The Proper Way to Use a Knife (Prying with a folding knife)

If you wear flip flops they make some with openers and if you're feeling like jacking someone's table up use the edge of a table.
 
There are many ways to pop open a beer, but if you have to do it with your folder... close the blade. Use the tang and lift/torque with feeling ! Even thinner blades, like Opinels, won't notice. Now if an Emerson gets hurt in that process, I will have an incredible laugh.
 
dishcore said:
I would venture to say that over a couple thousand bottles, it would cause damage to the pivot. Maybe miniscule damage, but some nonetheless. The pivot is designed to pivot, not provide strength for lateral torquing.
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This is why I don't do it with folders. Maybe I'm overly cautious but why introduce a force to the knife that could possibly ruin the knife over time when I can pop a top with just about anything else under the sun? I do it all the time with fixed blades though. A thin machete can fling the caps pretty far. ;)
 
Shotgun said:
I'll never understand why someone would want to put the bottom of their shoe up against something they're going to put to their mouth but I guess it takes all kinds. :D
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I've owned a few pairs but each time I've opened a beer with them the beer foams up and goes everywhere. Proper way to pry with a folding knife is by using something you're meant to pry with and not a knife.
 
I always, or someone near me, will have a bic lighter with me. That is my prefered method for bottle opening in the absence of an actual bottle opener.
 
can't believe the stress that little vid has inflicted...i do that ALL the time with bottles with whatever i have on me at the moment; the last time it was with a zaan, but i've done with swiss army knives too...no damage to blade, no issues...it doesn't that much effort to pop those bottle caps off...bigger the blade, the easier it is to do...
 
pilote said:
can't believe the stress that little vid has inflicted...i do that ALL the time with bottles with whatever i have on me at the moment; the last time it was with a zaan, but i've done with swiss army knives too...no damage to blade, no issues...it doesn't that much effort to pop those bottle caps off...bigger the blade, the easier it is to do...
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I cringed a little myself. I was messing around the other day at work and used my cheapy folder to unscrew a chassis fan on a tower and it messed up the blade. I barely used any force for it. I suspect that there's probably a # out of 10 times you'll do something to your blade's edge trying this out.

I'd go as high as saying 6 out of 10 times you'll be able to notice something. I'll try on a knife I don't care about over the weekend if I drink anything.
 
northwalesBill said:
I cringed a little myself. I was messing around the other day at work and used my cheapy folder to unscrew a chassis fan on a tower and it messed up the blade. I barely used any force for it. I suspect that there's probably a # out of 10 times you'll do something to your blade's edge trying this out.

I'd go as high as saying 6 out of 10 times you'll be able to notice something. I'll try on a knife I don't care about over the weekend if I drink anything.
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what kind of cheap knife?
He could probably pop off a thousand bottle caps and be fine.
 
It was barracuda that I carried for a little as a blade only option. Deliberately a beater basically. Used for opening boxes, stabbing things, etc. Like I said I'll give it a try so I have first hand knowledge.
 
I open bottles with knife spine all the time.
But I NEVER do it with open knife.

I've seen half a dozen cut hands with that method. In most cases it was a new knife and not the first beer.
But anyway.
 
If you remove the "blade closed lock" from a Leek, the remaining slot makes a fantastic bottle opener. Otherwise, with the knife closed, I use the butt of the handle or a sturdy clip in the "Bic lighter method".

That's the only "prying" I do with folding knives.

The OP runs some risk of cutting himself. No thanks.
 
I don't think it's a big deal at all. I don't think it's enough force to cause any problems with the function of the knife. A lot of people actually use more force to test a knife for side to side play from the tip than opening a bottle. And it looks pretty cool popping a bottle cap like that. Keep it up!

After all, It's your knife.
 
I agree with the prevailing opinions, aside from cosmetic damage I don't think that what you have shown will do any functional damage to your knife. It's much for likely that a slip might damage you, also probably cosmetic damage. That being said I think most when most ppl say "pry" with a knife they are talking crowbarring with the bloody tip and that is fairly foolish for the reasonable majority of knives.
 
Depends on how low your IQ is, and how much you value your thumb. You keep on partying with your knife there, buddy.
 
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IF a stockman can do it, what are y'all worried about? It's a bottle-cap! It's not a car door.
 
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