cell phones and an AAA membership. I think it's great to be prepared, but being prepared doesn't always, or even often, mean surviving alone in the wilderness. If you want to be prepared add some hand sanitizer, sunscreen and a warm hat to your kit.
 
I just figure they have different interests than me. It doesn't matter to me if they carry a knife or not. If they are good people that is all that matters.
 
Personally (most of the time) I think they shouldn't (legally) have a knife unless the blade is <2" because I am at high school most of the time. However in places outside of school, I think nothing about it and often don't know they don't have one until someone needs one (everyone I'm around knows I love knives) and asks for me to cut something... I don't care though I sometimes wonder why they don't take the repeated instances of me cutting things for them and get a knife for themselves.
 
Insipid Moniker said:
I tend to presume there is something wrong with people who measure manhood by accessories rather than character.
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Exactly. That idea is right up there with "what 10 things every man should own" threads. The idea that you can buy manhood is idiocy.
jackknife said:
But if one doesn't hunt or fish, how often do you need that knife? I know sometimes whole days go by that I don't really need it. And when I do, any small sharp edge will do. It would be nice if the knife knits would admit that sometimes they have to invent a reason to pull out their knife for something. For the millions and millions of people going on about their lives without carrying a knife, somehow they get by. A knife is just not on their radar. But for us, the afflicted and obsessed, we look down on them? Judging someone for not carrying knife is as immature and juvenile as one can get. There's more to life than carrying a knife. Like one poster said, how much money do you have saved up for an emergency? Can you still provide for yourself and family if you are out of work for 6 months?
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Yup. The idea that your edc is going to save your bacon in a "survival situation" is pure fantasy. The odds of being in a "survival situation" while going to the grocery store or dropping the kiddies off at school are extremely low. The odds that a knife will be the deciding factor in said situation is lower still. You might as well play the lottery if you like those odds.

A person with a smart phone and a credit card(or debit card with money in the account) IS what it means to be prepared in day to day life in 2014. I carry a knife out of convenience and I can get by just fine without it. My survival doesn't depend on objects, it depends on my brain.
 
When I was working at my college library, my science teacher came by and asked "got a knife?" I gave him one of my Buck 110s.

He said, "y'know it's vaguely scary you're carrying something that huge," but he did it with a chuckle and a smile. It can be problematic to carry a knife on school property (more so in high school and below) but if you're a responsible young adult and people know you, it's not a problem.

I was friendly with lots of my teachers and even took a splinter out with a Buck Sirius (black scary blade, oh no!) and it wasn't a huge deal. I wouldn't really recommend for a high schooler to carry I guess, just to be safe, but it is nice to see that sometimes, it's the person that makes the difference to people.
 
Shotgun said:
Yup. The idea that your edc is going to save your bacon in a "survival situation" is pure fantasy. The odds of being in a "survival situation" while going to the grocery store or dropping the kiddies off at school are extremely low. The odds that a knife will be the deciding factor in said situation is lower still. You might as well play the lottery if you like those odds.
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Completely agree. And I hate that a small, small portion of my mind way way way in the back, always tries to tell me otherwise. I really wish it didn't, I don't like thinking that way.
 
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