Knife people shouldn't do this!

tarmix101

tarmix101

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Several days ago I went into work early and was heading into our cafeteria to poor a cup of coffee. I notice one of my co-workers (my least favorite) struggling to open a packet of his "super double minty extra fancy" coffee:barf: Before I had to witness a blood vessel popping out of his neck and him dropping a hernia right there, I did something I shouldn't have. I was carrying my Opinel # 7 that day and I offered it to him. Now my "don't do it" senses were firing, but no one was listening at the moment. He immediately remarks "why do you carry a wood working knife" to which I gave no real reply. After he opened the packet he remarked "wow you keep it very sharp" and then it happened. He ran his thumb accost the blade. Now my Opinel will only carry a edge for about 35 seconds, but I do keep a very sharp edge on it. As I should have know, he opened his thumb up right there. I ran to the first aid kit and retrieved some antiseptic, and a large band-aid. The cut wasn't that bad, but I was nervous about the whole thing. My boss (the owner) and I go way back. We hunt, and fish all the time. I did get the " DON'T LOAN YOUR KNIVES OUT" speech and it was left at that. Needless to say.... won't be doing that again.

Anyone else have a story like this? Or am I the only dumb A$$:D
 
This is actually a philosophical issue, more than a simple knife issue: it has become vitally important to weigh the costs and benefits of helping people, and regularly dangerous to give help to sheeple.

If you roll your window down to give a bum a dollar you can get tuberculosis/hep-C spit in your eye. If you render aid to an accident victim you can be sued (do not count on good samaritan laws!!!). "Roadside emergencies" can just as well be car-jacking schemes...

I keep a K-5 hawk resting on my jumper cables, just in case. In case I need to get someone out of a rollover, or in case I get jumped giving someone a hand???
 
I tend to carry either a small slipjoint or my Spyderco Kiwi to the office every day. I've given it over to people who were stuggling to open something with fingers or carkeys a few times. No one's cut themself, but now that you mention it I almost alway remark to myself how awkward and reckless they are with it. Maybe I shouldn't loan it out at all. Like you I keep my knives very sharp, probably much sharper than people expect or are used to.
 
I handed a NIB Kershaw Blackout to my GF -She promptly dropped it when it opened.

I think about it every time I see the marks on the handle from the concrete.
 
80% of the knives I sharpen for co-workers cut them within a half hour. Even though I always warn them of the risk when I give it back to them- the usual comment after the fact is "wow that was sharp". No kidding- that is why you had me sharpen it. Now I just laugh and give the parents "I told you so" look. That and I do not sharpen them as much as I would if they were my knives.
 
JWBirch said:
This is actually a philosophical issue, more than a simple knife issue: it has become vitally important to weigh the costs and benefits of helping people, and regularly dangerous to give help to sheeple.

If you roll your window down to give a bum a dollar you can get tuberculosis/hep-C spit in your eye. If you render aid to an accident victim you can be sued (do not count on good samaritan laws!!!). "Roadside emergencies" can just as well be car-jacking schemes...
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Sad.... but very true. :confused:
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Yesterday afternoon a co-worker asked me for "something to open this box with".

Instinctively I was going into my pocket, but my "don't do it" warning fired up too and I stopped.

I handed him a company owned box cutter, I figured if he cut his finger off I wouldn't be responsible.
 
Also remember that some folks in your office may ask you a "what do you have to open this with" question just to see if they can get you to pull out something that they can use later in a "hostile workplace environment case".

Wow, I really sound cynical lately...
 
JWBirch said:
Also remember that some folks in your office may ask you a "what do you have to open this with" question just to see if they can get you to pull out something that they can use later in a "hostile workplace environment case".

Wow, I really sound cynical lately...
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As true as this is.... I never thought about it. I have carried a knife for close to 20 years. I have many reasons to carry a knife, mainly because my Pop and Grandad told me that I should. Other than the speech I received from my boss.... nothing has come of the event. In fact, the "Tool" that cut himself mentioned that it was his fault and didn't blame me for offering/carrying a knife.:rolleyes: At any rate.... that will be the LAST time I loan my knives out to anyone other than my trusted friends and family.
 
