Ever wish you had a beater?

sloth357 said:
Hmmm, whatever knife you carry should be a useable knife.. no reason in carrying a safe queen if you're afraid it might get glue or tape residue or even, OMG scratched..

As far as letting other people use it.. same thing, if you are carrying something you are afraid of letting someone else use.. you should be carrying something else..

Hi, yes this is my knife but you cant use it because I spent too much on this knife and afraid you might eff it up.. weak :)

Keep it in the safe, or use the damn thing :)
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:thumbup: get out there and use!! bip bang bop. slice chop crunch pound. yum. ;)
 
sloth357 said:
Hmmm, whatever knife you carry should be a useable knife.. no reason in carrying a safe queen if you're afraid it might get glue or tape residue or even, OMG scratched..

As far as letting other people use it.. same thing, if you are carrying something you are afraid of letting someone else use.. you should be carrying something else..

Hi, yes this is my knife but you cant use it because I spent too much on this knife and afraid you might eff it up.. weak :)

Keep it in the safe, or use the damn thing :)
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What's your nicest knife? Can I borrow it for a week? I have some yard work to do.
 
sloth357 said:
Hmmm, whatever knife you carry should be a useable knife.. no reason in carrying a safe queen if you're afraid it might get glue or tape residue or even, OMG scratched..

As far as letting other people use it.. same thing, if you are carrying something you are afraid of letting someone else use.. you should be carrying something else..

Hi, yes this is my knife but you cant use it because I spent too much on this knife and afraid you might eff it up.. weak :)

Keep it in the safe, or use the damn thing :)
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Agree with this. It's not jewelery for the love of God.
 
Dorito Monk said:
One time, a few of us were sitting around in the grass during a break at work. One of my coworkers had his boots off and asked if he could borrow my knife. I said sure and handed him my Manix 2. He opens the knife, adopts a shit-eating grin, and uses it to pop this monster friggin' blister on his foot. Without bothering to wipe it off or anything he hands it back to me, still open, with pus, blood, and every other damn thing running all over the blade. :eek:

I don't mind using or even abusing my knives when I need to, and I don't mind other people using them, but that was just nasty. :barf:
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I can absolutely guarantee that he would have been asking management how to retrieve his boot from the roof, or if inside would have had a customized boot with ventilation holes to clean off my knife........and an invitation to go for a ".beer" after work and off property.

For my pest control work I edc a large dozier folder or my rat-1. Under 30$ good tough aus-8 and willing to scrape old stickers off steel etc, and if it gets dropped in a wall void no big deal.
Outside of work my orange military, rat-1 or commander usually get the nod.
 
sloth357 said:
Hmmm, whatever knife you carry should be a useable knife.. no reason in carrying a safe queen if you're afraid it might get glue or tape residue or even, OMG scratched..

As far as letting other people use it.. same thing, if you are carrying something you are afraid of letting someone else use.. you should be carrying something else..

Hi, yes this is my knife but you cant use it because I spent too much on this knife and afraid you might eff it up.. weak :)

Keep it in the safe, or use the damn thing :)
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I agree so much with you. A knife IS a tool, and as such it is meant to be used. It will eventually get scratched and will get gunk on it from time to time. There is no much sense of carrying a knife I'm afraid of using because it can get scratched. If you can afford a nice, expensive pocket knife and that is what you want to carry anyway, then you can afford a cheaper user to go along with it.
 
Everyone that's like "It's a knife, blah blah use it throw it at your car engine and then chop steel with it!" Do you slam on the brakes on your car every time you brake? Do you drive the maximum speed you can on every road and hit speed bumps without slowing down because it should be able to handle that and you want to get there quicker? There's different ways to use tools, and those of us that can't afford to just buy a new knife every time our old one's axis got mucked up with glue or the edge got nicked and reprofiled every other week so it doesn't sit in it's handle right when folded anymore prefer not to use them that way.
There's nothing wrong with using the tool in a way that makes it last longer, that doesn't mean it's not getting used. I didn't really mind too much that he got glue on the blade, but if I had done it I would have cleaned the glue off before I folded it back up so glue doesn't work into the inside of the knife. I was probably most annoyed that he cut himself with it because it makes my knife look dangerous to my coworkers.
 
sinjans said:
I guess he couldn't borrow the common sense required to use it :D

Dont waste your time being annoyed.
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Solid advice.

I was thinking about buying a pair of those plastic kid's toy scissors and bringing them to work as a joke, so I could give them to him the next time he needs to cut something.
 
mystro said:
I call B.S...Using a knife is not a all or nothing statement. There are degrees of which you may use a knife. Its one thing to cut open boxes, its another loosen barb wire that is tangled under your truck. The idea that you should man-up and use every knife for everything is idiotic.
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I agree with this. There are lots of knives, just like shoes. How many of you would wear new dress shoes out to mow the lawn, go for a hike, slop the hogs?
I've worked in kitchens for years, there's so many different knives all for different tasks. I had a dumbass take my brand new Whustof Chef knife and cut open a coconut. He bent the edge all to hell, I demanded a new knife, and got it. Sad thing is, there was cleavers and many other knives right in front of him. He was just clueless about knives.

I don't own a Sebensa, but that's like nice Italian leather shoes, and you have to respect the quality and price point. I wouldn't loan out my nice Italian loafers to anyone.

Same goes for cars. The work truck is a different machine than the sports car, or a town car, or a tow truck, or a 4X4, etc. etc..

