Committed the ultimate knife sin today...

[Maximumbob54]

Someone asked to borrow a knife and I handed them my favorite SAK. To be more specific, they asked if I had a screwdriver, so I opened the flat driver and handed it to them.

This is after I've tried my best to correct the blades:

Thankfully, the main cleaned up well enough. Hard to tell since it's such a mirror but there's still some bacon edge towards the tip.

The small blade isn't cleaning up as well with a still annoying amount of bacon tip.

He told me he needed something with more "bite" than either available driver and the small blade worked best. I know it's just a knife but this is my original "good" knife. Everything previous to this were gas station flea market junk. I've had this SAK for decades now. This was in my pocket when you could still use a knife in school and not have people around you faint and SWAT jump through windows. This knife is already a Ship of Theseus to me having had the scales, tweezers, pick, and ring replaced multiple times. But the internals are still original without the blades being sharpened to death.

Never hand out your knife.

People are just annoying.

 

[jjg6319]

I never let anyone use my knives. I will do the task for them before letting them do it.

 

[norcalAF]

I never let anyone use my knives. I will do the task for them before letting them do it.

This is the way.

 

[EngrSorenson]

Someone asked to borrow a knife and I handed them my favorite SAK. To be more specific, they asked if I had a screwdriver, so I opened the flat driver and handed it to them.

This is after I've tried my best to correct the blades:

Thankfully, the main cleaned up well enough. Hard to tell since it's such a mirror but there's still some bacon edge towards the tip.

The small blade isn't cleaning up as well with a still annoying amount of bacon tip.

He told me he needed something with more "bite" than either available driver and the small blade worked best. I know it's just a knife but this is my original "good" knife. Everything previous to this were gas station flea market junk. I've had this SAK for decades now. This was in my pocket when you could still use a knife in school and not have people around you faint and SWAT jump through windows. This knife is already a Ship of Theseus to me having had the scales, tweezers, pick, and ring replaced multiple times. But the internals are still original without the blades being sharpened to death.

Never hand out your knife.

People are just annoying.

“Pistols at dawn”

 

[Alberta Ed]

Don't loan your knife. Ever.

 

[AntDog]

If somebody needs a screwdriver, hand em a screwdriver. Dumbasses who “need more bite” will hand you back your precious with bacon edge, as you found out.

I don’t ever lend out a knife anymore. Ever. I’ll cut stuff for somebody, turn a screw with a screwdriver, even replace a taillight or belt or something, help any way I can, but I don’t ever hand somebody one of my blades. Ever. Ever ever.

 

[eveled]

Everyone learns that lesson the hard way.

 

[Cwilliams563]

Oh No! Whenever someone asks if I have a knife, I’ll usually pause, and stutter when I ask them what they need it for. Usually it’s for some dumb ass task like to tighten a screw on their glasses, pry with it, or try to cut something they shouldn’t. I try to politely tell them no or cut it for them lol

 

[killgar]

A man who doesn't carry a knife probably doesn't recognize the value of a knife.

A man who doesn't recognize the value of a knife isn't going to treat your knife with respect.

My rule- Never entrust a knife to a man who can't be bothered to carry one himself.

But even if a man carries his own, I'm still rather discriminating.

 

[Riz!]

This is the way.

THIS IS THE WAY

 

[shinyedges]

Well, a valuable lesson was learned. Your associate learned he can f up your knife and get away scott free

Next time he'll need to scrape dung off his boot and then test his cutting torch out.

 

[91bravo]

Poop knife!

 

[EngrSorenson]

Well, a valuable lesson was learned. Your associate learned he can f up your knife and get away scott free

Next time he'll need to scrape dung off his boot and then test his cutting torch out.

You give that associate too much credit. He knew nothing and learned nothing.

 

[elevator man]

Guy i work with asked if I had a razor knife the other day. I say no. He knows I carry a knife, so he says well what about your pocket knife. (Now this guy just asked me for my utility knife.....) so I literally paused for 10 seconds contemplating, then said sure, and reached past my spyderco and handed him my leatherman multitool to use. He walked away happily and later I looked at the blade, was shaving, now reflects light it's so dull. Correct decision to not hand him my spyderco.

I like having a dedicated "loaner" tool on me that I never had out my nice knife.

 

[EngrSorenson]

I like having a dedicated "loaner" tool on me that I never had out my nice knife.

This is the way.

 

[Chuck_Nunface]

That one's on you

 

[jakemex]

Knives are tools. I don’t loan tools… they either come back in worse condition than they were in originally or never come back.

 

[Skar]

I’ve learned this lesson once as well.
This is the way.

 

[DocJD]

Ask to borrow a knife (or most anything else ) from me ...and receive a free lecture !

Excepting the wife , and few select others that I owe the courtesy .

 

[scorpnsnake]