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Loaning your knife.
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...you're not 'the only person'...
Deal with it.
Mel
Deal with it.
Mel
Hi guys,
"Hand it over to me, I´ll cut it for you", is my standard answer if someone wants my knife. 95% do it without further remark, and women regard it as an act of chivalry. And if someone insitsts on my knife, I say and show, that it is razor sharp. This made all moving back.
I have two bad memories about loaning knives:
When I was about 12, a classmate (ab)used my beloved knife to fix a screw on his glasses and broke the tip.
About five years ago a friend took my carbon steel table knife to cut a roll. As he is only used dull stainless "knives" (like most others), he pressed to much and did not only cut the roll, but his hand, too.
Funny story:
For my birthday I served a big joint to my colleagues. A female colleague cut a second slice and complainted: "Your old knife is so dull, I had to saw and saw to cut the meat! And you are told to be a knife expert!" I looked at the trusty old carbon steel carver in her hand and said: "You were using the back of the blade."
Claus
"Hand it over to me, I´ll cut it for you", is my standard answer if someone wants my knife. 95% do it without further remark, and women regard it as an act of chivalry. And if someone insitsts on my knife, I say and show, that it is razor sharp. This made all moving back.
I have two bad memories about loaning knives:
When I was about 12, a classmate (ab)used my beloved knife to fix a screw on his glasses and broke the tip.
About five years ago a friend took my carbon steel table knife to cut a roll. As he is only used dull stainless "knives" (like most others), he pressed to much and did not only cut the roll, but his hand, too.
Funny story:
For my birthday I served a big joint to my colleagues. A female colleague cut a second slice and complainted: "Your old knife is so dull, I had to saw and saw to cut the meat! And you are told to be a knife expert!" I looked at the trusty old carbon steel carver in her hand and said: "You were using the back of the blade."
Claus
My usual response is "What do you need cut?" I really hate it when my EDC ends up with tape glue all over it.
I gave my EDC to my brother once for keeps. He needed a knife for work and my EDC (BM Ascent) seemed to fit his needs. But I didn't loan him a knife either.
I gave my EDC to my brother once for keeps. He needed a knife for work and my EDC (BM Ascent) seemed to fit his needs. But I didn't loan him a knife either.
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Trouble saying "No!"????
Not this S.O.B.
I can say "No!" thirty-four different ways and in five different languages!
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If I get asked, I will ask what for and if it sounds "reasonable...read sane" then I'll pull out my EDC (Spyderco Walker lightweight), show usee how to open and close it before handing it over , at the very least, I'll get it back unscathed but I'm prepared for the worst case scenario.... a WRECKED piece. Its not too expensive to replace. I try to encourage perception of a blade as a CUTTING TOOL. Of course sometimes I carry more than one blade but the "Walker" is the first and only blade that is loaned out.
Regards Bernard
Regards Bernard
It may sound cruel of me, but I have one particular onbnoxious co-worker who often finds himself asking me for a knife. I try to anticipate these particular moments by making sure that my knife is very sharp that day. Every time, I tell him, "be careful, it is very sharp, do not...." I then sit back and wait for the swearing to begin LOL. One day, he approached me about using my Trailmaster to hack up some frozen deer meat. I explained to him that he cuts himself with my small blades nearly every time and that if he screws up this time, he will be lucky if he only loses a finger. He claimed that he has learned his lesson and that he will be REALLY careful this time. Thankfully, he didn't show up to borrow the knife. Instead he used a POS "Rambo" type knife, totally unsharpened, that he got at a carnival. I'm sure you can all guess what happened next! He showed up at work on Monday with a very sheepish look on his face, a nasty split on his knuckle, and a BS story about how it was all his son's fault. At least, he still has fingers.
