What is the dumbest comment someone has made about your knife?

Her: "Oh God, put that thing away before you hurt somebody!"
Me: "I'm glad you don't have a knife since the only thing you can think to do with it is hurt people."
 
While cutting some burgers in half at a fast food joint in an adjacent town a nearby customer commented about one of my 4" Benchmades, "that thing scares me"! As the comment was loud enough it drew a multitude of stares I commented, "I wouldn't know why, it's only a tool", as I wiped the blade, folded it, and re-pocketed it.

Several other customers gave me knowing smiles and all went back to enjoying their meals and conversations. Now I also carry a medium stockman CV from Case just to insure I don't upset the sheeple. I assume it's more traditional looks are perceived as less threatening by many. At least that seems to be the case (no pun intended) since I've been carrying it for "out and about" chores.
 
akbound said:
While cutting some burgers in half at a fast food joint in an adjacent town a nearby customer commented about one of my 4" Benchmades, "that thing scares me"! As the comment was loud enough it drew a multitude of stares I commented, "I wouldn't know why, it's only a tool", as I wiped the blade, folded it, and re-pocketed it.

Several other customers gave me knowing smiles and all went back to enjoying their meals and conversations. Now I also carry a medium stockman CV from Case just to insure I don't upset the sheeple. I assume it's more traditional looks are perceived as less threatening by many. At least that seems to be the case (no pun intended) since I've been carrying it for "out and about" chores.
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What retarded state do you live in that people would act like that? i want to know so i never move there.
 
ok this was pretty dumb, but funny...

father in law: "what the heck do you think you're going to do to that knife with that stupid thing" *referring to my DMT diamond hone*

me: "uh, touch up the edge?"

father in law: "that stupid thing wont do anything, you need on of these since you have no idea what angle your edge has to be on!" *holds out a kitch knife sharpener that you pull the blade through*

I found it ammusing because i did a 2 year apprenticeship as a butcher before becoming a machinist, so naturally I dont know how to sharpen my own knives! :D
 
akbound said:
While cutting some burgers in half at a fast food joint in an adjacent town a nearby customer commented about one of my 4" Benchmades, "that thing scares me"! As the comment was loud enough it drew a multitude of stares I commented, "I wouldn't know why, it's only a tool", as I wiped the blade, folded it, and re-pocketed it.

Several other customers gave me knowing smiles and all went back to enjoying their meals and conversations. Now I also carry a medium stockman CV from Case just to insure I don't upset the sheeple. I assume it's more traditional looks are perceived as less threatening by many. At least that seems to be the case (no pun intended) since I've been carrying it for "out and about" chores.
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You're nicer than I am. I would have made sure that the next time I went in there I had a machete. It really irritates me that when people see a knife they always see weapon. I have 75 or more knives and none of them were bought for protection. That's what they make 357's for.
 
"Who you gonna kill with that?"
Knife in question was a lg Sebenza.

My reply: "Nobody comes to mind-at the moment."
 
I remembered when I was doing small part time job and I had victorinox and I was doing box cutting in storage with it a guy comes and asks: "Where do you need that big knife? Knives are dangerous!?"
I just asked: "Knives are dangerous? So far I have not heard any case where a knife, alone would have crept behind a persons back jumped and stabbed this person... Unless you're hinting that I am dangerous person... are you?"

Guy just remained silent flushed and left... I mean if I would have big ass folder like Kershaw Lahar or Spyderco Tenacious... But it was Victorinox. Some just see all blade dangerous. I wonder if that guy freaks out when someone uses butter knife to spread butter...
 
We dont have much of these problems in Canada. We're pretty knife friendly up here. I carry my buck 119 alot on my belt...pretty much nobody even flinches.
 
Napoleon said:
We dont have much of these problems in Canada. We're pretty knife friendly up here. I carry my buck 119 alot on my belt...pretty much nobody even flinches.
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I'd agree, I have never really had a problem for the most part. I carry large folders and a fixed blade when not in the office and not a word from anyone.

EIDT: I have two brother in laws that have moved to the country in the past few years, Turkish and British. Nither had a knife when they came over, and I've been gifting every birthday and christmas since, they all now carry! I only mention it because at first they werent comfortable taking a blade out in front of others... took a while to set em right.
 
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Napoleon said:
We dont have much of these problems in Canada. We're pretty knife friendly up here. I carry my buck 119 alot on my belt...pretty much nobody even flinches.
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Depends a lot on the particular area you're in, and the osrt of company you find yourself in.

Rural areas, no sweat. But if you're in a metropolitan cafe frequented by local hipsters.... :(
 
A buddy of mine actually asked to borrow my folder so he could dig and pry into a defective car lock. Mind you he KNEW how much the Benchmade Pinnacle cost me and he probably KNEW it would damage at least the tip permanently and possibly the pivot/lock mechanism. This I know because he already broke 2 folders (1st one a gift from me, Benchmade something or other approx. $140, and another I gave to him as a replacement, the Cold Steel Voyager, around $40 at the time. Then I gave up.) !!!! I had already stopped lending out my sharps because it was getting too costly. Why they don't just use a screwdriver which would have been WAY more efficient for 99% of what they wanted to use my knife for I'll never get. :grumpy:
For the eternally endlessly repetitious "WHY oh why do you have that" types I now simply say "It's useful of course." Meanwhile my body language conveys the message "Now THAT's not a question worthy of asking."
As for the "ITS A WEAPON OMG!' folks I settle down to the body count of all the apples cored, oranges peeled, dangerous packages neutralized by openning them, etc. Some get the point. (Forgive the unintentional pun.)
 
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"let me borrow you knife" and "is that thing sharp?"...NO! i only keep dull knives on me! *sarcasm off* both these have been asked mor times than i can remember
 
Unprovoked armchair Rambos parroting some variation on "don't bring a knife to a gunfight". The same idiots that say "krotty don't block bullets" whenever martial arts come up. Heard both for decades. Not one solitary time did any of them ever have a gun on them either. I always ask & point out that my knife & training trump the arsenal they left at home.
 
My dumb ass friend once asked me "Why is the handle bigger than the blade? It looks stupid like that."
 
Napoleon said:
We dont have much of these problems in Canada. We're pretty knife friendly up here. I carry my buck 119 alot on my belt...pretty much nobody even flinches.
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I have noticed this too, after reading the posts on this thread I am glad its not like that here. I usually carry either a med to large folder (bm 960, griptillian, para) or recently my new RC-4 in a horizontal belt rig and no one has ever said anything. I live in Ottawa so I know that it isn't just a rural thing either.
 
Is it sharp? In and of itself is not a dumb question, it is when they run there thumb down the blade while asking it, that seems dumb to me.
 
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