Backup/Loaner knife?

Well if somebody dropped the strider on accident and the tip broke off I bet you'd be highly pissed! And considering the work you did on it to wave it.... Even if strider replaced the blade it wouldn't be the same! By the way - that scenario could happen easier than you think. Knives get dropped all the time, and if it's open and falls tip down, adios amigos. Even if it IS a mighty strider, the tip can still break off.

If I were you guys, I'd "invest" in a Kershaw to loan out. Hell, I loan out a Chinese half serrated POS I got free at a convention for listening to a talk about anodes for pipeline protection.
 
Out of all the folders I have at the moment, the SMF or the ZT0200 would be my loaners.

 
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I was gonna ask if i could borrow the Ralph.

I have never owned one.

Years ago, i had a cyber buddy that lived close by Darrel and was friends with him, he had lots of Ralphs and always recommended them but i never got around to it....i think LaBella talked me out of it.
 
You mean "mndart"...?

And... no, I'm not 81 but I am friend of a friend of a friend... much love/loyalty/honor/respect/support. ;)

 
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I had intentions of carrying a loaner knife and I bought a Byrd Hawkbill to try out for that. It might be a bit radical to loan to people but I also wanted to try out a fully serrated blade. I've recently bought a Delica that I might try carrying as a loaner. No matter what I'm carrying the first thing that I ask is what a person wants to use it for. If they say they want to dig a rock out of the ground, or open a can, or pry open a door, they are out of luck. If they want to cut a string or open a box I might let them borrow it.
 
I work by myself nowadays, and quite a few of my friends are into knives, so I don't loan out my knives often. I used to run an NGO and somebody would always need to borrow a knife for something. Since I owned an outdoors equipment store at the time, I ordered a couple of boxes of Opinels (#9 and #8) and a bunch of Victorinox Classics in different colours and gave them out to whoever needed a knife.

Those little SAKs proved very popular.
 
I'll carry more than one on occasion; but not with the expectation of a loaner.
I'll ask what are you trying to cut; then 9 out of 10 end up cutting it myself.
 
I either loan my disposable razor or tell them that I don't have a knife. I work in a manufacturing environment, and you'd be surprised at how many people don't really know how to close a folding knife. A razor blade is almost second nature to them though. Outside of a working environment, the sheeple I know are too scared to handle a folding knife so no worries about loaning there.
 
The Mastiff said:
. When I think of a loaner it's usually a well sharpened Byrd Cara Cara bought for about $19. .
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If I were to subscribe to the idea of a loaner, certainly that's an example of the way to go. Three of my fave EDCs right now happen to be very inexpensive, pac-rim-built models. That does not mean I don't like and care for them. I don't see any of them as 'disposable', although they are quite easily replaced.


DShiflet said:
If someone asks for my knife, I ask them why, and if the use is acceptable usage, I do it for them. .
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That's the question I've learned to ask by reading here on BF. Although, if I know the person, I would have no trouble handing over the knife. The last couple of times I saw the need, I was standing next to my co-worker struggling at the time. I handed over my stockman with the sheepsfoot already open, and they immediately used it to do what was needed. No comments other than a thank-you, and the return of my knife to me, handle-first, so that I would be the one to close it.
 
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