Lending people your knife

Any time I've handed over one of my knives to someone they immediately took it and started jabbing/stabbing at whatever was near them or trying to throw the knife at the ground to stick it in the dirt I guess... :confused::grumpy:

Fortunately, the last time I handed over my knife ( a ZDP189 full serrated, waved endura) it was a picnic table that received the damage and not another person.

Seems it's the non-knife people that you have to watch out for; they're the serial stabbers.
 
I don't lend out knives at work. Most of the time when they ask for a knife they mean screwdriver. I hesitate even showing my knives to others. 95% of the time they open it with a massive wrist flick and then try to close the liner or frame lock by pushing it to the non locking side. Then inevitably I get the "you paid THAT much for a knife! That's crazy". I just avoid it all together. No lending
 
The last time I loaned a knife to someone was just after I had sharpened my Cold Steel Tuff Lite. I know, it's not a high dollar knife, but it is a great tool with a nice edge when needed. A trusted co-worker asked to borrow it. He had heard me brag about how sharp I kept my knives and had seen me demonstrate them on packaging materials and such. He took the knife around the corner in the store and came back a few minutes later and informed he was able to tighten "the screw" with it. Let's just say he never borrowed my knife again.
 
Learned the hard way by loaning my favorite fountain pen. Have not made the same mistake with a knife.
 
I have a Victorinox Cadet for this Very purpose.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
If he doesn't have a knife of his own, he won't know how to use yours properly, either.
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Kai Winters said:
I always say no. I don't carry a "loaner" knife. If you need a knife and don't bother to carry one then it sucks to be you.
I seldom offer to cut, etc...the reason of the request. Much more fun to watch someone struggle then walk away chuckling.
Yep I'm a prick.
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Two excellent answers. I respond to the question with a cold look and a "No". Not worried about making friends.
 
Blues Bender said:
One time, I had just sharpened my lionsteel sr2 to a mirror, and an "acquaintance" was trying to get a receipt out of a beer bottle.

He asked can I see your knife? I handed it to him, he opened it and started banging the edge on the bottle trying to break the f*****g thing open!

I nearly had a heart attack! I grabbed his arm and said something along the lines of "you lost your knife privileges"!
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And don't those knives have glass breakers to boot?;)
 
I've fished with people who don't bring a knife along with them, I always have a cheapo piece of crap knife that I let them use. You would not believe how many times they drop it overboard!
I buy the $3 knives at the local bait shop to replace the lost ones.
 
I will lend my friends a Winchester multitool that I found in a park. Aside from that knife, they can get their own. Its absurd when people complain about purchasing a $20 SAK or $30 Kershaw when they routinely buy take-out food, go to the movies, and have drinks at the bar after work.
 
Guess I see things differently, I see these as learning opportunities for people and allow then to use my knife, so long as I know they're using it for cutting and after I've walked then through opening/closing safely.

If we're not going to do our part to educate people on using a knife safely and demonstrate that our tools are nothing to be scared of, then we have no grounds to complain about societies changing views on carrying a knife.
 
Whenever my dad asks to borrow a knife, the first thing I ask is "for what". The answer usually determines what he gets handed. Too many times my knife has been used as a pry bar or a screwdriver by him!
 
Druk said:
Guess I see things differently, I see these as learning opportunities for people and allow then to use my knife, so long as I know they're using it for cutting and after I've walked then through opening/closing safely.

If we're not going to do our part to educate people on using a knife safely and demonstrate that our tools are nothing to be scared of, then we have no grounds to complain about societies changing views on carrying a knife.
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Yeh well, that gets old. ;)

I wonder what you'll think after you've been here a couple of years. :)
 
EDCanAdamas said:
I will lend my friends a Winchester multitool that I found in a park. Aside from that knife, they can get their own. Its absurd when people complain about purchasing a $20 SAK or $30 Kershaw when they routinely buy take-out food, go to the movies, and have drinks at the bar after work.
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I feel the same way. Bitch about how they don't wan't to spend $30-$40 on a knife that will last a lifetime, but spend $60 on booze and food in one night that is just gone in the wind. Makes no sense to me.
 
I generally offer to cut for them, though I am always happy to show and explain how a certain knife operates to someone who is willing to learn.
 
I do if I trust them enough. Handing someone my knife is the equivalent of giving them my wallet and phone in my eyes. I'll also make an exception if I know exactly what they're going to be cutting and how they'll be cutting with it
 
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