Knife story from work today

I keep kitchen knives for the girlfriend and daughter to use and then there’s the ones I keep for myself to use. I showed them the difference. I use mine and then hand wash and dry them and put them back. Girlfriend is a chronic knife abuser from way back. Bent blades, chips in the edges. It’s the stuff nightmares are made of. I have varying levels of sharp for mine as well though. My paring knife will slice paper and that’s about all it’d do. My butcher knife and chef’s knife will shave hairs off the back of your hand with no pressure and have that thumbprint grabbing sticky sharpness to them. I use soft cutting boards and I’m the only one to use these. I enjoy having people over for dinner and nonchalantly slicing raw meat and vegetables with these knives. I’m no chef by any means but when people see a guy flick his wrist and cut steak they know he’s got a real sharp knife. And I enjoy taking peoples dull knives and returning them nice and sharp. I wish more people took interest in keeping their tools sharp
 
Velitrius said:
As I type this, I'm packing a Snap-On logo Kershaw Scallion. It has received the "Wow, that's sharp" more than once from folks.

It'll really take an edge for some reason. With nothing more than a coffee cup and a newspaper more often than not.
Click to expand...
This is funny, but I don't have a Snap-on-branded Kershaw yet; I think that should be my next purchase, probably a red Scallion.

I'm seeing blems on ebay for around $50...
 
Went out to lunch. Table legs and/or floor were uneven. Asked the waitress for something to stick under a table leg. She came back with a largish piece of corrugated cardboard and was tryin to tear off a smaller piece without making any progress.
Me: Would you like a knife?
Her: Yeah, I'll go get one from kitchen.
Me: How about this one? [holding out the Gerber Strongarm that had been hanging around my neck]
Her: [surprised] Oh. Yeah. Sure.
Me: Be careful, it's sharp.
Her: [cuts the cardboard effortlessly] Wow, that's an awesome knife! That is sooo sharp!
Me: Yes, it is, thanks!
 
Several years back we were cutting the roof of a mid-90s standard cab pickup truck that had been involved in a pretty serious t-bone accident. We'd used hydraulic tools to cut the posts in front of and behind the windows, cut the windshield free and thought we had cut all of the trim, wiring, etc that would keep us from removing the roof in one piece to free the teenagers inside. As it moved, I saw a piece of metal reinforced rubber door molding that was going to hang things up. I immediately reached inside my turnout gear to grab my knife to cut it free. The chief officer from a neighboring county that was watching things called for the hydraulic tool to be put back in service, because "You're going to need more than a knife....Never mind, roof is clear." At the time it would have either been an H&K Axis Lock 14715 (Benchmade produced in D2) or Benchmade Contego in CPM M4. Both steels that are able to cut softer metals quite well. It was not something I could laugh about at the time, but afterwards I did get some questions about what knife it was, and where he could get one. He thought I didn't know it had metal reinforcing in it, and I was sure he didn't know my knives 🤣 . I kept a sharp, but somewhat "toothy" edge on them for cutting various materials and they never failed to surprise folks when I needed to use them at work.

I truly miss my H & K Axis knife. It disappeared several years back. I felt it was such a great knife for a firefighter in terms of quality, cost, materials and lock that I gave several to good friends at work that continue to carry them last I knew. The closest knife I have to it now is an M4 Super Freek, but they run at least twice as much $ now.
 
Boss: Hey, someone told me you were using a non-safety knife earlier. Is that true?
Me: :hides pocket knife: No sir, of course not sir.
Boss: Because you know the only knives that are allowed are the supplied safety knives don't you?
Me: Oh those ones that auto retract once you put it down and only come out 1/8"?
Boss: Yes those ones.
Me: Yes I've got that here for when I need to cut anything :snigger:
Boss: :long skeptical pause: OK then..... :walks away shaking head:
 
JC972 said:
it’s alarming to me how many DIY/Gearhead/Home Improvement types just don’t know what sharp really is. You’d think those would be the exact guys that would be into ultimate sharpness, or I would anyway.
Click to expand...
Change “sharpness” to “cheapness” and you’d be 100% correct. They have “the best you can buy at Home Depot for 9.99”.

