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Why we talk about knives in 21 century?

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It is knife makes good hobby for me to collect it, yes? Must already I have 3 of somewhat custom kinds including this Peter Marzitelli, Greg Lightfoot who is not Gordon of Edmond Fitzgerald wreckage, and also is Ben Hastings, though I think not from 1066, most fortunately.

As most certain of all things, what is passion for one man is frivolous pursuit of other.
 
Oh man, if we could have industrial strength pocket laser cutters, I'd give up my knives for one of those!

(At least, until we inevitably encounter its fatal flaw and society is reduced to rubble because of it. Lasers can't spread peanutbutter:(.)
 
...oooh...I think I will start collecting those Midnight Teeth he was talking about!

Problem is...the only loose teeth around my town are hanging out of bums walking the street and look like Corn Nuts....hmmm...maybe I wont collect these things.
 
Talking of my perspective some 15 years ago. I thought that knife enthusiasts were a little over the top. I had a Swiss Army Knife (SAK) for some 9 years and it served me well. When on a camping trip I suffered my first cheap blade failure chopping and had to revert to Mr SAK did the deficiencies of carrying poor tools raise a concern. My wife bought me a custom 5” spear point at a show and that stood me well for 7 years until I was given exposure to other models in South Africa and I upgraded.

I travel a lot and my kit is limited so I have had to get interested in what is best able to suit my needs. Always an SAK but the second knife has to multitask and stay sharp. Different destinations require different attributes. In the semi desert (Botswana) I can carry a forged carbon blade, in the marshes (Nigeria) carbon rusts so it has to be Stainless steel. Stainless steel falls well short of a forged blade but cutlers are pushing the envelope. Unfortunately the nearer one gets to having a stainless steel blade that is nearing the toughness and edge retention of a forged blade the price rises steeply.

An individual can expect to use a knife several times a day. In an office kitchen, plastic or pot metal may work ok some of the time but why go through the hassle when a Victorinox set will do the job every time?

Why buy a screwdriver or decent tools when a butter knife will do?
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
Cabala

I can understand that this information might not interest everyone. What I cannot understand is why you would take the time to register on a forum not relevant to your interests for--seemingly--the sole purpose of ridiculing members of the community, regardless their area of mutual interest. Might I recommend that you found yourself sharpteethforums.com to pursue your area of focus to its fullest.

Regards,
Benjamin
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Yes come to sharpteeth I will greet you warmly!
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I told you: teeth are oldest and most eficient tool that a people ever had.
One thing more! Croatia isn't in Transilvania but we (croatian) are from area betwen Moldavia and Transilvania. Romanians are Retoromans and we are Slaveni. Vampire legends is our traditional stories. Bram Stoker did know nothing about Balcan. He was interested about caracter of Vlad Tepes who is Romanian. But dont worry, he was tortured and held till death in prison in Istambul. We (croatian) and our neighbours serbs have real stories of "vampiri". They are something defferent of Bram Stoker's faemous story. Some serbs beleve even today in egzistence of vampires and werewolfs. In our stories vampires are quite defferent creatures than a death people with long, sharp teeth. By "sharpening" teeht i meen brushing it. Well, what's left of them.
 
cabala said:
I told you: teeth are oldest and most eficient tool that a people ever had.
One thing more! Croatia isn't in Transilvania but we (croatian) are from area betwen Moldavia and Transilvania. Romanians are Retoromans and we are Slaveni. Vampire legends is our traditional stories. Bram Stoker did know nothing about Balcan. He was interested about caracter of Vlad Tepes who is Romanian. But dont worry, he was tortured and held till death in prison in Istambul. We (croatian) and our neighbours serbs have real stories of "vampiri". They are something defferent of Bram Stoker's faemous story. Some serbs beleve even today in egzistence of vampires and werewolfs. In our stories vampires are quite defferent creatures than a death people with long, sharp teeth. By "sharpening" teeht i meen brushing it. Well, what's left of them.
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I thought Vlad got out of Istanbul and died in battle some years later?
 
cabala said:
I told you: teeth are oldest and most eficient tool that a people ever had...
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No, teeth aren't tools,just part of the body.Here is simple definition of tool:
"A tool is a device or a piece of equipment which typically provides a mechanical advantage in accomplishing a physical task, or provides an ability that is not naturally available to the user of a tool."

Therefore,knife is one of the oldest tools,teeth aren't even in that category at all.
Pozdrav.
 
No, no, no Vlad got out, became a vampire and still live in Transilvania.
Definition of tool... When i bite some nice girl for butt, does it counts like physical task or is it ability wich is for me not naturally available?
 
Why do we need/talk about knives?

Look around the room you are in, then name 10 things that could be made without blades. Oh and those 10 things cant be body parts.
 
"...Why we talk about knives in 21 century? ..."
- cabala

There will never be an end to cutting chores.
Be it 21st century or the next zillion ones here on earth or in the far reaches of space and time.
The very act of cutting defines some form of mind intelligence at work.
It is the core of technical progress.
It defines the act of dividing a singular material into parts.
Initially with the intend to share out portions amongst others of the tribe.
So that everyone gets a share and go home happy.
Humanity is about caring and sharing.
A knife in use, does that.
Knife collectors are a different breed, they collect more for gratification.
And in this forums I see plenty of concerned individuals doing what they love best.
Sharing their thoughts and fears about their main passion in life.
The humble knife is everything to them.
And legions of bladed cutlery will continue to lives with and through collectors until such time another individual takes on the hobby in their place.
There will be no end to talk of knives unless humanity itself ends.
 
cabala said:
I told you: teeth are oldest and most eficient tool that a people ever had.
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Apart from what mariobab said about teeth not being a tool, you say they're more efficient?!? Ok, let's get two 2 x 4s and see how long it'll take you to chew through one, and how long it'll take for me to go through one with my khuk. Heck, find some 6" dia logs and try it with those!
 
We've been talking about knives for more than million years.
Why stop talking about them in this particular century?
 
I bet the Delaware Indians (tribe in the Ohio river valley) that made these knives thousands of years ago even sat around looking at them and talking about them.
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I bet the Delaware Indians (tribe in the Ohio river valley) that made these knives thousands of years ago even sat around looking at them and talking about them.
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Dang, looking at the blade second from the top right, it looks like the clip point has been around a really long time.
 
just like cars,planes,technology,it has all come a long way,so has knives,in materials,designs,they are fun to play with ,carry & use.how many women buy a 500.00 gucci handbag & in six months its out of style & stuffed in the back of the closet.knives are cool !
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