From time to time I tend bar. My bar kit in addition to pourer's-ice scoop-wine opener also includes a SS Mora. It's perfect for cutting limes/lemons whatever. Anyhow at this event another bartender asked to borrow my knife to cut some limes. Sure-no problem. A few minutes later I notice the WAY she's cutting the limes. She was cutting through the lime and then kind of dragging the knife back on the sink. In cutting 6 limes she managed to completely dull my knife. Never again.:grumpy:
 
Yes, our secretary was struggling to open a large carboard box with furniture in it and she was using a 7-inch knife blade. Before she could kill herself (and possibly others), I pulled out my 3-inch Cold Steel Voyager with serrations and opened it in two seconds. She didn't say anything, but a few days later I received a written reprimand from my female boss for "brandishing" a knife at work. The memo informed me that federal workers are limited to 2 1/2-inch knives but that my job doesn't require me to carry a knife. I was told to stop carrying it regardless of what the federal regs state. The letter would not go into my permanent file, but would be kept in her file should the issue come up again.

Since I'm the only male in the office, the other women began looking at me in a strange way. So now I keep my knife in my pocket and let them open their own damn boxes. Oh, and before then I thought we all got along. But you just can't tell with women. Many city women don't think people need guns or knives, so be forwarned. A woman can have a 7-inch scissor blade (two of 'em), but I can't have a 3-inch blade, which when measured is only 2.75-inches).

Do I win a prize in this thread or what?


--Confed
 
My dad was foreman in a printing works and when I was about 15 he got me a job packing newspapers for distribution. He said to bring a knife to cut the binding twine, so I took along my Joseph Rogers Sheffield non-stainless slipjoint. Courtesy of my taid (Welsh: "grandfather"), a retired blacksmith, I had learned how to put a fierce edge on that thing with his beautiful Welsh honestone :)

Anyway, one of the printers, Tony, was changing a reel of paper and wanted to borrow my knife to notch the edge of the reel so he could get it started (think starting a new roll of toilet paper, but one that weighs about a ton). My dad, knowing that Tony usually used a table knife with a pos edge from a grinder, warned him that it was a bit sharp. Tony rolled his eyes and commenced sawing as usual. I swear down that the first stroke went 3" into that reel -- x quidsworth of paper ruined, much hilarity ensued, not . . .

If someone wants something cut, I always do the cutting -- definitely safer . . .
 
i was at the break room where i work ( graveyard) with a coworker ( friend) eating lunch.my coworker wanted to borrow my benchmade knife to cut his apple with it like he did and when he got thru he handed it back to me with the blade in his palm of his hand while i was not paying attention,i pulled it from his hand and he bleed like a stuck pig.took a whole lot of stiches to that hand and bleed all over the shop and work truck. i will never forget that one!
 
I have come to understand that anyone who wants to borrow a knife, because they do not have one of their own, most probably does not know how to use one. They don't know how to use one safely. They don't know how to use one effectively.

The answer is no. No you can't borrow it. No I won't do the job for you.

That way they can't hurt themselves with my knife. They can't damage property with my knife. They can't say I'm threatening anyone by having a knife.

It's not just knives. I won't lend out my pens, either. I had one woman actually manage to destroy a Cross ballpoint, trying to retract the point.
 
There has been quite a bit of hub bub at my workplace regarding knives. At one point we could use whatever we wanted. Then some idiot was having problems with another employee and he made a throat slash gesture with his $10 Chinese made liner lock. The employee reported the idiot and the poop hit the fan.

Suddenly all the employees could only use box cutters that were issued by the company. This did not help because people were cutting themselves with Stanley box cutters left and right. Then the company issued an S.O.P. memo which basically stated keep your body parts out of the path of a cutting blade.

