Women and Knives on Bladeforums

Seriousbladeno1 said:
I am also sharing your point Karda to the full extend of your comment...I also noticed that girls or women tend to blend in perfectly in male dominated fields or hobbies and go with the flow,rather than being noticed.It is also strong matter of cultural background and society in variety of countries globally in relation to hobbies or collecting etc.Example Nepal,where women are very skilled with knives,also many other countries,Women are skilled with knives however everywhere and despite all myths, they often work with knives much more frequently than us,guys due to daily food preparation etc.They are actually closer to knives than one may think...Knives are also frequently used by women in self defence situations way more often, than in similar scenarios,when it comes to men.Yes,kitchen knives are very often choice of selfdefence in domestic violence etc.Knive will be used by men in very rare situation and for guys,it is utterly last resort,but yes,many other circumstances have affect on this.
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Yes, too many men don't realize that per capita, there are probably far more women who are more proficient with knives than men. They spend more time in everyday tasks using a blade than most men who use them sporadically at best. This is especially true in westernized countries.
 
Catherine_Montana said:
TBL,

Good picture - post # 15.

Thank you for sharing!

Cate
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Thank you :) I try to do my best raising my children. I do not want to pass up the opportunity passing any skills or knowledge to her (especially ones that have to do with survival/ self defense). My wife missed out on so much of the 'boys' activities with her father and brothers because they would always leave her behind on camping/ boating/ outdoors activites. I do not want to do the same with my daughter. She will get the same treatment as her brothers. While I don't want her to grow up too fast, I look forward to all the time we can spend as a family camping / enjoying some of my hobbies.

Tim
 
Catherine_Montana said:
There are many other good pictures and posts on here.

Thank you for sharing, folks.

Cate
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Dear Catherine

Many thanks for sharing your own personal and interesting story behind your passion for knives! It was very nice to read your points made and hope you will keep contributing to BF

Sbn1
 
TBL said:
Thank you :) I try to do my best raising my children. I do not want to pass up the opportunity passing any skills or knowledge to her (especially ones that have to do with survival/ self defense). My wife missed out on so much of the 'boys' activities with her father and brothers because they would always leave her behind on camping/ boating/ outdoors activites. I do not want to do the same with my daughter. She will get the same treatment as her brothers. While I don't want her to grow up too fast, I look forward to all the time we can spend as a family camping / enjoying some of my hobbies.

Tim
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That's good thinking TBL. She'll appreciate it, I think.
 
TBL said:
Thank you :) I try to do my best raising my children. I do not want to pass up the opportunity passing any skills or knowledge to her (especially ones that have to do with survival/ self defense). My wife missed out on so much of the 'boys' activities with her father and brothers because they would always leave her behind on camping/ boating/ outdoors activites. I do not want to do the same with my daughter. She will get the same treatment as her brothers. While I don't want her to grow up too fast, I look forward to all the time we can spend as a family camping / enjoying some of my hobbies.

Tim
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You're welcome. You are a great Dad!

Side note and not directed to you here.

I never had children with my late husband but I have helped mentor a few of my friends children.

My late parents taught my older brother, my older sister and me the same skills. There were no male or female professions, chores around the house and no male or female only hobbies.

All of us had chores, we were raised pretty strict, we had a lot of love and we were free to discuss any subject matter. My parents always went on about personal responsibility, using your brains and common sense. They lived through the 30's depression and they did not forget HISTORY in any subject matter. My late Father was 11 years older than my late Mother.

They taught us these things back in the 40's, 50's and 60's.

My late Mom and Dad were raised the same way about personal responsibility (Using your skills including knives in your life.) but they came from two completely different backgrounds. They were taught that both sexes had to LEARN how to do specific skills and fend for themselves most of their life. I think that the older generation (Circa 1909-Dad, 1920-Mom and other older folks.) taught their children the same way no matter if they were brought up in a small town, in the boonies, in the suburbs/city, on a farm or ranch, and/or if they were here since colonial times (Right after the Mayflower.) or born in some other countries and came here as a legal immigrant too.

That goes for camping, swimming, sailing, power boating, fishing, butchering an animal, first aid, life skills, etc.

My older sister who was born in the 40's does NOT like many of my hobbies or have the same exact interests as I do. My older brother who was born in the 40's has some of the interests as I do as a 1950 baby. His children are not interested in knives unfortunately. My brother thinks of knives as tools. He has always encouraged me in all things even when he was a Scout.

