How far is the nearest knife from you?

It keeps getting closer!
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3 feet

The nearests sharps are I'm our kitchen..there are others scattered around the house as well....

The sharpest knives in the house are currently a hair over an arm's length from me - proudly displayed so that all may see them and shudder.  When unsheathed, these 16 knives are sharper than any Gyutou knife.  They can slice cleanly through carpet, denim and skin ... in just one slight pass.  These razor-sharp knives are so lethal that only a master can (and does) wield them.  Right now that master is basking in the sun awaiting his morning fish ... flipping his tail. 

There are a couple of plastic knives in my bottom desk drawer - maybe 2 feet away.

Boringly around 10-12 feet away and I can't even begin to match some of the witty replies here 

"Twenty-seven inches."

Downstairs in the kitchen

There is an antique knife hanging on the wall in the hall way about 20 feet from me.

  There's one pressed against my back right now, please call the police. Hurry!

About three feet away. There's a couple hidden in a decorative bowl.

Quite a distance, the kitchen is at the far end of this floor.

not that far but its a butter knife