NEVER let someone "borrow" your knife

[Guyon]

What knife?

 

[tikkidaddy]

I had a buddy who farged up the edge on my CSSRK w/some ungodly tree-work rope!! CS is famous 4 dissecting manila rope. I said "sure". It took me 30 mins to get that hard-ass carbon 5 bak 2 shaving sharp. I even asked him "whatcha cuttin"? Next time ill cut it for him. Few people understand the physics of cutting w/ thicker blades, or cutting at all. Lesson learned, grasshopper, although Id love 2 see how spyderco h1 stood up to that hangmans nightmare!!

 

[VolundoftheForge]

Just putting this out there: Boker sells a titanium pry bar that fits right on your keys. Weighs barely anything and was less than $30. I figured it a good investment so I never have to pry with my knives.

 

[bdmicarta]

I read the first post in this thread, got semi-ill and couldn't read anymore. I had to wait a couple of days to recover before I could read the rest. I'm not sure I would trust MYSELF to carry a $400 knife. The most expensive knife I've ever carried is my blue Para2 and I'm probably too careful about what I try to cut with it. I got in trouble with my wife when I wouldn't let someone borrow it to cut some small branches off of a bush. I was kicking myself because I didn't have my Leatherman Charge in my pocket at the time.

I've had people ask to borrow my knives and I always ask what they are going to do with it. If they are cutting string I might let them borrow it or I might do it for them. If they say they want to break some rocks or bust up the sidewalk then I tell them no. I was opening some boxes on a fishing trip and put my mini-grip down on a table, I turned to get it and couldn't find it. My uncle had picked it up and was scraping crud out of his big cast iron pot with the blade. It took me a year to get that one sharp again. I have to be careful all the time.

I can understand carrying a knife for rough use and I did that when I was a mechanic. I never broke my knife but the one that I carried the most was the one handed down from my father after HE broke off the tip. But if I intended to carry a knife to work with it I would choose a different knife than what I would choose for my EDC these days. Not everybody wants to carry a Recon 1 or CRKT M16 for EDC. I do own a couple of the big CRKT's and they seem pretty indestructible to me but if somebody fubar's the edge then you still have to spend the time to resharpen it.

These would be a little harder to break:

 

[hayes31]

A while back, somebody asked to use my knife to cut a drinking straw. They must've been used to really, really dull knives, because instead of smoothly slicing the straw, they leaned their whole body weight into it- they literally used both hands on a 3 inch folder and leaned over it- and just pushed it into the straw for about 5-10 seconds. I was really worried that the lock would break.

I was too shocked to really say anything. That was the last time I ever lent someone my knife.

 

[roncunningham]

Took me a couple of times to learn this. If a guy has to ask to borrow your knife because he doesnt have one, This means that he has no appreciation for knives, knowledge of knives or how to use one.

I never understood how a man gets by without carrying a knife. ???????

 

[ThirdTooth]

whenever I'm going to help out with something or doing something where there is a higher chance someone will need to borrow a knife I always bring two, and lend out the one that's less special

 

[ThirdTooth]

Err...I don't know if anyone told you, but knives are used for work. If you carry a knife for show, don't lend it out. If you carry it to use, you should be prepared for it to be used as a tool. Why carry such an expensive knife if you aren't going to use it like a tool, which is what it happens to be? I don't understand why you got mad...for the reasons stated above. It's your fault that you let him use a knife that you didn't want to be used in a knife-like manner, and your fault that you carried it. Either pick something that you don't mind using and leave the "pretty knives" at the house, don't lend it out, or don't cry when someone doesn't realize they have to baby your knife because it's special. Jeez. Some people forget why we carry knives in our pockets in the first place. Or even why we have such a tool as a knife.

I apologize if that's harsh and all, but it's just a common sense. A knife is meant to be used, unless it is an art piece or took a huge chunk of change out of your pocket. I personally would never buy such an expensive knife because I would act the exact same way you did if someone were chipping ice or something with it. However, I realize this before picking a knife I plan on carrying all day. After all, no one cares what's in my pocket but me. Btw, my personal EDC's, which I abuse frequently, as you can see.

I'm gunna +1 this. I understand the feelings that one might not want to HARD use a more high end knife like a sebbie, but still might want to carry it for light use. but in that case you ought to bring two different knifes along. a beater and show knife. beauty and the beast it!

