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

Are you going to kill somebody?

(When I opened a SAK to open a package...)

Kind regards,

Jos
 
I would say the dumbest is "Why do you carry a knife?" asked when you are actually cutting something. It just surprises me.
I once got the "Why do you carry such a big knife?", too, but I was using a Voyager XL at the time, so I just smiled and said "Because it makes slicing bread much easier."
 
din said:
when I get that kind of crap from people, I just reach over and pat them on the head like they're a little kid. pisses them off, but it makes me feel better and keeps me from saying something that we'd both regret.
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That's a good response!!!!!!!
 
J's Knives-N-More said:
I had an incident when I worked at a restaurant for one whole month. I was actually the dishwasher who prepared the salads and appetizers while the main cook did the frying and such (it was a seafood restaurant). During this time I had a SOG Trident folder (TF-1) clipped to my shorts. He saw the clip and asked if I could show it to him. I said, "sure," and proceeded to pull it out. As soon as I opened it and the S.A.T. kicked in, he actually threw himself back a step (he was 5 feet away and holding a huge chef knife of all things)and pointed and said,"that's illegal!!! You are carrying a switchblade and if you can open a knife with one hand its a switchblade!!! Plus my brother is a cop and he told me so."

I've never been more dumbfounded in my life. First off, he is "the cook" and holding a 10" chef knife, he asked to see it, he was at least 5 feet away, his logic of what is illegal was completely off with the whole one hand thing, and furthermore he made himself a dumba$$ in my eyes. I attempted to reason with him but he had the odacity to wave his hand and shake his head in disagreement. This was my worst sheeple encounter in one of the most unlikely of places - south texas, a kitchen, seafood restaurant, the chef himself holding a chef knife....
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That is the dumbest most pathetic thing I have ever heard. :rolleyes:
 
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mongomondo said:
Someone asked me why I carry a knife when they saw me cutting some packages with my SAK. Well, in addition to cutting, I showed them the other functions like the pen and the eyeglass. By the time I got to the bottle opener they thought it was nifty.
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You'd think seven seasons of MacGyver would've rendered all that unnecessary...
 
A_Blade_Afficionado
I don't think there's anything wrong with insulting someone I they insult you.
"Hey ABA, your knife is utter crap. You wasted your money on that."
Will I respond with "Why thank you."?
No, I won't. When it takes me awhile to save up to buy a knife, you bet your ass I'll be defending it.
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This is an academic question.

Is insulting someone wrong? Then it's always wrong. If it's not wrong under certain conditions, then its "wrongness" is dependent upon those conditions and who sets them, which effectively renders "wrong" merely a matter of opinion. Maybe the other person does not think there's anything wrong with insulting someone who spends "too much" money on a knife. If you follow the conditional model of evaluating "wrongness", then who are you to say that the other person is "wrong".

Either take the high road, or take your share of responsibility for the next "dumbest comment" someone makes.

mongomondo
Ok, just tell them that it's their opinion and that people have different things they choose to spend their money on. It's stupid to say you're going to cut their motherfscking throat because they say you have a girl's knife. People that carry knives already have a stigma attached to them, there's no need to confirm it by acting like a douche.

Someone asked me why I carry a knife when they saw me cutting some packages with my SAK. Well, in addition to cutting, I showed them the other functions like the pen and the eyeglass. By the time I got to the bottle opener they thought it was nifty.
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Or say:
"That's an interesting opinion" in a deadpan voice. Or:
"Nice pants" in a deadpan voice. Or:
"Wow...." in a deadpan voice. Or:
"You have cooties on your face"...this is especially funny in front of kids. Or:
"Huh?" Or:
"What?" Or:
Nothing

If the person is a stranger, why would you even dignify his comment with a response? If the person is an acquaintance, providing a stupid question with a silly non-sequitur response would give all but the most obtuse people the message that you refuse to engage. And if the person was a friend, you might want to rethink why you're their friend.

In any event, you don't waste time engaging in a pointless word war.
 
Farmer Brown said:
You'd think seven seasons of MacGyver would've rendered all that unnecessary...
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What about, if you ever get asked again about why carrying SAK, just ask "ever watched McGyver?". And then, depending on resonse you either say "there you go" or "watch it".
 
Farmer Brown said:
I'm beginning to think that these knives are like cars, they're the extensions of guys'...

Never mind.
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Glad I'm not the only one who was thinking similar things while reading this thread.


I used to have an attitude like this, when I was 18 and carrying my first "real" knife - the old moulded plastic clip endura. I look back on the way I acted while carrying and talking about that knife, and realize what a douchebag I was. I am really curious how old some of the folks participating in this thread are - if they are young and stupid like I was, I'll give them a pass, but if they are a bit older they need to grow up.
 
My knife is an extension of me. When I buy only a knife or three a year, I covet them. When I work OT and inventory on the weekends to put away a couple dollars here and there to my knife fund, I hold each knife I buy dearly. Some of you guys can afford new knives all the time, I can't. So when I have worked a couple months putting away $5 here and there, I hate when people criticize my knife. Must be nice to own knives worth more than my collection and letting people insult your knives. I for one won't let people do that.
 
That thing looks sharp. Like they can tell how sharp it is by glancing at it from a few feet away with out seeing it cut anything.
 
i had a guy one time (supposedly ex special ops) tell me when talking about my razor sharp fixed blade hunting knife, "that's not a good knife, it doesn't even fold!"
 
this is my first entry so it may not be right, but here goes. "no knife needs to be that sharp".
 
Eazy_tom said:
Not to me but to a friend from a kid we know.
"a pocket knife why did you bring that here, you going to stab someone?"
He just laughed and said "yeah something like that".
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I got that once....I responded (with a raised eyebrow) "Some people NEED stabbing !" That shut his pie hole....
 
I have had people tell me they have knives just like mine (such as my Sebenza or Spyderco Manix). I usually go, "oh really?" and humor them. People who are incapable of recognizing details are not worth my time.

More often than not, however, I have been able to impart knowledge about knives on someone new.
 
carrot said:
I have had people tell me they have knives just like mine (such as my Sebenza or Spyderco Manix). I usually go, "oh really?" and humor them. People who are incapable of recognizing details are not worth my time.

More often than not, however, I have been able to impart knowledge about knives on someone new.
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This happen's to me often, my boss said that about my delica 4 ,said it cost him $5 15 years ago. I figured it was better not to argue :rolleyes:
 
I feel naked when I fly and have to put my knives in my checked baggage. First thing I do when I arrive is to take them out and put it in pocket. Small William Henry B10 and a small Boker.
 
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