NEVER let someone "borrow" your knife

PapaTango52 said:
no giving weapons to strangers.

on a similiar vein, was waiting for the wife shopping in the handbag store when a small girl came up to me and asked if I had a knife to cut the tag off her stuffed doll. guess she saw the pocket clip. waved and took care of it then saw her Mom staring at me with bugged out eyes, mouth agape and luckily she didn't make a scene about it. yipes.
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Dang, that girl is more observant than I am most of the time if she noticed that.
 
I was at my father-in-laws house getting ready for a 4th of July party when he bring a case of bottled water to put in the cooler. He asked me if I had my knife and I gave him my newly sharpened Umnum. He started cutting the plastic wrap around the case and sliced through almost every plastic water bottle on that side. He just handed it back to me and said "Man! That thing is sharp!".
I sort of understand why people make fun/tease us sebenza owners about not wanting to use our knives hard. It's not that they can't handle it, it's just not their purpose. I use mine daily, just not as a screwdriver/icepick/whatever. It's a slicer.
 
Im in the "carry a dummy knife" crowd. As soon as my troodon gets here Ive got a vic pioneer for a back pocket for just such an occasion. Also I figure, good part about using a slippie is if someone is doing something idiotic enough with YOUR knife......It might just close on them. Lol. Justice!
 
I usually carry a Vic SAK Classic/Rally/Rambler, sometimes a Recruit and on a few occasions an Alox Cadet along with my EDC. I'll "lend out" my Classic/Rally/Rambler or Recruit but not so much my Cadet and definitely not my EDC (lately a Paramilitary) unless it was life or death situation. If they destroy my Classic/Rally/Rambler or Recruit, no biggie. I have many of these in the drawer so they are easy to replace.

Also, the "sheeple" are less threatened by my SAK's. This is important in my office work environment.
 
Many people believe that as a knife's price increases, so should its indestructibility. Little do they understand, knives are not meant to be indestructible in the first place.

These people will borrow your knife and put it through their own, "is this knife worth the ridiculous price my friend paid for it test," because they don't understand how to evaluate the worth of a knife. They think that if it is not a super indestructible object, that you got ripped off, and by breaking your knife, they are doing you a favor in showing you that they were right.

As the title says, "never let someone borrow your knife."
 
The only people who will get to handle my knives are knowledgeable, fellow enthusiasts. My worst luck was lending a knife to goddamn thief. The Numbnuts kept promising to return it and didn't. Fortunately for him, I have a lot of self-restraint - and it was a moderately priced made in China knife. I hope he cuts himself to the bone/through a tendon.
 
It took me a long time to learn to NEVER loan anything that has any value, sentimental or monetary. I just don't do it anymore.
 
I learned that lesson a long time ago.... as somebody said, just ask them what they're cutting, and just offer to cut it for them.
 
I used let people use my Leatherman Style CS without too much thought... Though even THAT had to come to an end when I saw someone trying to cut tape with the tip while putting their thumb on the blade :O

Luckily it didn't cut him, but I just grabbed it from him and opened the scissors and said "Try these..."
 
No, value versus indestructibility has nothing to do with it. If you buy a knife which is a tool regardless of it price, fit, finish, materials, or construction. You shouldn't be afraid to use it unless you are buying it as art in which case it should become a safe queen and not leave the house. remember gentlemen, we are talking about ice, ICE. Frozen water. Not concrete, not hard woods, not metal.....ice
 
BlueFalcon said:
No, value versus indestructibility has nothing to do with it. If you buy a knife which is a tool regardless of it price, fit, finish, materials, or construction. You shouldn't be afraid to use it unless you are buying it as art in which case it should become a safe queen and not leave the house.
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Yes, a knife is a tool. A knife is a tool made for cutting. An icepick is a tool made for breaking up ice. I'd be pissed if I lent someone a ten dollar knife and I saw them using it as an icepick. The knife can most likely take it, but it is not what it is made for. That's like me pulling out a golf club and smashing the hell out of an ice bag to break it up. It will do the job and the club can probably take it, but why the hell would you use a golf club to break up ice? I ask the question, who the hell uses a knife to break up ice? Why someone wouldn't just pick the bag up and drop it on a hard surface is beyond me.

I don't lend anyone my knives because I don't want some sue happy idiot cutting themselves and then coming after me for lending them a knife that closed on their hand and caused nerve damage or some nonsense. I can fix a broken tip, I can sharpen out a ding in the edge, and scratches on a blade don't bother me, but people are stupid and greedy and those two things combined with a knife in hand equals bad things.
 
pocket folding ice picks! Someone has to have one! :)

He should have thought before he pulled a basic instinct with you knife!
 
It's just ice.

I had a furniture delivery guy borrow my startac umnumzaan and didn't hesitate to hand hand it to him. While he was cutting boxes open, and was running over tape, hd nylon straps, and thick staples. Downside: there were a couple nicks and flat spots..but he was able to finish his job and out of my house quicker than if he continued with his gerber.
 
JSMcustoms said:
Dang, that girl is more observant than I am most of the time if she noticed that.
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Don't forget it's basically eye level to a child and when they want something they are focused! I'm usually in khaki and it rides pretty high in the pocket so most people see it. It may or may not be the only one ;)
 
What is an ice pick? A sharp piece of metal with a handle, what's a knife, a sharp piece of metal with a handle.. I'm not defending any certain point of this but just pointing out some very blatant truths. True a knife was not designed for ice picking. Yes you could just pick the Ice up and drop it, or you could smash out with a blunt object or pick it with a sharp piece of metal. To each his own. Simply put, Ice picking will do nothing to a knife but make it cold.
 
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