[svtruth]

Our daughter is home for Christmas with her fiance in tow. Yhey came by airplane from Phoenix and the first thing he did was ask to borrow a knife, so my wife gave him a little switchblade that was lying around. It got me to thinking, I'll make sure to have some options for guests who arrive without their favorite tool.
Anyone else do this?

[Pax Jordana]

The house is clan territory, so any family or qualified CLOSE friends are simply informed as to the locations of a few key items :neener:

That said, I love redundancy almost as much as I love gear, and consequently carry a spare knife and light (at least..) whenever i go somewhere far/long enough to have to pack a bag.

It speaks well for the boy that he was bold enough to ask you. It may or may not speak well for him that he didn't know you can pack knives in your checked lugguage (you can still do that, can't you??)

[sm]

Even before Tyranny Support Agency came to be...

Model 19s, 10s, 36s, 1911s,
Case Trappers, Sodbuster's ,Stockman's - Sharks were just part of what was loaned out.

Us Southern Folks may not leave a mint on the pillow when a guest shows up...
We do have a Pump Shotgun, 1911, and Trapper on the guest bed.

Southern Comfort, we like our guests to feel at home...
;)

[rustymaggot]

sm,

anyone who would stay at my house who id trust enough to arm, would have brought their own gun. sounds kinda dangerous having extra people with guns investigating noises at night. hopefully you loan flashlights to guests to go along with the 1911.

reminds me of a story my friend told, of him meeting his roomate in the dark, naked, armed, without flashlights, while investigating a strange noise. i guess being naked is like wearing a uniform. helps identify friendlies.

[22-rimfire]

Switchblades are illegal in many states. Hope not in yours. If he wanted I knife, I'd send him down to the nearest store.

[sm]

Understand,
We didn't used to have CCW permits back in the day. I and other kids with firearms going down the way , to shoot by ourselves.

Now folks had guns, just sometimes in traveling to visit, they didn't tote a lot. By the time one got the kids, diapers and all the "kid gear"...no room. Show up and the long guns, for wife, kids to use were normal.

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More recent,-
some folks did not want to deal with Airline hassles - before TSA, before 9/11. Retired
LEO buddy and his wife traveled to Jamaica, well for sure one cannot take a firearm abroad. They came through to stay on the way back. Toss 'em keys to the guest "abode" - get what they want to CCW and go on with it.

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See the deal is we speak of training a lot.
Cold hard fact of life is, parents are not parenting, other adults are not passing forward to kids as Uncles and Aunts, or to those kids being raised in single parent home, such as single moms.

I assist kids. They have a drill if Trouble shows up, they practice these drills just as they do fire drills.

The kids now what to do.

Sometimes these kids, and even the other single moms have a sleep over, watch movies, eat junk food, play games...they spend the night. The guests, kids or adults know what the drill is the event trouble comes.

Just like fire extinguishers are pointed out...and before these were common in homes, where the baking soda was for fires, and the garden hose outside.

Knives: Just one of many things Guests and Hosts need to communicate when being gathered together.

How raised - what you do.

Don't give a damn what .gov says...

[Valkman]

Hell, I'd give 'em one I made and let him wear that for a few days! How many guests get that kind of service?







All contingint upon the fact that I like him, of course. Then he'd get a boot in the butt! :D

[pete f]

If he was Dating my daughter, I might let him use one of mine for a couple days to see how he treated it, If I didn't like the way he was treating my daughter, I MIGHT just use it on part of him.....

[shark40sw]

I would have though that would be the perfect time to kill two birds with one stone. By feeling him out for experience and what it is exactly he wants in a knife and how he uses it, you can also show him some techniques and subtly let him know how willling and able you are to "peel like a grape" anyone who was a danger to your family. Always nice to keep a touch off fear in the boyfriend.

[Wedge]

I have a few pocket knives and don't mind loaning one out. I am never sure what to bring on the plane and know that a knife is always useful when out and about. Any guest of mine would be welcome to one.

[22-rimfire]

You know, it would really depend on the situation. IF we were going on a hike, I would be more than happy to loan a knife for the day. I'd loan a 22 rifle at the same time if I carried one. If it was to go to the local bar, I'd point him toward Walmart. I guess it boils down to the fact that I don't truly think of a knife in terms of self defense. It is strictly a tool to cut stuff and that stuff doesn't include human body parts.