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

I was fortunate enough to have grown up in an environment where carrying and using a pocketknife was as normal as breathing, it`s just something that I`ve always done. Yet I`ve heard (too many times) from various non-knife people "a KNIFE ??????? Why would you need A KNIFE ????" I just shake my head, and feel sorry for them....
 
one thing I hear a lot : " is this legal " .. pointing at small folder .

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and dumbest ever was from one guy "you can cut head off with this " pointing at spyderco civilian .
 
Yesterday, my 8-year old said to me, "You're carrying two knives? What's wrong with you?"

I guess I better do a better job educating her....:o
 
sweet_hitch-hiker said:
Q: 'why do you carry a knife?'

A: to cut things
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This is it. This is THE question that all the sheeple, non-knife people, are really asking, and THE answer they need to hear.


Sometimes they "ask" it less politely, even hysterically, and sometimes we feel like answering sarcastically or aggressively. But this is the crux of the misunderstanding. They haven't been socialized to see potential use in things.

The concept of EDC is foreign to them. How many people do you know who carry a gear bag? I've gotten the same reaction to my flashlight -- why do you carry --except during our occasional blackouts. :)
 
bowie69 said:
Yesterday, my 8-year old said to me, "You're carrying two knives? What's wrong with you?"

I guess I better do a better job educating her....:o
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she's only 8...plenty of time to indoctrinate her into the EDC club :D
 
while at the blade show with my gold plated buck knives display
i did not have a knife in my pocket when i picked up a splinter
and i asked if any one here has a knife i could use
the local went quite ...
some one said "with over 100 knives why would you ask to barrow a knife?"
i replied i dont have the key to them
 
Esav Benyamin said:
This is it. This is THE question that all the sheeple, non-knife people, are really asking, and THE answer they need to hear.


Sometimes they "ask" it less politely, even hysterically, and sometimes we feel like answering sarcastically or aggressively. But this is the crux of the misunderstanding. They haven't been socialized to see potential use in things.

The concept of EDC is foreign to them. How many people do you know who carry a gear bag? I've gotten the same reaction to my flashlight -- why do you carry --except during our occasional blackouts. :)
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And when those same folks find out you spent $50 (or more) on that small Fenix, Sure-Fire 6P, or whatever (high-quality) flashlight, they REALLY look at you like you`re nuts.... :-)
 
And yet they spend that kind of money on items just for show: expensive clothes and jewelry. MY jewelry works. :)
 
waterdogs said:
And when those same folks find out you spent $50 (or more) on that small Fenix, Sure-Fire 6P, or whatever (high-quality) flashlight, they REALLY look at you like you`re nuts.... :-)
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Some people do not undersdant that quality really matters. With Quality like Fenix or Spyderco there's a lot less than change that those things fail you when you need them most, unlike your $2 no name china folder and your $0,90 china torch. I carry $50 Fenix lamp and I got another $50 Fenix lamp at home.

That's why never borrow your good knife to person who doesn't have their own knife nor tell price of your flash light to person who doesn't carry own.

Esav Benyamin said:
And yet they spend that kind of money on items just for show: expensive clothes and jewelry. MY jewelry works. :)
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Indeed. Some don't carry their acessories on wrist, around neck or in finger but in their pockets and on the belt.
 
I have a lot of guys at work look at my spydies or whatnot and say "my Smith and Wesson is just as good as that, and I only paid $13 for it at Big 5". I hear it all the time.
 
sweet_hitch-hiker said:
Q: 'why do you carry a knife?'

A: to cut things
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I say that to folks all the time. It's amazing how quickly the light comes on and they realize what a silly question they asked. :p It's honestly the shortest response that gives the best explanation (most of the time). :):thumbup:
 
I've had more than I care to remember, most involving "why the hell would you spend that much?" or "My ::brandX:: is just as good and only $20" and "That's illegal you know" (when pretty much anything goes in AZ) to which I always respond by showing my CCW license. But this one stands out:

One of my friends roommates asked to look at my CRK Mountaineer I. Letting him was my first mistake. He was drunk. He handed it back to me and dropped it tip-down onto a glass table. I was very upset but contained myself. All I wanted was acknowledgment that he did something stupid and apologize. But he wanted to argue that I have a POS knife.

