Lending people your knife

I'd be pissed if that happened to me. I'll only lend out knives to people that I've seen know how to use them properly.
 
I hate lending knives and I used to gift them until a somewhat recent event. I gifted a SAK to a buddy of mine. He seemed liked he liked it, but a moth later he needed a gift for someone else and re gifted the SAK I gave him to our other friend. Pretty rude in my opinion and kind of ruined gifting knives for me.
 
CJZ said:
. I'm sure someone who carries a gun may have the same argument to someone who doesn't. "Oh, you don't carry a gun? You're stupid.
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That's not the same thing. A gun is purely a weapon, a knife is a tool. A tool used to do many different things, and a tool they didn't carry but now need. It's almost infinitely less likely they will ever need a gun to perform its sole task.
 
kershawguy13 said:
I'd be pissed if that happened to me. I'll only lend out knives to people that I've seen know how to use them properly.
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I was initially very upset because I had just sharpened it the day before. The person I lent it to was very polite at least which made me less angry and more just irritated. After spending around an hour re-sharpening it the edge is sharper than it had been prior so I guess that's the silver lining.
 
brotherscinco said:
I brought my Halo V to show off at work. I let one fellow handle it and the first thing he does is try to deploy the blade through a box of gloves (work in a restaurant). He says "oh we'll I figured it would just shoot right through it."

Seriously, people are morons.
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Haha. I too brought a HALO V to work one day (police officer) and I showed it to a few people and the first question was "will it go right through someone if I put it right on their chest?". No...no it won't. Someone thought it was a ballistic knife from call of duty.

Another time my squad was getting ready to serve a search and seizure warrant but we were outside a locked apartment complex door. Not wanting to alert the suspect by ringing the door buzzer (even a different tenant my have alerted the suspect), and me being the only person with a knife, I reluctantly gave up my Benchmade auto axis knowing it was going to be used as a pry tool. As I handed it away I said "please, be gentle". It got the job done and the 154cm took a new edge like a dream.

If you have a friend that is a cop, if they don't have a blade of their own, never lend it to them, because some **** the knife was never meant for is about to happen.
 
Never had an issue with lending knives to friends/family.. but after just reading 2 pages I'm quickly re-evaluating that, will definitely try to have a beater knife on me when I'm going places where people might ask to borrow one. And now looking back i remember handing my sprint run skyline to my uncle on the fourth of July and that scares me...
 
I restrictly tell people "no". They might find it to be rude, but it will be an incentive for them to go out and buy their own. Sharing your knife is like sharing your wife.
 
Gibson2015 said:
Haha. I too brought a HALO V to work one day (police officer) and I showed it to a few people and the first question was "will it go right through someone if I put it right on their chest?". No...no it won't. Someone thought it was a ballistic knife from call of duty.

Another time my squad was getting ready to serve a search and seizure warrant but we were outside a locked apartment complex door. Not wanting to alert the suspect by ringing the door buzzer (even a different tenant my have alerted the suspect), and me being the only person with a knife, I reluctantly gave up my Benchmade auto axis knowing it was going to be used as a pry tool. As I handed it away I said "please, be gentle". It got the job done and the 154cm took a new edge like a dream.

If you have a friend that is a cop, if they don't have a blade of their own, never lend it to them, because some **** the knife was never meant for is about to happen.
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The thing I find the most uhh.... (interesting) is out of the whole squad their was only one (you) police officer with a knife on them. :eek:
 
marvin.white91B said:
I restrictly tell people "no". They might find it to be rude, but it will be an incentive for them to go out and buy their own. Sharing your knife is like sharing your wife.
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Yup. Then its usually followed by " yeah I figured. You spend a ton on those knives and are still scared to use it."
Usually when a screw needs torqueing or something to pry.
Although I'm sure my ZT could handle both, still not risking it.
 
In addition to my Blur and my Delica, I carry a Vic Spirit, with the squarish serrated blade. This is what I give to the newbies/non-knife folks that ask me for a knife. It's fairly idiot-proof, and with the lack of a point, non-threatening/safe looking serrations (like their Ginsu steak knives!) and multi-tool housing, it doesn't elicit many comments like "why are you carrying a weapon?". It's people-friendly, and has the option of other tools, if someone wants to pry or dig or some other off-beat activity. I have converted quite a few people to the realm of multi-tools this way. The last time I loaned out my primary blade, my wife promptly cut herself, and reflexively dropped it on the concrete floor in the middle of a birthday party for my 8 year old daughter. I was not happy, especially because my wife of all people should know I carry a razor-sharp blade, and to treat it with respect. Maybe she'll learn someday. Until then, she gets the multi-tool (she actually has her own now, I got her a Gerber Dime for her birthday).
 
The people I work with and run into everyday have learned to just ask me to cut whatever needs to be cut. They understand that I'm extremely OCD about my knives. I'm not rude about it and I've never had to be. They understand the time and money I've put into my tools and they respect that. Other than that, no way. My knife will not be lent out unless I'm absolutely certain they will respect it. Most people don't think about a knife the way we do.
 
