Can I borrow your knife?

Sharp & Fiery said:
Lol. That’s funny and I had one! :)

If the boss ain’t gonna replace it, you may as well find a new job. Would you really want to work for someone who treats employees like that?
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Alternatively;
clean up the knife and gift it to your boss. Who know, he might appreciate the gesture, or finally learn how to use it correctly.

n2s
 
John_B said:
Dude, I put the blame 100% on your shoulders for handing your sticker to an obvious retard. Remember no one on plant Earth gives a crap about your stuff as much as you do. Chalk this up to a life lesson learned.
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And somebody of poor upbringing. I was raised to return borrowed things in the condition they came in, that it was my responsibility.
 
MolokaiRider said:
For the most part I don't let anyone borrow anything anymore.

There used to be an unwritten code that whatever you borrow should be returned in as good, or better condition than when you borrowed it.

That ship has sailed.

Loaned a 4 wheeler once, it was returned dirty, scratched up, and had two flat tires.

Loaned a couple of trucks before, came back empty and dirty.

Loaned drums, was returned with a cracked cymbal and broken Tom head.

Loaned out a commercial scale, was never returned, had to drive to person's house, walk into their garage, and take it back despite asking for months.

Loaned a canoe, was told it was stolen, then found in three years later in some bushes behind the person's property.

Loaned a Spyderco GB2 to a colleague, who promptly used it to cut open lime bags and chipped the crap out of it.

Loaned out coolers, never got a single one back.

Loaned a table saw, never came back and the dude skipped town.

Heck, I even paid a "friend" to house sit while traveling, with the instructions to feed my dog and cat, and water my yard. Came home to find a pile of empty beer bottles next to a lawn chair, with the only green plants and grass within the sitting radius of the chair. Dog was fine, cat was missing. Found out later he hated cats.

I have finally leaned my lesson.
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Hey bud, you got a Sebenza I could borrow?
 
MolokaiRider said:
For the most part I don't let anyone borrow anything anymore.

There used to be an unwritten code that whatever you borrow should be returned in as good, or better condition than when you borrowed it.

That ship has sailed.

Loaned a 4 wheeler once, it was returned dirty, scratched up, and had two flat tires.

Loaned a couple of trucks before, came back empty and dirty.

Loaned drums, was returned with a cracked cymbal and broken Tom head.

Loaned out a commercial scale, was never returned, had to drive to person's house, walk into their garage, and take it back despite asking for months.

Loaned a canoe, was told it was stolen, then found in three years later in some bushes behind the person's property.

Loaned a Spyderco GB2 to a colleague, who promptly used it to cut open lime bags and chipped the crap out of it.

Loaned out coolers, never got a single one back.

Loaned a table saw, never came back and the dude skipped town.

Heck, I even paid a "friend" to house sit while traveling, with the instructions to feed my dog and cat, and water my yard. Came home to find a pile of empty beer bottles next to a lawn chair, with the only green plants and grass within the sitting radius of the chair. Dog was fine, cat was missing. Found out later he hated cats.

I have finally leaned my lesson.
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My coworkers, who consist of my dad, younger brother, and one buddy who helps us out part time all carry their own. On occasion my brother will forget his (a symptom of trying to get 2 little girls ready to go in the morning) and I have no problem lending him any of my knives. He knows my enthusiasm, even if he doesn't quite understand it...

Although I'm happy to say that I've been facilitating his first custom knife purchase, a new chef knife from David Mary David Mary . I've shown him some progress pictures, and he might actually become a full fledged knife guy now, rather than just a guy that carries a knife.
 
dogstar said:
The golden rule, so simple, yet so valid. If people would just adhere to that one thing, how wonderful this world would be.
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Yep, when I was still just starting out cutting for myself I was fortunate enough to have friends with equipment that they kindly allowed me to rent. Usually during the week while they worked their real jobs. I'd always return what we'd rented out with a full tank of fuel, and often with other little pre existing issues resolved. I'd occasionally get something after someone else had been allowed to use it and was often flabbergasted by the condition that guys brought equipment back to friends.
 
Wild Willie said:
Yep, when I was still just starting out cutting for myself I was fortunate enough to have friends with equipment that they kindly allowed me to rent. Usually during the week while they worked their real jobs. I'd always return what we'd rented out with a full tank of fuel, and often with other little pre existing issues resolved. I'd occasionally get something after someone else had been allowed to use it and was often flabbergasted by the condition that guys brought equipment back to friends.
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It's amazing how all of us, at one time or another, had folks help us out when we were trying to get established. It's a good thing people like you pay it forward. It makes all the difference in the world.
 
kafolarbear said:
last time I handed my knife to someone, they went right ahead and stabbed a level IIIA ceramic plate 3-4 times that someone was wearing with it. The time before that, the dude starts tossing it in the air, flipping and catching it telling me how it has good balance and would make a good throwing knife. I never seem to learn my lesson.
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I once let my co-workers take a look at a Griptilian that I was carrying that day. One guy tossed it to another person sitting several feet away and said that he didn’t care if it fell on the floor or not since it wasn’t his.
 
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Yeah I dont let people borrow my knife anymore. I let an old boss borrow my knife once and he accidentally broke the tip off of it prying. I did not get paid back even though he said he would pay me back. :(
But I learned a lesson that stuck with me lol
 
There are very few people I'd lend a knife to and that lists shortens the moment they want to take it out of my sight. There's a reason I keep a bunch of Morakniv fixed blades and entry level EDC folders stashed around the property and at various work stations. It ensures knives are always handy, but that nobody is destroying an expensive knife of mine because I wanted to be a nice guy. There are just too many "give me the job and I'll finish the tools" people out there. I'll usually offer to cut things myself, ask very specific questions, or go straight to "one man, one kit" rulings.

 
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