What's the most bizarre reaction you've gotten to your knives?

2 points here.

What do we mean by flicking? Opening by flicking the wrist only? Or a combo of that and using an opening device or a Spyderco Drop?

Here is my story... http://www.bladeforums.com/ubb/Forum38/HTML/000070.html



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Wayne.
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On the side of the parkway.
AC compressor siezed. It is obvious that we have to cut the belt and all will be well...
Brother in law: "Gimme your knife"
Me: "You've got you own"
Brother in law: "Yea but yours is sharp"
 
In meeting, I noticed thread on my pants sticking out that needs cutting. As I pull out one of my little helpers, the manager running the meeting says, "There is no reason to pull out weapons here!!!".

I said, "This is not a weapon, it's a pair of scissors." as I put my Leatherman Micra back in my pocket.

Sheesh, good thing I didn't snap my Kershaw Blackout open during the meeting!!

Dean
Frightener of Sheeple
 
Mostly ...

Christ got enough knifes..I usually carry 3 at work..Dozier toothpick and Allen Blade Chipmunk on the right side and a Small sheepsffoot fixed blade may by TAZ on left riding horizontal..
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That was how much!!?? My (whips out pakastan,blade wiggling,dull as butter POS)and states my $3.00 will cut ya just the same..

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Formerly Endura Duck
 
Strangest knife encounter? Well, leaving a rural north Florida county jail house one summer night in college (my buddy was not so fortunate, he stayed the night), I asked the deputy that was escorting me out, "what about my knife?" When they hauled my buddy and I in, they'd asked if we had any weapons and I said no, but I do have this pocketknife.
Anyway, rather than telling me to beat it and count my lucky stars that I wasn't spending the night in lockup like my pal, the deputy said, "oh yeah," and went back to the desk and fetched me my knife.
I guess it's not THAT strange, in that he was just returning my tool to me, but I never really expected Johnny Law to do the right thing. (I've grown up a lot since then! ;-)
 
From an elementary school kid as proud, beaming mother looks on:

"You shouldn't carry that. Knives are BAD!"

The knife in reference had a 2 inch blade. I assumed the mother's 8 inch chef knife in the kitchen drawer was somehow 'good' -- started to ask her, but decided to keep my mouth shut and not butt in as she trained her kid to be paranoid.

Sad, isn't it...

John Ownby

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This is funny. We have a "new" guy here at work, and I needed to open something in his cube at the office, so I, very nonchalauntly pulled out my BM 42 Balisong, and swung it open. The look on his face was priceless!! He said: Get that thing out of my cube.

Ciao!

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Lundo
 
When I found out the reasoning behind this, it wasn't so bizarre, but it seemed weird at the time.

I was doing shipping/receiving (among other things) for a management consulting company in Cambridge, MA. So one day, I pulled out my cheap BM knock-off out of my pocket, flipped it open (with the thumb stud), sliced a couple of boxes open, and closed the blade and tossed it in my pocket.

A new guy was watching from nearby and his eyes got real big as he backed away and disappeared. I don't think I've ever seen such a terrified look before -- the self-righteous sheeple look *nothing* like this guy did.

Come to find out, he'd just immigrated from Africa a few months earlier; back "home", his village had been terrorized by marauding bands wielding machetes. Apparently, any blade scared the crap out of him. I felt awful!!
 
After opening a Ladybug to open a box:

"Whoa! That could do some damage!"

It was serrated, after all.
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Not the most BIZARRE, just the USUAL:

"You spent HOW much on that_____?" (insert KNIFE, WATCH, CAR as situation demands)

Hey, either you understand what the word QUALITY means or you don't.

And another thing, the next time my neighbor looks askance at my Delica and comments about a "dangerous knife" I'm going to send in a SWAT team while he's carving his Thanksgiving turkey.

Rant off.

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Heck, everyone's got that one buddy: every SINGLE time you buy a knife, he asks you how much it cost. Should you ever make the mistake of telling him, he is inevitably shocked, and bellows, "What? You could've bought (a gun/# guns/a fraction of a gun) for that much money!". I mean, I like guns as much as the next person, but I'm not going to try and sharpen a bloody pencil with one at work, am I? Geez.