Gibson2015 said:
Haha. I too brought a HALO V to work one day (police officer) and I showed it to a few people and the first question was "will it go right through someone if I put it right on their chest?". No...no it won't. Someone thought it was a ballistic knife from call of duty.

Another time my squad was getting ready to serve a search and seizure warrant but we were outside a locked apartment complex door. Not wanting to alert the suspect by ringing the door buzzer (even a different tenant my have alerted the suspect), and me being the only person with a knife, I reluctantly gave up my Benchmade auto axis knowing it was going to be used as a pry tool. As I handed it away I said "please, be gentle". It got the job done and the 154cm took a new edge like a dream.

If you have a friend that is a cop, if they don't have a blade of their own, never lend it to them, because some **** the knife was never meant for is about to happen.
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Capt. Spaulding said:
The thing I find the most uhh.... (interesting) is out of the whole squad their was only one (you) police officer with a knife on them. :eek:
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For both of these, substitute fireman, volunteer fireman, and Naval Reservist (these are the groups I have experience with - others here may have associations with "other professions") for cop/police officer, and the stories are the same.

I can't be 100% sure, but I when I was drilling as a Naval Reserve Officer in San Antonio, I was the ONLY Officer that I knew of that carried a knife of any sort, and I only knew of 3 enlisted personnel who carried a knife, out of 300+ men and women drilling each weekend, LESS THAN 1 %. That's based on how many of them I would see using scissors, keys, screw drivers, stapler edges and coins to open/attempt to open packages, letters and boxes.
 
zzyzzogeton said:
For both of these, substitute fireman, volunteer fireman, and Naval Reservist (these are the groups I have experience with - others here may have associations with "other professions") for cop/police officer, and the stories are the same.

I can't be 100% sure, but I when I was drilling as a Naval Reserve Officer in San Antonio, I was the ONLY Officer that I knew of that carried a knife of any sort, and I only knew of 3 enlisted personnel who carried a knife, out of 300+ men and women drilling each weekend, LESS THAN 1 %. That's based on how many of them I would see using scissors, keys, screw drivers, stapler edges and coins to open/attempt to open packages, letters and boxes.
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Baffles me really. Carrying a knife (to me) seems like such a simple and needed necessity of every day life.
 
I only let people use my knives if I have total confidence in their knowledge and ability. If I have any doubt, I offer to perform the task for them, or politely deny their request.

I recently watched a friend put some significant bends in the edge of his Cold Steel Recon Scout when he struck some stones in the ground while carelessly preparing kindling for the fire. I told him to be careful not to strike the ground and that the best way to avoid doing so was to use a stump or log as a cutting surface; however, he apparently didn't believe me, because when he saw all the bends in the edge, he angrily said, "What kind of cheap steel is this?! That shouldn't have happened!!"

I explained to him that it's not cheap steal, but that even the best steel will bend or chip when you strike stones in the ground. Like I said, I guess he didn't believe me when I told him to set the kindling on a cutting surface.

And that's why I don't let people use my knives apart from having total confidence in them. I prefer that they learn on their own blades.
 
CJZ said:
You people need to get over yourselves. All the answers stating the if people don't carry their own knives then they must not know how to use one, are kind of ridiculous. I'm sure someone who carries a gun may have the same argument to someone who doesn't. "Oh, you don't carry a gun? You're stupid. Guess you don't see the importance of having one and you probably have no idea what it does."

Also, to the people who freak the hell out whenever someone else cuts something like a can or whatever, calm down. It's a knife. Made to cut things. I'm not sure about you, but I consider blades to look better with some wear on them.
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Guns are a whole other ballgame. Its also something i don't "lend" out period and sure as heck won't bring it out in public. I'll let them shoot it though assuming I can trust them to be competent enough to put the gun back on the table. I have yet to see one throw the gun downrange after they're done shooting it.

In my experience, people who willingly don't carry a knife usually don't know how to "use" a knife properly or respect it. I've seen people misuse knives by using them as pry bars, Scrape junk off of metal and concrete (with the sharpened end), and saw through bone. As wimpy as it sounds I won't give them my $200 folder unless it was absolutly necessary. I carry a small Bundeswehr SAK that has had it's edge messed up more times that I can remember since its what I lend out enough. That poor knife is testament to why I don't lend it out my nicer knives to just anyone.
 
CJZ said:
Also, to the people who freak the hell out whenever someone else cuts something like a can or whatever, calm down. It's a knife. Made to cut things. I'm not sure about you, but I consider blades to look better with some wear on them.
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I agree that blades are meant to be used. I love carbon steel blades because they patine with use. That being said when someone uses my knife in a way that causes it to become damaged and negatively affects performance I don't feel that falls under the category of "looking better with wear".
 
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