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Story isn't about me but my friend in order to test the sharpness of his knives he runs his finger across the edge every time he does this he cuts himself and says "yup it's sharp" then proceeds to his next knife to sharpen and repeats the process all over again
Story isn't about me but my friend in order to test the sharpness of his knives he runs his finger across the edge every time he does this he cuts himself and says "yup it's sharp" then proceeds to his next knife to sharpen and repeats the process all over again
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Dumb things.
Only happened once.
Forgot to put my knife in my checked bag
TSA got it on xray.
Brother asked if could borrow my knife said sure.
Gave him a SAK knock off.He's not a knife guy.
He loses them or worse..
Two days later he ask f I can sharpen it.
Blade was discolored from heat.
He got it red hot to sterilize it.
And I'm not going to throw a BF member under the bus to get a
knife.
Who am I to judge if they are worthy or not.
Dumb things.
Only happened once.
Forgot to put my knife in my checked bag
TSA got it on xray.
Brother asked if could borrow my knife said sure.
Gave him a SAK knock off.He's not a knife guy.
He loses them or worse..
Two days later he ask f I can sharpen it.
Blade was discolored from heat.
He got it red hot to sterilize it.
And I'm not going to throw a BF member under the bus to get a
knife.
Who am I to judge if they are worthy or not.
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Giveaway entry, I'm in!
Alright so I'll post two since I have a story of each. The first is the story about this spyderco worker. I bought it because I had heard about the worker and what a cool, original, and revolutionary knife it was. I got a great price on it off ebay, but unfortunately the knife was a pile of garbage! It had tons of play, it was filthy and gritty inside, the edge was destroyed and the swedge had a ton of damage to it. Returned it and bought a Spyderco Native 5 instead!
And this is the story of the dumbest thing I ever did with a knife. The ZT 0550 is one of my favorite models ever (I really miss having one). I decided to anodize the scale so after I disassembled the knife I turned the slab purple and was stoked! But when I put the knife back together I didn't put enough tension on the lockbar so when I went to test for blade play, the lock completely failed. The framelock slipped, the blade came slamming down on my index finger, and I ended up needing three stitches in my index finger. I have some mild nerve damage in that finger unfortunately but at least it still works!
Anyway, those are my stories. Good luck to all and I really hope I can get it!
Alright so I'll post two since I have a story of each. The first is the story about this spyderco worker. I bought it because I had heard about the worker and what a cool, original, and revolutionary knife it was. I got a great price on it off ebay, but unfortunately the knife was a pile of garbage! It had tons of play, it was filthy and gritty inside, the edge was destroyed and the swedge had a ton of damage to it. Returned it and bought a Spyderco Native 5 instead!
And this is the story of the dumbest thing I ever did with a knife. The ZT 0550 is one of my favorite models ever (I really miss having one). I decided to anodize the scale so after I disassembled the knife I turned the slab purple and was stoked! But when I put the knife back together I didn't put enough tension on the lockbar so when I went to test for blade play, the lock completely failed. The framelock slipped, the blade came slamming down on my index finger, and I ended up needing three stitches in my index finger. I have some mild nerve damage in that finger unfortunately but at least it still works!
Anyway, those are my stories. Good luck to all and I really hope I can get it!
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Dumbest thing I have ever done with a knife is pry with my Buck 110 - instant unfixable blade play!
Dumbest thing I have ever done with a knife is pry with my Buck 110 - instant unfixable blade play!
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Years ago I bought a Sog Flash as a glove compartment knife because of it's small size and price. It was by far the worst knife I've ever owned. A friend of mine grabbed it one day and was playing with it so I gave it to him.. I feel bad about that..
Years ago I bought a Sog Flash as a glove compartment knife because of it's small size and price. It was by far the worst knife I've ever owned. A friend of mine grabbed it one day and was playing with it so I gave it to him.. I feel bad about that..
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The dumbest thing I have done with a knife is slicing an apple without paying attention.
The result was six stitches in my left hand´s index finger...
The dumbest thing I have done with a knife is slicing an apple without paying attention.
The result was six stitches in my left hand´s index finger...