John Ownby, that's very sad. That kid's going to grow up into the kind of guy who sues everyone in sight when he discovers that, contrary to what his mother taught him, the real world is under no obligation to be a safe fluffy place made entirely out of marshmallow bunnies. In fact, I think I've met him (segue into my embarrassing knife story):

Young and stupid at a party, I pulled out my keychain (Spyderco Endura) to show a guy I had been chatting with all evening.
Me: "hey, look at my pretty knife, is it not nifty?"
Him: "Aaaaagh! She's trying to kill me!" (runs away)
Me: "er.." (making mental note to never, ever do that again)
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You know Novadak, I may just tell the women I know to try that, might be a good way for them to weed out the unworthy ones from the start.
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It is not the fall that kills you. It is the realization that "yes, you did something that stupid."
 
I've had a few, but this is my "favorite".

Several years ago I was out on a date with an adorable blonde that I had been interested in for a while. We were in a bookstore waiting for our movie to start. I noticed a thread hanging off my shirt and pulled my Victorinox Explorer out of my pocket and opened it to cut the thread off. I immediately heard a gasp, and looked over at my date to see her nervously looking around the store. "What are you doing with that thing, put it away!" came out of her mouth as soon as the gasp left her lips. I just said something along the lines of "What kind of guys have you been going out with?" Let's just say that it was a short relationship.
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When people ask how much a knife costs, I tell them that they would never believe me, no matter how much I payed. Like I need to justify how much I paid for something to anybody.

The best thing to do to people that freak out when you bring out a knife is to give them one of their own (only if you like them that much though). I've given a few nervous friends Spydercos and SAK's and they usually thank me later and tell me how useful it is (Duh!). I especially love it when you later see that person showing it to some other nervous nelly and telling them that it's just a tool etc.

Paul
 
tique, I currently live west of Tuscaloosa, but I grew up in Huntsville. I vow to return as soon as the state allows. I do understand the mentality you are talking about though in regards to Huntsville. Unfortunately, too many Yanks have moved there (no offense to you Yanks...wink, wink) so the liberal mindset there is on the rise. It's probably turned Demoncratic by now. I haven't lived there for going on 4 years now, but I still have plenty of family and friends that I visit from time to time. I still make it a point to visit Larry's whenever I'm in town.
 
We had a couple of boxes to cut down at the office, and one of the resident weenie sheeple was looking for a knife in the utensil drawer in the kitchen. I had my Commander with me, so I wave it out, and try to hand it to him butt first. The response: "No, thanks. I'll find something less scary." Scary?!
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Here's a few:
- You spent a hundred and how many dollars!?!?!?!
- Mom- I just don't want you to get into trouble. (at the sight of my serrated toad)
- Brother- Isn't that just a little too much? ( at the sight of my gunting)
- Gasp! (anyone at the sight of the harpy or my ladyhawk)
- Lastly, my favorite was "Man, you are messed up" (at the sight of my CUDA 2)
Sad isn't it,
Matt
 
I don't get out much, so don't get too much of the nonsense that seems so prevalent. No, I just have to endure the hilarity and eternal ridicule of my children. Both go into hysterics when they see my Stiff KISS, especially now that my recently become corpulent middle makes the handle print on my shirt. Still that's better than the nastiness of my bride, who's pretty close to a sheeple.
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Asi es la vida

Bugs
 
Well, sometimes i get the "thats a big knife" look, but fortunatly, i have a good friend who is also a knife knut, and a girlfriend who is more then supportive of my many habits. She even carries a Endura when she's out and about (granted, ususally in her backpack). I never showed the sifu to anyone but them, and they both just chuckled at me. Ususally people are interested and want something just like it (Spyderco Copilot) or a but smaller (carnivore, Chinook). I ususally tell people how much they cost, then give a quick (because its better made, safer, and easier to use" line that makes them stop, think, and agree. Education folks, makes most reasonable people actually see the sence in it. Most of my positive knife encounters, by the way, have been with women (except my mom, who still doesn't understand).
 
Abject fear. I simply do not understand how some people are terrified at the sight of a knife.

The sight of a knife in the hands of a bad giuy approaching them, yes. But not just a knife, per se.
 
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