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

PurpleHaze said:
Good knives are a lot easier to come by than good friends. He kept his word and didn't abuse the knife, just made a mistake by trying to do the right thing. I don't buy knives to collect, I have enough junk lying around collecting dust. Plus I can't take it with me in the end so no big deal. On a side note, anyone need to borrow a small JYD?
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This is true.

If everyone read carefully, his friend took care of it (by not abusing) and tried to return the knife with a clean (took it apart) and smooth (sanding the lockbar face). It's a bad luck that he didn't know it has IKBS.

I totally agree with the sentiment expressed, though on the other hand, generally lending your knife should go along with expectation of fixing it later due to abuse.

@spookstrickland,

What if all I have are cheap knives, i.e. by BF standard? ;)
 
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I once let a training partner use a handmade knife trainer (full tang with mahogany scales). He rolled backward on bare concrete and slammed the handle into the floor. The scales popped off. Fortunately it was an easy enough fix, but the wood did get scratched up.
 
PurpleHaze said:
I bought a small Galyean JYD from a fellow forum member a few weeks ago at a great price, but it needed a new detent ball. The knife came and I replaced the detent ball and the knife was great except for a little lock face stickiness that would have worked it self out with a little use. A few days later a friend of mine wanted to borrow a knife for a home improvement project and seeing as I wanted to give this knife a good workout I lent it to him. He was going to cut drywall and a few other tasks but agreed to not pry with it and would take care of it. Fast forward to yesterday and he stops by to return the knife but had a confession to make first. He had tried to take the knife apart to clean it up and perhaps fix the stickiness........

He didn't know the knife had IKBS, so when he took it apart the bearings went everywhere. He also tried fixing the lock bar face with a little sanding and polish. Needless to say when he returned it to me, he felt pretty bad about it and offered to pay for it or buy me a new one. He's a good friend and had good intentions, so I just let it go and moved on.

The good news is the knife still locks up rock solid with a little lock bar adjustment, the bad news its not as smooth without the bearings and the lock bar face is not as straight. I had to replace the bearings with washers until I can find some replacements. I guess I can now use and abuse this knife without worry. Its a good thing these are built like tanks. Here she is all cleaned up minus a sharpening:

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Moral of the story.......Do the cutting jobs for your friends...

Thats my knife horror story, Do you have any similar stories? If so, lets hear em.
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1: shame on you for loaning that beauty out for drywall :O

2: HUGE shame on him for trying to modify YOUR knife. Granted, he had good intentions but yea..... seriously, not digging that.

Hope you get it ironed out, thats a beauty you have there. I wouldn't be surprised if you called KAI or crkt or even a supplier and tracked down someone willing to send you a set of the ikbs setup.
 
Chris "Anagarika";12004085 said:
@spookstrickland,

What if all I have are cheap knives, i.e. by BF standard? ;)
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I would find the knife in your collection that you like the least and let that be your "loaner" knife otherwise pick up something really cheap at wally world or a swap meet for your Friends and Co-workers to abuse. They wont know and will think you are a swell friend.
 
So I lent a good friend a knife. . .

^ The title of so many knife knuts' nightmares coming true!

PurpleHaze said:
I bought a small Galyean JYD from a fellow forum member a few weeks ago at a great price, but it needed a new detent ball. The knife came and I replaced the detent ball and the knife was great except for a little lock face stickiness that would have worked it self out with a little use. A few days later a friend of mine wanted to borrow a knife for a home improvement project and seeing as I wanted to give this knife a good workout I lent it to him. He was going to cut drywall and a few other tasks but agreed to not pry with it and would take care of it./B] Fast forward to yesterday and he stops by to return the knife but had a confession to make first. He had tried to take the knife apart to clean it up and perhaps fix the stickiness........

He didn't know the knife had IKBS, so when he took it apart the bearings went everywhere. He also tried fixing the lock bar face with a little sanding and polish. Needless to say when he returned it to me, he felt pretty bad about it and offered to pay for it or buy me a new one. He's a good friend and had good intentions, so I just let it go and moved on.

