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I have always thought a guy could make a good living (reply)

stonewalrus — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 20:39:12 +0000

Selling mailers at airports right before the metal detectors so people could just mail the knives to themselves.

Anybody got a knife? (reply)

Paul — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 13:08:55 +0000

Last fall I visited one of my cousins for the first time in, oh 30+ years. She now has five kids (all grown, all present last fall) and we were sitting around the table playing a card game. Two of the boys got in an argument over the rules (gotta love "house rules") and I slapped my Sodbuster down on the table and said, "Get serious guys, no more of this rule rigging!" When about 8 knives and a couple of pocket poppers hit the table almost immediately, I knew for sure they were kin folk!

A bladeless society is just weird! How folks get through the day without certain tools is a mystery to me.

Anybody got a knife? (reply)

Catoosa — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 03:48:21 +0000

Once at work we were having a holiday lunch of some sort and one of the secretaries was trying to open a blister pack of paper plates. She asked the above question, and the resulting barrage of clicks, snicks, and clacks from the guys present was like pouring BBs in a tin pan.

Rednecks R Us.

I carry two Kershaw Avalanches, a Leatherman Wave, and a (reply)

John K. — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 01:24:56 +0000

Surefire Fury as accessories. I try to keep on knife dedicated to prying, gouging, scraping, etc., which saves the edge on the other one. I know guys that carry tactical knives and they WILL NOT use them to cut anything - got to keep them pristine for braggin' purposes, ah reckon.

When I retired my old Surefire 6P it was gray, not black - the finish was nearly all gone.

They should've had a question in there about multitools, I know I feel nekkid without mine.

Now in the truck, there's two more Surefire flashlights, one Surefire Maximus headlamp, 24 Surefire batteries, binos/rangefinder, a Gransfors axe, rope, chains, another pistol or three, two rifles, and more ammo.

Thing is, this stuff gets used. ALL the time. Not everything, every day, but often enough its easier to just leave it in the truck. And the truck bed... my wife says I look like a homeless person in a dumpster when I get in there and root around looking for something... and just as happy when I find a prize.

John!. (reply)

bob — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 01:14:59 +0000

these are folks who believe food is made in a backroom of the store! They have NO perception of reality, hell, even their Chefs have to use knives with no points! They also believe that the gummint will protect them, well, mebbe not so much this week. The country that WAS Great Britain no longer exists.

I'm sure you're right (reply)

FOG — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 01:11:11 +0000

The term 'knife' was probably a 'slipjoint'.

Some artistic layouts, there. Interesting cultural view (reply)

Paul — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:20:29 +0000

Note that not all those laying out there were taken from "perps". Many of them were taken from "working joes" during random stop and frisk operations. As we all know, there's a million and one uses for a knife in your daily routine. A lot of folks here pack one in a backpack or lunch box or wherever. They stop and frisk you, it's no longer your property. On the other hand, a lot of the common types of cutting tools ARE used by perps, along with the various pieces of scrap steel filed/ground into shape. No one likes to get cut or poked so all they really need is a reasonable facsimile of an edged weapon and most folks will give them what they want upon request. Had one guy make such a request one time, accompanied by a fairly large blade in his hand by his side. Upon my polite reply of "No, I give money to no one. Have a good evening." he moved on down the street, not willing to push his luck against a self assured person. He made the right choice.

Some artistic layouts, there. Interesting cultural view (reply)

John Meeker — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:00:49 +0000

of edged ideas as well. Have a Trantamontia machete, that files and stones up well. I think it has the more sabre/upswept configuration. than the straight back blunter point. Good dynamic swing. It 'tings' musically with a good temper, when cutting material it likes.

No, not at all what is being asked. (reply)

Rob Leahy — Fri, 31 May 2013 23:15:52 +0000

A pocketknife is basic (reply)

FOG — Fri, 31 May 2013 21:24:38 +0000

That said, I think the implication is indeed a 'combat knife' (aka, Ninja Knife).

WOW! I'm impressed...Aren't you? [/sarcasm]

This is just one of several pics... (reply)

Paul — Fri, 31 May 2013 18:37:27 +0000

they had them kinda sorta laid out sections, this one had a fairly broad spectrum of varieties of stick 'em cut 'em thingies in it. Some of the pics show a lot of box cutters, others a lot of cheap chinese folders, some kitchen knives and machetes in various stages of decomposition. That frenchy looking sticker is probably a Tramontina made "peixeira" from Brazil. They are the only brand I've seen here, and they are few and far between. Very thin blade, but take a razor sharp edge, not good for chopping but will slice bologna so thin you can see through it. Here are a few more samples...

gestapo - yeah, I carry dangerous hardware in my body... (reply)

John Meeker — Fri, 31 May 2013 17:23:54 +0000

Every time I hit the scanner I'm pulled over for a frisk. It's always a disappointment for them, too. Those diabolical surgeons didn't leave even one likely weapon, cleverly hidden under my hide. Just medical rubble...bummer, eh?

