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Permalink Reply by Ingrid Grenon on January 2, 2011 at 11:24 Yes, this happens to me all the time and I am a woman. It makse me so angry. I grew up in rural Maine, and learned to respect and handle both knives and firearms when I was a small child. They recoil and stare at me as if I were a criminal ro something. . .so much so that I have, for the most part unless I am in the woods, stopped carrying a knife.
"Why do you have those dangerous things in your house?" one ignorant (and may I say self rightous) woman blurted when she entered my kitchen and saw my prize Bowie knife laying on the table. (I used it to cut cheese only moments before).
"They are not dangerous if you know how to use them," I replied, dissappointed that somebody I had invited into my home possessed such ridiculous (but all too common) befiefs.
Permalink Reply by isaac prillaman on January 2, 2011 at 12:59 Yes, this happens to me all the time and I am a woman. It makse me so angry. I grew up in rural Maine, and learned to respect and handle both knives and firearms when I was a small child. They recoil and stare at me as if I were a criminal ro something. . .so much so that I have, for the most part unless I am in the woods, stopped carrying a knife.
"Why do you have those dangerous things in your house?" one ignorant (and may I say self rightous) woman blurted when she entered my kitchen and saw my prize Bowie knife laying on the table. (I used it to cut cheese only moments before).
"They are not dangerous if you know how to use them," I replied, dissappointed that somebody I had invited into my home possessed such ridiculous (but all too common) befiefs.
Permalink Reply by Halicon on January 2, 2011 at 18:27 You have the wrong kind of friends Isaac. :D
I remember back when I did Iaido, it was basically a mini-show after every practice because people wanted to show off their new swords and combat knives.
Ingrid, I certainly respect your point of view and absolutely share it myself. But if you put yourself in the shoes of someone who has perhaps only seen steel used for combat from medieval swords and storytelling and add in the problematic situation most of them have with improper use leading to cuts.
It often leads to serious misinterpetrations when it comes to well, the kind of scenario that happened for you. It's ridiculous I agree, but we are the users so we have to respect their fear and try our best to make it easy on the 'unknowing masses'. Atleast we have peace where we use them most of the time, you sound like my kind of girl though, with marksman training and wilderness survival. ;)
Can't stand the city girls, they call my precious natural sharpening stones crap and tell me to pawn them so they can go shopping. Fat chance, would rather sell her and go shop more stones.
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