Do you carry a knife?

c_man · 25-05-2017 10:36AM #1

Do you, or would you consider, carrying a knife for self protection? I was chatting to a girl not too long ago, and she told me how she carries one in her handbag "just in case". I told her I thought this was stupid but she wasn't listening. Just this morning I was upacking some new equipment and asked my work colleagues if anyone had a scissors, new guy reaches into his rucksack and hands me a decent sized knife (handle first). I don't know him well enough to probe the issue further.

Seems pretty stupid to me. You're not Casey Ryback, more a Mark from Peep Show when he starts carrying. What do you guys think?

Akrasia · 25-05-2017 10:43AM

Of course I don't

We live in one of the safest countries in the world. If you feel the need to carry a knife for protection then you must be living in a very rough area, or you attract the wrong kind of attention from the wrong kinds of people

Edit to add, when i was younger I used to carry a penknife but not for protection, I was into hiking and camping and outdoor stuff, and penknives were really really useful for getting stuff done.

Zubeneschamali · 25-05-2017 10:45AM

I carry a knife - a Leatherman multitool.

No, I do not plan to defend myself with it. I practice the self-defense art of Run-Fu.

Guy:Incognito · 25-05-2017 10:47AM

No. I'm not a scumbag.

I carry a broadsword.

beertons · 25-05-2017 10:47AM

I've 1 in the glove box in the car. You never know when you might need one. If you had one, you wouldn't have gone looking for a scissors.

SEPT 23 1989 · 25-05-2017 10:50AM

usually just the crossbow

Atlantic Dawn · 25-05-2017 10:51AM

I knife for self protection is worthless as it requires too close contact for use and risks the attacker getting hold of it so adds a massive risk rather than reducing one, a sword on the otherhand is perfect.

donegaLroad · 25-05-2017 10:56AM

A Taser is your only man.

Outlaw Pete · 25-05-2017 10:57AM

Yeah, I do and I ain't afraid to use it either.

Dublin can be a tough place, you know what I mean.

Besides, on the other side there's a pop out flat head screwdriver / bottle opener if I need it too.

gramar · 25-05-2017 10:59AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A8LyAqtaa0

gramar · 25-05-2017 11:00AM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

I knife for self protection is worthless as it requires too close contact for use and risks the attacker getting hold of it so adds a massive risk rather than reducing one, a sword on the otherhand is perfect.

Fair points but when you read about stabbing victims they have not normally been disarmed and stabbed with their own knife.

Flatzie_poo · 25-05-2017 11:03AM

That ain't a knife...

That's a spoon.

25-05-2017 11:04AM

Flatzie_poo wrote: »

That ain't a knife...

That's a spoon.

I see you've played knifey spoony before!

Dyr · 25-05-2017 11:04AM

I used to carry a knife

then one day it rained soup

That taught me

Tabnabs · 25-05-2017 11:05AM

No and it is clearly illegal to carry a knife for "protection". I'd also be of the view that you don't pull out a weapon unless you are going to use it and are able to live with the consequences of those actions. It's a weapon, not a prop.

Winterlong · 25-05-2017 11:32AM

Never take a knife to a gun fight.

Collie D · 25-05-2017 11:42AM

Where's the option for "No, I don;t carry a knife and anyone who does and uses it should be charged for attempted or premeditated murder as they obviously had some intent"

Panthro · 25-05-2017 11:45AM

I'm actually a shape shifting T-1000 so I can turn my hands into knives at the drop of a box of roses.

Which reminds me, do any of you know the whereabouts of John Connor?

The_Valeyard · 25-05-2017 11:45AM

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

No. I'm not a scumbag.

I carry a broadsword.

Still kind of scummy.

You need a sword hidden in your cane.

25-05-2017 11:47AM

Legal where I live

livedadream · 25-05-2017 11:49AM

no, im not a psycho, like another poster said, wheres the option for i dont go around carrying illegal weapons on me....

Lady is a tramp · 25-05-2017 11:49AM

No I don't, and to be honest I wouldn't have the balls to use it if needed. I'm far too soft, the thought of making someone else hurt and bleed is actually making me feel squeamish.

Ubbquittious · 25-05-2017 11:51AM

BalcombeSt4 · 25-05-2017 11:56AM

I threw a bottle of Bulmers at someone before if that counts.

Captain Obvious · 25-05-2017 11:56AM

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

No. I'm not a scumbag.

I carry a broadsword.

Is this you?

Deise Vu · 25-05-2017 11:57AM

I remember years ago having a pint in a perfectly respectable local and seeing an English guy sitting up at the bar, chatting amiably with the barman and anyone who came near. He was dressed perfectly normal apart from the large hunting knife openly hanging from his belt. I recall wondering where in the hell did he think he was and wondering was it even legal. I couldn't get it out of my head that this guy probably stood in front of a mirror giving his hair the once over, checking his teeth, straightening his collar, then patting his knife and saying :"Yeah that'll do nicely...... time for a pint."

The world is full of fcuking loonies.

mad muffin · 25-05-2017 11:59AM

Noif? That's not a noif… that's a noif!

theteal · 25-05-2017 12:04PM

I used to. Not for protection though. I worked for a small IT company and spent quite a bit of time on the road, visiting sites. You'd never know when you'd have make up a new cat5/cat6 cable so it was just handier to keep a swiss army thingy on the keys.

I did get stopped going into grand designs/ideal homes convention back then. Didn't even consider it was a weapon.

biko · 25-05-2017 01:48PM

If you pull out a knife you yourself escalate a robbery/fistfight into a potentially deadly confrontation.

jimgoose · 25-05-2017 01:51PM

c_man wrote: »

...I was chatting to a girl not too long ago, and she told me how she carries one in her handbag "just in case"...

What the Christ-on-a-unicycle kind of óinseach is this one? What does she think she's going to do with a knife in a "situation" out on the street??

c_man · 25-05-2017 01:53PM

biko wrote: »

If you pull out a knife you yourself escalate a robbery/fistfight into a potentially deadly confrontation.

Yeah but you could look bad-ass.

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