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Laura
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Wedding Superstitions - Knives as a wedding gift

Laura, on April 17, 2018 at 11:05 AM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 29

How much do you buy into this wedding superstition ?

One belief that dates back to the Vikings (and is still held by many today) is that gifting a knife will cause your relationship to be severed. People get around this superstition by taping a penny to the blade (or in the box or card). The recipient can then return the penny as "payment" so that the knife is no longer considered a gift.

If someone gives you knives as a gift, will you be giving them back a penny to preserve the relationship?

Wedding Superstitions - Knives as a wedding gift 1

{courtesy of TOG Knives}


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29 Comments

Latest activity by Tara, on April 11, 2019 at 7:52 PM
  • Stephanie
    Devoted July 2018
    Stephanie ·
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    I had no idea about this superstition! That's interesting....but we already were gifted knives without a penny so oh well.
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  • Mrs. H
    Master September 2019
    Mrs. H ·
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    I would love to receive knives as a wedding gift - especially ceramic ones, so nope! Don't buy into this one either.

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  • PrincessLawrence
    VIP June 2018
    PrincessLawrence ·
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    I had no clue about this! However we bought our knife block when we moved in so I didnt ask for it. Though I think I would return the penny. lol

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  • KarenO
    Master June 2018
    KarenO ·
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    I never heard of this one, and we received a great set of knives for a gift. It's one of my favorite gifts, actually.

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  • A
    Devoted March 2019
    Amanda ·
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    It's oddly become a thing that I tend to gift people the knife set on their registry, it's weird, but I always pick that. And I have a knife set on my registry that I hope to get. I'm not believing this one.
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  • Kaylyn
    Super May 2019
    Kaylyn ·
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    I never heard of this! I’d love to receive a nice knife set so I don’t believe this superstition
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  • Brianna
    VIP May 2018
    Brianna ·
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    We received a nice knife set, and we didn't gift a penny back. Oops!

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  • Happy Hedgie
    VIP September 2018
    Happy Hedgie ·
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    I'd never heard this before. I generally don't purchase knives as a wedding gift and FH and I aren't registering (we both already have really nice knife sets anyway) so, I don't think its something we'll need to worry about.

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  • O
    Master October 2017
    O ·
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    I've heard of this last year, and think it's silly and didn't do this either.
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  • Mmssecrets
    Devoted March 2019
    Mmssecrets ·
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    Again I never heard of this and no one I know has ever heard of this. So this would be a no. I am probably gonna put a good set of knives on my registry.
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  • Mrs. Sponge
    Master April 2018
    Mrs. Sponge ·
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    Hahah! I never heard of this but I just texted FH to give his uncle, who gifted us a very nice knife set since FH loves cooking so much, a penny when we see him lol.

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  • Xandria
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    Xandria ·
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    Definitely! There are NO knives on our registry, and if someone does give us knifes we will send them a penny in the thank you card.

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  • Nemo
    Master August 2018
    Nemo ·
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    I heard this recently! FH and I have a knife block set and a set of nice steak knives on our registry...I'm not too worried about the superstition.

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  • Liana
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    Liana ·
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    I heard about this one. Thankfully we did not get any knives as wedding gifts.

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  • SoKatiiee
    Devoted June 2018
    SoKatiiee ·
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    Nope. Haven't heard of this one either. Smiley xd I feel like I don't know any Superstitions! Although we did not ask for knifes so... yay? haha!

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  • rica
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    rica ·
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    Never heard of this one either! We didn't ask for knives because FH likes a really expensive set. But if they were less we would have!

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  • Brenda
    Devoted May 2018
    Brenda ·
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    Does a shower gift count? My FBIL and his now wife (then fiancée) gave us some knives at my bridal shower but no penny. They don’t read into superstitions and I’m sure they never heard of this before.
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  • ISaidHallYes
    VIP November 2018
    ISaidHallYes ·
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    Uh oh! What?! I have never heard of this. I bought my FH $1200 knife set for our upcoming wedding as his day of gift!!!! Whoops that is a lot of money spent on something that is going to come back bite.. I mean cut me!

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  • BB-H
    VIP September 2018
    BB-H ·
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    I've never heard of this one. I'm most likely putting a knife set on our registry as we don't own a decent set ourselves. We're only kind of superstitious about theatre things, and even then, more for habit than anything else.

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  • P
    Super January 2019
    PalmTrees ·
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    Never heard of that, it sounds crazy.
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