Did it come with a sheath? If so make sure to wear it where it is visible whenever he is around. If not have someone make you one that is worthy of this knife and do the same. Who knows you may learn to like wearing it. Him seeing you wearing it should be enough reward for him.

Tough to beat a Benchmade folder.

I don't know about this. Sounds like he needs to be showered with praise, him just simply seeing him wear it probably won't be enough for him.

Picture of you trading the pen knife in for a Ben Kabisch special probably wouldn't work, lol...

I would never spend $800 on a knife.

Well it IS a nice knife. But yeah, eight Franklin's worth??
Speaking of pen knives, I usually have a very small yellow-handled Victorinox on my keychain with two other keys. Last spring, I attended the airshow at Holloman AFB (I was living in Alamogordo). It was at least a half-mile walk from my truck to the entry where you had to go through a metal detector. An airman glanced at my belt, and said, "Sir is there a blade on that Leatherman you are wearing?" Of course there was. I would no sooner go out and about without my Leatherman than I would without my watch and glasses, so I walked back to the truck telling myself what an idiot I was for overlooking this, removed the Leatherman and trudged the half-mile back to the gate. By now it is in the upper 80s, warm but not hot of course, but warm. So I go back to the same table and the same airman, take off watch, belt, wallet, keys, etc. and put them in the bin. "Sir, is that a knife on your keychain?" I ain't walkin' back to my truck again, so I took the little Swiss knife off the keychain and dropped in the garbage can. Bill, just how stupid can get, I muttered as I put my stuff back on and proceeded to the flightline. I found that little Victorinox pretty useful, so I replaced it with the same model off Amazon.
I am a huge fan of military hardware and try never to miss an airshow. Dyess AFB put on a great one on April 22. This time I was smart enough not to even put on the Leatherman that morning. But being the old fool that I am, when I got to the screening booth and put my stuff in the bowl, the airman looked at me and said "Sir, is that a knife on your keychain?" That's Victorinox No. 2 into the trash. I sure hope they go through the knife and contraband trashcans and that someone gets some use out of this stuff.
Fortunately these little fellas are inexpensive, nothing like Damascus-bladed pen knives ...

You are right on with the small pig idea, just express your appreciation for such a fine knife.

Yea my stepdad bought me a Microtech Halo 6 OTF knife. They're $650 knife.

I'd have no qualms about carrying it and abusing the hell out of it, but this thing is more like a dagger than a carry knife lol.

It has sat in my safe for probably 5 years now collecting dust. I take it out and play with it every once in a while, but then back to the safe it goes.

I'll probably never sell it though since it was a gift, unless things go really bad.

Here is a picture I found online kind of shows you a point of reference of the size with the AR15 behind it. This knife is massive.

You could do some serious trimming with that thing.

Ok, I called the neighbor bout a little pig. He has sounders. I don’t, but don’t know why. His feeder is 400 or 500 yards from mine. Anyway, he knows about the pen knife thing. I asked him to set his trap, and if he caught a small to medium sized pig, I’d skin it (or part of it) with the pen knife and give him the meat. The wife can take pictures of me smiling and holding a little bloody knife. The stage is set. All I need is a cooperating pig.

Sure wish the SIL had bought me one of those like KRoyal’s got. That’s a man’s knife. Might be a bit big, but I could use it. The Griptilian I have is just about right. Not too big nor too small. Built solid and holds an edge that’ll hold up for pig skinning. Sharpens easy too.

I’ll copy y’all in on the pig skinning pic. Don’t know when that’ll be.

Sounds to me like the son in law likes you, even though he may not understand you. He tried to get you a nice knife. Just doesn’t know what that looks like. I wouldn’t do anything. Throwing gas on a fire makes it bigger. If left alone it will eventually burn out on its own. Play dumb and don’t get pulled into the drama and be happy he is good to your daughter.

Solid guidance. That being said, and I've said it before on here, I have 3 son-in-laws - I don't like any of them.

I agree. It sounds like he's trying to bond/make a connection somehow. Perhaps he doesn't have/didn't have a good male role model growing up and wants to get in your good graces and just doesn't know how...I get it, I'm uncomfortable when anyone buys me ANYTHING, much less something like that...Heck, I don't think anyone has ever spent that much on me...

I’m pretty sure he likes me, or at least did like me. And he’s a decent SIL. And the younger daughters hubby is a good guy and I like him too. And, for the record, the younger SiL’s family has WAY more drama than we ever could. But, I won’t bore you with that info. It’s pretty juicy though.

Anyway, the plan going forward is this. He wants the knife to be an heirloom that I pass down. Well, an heirloom needs a history, so that’s what we’ll do, starting with a little pig skinning. Making some history. I’ll have to think up some more heirloom type history stuff to do.

I feel like I need to do something, and not let this simmer. All I wanted was socks…

You should definitely print out a copy of this thread and pass it down with the knife. Would definitely be a good heirloom story

If it was me and I saw this before he passed, I'd want it back.

So, what happened to your usual 5 word post limit? Getting a little long winded these days.....

Who is being snarky now?

That was just five words.

The new you, explaining yourself.