I doubt you could call my pocket knife a weapon, the only thing that should fear my blade is an Amazon package.
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Sorry I disagree, it’s not the presence of a knife that increases the odds of serious inquiry, it’s the person. Not killing someone is not something to be prideful of in my mind. I can stab a person with my Mont Blanc fountain pen just as easy as a knife or a pencil. I guess being homeless would be neither here nor there to someone who has never lived it. I don’t expect most to understand. It’s all good bud, if you are so unstable that you feel having something capable of cutting someone in your pocket a danger to others than don’t carry one. Don’t carry anything sharp if you are incapable of not hurting someone else with it.
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I agree, a pocket knife is generally a shitty defense tool anyways. Gonna get hit 3 times by the time you got it out. Better off just using your fists. Not saying knives are useless, I use mine regularly just for cutting stuff. If I need a weapon that’s what the glocks for.
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I feel bad for that guy’s family, absolute tragedy. I Don’t know How I would handle the loss. I NEVER would give a friend opiates even coke… far as the rest… I don’t really get the point. I am saying even if you do big money deals you don’t need a weapon it is all around bad business and money is not worth taking a life. like I knew crazy brothers who used to see who could hold there hand longer on a red hot burner. these nut bags used to set up a ring hold chains and broken bottles and no o0ne could leave the ring unless they had a cut on there forehead, I don’t know what was wrong with them but we kept or distance. lol god knows what happened to them. sorry your wierd story made me think of those two brothers.
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lol agreed also check the ground if your outside the universe may have a well placed rock for you.
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I may or not be unstable but I grew up in extreme violence early and when I get a whiff, of evil I feel my self embodying that energy. besides you never know what will happen best not to arm your self. people get scared and pull triggers. I rather avoid jail. Saying Well you don’t understand cause you have never been homeless, does not tie or bring your point home. I have been broke and almost homeless many times, I have avoided employment my entire adult hood, but I am tall and good looking, in those situations I would just date a girl with a home. lol Stay away from opiates might keep you off the streets.
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You sir are a trooper!! I don’t know if my story was weird but fair enough…
Not sure if you are being sarcastic ( I suspect so lol) but I will take it. Yes it was a very weird story in the since I couldn’t figure out how it tied in to anything I said. Like you or your friend needed to carry a knife so he could cut himself as therapy. seems like a specif rare situation that wouldn’t apply to people caring weed.
You are right, scared people pull triggers. Thankfully I am not one of the scared people but I sympathize with those weak and scared individuals. You are right, taking about being homeless can never drive the point home to those who have never lived it, didn’t figure it would. It’s something only those who have dealt with all that goes with it can understand so I get why you don’t. My point is everything around you is or can be a weapon. I am a weapon, I don’t need addons to be dangerous. Being that I recognize this makes it safer for all those around me. I carry a knife, when I am in the woods a carry a gun. I also carry an axe, a saw and magnesium. All could be used by someone unsure in their own abelites as a weapon. That does not mean they are inherently weapons. While I get there are sad individuals in the world so broken they don’t have the ability to regulate themselves I refuse to limit the tools I carry due to their inadequacies. Their mental health problems will not limit my ability to be prepared for any situation that comes along. A lifetime of being prepared cannot be undone just because there are unstable individuals out there incapable of acting like decent human beings.
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Old classic, i keep it in my backpack though have had it somewhere in the neighbourhood of 28-30 years, still works and hasn’t broken so i have no need to replace it, gets a sharpen every now and then.
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Everything can be a weapon yes. I mean you aint going to scare me with a pencil case of pencils or rolling pin but in perspective if everything can be a weapon why carry one?. Your talking survivor man in the woods while I am talking gang wanna be in an apartment complex.Held by a person who feels attack before anything even happens. They are the first to get scared and pull triggers.
Absolutely gorgeous workmanship @middleman you are an artist!
Can’t judge a guy who lost his sister. Was he on opiates prior to her death?
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Yes. After it happened I didn’t care. I went all out. I was in the hospital on 24/7 watch for 10 days
You or him, who lost a sister? I thought you were talking about a friend?
I hope everyone on this thread (planet) can find serenity, love and understanding 
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You know what bother, I get what you are saying and I have known many with said issues. All I can say is seek help, there are those who can help with such issues. These issues are real but damaging ones self to avoid such issues is never the answer. While it provides temporary relief, it really just buries the underlying issues that need to be dealt with so such things are not necessary. Seriously brother, there is no shame, find what you need to center yourself if for nobody else but for yourself.
Wow people. I am just a simple guy who grew up learning about the need for a cutting tool in ones life. Not sure how this thread spiraled out of control into what it has become. While I sympathize with those who seem to have some issue with being around sharp things and don’t want to sound insensitive, the point of this thread was more to talk about the cool cutting tools that those out here carry. Not sure where to take this from here as I am really not qualified to deal with some of the stuff coming out. It’s 1:05 am here and I figure I will just duck out and watch my wife sleep for a few hours until work. Good night all.
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Yep I was talking about me. I feel I’m fine now. Just hope it doesn’t happen again. @DougDawson I had a friend tell me the same thing. I’m fine now. Just had to let go for once. You know? I feel a lot better. It’s just that her birthday is in a week…
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Brother, I hear you. The human brain can be a bitch to overcome. Our hardest struggles come from within. If you want to talk, PM me, I am happy to talk this out with you. I will give you my phone number so we can actually talk, you are not alone.
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