FMIL told me it's bad luck to receive knives as a gift. What is bad luck about it?
Snick n Nick
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hmmm....maybe that's why nobody's buying them off our registry! hehe.....I hope that's not the case, knives are so expensive, I'd rather have someone else buy them for me!
jerrys girl
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in the chinese culture you have to give the person who gave them to you money. i have never heard of it as bad luck.
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FMIL told me it's bad luck to receive knives as a gift. What is it bad luck?
I heard this too, my moms friends bought us our knife set and made me give her a penny so it was like I was buying them from her instead of her gifting me the knives. I have no idea why it's bad luck but I might do some investigative work
FMIL told me it's bad luck to receive knives as a gift. What is it bad luck?
I heard this too, my moms friends bought us our knife set and made me give her a penny so it was like I was buying them from her instead of her gifting me the knives. I have no idea why it's bad luck but I might do some investigative work
Yeah, she got a set of cheap knives with her Omaha Steaks and decided they'd be great for us and had FH give her a quarter. I'm not keeping the knives, I want the ones on my registry!
angl2001
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i never heard of that!! but then again FH mother bought us our knife set...............
Mici n KC
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If a friend gives you a knife, you should give him a coin, or your friendship will soon be broken.
My friend gave someone a knife for her shower gift!
Munchkn16
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FMIL told me it's bad luck to receive knives as a gift. What is it bad luck?
LOL That's what FILs got us for my shower... my friends kept asking if they're trying to tell us something
Toucan311
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Its bad luck to receive them as a SHOWER gift.
MrsK2008
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maybe that you might use one against him in a fit of rage!
we got a wustoff block of knives and a santoku for our engagment party and I was ELATED!
FH had been pining over them.
MrsK2008
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FMIL told me it's bad luck to receive knives as a gift. What is it bad luck?
I heard this too, my moms friends bought us our knife set and made me give her a penny so it was like I was buying them from her instead of her gifting me the knives. I have no idea why it's bad luck but I might do some investigative work
seriously strange, Macys would not allow us to add any knives to our registry in the store. It was like bad karma voodoo or something!
LauraD419
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I never heard this till my shower. Apparently if you give knives, you're supposed to give a penny with them to counter the bad luck...whatever!!
Mici n KC
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Posted by MikeandJess
Posted by Mici n KC
FMIL told me it's bad luck to receive knives as a gift. What is it bad luck?
I heard this too, my moms friends bought us our knife set and made me give her a penny so it was like I was buying them from her instead of her gifting me the knives. I have no idea why it's bad luck but I might do some investigative work
seriously strange, Macys would not allow us to add any knives to our registry in the store. It was like bad karma voodoo or something!
HAHA, really? We have a set on our Macys registry! I'll just make sure I bring a quarter and give it to the person.
colleen1117
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well - i know the 'irish' cure all for this is you have to give the recipient a 'penny for every point' that you give. as it 'neutralizes' the cut of the blade.....lolol so if theres 8 knives, one fork and one pair of kitchen shears you give 12 pennies - usually taped to the block or the box . then you're supposed to keep the pennies near the knives for a year .... lol - leave it to the irish :)
lisa50
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Posted by MikeandJess
Posted by Mici n KC
FMIL told me it's bad luck to receive knives as a gift. What is it bad luck?
I heard this too, my moms friends bought us our knife set and made me give her a penny so it was like I was buying them from her instead of her gifting me the knives. I have no idea why it's bad luck but I might do some investigative work
Great article!! I heard a lot of them before, but I wasn't sure if people were just talking out of their a$$
chris08
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Yeah, in my family (and many other Italian families) it is bad luck to get knives as a gift. So if you receive knives, you have to give a penny to the person who gave it to you. Then it's like you paid them for it (not making it a gift). I know it sounds silly (a superstition).
AR31
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really.. i never heard of this.. and in my culture everything is associated with something or the other..
i do have this realllllly nice henckel's set and awesome awesome steak knives that i've been harping over..
madseason
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Its bad luck if you give someone knives as a gift blade first
Annoulak
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My brother received a set of knives for his wedding (actually it was at the bridal shower) and he's been happily married for over 5 years with a beautiful 16-month-old boy
Espo22
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i never heard of this and i received knives. For my shower someone gave me an electric knife. Plus we got our flatware so theres knives in that
