Whipping out the KaBar at work......

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So one of the other nurses was trying to open a bag of trail mix and I could see that it was going to open but the way he was doing it was going to make the contents fly all over hells half acre, so I said hold on, and I get out my KaBar folder out of my maxpedition bag and open it up to make a clean cut. Well he backs away from me like I have a king cobra in hand. Geez, dude, it's not like youre not sticking people with needles all night long and cutting gauze with scissors........get a grip. So the bag gets opened nicely but I am still so surprised at the ignoramuses out there who whittle their pants when a knife gets deployed.
I know that threads like this are a constant, but I just had to share my latest story about hoplophobic sheep out there.
Any new stories of people you know acting wierd about knives??? You know theyve been around for 10,000 years now.......
 
closer to 2 1/2 million ;)

people are people...and they perceive knives as dangerous. Its how society is as a whole...is this a nurse you know or just a random nurse? I would prolly worry too if I was opening a bag of something/anything and someone walks up and whips out a knife.
 
When you say you whipped out a Kabar, what model are you talking about? Little folder or machete? Even though it is legal and moral to carry and use a knife, sometimes it is not always wise to be running around at work with a giant fixed blade. And not good for "the cause" either. So the devil is in the details. I assume you are talking about a folder, but one never knows.
 
powernoodle is spot on. I carry a folder along with my BK 11, just or scenarios like this.
 
You can mitigate that by opening your knife slooooowly. Yes, you and I can flick the things open at the speed of sound, but if you use both hands it seems to help the pulse rate of the sheep. Also, using a non-threatening slip joint like a nice red SAK or something helps.

Having said that, my team is pretty cool about knives. I'm the goto guy when someone needs something sharpened and though about half of my team carries knives, it's expected that I always have (at least) one. One of my coworkers uses a (very sharp, thank you very much) ChiCom knockoff of the Buck Ranger as a bookmark. I'm trying to get him to upgrade to a nice American bookmark. :D

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GK is correct. When I whip out my BK9 in public, I do it veeeerry slowly.


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kickplate69 said:
So one of the other nurses was trying to open a bag of trail mix and I could see that it was going to open but the way he was doing it was going to make the contents fly all over hells half acre, so I said hold on, and I get out my KaBar folder out of my maxpedition bag and open it up to make a clean cut. Well he backs away from me like I have a king cobra in hand. Geez, dude, it's not like youre not sticking people with needles all night long and cutting gauze with scissors........get a grip. So the bag gets opened nicely but I am still so surprised at the ignoramuses out there who whittle their pants when a knife gets deployed.
I know that threads like this are a constant, but I just had to share my latest story about hoplophobic sheep out there.
Any new stories of people you know acting wierd about knives??? You know theyve been around for 10,000 years now.......
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Hoplophobic? is this the real term for fear of knives or sharp edges or something?
 
Hoplophobic is the "fear of armed citizens", according to Wikipedia. Mostly refering to guns, but since knives are seen as weapons, I guess they count. I don't seen a small pocket folder as much of a weapon.
 
Okay, serious response time.
Carry a small slipjoint. A Case Peanut. A small SAK.
It'll teach you proper knife handling, and sometimes, it'll get people actually interested in knives.
 
I've started EDCing my phat bob, and to be honest if someone at work needs something cut they're going to have to use their teeth or the pointy part of their head because that blade is staying in my pocket unless I need it, and I'm somewhere out of eyesight of everyone else.
 
If you had taken out a case peanut I highly doubt he would have reacted that way. Pretty much any normal folder over 3" will probably get a similar reaction. I remembered showing my friend my manix 2 when I first got it in the mail and she said, "holy crap that's huge".
 
At a restraunt I worked at a lady was trying to get a news paper out of the plastic straps they put around them I pulled out my leatherman tti to cut the straps and she jumped 5 foot. I was just thinking what she woulda done if I'd pulled my zt0200 out of my other pocket
 
At my hospital, there is a specific policy about carrying "weapons", so I leave mine in the car. I've found there are an abundance of sharp things in the medical community (ie: scissors, trauma shears, etc) available for such tasks.

That said, I still get a chuckle out of how scared the sheeple get when someone uses their knives in a non-threatening, utilitarian fashion. Maybe you should've just watched him make a mess, then advised him of how useful a small pocketknife can be...?!?
 
My wife carries a Fallkknnivvenn (I forgot which letters you double up) U2 in her purse and uses it all the time in public. Never had a comment other than, "What a cute little knife".
 
tradewater said:
My wife carries a Fallkknnivvenn (I forgot which letters you double up) U2 in her purse and uses it all the time in public. Never had a comment other than, "What a cute little knife".
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Yeah, but that's because she usually has a .38 in her other hand. :D
 
powernoodle said:
When you say you whipped out a Kabar, what model are you talking about? Little folder or machete? Even though it is legal and moral to carry and use a knife, sometimes it is not always wise to be running around at work with a giant fixed blade. And not good for "the cause" either. So the devil is in the details. I assume you are talking about a folder, but one never knows.
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he said "get out my KaBar folder out of my maxpedition bag"

i've seen people freak at the smallest folders. especially if they are not brightly colored friendly looking things.

pointy == scary, rounded or blunt == safe and friendly.

if i was at a hospital, i'd have a scalpel :> why not?

or at the VERY least, EMT shears. those things can open nearly anything.
 
Bladite said:
i've seen people freak at the smallest folders. especially if they are not brightly colored friendly looking things.
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That's why my Case Peanut is red. :p

kickplate69 said:
Well he backs away from me like I have a king cobra in hand.
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I get the same reaction when I whip out my... oh wait... that's right... family friendly. :o

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I bought a jacket at J.Crew at the Grove in LA. I wanted to wear the jacket out b/c it was freezing outside. The cashier couldn't find any scissors so I pulled out my CRKT Mt. Shasta with its massive 2.5 inch blade to cut the tag. He almost had a heart attack.

I understand I freak-out if I pulled my ZT0200st to cut something, but a CRKT Mt. Shasta... seriously?
 
Bishop2Queen's6 said:
I bought a jacket at J.Crew at the Grove in LA. I wanted to wear the jacket out b/c it was freezing outside. The cashier couldn't find any scissors so I pulled out my CRKT Mt. Shasta with its massive 2.5 inch blade to cut the tag. He almost had a heart attack.

I understand I freak-out if I pulled my ZT0200st to cut something, but a CRKT Mt. Shasta... seriously?
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That is J crew you're talking about, I worked there as a seasonal during X-mas and I can tell you that half the dudes that worked there wore clothes from the girl section. The other half that were straight were a bunch of organic carrot eating yogaing hipsters.
 
You whip out your "Mt. Shasta" in J. Crew and you're going to get all kinds of different reactions. That's just a given.
 
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