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A Matter of Knife or Death

A Matter of Knife or Death

by Adam Huber on December 31, 2018 at 2:52 am
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  1. Frankie D.
    Frankie D.
    December 31, 2018, 5:25 am | # | Reply

    As they say, guns for show, knives for a pro.

  2. Mat M.
    Mat M.
    December 31, 2018, 12:03 pm | # | Reply

    I was going to ask (as someone with a rational phobia of all things pointy and sharp) why you’d need a pocket knife at all if used only for opening packages, but then I read the rest of the comic. My bad.

    Although I must confess to some curiosity as to how does your wife chaperone you when shopping for, err, “bladed tools” online. Surely there’s some knife she hasn’t confiscated that can be used to open the parcel once delivered?

    • DTIBA
      DTIBA
      December 31, 2018, 2:54 pm | # | Reply

      There is a certain type of person who finds online shopping highly dissatisfying. As an individual of said type, I can elaborate that it is borne out of a desire to see the item in person rather than in a photograph, thus allowing me to judge it accurately, as well as a titanic amount of impatience for shipping times. Being able to entrust a chaperone to the shopping trip appears to indicate Adam also falls under said type, and thus does not shop for his bladed tools online.

      • Halosty
        Halosty
        December 31, 2018, 5:54 pm | # | Reply

        Except many items you buy in person are inside a box and you look at the same picture anyway… not all of them, but many.

        • DTIBA
          DTIBA
          December 31, 2018, 6:26 pm | # | Reply

          But they frequently have a transparent box, allowing you to judge the item properly. And even for those which do not, the size of the box still allows you a decent gauge of the appropriateness of the item for your purposes.

          • N0083rp00F
            N0083rp00F
            January 2, 2019, 11:44 am | #

            Shops that specialize in blades will be more than happy to pull something from a display to allow closer examination – after due warnings and admonishments of course – that is if you pass the initial assessment and they don’t have the broadsword at the ready behind the counter because you seem like a dangerous weirdo.

    • James
      James
      January 1, 2019, 12:09 am | # | Reply

      There is a tactile aspect to it. Knives have a balance, which you need to consider when purchasing. Archaeologists have used this to determine how ancient swords were used, and thencokncept is the same. You also need to consider the action–is it too loose, too tight, can it be opened one-handed, that sort of thing. A knife that looks good may feel horrible in your hand, and not be worth buying. Plus, you get to play with knives when you buy in person. Usually with people who love knives. And that is always a plus.

  3. James
    James
    January 1, 2019, 12:06 am | # | Reply

    I applaud your taste sir! If it isn’t worth fighting Maud’Dib with, it isn’t worth carrying in your pocket!

  4. tudza
    tudza
    January 3, 2019, 5:40 pm | # | Reply

    A trench knife

  5. Mange Kitty
    Mange Kitty
    January 9, 2019, 2:16 pm | # | Reply

    This reminds me of Crocodile Dundee: “That’s not a knife.” Draws Bowie Knife. “Now, that’s a knife.”

    I’m terrible at keeping pocket knives–I lose them all the time. Maybe I should move to getting a kurkri or gladius.

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