I used my knife instead of a ladder, Knives used for non knife stuff, what have you

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Well, actually, using my knife instead of a step stool would have been more accurate in this case. I find myself using my knife instead of something that would work better, mainly scissors, all the time.

In this situation, I was getting a light bulb off of the top shelf of a cabinet. It was just a few inches out of reach. So instead of getting a step stool, I pulled out my knife and with the extra reach was able to get the bulb to the edge of the shelf and it fell safely into my hands.

What non knife stuff have you done with your knife?
 
Opening bottles of micro-brew.

Back when I was a smoker, a Bic lighter was the go-to opener in my pocket. Now the knife has to pick up the slack.
 
Scrapper, chisel, hammer, prybar, toothpick, fork, fire poker, bbq utensil, finger nail cleaner, wire striper/ cuttet, sod cutter, glass breaker, screwdriver.
 
I use my knife as a reach extension all the time! Very useful for that. Also, I often use the unsharpened spines near the tip to cut tape on packages as it doesn't need to be particularly sharp to do so.
 
I also often trim my cuticles and bevel my fingernail edges after clipping them (to make them less jagged/sharp) with whatever knife happens to be handy.
 
Well do you know how when you buy a Kindle e-reader and you need to prop it up so you can read at lunch while you eat and they don’t tend to come with a proper, proper-up thing so you got to improvise or heaven forbid, buy a proper-up thing ? Well maybe you don't but . . . I was using this really old reading device and it was just getting unwieldy and out of hand and I needed a quick solution. Lunch time is SO fleeting and every second counts . . . time is an illusion . . . lunch time doubly so.

It was Cold Steel to the rescue once again !

I bought the Cold Steel Hold Out I just to get a long enough pocket clip to replace the poor little stunted growth one my Hold Out III came with. The III is my EDC (can’t carry the six inch blade HO I where I live with out setting off air raid sirens and having the SWAT team brought in ) . . .
so
the short knife has to clip well in my many splendored environments . . .
ravaged the big HO for the clip and just left it to prove it’s worth or wind up in a drawer (OK I thought it was cool as hell and just wanted it but that messes with my story).
Started looking for uses for the gigantus . . . kitchen duty etc. . . . fending off the odd dinosaur infestation . . . then . . .
. . . while reading . . .
. . . one day during lunch . . .
. . . the perfect application . . .
. . .
. . . oh YES ! THAT will do nicely :



PS: if you don’t think the clip trade was worth it just look at that pathetic little thing.
Birth defects are a tragedy but not something that can’t be over come with determination and a good set of torx bits.

 
I have never tried this, but some people claim that a good knife for a woodsman should be strong enough to be drive into a tree and support your weight - an emergency ladder:D
A knife can also act as a anchor point on slippery ice, in case a person falls into an ice hole, or as a climbing aid on something like sandstone or a tree trunk.:D
 
When I was much younger I lived in an impressively crappy apartment. One day I was in the bathroom and, when I was done, went to grab the doorknob and it came off. No problem, the spindle was still sticking through so I very cleverly tried to jam the knob back on the spindle and pushed it right out the other side of the door. This was before I, or many people, carried a cell phone and I was all alone so I pulled out my Buck Strider 880 and, wincing, wedged the tanto point into the hole and used it to unlatch the door. Honestly, the secondary edge was thick enough that it didn't have much effect on the knife.

So now I tell people that I once used my tactical folder to escape a locked room. :D
 
I've cooked on my Schrade-Walden Deerslayer....meat strips, roots, tubers, etc. The knife is wide enough just below the baton anvil for a decent layout.

I've climbed on my Tekna boot knife, driving it somewhat into a tree and using it as a step up to the lowest branches.

I've used Emerson CQC-7 and Roadhouse spines as a tire changer on car and motorcycle rims. (Where I eventually gained full confidence in Emerson liner locks)

Used my kukhuri as a rudimentary ice hatchet.

Had to use a Pro-tech auto's lanyard hole as a thrust to support a 4th-pitch corner wedge carabiner on a shelf tent while on a rock face for two nights once.

....and multiple misdemeanor knife abuses over the years, committed on both folders and fixed.

Guilty.
 
n more than a couple of occasions, I have used my Benchmade 551 to pop open a frozen car door. There is a limit to how hard I am willing to lean on it, though; I hope that limit is well within what it can actually take.
 
I frequently use my knife as a scribe to mark wood or mark softer metals, the wharncliffe blades seem to work best next to the awls for this job. :)
 
Faiaoga said:
I have never tried this, but some people claim that a good knife for a woodsman should be strong enough to be drive into a tree and support your weight - an emergency ladder:D
A knife can also act as a anchor point on slippery ice, in case a person falls into an ice hole, or as a climbing aid on something like sandstone or a tree trunk.:D
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I have done the tree step once with my mora, both to test it and because I wanted to climb a big and soon to be cut down tree. It isn't fun getting it out.

I've hammered picture hanger nails back into their hole with the butt of my mora, light pry bar usage, light screwdriver usage, used as a doorstop when moving appliances, as a shim, fingernails, etc.

Connor
 
jpm2 said:
No such thing as "non knife stuff" to me.
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really? how about: toothbrush, ear wax cleaner, wart removal... the list is endless as to what a "non knife" task could be. lol.. just giving ya S#!t... knives end up doing almost anything in a pinch. over the years, i've used them for some fairly non tradtional knife uses, like: wedging under a table leg so i could work without a wobble, minor surgury, as the only eating utensil for weeks, an anchor to tie off ropes for lifting equipment, a hammer lots of times, a spear once, and one time to cut through a mud wall to avoid taking walking paths in suspected IED locations.
 
While helping my son make a miniature flaming-bolt-launching crossbow, I used my knife like a spatula to smooth out some hot glue that was used to secure the stock slabs together.
Then, I used it to clean excess glue off of the glue gun, followed by trimming QTips to make bolts.

The flaming bolts were replaced by bolts with a pin in the end.
They stuck in a wall from 10 feet away.
 
onojoe said:
Well, actually, using my knife instead of a step stool would have been more accurate in this case. I find myself using my knife instead of something that would work better, mainly scissors, all the time.

In this situation, I was getting a light bulb off of the top shelf of a cabinet. It was just a few inches out of reach. So instead of getting a step stool, I pulled out my knife and with the extra reach was able to get the bulb to the edge of the shelf and it fell safely into my hands.

What non knife stuff have you done with your knife?
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I do the same thing (pull light boxes down off high shelves). I did it just yesterday.

I use my closed folder as a "punch". When I buy a 12 pack box of soda, they have perforated areas to punch open so you can open the box. Sometimes they aren't perforated very well (I assume the perforation machines get dull after awhile), so I got into the habit of automatically pulling out my folder and punching the hole open with the butt end.

I sometimes use an old T-29 electricians knife as a de-burring tool on softer steels. Particularly when I'm de-burring the inside of a hole.

I'm sure I've used knives for several things other than cutting tools, but I'll do it almost without thinking about it, so I don't always remember it. To me, a knife is both a cutting tool, and a tool of convenience.
 
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