So I lent a good friend a knife....

I've never had a horror story with lending a knife so far because I don't trust anyone with my knives. And when I do I watch everything they do, sometimes people are wierded out :)

But, whenever I leave the one paring knife I sharpen out in the kitchen, my mom just throws it into the big jug where all our silverware and knives go before getting washed. And when she puts that stuff in the dishwasher she just reaches her hand in and grabs something. Very surprised she didn't get a big long cut from the couple times she has done that with the paring knife. I could care less about a cut really ;), but it messed up the edge a bit because she might put the knife in the jug, and then put two dozen pieces of silverware around and on it!
 
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I could never own a $400 knife. I'm still a teenager and even when I try to be careful with things, I'm still clumsy. So things get dropped or misused all the time. It took me years before I bought myself a video game, probably till I was 12. Even now, I research a $20 knife a ton before I buy it.

Someone might have an item for years with minimal wear, then I use it for a few months and it's looking pretty well used(maybe I just use tools more). One time I was at a friends house (just getting into knives) and his dad had this cheap Bowie knife. So I said "We should throw it at some logs", and we did. But after a couple dozen throws, the blade came out of the handle. Turns out the blade is only kept in the handle by the pommel, so once the pommel broke it was done for.

I'm always amazed when I go to someones decades old house and it looks brand new (zero stains on carpets, no scuffs on walls, sinks spotless). I guess I'm just hard on things.
 
Seems as though if you choose your friends as carefully as you choose your knives, you won't have to worry when loaning them one of your knives. Works for me.
 
sintro said:
I could never own a $400 knife. I'm still a teenager and even when I try to be careful with things, I'm still clumsy. So things get dropped or misused all the time. It took me years before I bought myself a video game, probably till I was 12. Even now, I research a $20 knife a ton before I buy it
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I'm 15 and I own a tilt. And I use it.

But I don't have a horror story, because I interrogate people on their intentions before I lend them a knife. And it's usually a beater knife I lend out.
 
killgar said:
Lending a friend a knife is a good way to lose a friend.
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Assuming said friend is not a knife knut (which is a safe assumption based upon the fact that they needed to borrow a knife :D), it's also a good way for them to lose a finger or two. Most non-knuts are so used to using butter knife edges that they honestly have no clue just how easily a sharp edge cuts things. Much blood and swearing often ensues. :eek: :p
 
One time a friend said "Hand me a small sharp knife with a flat blade, please."
Not knowing what she was going to use it for, I knew she meant a small sharp wharncliffe, so not even thinking about it, I hand her my new Spyderco Gayle Bradley Air.
She says thanks, opens it, and proceeds to use it to clean something out of something glass.
I freaked out and asked for it back. It had little rolls in the edge and I was so sad.
I handed her a cheap no-name Classic SAK and said she could have it.
I then left her and went to sharpen the rolls out of the Air.

Never again did I let her use an expensive knife.
 
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Yeah threads with that title NEVER end well. Still... I'm guilty. If someone asks to borrow my knife I always let them. Just stupid I guess. :)
 
Yer title might just as well have started like this, " my best friend took my wife on vacation and.."

Just like the above title, neither one will end well...
 
I don't see why he would "offer" to replace it, there is no way someone could accept that without looking like a jackass. He should have just told you flat out that he messed up the knife and he will be replacing it, not saying "Hey, I broke your knife, is it okay, or should I maybe replace?"
 
I once lent my ffg endura to my friend, he had to poke a hole in the carpet so I could feed a cable through the floor. He cut off the tip of his thumb and stabbed his knee. When I came upstairs he said " so I got blood on your knife, buts its ok, I wiped the blade off ". That is the worst thing that has ever happened to my knife, Because I always find out the intentions of the asker before lending my knife.
 
Nevelend something t anyone that you are worried about being damaged or gone. And NEVER be surprised if it is. Many a family or friend fight happens over the lending of stuff.
 
Maybe this is why I have very few friends. Do I expect too much from people? If someone handed me an object which had tight tolerances, good fit and finish, and attention to detail, I would treat it with respect and return it in the same condition. Even if you don't have an eye for this kind of thing, surely a human being of average intelligence would be able to tell the difference between a dollar store piece of crap and a well crafted tool built for a specific purpose...

My point being, either they are fools or they don't care about you. Why be friends with them?
 
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