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I loan knives out whenever I'm asked, but I pick which knife they get.And if I can, I just do the cutting for them. I always have a gerber multi tool and some type good knife(usually a BM750, lately a drop point fixed blade I made). If I think they're responsible enough to handle it, I'll hand over the good knife. Sometimes with the warning that its sharp. If I don't think so they get the multi tool. Its been beat to hell already and isn't incredibly sharp so I don't worry much.
Almost had a terrible accident that would have resulted in a horse being pretty much gutted when I loaned out a knife. That was when I changed my ways and quit handing over my good knife every time.
I was at a horse show and some guy I didn't know walked up and asked if I had a knife, I pulled out a 50/50 delica I had sharpened the night before. I was going to cut whatever he wanted for him but he held out his hand and I dumbly handed it to him. He then went over to his daughters horse and grabbed a nylon strap that was hanging off the saddle blanket, underneath the stirrup and right at the horses side. He proceeded to make a chopping hacking slice at it, like it was a friggin tree or something only the knife sailed right through and narrowly missed the horses side. I just about sh#! my pants, and I think the guy probably did. He held the knife straight out in front of him with his eyes popping out of his head, and choked out a "damn that things sharp". I nodded, took the knife and quickly walked away.
Almost had a terrible accident that would have resulted in a horse being pretty much gutted when I loaned out a knife. That was when I changed my ways and quit handing over my good knife every time.
I was at a horse show and some guy I didn't know walked up and asked if I had a knife, I pulled out a 50/50 delica I had sharpened the night before. I was going to cut whatever he wanted for him but he held out his hand and I dumbly handed it to him. He then went over to his daughters horse and grabbed a nylon strap that was hanging off the saddle blanket, underneath the stirrup and right at the horses side. He proceeded to make a chopping hacking slice at it, like it was a friggin tree or something only the knife sailed right through and narrowly missed the horses side. I just about sh#! my pants, and I think the guy probably did. He held the knife straight out in front of him with his eyes popping out of his head, and choked out a "damn that things sharp". I nodded, took the knife and quickly walked away.
Revolvergeek
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EXACTLY! I carry a decent ballpoint and a Gerber LST for these less prepared people. My pens and knives are personal items; it would be like someone wanting to borrow my watch or glasses.....
I tend to get all of me fountain pens and knives shipped to work and everybody there knows that I am a junky for both. As a result they are very aware of how much I like my stuff and how much attention that I give it and I am rarely asked to loan out either.
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LOL......Claus, to be facetious, having to slice them up, you guys must roll them big in Germany!!Originally posted by Starfish
Claus,
This is funnier than you realize - a "joint" is slang for a marijuana cigarette.What did you really mean?
Matthew
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I've had a few people ask me for a knife, but I'm sure that you'll agree that NO ONE will take care of your knives the way that you do.
Non-knife people just don't understand. It's like what I remember someone saying "it's better to have a knife and not need it, than to need a knife and not have it".
JUST SAY NO.
Non-knife people just don't understand. It's like what I remember someone saying "it's better to have a knife and not need it, than to need a knife and not have it".
JUST SAY NO.
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That's why I always carry a Leatherman Micra, if you must ... you can have about 1" of cutting power to do it with it you need to borrow from me.
I lent out a BM 350 once and got it back with a glue fingerprint on it. Yeah that was really cool so I learned my lesson until I lent out my pre-prod. camillus dr arclite to a friend a couple months ago. I kept on getting excuses until I got it back two weeks later, dull as hell. And it falls right out of its kydex sheath. Now I just keep some ACE hardware SAK type tool around to lend out. Yes its sad to be the knife guy but lend out the biggest pos in the world, but I just love my knives too much.
Hey kids, want some drugs? Just say no!!
Hey kids, want some drugs? Just say no!!
I make sure I have a tiny SAK (Victorinox Classic) whenever I think I'll be asked to loan a knife. I'm especially sure to have one at gift-giving occasions, since there are always packages that need to be cut open. Non-knife people seem to be able to use one of these easily and safely and I don't care if it comes back messed-up. People really think they are neat, too.