highorder
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The tanto point was designed to salvage broken katanas in Feudal Japan; more correctly, the tanto design allows a katana blade to keep a thick spine on a blade all the way to the tip.
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You carry a knife?
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The tanto point was designed to salvage broken katanas in Feudal Japan; more correctly, the tanto design allows a katana blade to keep a thick spine on a blade all the way to the tip.
Pax Jordana
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haha, love it!
I'll grant that I'm no expert on feudal japan, so touche on the finer points of finer points. Still, the katana was a battle weapon. Grampaw's pocket knife was probably a clip or spear point, and the tanto point 'just looks different'.
Personally, I don't feel the tanto lends itself quite as well to utility cutting, but there is no accounting for taste (my own included
)highorder
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The biggest problem with tanto blades is that they tend to be "chisel ground" on one side.
It makes cutting into anything thick hard to do without the edge wandering.
And they scare the sheeple.
It makes cutting into anything thick hard to do without the edge wandering.
And they scare the sheeple.
Mike128
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Most of the time I get asked why I carry a knife it's because I'm cutting something. I give them the "Are you really that stupid look"
And almost always the next question is "How often do you really use that knife?" The are you stupid look comes in handy again. What else am I supposed to cut this with?
The best part is once people know I have a knife they will always ask to use it. And I always make them grovel a little. Remember when you ask me why I needed a knife? Here's your answer, people like you who don't carry a knife are always asking to use mine.
And almost always the next question is "How often do you really use that knife?" The are you stupid look comes in handy again. What else am I supposed to cut this with?
The best part is once people know I have a knife they will always ask to use it. And I always make them grovel a little. Remember when you ask me why I needed a knife? Here's your answer, people like you who don't carry a knife are always asking to use mine.
coldblackwind
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smith and wesson HRT. Opens quickly one handed, just the legal side of length, works great, and makes people jump out of their skin when it clickes open and they aren't paying attention! Turns out though that ohio has a 2" limit....that was kind of awkward on one road trip...
Claymore1500
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The question I get the most, "Do you have your knife on you?"
To which I respond, "Always".
To which I respond, "Always".
45Guy
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My girlfriend's brother asks me this EVERY time we are camping. Now I just laugh, and say " Still gotta ask, eh?"
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I'm a little surprised. I live in California, and I've never had somebody have an issue with my knife. No surprised looks, no "recoiling in horror", no stupid questions.
Maybe I just don't use my knife around people very often. That's probably it, actually.
Maybe I just don't use my knife around people very often. That's probably it, actually.
Kind of Blued
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It hasn't happened in a while, but the last time it did, it went like this:
"Is there a knife back here?"
*flip* "Here, I have one."
"You just keep this in your pocket?!?!"
Other co-worker: "What?! His POCKET knife?!"
Me: "He's got a point..."
Usually when I use it, I'm done and clipping it back into my pocket by the time anybody says anything. I just point at what I just needed to cut and raise an eyebrow.
"Is there a knife back here?"
*flip* "Here, I have one."
"You just keep this in your pocket?!?!"
Other co-worker: "What?! His POCKET knife?!"
Me: "He's got a point..."
Usually when I use it, I'm done and clipping it back into my pocket by the time anybody says anything. I just point at what I just needed to cut and raise an eyebrow.
Mandirigma
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"Why do you need a knife like THAT?" I used to get that a lot. My answer "I don't need it, but it makes things so much faster."
my knives always tended to draw two people. People that liked knives and wanted to handle/inspect them (which I honestly don't mind) and people that were afraid, because I had a knife that looked like "that"
(balisongs, half serrated, auto folder, tanto, razel) Now I carry three, and its the third knife that conceals my other two.
Case sodbuster jr. is now my basic all round go to knife (Thank you SM). Its the one I let "the public" see. Its also the one that I'll let someone borrow. I can't tell you how many times the sight of it has started a conversation that begins "Oh thats like the one my **** used." I think its the distinctive color.
