Learned another important lesson yesterday.

C

cybrok

Joined
Aug 7, 2005
Messages
4,741
Here's the situation.

Everyone around me knows I'm a knife guy, so yesterday a guy I know (can't really say a friend), asked me to borrow my knife. I asked why and he just insisted so I got my Opinel out.

He then opened it and faked to stick it into another guy's ass (the other guy was sitting on the couch with his girlfriend on his knees).

The guy with the Opinel almost stabbed my friend, almost damaged the couch and another guy around while getting the knife away.

Fortunately noone was cut and the couch is intact, but as you might imagine, I was f* mad. Against him for being a total jerk after 2 beers, but also against myself for not getting the answer to "Why?" before lending a knife.

No need to say this guy will NEVER touch one of my knives again.


So always ask why someone want to borrow a knife and make sure you get an answer.
 
I learned not to hand a knife off to a drunk guy a long time ago. It's an important lesson to learn. Always something to keep in mind even if you are inebriated yourself.
 
Nobody, (especially my a-hole buddies) touches my knife. ever. I've already learned that lesson a long time ago when I handed my brandee new spyderco delica to a friend of mine without asking why, he jammed the tip of the knife in a door lock and jiggled it back and forth (to try to pick the lock) well needless to say when he handed it back to me the tip was broken off. the best part of it was his reaction to my being upset, like I needed to relax.:thumbup:
 
My response to a request to borrow my knife is, "Show me what requires cutting, and I will cut it for you."
 
No longer since I was a kid in my teens will I lend any of my blades, firearms, weapons, or even tools of any kind to anyone, ever, no exceptions . . I pretty much do what knarfeng does but take it a step further.

I alone will make the decision on what gets cut, when, why, how and if appropriate, whom. . :cool:

If one remembers, he alone is liable for his own tools, cutting or otherwise, he alone stays in control.
 
To me, lending a knife is like lending a toothbrush - it just ain't going to happen.
 
A buddy of mine tried to "fake" stab a girl... only he wasn't so lucky as far a faking goes. she moved towards him at the exact same time as he "fake stabbed" and got her with the tip. Stupid people.
 
Last year at my church youth group, a guy from school wanted to see my Western Hunter fixed blade (had a 4.25" blade) that I was using to cut electricians tape with. I told him, very specifically, in no uncertain terms, before I handed it to him, not to swing it around, not to pretend to stab with it, and to be VERY FREAKING CAREFUL with it. I also demonstrated to him that it could shave hair off my arm so he knew not to run his finger down the edge. I asked him if he understood me, and he said, yes, he understands, and he won't be stupid with it. While he's looking at it, my friend Jared walks up and starts talking to me. At this point, the guy with my knife started making little pretend stabbing motions with it towards Jared.:rolleyes::grumpy: Needless to say, I took my knife back posthaste, and made it EXTREMELY clear to said yahoo that he is never to touch another of my tools again. Currently, there are very few people that I will let even touch my knives. I learned my lesson.
 
If I know I am going to be hanging around with friends of mine that aren't always the smartest drinkers. I will usually put away my one handed opening locking knife of the day and carry a Swiss army knife. The bottle opener on the sak is a much better tool for that job.
 
my favorite story of this sort in reverse was this:

In bar with friend having a quiet beer. Friend of my friend walks up after having a few quiet beers. We chat and all, everyone seems nice. New friend decides that he wants to become 'blood brothers' with us both on the spot.

:jerkit:

Asks if I have a knife, I say no ( razor sharp SAK in pocket but I digress) He pulls out a folder and proceeds to prepare his courage for the first of many possibly dangerous drunk cuts. Friend looks concerned and I ask new friend if its sharp? He hands me the knife to test. Yeap its sharp, I tell guy "its dull" but produce a diamond sharpener and proceed to butterknife dull the edge:)

Return knife to him and he is amazed that the newly sharp knife can't seem to cut his flesh. In the inestimable logic of drunks everywhere he shrugs and puts the knife away and we begin to talk about comic books.
 
