Awkard moments or negative responses while using your EDC!

[Pondo_Sinatra]

Some of my stuff blends in - most of the guys at work carry leathermen, flashlights, and pocket knives, so that's not a really big deal. But I have gotten the "are you some kinda f$&&%$g boyscout?" from time to time, I'm the only one that carries a backpack to work.

[zombunny]

Once someone asked me if I had any pliers. I pulled out my Leatherman. His reaction was "not only does [zombunny] have everything, he has it in a second" and now at my full time job they labeled me as the resident expert on disaster survival preparedness when I was scheduled to do a talk on being ready for disasters at work, and the next day we had an earthquake. I was kind of busy answering all kinds of questions that day.

[suntzu]

My boss asked for a knife at work to open a special delivery item to check for damages. I handed him my Flash II that I carry for a work knife. When the assisted opening made the knife jump out of his hand I shouted, "Phurba! NO!" He gave me a weird look but started laughing. Then I told him, "I saved your life, Eddie ----. Now it belongs to me." He laughed again and said he still wasn't going to give me a raise.

[TravisM.1]

Its amazing how "out-of-style" carrying a pocketknife has become in the past twenty or thirty years. My grandmother carries a pocketknife. My brother and I both carry pocketknives. My Dad and other family members his age? Not one of them carries a knife.

[Tactical Badger]

My boss asked for a knife at work to open a special delivery item to check for damages. I handed him my Flash II that I carry for a work knife. When the assisted opening made the knife jump out of his hand I shouted, "Phurba! NO!" He gave me a weird look but started laughing. Then I told him, "I saved your life, Eddie ----. Now it belongs to me." He laughed again and said he still wasn't going to give me a raise.

That's freakin' funny!! It reminds me of the first time I opened an assisted knife. A Kershaw Blackout. It did just about jump out of my hand. I still love that knife.

[inclinebench]

Maybe it is because I am in a semi rural area, but I cannot think of any adult male I know that doesn not carry a knife. Almost all the women I know carry some sort of blade in their purse. I remember one time I did not have a knife with me for one reason or another and someone asked me for my knife. I sheepishly admitted that I did not have one with me. My mom broke into laughter, and still gives me hell about "that one time".

[GeneralDiscontent]

Its amazing how "out-of-style" carrying a pocketknife has become in the past twenty or thirty years.

I know... my Dad & Grandpa both told me that "A gentleman should always carry a penknife and a handkerchief". I ALWAYS have at least one knife on me, and I carry a bandanna more than a handkerchief, but in a pinch it'll do...

[Raydarkhorse]

I carry a Kershaw assited opening, and get a lot of comments about carring a switch blade all the time.

[Moana Drifter]

Maybe it is because I am in a semi rural area, but I cannot think of any adult male I know that doesn not carry a knife.

At my previous job, my boss and I were unpacking a bunch of lab equipment, and he gave me a shocked look when I pulled out my pocket knife to open the boxes, but didn't say anything. A couple months later, he came into the tool crib and needed a shit ton of batteries, so one of the guys that worked for me and I pulled out our pocket knives and started tearing into boxes. My boss got the shocked look again and said, "What, do all of you carry those things?" My only reply was, "Welcome to Texas."

[JIM]

I was doing this crafty thing involving yarn at a youth retreat a while ago (long story), and the project involved cutting yarn, but no-one had any scissors. I was basically completely positive that if I whipped out the CRKT-M1613Z in my pocket, they would freak out, so I didn't.

However, my sister IMMIDIATELY started talking loudly about how I had a knife, pulled it out of my pocket for me, and handed it to a girl neither of us knew. The first girl was a little weirded out but apparently thought better of being rude and handed it back, but one other girl started freaking out, talking to a person in charge who happened by and saying things like, "You guys got people with knives here and stuff!" Thank God the guy she was talking to was reasonable. He asked me if I threatened anyone with it, I told him that I hadn't and that I use it to open boxes and packages at work. He replied to keep it in my pocket and that was that.

I still haven't forgiven my sister for it.

NOBODY reaches for my knife (benchmade griptillian clipped to trousers-pocket) without at least a broken nose...

If they want to use it, they can kindly ask me and if I'm not sure about wheather to thrust someone with it, I'll just ask them what needs to be cut and I'll do it for them...

You should definitely be careful who you thrust with your knife...

P.S. - So you would have broken your sister's nose?

A 'friend' stood behind me, saw my knife and reached for it. In a reflex I grabbed his hand and planted my elbow into his face... well, let's just say that he never get's within 5 feet of my knife without asking me


And if I had a sister, she would probably have her own knife

[Jamie]

The thing that I really love is when someone gives me shit and/or asks, "why on Earth would you carry that with you?" when they've just needed/used my knife or FAK or leatherman or Gorilla-tape...

