Cringeworthy Blade Misuse

GermanyChris said:
I lend folks my Sebenza and they always return it to me undamaged OFC they're just opening boxes or cutting zip ties so I'd expect that.
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I meant it in a humorous way, I should have added a smiley face, my bad.

I lend my Sebenza, without incidence all the time.
 
At work it seems like I've been labeled as the guy who always has a knife, and people often ask me for one to use. About a week ago a piece of steel fell onto the acetylene/oxygen lines on the cutting torch (luckily there was no spark) and it started leaking. After I immediately turned off the tanks, we had to repair the line. A coworker asked for my knife to cut the lines clean at the damaged part. Instead of doubling up the lines in his hand and pull-cutting away from himself, he placed the lines on a flat steel railing and proceeded to saw-cut through the lines with my buck vantage pro (s30v). The hair popping edge cleaved the lines in one push stroke, yet he continued to saw back and forth on the steel several times, as if he had anticipated a dull knife and wasn't paying attention whatsoever. I literally cringed as he blunted the apex on rusty (painted) steel. He thanked me and handed the knife back. I couldn't wait to strop the edge back to life lol.
 
Get ready to go curl up in a ball in the corner and cry. :p Y'all ain't seen nuthin' yet... :eek:




Now we're talking abuse...


Still kicking...


Oops, there goes the tip! :oops:
 
Cooking with gasoline now!!! :eek:


And that's about it.



Proof that anything can be broken if someone tries hard enough. :rolleyes:
 
SpyderPhreak said:
Get ready to go curl up in a ball in the corner and cry. :p Y'all ain't seen nuthin' yet... :eek:




Now we're talking abuse...


Still kicking...


Oops, there goes the tip! :oops:
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This dude’s video of him destroying a CRK fixed blade was posted as proof by some member that all stainlesses are worthless as fixed blades.

I think the guy doesn’t know what knives are meant for.
 
A lot of very interesting anecdotes here, but precious few are of our own idiocy. I will attempt to remedy this. A decade-and-half ago i was working in the deli department at my local supermarket, it was peak hours, lots of customers, and i was slicing some italian cured meats for a customer, in thin slices. I was using one of those machines with a large circular blade that rotates, and a dial you set the thickness with.

Another customer asks a question and i'm instantly distracted, look up, but forget to tell my arm and upper body to stop slicing, so it does another push as it had been doing for the last few minutes.

What happens next is truly remarkable, and i remember it very vividly. As i push the part of the machine that moves forward and slice i pause and look down. That didnt feel quite right.

At this point there was absolutely no pain, no blood, but as i remove my hand i see that the edge of my thumb is missing part of the glove, and as cool air hits my freshly severed nerves there is this strange feeling, a little discomforting, but above all weird. A few droplets of blood emerge. I slap on another glove, try to locate the tiny bit of thumb that's missing, the show must go on, customers waiting.

Thankfully i do and it fell nowhere near the cured ham i had sliced so all was good, packaged it up and handed the customer the package. The wound healed remarkably well, but then again we kept a clean shop(minus the body parts).

That thumb is still to this day ever so slightly flatter in its curvature compared to my left, unsliced thumb. A nice reminder to never let yourself be distracted when near something that can hurt you.

I'm just thankful i was cutting as thinly as i could, we often cut roast beef much thicker...
 
SwedeKris said:
A lot of very interesting anecdotes here, but precious few are of our own idiocy. I will attempt to remedy this. A decade-and-half ago i was working in the deli department at my local supermarket, it was peak hours, lots of customers, and i was slicing some italian cured meats for a customer, in thin slices. I was using one of those machines with a large circular blade that rotates, and a dial you set the thickness with.

Another customer asks a question and i'm instantly distracted, look up, but forget to tell my arm and upper body to stop slicing, so it does another push as it had been doing for the last few minutes.

What happens next is truly remarkable, and i remember it very vividly. As i push the part of the machine that moves forward and slice i pause and look down. That didnt feel quite right.

At this point there was absolutely no pain, no blood, but as i remove my hand i see that the edge of my thumb is missing part of the glove, and as cool air hits my freshly severed nerves there is this strange feeling, a little discomforting, but above all weird. A few droplets of blood emerge. I slap on another glove, try to locate the tiny bit of thumb that's missing, the show must go on, customers waiting.

Thankfully i do and it fell nowhere near the cured ham i had sliced so all was good, packaged it up and handed the customer the package. The wound healed remarkably well, but then again we kept a clean shop(minus the body parts).

That thumb is still to this day ever so slightly flatter in its curvature compared to my left, unsliced thumb. A nice reminder to never let yourself be distracted when near something that can hurt you.