"...Everyone around me knows I'm a knife guy..."
-cybrok

For a start, I would be very careful about letting everyone know that I am "a knife guy".
Worst yet that as a creature of habit - always have/carry a knife about you and when ever anyone ask about your hobby proceed to instinctively display "the knife of the day".
Reckon it might be too late to keep that a personal secret...
 
Jeff Venture said:
my favorite story of this sort in reverse was this:

In bar with friend having a quiet beer. Friend of my friend walks up after having a few quiet beers. We chat and all, everyone seems nice. New friend decides that he wants to become 'blood brothers' with us both on the spot.

:jerkit:

Asks if I have a knife, I say no ( razor sharp SAK in pocket but I digress) He pulls out a folder and proceeds to prepare his courage for the first of many possibly dangerous drunk cuts. Friend looks concerned and I ask new friend if its sharp? He hands me the knife to test. Yeap its sharp, I tell guy "its dull" but produce a diamond sharpener and proceed to butterknife dull the edge:)

Return knife to him and he is amazed that the newly sharp knife can't seem to cut his flesh. In the inestimable logic of drunks everywhere he shrugs and puts the knife away and we begin to talk about comic books.
Click to expand...

That is too funny! I have a good buddy that gets the same way. He on occasion asks to borrow my knife when he is hammered, and i will just look at him with the are you stupid or what look and tell him nope. Through the haze of drunkeness he has come to realize that its probably a good thing I don't lend him my razor sharp Spydies.
 
I used to loan my knife. It always came back dull, at best. Then I loaned out children's scissors.

Now, you can point blank ask me while staring at my clipped knife, and I will tell you I don't have one.

Treat them just like a monkey - don't loan them to people who don't see the need to have their own. They have no discipline or education about proper use, and I don't have to take the blame for their misuse by offering it.

I think I might trust the monkey a little more. I know he will do something stupid, I can take appropriate actions. I can't trust the non-user at all.
 
I don't lend out knives anymore.
Once, while working at Pioneer, my co-worker asked to borrow my knife; he slashed open a 2500 pound bag of wheat, and I got blamed for it!:mad:(everyone KNEW that HE didn't carry a knife:rolleyes:).
It was a crappy job, so no big loss, but it DID teach a valuable lesson about knives and dumbasses.
 
I dont lend knives anymore, the last time I did was at summer camp, and i only just sharpened the chips out of my paramilitary.
 
Wow you guys know some really stupid people. I guess I am lucky to live in a rural area where most people at least know not to screw around with knives. I usually keep a mora in the truck that I have the edge done really well on that is what I usually end up using or loaning out.

I really enjoy when someone goes looking for scissors I take my EDC knife and slice whatever it is open and when they come back feign ignorance.

Most people have never even experienced a really good sharp knife so they tend to thing opening bags or mail with one will leave a ragged edge.

I was at the bottle return and rather than try to untie the bags I just slice them open.

My ZDP caly3 is like a lazer on plastic bags. One guy had about 8 big bags and after watching him struggle with one I told him to let me give it a try and went zip zip zip
through all the rest of the bags. Not a big deal but the look on his face the way you would just have to touch the plastic and it would pop apart was very satisfying.
 
cybrok said:
Here's the situation.

Everyone around me knows I'm a knife guy, so yesterday a guy I know (can't really say a friend), asked me to borrow my knife. I asked why and he just insisted so I got my Opinel out.

He then opened it and faked to stick it into another guy's ass (the other guy was sitting on the couch with his girlfriend on his knees).

The guy with the Opinel almost stabbed my friend, almost damaged the couch and another guy around while getting the knife away.

Fortunately noone was cut and the couch is intact, but as you might imagine, I was f* mad. Against him for being a total jerk after 2 beers, but also against myself for not getting the answer to "Why?" before lending a knife.

No need to say this guy will NEVER touch one of my knives again.


So always ask why someone want to borrow a knife and make sure you get an answer.
Click to expand...

Advise (no disrespect to you)
Change your "friends"
It seems to me,after two! beers, he was a sandwich short of a picnic.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top