The Epic List of Things A Person Should Never, EVER Loan Out.

I never loan money, or my Truck or my 4 wheeler or motorcycle to anyone. I have a lot of knives and I only loan a cheep one to someone if they ask to borrow it, And YES I AGREE, Never Loan a Gun to anyone.
 
Anything I loan out I consider Lost, Dead, or Broken, because that is likely how you will get it back. Consequently, I don't loan out things I can't afford to replace.
 
rmc85 said:
There is only one person I will loan a gun to...One of my buddies is a gun nut like me and is great at taking care of his firearms. In fact the first gun I ever loaned him I told him to take for a few weeks. He was looking at getting a Glock 23 to carry and I insisted he take mine and I carried my P2000 for a few weeks. I got the gun back just the same as when I gave it to him.

I dont mind loaning him my stuff because I know it would take an act of God for it to come back worse than when I gave it to him. If that act of God did happen I know he would try to replace whatever it was at any cost.

He's actually got one of my knives right now. After I get it back I think he may want to test my Scrapper 5 out for a few weeks! :D

I trust this guy more than my family.
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Good friends are one thing, capable friends are another.:thumbup:
 
Joshua you are right, I have a friend of mine and a good one at that and he does not take care of his stuff most of his shirts have holes jeans that have broken belt loops that are still hanging on at one end. I gave him a $200 pair of sunglasses that I received free at my last job and those where stolen, I sold him a Kabar Mule folder and it is sitting on the floor of his car with the coating all scratched opens like a rusted door, dull and chipped and dirty. I really wished that I did not sell him that knife because when I had it, it would cut without thinking and opened like a good knife should and the coating was awesome, just a real good knife that I picked up for a real good price.
 
Mr. Sogetsu said:
I don't think loaning a gun is a good idea.
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This was such a serious and dry response that I really lost it when I read it.

When I was 24 I had just lost a long time girlfriend. I was heart broken. My best friend asked his girlfriend to accompany me to a wedding that I was already attending, but with the girl that dumped me. I knew his girlfriend very well. She was with my best bud for 6 to 8 months. In 20 something land, that's forever. I agreed because she was waaaay hot and ya know how girls are attracted to the guy with the girl. Don't ask me why, it's a female thing that men will NEVER EVER understand.

All agreed and we were a go. My bud's girl showed up that night the hottest thing on 2 legs. Ummm, errrr... I lost my best Bud that night forever.

1- Never loan out your girlfriend.!!!
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Something tells me this thread's going to W&C???
 
Don't lend anything out that you want back, or stuff that you want back in it's original condition.
 
Bufford said:
Don't lend anything out that you want back, or stuff that you want back in it's original condition.
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or... Never loan anything that you do NOT want back. For this reason I never loan condoms or tissues to anyone.
 
I've learned never to lend out a slip joint to anyone not familiar with the idea of a folding knife with no lock. After the first two times that the other party accidentally closed the blade, I realized that it's best to lend some sort of locking pocket knife or a fixed blade. It's kind of funny when they hand back an open knife because they don't know how to unlock it.
 
clockman said:
Never loan someone your chainsaw if you want it to come back with

the chain in the same condition sharp/clean to them dull/dirty.from them.

This not from experience ive never loaned mine but Ive heard stories.
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Reading this really made me laugh. I borrowed my wifes uncles chain saw one day. After completing my tasks with it, I took it completely apart, cleaned it, oiled it, and put it all back together. Ran perfect. A couple of weeks later her uncle got his saw out to use and told his wife, WOW this thing looks better than when it was new. That Hitthespot is one heck of a guy, really takes care and respects things..........Well he started it up and started to cut the tree down and the saw wouldn't hardly cut anything. It took him a while but he finally figured out I put the chain on backwards when I re-assembled it. No harm done, he told me the next day, it sure looked good but didn't cut worth a darn. He laughed until he almost cried. Of course I felt terrible.

Bill
 
clockman said:
Never loan someone your chainsaw if you want it to come back with

the chain in the same condition sharp/clean to them dull/dirty.from them.

This not from experience ive never loaned mine but Ive heard stories.
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That's what I was going to say, don't loan out your chainsaw.
 
Zippo lighters... even if your buddy has to use it for 5 minutes.

Video games and DVDs... for some reason, a black hole opens up in my friends(plural) houses that hungers for optical disks.

Books... I hate it when people dog ear my favorite reads.

Also, never loan a hammer to an infantryman below E-3. Somehow, some way, it will come back broken.
 
Charlie Mike said:
Also, never loan a hammer to an infantryman below E-3. Somehow, some way, it will come back broken.
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How do you break a hammer? Explosives?

I lent out my truck once-- Had to report it stolen and they got the guy with my truck three states away. Not one of the smartest things I've ever done.
 
I have no idea... But a grunt will find a way :D
 
A gun +3, +4, +5. When I was in the USAF, I got a call from a buddy in the navy who was invited on a pig hunt. I loaned him my personal M1 carbine. (Not a good choice, but that's all I had with me) I sweated it for two weeks. He gave it back unused. He didn't go on the hunt. I never loaned a firearm after that.

When I was 16, I had a like new Winchester 63. My dad loaned it to a friend who raised racing pigeons. He wanted to eliminate some wild birds. The Adam Henry left it in the coop for 3 days. He gave it back covered with pigeon poop. It was corroded, pitted and the forend had split. The "friend" didn't even apologize. 52 years later I am still pissed about that.:grumpy:

Books. If you loan a book, don't expect to ever see it again.:grumpy: (X3 for me)
 
YayILikePie said:
I've learned never to lend out a slip joint to anyone not familiar with the idea of a folding knife with no lock. After the first two times that the other party accidentally closed the blade, I realized that it's best to lend some sort of locking pocket knife or a fixed blade.
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I have a friend who had the opposite experience.
he lent someone a lockback folder, when they where used to swiss army knives.
they put a massive amount of force on the back of the blade (they thought it was stiff) and then accidentally moved the hand holding the handle. the lock dis-engaged, and they lost the tip of one finger.
 
phaserrifle said:
I have a friend who had the opposite experience.
he lent someone a lockback folder, when they where used to swiss army knives.
they put a massive amount of force on the back of the blade (they thought it was stiff) and then accidentally moved the hand holding the handle. the lock dis-engaged, and they lost the tip of one finger.
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Now, that is funny :D

Never lend your stapler, tape dispenser, hole punch or pen to a co-worker in an office setting..... You will spend the next half a day looking for it. I always seem to find mine about half way back to my desk. Also, never lend out your primary knife... always lend out your "lend out" knife. ;)
 
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