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According to archaeology, everything has "religious reasons" anyway - but, this time, I'm going to review a shitty knife that really has a folk magic background. That's... not entirely uncommon in Northern Europe, and in many cultures you will find folk beliefs around knives, as well as dual-use knives with worldly purposes as well as an inbuilt anti-evil-spirit function. They're actually kind of hard to avoid unless you stick to the factory-made stuff. (Most knifemakers take pride in making knives that keep their customers safe, and in many European cultures this can include spiritual protection. I'm on the team of: that's nice, I appreciate the thought, as long as it doesn't interfere with the worldly stuff I want the knife for.)
This, uh, fascinating pocketknife is from Bavaria (Southern Germany), made by a lady with a Bavarian name, using Bavarian magic symbolism, and sold with a product description that explicitly listed "protection from evil" - so, Bavarian magic knife, yay! (I'm not a Bavarian, but I know enough about that culture to recognize some of their folk magic elements. Also: they're not what makes it a shitty knife.)
A note about cultural sensitivity: I will be mocking this knife-shaped object quite mercilessly, but not because it works on local Bavarian evil spirits. I'm mocking it because it works on nothing but local Bavarian evil spirits (and maybe some very soft cheese).
( Let's take a look! )
It's just shitty work. The design? Shitty. The execution of said design? Shitty. The useability? Shitty. (And downright dangerous.) This definitely qualifies as a shitty knife all around (except maybe for the magic). I love it.
This, uh, fascinating pocketknife is from Bavaria (Southern Germany), made by a lady with a Bavarian name, using Bavarian magic symbolism, and sold with a product description that explicitly listed "protection from evil" - so, Bavarian magic knife, yay! (I'm not a Bavarian, but I know enough about that culture to recognize some of their folk magic elements. Also: they're not what makes it a shitty knife.)
A note about cultural sensitivity: I will be mocking this knife-shaped object quite mercilessly, but not because it works on local Bavarian evil spirits. I'm mocking it because it works on nothing but local Bavarian evil spirits (and maybe some very soft cheese).
( Let's take a look! )
It's just shitty work. The design? Shitty. The execution of said design? Shitty. The useability? Shitty. (And downright dangerous.) This definitely qualifies as a shitty knife all around (except maybe for the magic). I love it.