He said, "I sell Cutco, that's high quality stuff, not the crap you have. It's SURGICAL stainless steel!" I wanted to smack him in the face for such a stupid remark, but I responded "You don't know what you're talking about. Take any one of your knives and do the same thing and see what happens. Oh wait they already have all the tips broken or bent and they're duller than spit."

Of course he refused and blabbed on about the superiority of his mass produced super invincible magic knives and I just left.

I really despise how American's are fed bad information by tv and idiots at retail stores about what makes a good knife. That infomercial for the Miracle Blade or whatever it is drives me crazy! Every time I see a set of those in someones kitchen I am inclined to demonstrate why they suck and how that person has been lied to and taken advantage of. False serrations that are unsharpenable? "Surgical Stainless Steel"? Who the hell comes up with this crap?

I realize it's based on the assumption that most people abuse knives and you can't fix stupid, but I just hate it when people regurgitate the lies they've been fed to try and sound like an expert!
 
thejamppa said:
Some people do not undersdant that quality really matters. With Quality like Fenix or Spyderco there's a lot less than change that those things fail you when you need them most, unlike your $2 no name china folder and your $0,90 china torch. I carry $50 Fenix lamp and I got another $50 Fenix lamp at home.
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If I EDC something that is unreliable then what is the point? I have a friend that EDCs a small SAK (or SAK clone) and the blade is about as sharp as a butter knife - I have to wonder why someone would bother carrying a knife that wont cut.
I EDC a Victorinox Cybertool and a Leatherman Wave and have carried both of those for almost a decade. I use them regularly and neither are showing signs of wear, there are no missing pieces and even the pen in the cybertool still writes (it is the original pen, so about 9 years old). The plain blade on the Leatherman and both blades on the Cybertool are sharp enough to shave arm hair with - if I carry a knife then it might as well be capable of cutting.

With torches I EDC 3 of them, but I don't generally tell anyone what they cost - I don't need the stupid comments! I have a 1 x AAA light on my keyring, a 1 x AA light in my front left jeans pocket and a 1 x 16340 light in my left jacket pocket - unfortunately none were as cheap as US$50 and the one in my jacket pocket was US$130+shipping. To someone that keeps a light in their car that cost less than NZ$10 it is pointless trying to explain why I spent around NZ$200 for a small light.

When talking to someone with a blunt pocket knife and a plastic flashlight with a flat battery it is best to avoid discussing EDC equipment - they don't even need to know about most of what I am carrying. At night when someone is looking for something and asks if anyone has a flashlight - I suppress the laugh and when I use one of my EDCs I shrug off their "wow, that's bright" comment, no need to start discussing the light and how much it cost and how I may be crazy to spend that much. Similarly if someone needs a piece of string cut or a package opened - better to just use the small blade on my SAK, it is sharp enough but wont scare anyone. Rather than talk about what I spent I just admit to using a $5 sharpener to make the blade sharp enough to easily cut the packaging and leave it at that.

Those that don't get it will generally still not get it even if you spend hours explaining it to them - they still wont understand how your knife is better than they one they bought for <$5, or at least how it is ENOUGH better to justify the horrendous price you claim to have paid. I often quote a price like $25 (RAT1) but don't mention that was US$ or that I had to pay shipping on top of that. They think it is nice and not too bad a price, though a little expensive. I would hate to think of the reaction I would get if I showed someone a Sebenza or Umnumzaan and then told them it cost around NZ$600 + shipping + GST - I don't know anyone (outside of these forums) that would understand that sort of spending on a small folding knife.

We laugh at the stupid comments we come across, but we need to remember - some people just do not understand and probably never will. We don't carry knives to impress people anyway.
 
thejamppa: That's why never borrow your good knife to person who doesn't have their own knife nor tell price of your flash light to person who doesn't carry own.

Q: "Why do you have so many knives?"

A: "I need one I can deploy with my right hand if my left hand is busy, one I can deploy with my left hand if my right hand is busy, and a decoy one that I can loan to you and not care if you ruin it."

Parker
 
When I was showing my new Benchmade to a coworker, another coworker, who is also a knife user came over to look. When he saw the butterfly logo he started laughing and loudly proclaimed to everyone within hearing distance that I have a girly man butterfly knife. I told him that is the company logo when I realized that he didn't know what a Benchmade knife was.
 
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