Someone mistreated my knife.

I am going to have to disagree with just about all the posts in this thread. Your "friend"'s abuse will have made the knife dangerously unsafe. As soon as possible, send it to me, and I will dispose of it in a safe matter.

I'll even cover shipping. That's the kinda guy I am.
 
marcinek said:
I am going to have to disagree with just about all the posts in this thread. Your "friend"'s abuse will have made the knife dangerously unsafe. As soon as possible, send it to me, and I will dispose of it in a safe matter.

I'll even cover shipping. That's the kinda guy I am.
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This guy knows his stuff, trust me.

And he will also send you a replacement, safe knife, of lesser or lesser value, guaranteed.
 
The Trout said:
it was a benchmade adamas 275
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Dude, I've wrist flicked my Adamas, shoved it into walls, dropped it, and chopped down small branches with it. Still kicking. It'll be fine. ;)
 
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Kyle_4 said:
You really need to just use your knives. They aren't made of glass, they are meant to be used. This whole thread is a joke imo "he opened it too hard" hahahaha
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I had someone open a knife of mine the same way, and the knife never worked right after that. It wasn't a super duper uber tactical, and I was not pleased at the damage. The thread is not a joke if it teaches him to be careful who he shows his knives to.

The whole macho thing of a full arm swing can also send the knife flying out of his hand. Would you laugh at standing in front of that?
 
But it was a Benchmade Adamas. It's name is translated as "unbreakable". I understand not going all nutnfancy on a high end or titanium RIT, but it should not matter in practice on an adamas. I can see the principle in wanting people to respect your property though. I would want someone stabbing my Chokwe or GECs into a wall.

Edit: I meant would *NOT* want. Also, I understand why you are upset op. My family is very destructive with stuff and doesn't believe in taking care of nice things. I have to remind my dad and brothers not to do anything stupid before letting them see knives, and they are into knives too.
 
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When you own nice things you have to learn to be a bit of a jerk. You have to be able to tell people "NO" when they ask to "see", use, or "check out" your stuff. You have to be prepared for their negative reactions and the negative opinions they may develop towards you. You have to be prepared to alienate friends or family.

And if people don't like it when you refuse to let them handle your things, then I say screw them, let them buy their own.

In regards to this thread, the OP is new to knives, so why not give him a break. I think he asked a very reasonable question, and I think he deserves respectful answers, just like we would all have appreciated respectful answers to our questions when we were new to knives. I don't think that's too much to ask.
 
killgar said:
When you own nice things you have to learn to be a bit of a jerk. You have to be able to tell people "NO" when they ask to "see", use, or "check out" your stuff. You have to be prepared for their negative reactions and the negative opinions they may develop towards you. You have to be prepared to alienate friends or family.

And if people don't like it when you refuse to let them handle your things, then I say screw them, let them buy their own.

In regards to this thread, the OP is new to knives, so why not give him a break. I think he asked a very reasonable question, and I think he deserves respectful answers, just like we would all have appreciated respectful answers to our questions when we were new to knives. I don't think that's too much to ask.
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I concur. And no one likes to be told, "I'd rather you didn't touch this" as it translates to "I don't really trust you to handle this properly". Heck, I wouldn't like it either and I know how to handle knives. But, this guy who got to check out the Adamas went right ahead and proved that, if nothing else, he doesn't really respect a friend's property like he should.

I'm sure for a lot of people this is getting into a twist over nothing at all, but I think personal space and property are big deals. That's just me.
 
"...Do you think it's alright or should I have someone look at it?"
Yes I think you should have someone like me look at it. I'll PM my address so you can send it.

The expert will just flick it open hard again and say, "Huh, it ain't broke."
 
marcinek said:
I am going to have to disagree with just about all the posts in this thread. Your "friend"'s abuse will have made the knife dangerously unsafe. As soon as possible, send it to me, and I will dispose of it in a safe matter.
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marcinek said:
I'll even cover shipping. That's the kinda guy I am.
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I wish to warn all that I witnessed this member "flicking" "Picking" and worse "lubing" his knife unit behind the 7/11 just last Sat. night, OMG THE HORROR !!!!! He is in fact a registered Knife abuser. First convicted at the age of 7 for allowing the spoon on his BSA knife to be drenched in hot soup, and it's blade to touch green pine. He was banned at the age of 19 for getting deer blood on a skinner, and within three weeks he returned from a fishing trip only to have his blade smell like Cod.

While it was proven the fishing trip was rained out, the knife still smelled of cod, leading to further investigations. Most recently he has used a knife to cut sweet messy wedding cake, and dulled an edge on a 7 year old fruit cake. Clearly this man is to be avoided. I even heard he removed a small wart from a large child and cut chewing gum from his dogs paw with the same blade. I recommend he be castrated , with a plastic spork. As for my knives they all remain locked in a safe, because they may cut something, and some invited guest my breath upon them. Knives just scare me.
 