The others, a fixed bladed tanto and kerambit, generally don't see the light of day anymore, but that is alright with me their edges (Thanks to The Tourist) are a little more delicate than I'd like to use for utility work. I also got tired of telling people "I told you" when they've cut themselves inspected the edge with their fingers, AFTER I tell them the edge is stupid scary sharp.
my knives always tended to draw two people. People that liked knives and wanted to handle/inspect them (which I honestly don't mind) and people that were afraid, because I had a knife that looked like "that"
(balisongs, half serrated, auto folder, tanto, razel) Now I carry three, and its the third knife that conceals my other two.
Case sodbuster jr. is now my basic all round go to knife (Thank you SM). Its the one I let "the public" see. Its also the one that I'll let someone borrow. I can't tell you how many times the sight of it has started a conversation that begins "Oh thats like the one my **** used." I think its the distinctive color.
The others, a fixed bladed tanto and kerambit, generally don't see the light of day anymore, but that is alright with me their edges (Thanks to The Tourist) are a little more delicate than I'd like to use for utility work. I also got tired of telling people "I told you" when they've cut themselves inspected the edge with their fingers, AFTER I tell them the edge is stupid scary sharp.
seeker_two
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As I work along a lot of PC-types, I mainly use my Leatherman Micra (esp. the scissiors) for most cutting jobs around the office. No eyebrows raised...and I've even had a few ask me where they can get a Micra....
I keep my "big knife" (CRKT Crawford/Kaspar Mini) IWB w/ the clip behind my belt for bigger cutting jobs. Unseen...but easily available....
I'm a big believer in "urban camoflage"....
I keep my "big knife" (CRKT Crawford/Kaspar Mini) IWB w/ the clip behind my belt for bigger cutting jobs. Unseen...but easily available....
I'm a big believer in "urban camoflage"....
Note: Both AirForceShooter and kbob are incorrect in their switchblade information. FL treats switchblades as common pocket knives and does not restrict or limit them. As such, no carry permit is required to carry one while in FL. Each state has different laws about possession and carry of switchblades and you should be familiar with them if you intend to carry or own switchblades. Not every state is as enlightened as FL, AZ, AL and 27 other states.
JR47
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When I worked for the Post Office, knives were pretty much forbidden. They were so worried about on-the-job injuries that they actually removed the standard style scissors for the safety design. Carriers, though, kept small pocket knives with them. The cutters we were issued were POS, and the magazines were arriving in plastic wrap or plastic corded bundles.
Once on the street, bundles of junk mail were still in their wrap or cords. Pocket knives were ignored until one became stupid with them.
I also worked in Fire/EMS, and knives were an everyday part of our tools.
Here in Georgia, knives are part and parcel of life.
Once on the street, bundles of junk mail were still in their wrap or cords. Pocket knives were ignored until one became stupid with them.
I also worked in Fire/EMS, and knives were an everyday part of our tools.
Here in Georgia, knives are part and parcel of life.
MiddleAgedKen
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Occasionally I carry a Schrade Old-Timer. It didn't cost me much, and it's unremarkable.
kBob
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I have responded to hso via PM and I stand corrected.
I can not find a listing of switchblade, automatic knife or spring knife in current FLorida statutes.
Time marches on and I was Wr....wr....wrrrrr.......wrrrronnnn....
ill informed.
;-)
-Bob Hollingsworth
I can not find a listing of switchblade, automatic knife or spring knife in current FLorida statutes.
Time marches on and I was Wr....wr....wrrrrr.......wrrrronnnn....
ill informed.
;-)
-Bob Hollingsworth
mgregg85
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I always thought the knife was a rather innocous thing to carry. I've never had anyone comment on it when I pulled out a knife to use it to open a box or what not.
Mike128
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Blister packs are the best thing for knife carriers. I pulled out my knife to cut a blister pack the other day and my friend's girlfriend gave that look of disgust and asked why do you need to carry that "thing" around for? I just gave her the blister pack and told her to open it. Which she quickly passed back.
45Guy
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Are blister packs that sealed hard plastic that lots of stuff comes packed in?
