Can your spouse/partner use your knives?

[jlauffer]

Mine doesn’t even have to ask that, she already knows I always have a knife on me

Seems like she’s implying that there are times you don’t have a knife on you

Very rare that I don't, so not sure why she asks it like that.

 

[WedgeAntilles]

I bought her a Kershaw Leek that she purse carries. But like others here, I've seen her willingness to cut on ceramic surfaces or toss kitchen knives in the sink or dishwasher. So no, if she needs something cut, I'm happy to be the one to do it.

 

[Jack Sides]

She is the only one. She has her own set of Buck carving knives in the kitchen and Forschners in the drawer when we are together I always carry a knife or two

 

[beeinak]

Absolutely.

 

[PNWhovian]

this is my experience. She claims she's scared to use my knives because they're too sharp (they're not, she's just not confident in her abilities). My eyes twitch a little when she uses dull scissors to open packages.

I had to laugh at this because I can somewhat relate.

 

[AntDog]

Yes she can, and yes she does. She knows what to do and what not to do with a knife, and I love that. She has a bunch of her own too.

 

[guy g]

My wife has a super tinker and a Buck 285 bantam in her desk at work. In the kitchen she uses the Vic paring knives and an old Chicago Cutlery utility.
Otherwise , she also asked 'do you have a knife?'
I'm not worried about which one I hand her.

 

[DennisM]

No need to use my knives when she grabs other "suitable to her" tools of whatever is in an arm's reach. She destroys kitchen knives and scissors either while gardening, prying on crap or to use as a screwdriver. I buy scissors in bulk and get new silverware every year or so.

 

[Knives&Lint]

this is my experience. She claims she's scared to use my knives because they're too sharp (they're not, she's just not confident in her abilities). My eyes twitch a little when she uses dull scissors to open packages.

Same here. Then I hear her chopping vegetables and it sounds like a jackhammer, so I leave well enough alone

 

[Alberta Ed]

Having been married (50+ years) to an incurable knife abuser, I keep the kitchen cutlery sharp and that's good enough. She isn't too interested in my knives generally ("Oh, you bought another toy?") but she tolerates my addiction.

 

[ShaiHulud]

I get asked on occasion "how many more knives are you gonna buy"
To that I usually shrug
I bought her a white river knives small game hunter she purse carried for years, she also has a sak classic on her keys which she usually uses the scissors primarily

 

[Khromo]

I recently got very interested in some pricier Japanese cutlery, with very thin, hard blades and natural handle materials. I guess I forgot to ask my wife's permission because she started chipping the blades and letting them rattle around in the sink with plates and other cutlery. It was absolutely not going to work.

My solution is to keep my elegant and delicate SG2 lasers in wooden sheaths, in a drawer. It is not too much trouble to pull them out when the quantities and ingredients warrant the good stuff!

I gave my wife a block of tough, industrial strength kitchen pickup trucks with reasonably thin AEB-L or German stainless blades and tough synthetic handles. The AEB-L blades in particular can take a screaming edge at 15 degrees per side at 1.5-2K.

 

[gazz98]

She has her own tools and carries them.

I wear a 2xl/3x glove so what fits in my hands doesn't fit in hers (giggity).

She carries her pink Spyderco Delica S30V, Nitecore flashlight, and single stack firearm every day. **

** Obviously we are aware of where you can and can't carry a firearm and abide by our MI laws. So, she might not carry the firearm every day of course.

 

[Ironbut]

My wife has her own SAK Alox Cadet, and uses my Mini-Grip occasionally. She isn't really interested in any others.

 

[X ring]

Please refer to the "Who Else Has Got The Blues" thread

 

[DocJD]

What is mine , is hers .

But outside the being a kitchen Ninja , she is simply not too interested in knives . She just asks me if anything needs cutting .

I've tried to stimulate some interest in mine , but she mostly just is politely tolerant of the "clutter " .

She did allow me to put a Cold Steel compact SRK , orange handle and sheath , in her car .

Also , once shocked me by asking me to give her a Cold Steel "Tiger Claw" folding karambit . Never saw it again ! IDK and afraid to ask !

 

[DrRollinstein]

She tries. Has trouble closing them though. I got her a little spyderco ladybug to carry and shes had it for years now.

 

[Loki.88]

Mine has 6 pink Spyderco knives to use when needed. She did cut her thumb once checking out my new Glock knife so she got busted. Apparently she is under the impression it's hers now "because it bit me first"....off all the sharp 150+ knives she got bit by a factory sharpened glock knife...

 

[Monofletch]

That’s why I have them. However, I keep users in the front of my knife drawer for easy access!

 

[Quiet]

No, sorry, not allowed. She can get her own!

But seriously, she has several nice knives I've given her to use so when needed, she generally uses one of them.