Ever Been Knife Dissed?

Even when I was a kid with Dime Store Imperials I was careful with who handled them ;)
 
I have friends who understand the use of tools and sharp objects.
I will loan them the use of my knife.

I have friends who don't understand the use of tools and sharp objects.
I offer to cut things for them.
 
Last week, my Dad asked me for a knife, I handed him my Tenacious and he went to my computer case to try pry off the side!!!! I quickly told him to stop and I handed him the bottle opener on my cadet to pry with.
 
You learned a lesson that everyone is different. We all put emphasis or value on different items. I go to an art gallery, and see a painting and think it is ok. Others may travel across the nation to see it just once and feel fulfilled. Learn the lesson. I loaned my knife out once and a guy tried to use the blade as a flat blade screwdriver. I almost threw a fit, but I just took it back and pulled out my leatherman and undid the screw for him. I am glad I did not throw a fit, it was a cultural difference. That guy will most likely not ever have a quality knife, nor would he even desire one.
 
PayetteRucker said:
A dumb@$$ walked into my dorm room and grabbed my AG Russell Stng that was sitting on my desk. "hey man this is badass!" started throwing it around, dropped it right on the point. Scuffed the finish real bad. Oh hey, sorry bro". Little airmen and knives are a bad combo all around. Especially if they wear a blue beret. I've had my 7 inch kabar thrown at me too, I was sharpening it on the couch and got up to take a wizz. Came back and my roomate walks in, sees the knife on the couch and says hey what is this? I told you not to leave your knives here! there were more choice words than that but he threw it at me across the room. I can't leave a knife unattended with sheeple for 60 seconds to use the bathroom or they flip out that it's gonna jump up and cut them or something...
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IF someone threw a knife at me i would lose my $%@$ing mind. :mad:

I dont let people borrow my 30 dollar knives and much less my good knives. people are stupid and i am very sentimental about my knives. i hav eno problem trashing alot of things (im in the army it happens) but when it comes to knives i get weird
 
I'm glad I read this thread. I had no idea people abuse other people's knives like this so often. I'll cut what needs to be cut for them if they want to see my knife.
 
Kaizen1 said:
You just don't know what people will do is the problem. I remember reading a story on this forum...
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I guess when I was younger, I had some careless or clueless friends but now, most of the people that I'm around have a bit more sense...or perhaps, I have better judgement as to who to trust... I have little tolerance for "Stupid", and teach my children to "watch out for STUPID...it'll get you hurt or in trouble"
 
I had a friend ask to borrow my knife, an Emerson Raven. He was trying to remove a brake pad from his mountain bike's disk brake caliper. Luckily, before I handed him the knife, I asked if he was about to try prying the brake pad out. He said "yes," then I told him that I didn't want him to do that with my knife. That close call is as close as I've gotten to my knife being "dissed."
 
Oh, you don't even want to hear some of the stories I could tell about my ex-wife. There's a reason she's "ex."
 
no one cuts with my knives except me, when someone ask to see it i stand right there and watch there every move.
 
Got. Byrd raven for my pops after he realized how useful my blade was on a remodeling project.. Later found him scraping grout in the shower with the new gift!!! Had a good conversation of the proper use of a knife after i sharpened it back up for him.
 
I had a friend that wanted to borrow a knife. I let him use my griptilian, thinking me was going to cut something with it. But instead, he used it to pry a threaded lid off of a small citronella candle. He handed it back saying sorry, because he broke a small piece of the tip off. Now I ask people why they need to borrow my knife and i watch what they do with it.
 
i ALWAYS ask what they want to use a knife for...if it's not appropriate or stupid, the answer is always no...and i don't always do the cutting job for them either...
 
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Never let someone borrow your knife. I did once (thank God it was a cheapie). I let them take it and they disappeared. when he returned and gave me the knife I put it in my pocket. Later some guy said "thanks for letting us borrow your knife to open the can of nacho cheese" I quickly took the knife out and opened it only to find a completely FUBARed cheese covered blade. Never again have I let anyone borrow my knife.
 
Jake Bauer said:
..."thanks for letting us borrow your knife to open the can of nacho cheese" I quickly took the knife out and opened it only to find a completely FUBARed cheese covered blade. Never again have I let anyone borrow my knife.
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And they didn't even offer you any nachos?!:p
To answer the OP's question, yes, I have been knife dissed. Had a buddy of mine deceide he wanted to unscrew and pry off his motorcycle fairing after I handed him my knife (which he said he was going to use to open a box) and walked inside for a drink, lucky for him I only handed him a CRKT that I got for like $20 at Wal-Mart. Lets just say that was the final straw, nobody borrows my knives anymore unless I know that they will use it properly (and replace it if they damage it in any way)
 
I have always had a knack for sharping my knives, I take alot of pride in my skill, hell you could even say I brag a bit. anyway, anyone who knows me knows my blades are sharp, very sharp, I used to cut myself on accident alot when I had dull knives, it only took one time since I started making razor edges to brake that habit, one day a coworker asked to borrow my knife, seems him and another worker had been speaking of how sharp my knives were, well when I handed him my blade the sonofagoatherder took his $2 knife and ran it down my edge, then with a haha attitude he said, a $2 dollar knife just ruined a $40 edge, needless to say I lost my job that day, I will not go into details of what happened, but I bet his wife had to feed him dinner that night, it took me hours to fix his folly, what gets into peoples head?
 
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