My cricket is all horcked up, thanks to Captain Awesome...

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rroossinck

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Argh...I'm still so mad about it that I could spit nails.

Went into a Sportsman's Warehouse here in Iowa, and was looking at a couple of things in the knife case.

Struck up a conversation with the self-appointed "knife guy" and we got to talking about what we had on us as EDCs. So I hand him my Cricket, and I happened to mention that it was starting to lose its edge and I probably needed to spend some QT with the Sharpmaker.

Before I could stop him, he says, "Oh, no worries, I'll take care of that for you..." and the next thing I know, he's mashing the blade into the freakin' crockstick pocket sharpener that they've got sitting there - with the diamond edges.

ARGH!!!!!!

So I'm so shocked that I couldn't even do anything, and here he sits, harpin' on this blade and commenting about "this is some pretty heavy duty steel you got there, son..." I tell him it's ATS-55 and not used on that knife anymore.

The blade on this thing is pretty well jacked up now. I don't have a camera handy to take shots of it, but the blade seems like it's blunted now.

Anyone interested in buying a Tufram Cricket TRAINER?:mad::thumbdn::mad::thumbdn:

What would you do if you were in my shoes? Am I allowed to bludgeon him with a large and heavy object? Go and vent frustration at the guy's manager?
 
I'm surprised you didn't stop him right there. Dude it's a Cricket and in such a wicked steel to. Well you live and learn my friend.

take care & don't give good knives to dumb people:D

aj
 
That sucks man.

I probably would have stopped the "expert" before he made my cricket into a buter knife, but yeah bludgeoning people is not looked well upon in court. You can always send it to spyderco, they might be able to reprofile it.
 
Knife safety rule #1: Never hand a knife to an idiot. Especially an idiot behind a counter.

I'd have the store manager watching eBay until he bought a replacement for me.
 
That's the thing...it all happened so fast that there was nearly nothing I could do.

And yeah, that butter knife analogy is sadly somewhat correct.

It was such a tough lesson to learn the hard way, too. If only that could have happened with my Gerber Evo or something...
 
hey hey hey dont be hatin on the guy behind the counter. that guy is me most of the time. first(personally and all of my co-workers) we ask and then second you get a first class touch-up on the corners of the white SM rods...

that said never ever hand your knife to the "knife guy" (a very loosely used term anymore) at one of the huge sportsman/outdoors chains...
 
NEVER EVER... I repeat... NEVER give your knife to a person if you are not ABSOLUTELY SURE that they know how to use a truly sharp instrument.

I cannot give what I call a "sharp knife" to my Mother, my Sister in Law, my Girlfriends mom, and a few of my friends. They were born with what I call "Knife Ignorance", or the inability to use sharp things. It isn't a put down, it is a fact that with a "sharp" knife they will either destroy the edge or send themselves (or others) to the hospital. My Mom is notorious for this.

This dude sounds like this type of person. Chalk it up to tuition.
Next time decline his "services".

Also, when someone asks "do you have a knife?" don't give it to them, ask them "why do you need a knife?". You never know they may have something they need a screwdriver for.
 
I know I shouldn't have even pulled it out. It was against everything I would normally do. That said, I didn't even have the chance to decline. He had it in the sharpener's claws before I even had the chance to see what he was doing. I looked down in the glass at the Persian they had in the case, and barely even realized that he'd heard what I said about it needing some Sharpmaker time until it was too late.
 
Man, I feel your pain. I have learned the hard way that when someone that doesn't carry a knife asks to use mine, the first question is "Why?" here is an example:

NKP: Hey can I use your knife?
Me: Sure, but please be careful, it is SHARP.
NKP: Yeah, Yeah...

NKP: Hey, thanks for letting me use your knife.
Me: WHERE IS THE TIP?!
NKP: Oh, it broke off while I was taking a screw out with it, Sorry
 
Devilnut said:
Man, I feel your pain. I have learned the hard way that when someone that doesn't carry a knife asks to use mine, the first question is "Why?" here is an example:

NKP: Hey can I use your knife?
Me: Sure, but please be careful, it is SHARP.
NKP: Yeah, Yeah...

NKP: Hey, thanks for letting me use your knife.
Me: WHERE IS THE TIP?!
NKP: Oh, it broke off while I was taking a screw out with it, Sorry
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DOH! i feel bad for both of you guys.
 
Well, I think I'm going to try to get some sort of an edge back on it today using the SM sticks. If it doesn't look like it's going to work, I guess I'll send it to SpyCo and have Sal & The Gang look at it.
 
yablanowitz said:
Knife safety rule #1: Never hand a knife to an idiot. Especially an idiot behind a counter.

I'd have the store manager watching eBay until he bought a replacement for me.
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+ 1. Nobody in a store sharpens any of my knives. Period. I am very particular about this. I worked sporting goods retail for 7 years and I have seen far too often how clueless store employees can be, esp. in the big box stores. I offended the heck out of some guy that worked for Schrade years ago at the SHOT show in Houston. They were running a buffing wheel in the booth and I wouldn't let him sharpen my knife until I was able to examine a knife that he had just sharpened for a friend of mine. He basically said "What, you wanted to see if I know what I am doing?" ???? YES! :D

If you are really convinced that the edge is trashed, I would at least go back and complain to the manager about it so that this guy won't mess up anybody else's knives.
 
In both cases people would be buying me knew knives.

Did you ask him to do it?
Did you say it was ok?
Now its ruined?

If the answers were no, yes, yes......then my friend he owe's you a knife.
 
How true. I learned a very similar lesson when one of my employees asked to use my knife. I said 'sure' and handed over my elishawitz BM model. A DAY later I get it back and the blade is so hacked up, it wouldn't cut BUTTER.

Now, I was lucky enough for the lesson to be learned on a cheap knife, but I NEVER give my knife to ANYONE until they answer some basic questions:

1. Have you ever used a really sharp knife before?
2. What will you be cutting?
3. How long will you have it?

If any of the above are answered unsatisfactorily, they don't get to even TOUCH it. I reserve the right to deny my best friends to anyone.

My .02

Brett


SamuraiDave said:
NEVER EVER... I repeat... NEVER give your knife to a person if you are not ABSOLUTELY SURE that they know how to use a truly sharp instrument.

I cannot give what I call a "sharp knife" to my Mother, my Sister in Law, my Girlfriends mom, and a few of my friends. They were born with what I call "Knife Ignorance", or the inability to use sharp things. It isn't a put down, it is a fact that with a "sharp" knife they will either destroy the edge or send themselves (or others) to the hospital. My Mom is notorious for this.

This dude sounds like this type of person. Chalk it up to tuition.
Next time decline his "services".

Also, when someone asks "do you have a knife?" don't give it to them, ask them "why do you need a knife?". You never know they may have something they need a screwdriver for.
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Okay people this knife coomunity is a hell of a lot different than the real world. Here people help each other out, makers send pieces of steel for free to starting out makers, $400 knives are sent to people who you only know through the computer. People here are not really out to make a buck in most sales. Knives bring us together and thats why we understand each other better. We might not even have a single thing in common besides knives, but because of this we really as a community trust each other.

Any person on here knows that integrity is worth more than anything. I think anyone on here if they made a mistake they would have made it right at the very spot. I think it is true that in my opinion that i do trust people a bit more if i see them as an avid collector or a user that likes knives, but a while back i gave someone a folder and that was the last time i did that. "hey bro can i throw this like a throwing knife and see if it sticks to the wall". just my 2 cents

take care

aj
 
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