Do you carry a knife?

andekwarhola · 25-05-2017 01:53PM

If you're carrying around one that you don't fully intend to use, you're actually putting yourself in more danger. If you just wave it at somebody for show, there's a chance it will end up being used against you.

jimgoose · 25-05-2017 01:59PM

gramar wrote: »

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

Normal people don't carry knives. Seriously, unless you're something like a Navy SEAL or a tantōjutsu adept, pulling a blade in response to an actual street-incident will almost certainly get you cut and/or killed.

myshirt · 25-05-2017 02:01PM

I demand that Atari Jaguar be added as an option.

YFlyer · 25-05-2017 02:02PM

I'm from Carew Park, Limerick and no.

BlinkingLights · 25-05-2017 02:02PM

No, of course I don't. How much crime do people actually think there is here, of the type that you would need a potentially deadly weapon anyway?

It's pretty stupid anyway in the sense that if you did try to defend yourself with a knife I would suspect about 99% of the time you'd end up falling on it or getting badly injured.

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 does she propose to do?

"Hold on there a minute, I have a knife somewhere in my bag! Two mins there. Nope, that's a phone... f**k that's the car keys"

Clearly hasn't thought this one through at all.

Gravelly · 25-05-2017 02:11PM

A knife for self protection is pretty much useless unless you have advanced training in close quarters combat, and even then, it's unlikely to do you much good. For normal people, any issue where they are going to be attacked is likely to be long over before they even think about getting their knife out, not to mention the fact that it's going to be worse than useless.

I do carry a knife, but I carry it because I'm into outdoorsy stuff where a knife comes in handy, and also because I have a friend who once had to cut a guy down off a stairway where he'd hung himself, using a car key, and after hearing his story, if I am ever in the same situation, I want to be able to do it in enough time that the person may still be alive when I'm finished.

jimgoose · 25-05-2017 02:14PM

The correct response to interference from a blade-carrying footpad is of course, to carry a pair of beautiful red oak bokken underneath one of those shiny dressing-gowns you get in Penneys. The weapons are drawn as one and raised high above the head, in the Ni Ten or "Two Heavens" style, and you then proceed to run full-pelt at the opponent, screaming something Japanse-y like SonyMitsubishiKawasakiHAI!!, going into a spin as you approach such that one bokken strikes just behind the right ear, knocking him out, and the other just to the right of the sternum, breaking several ribs and puncturing both lungs. He'll be dead before he hits the ground.

ectoraige · 25-05-2017 02:16PM

I carry a Leatherman Wave, the only thing it protects me from are well packaged boxes and broken fingernails.

tabby aspreme · 25-05-2017 02:18PM

Deise Vu wrote: »

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.

He could have been a Sikh, a knife /kirpan is one of the five religious items they have to carry , and is allowed in the UK

Neon_Lights · 25-05-2017 02:19PM

Flatzie_poo wrote: »

That ain't a knife...

That's a spoon.

Alright alright I see you've played knifey spooney before

osarusan · 25-05-2017 02:21PM

My razor sharp wit is my defence.

Deise Vu · 25-05-2017 02:26PM

tabby aspreme wrote: »

He could have been a Sikh, a knife /kirpan is one of the five religious items they have to carry , and is allowed in the UK

If he was he was a convert and he forgot his turban.

Sleepy · 25-05-2017 02:28PM

I often have a swiss army knife on me but it's for DIY purposes as a 3 inch blade would be pretty ****ing useless for self-defence!

Graham · 25-05-2017 02:33PM

BlinkingLights wrote: »

What does she propose to do?

"Hold on there a minute, I have a knife somewhere in my bag! Two mins there. Nope, that's a phone... f**k that's the car keys"

Clearly hasn't thought this one through at all.

+1

Most street altercations wouldn't be proceeded by 2 minutes of rummaging time.

OU812 · 25-05-2017 02:44PM

I have one of these on my keyring. Used to get a load of packages every day in work & it was handy for opening them. Useless in a fight unless I put between my fingers & punch. I've travelled internationally with it and it's never been picked up by airport security.

BTW, Have you seen my signature?

25-05-2017 02:47PM

You only carry a weapon if you plan to use it. Use it & you've brought a weapon to a fight. Harder to prove selfie defence when you brought the weapon.