 

[XiaolongJackson]

When I was in middle school, I lent a lockback to a friend in school. Afterwards, he went to the bathroom alone and opened it up to admire it, but he couldn't figure out how to close it and he didn't want to get caught with it so he flushed it down the toilet in a panic. I didn't even know you could flush knives down the toilet until then. Luckily for me, it was just a cheapie so it wasn't much of a problem.

 

[hardheart]

Uh, y'all will forgive me for disagreeing with the "just ice" characterization.

As I said in my earlier post, I have a knife at home -- and have had it for fifteen years -- which is a constant reminder that you don't use a knife to break up ice. Significant tip damage. Took a lot of work to put it right.

You're free to disagree with me, and you're free to chip and chop ice with YOUR knife.

My knife will not be available for that experiment.

I have all the experimental results I need for that.

Ymmv if only we were talking about a block and not a BAG of ice. And yes I've stabbed my knives into a block of ice as well as a bad of ice, guess what nothing happened to it. You should try it and stop believing everything you read and hear.

Not even sure why you keep posting.

 

[Piper Maru]

Also, they make ice picks for a reason, they also make nice retractable ones for easy carry. A knife job is not to break ice, or course it can, but its not its real purpose.

 

[Wyszrd]

When I was about 14 I put together enough money to buy a Schrade Sharpfinger. I sat down with my stone and meticulously sharpened it (no easy task, as anyone who has owned one can attest). My uncle came over and feeling rather proud of my purchase I showed him the knife and handed it to him when he asked to inspect it more closely. He touched the edge and nodded approvingly, weighed it in his hand and commented on its balance. He then flipped it around in his hand and hurled it at a tree about 20 feet away. It hit on the flat and bounced away with a loud "sproing" before tumbling to rest in the gravel driveway. He shook his head sadly at the knife's inability to stick and wandered off. I don't really let anyone touch my knives, even just to look at them, unless we have a near-spousal trust and understanding between us.

 

[Tony8179]

Not even sure why you keep posting.

Because he has to be right.


He's not.

 

[singularity35]

Because he has to be right.


He's not.

Hehehe. Good one.

 

[JBK2596]

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.

Why did you wave it in front of a little girl?:highly_amused: was it an emerson? thats why i carry a multi tool...

 

[hunter s thompson]

I like those old Imperial Knife folders with the nail pulls and the spearpoint pen blades. Kinda hard to find one that fits the bill outside of customs. Drives me crazy having to pull a knife out of my pocket though. If they don't have a clip they go in a belt pouch. It's getting hard to find decent carbon steel slip joints with the production market.

Check out Great Eastern Cutlery, They make a few spear point folders that might be what you are looking for, carbon steel fantastic fit and finish. A look into the traditional folders sub forum here could be a real eye opener, you would be shocked at how little you miss all the bells and whistles you think you need on a knife. Now back to our regularly scheduled thread!

 

[Doogoon]

This is what I do.

I carry a fine slicer (para-2, ambitious) to do just fine slicing and a heavy duty kick all knife (Esee 4, BK2) in which someone ever needs something to be abused, I have the item for the job. I haven't carried the BK2 in a while, but the Esee 4 gets some hardcore abuse. With its warranty, I have no problems giving the knife a hard time, because clearly it was designed for it.

The Esee 4 and BK2 see the most borrowing time. I last caught a friend cutting aluminum cans open with the Esee 4 and was totally ok with it. The blade still shaved.

 

[Esav Benyamin]

I am right now in the midst of an experiment where I am carrying only "cheap" knives, I currently am rotating between a Douk-Douk ...

Love my Douk-Douks. Recently got a medium L'Ecureuil (Squirrel) to use instead of the small version I never carried much. L'Ecureuil is the spearpoint Douk-Douk variant. Winner! A real beater.

 

[hunter s thompson]

Love my Douk-Douks. Recently got a medium L'Ecureuil (Squirrel) to use instead of the small version I never carried much. L'Ecureuil is the spearpoint Douk-Douk variant. Winner! A real beater.

It may be the ultimate beater, I carry a large Douk Douk right now, I have been looking at the L'Ecureuil variant also, I love how they carry, they even carry amazingly well in scrubs!

 

[Esav Benyamin]

I have a few slipjoints about the size of the L'Ecureuil, like my new GEC Ben Hogan. Drops into my left front pocket and lies flat at the bottom, and my wallet goes into the pocket right on top of it. Can't feel the knife is there.