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Tired and hot and lost focus for a minute; I was kneeling down cutting conveyor belt strips in the field to hang steel targets with and carelessly cut directly toward me and the blade slipped out of the belt - burying the blade into my knee. Fortunately my kneecap stopped the blade from going in any further, and the cut was nothing compared to the pain/bruising/soreness from the impact to my kneecap.
Thanks a bunch for the opportunity in the giveaway!
Tired and hot and lost focus for a minute; I was kneeling down cutting conveyor belt strips in the field to hang steel targets with and carelessly cut directly toward me and the blade slipped out of the belt - burying the blade into my knee. Fortunately my kneecap stopped the blade from going in any further, and the cut was nothing compared to the pain/bruising/soreness from the impact to my kneecap.
Thanks a bunch for the opportunity in the giveaway!
Giveaway entry: a long time ago, before I knew better about camping and knives, I packed some canned peaches on a canoe trip but no can opener. But I had my Buck 119. So dumbest thing I did with a knife... At the time it seemed like a good idea, and the payoff was some good peaches... I jammed the blade of the buck into the can, sawed, jabbed, sawed, jabbed, enough so that I could eat the contents. Good snack. Mangled edge. Really dumb.
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Thank you for the chance.
Worst dissapointment was this Camo Gerber... i liked the look, the box was legit and noone knew if it was real, so I gave it a try. Of course it's a poor China folder with nothing to do with Gerber (does use the proper logo and a copied box).
On the good part it looks great, feels great in hand and opens/closes quite smoothly.
On the bad part it was really dull, the steel is really soft, but the worst part is the finishing.. the paint peeled off just by opening and closing it a few times and slicing an apple.
Another really poor knife I bought was this Kershaw ET knockoff.. this one I knew it was a knockoff but it looked so cool in the photos I really wanted to try the system in person.
The good: blade shape is really nice, the original design was probably flawed too.
The bad: Everything: finishing wore off in a seconf, the sheath was just grocery bag canvas, the blade was duller than a fork, the steel is really soft, the thing is heavy and stinks of metal (I think the handles are iron or something), but the worst thing is the closing system... basically you can only close it if you slam the blade on your fingers. Ow "locking" is insane too.. you have to hold together 10 big bits of sharp pointy metal, loosely connected and ready to unfold on your hand...
Thank you for the chance.
Worst dissapointment was this Camo Gerber... i liked the look, the box was legit and noone knew if it was real, so I gave it a try. Of course it's a poor China folder with nothing to do with Gerber (does use the proper logo and a copied box).
On the good part it looks great, feels great in hand and opens/closes quite smoothly.
On the bad part it was really dull, the steel is really soft, but the worst part is the finishing.. the paint peeled off just by opening and closing it a few times and slicing an apple.
Another really poor knife I bought was this Kershaw ET knockoff.. this one I knew it was a knockoff but it looked so cool in the photos I really wanted to try the system in person.
The good: blade shape is really nice, the original design was probably flawed too.
The bad: Everything: finishing wore off in a seconf, the sheath was just grocery bag canvas, the blade was duller than a fork, the steel is really soft, the thing is heavy and stinks of metal (I think the handles are iron or something), but the worst thing is the closing system... basically you can only close it if you slam the blade on your fingers. Ow "locking" is insane too.. you have to hold together 10 big bits of sharp pointy metal, loosely connected and ready to unfold on your hand...
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Cut a good chunk off the tip of my finger trying to close a Kershaw Injection 3.5 left handed while BS-ing with the sales guy behind the counter. Bled all the way across the store to the bathroom, finally got the bleeding to stop and sheepishly bought the knife.
Cut a good chunk off the tip of my finger trying to close a Kershaw Injection 3.5 left handed while BS-ing with the sales guy behind the counter. Bled all the way across the store to the bathroom, finally got the bleeding to stop and sheepishly bought the knife.
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I don't have a pic just right now. But "one" of the dumbest things I've ever done is with a tiny little Shrade Auto. Only about a 1" blade, but the only reason I bought it was because it was cheap. But because it was cheap, you can imagine it wasn't too sharp. The first thing I did with it was sharpen it on the EP and turned it into a little scalpel.
