Strangest thing you've used a Spyderco for???

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I just started buying Spydercos in the last few weeks (up to 4 and counting), so I don't have anything good for this topic yet.

Maybe I'm just looking for ideas on quirky ways to use my new knives.

Anyway, I thought this might be a fun thread. Any strange stories out there Forumites?

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Guyon
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"The hardest knife ill-used doth lose his edge"
-William Shakespeare, Sonnet 95
 
Well, this isn't too strange, but they were useful. A few weeks ago, I was outside and a girl I know came by asking for tweezers because she had a splinter. I didn't have tweezers, but my BF Native did a nice job for removal. And a week later, I was playing basketball when my roommate fell onto the gravel. Scraped his palms pretty good and there was a lot of grit in there. The tip on my G-10 Harpy did a fine job of removing all we could see.

 
SS Police is good for opening cans of paint, cutting braided wire rope and hammering in small nails. Can survive falls from reasonble heights. Functions as makeshift coffeespoon. Does all this and still works
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I was helping an old fart farmer a while back and we were trying to remove the drain plug from a gigantic watering trough. We used wrenches, penetrating oils, cheater bars, and a torch, but nothing worked. He said, "I'll just get a drill and punch a hole in it and plug it later with a couple of rubber washers and a nut and bolt.

I told him, "We don't have time to go get the drill! Let me try this..." and I started pulling out my old Spyderco Standard.

He said, "Ain't no knife gonna poke a hole through that galvanized steel tank."

I said, "You ain't never owned a Spyderco knife, have you?" and jammed with all my might while praying that the knife would go through.

Well, the knife went through! I pryed a bit, sawed a bit, poked a bit more, managed to worry the hole out larger, and pretty soon the trough was empty.
 
I've done things with Spyderco's I will never tell cause Sal will stop selling them to me
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But the funniest thing about them is the patterns they leave when you use the serrated version to spread cheese or butter on a piece of bread...
 
Last summer at the lake while water sking a boat full of pretty young ladies got their ski line wrapped up in their prop. The boat started to overheat and I came to their rescue! I pulled out my dragonfly (clipped to my shirt), dove in and after about 10 surface dives and alot of cutting managed to free the prop. For my efforts I received a chorus "thank you" and hug, almost had a coronary and ruined a $150 beeper I forgot to take off! Good guys ALWAYS finish last.
My knife needed a serious sharpening job afterwards.

Dave
 
When i was working as a Narcotics officer I used my Wayne Goddard Lightweight to break the capsules on drug testers for meth and Crack is that unusual enough?
 
When you have a trauma victim you have to cut away their clothes to look for all possible wounds. I used my Delica to cut the shirt off a guy who got hit in the head with a hatchet. ( he died) I also use it to prepare meals at the firehouse, sure I clean it first usally one or to wipes on the pant leg does it.
 
Royo, your story sparked a memory....

Same knife as above. (Spyderco Standard for those of you just joining us.) While working as a reserve officer for a small town police dept, we arrested a guy one night for using a stolen credit card. While doing a pat down of the subject, I find a small glass tube in his sock.

I said, "Aha! A crack pipe!"
"Noooooo, it's just something that fell into my sock while I was in the car." says the perp.
"We'll test it!" I said smugly!

So I scrape the residue out of the tube and into the little plastic field test kit, pop the vial and voila.... POSITIVE FOR COCAINE!

Now the funny part of the story.........

The next morning, I'm sitting in church with my wife and I pull out the old Spydie to clean and trim my fingernails or cut a string or something. There is Cocaine residue all over the end of my knife.
My wife looks at it and whispers, "Ewww, gross, what is that?"
"Cocaine." I whisper back.
"Cocaine?!!!?" she almost yells. (Fortunately there was a song starting and not many people heard her.)
I had to do some quick 'splaining.
 
Let's see-
1- Doorstop (windy day & the door kept blowing closed)
2- Delica shoved under uneven, wobbly leg of patio table to keep drinks & potato salad out of my lap
3- SEAL/Stealth/Ninja/Jedi Staple Remover
4- cutting LOTS of muddy/bloody tape off of angry & often not-so-sober rugby players.

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While in Korea I used my Endura to cut open sandbags. That really dulled it and scratched the blade alot.
Last year at work I cut a motor mount in half. Same Endura. That took some pounding, and sawing, but it cut it.
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Blades
 
I just used it to cut open a kitty litter bucket. It had one of those plastic wraparound strips to keep the lid on. The kind your wife is always asking YOU to take care of for her. Anyway my progrip II easily made an incision allowing me to pull the strap off the rest of the way. Not too strange, but one of the stranger uses I've had in a while.

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EdRozen-On the cutting edge of finding out what the cutting edge is....
 
Screwdriver for a pair of glasses using an Endura 98. Won't be doing *that* again, as a nice chip was taken out of the tip. Oh well, learn through your mistakes.

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Shawn
"Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless."
 
I once used my Endura to remove tartar from my teeth... Repulsive, I know! I used a lot of tobacco products so my teeth got all black. Tried the chisel/Endura method to get rid of it. Worked perfectly back during my poor days. Nowdays I can afford those visits to my dentist, so the Endura has other tasks...
 
While hunting (in South Africa), a buddy of mine was caught on the horns of a Springbuck (don't ask how - it's quite a long story... If you come visit South Africa one day, I'll tell you the whole story!
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Anyway, the Springbuck wasn't too happy about the situation and was fighting like mad to free itself of this 'attacker'. I had to jump in with my fully serrated Endura to end the poor animal's misery (to cut the throat). And, as you would expect of a Spyderco, the task at hand was done to perfection and to all parties concerned's satisfaction (except maybe to the Springbuck's!)

My friend was a bit shaken, but fine... And he got a few Spyderco's now as well!!
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LOL, I'd completely forgotten my cheapskate dentistry with the SS Police (have done same as above), not only pretty gross but onlookers gasp at your stupidity fot sticking such a big knife near your own pink bits
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Ferret,
I guess as long as you don't start cleaning your other pink bits with your knife in public, all is ok.
 
Okay, let's recap quickly. So far, some of the more unusual uses are:

splinter and gravel remover, coffeespoon, metal punch, butter spreader, propeller rescue device, shirt remover, cocaine scraper, table leveler, doorstop, screwdriver, springbuck sedator, dental tool (OUCH!)

Oh, and let's not forget SEAL/Stealth/Ninja/Jedi staple remover. Apparently staple removal requires more training and use of "the Force" than I'd previously thought.

Given all these uses, how can anyone argue that Spydercos aren't the ultimate all-around tool?

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Guyon
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"The hardest knife ill used doth lose his edge."
-William Shakespeare, Sonnet 95
 
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