DeDee
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From the link in quoted post:
Aiden Fucci Page 18
Thought an unofficial poll might prove interesting. Hence, I asked several friends, 4 of them, who range in ages from 17yo, and the only female, 19yo, 46yo, 71yo if they owned a knife, a pocket knife.
* The guys chuckled bc all 3 guys have knife collections.
- 46yo has over 200 knives, with three on his person. I saw images of plenty others.
- 71yo has a walk in safe filled with weapons and other goodies.
- 19yo his grandson has an even larger collection of knives.
- 17yo female owned one knife; traditional Buck knife w wooden handle.
* I also asked if they carried them on their person. All of them answered affirmatively. Yes, each one carried at least one knife either on their person or inside their vehicle.
* They were asked if their knives had a name. No. Not one named their knives.
Here's the kicker to the unofficial poll I hastily made up: No one owns a shank.
None of the 4 participants had a shank. Each one was nearly horrified I even mentioned the word. Asking if they had a shank may have offended one of them, the 19yo male.
This highly unscientific experiment, based on limited participants of the moment, proved to me two things. Many guys carry a pocketknife and may have collected them since their youth.
Is there a current trend for females to carry a knife for protection?
- No one named their knives.
- No one owned a shank.
- All of them referred to their pocket knives as simply a knife, or most often, a hunting knife.
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