Why do knife people like using fancy words??

U see, da problem wit all deez college kids an dat der book lernin' iz dat dey seem ta think dey r better dan us. Uzing fancee werds an makin' me all cunfused so dey can put on airs and prance a round in fancee clothes and sebenzas in ther pockets. IT AINT WRITE. Talk lik an ordinarry person fer chrissakes guddamnit!
 
What about the artsy words people often use? :D

"That knife has such a 'true' edge, it's so 'keen' I could shave my wife with it!"
 
It's the same reason some people pray in Middle English. "Dear Heavenly Father, thank thy for thy day. Fill thee bowels of our bountiful soul with thine love. Sheddeth light and glory upon thee." Right...I don't know man. My rule is this: if you need to use a term, use it. If you're trying to be cool, you's a fool." And, I always, always, "pity the fool!" Hahhahahahhahahahhahahaaha
 
AQuenga said:
It's the same reason some people pray in Middle English. "Dear Heavenly Father, thank thy for thy day. Fill thee bowels of our bountiful soul with thine love. Sheddeth light and glory upon thee." Right...I don't know man. My rule is this: if you need to use a term, use it. If you're trying to be cool, you's a fool." And, I always, always, "pity the fool!" Hahhahahahhahahahhahahaaha
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Doubtful. I think most knife guys goof around and have some fun with the terminology and word play.

Ridiculing religious tradition or the people that observe them isn't. It's simple stupidity.

Robert
 
Back to the knives, guys, don't mess with each other.
AQuenga, ease up, we all treasure our own traditions.

Remember -- we are all ARMED & DANGEROUS !!! :p
 
Tdhurl1103 said:
I'm with you Surfinggringo, LOL.

Just the other day I was explaining to my wife why a particular knife would be better over another and I said, "Well it handles wood processing better." I shite you not my wife looked at me with that "you are starting to sound like an idiot" look that all wives have reserved for their husbands, and she retorted with, "You mean it cuts wood better, right?" I hung my head in defeat replying, "Yes, it cuts wood better."

It all comes down to people wanting to sound educated, even if they aren't. I fall victim ever now and again as was noted above. LOL
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It think the issue has less to do with your choice of words and more with the fact that you want yet another knife, but that this one cuts wood better.

I honestly never felt more "sophisticated" by using the word "deploy" or "tactical" since it's just part of the jargon used by the knife community. We're not digging up archaic words from the 18th century to show off here. We're just using using the words that everyone else here is using and I find that this is the same in any online community.
 
XiaolongJackson said:
It think the issue has less to do with your choice of words and more with the fact that you want yet another knife, but that this one cuts wood better.

I honestly never felt more "sophisticated" by using the word "deploy" or "tactical" since it's just part of the jargon used by the knife community. We're not digging up archaic words from the 18th century to show off here. We're just using using the words that everyone else here is using and I find that this is the same in any online community.
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I agree to a large extent. As someone posted earlier, my op was poorly crafted. "Sophisticated" was not really what I was trying to say. I guess my point was that within the confines of the forum, we start using jargon that most of us would not use in real life. That's fine, as we all understand it, but the comic part for me is how we can get a bit carried away with it. Actually, tdhurl1103's post was a perfect example of the kind of self deprecating humor that I was hoping to inspire. I don't mind making myself the butt of the joke to win a smile or two, but I will admit that's not how my op read. Oh well, I've got to learn not to start threads before I've had my coffee.
 
Why so serial guy'..?


clearly this thread is aimed at humour, not thin skinned noobs who like to complain! Lol go deploy your tactial edc defensive blade and cut yourself a big ol' smile you miserable swines! :D

Oh and on more serious note.. my chest seems hairier than it did last week! :eek:
 
Here's the thing: if it is an "Every Day Carry", you carry it EVERY DAY!!! Can't really pick a new one every 24 hrs or so and still call it every day carry.

Me, I have a Most Days Carry. Something like 350 days per year, I have a Spyderco Military of some sort on me. Not always the same knife, but the same model anyway.
 
I think the actual definition of "every day carry" to folks on here (myself included) is- A knife that I WOULD carry everyday if I didn't own a hundred freakin knives!! :D
 
It's a good thing I found this forum. Now I call the "sharp cutty part holder in thingy" a detent.
 
people who deploy their tactical mallninja 9000+ pro and then laugh at the sheeple who who step back while he cuts a thread off his pants ..

they make me cringe like finger nails on a black board makes me cringe

survival knives get me tho , really so

this is my new survival knife !! Im gunna survive with this here thing better than the old on I used to have ..

For generations people been getting into and out of scrapes and tight spots and having close calls but only recent times have they needed a knife they can trust their life to (tm) and survival gear , and now .. survival PRO gear .. wich is betterer than regular survival gear somehow ..
 
i can't help it, I scored close to a 1,400 on my SAT 20 years ago. I have a lit degree and another master's degree and I work as a spin doctor for a living. I grew up totally blue collar and in the hood though in 90's Brooklyn. So fortunately for me I can switch. I personally think knives have a cerebral value to them. Knives are stared at, fondled and enjoyed for their design qualities. The devil is in the details.

They are also very organic and have design that has come from a human being. It's fun to contemplate design in knives and the reasoning behind that design. It's very geeky and idiotic I admit in many ways, but I still like doing it. Lol.
 
Stickinc1 said:
last night i deployed my toenail clippers and processed my toenails
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Were they Tactical Toenail Clippers? If not, you can't be positive that you eliminated the threat those toenails posed. If you didn't use the serrated edge on your Dork Oops Death Sword to incapacitate those toenails, chances are they're lurkin' under the bed, waiting . . .

You've been on BF here since 2010 and you STILL haven't figured out how to properly de-animate your toenails? They're probably sneakin' up behind you and gettin' ready to shiv you in your sleep. And you deserve it - DESERVE IT, I SAY! - for being so careless. :grumpy:





























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~Chris
 
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