I carry a 2nd knife to show/lend. Do you? Pics

Trail Edge

Trail Edge

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I was sitting in a college IT class and this gal asked the instructor if he had a knife so that she could open her USB memory (a little plastic blister pack). The instructor asked the class if anyone had a pocket knife that this lady could use, he also said: “and not the big flip-out kind some of you guys carry.” I happened to have the perfect thing. So, here is a pic of the knife I carry to lend/show.
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I carry the same thing for that reason, and because I wouldn't trust anyone using any of my other folders, this is the only one I don't really care about. haha!
 
I hadn't but I recently posted on here asking how many blades people normally carry and after reading through the responses and thinking about it I started. I now carry my one handed opener "tactical" knife as well as a new imperial knife. Its the newer version of the old knives that has a jack knife, pen knife, and sheepsfoot blade on it. I only started about a week ago and I've really started enjoy carrying this little knife. I'm going home this weekend so I plan on grabbing one of my better folders as well as an old frontier knife of the same to carry (I'm flying so I can't bring the blades I have with me) but its been a simple sheeple friendly knife that weighs nothing.
 
I generally carry the little mini multi-tool gerber makes. If someone needs a knife for those kinds of tasks that's what I take out. My usual edc isn't particularly big or intimidating but the multi-tool really limits the odds someone will have issues. I would try to avoid having a regular knife shown at a school or other area like that unless things are already past the usual day to day routine.
 
Typical I always carry a big folder (Benchmade Rift, Emerson, etc.) and some beater knife like a Crkt M16 for lending or dirty work. Only problem is because it relies entirely on the liner lock to prevent the blade from over-rotating, any heavy use can wedge the liner and make the knife impossible to close without a screwdriver. Seems to be a common theme with alot of CRKT knives.
 
I use the blade on my LM multi-tool as my backup/lender blade. I don't carry a 2nd knife strictly for that purpose.
 
rarely lend more out of fear of someone hurting themselves than damage to my knives. for those who don't carry the concepts of deployment and locks are often above their heads. I either suggest they let me do the cutting or they find a scissor or utility razor. uninformed guys are the worse put a knife in their hand they become rambo. once seen an guy borrow a assisted knife told by the owner let it do its thing to open and instead he did an exaggerated wrist flick and thank god flung the knife in the direction where no one was standing.
 
If an inexperienced blade user cuts themselves using your blade, they always blame the owner, not their own incompetence. I usually carry a pair of scissors with me to lend out to those who need cutting.
 
I was in AutoZone the other day, needing some window washer hose. The kid "helping" me was going to have to find someone with a box-cutter to cut the length I needed so I presented my Swayback Jack Case (opened) for him to cut the rubber hose. Before I could stop him, he placed his thumb on the sharp side of the pen blade and STARTED to hack away. I managed to take the knife back before he ran to the restroom to get a bandage.
Needless to say; another associate had to be called to complete the $4.00 sale.

Lesson learned (for me, at least)
 
I carry one knife for my use. If they don't have their own knife, I won't trust them with mine.
I don't carry a second knife just to lend. I am not a 'Knife Caddy'.
 
I have my large folder that I usually use and a leatherman wave. I haven't had to bust out the wave yet but once I had a guy get a little weird when I broke out the 4" CRKT m16 tanto. hopefully the wave is a bit friendlier. I may start carrying my micra if even the wave weirds people out.

as for lending my knife I handed out some of my older knives that I didn't carry anymore to my close friends who never seemed to carry their own. I gave my warthog folder to a female friend of mine because it's somewhat small and light and thin and she really liked it but still doesn't carry it a lot:mad: this came up in another thread about what to do with knives people give you that you don't like. just give them out to people who always bug you to borrow one.
 
I bought 14 Victorinox Classics (a TSA airport surrender lot) off eBay. The Classics cost me about $2@. I will always carry one with me and if anybody needs to "borrow" a knife I'll just offer to give it to them.

I really like the Classic, btw. The scissors are really handy. I make use of the nail file and cleaner, and it's got a small blade competent for most indoor tasks.
 
I had some of my blades at work this summer for opening boxes n' stuff. One time this dude next to me needed to borrow one of my knives for something, so I gave him my Squirt. Moments later I found him trying to pry/unscrew something made of metal with the knife blade!!! I had owned the Squirt for merely a few days and already the tip was busted.

I basically NEVER lend my tools to fools anymore. One dude kinda broke my new Makita electric screwdriver/powerdrill (600 USD). He attached a wirebrush to it and tried to remove rust off of his car, pressing it sideways, so now it wobbles and won't make precision-drilled holes. Another guy wanted to borrow my new axe and I told him it was OK as long as he checked that the background was soft, so that he wouldn't bust it up. 10 minutes later he's chopping wood against a cliff! I tell him to stop, he tells me to f%&k off cuz he knows what he's doing, while he continues to chop and misses and takes off like 1cm of the upper point of the axe! I was like: are you really my friend? My brand new axe had to be resharpened and the process took away like 1cm of the entire bevel to get it's geometry correct again, which is like a lifetime of wear with correct usage!

So people must prove themselves worthy before I even consider lending them my stuff. They do get annoyed when I point this out though, but I don't spend hours of sharpening to hair-whittling so that some uneducated looser can ruin my work in just one single second.
 
Tim616 said:
Agreed. Same reason I don't hand someone a few hundred dollar bills to use temporarily. lol. :D
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^^^ This right here. I carry stuff like Randalls, CRK's and Hinderers, I sure don't want them torn up by someone who soesn't know how to use them. I figure if someone's going to abuse my knives that someone will be me!
 
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