The good news is the knife still locks up rock solid with a little lock bar adjustment, the bad news its not as smooth without the bearings and the lock bar face is not as straight. I had to replace the bearings with washers until I can find some replacements. I guess I can now use and abuse this knife without worry. Its a good thing these are built like tanks. Here she is all cleaned up minus a sharpening:

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Moral of the story.......Do the cutting jobs for your friends...

Thats my knife horror story, Do you have any similar stories? If so, lets hear em.
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Erm, sorry, you had that coming. . . lesson learned.
 
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SpookStrickland said:
The Moral to the story is. Always have a CHEAP knife on hand for loaning to friends or co-workers.
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I have done that too, before leaving home I made sure I had a good, but inexpensive knife on my person. I'm not handing over a $140.00 Spyderco to the non believers.
 
I have loaned a knife out one time to a co worker granted it was my cheapest better knife, but when i got it back it had some coating missing and was dull as a butter knife , he had used it to pry out some industrial staples and cut some insulated copper wire , lesson learned now whenever anyone asks to borrow my knife I just say what do you need cut , and I will cut it for them, I wil never loan a knife out to anyone again.
 
We were at my cabin with a few friends and friends of friends. A dude wanted to borrow one of my spyderco knives to dig a small tree out of the ground. I cut it off at the base for him, and he then proceeded to use one of my kitchen knives (without asking) to make it into a spit for cooking a hotdog over the fire....

Needless to say he did not make a very good first impression.
 
A friend of mine stopped by one day many years ago asking for some help installing a new stereo in his truck. I was really just company and supervision though since it really only takes one person to do such a job. Anyway, long story short, he asked to borrow my knife because he needed to strip some wire. I hand him my Swiss army knife and told him to be very careful because it was razor sharp. He kinda laughed it off because it was the small blade he was going to use........you guessed it......he laid his thumb wide open. I just laughed at him and told him that he had been warned. He has never doubted me again. :eek:
 
Allen R. said:
lesson learned now whenever anyone asks to borrow my knife I just say what do you need cut , and I will cut it for them, I wil never loan a knife out to anyone again.
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This isn't right either. We should not have to do some one else work for them because they are too stupid to know how to properly use a knife. I think it should be like this:

1) Never ever loan out your nice knives to anyone.
2) Have a cheap knife handy for a friend in need, but don't let it become a habit for him to always borrow it.
3) Tell anyone else who is not a friend that you spent your hard earned money on a knife and take care of it, if he needs a knife he can do the same.

I'm of the opinion that coming to work with out the proper tools for the job is a real lake of character.
 
SpookStrickland said:
This isn't right either. We should not have to do some one else work for them because they are too stupid to know how to properly use a knife. I think it should be like this:

1) Never ever loan out your nice knives to anyone.
2) Have a cheap knife handy for a friend in need, but don't let it become a habit for him to always borrow it.
3) Tell anyone else who is not a friend that you spent your hard earned money on a knife and take care of it, if he needs a knife he can do the same.

I'm of the opinion that coming to work with out the proper tools for the job is a real lake of character.
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Very true. We can't do everyone's work for them. Man up and buy a knife.
 
Let a friend use my Kershaw Chive to cut an aluminum sheet. He asked though, so half my fault. Had the knife for not even a day too. Goodbye to the acute tip.
 
Whenever someone asks to borrow my knife, I usually ask "what for?" If they want to use my knife, and I have a limited edition or a discontinued model... they get my Leatherman Sidekick's blade, or my SAK's blade. If it's replaceable, I usually let them use my knife. I usually tend to not hang out with idiots, so no one has tried doing anything stupid with my knives.
 
SpookStrickland said:
The Moral to the story is. Always have a CHEAP knife on hand for loaning to friends or co-workers.
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^ This. I keep a Kabar Dozier (cheap, and still a very decent knife) and a Leatherman (has enough other implements such that they're more likely to find a better suited tool than abuse another) in my work bag for this purpose. I also carry a SAK with me, which also serves as my loaner when not at work.
 
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