The holidays are approaching, along with campfires—and with them, storytelling. To inspire some slightly spooky storytelling, we’re sharing a few superstitions about knives. How you expand on them and let your imagination run wild is entirely up to you.
Probably the most widespread superstition worldwide is that you shouldn’t give a knife as a gift, because its sharpness can sever a friendship. The only possible way to ward this off is to have the recipient pay for the knife with a small coin. That’s why it’s a good idea to give a coin along with the knife. This gives the recipient the chance to pay for the knife right away, and they should also make a wish for the friendship to last.
It is also said that knives should not be given as wedding gifts, because sharp knives could damage the strength of the marital bond. So if you want to give someone our excellent Rubykitchen knives as a wedding gift , you must either not be superstitious or make sure to include at least two small crowns with them.
According to superstition, however, we must also be careful when sharpening a knife. A knife should be sharpened during the day and not at dusk, because doing so could bring financial trouble or make us sick.
Does everything related to knives seem negative to you? That’s not the case. A knife is a great helper not only at work but also in matters of magic. If stuck into the front door of a house, it protects against the evil eye and the devil; stuck into a cradle, it protects the child from bad luck. As manufacturers, however, we strongly advise against sticking even the “Rybička”into a cradle . It’s better to wait until the child is a little older and give it to them as their first knife, which they’ll learn to handle.
Finally, if a witch or the devil approaches the house, a knife thrown at them is said to safely drive them away. But here, too, one must be very careful, because courts do not take seriously claims that someone threw a knife at a neighbor because they thought an old witch was coming.
If you know of any scary stories in which a knife plays a leading role, please write to us—we’d love to publish them.