What's the dumbest question you've got about a knife?

Yalius said:
"Why do you carry that machete?"

"............."
"It's a Leatherman. And at this very second I'm using it to open a bottle. A bottle which you just sold to me. And from which I would like to drink."
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I own a Leatherman OHT (One-Handed Tool), and it has this wonderful snap-assist feature on the pliers. Once I pulled it from my bag and snapped the pliers out while working, and a coworker asked why I had a butterfly knife on the job.
 
spykez said:
Ok, I'll bite and ask a really dumb question so... maybe I'll win? :p

That bit of the blade beyond the pivot to the lock face... isn't that the "tang"? Yeah, it's not much but I've always thought that was a tang of sorts.

If it's not a tang, what should I be calling it?
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If I'm understanding the portion of the knife your referring to correctly it's called a ricasso.

I once had someone ask me...
"Aren't Benchmade knives illegal to carry?"
I was speechless.

I live in Oregon, and can legally carry (open or concealed) any knife of any size as long as it's not a dagger.
 
Polynikes01 said:
If I'm understanding the portion of the knife your referring to correctly it's called a ricasso.

I once had someone ask me...
"Aren't Benchmade knives illegal to carry?"
I was speechless.

I live in Oregon, and can legally carry (open or concealed) any knife of any size as long as it's not a dagger.
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FWIW, the ricasso is the unsharpened portion of the blade; between the edge and the tang, past the handle (typically). The tang is behind the ricasso, around the pivot, etc

I was taking a walk outside cause the weather was nice and my friends with me freaked out when I pulled out my delica to cut up an apple, exclaiming "Christ! What the f*ck are you going to do with that?!"...as I was cutting said apple in front of them.
 
Them " hey, did you notice that there's some blue stuff on your knife ? "

Me " oh that ! That's called patina, and this carbon steel blade turned this color because I cut chicken with it "
Or they may ask " why would you cut food with a rusty knife ? " " and why is the rust blue ?"
" I thought rust was always brown or orange "

Or what about
" Hey I think they marked my knife wrong because it says stainless Steel on it, but stainless Steel can never rust and it did "
 
I've spent a long time considering the looks and "dumb" questions I've gotten in the past... and goodness knows I've gotten them. These dumb questions are coming from people who don't typically have a need for (or desire to carry) a knife daily. They are the vast majority. We knife knuts are abnormal in the literal sense of the word. We no longer live in an age where not having a knife left you ill prepared to deal with life and the world at large. I try to keep that in mind before letting myself get too self-righteous or douchey as a reaction to these questions.

Over the last few years, my choice of edc has been getting smaller and geared towards function over form. I find my current lineup less likely to catch the attention of John Q Public. I'm experimenting with carrying nothing but a SAK for a couple of months. I bet no one looks twice at it.
 
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I've gotten a lot of some already said so I'll add one new:
"Why are you carrying TWO knives?"
Usually they're of varying length and blade shape, one is also often a SAK or Leatherman. Real reason? I love my knives so much it's hard to carry just one. And my GF won't let me carry more than 2 haha!
 
Alright well what happened to me wasn't much of a question, it was more of a statement and an action, but it sure was stupid.

My one friend asked to see my knife and I warned him that it was sharp, he felt the edge and exclaimed, "This isn't sharp!", He then preceded to put the edge on his palm and dragged the knife across it.

Obviously it sliced the ever lovin' shite out of his palm and he started bleeding all over the place.

He questioned my knife's sharpness and it turned out to be super duper dumb, haha.
 
McFeeli said:
Alright well what happened to me wasn't much of a question, it was more of a statement and an action, but it sure was stupid.

My one friend asked to see my knife and I warned him that it was sharp, he felt the edge and exclaimed, "This isn't sharp!", He then preceded to put the edge on his palm and dragged the knife across it.

Obviously it sliced the ever lovin' shite out of his palm and he started bleeding all over the place.

He questioned my knife's sharpness and it turned out to be super duper dumb, haha.
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:eek: Don't EVER hand him a gun ! :confused:
 
So I flip my zt 450 to peal an apple during lunch (I work in a law office in NYC)
coworker - surprised and a little apprehensive : "OMG is this thing legal"
(flippers are illegal here BTW)
me - nonchalantly - "I do not care, but it must be since the blade is no larger than my palm"
coworker; "Oh, Ok, then"
:cool:
 
i was once asked what do you need that for?
i responded everyone has the right to be stupid but you're just abusing the privilege
shut him up realllll good
 
"What do you do with a neck knife? Do you cut people's necks?"

"Are you going to kill somebody?"

From a cop talking about a open carried 3 inch blade fixed blade "Do you always carry this? Cause i bet you're always getting the cops called on you, right?"
 
This one just happened today on campus:

Sitting at a table drinking coffee outside and I used the blade on my Juice S2 to open a letter when someone I've never met or spoken to walks up all smug saying "you know I could have you arrested for that, right?". Turns out she didn't like it when I pulled out the sections from the student handbook, campus police manual, and state legislation that all allow me to carry a knife (I keep them on me, printed small, in my wallet).

Steve6387 said:
...These dumb questions are coming from people who don't typically have a need for (or desire to carry) a knife daily. They are the vast majority. We knife knuts are abnormal in the literal sense of the word....
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I don't know how many of us claimed to be normal with our knife obsession; what makes it dumb is not that [they] don't carry a knife per se, but rather that [they] don't think before asking questions which would answer themselves if some thinking occurred. This applies to anything, not just knives. If [someone] is carrying something around, there's probably a reason for it (key word: probably; also brandishing=/=carrying). In my case, it was exceptionally dumb that I was asked what I was planning to do with my knife while I was in the process of cutting up an apple. To a lesser extent this covers the mentality that knife=crime which is insulting coming from those I know, and disappointing that strangers would think I'd show them my knife opening packages before I commit a crime.

James w said:
i was once asked what do you need that for?
i responded everyone has the right to be stupid but you're just abusing the privilege
shut him up realllll good
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Constructive? Probably not! Hilarious? One-hundred percent!
 
Why do you carry a knife in your tool belt? I am electrician ..... Everyone knows that, electricians do not use a knife
 
spykez said:
Ok, I'll bite and ask a really dumb question so... maybe I'll win? :p

That bit of the blade beyond the pivot to the lock face... isn't that the "tang"? Yeah, it's not much but I've always thought that was a tang of sorts.

If it's not a tang, what should I be calling it?
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Actually, Casexx dates their folders and fixed blades by the "tang" stamp.
 
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