I’ve had people come back mad that my knife was so sharp. They’d either cut themselves or cut through to something they didn’t want to cut, etc.

I also had the one random idiot use my BM Skirmish to scrape ink off a metal printing press roller. I sold it to him on the spot for 25% more than what I had paid and he was very happy with the deal. Had a black blade and he stropped the entire sides of the blade on sandpaper to sharpen it, scuffing the pristine blue anodized Ti handles in the process. Thing was practically new and looked like scuffed, scratched ass in less than a week.

Oh well, his knife - but damn it hurt to see that.
 
Last edited:
chalby said:
Boss: Hey, someone told me you were using a non-safety knife earlier. Is that true?
Me: :hides pocket knife: No sir, of course not sir.
Boss: Because you know the only knives that are allowed are the supplied safety knives don't you?
Me: Oh those ones that auto retract once you put it down and only come out 1/8"?
Boss: Yes those ones.
Me: Yes I've got that here for when I need to cut anything :snigger:
Boss: :long skeptical pause: OK then..... :walks away shaking head:
Click to expand...
Snitches get stitches
 
chalby said:
Boss: Hey, someone told me you were using a non-safety knife earlier. Is that true?
Me: :hides pocket knife: No sir, of course not sir.
Boss: Because you know the only knives that are allowed are the supplied safety knives don't you?
Me: Oh those ones that auto retract once you put it down and only come out 1/8"?
Boss: Yes those ones.
Me: Yes I've got that here for when I need to cut anything :snigger:
Boss: :long skeptical pause: OK then..... :walks away shaking head:
Click to expand...
Out of curiosity, I wouldn’t mind seeing a couple pictures of the auto-retracting, 1/8” safety knife.
 
Culprit99 said:
Out of curiosity, I wouldn’t mind seeing a couple pictures of the auto-retracting, 1/8” safety knife.
Click to expand...
The knife is normal sized. The blade protrudes from the front 1/8" so if you cut yourself with it, you only go 1/8" deep at most.

You can imagine how great it is for cutting anything with it, but I'll post a pic when I get the chance.
 
The 1/8” also stops you from cutting what is inside the box too. It obviously prevents bad cuts, and product damage. You can’t blame them for mandating the things.
 
When I was a young boy about 6 years old, I was helping my grandma cut the curly ends off of green beans from her garden.

She handed me a paring knife and showed me how to do it. I cut my thumb and she told me that I had to be careful.

I said “you didn’t tell me it was sharp”.
 
Velitrius said:
As I type this, I'm packing a Snap-On logo Kershaw Scallion. It has received the "Wow, that's sharp" more than once from folks.

It'll really take an edge for some reason. With nothing more than a coffee cup and a newspaper more often than not.
Click to expand...
I often carry a Scallion in my watch pocket too and I agree that that sucker takes a mean edge! That nice thin recurve grind just cuts like the dickens. Mines in 13c26 from before they switched to 14c28n, both of those steels are real nice and fine grained though, and pretty tough.
 
eveled said:
The 1/8” also stops you from cutting what is inside the box too. It obviously prevents bad cuts, and product damage. You can’t blame them for mandating the things.
Click to expand...
TBH that is the main purpose of the design. What makes it stupid is where I work we don't open boxes of goods.

Anyway nuff said. I don't want to derail the thread.
 
Once upon a time, I picked up an Ontario Rat II to use for working in shops. I figured it was a decent enough inexpensive knife. I liked it enough to get a couple more, figuring I’d keep one in the car, one in the tool pouch, etc.

Hey Ron, can I borrow a knife?
(with disdain) You don’t have a knife?
No, I had one but lost it blah blah blah
Here, you can have this one, I have another in the car.
Dude! Awesome, thanks.

I suppose he cares enough for it because, although it’s a little ragged, hasn’t lost this one.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top