Absolutely nothing to do with survival

runningboar

runningboar

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But anyway, we had a cookout today at work, beer, bratwurst, peppers and onions, and potato salad. I keep my 15OT in my pack and it is always lather up and shave sharp, so I got it out and was cutting up the peppers and onions to cook, when I got through I layed it on the side of the grill. I wasn't paying any attention and when I turned around my 1SG was slicing onions on a metal baking pan with it, I flipped out and am still not quite over it. It wasn't hurt and a few minutes with my spyderco ceramic got it back shaving, but someone else using my favorite knife is kinda like someone sleeping with my wife.

I know a lot of people look at knives like tools and use them till they are done and then replace it, not me. I use them for their intended purpose, cutting and slicing but I do not abuse them, and cutting on a metal baking pan IMO is abuse.

Anybody else get chills up their spine when someone else touches their knives?
 
Not really, but I'm afraid I'd have a fit too, if somebody was using it to cut on a metal pan. It's bad enough to see glass cutting boards being sold...
 
Lesson, don't set your knife down in a public place. Next time itcoudl just as easily be gone.
 
It happens. Cooking at a friends house last night he almost used a wharncliffe blade of mine on a ceramic plate. The tip would of been dulled horribly. Nobody knows how to sharpen knives anymore so things like this escape them.
 
Do you think it's bad to use knives on a glass plate? I had one as a gift and I'm under the impression that all my knives are loosing their sharpness faster compared to wood. Sounds logical but then why sell glass plates specifically to prepare food? It's a extra hard kind of glass...

Varius

PS : You have to start somewhere: it's my first post! Just to let you know, I'm a french speaker for Montreal if you notice something wrong with my english...If the question is dumb, that may have nothing to do with my english writing skills! :-)
 
Buck268 said:
Lesson, don't set your knife down in a public place. Next time itcoudl just as easily be gone.
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I was not in a public place and I turned my back, not left it unattended, as a matter of fact, there are very few places any more secure than where I work. I assure you no one inside this facility would dream of stealing my knife. Chris
 
Welcome Varias!

No such thing as dumb questions. We may give some dumb answers, but they will be followed with one of these --> :)
 
Your English is probably better than mine.:o

I don't think that cutting on glass is a very good idea, I use wood cutting boards. I have heard both good and bad things about wood but I have been using them for a good many years with no ill effects towards myself or my knives. Chris
 
Welcome Varias-at work,people often ask to borrow my knife- once someone tried to use it to cut some bailing wire:eek: -I think the majority of people(see sheeple)just don't get it.
 
Luckily, the two other pressman on my shift understand knives... one used to be a cook and one used to work in a meat packing plant. However, the day crew is a different story... they think everything is just disposable like a utility blade.

It did take me a while to train my woman not to hand me a tool, knife or scissors business-end first :mad: Even a hammer or wrench, you'll get a dirty look if you hand it to me like that. Does that drive anyone else crazy or is it just me?
 
Thanks for the warm welcome everybody and about the topic, I disagree : it has something to do with survival...but it's about the survival of the one using what's not his! :-)

Varius
 
Gibsonfan: I agree with this, handing a tool corectly handle first is a sign of respect and handing it blate or haed first is a sign of disrespect. it is also alot safer

Runningboar: Your knife is your most basic survival tool and your lifeline in an emergency, you chose it with care and treat it with care, when someone abuses it they are belittling you and the care you take with your blade, and are in a round about way endangering you since they are making you less prepared than you should be. I believe your response was natural. I belive respect for others and their possesions is one of the things missing from many people, but i have been told that smacking them with cast iron frying pans is not socially acceptable so I usually rely on snide comments and ridicule to explain my frustration with their behavior. :)

PS: Welcome varius

PPS: what is a 15OT and what is a 1SG.
 
GibsonFan said:
It did take me a while to train my woman not to hand me a tool, knife or scissors business-end first :mad: Even a hammer or wrench, you'll get a dirty look if you hand it to me like that. Does that drive anyone else crazy or is it just me?
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agree 110% i find people look at me funny when i open my pocket knife then spin and flip it so the handle is facing out and the edge is down when ever someone asks for it at work, i find this is eaisier than having to explain to them how to open it, this has become such a habit that i do it to all tools

ps the 150T is a small shrade fixed blade if memory serves me right
 
Varius, welcome to the board! Yes, a glass cutting board or plate will dull a knife blade quite quickly. Glass is a very dense, hard material, so cutting against it is not too different from cutting on a metal surface. The same goes for ceramic. You can actually sharpen a knife on the smooth top edge of a rolled-down car window, if done right, thanks to glass being so hard. Also the bottom of a ceramic mug, if you can find one with the right texture. (I.E. not pitted) Anyhow, there are plenty of plastic cutting boards that will serve as well, though I like wood myself.

GibsonFan, I was taught from a wee lad to always offer a knife or tool handle first, and while it doesn't bother me too much when someone doesn't do the same, I do greatly appreciate it when someone does.
 
EmsRescueGuy said:
PPS: what is a 15OT and what is a 1SG.
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This is a 15OT
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A 1SG is an E8 in the United States Army, he is the top NCO in a company and is only outranked by the Company Commander, and that is very debatable with the commander losing most debates.:p
 
Beautiful knife! I see you like Borebutter. Great stuff. I use it for lube and a rust protectant on a lot of different things. Great for knives that are going to be used with food as its non-toxic.
 
troutfisher13111 said:
Beautiful knife! I see you like Borebutter. Great stuff. I use it for lube and a rust protectant on a lot of different things. Great for knives that are going to be used with food as its non-toxic.
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:thumbup: Absolutely, I don't see how people live without bore butter, I have small tins of it in every kit, fantastic stuff. Chris
 
I'm an NCO, but if my 1SG started using my knife, I'd... well... offer him a cutting board? Now if it was one of my soldiers, I'd have his @$$!
 
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