Why are non knife people so afraid of fixed blades? Am I the A-hole in this situation ?(Story included)

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Smiffman said:
I just got my guardian 3.2 recently and was super excited about it. It was my first fixed blade that I’ve been using for edc. Yesterday I went to my brothers house that I see a few times a year. He was really drunk and wanted to hang a ghost decoration from a tree and asked if I had anything to cut the rope to size to hang the decoration. I said sure and pulled out my guardian and handed it to him. He gave me a look like he just seen a ghost (pun intended lol) and quickly gave the knife back to me while mumbling something along the lines of “what the f*** is wrong with you”. Immediately after giving the knife back to me and Before I could even sheath the knife he whipped his hand at me with his back towards me(for what reason , I have no idea) . His hand was severely cut from the tip of his finger all the way to his wrist. He then preceded to scream at me asking why I’m carrying a “large kitchen knife like crocodile Dundee” and kept saying “your so lucky were brothers because you’d be laid out on the ground right now” even though I profusely apologized he was hurt, it didn’t matter. He said it was my fault for having a knife. His daughter ; my niece, Started crying and told me she didn’t want to see me again and his wife asked why I would ever carry such a weapon and grilled me over and over again about what I would ever need it for besides to hurt people. Even though I explained it’s just a small knife I use for work and other stuff it didn’t matter. They kicked me out and it was very awkward and I don’t think I will see them again for awhile. I feel terrible it happened and now its making me question every carrying a EDC fixed blade again. Why are people so terrified of fixed blades even when they are tiny??? Am I the asshole?
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First off, he was drunk, that is where the fault lies, and no matter what people are scared of knives, the situation got out of hand especially with alcohol.
 
It’s a shame all around, but I don’t think you should feel like any of the blame is yours:

1) He got drunk and asked for a knife
2) You gave him a knife
3) He used the knife and gave it back to you
4) He pulled some strange drunken move and sliced himself up good
5) Suddenly, YOU’RE crazy and the knife is bad?

The only thing you might be to blame for was giving a knife to a drunk.

They’re like the people who do a negligent discharge with a gun, then look for ANYTHING else to blame except themselves.
 
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Smaug said:
It’s a shame all around, but I don’t think you should feel like any of the blame is yours:

1) He got drunk and asked for a knife
2) You have him a knife
3) He used the knife and gave it back to you
4) He pulled some strange drunken move and sliced himself up good
5) Suddenly, YOU’RE crazy and the knife is bad?

The only thing you might be to blame for was giving a knife to a drunk.

They’re like the people who do a negligent discharge with a gun, then look for ANYTHING else to blame except themselves.
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The drunk dude had an ND while he wasn't even holding it. LOL he did bring it on himself
 
Blood all over everything, that’ll be realistic decorating! And he got sore ? Some people don’t appreciate good help. 😝

My older brother got like that back years ago but not cut quite as bad. He wasn’t drunk, that was just his normal behavior. We were field dressing a deer and I had the knife, he didn’t think i was going fast enough and decided to take the knife and reached for it. I tried to turn the blade away from his grab but it bit him on his little finger. He blamed me and cussed me out then went to stop the bleeding with a wad of paper towels it was about 1/2 inch long and 1/16 deep just barely into the meat. Now he laughs about it and admits he was stupid for reaching to grab a knife from me and thinks he was fortunate it wasn’t worse than it was.
 
Don't worry OP, the assholery was not yours that day. Your brother obviously cannot face a few parts of his life head on and is looking to blame you for his shortcomings in at least this situation. Don't sweat it, but keep your distance until he he behaving sensibly.
 
To answer the OP's question: yes.

Would you give your “really drunk” brother a car to drive or a loaded pistol?

If no, then why give him a razor sharp knife? Completely irresponsible on your part.
 
Meh. Sounds made up to me. I don’t know anybody that would be that much of an asshat.

My brother has cut himself on knives I’ve handed him lots of times. Never serious, just a nick here and there. All he’s ever said was “f@ck, that’s sharp”. Yeah I know, bro. It is.

Everybody in my life away from work knows I’m a knife knut and that anything I hand them is sharp as shit. They expect it.

I dunno. If things happened exactly as OP says, I’d laugh it off. If they didn’t react well to the laughter, I’d keep laughing. If they still were butthurt I’d say “I’ll see ya when I see ya. Maybe if you knew how to use a knife like a normal human this wouldn’t have happened. I’ll talk to you when you’re ready”.

If he’s never ready to talk, there ya go. If somebody asks for a knife and you hand em one, they can’t be mad that it’s sharp. They’re supposed to be.
 
norcalAF said:
Don't worry OP, the assholery was not yours that day. Your brother obviously cannot face a few parts of his life head on and is looking to blame you for his shortcomings in at least this situation. Don't sweat it, but keep your distance until he he behaving sensibly.
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Exactly , bro had a mad on and enough liquid courage to pick a fight with somebody he knew wouldn't hurt him .

Knife and cut was just a handy excuse to blowoff steam . Could have been anything . 😤
 
AntDog said:
Meh. Sounds made up to me. I don’t know anybody that would be that much of an asshat.

My brother has cut himself on knives I’ve handed him lots of times. Never serious, just a nick here and there. All he’s ever said was “f@ck, that’s sharp”. Yeah I know, bro. It is.

Everybody in my life away from work knows I’m a knife knut and that anything I hand them is sharp as shit. They expect it.

I dunno. If things happened exactly as OP says, I’d laugh it off. If they didn’t react well to the laughter, I’d keep laughing. If they still were butthurt I’d say “I’ll see ya when I see ya. Maybe if you knew how to use a knife like a normal human this wouldn’t have happened. I’ll talk to you when you’re ready”.

If he’s never ready to talk, there ya go. If somebody asks for a knife and you hand em one, they can’t be mad that it’s sharp. They’re supposed to be.
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Story is 100% true unfortunately. And yeah I kinda wanted to laugh for a second originally but when I saw the anger and shocked look on his face when he realized he got cut the laughing feeling quickly faded. He actually texted me a bit ago and didn’t apologize but told me “it’s all good man”. So we’ll see how the future goes.
 
DocJD said:
Exactly , bro had a mad on and enough liquid courage to pick a fight with somebody he knew wouldn't hurt him .

Knife and cut was just a handy excuse to blowoff steam . Could have been anything . 😤
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My brother has always been a super aggressive person when he drinks. But he has calmed down the past year or two, from what I noticed at least. But yes you’re likely right.
 
Smiffman said:
Story is 100% true unfortunately. And yeah I kinda wanted to laugh for a second originally but when I saw the anger and shocked look on his face when he realized he got cut the laughing feeling quickly faded. He actually texted me a bit ago and didn’t apologize but told me “it’s all good man”. So we’ll see how the future goes.
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Good luck.
 
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