"Can I use your knife?"

In the past..."can I borrow your knife" I say yes "Yes" and then I watched as my Caly 3.5 began to be used as a pry tool... (Mentally I shudder and curse) ...and quickly I ask for it back and find a mini pry bar initsplace...

To the future question... "Can I borrow your knife?" To which I respond (mentally, go f$ck yourself) say "no" and I smile and ask "is there any way I can help"...
 
Nope, after one of my friends sliced open his thumb to "test" the sharpness, and another one tested the knife on his jeans pocket... wow, this thing is sharp :rolleyes:
People around here just don't expect a pocket knife to be that sharp, just plain stupid around here to lend out your knife, accidents waiting to happen :D
 
Usually ask why, what for and then offer to do it for them. Rarely hand over a knife to anyone nowadays since it seems that ignorance is the soup de jour. I've happily given knives away to people who have developed a liking towards knives and their uses in daily life. Can count those instances on one hand though.
 
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jbmonkey said:
Anyone who doesn't or won't carry a knife deserves to use their keys as slicing tools. Truth be told it's safer for them to use their keys.
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Best two responses yet.

The last time I loaned my knife to a non-family or non-knife guy I had just began quoting like a robot "the most commonly abused part of a knife is the tip..."
he had already broken off the tip by using it as a screwdriver. He also acted like it was no big deal that he did that to my knife..Never again.

And HELL NO to carrying an extra knife to let dummies use. I very well may carry two knives or more but none of them are cheap, or to be broken by
being misused by an amateur.

And I love the shocked responses from non-knife people when they find out how much the knife costs. I routinely have to remind them about how much they spent
on their fishing gear, boat, motorcycle, kids, strippers (joking), jewelry, brand new vehicle, whatever the case may be. Then they seem to understand a little better.
 
I have no problem lending my knife to any of my co-workers.I don't carry a beater to lend and while a Military isn't expensive ,it isn't exactly cheap.

We are a small crew, 8 guys 1 gal, and we respect each others property. Any tool borrowed is returned in the same condition ( cleaned even).
 
Where I work and live most everybody has a knife, but on those rare occasions that I do get asked, first I ask what for, and if it is legitimate then they get handed a cheap Chinese Schrade slip joint (I like their looks, and the price makes them great beaters) or occasionally an Opinel. As I'm handing it to them I say "you break it you buy it."

When I was a patrol leader in scouts I was astonished at how many well-trained scouts would totally disregard everything they were taught concerning knife safety and proper use. Before I was a patrol leader I lent cheapos, but once I was a leader my rules were that if you forgot or lost your knife, you got over it and made do. Now I only still know a few of them, but they're knife nuts like me.
 
FordRanger said:
Where I work and live most everybody has a knife, but on those rare occasions that I do get asked, first I ask what for, and if it is legitimate then they get handed a cheap Chinese Schrade slip joint (I like their looks, and the price makes them great beaters) or occasionally an Opinel. As I'm handing it to them I say "you break it you buy it."

When I was a patrol leader in scouts I was astonished at how many well-trained scouts would totally disregard everything they were taught concerning knife safety and proper use. Before I was a patrol leader I lent cheapos, but once I was a leader my rules were that if you forgot or lost your knife, you got over it and made do. Now I only still know a few of them, but they're knife nuts like me.
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As my friend was applying for eagle scout we did a SAR group for about a year. He needed help with his compass work. Teaching kids doesn't always equate to kids learning. I also refuse to sharpen his knives. It's like looking at a blade that got tossed in a garbage disposal. :eek:

As for family. My wife can borrow my knife. That's it. She's the only one who has a clue about knives. Not knowledgeable per se, she just realizes she doesn't know what she doesn't know. She also knows that every knife I own is razor blade. A trait she's come to like. Just ask me where my BJMoose GEC is. ;)

True story. Spent Christmas morning in the ER with dumbass Magee...My brother in law gave my OTHER brother in law his knife so he could see it. The guy says you're able to flick it open not realizing that you can flick it only after loosening the pivot screw. 4 attempts to flick it open later, with progressively more force, and the knife was sticking up to the scales in his lower leg. I'm just glad that he lost his grip on the return stroke and didn't fling it into one of the people around him. Like say the 4 year old kid, the 8 year old kid, the toddler, the baby, my parents, my wife... Let's just say he would have gone to the hospital either way. I'm not a violent guy at all but DAMN! Dumb has to have consequences.

People are just clueless about knives.
 
"Do you have a hundred dollar bill I can hold on to, until you give it back ?"
When the answer is no, I say - "Then no, thank you. Show me what needs cutting."
And we go from there. ;)
 
man I am surprised at the overwhelming amount of nos in this thread. I mean I know I am one of them but I thought I was going to be the odd man out. Thanks for the verification everyone.
 
It is difficult for me not to abide to the call of a person in need. if it is a friend, first examine what they need it for and see if it is alright if you can do it. If it is a fellow fisherman at the dock or a neighbor in my dorm, I give them a multitool. In fact, always give them a beater multitool so they don't start using your good knife as a screwdriver.
 
I've loaned a knife twice since I got into quality knives. First time it came back unscathed with the comment that it was "too sharp". I'm not even sure what that means.

The second time, I knew what the guy wanted to cut and I knew him, so I whipped out my 0777 and flip it open to hand to him and the customer standing by us got huge eyes and exclaimed that I must be the guy that security is protecting him from. I laughed.

I don't think there will be a third time. It's too nerve wracking.
 
I was turkey hunting with a buddy..non knife guy..we just were setting up the bling n he asks for my knife..not thinking I pulled it out and gave it to him and took a few steps around the blind then I hear him like digging. He was jamming it in the rocky soil to uproot a couple small samplings..I just was in awe
 
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