This troper's old fencing teacher is widely acknowledged as a knife fighting expert.

Also knife fighting techniques are staple to many martial artists because they're easy to learn, actually effective when DualWielding, there's no short supply of them these days, and unlike swords, retained their practicality with the progressing ages.

This Troper.

And this one.

Me too! Me too!

This troper managed to {{squick}} out more than one person where he works by explaining to them where one should properly aim a knife strike to kill an opponent quickly.

This Troper is not alone then! This troper's mother claims she is too, but she doesn't convince him, cause she always complains when he picks one up. I also manage to squick people in my classroom, but using *very* sharp pencils...

This Troper is ALSO capable of pencil-jutsu, I even scarred this asshole classmate of mine with a pencil...twice! Likewise it would be VERY dangerous if I ever got serious with actual knives (preferable two, both with point facing downwards)

This troper as well, very skilled with knives, not sure how I developed the skill. It freaks out my older sister just when I'm opening a box or cutting a kaiser roll.

I'm not a big knife nut, but I love the balisong (butterfly knife, knife with two collapsing handles). It is the same knife from the ''TeamFortress2'' example. I'm quite skilled in flipping it (opening/closing it with one hand by using several assortments of tricks). It is the only knife I can say I enjoy having in my hand.

I'm a subversion of the above. I don't like knives themselves, but I like the balisong design (again, via ''TeamFortress2'', so I play with balisong tricks on a balisong-styled pen.

This Troper isn't alone in his fascination with the balisong--also known to his compatriots as the Batangas knife--then. Makes him wish he had one such Batangas with him...

And now he does!

Same here, I even got a Ronin Gear Trainer for Christmas (thanks mom & dad).

While this troper is a pretty big fan of sharp pointy stuff, the real knife nut is one of her friends. Both he and his brother own quite a large collection of knives, swords, throwing axes... The friend himself just recently got a switchblade for Christmas, which I'm actually pretty sure are illegal in this state. Add to that the fact that he has been told, on two separate occasions, by two unrelated people, that he looks like a serial killer, has taken to quoting TDK-verse Joker, and it's no real shock this troper likes him so much.

Illegal to carry, probably, but you can still buy switchblades in many states.

A grad student at my college has an armory in his office. Switchblade, rapier, katana, battleaxe...

This troper's father is a subversion of sorts. He's got a huge knife collection, but she's pretty much sure these are for decoration mostly since to her knowledge, he doesn't use them for anything else.

This troper was attending her grandmothers funeral a few months ago and, through some unfortunate twist of fate, became engaged in a conversation with the local crazy old man about his knife collection. After asking for her to guess how many knives he currently had on him (I guessed three) he revealed that he was carrying five pocket knives, and proceeded to explain how he was a collector and had over one hundred pocket knives...all while he rather erratically cut his Styrofoam coffee cup into tiny pieces with one of the aforementioned knives. Needless to say, this troper was unnerved and made a hasty retreat when the opportunity presented itself.

This troper knew a girl who really liked knives. She would use them in an... interesting way.

Same here... Holy crap, same here.

Big fat subversion for this troper. The sight of sharp knifes ''scares me'', in a "WHAT IF I CUT MYSELF IN THE WRIST?!?!" kind of way... Mainly the reason why I feel I should protect my wrists...

Actually, your wrists are pretty safe. Any accidental cut is likely to glance off the bones before getting deep enough to bleed you out. And even that deep, you've got a good chance of stopping the bleeding, especially if you're among people. Now, your legs? Yes, accidental death from cutting your legs is a lot more common... Larger veins and arteries, more exposed...

This troper reeeally likes her knives. She has the same one as the girl on the yandere CD and Belarus from AxisPowersHetalia that she frequently uses as all-purpose silverware. Licking pudding off of it is fun.

The ones that I own either stay in the kitchen drawer where they belong or in the stand on my desk, but... Man, I love knives. Especially ones that are well-made and functional as well as nice-looking.

The Abridged Series}} I like knives, they make me feel all tingly.

This troper isn't crazy about knives since he prefers firearms, but knows his way around blades. Alarmingly well, actually.

I love knives. Any kind of bladed weapon, really- I own several folding knives, one tanto (I had two but gave one away), one crazy-looking 12-inch combat knife... thing, an old hatchet I found in an abandoned house that I kept because I liked the way it felt in my hand, and three swords, and I'm always saving up to buy more.

This troper is this as well as being an amateur marksman and an innovative {{Torture technician}}, and have a reputation as such.

This Troper's WeaponOfChoice is often a knife. Kitchen knife, combat knife, machete...I'm not too picky about the style, as long as it is a knife. I'm also a CombatPragmatist, so you'll probably understand why anyone doesn't want to pick a fight with me.

This troper Loves his straight razor!

This Troper adores knife, always carries an utility knife with him in the pocket, and plans to buy a real switch-blade. Subverted though, because he probably wouldn't be able to use it on another human being. It would hurt.

This troper is a martial arts nut, sailor and enthusiastic cook, so is never far from something bladed. Also the household's authority on knife sharpening, which made me less than popular after people kept using knives that had been blunt since before I was born, and unexpectedly cutting themselves.

Upon turning eighteen, This Troper promptly indulged her weapon obsession with a succession of knives. A dagger, throwing knives, pocket knives, a butterfly knife and, my personal favorite, a machete, all in the span of one year. The machete stays in my car at all times, just in case; one pocket knife is always in my back pocket, even at work (at a kids clothing store). At first, my friends were a combination of uncomfortable and vaguely interested. Now, they just accept it, though some still find it a little weird that I sleep with the dagger under my pillow. And that isn't even mentioning how sexy I find blades...

My brother and I own a collection of pocket and hunting knives, he started his when he was about 7.

