What makes you a "Knife Guy"

I'm always the person called upon by others when something needs to be cut.

People at my AA fellowship call me "Matt The Knife".

All my knife related tattoos...







 
When all your friends and family know to ask you first when they need something cut, you're the knife guy.
 
I don't know... I guess my grandfather. He always carried a knife, and I just learned to do the same. Then I started really getting into knives and the history, bladesmithing(although quite a noob at it) and collecting. and now if I see a knife at the right price I will pick it up especially if it is a older one. I like the oldies!
 
I've had a knife since I was very young. First knife was a Bowie. I carried it on my surplus army belt when I was about 8 years old in the early '70's. I still carry a knife every day no matter where.
 
Ever since I started scouts and on passed I was bitten by the knife bug. Now carry a knife is second nature it is somthing I just enjoy doing.
 
Last month I bought a
CRKT, mini grip, Para2 and 940-1
This week I bought a
Para2 and two Leeks
I tell myself to slow down but can't stay out of the exchange.
 
I grew up on a family farm here in central Iowa, and I was pressed into very hard work at a very young age. That meant carrying bales out to fat cattle (steer and heifers being fed to go to market), and stock cows (used for breeding). Those small square bales were held tightly together with two strings of twine. A 75 pound kid breaking 50 pound bales was pretty hard to do, and I wanted to be a "man" in Dad's eyes. I didn't want any help with those bales.

The only efficient way to break them up was a sharp pocket knife to cut those strings. I could then carry and break as many as dad did, assuring me that I was just as tough as he was. :roll eyes:

I carried that Old Timer three bladed stockman from the age of 10 until I was thirty years old. I'm 56 now, but I still remember overhearing Dad occasionally say to someone in need of a knife to "Go ask Jamie. His knife is always sharp."

I still remember that pride to this day. And sometimes, Dad will still ask if he can borrow my knife.......
 
An uncle of mine gave me my first knife. A cheap little pocket knife shaped like a bowling pen. My parents allowed me to keep it, I was trusted with sharp instruments at the age of 9. I lost it shortly after.
I don't call myself a knife guy but I've always carried a knife. I had a stretch from my 20s into my 30s where I'd lose a knife a year. Victorinox and Wenger got a lot of business. I had a small collection of fixed blades, nothing special. When I decided to downsize my life I gave them to my brother. What couldn't fit in my Tacoma was given away or trashed.
There is no tool that demands respect like a knife. Misuse a wrench, you get bruised. Misuse a knife you could lose a limb, or even die. I've always considered knives as tools. Never respected them for self defense. Thats why I always carry SAK's. Right now I'm going through a quandary because I really like the idea of one hand opening blades, but I don't want to give up my SAK. The idea of carrying 2 knives just seems so foreign. I think that's what I'll be doing.
What makes me a knife guy? I always have a knife.
 
I'm searching for the "perfect knife".
While doing so I learn much about knives and how to use them.
I guess this makes me a knife guy.
red mag
PS: I'm pretty close... ;)
 
My Dad. He told me that I should always have a knife on me. His Dad taught him that.
rolf
 
When I was alone at the house as a little kid is get scared after dark. I'd carry around a kitchen knife or two and felt better. Became my security blanket. After carrying them as weapons I learned what a great tool knives are and became more interested in sharpness, Steel, geometry etc. The role as a weapon became secondary. Still my security blanket though.

Oh yeah, and I have many interests, but knives just call me crazy instantly. I can spend hours just looking at the and drooling. Then I found out there were other people like me online. Thanks BF.
 
My love of knives came from my grandfather. He had a big collection displayed in a case that I would go thru and look at every time I went to his house. He was the one that gave me my first knife at the age of 9 and I have since inherited a lot of his collection. He is the reason I am a "knife guy" and always will be. He always had a knife on him, so at birthday party's and Christmas he was the one you asked to borrow a knife from. I am now that person in my family, everyone knows I always have a knife on me.
 
I'm not a big fan of jewelry, but I enjoy having something that stays with me everywhere I go.
So a knife it is.
Plus, there's just something about a sharp edge that I like. I don't know.....
On my days off, my keys, phone, wallet usually stay in my truck, while I carry my knife everywhere.
 
Knife guy? I rewind commercials I am fast forwarding through if I see a knife flash by. What brand is it? What shape and geometry? Is it sharp? Are they using it correctly?

Nature/Nurture...my Dad fueled my fire. As soon as I had a pocket I had a sharp knife.
 
Addiction start since age of 4-5, EDC a blade since age of 11, collection/accumulation since age of 20 and I know that I will never found my graal...but this is the best part of the game :D
 
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