Knife Handling Quirks?

My # 1 knife handling quirk:

The nicer, newer, and more coveted the knife, the greater the likelihood I’ll drop it on concrete or do something else stupid to dork it up.

After the initial scratch, chip, or dent, The knife is generally safe for the rest of it’s life.
 
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One of my quirks is that I carry my traditional knives in my right pocket. When I want to use them, I'll get them out, transfer the knife to my left hand, use my right thumb nail to open it, then transfer it back to my right hand for use. It would make more sense to open it with the left thumb, but I've been doing it this way for well over 60 years, and I guess I'll keep doing it that way.
 
Bob Denman said:
So how many of you have "particular" methods you use: when working with your knives?
As for me: I will Never set a knife on the ground, and I am well-known for wiping blades off on my pants leg: no matter what it's covered in!
How about you?
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1. I (almost) always close my folders two-handed.
2. I check my cutting path before unleashing carnage (don’t point the knife at anything you’re not willing to destroy).
3. If it has a clip, I’m using that. Especially with loose shorts where unclipped pocket carry isn’t advisable.
4. I hate using those pocket snag “waving” deployments.
5. For kydex and other hard-type sheaths, a thumb ramp to push against as you unsheathe is a must for me. “Two-handed deployment” with small fixed blades is absolutely annoying.
 
Ironbut said:
One of my quirks is that I carry my traditional knives in my right pocket. When I want to use them, I'll get them out, transfer the knife to my left hand, use my right thumb nail to open it, then transfer it back to my right hand for use. It would make more sense to open it with the left thumb, but I've been doing it this way for well over 60 years, and I guess I'll keep doing it that way.
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I do this too. I ain’t quite 40 yet but I’m set in my knife opening ways already.
 
I guess a quirk I have is only opening or manipulating a folder after asking permission.

I dunno. not so quirky really.

I should really stop handing open knives to people without an explaination.......

oops
 
This is frowned upon here. Here we go...
I normally gravity open the knife and then spin it around to regular grip for use.
Shrug
 
Bob Denman said:
So how many of you have "particular" methods you use: when working with your knives?
As for me: I will Never set a knife on the ground, and I am well-known for wiping blades off on my pants leg: no matter what it's covered in!
How about you?
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This is one reason I like one hand folders!
Easy to close and put away safely,between cuts, without looking, a fixed blade not so much.
But a knife on the ground or on the bench can bite you with your full body weight, if you lose track of it.
When Im working with a close to or sharp blade on a bench or moreso a vice, I like to keep one hand on the spine where I can to feel where the tip is, whenever I turn or reach for something.
I figure my right hands knows where my left hand is...but not where the knife is.
It makes you aware of its location as you move.
Thats my "method"
 
jjg6319 said:
I normally don't hand someone a knife. I set the knife down and let them pick it up. My cousin taught me that a long time ago. He was always into Japanese swords and fixed blade knives.
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Very good "method" as well, I'll use this as well, hands are clumsy and a falling knife has no handle.
 
oldmanwilly said:
I'm pretty quirky: I refuse to set a knife down on a tailgate, bumper, hood or roof of a car for any reason. Just asking for trouble.
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Where were you 17 years ago Willy???

I lost my very first custom knife setting it on a bumper.

The knife was a Greco camp knife with ~9” blade.

I carried it in my truck on duty and around the second year of my career I responded to a call of a partner who had gotten her truck stuck on a big pile of giant kelp on the beach. The tide was coming in and waves were, in my memory, either about to or already hitting the ocean-side wheels when I got there.

I used my Greco to chop out enough of the kelp to get her out, but stupidly/unthinkingly, I set the knife on her bumper and she drove off in the wet sand with it there.

And I never saw it again. :(

Went back the next day with a borrowed metal detector but no luck.

Good tip/quirk Willy!
 
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