Letting other people use your knives...

Does anyone have a family member that doesnt know knives that responds with "I Thought it was a High quality knife?!?! I should be able to do this without any problems" yes it can do it but your probably gunna chip the tip off while your at it.
 
"you damaged/ruined my knife" "oh well it's cheap then it it got damaged so fast"
"you said:" use it and "that's what I did".... (mora untipped..)

I do the job when they ask, otherwise i'll have to spend the evening sharpening, may look like a maniac that has too sharp knives of have do first aid them LOL
Maxx
 
I work with a bunch of goons that think that if it cost more than $40 it should be able to cut anything. This is why I stand behind my borrowed slogan "just say no" LOL!!!
 
I NEVER let anybody use my knife. If they are stupid enough not to have a knife themselves they can use their teeth.

Kind regards,

Jos
 
The thought process goes something like this.

Someone I can trust with it? (I.e fellow Scout, or at least somebody who I know from personal experience to be OK with knives)
Yes-We're good.
No-What do you want to use it for?
(There are two categories-the OK use and the NOT OK use.)
If "OK": Lend under close supervision.
If "Not OK": Do not lend. Do not care if I step on toes. The most common response is "You're probably going to screw it up one way or another. No."
Or, lend a beater. More socially acceptable.
 
A lot of people do loan out their knives, I also loan mine out sometimes depending on what I have on me at the time.

If someone snaps the tip off of your knife then well that means you needed one with a stronger tip on it. ;)

I have personally seen hundreds of folders with snapped off tips in the past 30 years or so.

I NEVER carry a slicer with me when I am working because I know that if I do that I will be limited in what tasks I can do with that knife. However taking a stronger knife doesn't limit me at all and I know that it will do everything that I ask of it. It's also highly unlikely that the tip will get snapped off if I lend it out.
 
Ankerson said:
I NEVER carry a slicer with me when I am working because I know that if I do that I will be limited in what tasks I can do with that knife. However taking a stronger knife doesn't limit me at all and I know that it will do everything that I ask of it. It's also highly unlikely that the tip will get snapped off if I lend it out.
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That's because your tough knives are waaaay sharp! :D
 
I always ask why they want to use it.

If they need something cut, 99/100 times I cut it for them. Partially because I don't want them screwing up the knife, but more often because they're not used to handling knives this sharp, and they're liable to hurt themselves with it.

Quite often they ask for my knife to use instead of the proper tool (screwdriver, something to pry with) or a more appropriate one (scissors, tweezers).
 
Planterz said:
Quite often they ask for my knife to use instead of the proper tool (screwdriver, something to pry with) or a more appropriate one (scissors, tweezers).
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Yep, this happens often with me too, they just want to handle something that I value a lot, I think.
 
singularity35 said:
That's because your tough knives are waaaay sharp! :D
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Yeah I have the best of both worlds. :D

Strong knives that will also slice like razors. :thumbup:

I like knives that are stronger because they are more of an all around tool. :)

I reserve my slicers for when I am going out or have to wear slacks and button down shirt etc. They are thinner and lighter so I can slip them into my waistband.
 
Planterz said:
Quite often they ask for my knife to use instead of the proper tool (screwdriver, something to pry with) or a more appropriate one (scissors, tweezers).
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I don't know many people around me that EDC multitools, but I've seen plenty with knives. To me the idea of carrying only a knife and a flashlight doesn't make a lot of sense, yet for many people those are their only EDC. People ask to borrow your knife because they assume that's the only piece of useful metal you have.
 
Whenever someone asks to use my knife, I always hand them my Case Medium Trapper.

Heck, even if I've got an expensive "Tacti-cool" folder in my other pocket, most times I use the Case myself.

Best,

Heekma
 
KennyB said:
I was wondering how you guys react when someone asks to borrow your knife and then starts using it for a task that is going to damage it.

I was camping with some people and a few mutual friends of ours..... A couple of minutes later one of the people I don't know says, "Hey, I saw you have a pocket knife, can I use it?" and hesitantly I say yes.......He hands my knife back to me, with a nice helping of the gunk resting on a HUGE burr he raised up. :grumpy:

That really infuriated me, but I didn't say anything......
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I do the cutting. I'll allow a friend to check out my knife but not use it.

You should have been infuriated at yourself for letting him use the knife.

Lesson learned for the inconvenience of having to sharpen or re-profile a burr off of your edge. You got off cheap - no broken tip or worse.

Never let anyone use your knives unless they're experienced fellow knife nuts and then "maybe!" :)
 
No one touches my knives, plain and simple, I don't care if it is my $12 Smith and Wesson folder or my CRKT Fixed Blades, if you need to cut something, if I deem it safe I'll do it for you, if not, go get your own knife.
 
I have been lucky. Quite by chance, but before any damage was done, I had decided to lend my knife only to people that I know generally carried one themselves.
 
I handle it in one of two ways:
1) I offer to cut it myself.
2) I give him/her "the cheap one" to use.(I prefer to carry my small buck vantage pro on my shirt collar)
 
I don't loan my knife. I offer to cut what needs to be cut.

1. My EDC is a small Sebenza. I have not met anyone around here who knows how to close it. Not one. (Except for the guys at work) :rolleyes:

2. The reaction usually is, "Why do you need such a huge knife?" A 2 3/4" blade is huge?

3. I am always afraid that they will get blood all over it.
 
It depends on who is asking for me; strangers - I inquire then usually cut the item for them, this is also because more often than not, they aren't comfortable with knives themselves.

When my friends ask, I usually let them borrow it without question because they have known me long enough and learned enough in that time not to do something stupid with my knives.

That being said, they still have the occasional brain fart. The most recent was when my friend asked to see my Benchmade 710 while we were outside having a smoke break. He then proceeded to try and gravity open it (wrist-snap) which failed horribly as the knife flew out of his hand and bounced of the pavement.

He's now suspended from handling my knives for the time being. :p
 
UffDa said:
I don't loan my knife. I offer to cut what needs to be cut.

1. My EDC is a small Sebenza. I have not met anyone around here who knows how to close it. Not one. (Except for the guys at work) :rolleyes:

2. The reaction usually is, "Why do you need such a huge knife?" A 2 3/4" blade is huge?

3. I am always afraid that they will get blood all over it.
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Classic. I still don't loan my knife either, I'd rather they ask me to do the cutting. This lady I work with says, "You better be careful with that knife, it looks dangerous". She usually says this while she uses scissors to tear open a package...:eek:
 
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