I'm just thankful i was cutting as thinly as i could, we often cut roast beef much thicker...
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While reading this, my butt-puckered so hard it improved my posture. :D

Glad it wasn't worse!
 
SwedeKris said:
A lot of very interesting anecdotes here, but precious few are of our own idiocy. I will attempt to remedy this. A decade-and-half ago i was working in the deli department at my local supermarket, it was peak hours, lots of customers, and i was slicing some italian cured meats for a customer, in thin slices. I was using one of those machines with a large circular blade that rotates, and a dial you set the thickness with.

Another customer asks a question and i'm instantly distracted, look up, but forget to tell my arm and upper body to stop slicing, so it does another push as it had been doing for the last few minutes.

What happens next is truly remarkable, and i remember it very vividly. As i push the part of the machine that moves forward and slice i pause and look down. That didnt feel quite right.

At this point there was absolutely no pain, no blood, but as i remove my hand i see that the edge of my thumb is missing part of the glove, and as cool air hits my freshly severed nerves there is this strange feeling, a little discomforting, but above all weird. A few droplets of blood emerge. I slap on another glove, try to locate the tiny bit of thumb that's missing, the show must go on, customers waiting.

Thankfully i do and it fell nowhere near the cured ham i had sliced so all was good, packaged it up and handed the customer the package. The wound healed remarkably well, but then again we kept a clean shop(minus the body parts).

That thumb is still to this day ever so slightly flatter in its curvature compared to my left, unsliced thumb. A nice reminder to never let yourself be distracted when near something that can hurt you.

I'm just thankful i was cutting as thinly as i could, we often cut roast beef much thicker...
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I'm missing the top 1/2" of my thumb for the same reason, the meat slicer didn't even slow down for the bone
 
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Gotta keep this thread alive!!

Okay so I finally got an carbon 5 Cold Steel Trailmaster. My father gave it to me to have on my hip while hog hunting. When I get home there is a little pitt bull puppy playing with my pitt/ husky mix. The girlfriend had volunteered to puppy watch it for the night. They end up getting in fights over this mint rawhide strip. I look around and find out that that indeed is the only one. So I get the bright idea of cutting it in half. I can't find any of my saws so I decide to give it two whacks. One on each side with the trail master....... Two big rolls and tons of stropping later I have two happy dogs and a lesson in being impatient. No wonder my dad waited so long to give it to me. ( I am now 27). Ended up pounding the Master hunter in 3v through it with a hammer (super beater knife). At least the dogs were happy.
 
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My buddies are often curious about the knives I EDC. There have been countless nicked thumbs from drop-shut smooth folders. Also had a guy cut himself open because he wanted to touch the blade, and he even asked 'is this safe' AS he was sliding his finger across it. At least the cut wasn't too bad.

When I first started out collecting, I stabbed my ZT 0392PURBLK into an empty drink can in front of the aforementioned friends because I thought it would look cool and the DLC would hold up. Needless to say, I found out why it's called diamond-like, not diamond. lol.
 
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Two weeks ago we were cleaning our patrol rifles at work. I heard one of my buddies ask if anyone had a knife. I didn't even look up because, well, I know better. He borrows someone else's blade and proceeds to scrape carbon off of the bolt with the edge perpendicular to the surface of the bolt. Thankfully my Adamas and Endura 4 were safe and sound in my pockets. :)
 
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JerryRig said:
Two weeks ago we were cleaning our patrol rifles at work. I heard one of my buddies ask if anyone had a knife. I didn't even look up because, well, I know better. He borrows someone else's blade and proceeds to scrape carbon off of the bolt with the edge perpendicular to the surface of the bolt. Thankfully my Adamas and Endura 4 were safe and sound in my pockets. :)
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Why doesn't anyone tell the idiot to buy one?
 
Old thread, I know.

Not abuse, not even a knife, but...

I make furniture and turn as a hobby. Several years ago, I was downstairs sketching a piece. No tools running, just me, my dogs, pencil and paper. My black lab bangs into my bench. I see something rolling off the top right above him. I reach out and catch the item.

Turned out to be a 1" firmer chisel I had sharpened the night before.

You guessed it. I caught the tip just below the base of my thumb. Firmers are kinda heavy. It went in maybe 3/8" of an inch. I missed the thumb tendon by a millimeter. They had to call in a plastic surgeon for the stitching. Because it was so deep, it took 50 stitches inside and out. The cut was exactly 1" wide. Doc said it was a remarkably clean cut. Yay?

There are no sharp tools laying around on my bench... :rolleyes:o_O:poop:
 
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