The men and women of what was once The Empire... (reply)

John Meeker — Fri, 31 May 2013 17:17:46 +0000

are prob'ly glad they didn't live long enough to associate with the present so-called British citizen. The hoplophobic [thank you, Col Cooper]attitude has migrated here in the so-called educated classes and do-gooder mice for quite a while. Once in a Wash DC. conservation class, [rarefied sub-culture for sure] - a knife or tool was needed to prod a recalcitrant slide in the lecturer's projecter. Produced the required, passed it back, and a self-righteous feminine gasp said, "THAT"S NOT A KNIFE THAT"S A WEAPON!!!

I replied to her about like like, "They're real handy for opening heavy feed sacks, while your other hand is holding them up Good for binder twine on bales, too."

Waste of breath....every damn one of them should have to work a week baling and handling and storing hay, mucking out the shix-chute behind the milkers, laboring on a building site, and otherwise working at dirty sweating tasks, that contained some element of personal hazard if one was careless, required tool usage, and had stuff what needed cutting RIGHT NOW -- in the normal course of the day. Dream on, eh?

The lack of actual knives in the pic, pretty much.... (reply)

John Meeker — Fri, 31 May 2013 16:59:27 +0000

says it all. The nice ol' Frenchie-lookin' wood handled blade would fit into my collecting bucket nicely, tho. The number of black and yellow handled Chinese screwdrivers is interesting, as I have used them as semi-disposable 'drivers' in a few situations. After that, they'd have looked right at hand in that street. Prob'ly my fave impromptu sticker is some of old heavier icepicks. Got 'em littered around the benches and tool boxes, to start screw holes, align pieces to be joined, wing at the drywall when an expletive-deleted wasn't quite satisfactory, to the mishap or occasion...etc.

So, I got this chunk of fine flint, Louie..right from the secret mines.....

Your problem is that you go where the gestapo is... (reply)

Hobie — Fri, 31 May 2013 16:47:28 +0000

but think they aren't there. Wishful thinking isn't working for you.

I'd say every TSA agent at McGhee Tyson Airport... (reply)

pokynojoe — Fri, 31 May 2013 16:40:55 +0000

Has a jackknife that once belonged to me.
I have no problem keeping a jackknife IN my pocket. My problem is forgeting to take it OUT. They only seem to last as long as my next flight.

Last year, someone at the Nashville airport got themselves a nice CRKT M-16. I've always been partial to trappers, and had a nice Mooremaker trapper...GONE. I only buy inexpensive jackknifes anymore, least that ways, it only hurts a little.

I don't know what my problem is.

Joe

Informal Thunder Ranch Survey (reply)

Cherokee — Fri, 31 May 2013 15:36:26 +0000

I carry a small lock blade pocket knife and a larger stockman on my belt. Airports are the only place I don't carry a knife. Been that way for 50+ years.

When I was a schoolboy EVERY schoolboy was expected (reply)

Hobie — Fri, 31 May 2013 15:33:46 +0000

by EVERY teacher to have his knife available for her use. Of course the male teachers had their own knives. That is now a horrible thing and another subject of the mindless zero tolerance policies.

I always carry two knives - one is a substantial lockblade (reply)

stonewalrus — Fri, 31 May 2013 14:38:18 +0000

The other is a small trapper. Started that years ago working with my dad. He'd forget his and borrow mine so then I wouldn't have one.

It was and is in most circles here (reply)

MR — Fri, 31 May 2013 13:55:25 +0000

a standard Man's accessory. I too have carried one since the second grade and seldom been without a pocket knife of some type. Although I did get stopped at the front door of the Tarrant County Court House Deed Records entrance by the guard for having the smallest Swiss Army knife on my key chain. I had left the pocket knife in the car. I had to go back to the car and leave the tiny Swiss Army Knife.

The Frontier Sixshooter Community Message Board - I have always thought a guy could make a good living

I have always thought a guy could make a good living (reply)

Anybody got a knife? (reply)

Anybody got a knife? (reply)

I carry two Kershaw Avalanches, a Leatherman Wave, and a (reply)

John!. (reply)

I'm sure you're right (reply)

Some artistic layouts, there. Interesting cultural view (reply)

Some artistic layouts, there. Interesting cultural view (reply)

No, not at all what is being asked. (reply)

A pocketknife is *basic* (reply)

This is just one of several pics... (reply)

gestapo - yeah, I carry dangerous hardware in my body... (reply)

The men and women of what was once The Empire... (reply)

The lack of actual knives in the pic, pretty much.... (reply)

Your problem is that you go where the gestapo is... (reply)

I'd say every TSA agent at McGhee Tyson Airport... (reply)

Informal Thunder Ranch Survey (reply)

When I was a schoolboy EVERY schoolboy was expected (reply)

I always carry two knives - one is a substantial lockblade (reply)

It was and is in most circles here (reply)

A pocketknife is basic (reply)