What aspects of your knife 'threaten' people:

I thought about this long and hard. There are several responses here that I think would fit my situation. I will repeat these as they apply to me. People, non-knife people that is, seem concerned with the fact that I would carry more than one knife, I never leave home without at least two knives. Cost of a custom knife also "threaten" people in some way, don't ask me why as I don't have a clue! I think the thing that is most threatening to people is hearing that loud "crack" as the blade on my MADD MAXX opens up and goes into the locked position. Five and one half inches of razor sharp D-2 steel seem to have quite an effect on people!

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Art Sigmon
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me"
Php. 4:13

"For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword"
Heb. 4:12
 
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by tw:
Without question the thing that makes Average
Non-Knife Person [tm] nervous around my knife
is how I choose to deploy and open it.

The more flourish and drama, the worse they
react. Most seem to prefer "Here is a handy
tool I have, let me use it" to "HEY EVERYONE
HERE COMES MY KNIFE, WOAH BABY, LOOK OUT".

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MAybe you should borrow that line from "Blazing Saddles":

"'scuse me while I whip this out!"
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Matt In Texas
 
Art,

I had a similar experience recently. Opened up my Mad Max Dagger to show a friend and someone else walked by and just about freaked out. "What the hell do you use THAT for? Killing people?" I could tell he was very nervous...
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Peter Atwood

email: fountainman@hotmail.com
 
Peter,

Thats exactly the attitude I get with the clip point version, "what do you need a knife that big for?" BECAUSE I CAN HAVE IT AND CARRY IT, THATS WHY!!

Oh well, just got an email from DDR saying that my 4" MM is just about ready, hopefully that one will not be as intimidating!



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Art Sigmon
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me"
Php. 4:13

"For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword"
Heb. 4:12
 
I think it would be interesting if you had a couple of police officers arrange knives. Then you would have a better idea of what knives the police may or may not try to get you in trouble over.
 
One thing that has always amused me is the fact that most of the women I know do not carry a knife. My wife in fact sometimes chides me slightly for running back in the house to grab a knife if we are going somewhere.

If you happen to be female and the following stereotype doesn't apply to you then Heaven bless you...however:

Why is it that most women will carry a purse or handbag the size of a hollowed out moose and manage not to carry one single useful item in it let alone a knife. Granted they are filled with various bits of girl stuff but if you need to cut a rope or tighten a screw you are SOL if you are relying on most women to have anything useful with them.

Its bad enough that most of the guys I meet these days don't carry a knife of any kind...why is it that most women never have?

 
i think i frightened my parents when they walked in the room and saw me throwing knives at my garbage can
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(they stick about half the time,i need a new garbage can
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since my blade of choice is usually a balisong (butterfly knife), it shocks most sheeple just because of what it is. since i've been home from college, i've noticed that my mother, for example, looks at me doubtfully whenever she sees me open it, close it, or otherwise manipulate it. (my father is ok with all my sharps, and likes to see when i get a new one.
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one of my balis is a BM42AS, which has titanium handles that are anodized (sp?) blue. this, despite the nature of the knife, tends to elicit an "ooh, pretty" response that my other, black-and-silver knives do not.
aleX.

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