Quote from: raistlin65 on July 31, 2015, 12:30:59 AMQuote from: captain spaulding on July 30, 2015, 11:50:46 PMQuote from: Aloha007 on July 30, 2015, 11:36:31 PMQuote from: Sea Monster on July 30, 2015, 10:53:57 PMQuoteblood stains on the blade, etc My desk knife has blood stains on the blade.(There is an old tradition, a game we all can play )So do all NNR's I love how I have been dethroned as the one who cuts themselves all the time. I have been on a pretty good run of not cutting myself. Hopefully its not like earthquakes. When they don't happen for a while when it does come its catastrophic.Famous last words. Don't jinx yourself--on the cutting oneself with a knife and earthquakes. maybe we will have a earthquake at the same moment I am doing some cutting!!!
Quote from: captain spaulding on July 30, 2015, 11:50:46 PMQuote from: Aloha007 on July 30, 2015, 11:36:31 PMQuote from: Sea Monster on July 30, 2015, 10:53:57 PMQuoteblood stains on the blade, etc My desk knife has blood stains on the blade.(There is an old tradition, a game we all can play )So do all NNR's I love how I have been dethroned as the one who cuts themselves all the time. I have been on a pretty good run of not cutting myself. Hopefully its not like earthquakes. When they don't happen for a while when it does come its catastrophic.Famous last words. Don't jinx yourself--on the cutting oneself with a knife and earthquakes.
Quote from: Aloha007 on July 30, 2015, 11:36:31 PMQuote from: Sea Monster on July 30, 2015, 10:53:57 PMQuoteblood stains on the blade, etc My desk knife has blood stains on the blade.(There is an old tradition, a game we all can play )So do all NNR's I love how I have been dethroned as the one who cuts themselves all the time. I have been on a pretty good run of not cutting myself. Hopefully its not like earthquakes. When they don't happen for a while when it does come its catastrophic.
Quote from: Sea Monster on July 30, 2015, 10:53:57 PMQuoteblood stains on the blade, etc My desk knife has blood stains on the blade.(There is an old tradition, a game we all can play )So do all NNR's
Quoteblood stains on the blade, etc My desk knife has blood stains on the blade.(There is an old tradition, a game we all can play )
blood stains on the blade, etc
Don't say that. The earthquake will probably make you cut yourself.
I will carry whatever I like as long as it is legal for me to do so
Quote from: Kampfer on August 12, 2015, 09:59:51 PMI will carry whatever I like as long as it is legal for me to do soI fall into this group.Like everything in life, there is a cost/benefit analysis that we go through, and there is some pragmatism involved as well. I rebel against people trying to steal my freedom by characterizing a regular pocket knife as a weapon and characterizing me as a potential criminal just because I have a regular pocket knife with me. If we conform to their neurosis, we have allowed them to set the new standard of right and wrong. And that would be a big mistake. Those people make me want to carry something big and scary, just because I am a free person and it is legal to do so. Call it "push back" if you will. I never wanted to buy a Confederate flag, for example, until Google and Amazon told me I could not buy one. That's push back too. Or the Law of Unintended Consequences. Now I want to buy 10x of them. I don't like for people - especially stupid people - to tell me how to live or what to eat or what kind of light bulb I have to buy.OTOH, I never intentionally whip out a big knife in front of other people just to cause a scene. In addition to a medium or large blade, I always carry a Vic Classic SD or similar "friendly" blade, and use the latter where it is appropriate to do so. What this boils down to I guess is that its a good excuse - where legal - to carry both a big scary blade and a small friendly blade. That way, you get to give the finger to the "its a weapon" crowd, but you still have a tiny blade to use around kids and others who you don't want to scare.
Like everything in life, there is a cost/benefit analysis that we go through, and there is some pragmatism involved as well. I rebel against people trying to steal my freedom by characterizing a regular pocket knife as a weapon and characterizing me as a potential criminal just because I have a regular pocket knife with me. If we conform to their neurosis, we have allowed them to set the new standard of right and wrong. And that would be a big mistake. Those people make me want to carry something big and scary, just because I am a free person and it is legal to do so.
Quote from: powernoodle on August 12, 2015, 10:51:41 PMLike everything in life, there is a cost/benefit analysis that we go through, and there is some pragmatism involved as well. I rebel against people trying to steal my freedom by characterizing a regular pocket knife as a weapon and characterizing me as a potential criminal just because I have a regular pocket knife with me. If we conform to their neurosis, we have allowed them to set the new standard of right and wrong. And that would be a big mistake. Those people make me want to carry something big and scary, just because I am a free person and it is legal to do so. Be sure to apply your cost/benefit analysis to what happens when you feed a neurosis. Sometimes, they then take action to alleviate that neurosis. Note that I'm not saying what's right or wrong here, just pointing out that there are potential consequences. Sometimes the most pragmatic solution is to avoid creating conflict if/when possible. I'm sure many of you guys here are that are or have been married know that's true.
I always carry a small blade. Alone or by side of a larger blade.I´m not concerned about legal matters. Here you are allowed to carry a multitool or pocket knife for normal use, no mention of locks or size (much in contrary to what most people here think is the law). I can always justify carrying one and I don´t act in a way that would alarm the police anyway.I own the company I work in and I sure didn´t make any blade policy, at least not one with a limit Even so I always think twice about the setting before opening a blade.People here have become so sheeple it is beyond belief. Not in the country side of course, we have an extreme amount of hunters,but in the city.I can´t explain why, beacuse I normally am not concerned about what people think of me, but I don´t feel comfortable with anything other than a really small blade in certain settings. Sometimes I even use scissors when a blade would be better. (No, I pee standing)
Quote from: Mextreme on October 15, 2015, 09:03:05 PMI always carry a small blade. Alone or by side of a larger blade.I´m not concerned about legal matters. Here you are allowed to carry a multitool or pocket knife for normal use, no mention of locks or size (much in contrary to what most people here think is the law). I can always justify carrying one and I don´t act in a way that would alarm the police anyway.I own the company I work in and I sure didn´t make any blade policy, at least not one with a limit Even so I always think twice about the setting before opening a blade.People here have become so sheeple it is beyond belief. Not in the country side of course, we have an extreme amount of hunters,but in the city.I can´t explain why, beacuse I normally am not concerned about what people think of me, but I don´t feel comfortable with anything other than a really small blade in certain settings. Sometimes I even use scissors when a blade would be better. (No, I pee standing)I think this has a lot to do with it. I have never once run into so much as a question about what I'm carrying by any police officer, ever. My demeanor is happy, non-confrontational, and I happily comply with Peace Officer's requests. I'm not threatening or intimidating and I largely go unnoticed because of that. There are lots of benefits to keeping a cool head, especially around Police. If they perceive in the slightest that you might be a threat, anything you have on you is a potential weapon, whether it's legal or not. Sometimes I carry large folders, sometimes I carry a fixed blade. most often I just carry a Leatherman and a small SAK or folder. I pretty much always use the small SAK for everything though, as I work in a Hotel and it's polite to be discreet. When I worked in a Machine shop, anything I carried was fine to use, no one was skittish there. I'm pretty sure that a decent SAK will not only be safe for all situations, it usually handles the lions share of what most of us need a knife for on a daily basis.
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