How to serrate a any knife blade.

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To serrate the blade.

First, lend the knife to a person who has been working in a job for some time where knives are used almost daily, yet who has never purchased his or her own knife.

Second, wonder why the person had to go out of your line of sight to cut a garden hose in half.

Third, walk around said obstacle to find said person sawing the garden hose using the cement floor as a cutting board... refrain from any action that will get you fired.

WHALA! Instant serrations!

The back story to this is the person had asked me if he could borrow my knife three previous times, and I told him that was the limit a month ago, and that he would have to purchase his own knife. He never did, but caught me at a moment where I was working on something else and not thinking about anything other than getting the job done.

The kicker is, I handed the guy a hundred dollar knife.

Which brings me to a question that comes across on this forum fairly often. At what point are you afraid of using your expensive knives? Until this point, I have no problem using my knives myself, be they ten dollars or two hundred dollars. I like my knives and promote that people should carry the tools daily. If you lend out your knives, yes, they are open to being abused. Here I became complacent, somehow thinking that anyone who uses knives often will have reached a certain level of respect for what they are using. Sadly, I have now had to come to the decision that none of my knives will be lent to anyone at work.

Has anyone else changed their minds about lending knives in either direction? Have you stopped or started the practice?
 
My way around this is I have become the "knife" guy at work. Rough Riders, SRM's, a few Bucks and Leatherman's have been sold at cost/given to my coworkers. They've all been appreciative and I get an interested audience when one of my more expensive knives finds its way into my pocket. People don't know how to use an expensive knife if they have never used one, and further don't know its cost - and if they do think it ought to be indestructable. When I worked pipeline maintenence we were given little hawkbill fixed blade knives which we would score tape on 36" pipe, then peel off the tape. A few hours of this and the knife was replaced. Would have wrecked any Spydie, BM or CRK just as fast. Just because someone needs a knife does not mean they can use mine, others carry a "beater", I don't have room in my pockets for a loaner knife.
 
Im a little crazy but I dont let anyone touch any of my gear lol. Im reluctant to hand out my msr pump to fill a water bottle or even my stove to make oatmeal, my friends think Im paranoid and nuts but hey its my shit if you need to use it all the time you should own your own gear. Am I right?
 
If someone wants to borrow my knife and I don't know what for....they get my Leatherman lol. If they make any disparaging remarks about me buying expensive knives...they get to go get their own :p
 
I have a hard time with loaning knives. It is common knowledge to those I know or work with that I have one so I am often sought out when a knife is needed. I always ask What they want it for. You would be surprised how often I get " I need a screwdriver/pry-bar" . If I get a response like that I don't loan it and make a note not to loan it to that person in the future. but sometime someone does want to use it for cutting something normal in which case I let them. So I haven't stopped loaning I'm just extra cautious.
 
and by the way sorry about your knife. What brand was it? and thanks for sharing, this is the kind of story I have nightmares about.
 
My benchmade mini grip has 3 large chips in the blade right now because my BOSS used it to cut boxes on top of a tile floor. I will now be loaning him a rough rider whittle whenever he needs to use a knife.
 
I do carry a Tenacious as a beater/loaner knife. Not that it's especially cheap in here (it goes for a bit more than 60$), but better than giving someone my Al Mar or Spydie P'kal or something.
 
lacrosse11attack said:
My benchmade mini grip has 3 large chips in the blade right now because my BOSS used it to cut boxes on top of a tile floor. I will now be loaning him a rough rider whittle whenever he needs to use a knife.
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I wouldn't loan him anything, he'd be buying his own...AFTER he replaced mine..:D
 
I have friends who know how to use a knife. To them I will loan a knife.

There are friends and acquaintances who either do not know how to use a knife, or their knowledge level is unknown to me. For them I will offer to cut what needs to be cut.
 
I either cut what they need cut,or supervise while they do it.I've seen too many people do stupid things with knives.Even on this forum,I read about people who revel in doing rediculous things with their own knives.It's your money,more power to ya.Just don't expect to abuse mine.End rant.
 
I don't lend my knives out and that's the bottom line. I'll always offer to sell a Kershaw to someone who needs a good solid EDC at a good price. This usually puts them on the path of enlightenment.
 
Most of the people I know either have their own knives, don't know I carry them, or think I'm nuts for carrying one, asking why the heck I'd ever need a knife.

So no...I don't end up loaning out my knives most of the time. If I do, unless it's someone who I know is smart and responsible with knives, I supervise them.

I do keep a few cheap crappy Walmart knives littered around in various bags, packs, and in my car, so if someone ever does need a loaner, I have some that are basically expendable to me.
 
Conversation with a buddy I lent a knife to...(paraphrased)

Me, "WTF did you do!?"
Friend, "Dude you said your knife was nice it cost you like 300 bucks I thought it could handle it"

And the body was never found....kidding.

Never loan out knives!
 
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