Am I gross?

BigMatt1978

BigMatt1978

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Ok first off, I consider myself an outdoorsman. I hunt,fish.hike,and generally love to be outdoors. While I do use my knives pretty regularly for a variety of task, it seems what I use a knife for the most is cutting the dead skin from my cuticles and feet and cutting my toenails my wife HATES IT! Is this unusual am I in as disgusting as my wife would have me believe?
 
If you are alone, do as you wish.:) In the company of others, especially women, :barf: :thumbdn:
 
Not really, sometimes I use my pocket knife to cut my cuticles ( but not my nails :) )
 
I say yes...yes you are...but mainly because I reaaaaallllllly don't want to picture you (or anyone) cutting their dead skin, etc. I mean...we humans are disgusting enough without having to be reminded of it by others ;) .
 
Seems pretty normal! Unless u are immediately using it to peel an apple or spread some peanut butter lol.....Then that may qualify as a gross....
 
Perfectly normal. When done wipe off on a pant leg or what ever then you're good to go, on to the next task.
 
The men i grew up with had one knife. They used their one knife for every thing. Clean toe nails,wipe on pants and go on.Cut food,wipe on pants and go on. castrate pigs,wipe and go on.The men i grew up with never said "ewww", or "gross", or " i threw up a little in the back of my throat". I never knew anyone who got sick or had food poisoning etc. Man up. More and more men are metrosexual (google it). regards Henry
 
katanas said:
If you are alone, do as you wish.:) In the company of others, especially women, :barf: :thumbdn:
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Yep. Like most other body maintenance tasks, they should be done in private. I'm all for the cave man stuff when backpacking, hunting, etc., but even then, ya gotta know your audience.
 
A knife is a poor choice to cut you "nails" unless that is all you have other than in an emergency. So... yeah, you're gross and I don't want to hear about this particular knife usage. :D
 
cuticles? sure. Under the nail? sure The nail itself? when you're alone. Toenails? again, alone.

I always use a knife to get the dirt from under my nails.
 
I use a knife to cut my nails and have done so along with my grandfather and cousin for years now.
 
I use the blades & little scissors on my Vic Minichamp for all sorts of "maintenance". Watch those scissors on nose hair. Man that hurts when you nip a little skin up there. Said a bad word.

Not a problem with me. I really wouldn't enjoy seeing someone giving his feet a going over while I'm dining out, but that's just common sense.

I say - go for it!

:)
 
Every once in a while, check yourself and ask whether you'd have done a thing when you were dating her. I suspect a return to civility will work wonders with your wife and her impression of you.

Zieg
 
My Dad had an athletes foot problem for years..... I remember him litterally slicing off an 1/8" of skin from the bottom of his feet with his pocket knife. Finally they tried some new drug on him and his feet were normal for the last 20 years of his life. Did you all really want to know?
 
"Hand maintenance" is one of the handier things about carrying a knife. I'll remove splinters, cut a nail if one is broken, cut a cuticle if it is ragged and catching on stuff. I'll only do it if it is an "emergency" like one of those instances and I'll do it where ever.

If I have them handy I will use clippers, a needle, whatever. A knife is just for when I don't.

Just like anything else.
 
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