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FAQ re basic knife safety?
- Thread starter Aeneas
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The Boy Scouts have one. You can read it in a BSA manual. If I recall, it's basically:
cut away from yourself and others,
close a knife with 2 hands,
hand a knife to someone closed (or butt-first for fixed-blade),
don't carry an open knife,
and then the maintenance stuff like keeping it clean, sharp and oiled.
These days, you might have to add "following carry laws", especially at school; don't use your knife to perform a carjacking, etc.
cut away from yourself and others,
close a knife with 2 hands,
hand a knife to someone closed (or butt-first for fixed-blade),
don't carry an open knife,
and then the maintenance stuff like keeping it clean, sharp and oiled.
These days, you might have to add "following carry laws", especially at school; don't use your knife to perform a carjacking, etc.
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Don't play with knives in the shower
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One rule that should be in that FAQ should be:
be very careful who you hand over your knife to - is the person competent enough to open and close it without applying force that can wreck your $100+ folder? Will a short tutorial be enough?
I have handed over several folders to people, and the most common ones are liner locks, which tend to confuse non-knife people. I am always very nervous about the person dropping it, cutting himself or abusing it by applying too much pressure on it.
On the other hand, it's fun to read threads about knife-people that have cut themselves in a matter of minutes after receiving their new knife!
be very careful who you hand over your knife to - is the person competent enough to open and close it without applying force that can wreck your $100+ folder? Will a short tutorial be enough?
I have handed over several folders to people, and the most common ones are liner locks, which tend to confuse non-knife people. I am always very nervous about the person dropping it, cutting himself or abusing it by applying too much pressure on it.
On the other hand, it's fun to read threads about knife-people that have cut themselves in a matter of minutes after receiving their new knife!