[Valekhai]

The thing that I really love is when someone gives me shit and/or asks, "why on Earth would you carry that with you?" when they've just needed/used my knife or FAK or leatherman or Gorilla-tape...

That's a pet peeve of mine, too. I can't count the number of times someone has asked for a screwdriver or something, and when I pull out my multitool I get called "paranoid" by the person who asked for it in the first place!
I also get shit about my flashlight. You know, because the sun never sets and the power never goes out.

[DarkScythe]

The thing that I really love is when someone gives me shit and/or asks, "why on Earth would you carry that with you?" when they've just needed/used my knife or FAK or leatherman or Gorilla-tape...

I would say

"To help out dumbasses like yourself"

[amd2800barton]

The thing that I really love is when someone gives me shit and/or asks, "why on Earth would you carry that with you?" when they've just needed/used my knife or FAK or leatherman or Gorilla-tape...

I would say

"To help out dumbasses like yourself"

or undo whatever it is you've just helped with your tool (take back the tape, re-do the screw, etc), and say "good point - none of this stuff is useful at all". then walk away.

[MICKPORNO]

yeah i get the same shit..."damn that's a big knife" when i pull mine out to open a box at work.....it's all of 7" long total with a 2 7/8" blade

CRKT-M16-10KZ...damn wimps....

then this morning i get to work...15 minutes later we are called into a meeting....as i walk into the room i get this...."so did you have to kill anyone this morning"....

"you're a fucking retard" was my reply...no more comments for the rest of the day....

[DarkScythe]

then this morning i get to work...15 minutes later we are called into a meeting....as i walk into the room i get this...."so did you have to kill anyone this morning"....

"you're a fucking retard" was my reply...no more comments for the rest of the day....

LMAO!!!

THATS WHATS UP!

Shut the person up good and plenty.

[DarkScythe]

The thing that I really love is when someone gives me shit and/or asks, "why on Earth would you carry that with you?" when they've just needed/used my knife or FAK or leatherman or Gorilla-tape...

I would say

"To help out dumbasses like yourself"

or undo whatever it is you've just helped with your tool (take back the tape, re-do the screw, etc), and say "good point - none of this stuff is useful at all". then walk away.

lmao yep.

[Politenessman]

I know... my Dad & Grandpa both told me that "A gentleman should always carry a penknife and a handkerchief".

Quite right too.
I have a Gerber Trendy with the wood trim, that I often carry.
I used to carry a CRKT M16-14M, which was a bit too hefty for the office I worked in.

I got a reputation at the office for having stuff when people needed it, like advil, band aids etc. One day they needed a tape measure and I don't edc a tape measure; I got quote a bit good natured shit for that.

[xxxero]

no awkward moments so far- just joy because ihad it-

my brother was trying to finish laying a wood floor and he had to cut off the screws because they kept breaking off because they were too long and the owner had some shitty masonry drill bits-

so i tossed him my multi tool-

later on, he had twisted up the carpet threads that overlapped the wood floor into the drill, and i tossed him my knife/ lighter...

this thing
http://www.knives4wholesale.com/Knife_L ... ane_1.html

he was greatful both times...

[bethanyb]

When I worked for the Boy Scouts, people would say, well you really are a Boy Scout aren't you. Now people just ask if I have the kitchen sink in there too or some other stupid comment. Luckily I'm a woman so carrying a big purse isn't unusual and people don't typically say anything until I start pulling random stuff out of it.

[phoenixmastm]

I got funny looks when I took out my multi-tool in class to help get a computer apart.

However, when we were short on screwdrivers I wasn't getting weird looks, more like grateful ones.

[tireiron]

Sherriff Teasle: "So what have we got here? What d'you want with a knife like this?"

Drifter: "For hunting."

Sherrif Teasle: "Smartass! What d'you hunt with a knife?"

Drifter: "Everything."

[Organdonor]

I, too, am the fix it guy in my clinic. They don't bother calling maintainance to come down from the main hospital campus... they just come find me. From car issues, to electrical stuff, they all come to me. It's funny, because they know that I keep a LOT of stuff stocked in my unit. Someone hit a doctor's car in the lot, and the bumper was hanging down. "We need some rope. Ben, do you have any?"

LOL

[Pondo_Sinatra]

Its amazing how "out-of-style" carrying a pocketknife has become in the past twenty or thirty years. My grandmother carries a pocketknife. My brother and I both carry pocketknives. My Dad and other family members his age? Not one of them carries a knife.

True. My Dad first gave me a pocketknife when I was about six or seven, and I got a small Swiss Army knife as a gift when I was about 12 or so. You don't see a lot of that these days.

*EDIT* Just wanted to clarify - the pocketknife was one of those little teeny ones, with like a 1" blade.