Why people are afraid of knives?

[zeppos]

Me peeling an apple with my pocket knife (SAK, stockman, FK U2, Opinel,...) at my desk in the office is becoming some kind of a daily ritual. And i think it helps people getting used to the "a pocket knife is a tool" reality. I can't say it's a smooth transition from sheeple to people, but it does seem to work to some extent. One of my colleagues has even asked to use my knife once...

 

[Erasmus]

They object to the peaceable use of knives, 'cause they themselves are wimps and cowards. The exact same "people" who can never be trusted to use your sharp SAK because they'll cut off their own thumb, project their incompetent bumbling and dangerous behavior onto the rest of us.

All my knives are razor sharp. So, if I was that butterfingered, I wouldn't have any fingers by now. And I'd be tearing packages open with my teeth, like them.

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And if one more person glances at my Sebenza and informs me that he has one just like it that he paid $15 for, I'll freak out.

 

[tirod3]

Whenever I get a sheeple reaction to my knives, I immediately ask them about the knives they have in their kitchen. They usually shut up then.
If they keep going, then I usually mention that the number 2 murder weapon is a kitchen knife.And then I might go on to say that a screw driver, baseball bat, hammer, crowbar, pipe wrench, or even candlestick (I LOVE Clue!) can kill just as quickly.

(picture from Wikipedia)

I'd like to see the stats on that. The DOJ studies I've seen show all "other" items come in second, then the kitchen knife as third -

Further, the same data show it's in the hands of women in most domestic disturbances, causing knife wielding women to outrank gangbangers in violence.

But it's still the same story, the office female crying the blues about workplace weapons when she's potentially the offender at home.

It's the mantra of the new age, blame others while being the perp.

 

[FliGuyRyan]

I agree with Dr. Nick (#3) and disagree with rebeltf (#6) in the fact that people are scared of knives. It's just like silencers on guns, they're legal but ask most people on the street (law enforcement included) and they'll say, "They're illegal!" Now, granted it's a state-to-state variance, but at least in Ohio, they're legal and most people would be appalled if you pulled one of those out.

Same with knives... it's perception of evil. And the fact that since you carry one, you must be up to something. At my old job, I wasn't allowed to carry a knife of the job. PAH, I still did and my manager knew it...

 

[tirod3]

Same here. There are notices of no weapons in the plant - especially concealed firearms (duh.) But I still carry, and my lead man now carries, too.
( I hope not as a response . . . but he just got back from a week of prairie dog shooting in W. Kansas, so I think it's a personal choice.)

Even in orientation we were told no hunting knives in the plant, parking lot, etc. But, of course, zero monitoring and compliance. In our case, management never steps out of there a/c cubes to actually help the process stream on the floor, so this is just another "all talk, no walk" issue of poor leadership.

I admit I have a bias about who's pushing the policy, but the funniest comedy routine I ever heard was a black comedienne trashing white women about it. She had it down pat. White soccer moms are so sheltered and dominant with their metrosexual spouses they cause the problem - black women are so conditioned to the projects they don't even duck.

That's out of context when you don't hear the whole routine, but it was her act, and it played very well on our perceptions of urban life.

 

[superdaveviii]

So I was at work today, a casual dining resturant that shall remain nameless, and I work in the kitchen. Lots of cardboard boxes, air-sealed plastic containers, shrinkwrap, etc, meaning my knife gets used *a lot*.

I had a trainee trip out when I pulled out my SOG folding trident to open some bags of lettuce, saying I couldn't have weapons blah blah blah. So I stop, walk into the back, and get one of the dozen or so 10" kitchen knives and continue what I'm doing telling her "Thank you so much, I didn't realize how dangerous my pocket knife was until you pointed it out".

My general manager, who was standing right there, couldn't stop laughing for at least 10 minutes. And now everytime she walks up to him with something even vaguely usable as a weapon, he tells her to watch out, she might stab him with her pen.

 

[Zero_Time]

But most people are scared of knives because (sheeple) consider them to be out of place. Sheeple think knives belong in kitchens, not pockets. The reason people see those who camp and hunt not being afraid of knives is because they are used to using knives outside that context, and carrying them around. These happen to be my opinions, but they are what I have seen. Most people don't think about being prepared for situations that require tools, from what I see.

 

[offsetlover]

So I was at work today, a casual dining resturant that shall remain nameless, and I work in the kitchen. Lots of cardboard boxes, air-sealed plastic containers, shrinkwrap, etc, meaning my knife gets used *a lot*.

I had a trainee trip out when I pulled out my SOG folding trident to open some bags of lettuce, saying I couldn't have weapons blah blah blah. So I stop, walk into the back, and get one of the dozen or so 10" kitchen knives and continue what I'm doing telling her "Thank you so much, I didn't realize how dangerous my pocket knife was until you pointed it out".

My general manager, who was standing right there, couldn't stop laughing for at least 10 minutes. And now everytime she walks up to him with something even vaguely usable as a weapon, he tells her to watch out, she might stab him with her pen.

that is hilarious. i had a friend ask me once why i needed a fast AO knife. his question was, and i quote, "Why do you need a knife that opens faster? So you can shank someone faster?" I didn't even reply. Wasn't worth it.