Anyone top this "DON'T" incident?

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Lavan

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Guy noticed my Fallkniven U2. Asked to see. Handed it to him. He opened it. Okay so far.

THEN...... he raised his hand, extended his index finger and from about 6" away SWEPT it down on the edge. Before I could even register enough to say "Don't!!"

Yep. Laid his finger open.

Anyone ELSE use this unique edge test?

:eek: :eek: :D :eek:
 
Groannn ... I've seen it happen :( This is a question that comes up here periodically, with the expectedly disastrous results. Before I show anyone one of my knives, I ask them how they check a blade for sharpness. Sure enough, that's exactly what they say they'll do.
 
Esav.....people will....SAY... they're gonna do that?

Really???

"Hi officer, I betcha I can yank that gun outta yer holster."

My God. Now we gonna hafta ask people how they're gonna see if their SOUP is too hot.

"This species is very interesting. However, it seems doomed."

:confused: :eek:
 
People who do that with a knife deserve to be cut. I hope you laughed at him, called him an idiot, and offered him some salt to rub in his cut. :)
 
Lavan said:
Knife Licenses !!!!!

:D :D :D
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Do you know how many cops look at this thread? Don't even mention that! They'll make a comment, jokingly, to someone on the town council, and before you know it, I'll have to register my Schrade and Buck slipjoints!

I've seen this happen at shows, I usually lightly rub by thumb pad along the sharp edge as if I was doing it on the spine, and I have never cut myself.
 
I carry a couple bandaids in my wallet 'cause I KNOW that this world is full of idiots (myself included :D.).
 
The exact day that I decided never to loan my knives out to anybody - except those I know will not misuse them - was the day some guy asked to see my knife, and then moved to test the sharpness with his tongue. He didn't cut himself, but he could have (it was freshly sharpened the night before). But it also bothered me that the guy essentially licked my knife, so I washed it after he left. Nobody licks my knives but me. Nobody! :)
 
I remember a Three Stooges episode in which Curly tests the sharpness of a straight razor on his tongue. :eek:

Maybe that guy learned everything he needed to know from the Three Stooges. :rolleyes:
 
LyonHaert said:
The exact day that I decided never to loan my knives out to anybody - except those I know will not misuse them - was the day some guy asked to see my knife, and then moved to test the sharpness with his tongue. He didn't cut himself, but he could have (it was freshly sharpened the night before). But it also bothered me that the guy essentially licked my knife, so I washed it after he left. Nobody licks my knives but me. Nobody! :)
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This has to be bs, nobody could be that stupid? He must've seen the Mortal Kombat movie and saw one of the fighters do it to his UC bowie :D .
 
Lavan said:
Two words that should never be spoken!!!!!

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Idiot!!! You better edit that comment out!!! :mad: The last thing we need is some gubberment official to see this thread and start a push for it. If it happens I will have to hunt you down and beat you. :p
 
I had my Swisstool RS out cutting through some wrapping. A guy next to me asked to see it. I told him "Be careful, it's razor sharp." He blew off the the warning with a "Yeah, yeah." He opened the implements and eventually came to the serrated blade. He lightly slid his thumb down the edge. In a split second, he said "That's not sharp," and pressed down harder on the serrated edge and ran his thumb up the blade. About ten seconds later he was running to the bathroom to clean and wrap a nice, deep cut. Since then, very few, if any people get a chance to inspect my blades for sharpness.
 
WadeF said:
I hope you laughed at him, called him an idiot, and offered him some salt to rub in his cut. :)
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That's so damn HARD to do when it's a...... relative.

skulk skulk skulk.

:eek: :( :(
 
sharpened a knife for my nephew a camillus lock back.told him it was very sharp.he slides his thumb over it and promptly slices it open yells for his mom to patch him up.he is 17 years old
 
Testing sharpness stupidly is a subset of stupid things people do with your knife. Here are links to a couple previous threads:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=298273
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=167734

From both of those I'll quote:
"I was in a store to swap out a display. One of the young employees was trying to be helpful. A cable was secured with a nylon table tie. I got out my Victorinox Adventurer SAK with razor sharp locking 3.25" blade and said "let me cut it". He asked for the knife so that he could cut it.

I expected him to turn the blade edge-up, slip it in the loop of the cable tie, and lever it upwards (the way that I would have done it). Instead he reversed the knife and started to pull the blade into the loop with the edge and point towards his body. I was trying to moan "no!!" when the blade popped through the tie and into his left hand. He bled all over the place and went off to the emergency room.
"
 
silenthunterstudios said:
Do you know how many cops look at this thread?
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So?! There is a short video on the net of a female copper poiting her gun at a suspect and suddenly shooting her gun right next to his head and another copper straddling him to handcuff the suspect. (try to find it - its called stupidcop.avi on my version). Most cops know that there are idiots everywhere and that bannnig tools does not ban idiocy.

I also know for a fact about this incident. On a Swissair flight from Zurich to New York they used to have armed plainclothes policemen. During transit, the cops stayed on board to greet their replacements in NY and pass them their guns (hence, the weapons never left the plane, so no legal problems here). One of these cops called a flight attendent into a restroom to show her his gun and, of course, the gun fired withouth harming either one (by miracle). So imagine that: the 9mm bullet of a Sig-Sauer P220 is somethere inside a Jumbo 747-357 which now cannot take off before all is repaired and checked which costs Swissair huge sums of money with each passing hour. I do not know what happened to the cop, but my guess is that he ended up on permanent patrol on top of the Matterhorn for the rest of his career.

As Schiller and Nietzche said - against stupidity even the gods struggle in vain ;)
 
Don't ever try to splice an electric extension cord using a knife while the cord is STILL PLUGGED IN. I did that when I was a kid and was quickly knocked on my butt.

I found the knife the other day in a box of old stuff. Part of the wire was welded to the blade. Of course, this "DON'T" is so elementary, I doubt anyone, anywhere would try it. But....I had to go upstairs and find the tape and get a knife. By the time I returned to the scene, I had simply forgotten the cord was still plugged in. Still a fundamentally stupid thing to do (even for a daydreaming kid).

Who invented electric lawnmowers, anyway? :confused:
 
As horrible as that incident is, I think my friend has topped it. You see, that idiot didn't actually know for sure the knife was sharp at the time.
I was having a nice Sunday breakfast at Church and used my SOG Twitch I to open a few packages of jam and cream cheese. I'm at the table with my friend Daniel who KNOWS how sharp my knives are. He's seen me shave with them.
I asks to borrow the Twitch to spread some of his cream cheese on his bagel. After he's done, he proceedes to lick the remaining cheese off of the knife. Not even off of the flat of it. Edge first, right into the tounge. I could see the blood dripping out of his mouth. I was laughing hysterically. I imagine his breakfast didn't taste that good afterwards.
-KC
 
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