I got stabed

[justold52]

Well not in the physical sense but it sure felt like a stabbing.

I was at my neighbor’s house in his garage. Chris was showing my son his work restoring his old FORD TORINO 1970. He needed a knife to cut some twin (he had tying a plastic cover over it). He asked me for my knife to cut the small twin. I have given him a Kershaw Rainbow in the past. He told me he gave it to his new girl friend. Which she loves and works as a welder with Chris. I reached in my pocket and came up with am embarrassment... So I reached in all my pockets and the only thing I came up with was more embarrassment in front of my son... It sure felt like a STAPPING in the back. Gee did they every razz me. I now have so many knives that I stick them in the floor and walls in my house. But yet when I needed one I was KNIFELESS. I am sure that my son will pass this bit of history many times in the future. I did not lose any knife. It’s just that I forgot to put one in my pocket. It must be a side effect to my medication I am taking. Or it could be just a senior’s moment...

Has this ever happened to any of you ????

[carvin don]

I feel yer pain ... I feel necked if I don't have a knife on me, that's why I carry about three. I know it may seem excessive, but sometimes it's just hard to pick one to take with 'ya. So, I take several My job requires me to go to the local courthouse once a week, and of course, I have to leave my knives in the car. It's an awful feelin' to not have 'em on 'ya.

[philco]

Been there, done that.

Ken, I believe realizing you've come off without your knife is worse than realizing you've come off without your teeth!

[Redrummd]

My problem isn't forgetting to put one in my pocket it is remembering where I put it when i took it out of my pocket.....

Or... Forgetting to take it out of my pocket and running it throught the washer and dryer.

[gmusic]

Knife-less..........kinda like going comando............but not.

Bet you don't do that again Ken!

[redferd]

I had to leave all my knives in my van so I would not get stopped in the court house metal detectors. It was strange not to have a knife in my pocket. A helpless feeling.

[knife7knut]

Being without a knife is definitely not a good feeling.In addition to my regular carry,I keep a SpyderCard in my wallet at all times.I don't fly any more and rarely go into buildings that have metal detectors so I'm pretty comfortable in doing that.

[Sauconian]

Hmmm....I have gotten a couple of blocks from home and realized I forgot my teeth, but never my knife.

I did lose my ony one a couple of years ago. That's what got me into this mess in the first place. Now I have 2 or 300 backups.

At the court house 'ya check your knife with your gun before you go through the metal detector.....if you live in Pa. !

Fran

[justold52]

Kool and thank you all for your posts.

It is makeing me feel like I can recover from this a lot better now...

Just noteing that many posting are older men.

I also note there are many here just reading ( they must be the YOUNGer men) VIEWed 100 times.

[RobesonsRme.com]

A few years ago while traveling with Sarah and some friends, we stopped over in Fernandina, FL where my grandfather grew up. We stayed in a nice Bed & Breakfast Inn. The old courthouse had been recently improved and was worth a visit to see the architecture, woodwork, etc.

We walked into the vestibule and were met by a law enforcement officer that asked us to empty our pockets into some plastic bowls. There was no metal detector. Everyone did as requested. I was carrying a Gerber Applegate/Fairbairn tactical knife at the time. When I dropped it in the bowl, the officer said, "I do not see that knife. But, if I did I'd have to confiscate it. It would violate State law." Then he turned away from the bowl, looked at me and asked, "Are you staying in town?" I told him we were at the B&B down the street. He suggested that I might like to return there for a few minutes before attempting to tour the Courthouse.

I took all my possessions out of the bowl, went back to the B&B, and locked my Gerber in the car, returned to the Courthouse, and repeated the process of emptying my pockets into a plastic bowl, did the tour, listened to the officer's informative lecture, and nothing further was said about my knife.

[justold52]

the officer said, "I do not see that knife. But,

Thats one thing I did not think of when traveling is the state by state laws.

Thank you very much for posting this.

[stagman]

Ken, I could just picture the whole event going down
Reall got a good laugh out of it.
If I was the boy, I would never let ya live that one down
And its just not the boy,
Do you have a knife in your pocket as you read this post ???
Will

[justold52]

stagman


YUP pers sure do....

Its just now I can NOT say ALLWAYS DO.




PS I am glad I made you smile.

[johnny twoshoes]

Don't feel bad justold52 I know the feeling all to well ''oh why dosen't the knife collector have a knife''