I think that knives or any other specific interest in LIFE depends on the INDIVIDUAL and his or her likes/dislikes. I do not believe that it is GENDER SPECIFIC.

I will admit that most of the women that I know are not into all of MY interests and I sure am NOT into their interests too! But that goes for some men that I know too.

Heck, most of them (Male or female.) are not into history, geography, they do not have an eclectic taste in literature, read a lot of books and/or research as I do either! But they are far more COMPUTER literate, into popular culture more, into the latest fad, into more electronic gadgets, etc. than I am. This goes for many people my age not just younger folks who were raised with these things.

I know that my late Dad was more proficient in cutting meat and cleaning a fish neatly and quickly than I was and what I CAN DO now. My late Mom was good at it too! Now, when it came to crabs, lobster, clams and other things in my life - I was better at it than my late husband and some of his old military friends. Why? Because I was exposed to eating them, cleaning them, etc. more than they were because they grew up in another part of the country not on the east coast.

I think that all of this depends on an individual and his or her likes/dislikes. I think that the more someone is exposed to some things in life and uses the SKILLS that they were taught in life - the more proficient that they will become in any subject matter including knives.

I am more of a Newbie compared to many, many of you here.

I am willing to learn more about your knives and I will continue to see what works for me.

Thanks again.

Cate
 
Seriousbladeno1 said:
Dear Catherine

Many thanks for sharing your own personal and interesting story behind your passion for knives! It was very nice to read your points made and hope you will keep contributing to BF

Sbn1
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Thanks to you too!

There are some knives that are ON this forum that I did not know about or ever read about.

So last night and on many other nights, I was LOOKING THEM UP here and on Google searches. I was asking my husband about a bunch of them too! Poor man. LOL I make notes when he is at work and since I am retired - I have a LOT of time to do this!

I told him that I would put away his reloading lists (Completed and up to date!) that I made up for him and LOOK into KNIVES more. I do NOT reload but he has for over 40 years. I have helped him and some friends find reloading products during these crazy times.

Great forum and wonderful pictures too!

Take care!

Cate
 
Just like in anything, a mans or womans exposure to the knife world often begins at home. Either by family or friends and is also likely dictated by geographical location and much as what type of setting they live in. A farm situation would probably bring broader exposure to different cutting tools, whereas a city person may only see a knife when they prepare meals. In a first world country, a person may possibly see a knife used less while a person in a third world country would have to have one with him/her almost at all times, just out of necessity.
 
Catherine_Montana said:
Thanks to you too!

There are some knives that are ON this forum that I did not know about or ever read about.

So last night and on many other nights, I was LOOKING THEM UP here and on Google searches. I was asking my husband about a bunch of them too! Poor man. LOL I make notes when he is at work and since I am retired - I have a LOT of time to do this!

I told him that I would put away his reloading lists (Completed and up to date!) that I made up for him and LOOK into KNIVES more. I do NOT reload but he has for over 40 years. I have helped him and some friends find reloading products during these crazy times.

Great forum and wonderful pictures too!

Take care!

Cate
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I think Catherine this BF forum is one of the most comprehensive online research tools on knives - covering huge ammount of information.It is impossible to know every single knife out there for a human being,always many surprises to be found....
 
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Karda said:
Yes, too many men don't realize that per capita, there are probably far more women who are more proficient with knives than men. They spend more time in everyday tasks using a blade than most men who use them sporadically at best. This is especially true in westernized countries.
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You are very correct, Karda. Nice to see you! I think there are many women who appreciate a good knife every bit as much as men do. :-)
 
Seriousbladeno1 said:
I think Catherine this BF forum is one of the most comprehensive online research tools on knives - covering huge ammount of information.It is impossible to know every single knife out there for a human being,always many surprises to be found....
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I think so too.

I love the pictures and historical data on here too. There are some older German Boker and other older knives that I have seen here on this forum that I know about because my late family and my MT husband had/have a few of them too. Throw in some of his Montana Made Ruana knives. http://www.ruanaknives.com/

Add in all of the beautiful handmade knives that professional people make for a living and the ones that other people make for a hobby.

It is really amazing to see!

I forgot to add this. I noticed that some nice people put up some Queen Cutlery knives too. I saw them for the first time on an old gun forum. The name stuck in my brain so when I saw them HERE - it was an ahhh moment! Grin.

Cate
 
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