Watch videos of axis assist knives opening.

There is no way it was opened fast enough to damage the knife.


Granted, their blades are smaller but the Adamas is a tank
 
I had a guy at work, ask to see a Spyderco Starmate (not the new an old model) I was showing to a friend of mine. He was installing foam insulation around water cooling pipes and his hands had black adhesive all over them. I just said no I'd never be able to get that junk off the handles. He looked a bit hurt but later told me I was right. That was a number of years ago and I've since learned it's easier to just not let people I don't trust even see my knives. Most of them don't have any idea what they cost, how sharp they are, or even how to unlock them. In fact another construction worker, in our building told me my Strider SMF looked just like those flea-market knives he sees for 5 bucks. And no he never got to handle it!
 
Best to have a Victorinox or Opinel type knife handy for guests to use if needed. I have a Vic Electrician for just such an occasion. WHen I am asked, "Can I borrow a knife?" the Vic comes out, good luck wrist flicking that one. :p
Also, being extremely OCD about production knives or handguns will ruin the entire experience and joy of owning them. Just remember, things happen and they can (in most cases) be replaced if needed.
 
RedLynx said:
I concur. And no one likes to be told, "I'd rather you didn't touch this" as it translates to "I don't really trust you to handle this properly". Heck, I wouldn't like it either and I know how to handle knives. But, this guy who got to check out the Adamas went right ahead and proved that, if nothing else, he doesn't really respect a friend's property like he should.

Bingo for the quote above. I'm sure for a lot of people this is getting into a twist over nothing at all, but I think personal space and property are big deals. That's just me.
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Ok we have established the one time flick is highly unlikely to have damaged the knife. Just as we know dry firing the centerfire revolver is unlikely to hurt it. (rimfire and cap and ball guns are a different story) I used to often practice dry firing before snap caps became common. The main remaining issue is that you dont treat a friends property this way. Some people hate it when you dry fire thier guns always ask first. and always ask before you wrist (or arm) flick open a knife. I could give you along list of other behaviors to avoid but the bottom line is if its could be considered hard use ask first. Even if you dont think it will hurt the property.
 
killgar said:
When you own nice things you have to learn to be a bit of a jerk. You have to be able to tell people "NO" when they ask to "see", use, or "check out" your stuff. You have to be prepared for their negative reactions and the negative opinions they may develop towards you. You have to be prepared to alienate friends or family.

And if people don't like it when you refuse to let them handle your things, then I say screw them, let them buy their own.

In regards to this thread, the OP is new to knives, so why not give him a break. I think he asked a very reasonable question, and I think he deserves respectful answers, just like we would all have appreciated respectful answers to our questions when we were new to knives. I don't think that's too much to ask.
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Agreed. You definitely can't let anyone borrow anything these days because if you ever DO get it back, it's rarely how it was when you gave it to them. Same is almost true when just letting someone hold something briefly that you value. It's basically a respect of others' property issue. Same as don't go into gun stores and dry fire their guns without asking, and don't flick their knives open.

Also, yeah the OP is new to knives and it seems the Adamas is his first "good" knife so he hasn't had the encounters before that must of us have had with letting a "friend" see our knife, then watch them immediately do something stupid with it. With his newness to knives, I understand his concern about damage to his knife. Chalk this one up to be a lesson learned.
 
Open it, then close it. Does it work? If so, it's ok. Don't overthink it.

Dry firing a revolver won't hurt it if they have a transfer bar. Most modern revolvers do. I have always heard it is bad to dry fire revolvers that have the firing pin attached to the hammer. My grandpa who was a gunsmith said the pin would eventually break off. Spinning the cylinder and whacking it shut while spinning is a definite no no. It messes up the pawl and hand. Spinning the cylinder with the cylinder out is ok if the gun is blued. If it is stainless, the metal will gall and eventually get squeaky and rough.
 
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Next time tell them no you won't hand them your knife after the last incident that occurred when that happened. If they ask tell them you handed the person your knife just for them to accidentally touch the blade a cut themselves pretty deep, turns out they didn't know how to handle sharp knives after all.

It be vaguely truthful for most of us as I imagine most of us tend to keep our knives pretty sharp and well quite a few people are known to cut themselves the moment you hand them a knife because they just have to check that it's sharp or don't know how to safely handle a knife. Last time that happened to someone I know it took all of 10sec before I heard "Oww that's sharp", it was only factory sharp and that is dull in comparison to what it is now.
 
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