This troper's friend is a shade of this, as he often carries a flick knife around with him. In fact, one day at this troper's house playing AlphaProtocol, this troper performed a stealth kill for the first time just to show his friend. However, this troper felt mildly sick at the animation and stuck to non-lethal takedowns for the rest of the game. This troper's friend noted that Mike's stealth kill was the proper way to slit someone's throat, and also noted that this troper didn't have the stomach to kill someone because guns by their very nature allow someone to be cowardly. This troper then quoted ShootEmUp , namely the 'tough guy or a pussy with a gun in his hand' line.

When I was serving in the army, my squadmates freaked out when they found out I have named my combat knife Betty.

This troper has several chef friends. Not surprisingly, they are all KnifeNut material. One just mail ordered a new knife, and named it PRIOR TO its arrival. Several Facebook pages were to the tune of "Mr. Choppy has left the warehouse!" "Mr. Choppy checked in at the Fedex hub!" "Mr. Choppy is in the state, but so far, the mailbox is empty..."

Update: Mr. Choppy has arrived, and it is a Japanese cleaver that is indeed of an awesome design. This troper is also often mistaken for a knife nut himself, simply because whenever handed a knife that he must move with, he reflexively puts it into the ReverseGrip. Due to its connotation with ninjas and maniacs, people miss one fact-this is the safest way to hold a knife, not the most aggressive. Consider that in a normal knife grip, the knife projects outwards in the same direction as your thumb. Now imagine you're moving from point A to point B when you trip and fall. You reflexively throw your hands out to catch yourself, right? Put your hands out as if doing a pushup-where's your thumbs? Pointed right at your own face, that's right...and that's where the knife would be going in a standard grip. Reverse grip, it's safely off to the side. Or perhaps you have small children in the house, that are running around as children do, including playing ring-around-the-rosy with the hips of any adult in the way. Normal grip, where's the blade? Right, hanging straight down towards your knee. Reverse grip? Hiding behind your wrist.

This troper should not be let anywhere NEAR knives.

This troper has encountered people with collections of antique traditional pocket knives that number into the thousands. He has a much smaller collection, and feels naked without at least one or two knives on his person.

This troper is not only a KnifeNut but has an obsession with blades in general (scissors, razors, flechettes... you name it, I love it). Thankfully I'm (almost) perfectly sane, and I like to do tricks with them more than anything else.

To add to the thirty or so knives she already had, this troper got a set of throwing knives for Christmas. She could not be more happy. =D

This is one of the many endearing qualities possessed by our neighborhood's resident CreepyChild. There is something deeply terrifying about going into your kitchen to find a nine-year-old playing with a knife with an expression of DissonantSerenity on his face.

This troper's best friend is a knife nut, as well as the BF's boyfriend. They both have quite a large knife collection for 16-year-olds. I've seen them playing with their knives, admiring the sharp edge and pretending to stab each other. They even took one of their knives to school one time (though is was only to exchange it between the two of them, so don't worry). And it doesn't help that my best friend used to be a cutter and has recently added a katana to her collection. I myself am the far opposite of a knife nut--I have a phobia with all sharp objects, even safety pins. Needless to say, it gets pretty interesting when I'm over at her house.

This Troper. Once I was with some relatives in a large waiting room at a hospital, my aunt was having heart surgery. Bored and antsy, I got a paper towel from the bathroom and used it to pick the lint and dust out of my everyday-carry knife (a Columbia River M16-13Z with a partially serrated blade that's engraved with my initials). Relatives would later inform me that I managed to draw quite a few stares among the others in the waiting room, I was oblivious to it.

This troper isn't much of a knife nut, but is a hardcore home cook and enjoys looking at kitchen knives. However, one particular knife I own is my baby -- a 22cm Wusthof that represents one of the very few truly nice things I own (apart from my MacBook and HD camcorder I guess). I showed it off once to some neighbors who came over for dinner -- it took a bit for me to realize just how strange that came off.

This troper's BF is one. I, however, am more of a nut with a knife. In short, it's like a pyromaniac with a lighter... Yeah.

This troper's not exactly a KnifeNut, however there's this really nice knife in my kitchen. If I ever needed a weapon for any reason, that knife would be my pick.

One of the strangest things this troper has learned at college is that the nerd clique he joined all carry knives on their person most of the day.

@/FarseerLolotea owns altogether too many sharp implements.

This troper, definitely. And I taught my sister and my best female friend how to properly slit people's throats with an AK-47 bayonet. And I feel great about it.

@/GirlwithAPlot seems to be one of these, given that if I had a choice of my first weapon to grab, I'd pick something small enough to be both portable and easily concealed, and large enough to be intimidating. There happens to be this one particular knife that I always think 'If someone were to break into the house, that would be the first thing I'd grab.' I also noticed these characters show up a lot in my fiction...AuthorAppeal, maybe?

Edgy here. I have two knives on me at all times. One punching dagger in my nightstand drawer, one daihatsu under my bed, a short sword in my closet, a double-edge broad sword in my living room, various throwing knives around the house, and one lock blade knife in my car.

This Troper's first resort in weaponry? A nice, big, kitchen knife. It's the only thing in the house that can pass as a weapon that I can use to defend myself.

Definitely me. Granted, I would own a lot more if it weren't for the expensiveness of knives and my lack of personal income (16 y/o, here). I've been like this for as long as I can remember, too. I would often get in trouble for dragging out the butcher knife and playing with it. In terms of actually ''using'' them, I'm "self taught"... whether my own teaching works has yet to be seen (thankfully). As a side note, I'm also quite the gun nut... unfortunately, my mom is anti-guns, so I cant own any. Not even airsoft, which is what I would get anyway.