What's the craziest thing someone said to you about one of your knives?

"Is that a switchblade?" - My grandmother, said when i showed her my pantographic 'paratrooper knife' which takes a few seconds to open, and is almost impossible to do one handed.
 
Jesse B. said:
"Serrated edges are better for causing more trauma to the area than straight edges. A cut nerve can often be reattached. A shredded one usually cannot, or it will regrow irregularly."
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WHAT THE HELL?!? Why would you even WANT to do that assuming it's true? How is the victims long term recovery relevant for combat knife choice?

What was his next suggestion? Rub your own faeces on the blade so the wound will become infected later?
 
If I use a 10 inch chef's knife, my friends don't care.

but if I pull out a dragonfly, they start running
 
Folderguy said:
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Edit: Actually the fellow said something even a bit more outrageous, which was "Man, you could dig someone's liver out with this." I wonder where he came up with that idea; don't really want to know.
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I have a 0301. One wide blade, it's almost like a folding shovel. No wonder he said dig.
 
shot3gun said:
If I use a 10 inch chef's knife, my friends don't care.

but if I pull out a dragonfly, they start running
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This fascinates me, too. Why is the small pocket knife more scary than the huge chef's knife? You are not the first to observe this, nor to mention it on BF. I can only surmise that the concealment and out-of-nowhere factor is what wigs people out about folding knives, especially ones that deploy rapidly.
 
"Why do you have a hunting knife?"

It was a Boker Trance.

But on the other hand this was a very short person, so from their perspective maybe it was huge? I dunno.
 
I've gotten the "why do you need a knife--I just use scissors" comment before. I then point out to them that scissors are two knives connected by a pivot pin. I then also ask them if they use scissors to peel oranges or whittle. :p
 
At work I always get the "Why do you carry a knife, scissors work fine" and usually later in the day I get "Can I borrow your knife". Of course I always hand them a pair of scissors...after all they work "just fine"
 
My table at a gun show, a guy looks at all my knives
then asks. "who made this one"

another show another guy looking at a mirror polished blade..
"who did the chrome plating"?
 
I heard a new funny one recently...I showed my buddy my new DDR HTM Maxx 5.5 and he said "What is THAT? The spear that killed Jesus?!?!"
 
SGT Blades said:
My table at a gun show, a guy looks at all my knives
then asks. "who made this one"

another show another guy looking at a mirror polished blade..
"who did the chrome plating"?
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You should have replied "West Coast Customs....they're also putting spinners and LCD screen TVs on one for me now!" :D
 
A friend of mine was handling my Buck 119. I reprofiled the edge a long time ago, but I did it in a jig. He looked at it, handled it for a second or two and said, "Man, I love how Buck makes the sharpest edges."
 
Girl at work looked at me today and said "I notice you carry two knives. What possible purpose could you have in carrying two knives?!" I looked at her, smiled, and said "See, your first mistake is assuming....that I'm only carrying two..." and walked away...:D
 
The most amusing incident/comment I had regarding a knife was when I was on a High School campus for some function.

I was wearing a marked polo shirt (Badge patch on the front & "Police" on the back) & nylon gear. It was pretty obvious what I was & my handgun was clearly visible (A Glock 21). A female Assistant Principle saw my knife, an Emerson CQC7, & said, "Wow, scary knife!"

I laughed out loud. I later asked her why the knife scared her, but the .45 on my hip didn't. She couldn't answer me.
 
I had some guys doing some work in my kitchen last week, they came recommended as great handymen from family.

One asked me for a pair of scissors, the only scissors I know of are my cable shears down in my equipment bins, so I handed them my Rat Model 1.

Later, he asked me for a flashlight, I grabbed my streamlight from my belt sheath. He claimed most of his gear was in a different truck. :rolleyes:

He proceeds to ask "So do you always feel like you need to walk around your house so well-armed?"

Really? A flashlight and a folding pocket knife makes we well-armed?
 
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