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"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword) 11/04/2020 at 13:40 • Filed to: None

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Its that special time of year, where you can give the gift of murder. Or fighting vanpires maybe. Thanks Jack Skellington!

I mean, you order one lousy novelty knife online and they start sending you catalogues...

benn454 > My bird IS the word 11/04/2020 at 13:44

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 I'm more offended by the Christmas branding than the fact it's a knife, personally. So tacky.

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > My bird IS the word 11/04/2020 at 13:45

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WilliamsSW > My bird IS the word 11/04/2020 at 13:46

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And I thought getting coal in my stocking was bad.  Getting stabbed seems worse.

ttyymmnn > My bird IS the word 11/04/2020 at 13:46

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Christmas Bowie. 

HammerheadFistpunch > My bird IS the word 11/04/2020 at 13:47

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My bird IS the word > ttyymmnn 11/04/2020 at 13:58

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David Bowie would make a much better christmas gift

My bird IS the word > WilliamsSW 11/04/2020 at 13:59

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Naughty children get coal. Snitches get stitches.

Chariotoflove > My bird IS the word 11/04/2020 at 13:59

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I dunno, you can think of these as weapons, but my first thought is to think of them as tools. A good knife is an essential one for outdoor activities like camping. As benn said, the tackiness of the design is the bigger  problem.

My bird IS the word > Chariotoflove 11/04/2020 at 14:04

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But why christmas? You wouldn’t use a “merry christmas” hammer, or saw. You would just get a plain one for christmas.

The perfect gift for someone who really, really wants to think of the birth of our lord and savior while they are cleaning a rabbit.

WilliamsSW > My bird IS the word 11/04/2020 at 14:04

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LMAO

For Sweden > My bird IS the word 11/04/2020 at 14:10

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You’ll want a knife when King Her od comes knocking

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > My bird IS the word 11/04/2020 at 14:12

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2020 is the perfect time for Glock to finally launch their christmas line

ranwhenparked > My bird IS the word 11/04/2020 at 14:18

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I don’t think you could actually use this for cleaning a rabbit, the color would wear off with use. These are clearly display only.

Now, as to who would hang a $200 Christmas novelty knife on their living room wall, not sure. Probably the same people who have a velvet Elvis painting over the fireplace.

My bird IS the word > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 11/04/2020 at 14:31

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Need a mashup of silver bells and Maxwell's silver hammer

haveacarortwoorthree2 > My bird IS the word 11/04/2020 at 14:34

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I disagree. Would stink up the house quite a bit.

Chariotoflove > My bird IS the word 11/04/2020 at 14:48

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That’s what I mean about tackiness. It’s not immoral or bad really, just weird for the reasons you say.

Small aside: I was brought up that it’s bad luck to give someone knives as a gift. It has to be paid for. So, when I gave my brother a really nice knife one Christmas, he went and got a dime to give me back.

GLiddy > My bird IS the word 11/04/2020 at 15:23

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When I was a kid , I was into knives a bit. Hey, they wouldn’t let a kid buy a gun at the gun show, so I was relegated to knives. Now, I never had a huge collection of them. The first knife I ever bought I was maybe 10 and bought a little german buckhorn sheath knife. Later as a Boy Scout, I bought a few of the cheap stiletto knives from the back of Boy’s Life magazine. Somehow I ended up in the AG Russell knife collectors club out of Arkansas. I bought a few odd little knifes but being on that started me getting on the collector knife catalog list. By the time I was 17 or 18, the shine had worn off (figuratively) and that was that.

I still see old men at the occasional gun show I attend who have tables full of knives they are selling or trading. I’ve picked up the occasional Swiss army knife for a gift from these guys, but nothing much more. Its just not something I follow. I will say, I rarely see these commemorative knives. They are probably like most things made as collectibles, that being that real collectors do not collect them.

user314 > WilliamsSW 11/04/2020 at 15:25

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Church : FUCK no! Do you know how much coal costs!? It’s like five bucks a ton! I’m not spending that much on you losers! (short pause) You’re all getting a lump of smoal.

Tucker : What’s smoal?

Church : It’s a knockoff synthetic coal. It’s just as good as the real thing. Except when you burn it, it doesn’t make any heat. It just makes smoke.

T ucker : Wha-what? How does it make smoke with no heat?

Church : How the fuck do I know? Ask the fine makers of smoal.

barnie > Chariotoflove 11/04/2020 at 15:31

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Amen. Tools. Dad hunt ed with a 6"er thin as a fillet knife at his hip. He made it back in the ‘40s. We’ve cleaned every thing from squirrels to elk with that thing. I still keep it along side Mom’s PPK in a case. I carried an old Sharade Waldon 10" cause I was a big kid. His was more useful.

Here in the boatyard we have knife draws sometimes. Everyone pulls out what they’re carrying to show off and laugh . Embarrassment for those that aren’t. Always keep a knife in yer pocket. Mine is a 2" Leatherman Squirrel that Make : printed “Bomb Defu ser” on the side of. It has a wire stripper (as  useful as  the knife) instead of pliers. I keep a dozen cheap serrated pocket knives aboard for crew that forget to bring one. When stuff hits the fan, the ability to cut lines can be important...

barnie > Chariotoflove 11/04/2020 at 15:33

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What’s the backstory on this custom, please ? Haven’t heard of it before.

benn454 > ranwhenparked 11/04/2020 at 15:55

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 Right? I didn't even notice the price before. I paid about that for my G2c. Total CP.

My bird IS the word > barnie 11/04/2020 at 16:31

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I got this catalog because I bought a 1918 pattern US trench knife, which definetly isn't a tool lol

My bird IS the word > GLiddy 11/04/2020 at 16:37

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Yeah, that sounds about right. Or they just end up in the trash alot.

As far as knives though, I have a small number, mostly the junk kids accumulate. Bought myself a nice kizer edc style, a nice small, beutifully laser engraved deejo, and I just purchased a 1918 pattern US trench knife from atlanta cutlery, since they are finally making (what appears to be) a decent quality reproduction. Not really interested in collecting, but if I see something unusually cool I might just pick it up....

Chariotoflove > barnie 11/04/2020 at 17:05

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Here is a pretty good synopsis of the superstition, except that we never did the include a coin thing. Rather, the person getting the knife repays with a coin.

barnie > Chariotoflove 11/04/2020 at 17:51

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I’ll be darned. In all my years, I haven’t heard that one. More widespread than just a local custom. Cool. And Thank You!

Chariotoflove > barnie 11/04/2020 at 19:07

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You’re welcome!

pip bip - choose Corrour > My bird IS the word 11/05/2020 at 03:22

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wtf?