She just called and said:

[rainermh12]

Well, I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But then again, she does know how to spell dumb properly.

oh damn, freq with the saveee.
anyway, maybe this experience could lead to your girl using the knife more

 

[Justabuyer]

You may want to call her back and tell her not to eat the tuna as their probably chips and pieces of the blade in it, sharp metal shavings can play havoc on ones intestinal tract. I know two people who died from puncturing their intestines with a splinter from a tooth pick and then went septic.

You knowTwo people that died from eating tooth picks?

 

[TLARbb]

She didn't have a can opener, so she used a knife instead. I fail to see the problem here. At worst you just need to resharpen a couple of nicks, but the important thing is that knife actually sees some use.

What good is fancy tough blade made of S30V steel if you can't push it to the limit once in a while? Spyderco Native is not that expensive, even if it's totally ruined (I doubt it) you now have a convert, another person who believes that carrying a pocket knife is not weird.

Freq, I have to agree with Sep here. If that Native won't open a can of tuna, then you need to get another knife. I have opened one gallon cans of beans with a Gerber E-Zout in their HC stainless, whatever that is without any serious damage to the blade or myself. These are steel cans, not the wimpy, thin aluminum cans tuna comes in.

Now, you might make sure she knows how to handle the knife in this kind of situation, but making do with a Native in this situation should be a walk in the park. Should a Native be your normal method of opening a can of tuna? No, she should use a proper can opener. I think it great that she used the knife and did not injure herself. It will take a lot of fear of the knife away. And she will not be afraid to learn to use it properly and safely. Training her will be your job.

Yes, there was some risk in this situation, but the result is that she got the tuna out of the can and gained experience in the bargain. In this case it was a win-win. And it proved that you can get tuna out of a can with a Spyderco Native in pink FRN.

:thumbup:

Ed