There plenty of young men in jail which are sorry that they carried all knife

Widdershins · 25-05-2017 03:00PM

It's entirely possible to carry a knife hoping you never have to use it and unsure whether you ever would even if it came down to it. I carry an Opinel knife (a folding knife) and when I don't have a pocket, I put it into my boot. It's a useful item. I used to abseil, pothole and still go walking alone and at night so it's nice to know it's there for all kinds of reasons. I often use it to take slips from plants I find growing wild and transplant them to my own garden.
I've never thought carefully about whether I could use a knife in self defense, I don't want to think about it and I hope I never need to find out.

Gravelly · 25-05-2017 03:02PM

Widdershins wrote: »

It's entirely possible to carry a knife hoping you never have to use it and unsure whether you ever would even if it came down to it. I carry an Opinel knife (a folding knife) and when I don't have a pocket, I put it into my boot. It's a useful item. I used to abseil, pothole and still go walking alone and at night so it's nice to know it's there for all kinds of reasons. I often use it to take slips from plants I find growing wild and transplant them to my own garden.
I've never thought carefully about whether I could use a knife in self defense, I don't want to think about it and I hope I never need to find out.

The Opinel must be one of the greatest pocket knives ever (as long as it doesn't get wet).

Stigura · 25-05-2017 10:42PM

I carried an Opinel for over forty years ~ not the same one, obviously. The blades can break, wear away to nothing, or ye can just lose them.

Year or two ago, I splashed out and treated myself to this (Pen's for scale):

Hand crafted. Damascus steel blade. Lovely piece of work

Living in the middle of nowhere, and keeping live stock, it's always coming in handy. Cutting bailer twine or slicing through electric fence tape. It's just a tool.

Obviously, I'd never dream of reaching for it, in a combat situation. It's always on my belt though. Under my jacket. Just behind the Sig Sauer P938

AllForIt · 25-05-2017 10:50PM

Horrific knife crime going on in London especially. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/24/teenager-among-three-people-killed-by-knives-in-london-over-weekend

Carrying a knife in your car as some ppl do for reasons other than wishing to use it to attack someone is fine, but carrying a knife on your person should be completely outlawed imo, even if the person claims they do so for self defense reasons.

Dyr · 25-05-2017 11:26PM

OU812 wrote: »

I have one of these on my keyring. Used to get a load of packages every day in work & it was handy for opening them. Useless in a fight unless I put between my fingers & punch. I've travelled internationally with it and it's never been picked up by airport security.

BTW, Have you seen my signature?

I have a few of them but I kept losing them off the keyring or lending them out in work

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly · 25-05-2017 11:32PM

I used to keep a hatchet under my bed, for no particular reason. I never used it.

corner of hells · 25-05-2017 11:51PM

riffmongous wrote: »

Legal where I live

Limerick ?

25-05-2017 11:57PM

I have a gerber multitool in my pocket at work, very useful for opening boxes etc. Pliers gets used regularly to unjam the crappy staplers in the office.

the_pen_turner · 26-05-2017 12:03AM

I have a fold up Stanley knife that I have in my pocket 99%of the time. I use it in work all the time. couldn't live without it.

I would never dream of pulling it out unless it was life threatening.

if you want a weapon for elf defence I think you need those two sticks with a chain between them. learn how to show off with them, it would probably frighten away most. or else stand there calmly and gently bow like they do in martial arts.

Widdershins · 26-05-2017 12:05AM

Stigura wrote: »

Hand crafted. Damascus steel blade. Lovely piece of work Living in the middle of nowhere, and keeping live stock, it's always coming in handy. Cutting bailer twine or slicing through electric fence tape. It's just a tool.

What's the handle, Stig?

I think my bitchy resting face and psychotic glare would make most attackers think twice.

Beyondgone · 26-05-2017 12:08AM

I carry a fork.

They never expect a fork.

Forks them right up, with their silly knives.

Arghus · 26-05-2017 12:09AM

No. Now I'm no expert on psychology but if you carry a knife there's probably something wrong with you psychologically.

Widdershins · 26-05-2017 12:11AM

I carry diamond sharp miniature knives disguised as hairpins, which I whip out of my elegant up-do at the first sign of trouble.

Widdershins · 26-05-2017 12:11AM

Arghus wrote: »

No. Now I'm no expert on psychology but if you carry a knife there's probably something wrong with you psychologically.

My mind is fine. It's not twisted, it's just strategically bent in several places.

Do you carry a knife?

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