So a couple days later I'm playing around with it trying to get a feel for the little thing. But because the entire thing is so small and stubby, I had a tendency to wrap my fingers too far around the handle when trying to close it. So once I was sitting watching TV and flicking the darn thing, (obviously my eyes are on the tube, and not the knife) one time it just didn't want to close. So I instinctively got a better grip with my right hand and just cranked down on it. Well, as you might guess, the reason it was not closing was because a finger from my left hand was in the way. I pushed that stupid blade all the way into my finger to the bone. Must have also hit some little artery, because blood spurted across the bed (white comforter of course), and totally freaked my kids out.
So I was dumb on way too many levels to count. Bad knife handling, inattention to something dangerous, bad example to my kids (who both learned good lessons that day from my stupidity), etc. Need I go on?
I won't show pics like some above because they are just gross. But pretty sure I win the dumber-n-dumb on this one.
I don't have a pic just right now. But "one" of the dumbest things I've ever done is with a tiny little Shrade Auto. Only about a 1" blade, but the only reason I bought it was because it was cheap. But because it was cheap, you can imagine it wasn't too sharp. The first thing I did with it was sharpen it on the EP and turned it into a little scalpel.
So a couple days later I'm playing around with it trying to get a feel for the little thing. But because the entire thing is so small and stubby, I had a tendency to wrap my fingers too far around the handle when trying to close it. So once I was sitting watching TV and flicking the darn thing, (obviously my eyes are on the tube, and not the knife) one time it just didn't want to close. So I instinctively got a better grip with my right hand and just cranked down on it. Well, as you might guess, the reason it was not closing was because a finger from my left hand was in the way. I pushed that stupid blade all the way into my finger to the bone. Must have also hit some little artery, because blood spurted across the bed (white comforter of course), and totally freaked my kids out.
So I was dumb on way too many levels to count. Bad knife handling, inattention to something dangerous, bad example to my kids (who both learned good lessons that day from my stupidity), etc. Need I go on?
I won't show pics like some above because they are just gross. But pretty sure I win the dumber-n-dumb on this one.
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I haven't purchased many knives that I regretted, or didn't know what I was thinking at the time. However, when I was around 17 yo I bought a Walther Allied Forces knife at the SMKW store. I can't remember how much I paid for it, but I know I never carried it much. It just seemed a little bulky for the blade size/shape. Also seemed like the black coating on the handle wore off easily. Not really a bad knife I guess, it just never done it for me.
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This knife is also involved in one of the dumbest things I've done with a knife. I bought this knife while on a church trip in Gatlinburg, TN. While listening to a sermon I had the knife out just opening/closing it. My friend sitting beside me elbowed me a few times, but when I would look at him he acted like it wasn't him. Teenagers are so smart. After about the 3rd nudge I thought a would give his knee a good couple taps with the butt of the knife. The blade was slightly open. Oops. Poked a couple small holes in the knee of his pants.
I haven't purchased many knives that I regretted, or didn't know what I was thinking at the time. However, when I was around 17 yo I bought a Walther Allied Forces knife at the SMKW store. I can't remember how much I paid for it, but I know I never carried it much. It just seemed a little bulky for the blade size/shape. Also seemed like the black coating on the handle wore off easily. Not really a bad knife I guess, it just never done it for me.
This knife is also involved in one of the dumbest things I've done with a knife. I bought this knife while on a church trip in Gatlinburg, TN. While listening to a sermon I had the knife out just opening/closing it. My friend sitting beside me elbowed me a few times, but when I would look at him he acted like it wasn't him. Teenagers are so smart. After about the 3rd nudge I thought a would give his knee a good couple taps with the butt of the knife. The blade was slightly open. Oops. Poked a couple small holes in the knee of his pants.
Giveaway entry: Dumbest thing (one of them anyway) was some 45 years ago. My brother and I were playing chicken with a big, old fixed blade knife of unknown provenance. Taking turns throwing it, sticking it in the ground between each other's feet. Wherever we stuck it, you had to move a foot to the blade. Got my brother to about 4" between his feet, asked if he chickened out and he said "nope, throw it". Stuck him in the top of his foot. Of course we didn't say anything, until he contracted blood poisoning form the resulting infection. Mom was pretty mad, to say the least. And we had to pay for the penicillin shots out of our own pockets, no small feat at that age.
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