I just don't see the point of messing up a nice sharp knife by abusing the edge. Light scratches are one thing, deep gouges, chipped edges, broken tips are obvious signs that abuse has happened. I'm not loaning a perfectly sharp knife to someone lazy enough not to carry their own, just so I have to spend time to fix their damage. I have knives that I dig with, machetes that chop roots out of the dirt, dispsable razors, and cheap ass folders that get used hard, but I still don't abuse them.
I use 98% of the knives I've bought, and some get used harder than others. I don't carry a dull prybar and call it a knife, I carry something sharp for cutting, and that edge can be damaged, especially by those that don't care, only buy beaters, or don't have a clue.
 
I use my knives to actually cut things and beat the hell out of if need be.....if I have an expensive knife that I want to keep in mint condition ill leave it at home so it doesn't get damaged.
 
Seriously. If you don't want a knife to get used don't use it. It COMPLETELY defeats the purpose of the knife. But it's YOUR knife after all and you do with it what you will.
Please don't come here complaining about how somebody actually used the knife that you let them use.
 
I have no problem using my knives but I have a problem with other people using them because they lack the knowledge of proper cutting techniques and what they can and are not supposed to cut example concrete.

That is why I will do it for them it has nothing to do with worrying about scratches.
 
I don't have any problem using any of my knives or letting friends use my knives. It's just another tool in my pocket. If they dull it on the concrete well then I will just have to sharpen it sooner.

I will stand there and wait for them to finish and hand it back to me.

I have knives that I have paid more money for or that I feel are a lot nicer than my others and don't carry them as much. If a time came where there was a chore or task I needed to do and one of those knives where what I had on me, they would just have to do the job (even if it was barbed wire under my truck.) I really don't put a knife in my pocket with the idea that I will only do this or that with this one today. It's in my pocket to take on what the world has to offer without having to run home for something else or, god forbid, ask another guy to help me do something with their knife that they don't mind using...

I also could care less if people think I'm dangerous because of my knife in one pocket or my gun in my other pocket. If i've pulled my knife out in front of other people, chances are something needed to be done and my knife did it. Along with dangerous, now I might also be considered usefull.

My most recent situation where I wish i had my Spyderco Endura instead of my Benchmade Ritter Griptillian with the Wilkens Scales was cutting the huge ball of weeds and string out from the blades of my tiller when it got so clogged it wouldn't run anymore. Rocks and everything in there. Completely dulled the knife and scratched the hell out of it. Luckily the blade was made of steel, the edge was replaceable and the scales were water and soap proof.

To each their own though, it's your knife and your money. Hit it like ya live!
 
I use this for my "beater knife"

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It being oversized is besides the point. :p

Wish I was free to walk around with it at work.
 
Eh, I Agree That If You're Going To Carry A Knife To Use... Use It.
But I Don't Agree With Letting People Abuse It.
I Carry My Spyderco Paramilitary 2 Camo/Satin Everyday.
It Is My EDC And I Love It.

I Use It For A Multitude Of Things, Cut Boxes, Packages, Thick Plastic Packaging, Fabric, Rubber, All Kinds Of Things. It's A Beast Of A Knife And I Use It And Love Using It. It's Gotten Tape/Glue Residue On It, I Wipe It Off.

But If I Gave It To Someone To Use, I Would Be Pissed If I Got It Back And The Edge Had Chips In It And The Tip Was Broken Off, And The Handles Were Cut/Chipped/Whatever.

The Point Is - Use The Knife - Use It For Heavy Duty Things - But Also Take Care Of It. Hell Yeah It's A User And Will Eventually Look Like A User, Sure. But Looking Well Used And Well Loved Is Completely Different Than Looking Like Someone Tossed It At The Concrete 600 Times In A Row.

Tools Are Meant To Be Used, But If You Want Them To Last And Continue Being Good Tools, Don't Abuse It. Plus It's Just Common Sense That You Should Have Respect For Someone Else's Belongings.
 
I forgot to add this to my post above-
I was at a fishing camp, pulled out my mini-Grip to cut open a box and layed it on the table. When I set the box down I couldn't find my knife. I looked around and found that my uncle had picked it up to scrape out the inside of a big cast iron pot that we cook fish in! Needless to say it took me a LONG time to get that one sharp again. If he had asked for a knife to scrape out the pot with I would have gone into the kitchen and gotten him a cheap butter knife.
 
I see both ways on this.

I try very hard to not loan my main blade to anyone. I carry it for emergency reasons as much as anything and I want it to be 100% ready to go when needed. I always have a Victorinox Classic with me and that is the knife I will loan.
 
BladeChick777 said:
Eh, I Agree That If You're Going To Carry A Knife To Use... Use It.
But I Don't Agree With Letting People Abuse It.
I Carry My Spyderco Paramilitary 2 Camo/Satin Everyday.
It Is My EDC And I Love It.

I Use It For A Multitude Of Things, Cut Boxes, Packages, Thick Plastic Packaging, Fabric, Rubber, All Kinds Of Things. It's A Beast Of A Knife And I Use It And Love Using It. It's Gotten Tape/Glue Residue On It, I Wipe It Off.

But If I Gave It To Someone To Use, I Would Be Pissed If I Got It Back And The Edge Had Chips In It And The Tip Was Broken Off, And The Handles Were Cut/Chipped/Whatever.

The Point Is - Use The Knife - Use It For Heavy Duty Things - But Also Take Care Of It. Hell Yeah It's A User And Will Eventually Look Like A User, Sure. But Looking Well Used And Well Loved Is Completely Different Than Looking Like Someone Tossed It At The Concrete 600 Times In A Row.

Tools Are Meant To Be Used, But If You Want Them To Last And Continue Being Good Tools, Don't Abuse It. Plus It's Just Common Sense That You Should Have Respect For Someone Else's Belongings.
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I agree 100%
 
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