Ever not loan your knife?

dwain

dwain

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I was wondering if anyone else does not admit to having a knife, when someone asks to use your knife and you know it will be abused. Twice in the last 2 days people at work have asked me if I had a knife and I said no because I knew it would be hard on the knife. The first person was going to scrap mastic coating off a steel gas pipe, and the other was going to pry a plug out of the end of a pipe. After I told them to use the right tool for the job, they pulled out their own cheap knives and used them. Once I loaned a knife to a person and he gave it back and said "I guess you didn't need that long blade on there did you?" If I see something like this may happen, I just keep my knife in my pocket. Anyone else do this?
 
I've got say those fricking idiots have some nerve to ask you to use your knife when they've already got their own. Tell them to a) learn how to sharpen or B) buy your own damn knife......
Alright, I might have issues about this, but this kind of stupidity goes on all day long where I work. I really need a new job....
Actually, what I say is, No, you can't borrow it.

You should have asked the guy that broke your blade to buy you a new one. But if you really want to be polite, ask them what they're going to use it for first. Then tell them no, or if it's a very light cutting job, offer to do it for them. That way you get the enjoyment of handling and using **YOUR** tool.
 
I don’t lend my knife to anyone. If they need a knife they should have one of their own. I bought my tools. Why can’t they? I may cut something for them if I’m in a good mood. Don’t feel guilty about not lending your knife. If they don’t carry a knife, they’re idiots anyway! They will ruin your knife! :p
 
I always just ask what they need it for, unless it's obvious from what they're working on. If it's a reasonable job I'll usually let them use it, if not I just say nope, wrong tool for the job. I usually trust my immediate family though, while they often have a knife of their own, mine's always sharper :) . Incidentally, my brother no longer asks if I have a knife, he just says "Give me your knife" because he knows I'll have one. I only draw stares if I don't have one.
 
I have NO problem saying "No!" to anyone about anything! :D

If they need something cut - and it's not something that will adversely affect what I'm carrying that day - I offer to cut it for them.

If they say, "Well, can I borrow your knife?" the answer is a pleasant smile and a firm, "No. You can't." End of discussion. :cool:
 
I'm with RoadRunner, if I know what they're going to do with it and if they will be doing it in plain view then yes I will. But I'm not going to let my $400 knife walk away with someone who probably doesn't even know how to close the thing.

And I agree with Walking Man--If someone asked to borrow my knife and then pulled one of their own out after I refuse, they will never get anything from me ever again. It sounds almost like they didn't want to damage their own knives since neither of the jobs required a knife, much less a sharp one.
 
"Alright, I might have issues about this, but this kind of stupidity goes on..."

I don't have to wonder if I have issues. I have already been asked if I would lend my Sebenza to someone, so he could do some rough scrapeing on hard, abrasive stuff! I think my eyes were bulging...

When asked nowadays, I stare intently at them, ask them what they want it for, only then POSSIBLY handing over a SAK. The Sebbie stays in my pocket!

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D@mn Skippy:o
 
I was working at the investment firm and the office manager asked me if I had a knife. All I had on me was my BM-42...I said, "No...". The manager, who is a reserve Sheriff, scolded me for not carrying a pocketknife by saying, "Boarding any flights today or something? You should always have a knife." :cool: But I still didn't let him know what I was carrying. Since then I've started carrying a SAK Soldier.
 
I've got friends like that....they could break a ball bearing, .....and somehow wonder why you are upset when they hand back you broken and abused knife:rolleyes:

Those are the people I loan my BK&T CAMPANION to.....;)
 
But I'm not going to let my $400 knife walk away with someone who probably doesn't even know how to close the thing.
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LOL, that is so true! I can't count the number of times I've gotten my CRKT PECK back still open because someone couldn't figure out how to close it. It's so simple, that's why they put it in the KISS series for crying out loud! I've gotten some good laughs by handing a novice a liner or frame lock and telling them that it's an IQ test, the test is how quickly you can figure out how to close it. One of my supervisors messed with it for 5 MINUTES and couldn't get it closed! I was LMAO, I think I mader her a little angry actually. It's always funny to see the look on their faces when you show them how simple it really is.
 
The last time I loaned out my knife was four or five years ago. I let my roommates boyfriend borrow it with the promise of "Bring it right back". I had to track him down (at a pretty big party, mind you) and ask for it back. He gave it back to me covered in lime juice. The jerk didn't even wipe it off. Now the only person I'll loan a knife to is my wife. Even then I ask for it right back (she loses things). How she's managed to keep her Kershaw for so many years is beyond me. Good call, Will, on the Campanion. I don't see any human breaking that without a jackhammer or a rather large boulder.

Frank
 
The biggest problem is that most folks don't know how much we pay for our knives. And wouldn't believe us if we told them. They probably figure that we bought it for $5-$10 at Wal-Mart. They aren't screwdrivers, you darned Sheeples.
 
I'm with most of you, I don't have any problem at all tell someone that they cannot use my knife. I won't carry a junker to loan either.

If you need a knife, buy the damn thing. Screw 'em
 
WalkingMan- Possession or carrying of a butterfly isn't illegal per Indiana law. But I would never carry it on campus simply because I could be kicked out of school even though it isn't prohibited by law.
 
I live in Indiana too! Bali's aren't illegal to my knowledge.

I never loan out my knife, people sometimes don't appreciate the value of them and the fact that they are made to cut, not scrape or pry. I work in a jewlery store and it is all Women(No offence to the Ladies here). All of them will ask me to cut something but they never want to actually do it themselves.
 
Having been a mechanic for a long time a knife is indispensible to me and I am of the opinion that every mechanic should have one either in their tool box or on their person. but there are always those few who don't and it is and always has been known that (joe)always has one ask him my solution was to put a very sharp $2.00 pakistani special lockback in my tool box just as a loaner/backup. Yes after a tequila tossing tournament, I too have been known to forget to take everything with me like wallet,knife,pens you get the idea so I have it there in the box.if it comes back phucked up that individual never borrows a knife from me again.for 2 dollars I am not out too much and learned something in the process.;)
 
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