Dumb things you do with a good Traditional knife?

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W.M.B.

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So I let a customer borrow my Mercator. He proceeded to attempt to cut through a steel belted hydrolic hose. Well, it "was" sharp. But I'm the idiot. I did lend it. At least he didn't hurt himself or anyone else. He did try to return the hose...... That's a nope, I'm afraid.
 
I once tried to cut electric fencing, the kind you keep horses behind.
Little did I realise that there has to be metal thread through the tape to carry the current
Completely turned over the edge on my trusty old Douk Douk
What a total womble I was!
Take care
Graham
 
Especially with my traditional knives, I tend to ask what they need to cut. Considering the steels are often ran a little on the softer side, they can roll a bit easier and thus require a more drastic repair.
 
At one of my old jobs people used to ask me a lot to borrow a knife and would then proceed to try and pry staples with it or cut metal banding etc, so that ended the knife borrowing lol
 
I seem to only do dumb things with exotic cars. I abuse them to the point of a severe case of sadism. I was so wrapped up in a bout today with a car, I broke my phone using it as a flashlight. I had at least five different Maratac flashlights 20 ft away.

I treasure my knives and watches.

The point: use the proper tool for the job and don't get caught up in the moment...unless the bullets are flying.
 
W.M.B. said:
So I let a customer borrow my Mercator. He proceeded to attempt to cut through a steel belted hydrolic hose. Well, it "was" sharp. But I'm the idiot. I did lend it. At least he didn't hurt himself or anyone else. He did try to return the hose...... That's a nope, I'm afraid.
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Aw man.. that made me cringe, haha. I've learned to never, ever, ever lend a knife to anyone. I always ask what they're cutting and once I know I just offer to help(which is my polite way of saying "nope I don't trust you with my knife".

Dumbest thing I've done(today at least) is I stuck my blade on top of my mountain bike's seat to get a scenic picture of it overlooking this lake and of course it fell blade first into the roots and rocks. Me not wanting to miss the shot, stuck it right back up there, and you guessed it, it fell off again. She made it through alright, though haha.
 
3fifty7 said:
Let my wife use it.
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Y'all are nuts. It's a knife. I'd give my wife any knife she wants, she is my wife after all. Lending her one is nothing.

The whole idea of "lending" my wife anything strikes me as very odd. Anything I own is hers as well.

mnblade said:
Sell it! (Still miss my GEC 73).
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That's the winning answer right there. I think I will eternally regret selling my Kallioniemi puukko.
 
kamagong said:
Y'all are nuts. It's a knife. I'd give my wife any knife she wants, she is my wife after all. Lending her one is nothing.

The whole idea of "lending" my wife anything strikes me as very odd. Anything I own is hers as well.
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The Misses has her knives and I have mine. She is free to use any of them but sure knows that I will be sharpening it afterwards, if she uses mine. Due to this, she often uses her own and had me touch it up when she thinks it needs it or if I notice it is in rough shape.

Normally I check it every 2-3 days, and do the required edge repair.
 
[QUOTE="kamagong, post: Y'all are nuts. It's a knife. I'd give my wife any knife she wants, she is my wife after all. Lending her one is nothing.

The whole idea of "lending" my wife anything strikes me as very odd. Anything I own is hers as well.[/QUOTE]
I'm with you there.
 
kamagong said:
Y'all are nuts. It's a knife. I'd give my wife any knife she wants, she is my wife after all. Lending her one is nothing.

The whole idea of "lending" my wife anything strikes me as very odd. Anything I own is hers as well.
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Id venture the guess that it is more a joke but hell I recentish let a friend borrow my knife for a minute I thought just to cut open the package I look back a minute later and she is trying to cut twist ties, the metal wire coated/encased in something else, I quickly said stop and hand it over. I can see some minor damage to the edge it needs to be sharpened after that. I would imagine that many peoples SO are capable of the same mistake of thinking metal will cut metal which technically yes but not without great effort and likely damage to the cutting tool.
 
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I love my wife. But anything she uses is quickly rusted, twisted, broke, soiled, parts missing, tarnished, etc. No malice on her part, just how it is.

Knives and cast iron are two things at home that I take care of exclusively. We joke about it.
 
Edited the title to remind folks this is in the Traditional Forum. If memory serves, there is a thread with a similar topic somewhere in the General Forum. Please post about unfortunate decisions concerning modern knives there.
 
I broken a Old Timer Trapper hammering it through a pelvis bone as a teenager,
I also dulled the tip of my Spey blade on my Stockman using it as a screwdriver,
Finally I snapped off a blade trying to work two pieces of pipe apart.
 
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