it happened again !!!

Jack142

Jack142

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gotta tell this story,
just happend a little while ago. I was at the friendly Walmart store getting Mother' day stuff. Well I wondered into the knife dept and ended up buying a Gerber diamond knife sharpener for 7 bucks.

I'm talking to this sales guy, and he asked me about the sharpener I was buying. Well I ended up pitchin the Spyderco and let him hold my EDC today ( its the Spydie Pride ) NOW this baby is sharp !!

The dumb kid opens the knife and runs is length wise across his thumb. Now guys you should of seen the blood flow, Red on a glass counter top is kinda moasic.

I SHOULD KNOW BETTER!!!
Dont let non - knife people touch your sharp knife. They end up cutting themselves.

adios gang
Jack
 
Now you know why they don't let this guy work in the plumbing department.

It's one thing to run your finger over a knife edge. It's quite another th thrust your hand down a garbage disposal to see if it's working.
 
It is pretty amazing at times, and I've never been able to put my finger on what these folks are thinking.

At least three times that come to mind, I've showed someone a knife of mine..., told them to be careful because it was very sharp.., and they end up with a cut because apparently they don't believe it's really sharp???

Really odd how common it is for some to run their finger across an edge to test it...
 
Originally posted by ExamonLyf
Really odd how common it is for some to run their finger across an edge to test it...
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actually, i do that too
i just don't apply force on the edge
i learnt THAT particular lesson with a pair of scissors on the sole of my foot (don't ask :o )
 
Trouble is, so many people have never seen or used a knife that was REALLY sharp. How many of us have seen people using kitchen knives that were so dull you COULD your finger down them with no damage at all :rolleyes: Go figure....
 
My brother-inlaw did that to me with of ALL things a Gerber LST! I'll never forget the look on his face as he said "I didn't think it would be razor sharp!" The good thing about that is the entire family learned a valuble lesson, since this is the brother-in-law who bills himself as Joe outdoors :D! After that we went pistol shooting, as I listened to the "When I was on the rifle team...." At the plate shooting station he had the longest time recorded that day because he forgot to chamber a round....:rolleyes: !
 
Actually without having owned a good sharpener and totally lacking in freehand sharpening, as well as being a new-born knife nut, I have yet to touch a razor sharp knife, its kind of a hazy dream to me right now..until my Leeks come, which as I hear are quite sharp
 
Originally posted by ExamonLyf


Really odd how common it is for some to run their finger across an edge to test it...
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I do that too, but at least I know what to expect. When I cut myself without having to apply pressure to the blade, I know I can stop sharpening it. :D
 
I had a co-worker fillet off his fingerprint.
No blood.
He looked at the little fillet of skin, handed me back the knife & said "That's sharp."
:D
 
hahaha lol silly noobie, lucky he didn't say i'm sueing you for that (never know...:p). i was showing a knife i made to my dad the other day and he done the same thing, ran his finger across it suspecting it was blunt but got a nice supprise ;).
 
Three Xmas's ago I showed my brother-in-law my nice new 7" Marble's Trailmaker that my wife had just given me. He asked to hold it and I said OK but don't touch the blade as it's real sharp. I handed it to him and within 2 seconds his doing the old thumb across the edge test. I literally gasped, afraid to speak, because in that split second I thought that if I say something this bozo's thumb will be laying on my floor.:eek:

The funny part is that he then says, "That's not that sharp!" (Remember Marble's has a convex grind) I laughed and asked to see the knife back. I went into the bathroom, got a piece of toilet paper (fluffy Charmin.....what else??) and while free hanging the TP I waffed (sp??) the Trailmaker right through it without even the littlest tear. He then says, "Holy Sh*t that's sharp!!"

I ask you, what else can you do but smile?

:DThe Raptor:D
 
Don't be too hard on these guys. They'll learn eventually :eek:

Someone else mentioned not many people truly know what sharp is. until they meet one of us who like serious edge.

99% of the majority's knives out there are dull like their survival skills. ;)
 
I've given up warning ppl about a sharp edge... they cut themselves, ask why I didn't warn them, and reply "what do you expect me to carry, a fu&#99king butterknife?"

ppl usually cut them selves at least 2x on my knives before they realize that the first was wasn't an accident. Took a few cuts before my buddy realized you don't run your thumb along the blade to test, and that was with his knife(dull in my mind[doesn't shave], sharp in his).
 
Be careful about pulling a blade out at all particularly in an office. I pulled a knife out the other day to pull a staple out of a check and this ...pilgim was all aghast . I'm sixty years old , been using a knife as a tool all of my life, I should know better.
 
I saw this more times than I can count from the pre-TSA folks at Airport Security. Back before the days when flying with a pocket knife could get you bumped up to "Terrorist Class" :mad: , I'd regularly see these dim bulbs open my folder (usually a MOD Trident), then perform the same ridiculous exercise. One guy pulled his thumb back (without drawing blood), and said "Man, that's sharp! " I told him "Thanks, I try my best." :rolleyes:

I guess the next time any of us witness this exercise in stupidity, we could tell the examiner "See, with this knife that mountain climber would have been days ahead of schedule." geegee
 
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