The written S.O.P. helped but someone still managed to slice their thumb open. So the company issued knife was changed to a spring loaded box cutter that had an automatically retracting blade - you had to hold your thumb on the lever to keep the blade out, as soon as you let go the blade would reract. So now I keep a box of a dozen spring loaded safety box cutters in my desk. If someone needs a knife, I give them a safety box cutter. I buy these knives 2 dozen at a time (company credit card). People don't care about them. They lose them all the time.

There is no way I'd lend out my own edc at work.
 
Me and my co-worker were laying entry rugs and taping the edges (so the stupid people who can't pick up their feet won't fall). He asked to use my Wave to cut the tape and then proceeded to put the tip straight onto the tile floor to cut it. I now EDC a Schrade Superknife for the next time we lay carpet. When this idiot ruins that blade I can just put a new one in.

p.s. I won't tell you about the time I cut another co-worker while I was goofing around with a knife.
 
Last month I was at work and had my seb on me. I was asked to cut a large cardboard box in half which I did with ease as I just put it to the sharpmaker the night before. As I am one-handed closing the blade I am usually accustomed to do it "blind" (not watching, relying on feel), apparently my thumb wasn't fully clear of the blade edge and it bit into the corner of my thumb. Whats worse, since it was so sharp I didn't feel it at first, and four fingered the spine to finsih the close, applying a bit more pressure. Now I felt the pinch. SON OF A !!!!

Flap o' thumb danglin' I ran for the bandaids as my coworker says "That doesn't look good." Bled so much I couldn't get a bandaids to stick at first. Finally sealed it up and the scar is just starting to fade now. No stitches luckily but it was close. These types of incidents always act as reminders for me to be more careful.
Fortunately I didn't receive any verbal or written comments on the issue.
 
I'm with Esav... people who need to borrow cutting tools usually aren't savvy enough to use one... and they are NOT going to experiment with mine. A woman approached us last summer when we were camping at a Yukon campaground, and asked to borrow my ax -- a razor sharp 3/4 single bit. I declined and offered her some split kindling instead. (I usually chop a bit extra just in case some idiot wants to use my ax.) She asked if I was afraid they didn't know how to use it (which was obvious, IMHO), and I said I would have felt very bad if one of them had cut themselves with my ax. 'Nuff said.
 
GFarrell3 said:
Flap o' thumb danglin' I ran for the bandaids as my coworker says "That doesn't look good." Bled so much I couldn't get a bandaids to stick at first.
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That's an interesting point...how does one stop low-level bleeding like that? Once the bleeding starts, the wound should be cleaned thoroughly and disinfected; however, bleeding can be profuse. Even after people have held parts of their body that have been cut, sometimes it's still difficult to stop, particularly if the person has had aspirin or other anti-coagulant.

Also, never dismiss bleeding of any kind. I had a doctor tell me once that some people have bled to death from a nose bleed. You can get blood pumping from your nose and if you can't stop it, it can get real serious.

--Confed
 
Confederate said:
That's an interesting point...how does one stop low-level bleeding like that? Once the bleeding starts, the wound should be cleaned thoroughly and disinfected; however, bleeding can be profuse. Even after people have held parts of their body that have been cut, sometimes it's still difficult to stop, particularly if the person has had aspirin or other anti-coagulant.

Also, never dismiss bleeding of any kind. I had a doctor tell me once that some people have bled to death from a nose bleed. You can get blood pumping from your nose and if you can't stop it, it can get real serious.

--Confed
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It was bleeding enough to push out anything but the blade was so sharp I knew it was clean. Blade was clean. Basically I strapped the bandaid over the flap where it should be using some gauze from the half empty kit.put pressure on it seated correctly and locked it down with bandaids. The wound sealed perfectly, granted their is a slight callous to the thumb since it's my opener but there is minimal scaring. Messed up thing was we had 3 bandaids left in the kit. I had to shoot down the elevator to the lobby conveience store and grab some he was selling. Holding a bloody bundle of paper towels over your hand he said no charge.At $2 for 8 bandaids I'd say thanks. Anyway I jacked up on oj and sugar and sat a while. Once I saw the bandaid stopped spotting larger I was pretty sure it was sealing up.
 
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