Things NOT to do with your new folding knife!

[stevekt]

11) Leave home without it.

 

[cbxer55]

11) Leave home without it.

I would only revise this to say, Leave home without them.

In the famous words of Massod Ayoob, "One is none, and two is one."

Words to live by.

 

[SaMX]

I always make sure not to sacrifice chickens with a fresh knife, the curses aren't as effective for some reason...

this is true. I've found that if you reprofile the edge to 13 degrees per side your curses will be much more effective.

 

[allenC]

Anybody can spinewhack a knife, and it might or might not be a test of strength. It's impossible to repeat identically, has no standard reference, and doesn't stress the lock with a constant load while being flexed.

The spine-whack-test does not test lock strength at all.
And it need not be repeated to identical standards either.
It's just a quick and easy way to determine if the lock is designed correctly and if the lock is reliable.
A lock with improper lock geometry will readily fold with very little pressure applied....merely a wrist-snap.

Spine whacking will leave evidence of spinewhacking..so YMMV

Not true.
If you're leaving any visible or otherwise detectable indication of the "spine-whack-test", then you're doing it wrong.

7. Spinewacking might be usefull on some of cheaper knives I've seen.

I've seen Benchmades and Spydercos fail the spine-whack....and I wouldn't call them cheap.

 

[tirod3]

doesn't stress the lock with a constant load while being flexed

That's not meant to test lock strength, it's meant to see if excessive play at the pivot or in the liner will cause the pitch angle at the lock face to change so much the liner walks off, especially when repeatedly reversing the pressure side to side. That happens in real life saw cutting through a cardboard box.

If someone wants to test lock strength, I would recommend standing on the handle with the knife clamped in a vise and eating Big Macs. The amount of Big Mac's necessary to cause lock failure can be recorded and expressed in hundreds of "BM's". Finite comparision of the numbers of BM's it takes to cause lock failure can then be empirically analyzed.

And we don't want fries with that, as they will skew the results.

 

[JackBauer24]

** Wait until your Christmas eve cocktails wear off before sharpening new blades***

 

[buddylee]

Ive broken the rules too. I pryed with the sere2000 and broke the tip right off!!!!!

 

[Stubai]

A fool and his knife are soon parted.

 

[nodh]

Do not dry off the oil from the blade with a paper towel until you have realised that the blade is curved (EKA Swede 60). I have a cut in my finger to show that

Mental note:
Paper towels are not knife proof, even if they are grey (recycled paper).

 

[MVF]

Whew- glad it's just the phillips heads I can't do! ; )

 

[Bob W]

1) Attempt to remove a phillips screw with a blade tip.
2) Pry the tip into any gap.
3) Put pressure on the blade back with a full grip.
4) Stab. Anything.
5) Throw and stick it.
6) Beat on it to split wood.
7) Spinewhack it.
8) Cut sheetrock, dirty carpet, or any kind of wire.
9) Stand on it in a vise.
10) Cut yourself.

Interesting list. #10 happens from time to time, although not on purpose. It would never even cross my mind to do those other things with a pocketknife.