Harley Quinn
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I carry several knive's on me, all the time. I will have to talk to security at the school campus I go to while picking up my grandson, viewing the campus and taking a walk...I think the knives will have to stay in my truck
Don't carry hand gun either though I have the correct docs to be able at most locations, I believe a school is not one of them though in CA.
Don't carry hand gun either though I have the correct docs to be able at most locations, I believe a school is not one of them though in CA.
Mike128
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45Guy,
Yes it is. It's a security to prevent people from stealing small objects by making them big. In a non-threatening way. Without a knife or siccors they are tough to get into.
Yes it is. It's a security to prevent people from stealing small objects by making them big. In a non-threatening way. Without a knife or siccors they are tough to get into.
hrgrisso
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Office Carry
Was a hoot at a work Christmas party when a buddy of mine gave me a SOG Twitch II and that has become my defacto office knife. Small, innocent, fast and an easy cutter. Of course it's still hard to cut hoagie with so out comes the bigger blades.
Actually had a coworker (not right in the head that one) get mad because my manager will ask me to open packages etc with my knife but he asked her to take all hers home. Probably the whole goth, death fetish working against her vs. my sunshiny personality.
Was a hoot at a work Christmas party when a buddy of mine gave me a SOG Twitch II and that has become my defacto office knife. Small, innocent, fast and an easy cutter. Of course it's still hard to cut hoagie with so out comes the bigger blades.
Actually had a coworker (not right in the head that one) get mad because my manager will ask me to open packages etc with my knife but he asked her to take all hers home. Probably the whole goth, death fetish working against her vs. my sunshiny personality.
45Guy
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I hate blister pack with a passion!! Every time I don't fully cut open the package, say just cut it part of the way open then try to pull it open I cut myself.
I think that a pocket knife should be mandatory for every man to carry. I think that every man should be given a good pocket knife, sheath knife and set of firearms when they are born, but that's just me.
I think that a pocket knife should be mandatory for every man to carry. I think that every man should be given a good pocket knife, sheath knife and set of firearms when they are born, but that's just me.
Why Carry That Knife
From someone who just lost a client for carrying a swiss army spirit multi tool. I say that I carry that and a crkt m16-13m at all times. The incident involved a client of mine was doing some painting and forgot the little bottle opener looking tool used to open the paint cans and I offered to open it for her.(By the way I was doing home health as a part time job) my regular job is HVAC. Anyway she said okay and when I pulled out my SAK and opened the paint can using the flathead screwdriver, the next day I was called by the office and told that I was asked to be replace due to the fact that I brought a knife to the site and she was afraid for her life since no one else was around except the patient that I was working with who was disabled. This struck me as totally outlandish as it is a victorinox multitool, yes it has a knife on it but it is far from a weapon. This is the reason I choose to carry this tool no matter what because it is not normally mistaken as a weapon but as a useful tool.
From someone who just lost a client for carrying a swiss army spirit multi tool. I say that I carry that and a crkt m16-13m at all times. The incident involved a client of mine was doing some painting and forgot the little bottle opener looking tool used to open the paint cans and I offered to open it for her.(By the way I was doing home health as a part time job) my regular job is HVAC. Anyway she said okay and when I pulled out my SAK and opened the paint can using the flathead screwdriver, the next day I was called by the office and told that I was asked to be replace due to the fact that I brought a knife to the site and she was afraid for her life since no one else was around except the patient that I was working with who was disabled. This struck me as totally outlandish as it is a victorinox multitool, yes it has a knife on it but it is far from a weapon. This is the reason I choose to carry this tool no matter what because it is not normally mistaken as a weapon but as a useful tool.
The cool thing about what I do is that carrying a multi tool, a flashlight and a knife is the norm. I carry every day- have since I was 11. At this point I don't even register it, so most folks sense that "well it must be okay". When I worked as Technical Director at a prior employer, they came down with a rule that noone was to carry "knives or other weapons". When I wrote up the essential tools section of the job requirements I included that ALL technicians were to have a crescent wrench, a multi tool, a flashlight and a folding knife whenever they were on the clock. I went to HR and mentioned that the new policy was in conflict with previous policy- so they added "unless authorized by your supervisor".
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