"Can I use your knife?"

Depends. If carrying a cheap knife no problemo, walk off with it, ream on it, whatever. If I'm carrying a knife I care about, must know what your doing with it and it's not leaving my sight. There are a couple knives I would never let ANYONE use. Discontinued or ones with almost irreplaceable scales. Also "if you break you buy!".
 
Depends, my good ones, no.
I do have a Benchmade that I use in work and I will hand it to someone if they need to cut something. Its not out of my sight, and I make sure to get it back. Its a utility tool, I have even used it as a pry bar. Its my get stuff done blade.
 
I usually have a cheap Kershaw (just gave it away to a co-worker today who is always asking me for my knife) or a single bladed SAK that I will hand out. The steel is soft enough to sharpen up again if they mess up the edge.

I do lend out my Sebenzas or Hinderer sometimes, but I always ask them what they are using it for and probably just because I haven't had any bad experiences yet.

Reading this thread makes me nervous though. I think i will go back to just lending out the SAK. Ha ha ha.

Also, I love keeping them sharp- a guy I didn't really like asked me to use a knife once, and I gave him the Kershaw. It turns out he wanted to pop a blister and cut away the skin, then complained to me that is was too sharp and he cut his finger. I don't mind lending him sharp cheap-o knives after that.
 
SVTFreak said:
After about the 3rd time I had to cut something for my one of my guys, I ordered them all benchmade minibarrages. After 2 months, they where all lost and ruined. Wouldn't cut a plastic bag. They came to me wanting more. I ordered them gerber paraframes and I won't replace them.

The best thing I've found for them is multitools. They actually take care of those. About once a month I bring the edge back for them on the blades on a cheap diamond coarse stone. They think they are light sabers after that.
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sounds like you need to buy them sharpening tools and care kits. I don't know how men, even in this day and age cant take care of their tools, bought or provided. In my line of work, you need your tools, they are your livelihood
 
If I know what they're using it for, then I lend it to them while they use it in my presence.

I've had other people ask me to open whatever package they need for them and I normally do it, especially when it was my boss asking and she knew I have a knife around me.
 
Sure, only if it's one of my "worker" knives that are cheapos. If I have one of my EDC blades on me like I have of recently, NO WAY! People think cutting metal wires, screwing in screws, cutting things on top of concrete, etc are all fine to do with knives. No effing way!
 
If they know me well enough to know how I feel about my knives...then ok...be careful...and I'm watching.
If not the answer is...NO, what do you want me to cut for you?

I learned the hard way while I watched the point of my BM761 grind away while a customer made a cut through paper by pressing the tip down and pulling the knife across a rough steel workbench. Never again!
 
i haven't been asked much, but when people do I always ask them a question that makes it real clear. "Can I use your wife". If they are stupid enough to come back at me I tell them well you want to F--- my knife, I may as well F--- something of yours.

Last time I got a co worker all fired up I told him to use his keys. He put it on the cement and cut some cardboard with his car key. Better his car key than my knife. I wouldn't even loan out the tac force my brother got me for Christmas as a joke.
 
I always say "sure" and then I reach in my back pocket and hand them a wore out RR Trapper that just about everybody has used when they ask to use my Knife.! A few times they have said no as I like the looks of yours better I say yes and I do to.!** ( i have never cleaned the RR or sharpened it and it looks like xxxx ~~ but then again -- that is life.* ) lol
 
I work with a small group of guys (there's 7 of us at the shop) and I trust them all not to do anything stupid with them...especially since they know what they cost. Most of them carry knives anyway, so on the rare occasion, sure.
 
I usually ask what they need cut, and then respond appropriately. Sometimes I'll hand them the knife, most times I'll just cut it, and occasionally I'll give them my SAK (for the screwdriver).

Generally speaking though, I don't lend people knives. I just don't want anyone to hurt themselves on my "too sharp" (I keep them between hair splitting, and paper slicing sharp) knife, and have any drama around that. I also don't want them to destroy my knife, but since my knives are all cheap, I'm primarily worried about the other person hurting themselves.
 
Bob6794 said:
Very few people are allowed, and that's because I know they know how to use a knife properly. Everyone else no.

Before this I've handed someone a knife before, brand new kershaw and I didn't even sharpen it so it was factory sharp and less than 5sec latter I hear "Oww" as they hurt themselves. Than I have people declaring my knives are too sharp and are dangerous, etc. What's funny is I don't think I ever handed one of those people a truly sharp knife that I had just sharpened, and well I tend to make factories knives look dull at this point.
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Almost 100% there, just never heard the ouch part from a co-worker. (Now my family & friends are a whole other story.)If you don't ware a knife, you can't use my knife. And always comes with a warning, " It's not my fault if you cut yourself." Protects one from being dragged to court. Or just a flat out "No, I'll do it myself"
 
WK ONE said:
Do you let your work colleagues borrow your knife for everyday tasks? I have a guy I work with who is always asking to borrow my knife, even after I gave him a cheapo one with a decent edge for him to use. Where is it? 'Oh, I left it at home". *facepalm*
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Well, you certainly figured out the answer to your question. Tell him to go home and get it.
 
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