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Wonderful discovery at work today...

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Well, today at work, I was just getting ready to eat some lunch when I look over at my boss and notice a clip on his right front pocket. As I got closer, I saw the Spyderco bug on the clip, and I asked if I could see the knife he had. Turns out my boss carries a Spyderco Police with him, and this definitely made my day. I've known this guy for about ten years or so and never did I know that he was relatively into knives. He seems to know blade terminology and steel specs pretty well, so this was indeed cool to see. I had seen him with a Buck 110 or a similar blade earlier, but never did I know that he was a bit of an enthusiast.

Just as a side note, I do landscaping, so a knife comes in handy nearly every day, which is very much to my liking.

Just a little story I thought I'd share..

Travis
 
Travis: That IS a cool story. THANKS for sharing!! That would have made me smile all day.
 
That's cool. My boss carries a knife all the time too. It's a Benchmade 773 I bought for him a couple years ago as a gift. It was a limited edition version with the DLC coated blade. It makes me shudder when I see how badly chipped the blade is these days :(
 
My bosses aren't knife people, but they aren't sheeple. I carry knives and guns everyday and they are happy to have somebody with useful tools around (not that the guns get used often).
 
We use big scary powertools at work, yet my boss sweats when he sees my Endura, go figure.
 
I work as a civilian at an engineering office on a military base. We don’t have a lot of need for knives, except for boxes. Well I started carrying them in. The engineering tech fellow without saying anything began bringing in a Kershaw chive. I had a Kershaw leek, which was my first serious knife. Finally he asked if I would sharpen it and we would discuss knives from time to time with the ultimate discussion being his trip to Smoky Mountain Works.

Over time our boss noticed this began carrying a small slipjoint 2 ½ Buck with wood looking handles. Coincidently I’d become obsessed with Strider knives, but I couldn’t bring myself to pay $400 for a knife I don’t need and couldn’t handle beforehand. So I compromised and got a Buck Strider with the ATS 34. I don’t carry it much because it’s just so big and it exceeds the base length rules. But hey piss on them. So anyway I happened to carry it in one day and we’re in the break room and my boss whips out his Buck for some reason. I tell him that not a real man’s knife and whip out the Buck Strider an say, “Here is a Buck blade that models my manhood unlike that little girly knife”. Be aware my boss and I have known each other for 15+ years.

He just became the proud owner of a Kershaw leek in S30V.
 
must be nice, at my work the thinking is the gerber ez out{wally world special combo edge} is the highest form of knife evolution. now don't get me wrong I've had several over the years and they've all done well but dang, you'd think at least a couple of guys would pick up an endura or a bump or something. a few years ago i got on an opinel kick and that totally confused them, never seen anything like that. that's the bad thing about arkansas we've got several very good custom knife makers in the state but as far as brick and mortar stores to look at different stuff, not happening. later, ahgar
 
ahgar said:
must be nice, at my work the thinking is the gerber ez out{wally world special combo edge} is the highest form of knife evolution. now don't get me wrong I've had several over the years and they've all done well but dang, you'd think at least a couple of guys would pick up an endura or a bump or something. a few years ago i got on an opinel kick and that totally confused them, never seen anything like that. that's the bad thing about arkansas we've got several very good custom knife makers in the state but as far as brick and mortar stores to look at different stuff, not happening. later, ahgar
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I have relatives in the mountains of NW Arkansas. Your profile location can be completed accurately as Arkansas Land of -----Rocks. :D

It is a nice area though.
 
I planted a bug in some of my coworkers heads since they know I'm the resident knifeaholic. One that always asked me to borrow my knife was given my CRKT mt. Rainier since he really liked it when I used it oneday.

The other coworker had an old Bucklite in his car that he had found. He's not a knifenut but is gaining interest. I resharpened the beater for him and he's happy as a clam since it was as is since he got it.
 
One of the mechanics at work carries a Leatherman and he abuses the crap out of it. The main blade was totally screwed because he had been using the hell out of it then sharpening it with one of those carbide "V" things. I told him to let me take it home and sharpen it. I reprofiled it on a Lansky then put the final edge on a Sharpmaker and it made a world of difference. He was amazed at how easily it cut a section of rubber conveyor belt. I told him to stop using the carbide "V" and showed him a ceramic pull through that I got at WalMart for $1.26. I know, not the greatest sharpener but it won't deform his edge like the carbide and it is really easy to use for touch ups. Plus the angle matches the Sharpmaker. He went out and got 3 or 4 of those ceramic pull throughs and gave them to his family and friends. He touched up all kitchen knives and said it was a huge improvement. :)
 
I just converted one of my co-workers. He has never carried a knife up until this Thursday.

He sees how I always have a knife and sees me surfing knife sites at lunch. Wednesday he said to me "Man...you got me wanting a knife now." He has given me a few things over the years so I gave him a Kershaw Scallion (I had 2 of them). I brought it in for him because he was looking at junk knives for like $10-$15 at Target. I said.."naw....stay away from that junk. I'll bring you in a knife tomorrow".

I gave it to him on Thursday and he told me Friday that he was sitting on the couch with it playing with it while watching TV.

Looks like we have another knife knut in the making. :thumbup:
 
At my old job, the only guy who carried a knife had a Schrade 7OT Cavebear. He tried to scare me with it, in fun, and I pulled out the 7OT I had in my pocket. This was when I didn't know any better and had a Jaguar collection, and thought that paying any more than 5 bucks for a knife was nuts. Now, riding a desk where I don't need a knife, and, while federal law says I can have one, but the guards out front with their 9mm's and 45's say I can't have one in the building, I carry outside of work a Benchmade 707 and Queen small cocobolo stockman during the workweek, and only use it for tasks, well, outside of work.
 
Good work Joe Dirt. :) Scallion is an excellent choice. I gave my buddy a work a Vic Spartan last Christmas and posted this on a thread in the multi-tool forum:

Last Christmas I gave one of my co-workers a blue Spartan with his name engraved on it. He loved it and said his grandson would likely be trying to take it from him at every opportunity. He said something to the effect that it was something you keep with you for a very long time.

Every now and then I see him take the Spartan out to cut packing strap, cardboard, bananas, etc. The other day he left it on his desk and I picked it up and examined it. The scales were all dinged and scratched. The blade was gunked with packing tape adhesive and the edge was worn. The knife had pocket lint in every crack and crevice. In other words he had been carrying and using it a lot.
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Joe Dirt said:
I brought it in for him because he was looking at junk knives for like $10-$15 at Target. I said.."naw....stay away from that junk. I'll bring you in a knife tomorrow".

I gave it to him on Thursday and he told me Friday that he was sitting on the couch with it playing with it while watching TV.

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We could probably start an entire thread on guys we know with $25,000 boats that are used 5 times a years but won't spend more than $20 on a knife.
 
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