Unexpected Knife Use

...nearly all of the above at one time or another. And yes, I have respect for the lowly SAK...it often rides along in my watch-pocket.
 
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K.O.D. said:
Well, hello Sasquatch.
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Is joke. ;):D:thumbup:

Also, Swiss army knives are especially awesome for oddball tasks; definitely a piece of gear I recommend to everyone that is not currently a knife nut. I carry a a classic on my keys and driver model in my coat pocket typically. :thumbup:
 
My last unexpected knife use was just this morning sitting in McDonald's parking lot with two breakfast burritos and two packets of hot sauce that would not give in to hand opening however my my Case stockman was certainly up for the task. Breakfast was saved.
 
While in Florence, Italy this summer, I bumped into another car with the right rear of my Highlander. The plastic quarter panel popped off at the fender well. I used my Leatherman Wave (which has a home in my Toyota console) to take the screw out, punch another hole in the plastic above where it ripped out, and screwed the quarter panel back into place. I had to use the knife tip to start a small hole in the metal of the fender as well. All in all....a success...made it back to Germany without a flapping quarter panel and I felt like McGyver!
 
Hurting a dog, more self defence but but the absolute last thing I would ever think of doing.

We used to mountain bike down a mountain that put us on this backroad where we had to ride up the road to get the next section of trail down. Land is all crown land or public.
One home owner used to sic his dog on us and we would get chased, a big German Sheppard. The dog had bit a friend a few weeks before and police were called.
I had the day off and rode alone bringing my Buck fixed blade with me, lots of fallen branches and trail clearing work for it.
When I go on the road I sprinted to get ahead of the dog but he came head on jumping on me.
I jumped off and put the bike between me, he ripped my tire right off the rim, I pulled the knife. Yelling at the owner to call off his dog he said F U and called the cops on me. The cops came fast and saw me with the knife, they told me to drop it and I did, dog was pulled away by owner. I was handcuffed and put in the car as they took the owners complaint.
When it was my turn I told him what happened, he didn't believe me, I told him to look at the bike and he did seeing the tire ripped off and bite marks on the frame. He was surprised, then I told him to look at dog attacks on this road which he did, finding 5 separate incidents including my friend.
He released me and called animal services, I waited till the took the dog away and as the owner was arrested I told him his dog was going to be killed because of his stupidity.

They gave me my knife back and gave me a ride to my truck, freaking crazy but I was ready to stab it if it got around my bike.

One thing I don't like about myself is I hold a grudge and can't let things go. My carbon fibre frame was broken by the dog bites and to replace was $2500, I went after the guy for replacement as well as pressed charges, I won everything.
After I was paid we rode by and I stopped my group at his driveway, I told him thanks for the new frame.. Not my best moment but whatever...

Sorry for the long story.
 
Bev66 said:
Hurting a dog, more self defence but but the absolute last thing I would ever think of doing.

We used to mountain bike down a mountain that put us on this backroad where we had to ride up the road to get the next section of trail down. Land is all crown land or public.
One home owner used to sic his dog on us and we would get chased, a big German Sheppard. The dog had bit a friend a few weeks before and police were called.
I had the day off and rode alone bringing my Buck fixed blade with me, lots of fallen branches and trail clearing work for it.
When I go on the road I sprinted to get ahead of the dog but he came head on jumping on me.
I jumped off and put the bike between me, he ripped my tire right off the rim, I pulled the knife. Yelling at the owner to call off his dog he said F U and called the cops on me. The cops came fast and saw me with the knife, they told me to drop it and I did, dog was pulled away by owner. I was handcuffed and put in the car as they took the owners complaint.
When it was my turn I told him what happened, he didn't believe me, I told him to look at the bike and he did seeing the tire ripped off and bite marks on the frame. He was surprised, then I told him to look at dog attacks on this road which he did, finding 5 separate incidents including my friend.
He released me and called animal services, I waited till the took the dog away and as the owner was arrested I told him his dog was going to be killed because of his stupidity.

They gave me my knife back and gave me a ride to my truck, freaking crazy but I was ready to stab it if it got around my bike.

One thing I don't like about myself is I hold a grudge and can't let things go. My carbon fibre frame was broken by the dog bites and to replace was $2500, I went after the guy for replacement as well as pressed charges, I won everything.
After I was paid we rode by and I stopped my group at his driveway, I told him thanks for the new frame.. Not my best moment but whatever...

Sorry for the long story.
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Good for you. Guy was an asshole and deserved it.
 
Me and my wife love durian. So here we were talking a morning stroll and there was a durian vendor...

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Basic cutting tasks. Cutting zipties and string, opening boxes and mail, scraping paint off pipes, improvising a pen blade as a screwdriver, wood prep, whittling, making skewers, worrystone, and eye candy.
 
jaypowell0185 said:
Cutting straws at restaurants for my son. And opening diaper packages
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Same thing about the straws for my daughter. I've often thought about designing a disposable kids cup for restaurants that tapers downward for tip stability;)
 
I am a terror to parents in McDonalds with a pack of kids. I take out my knife and go to work on the straws. McDs has the best straws for this. I make noise makers by cutting the straw to the desired length for tone and then cutting a reed on the end. The kids put in in their mouths and blow out loud duck like sounds. this is all much accompanied by kid laughter and the parents vowing to get even with me.:D
 
DocT said:
This is all much accompanied by kid laughter and the parents vowing to get even with me.:D
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But YOU have the knife. :D

Two most common uses in my life right now are the coffee-stirring and the straw-lopping.

Though, with the near-constant influx of Amazon boxes to my house, my 2-year-old daughter has designs for my knives as well. She has the same reaction every time to a package:

"Oooooh! Daddy, package! Lookit lookit."
Pausing to consider the tape: "Daddy, knaf. I need ma knaf."
Sometimes I'll hand her my closed knife, and she'll walk over to my wife and delicately hand it to her. "Here, Mommy; here knaf. Careful. Is sharp."
 
Cutting the excessively large, long, and heavy stems off the broccoli before I purchase it.
 
Cutting the excessively large, long, and heavy stems off the broccoli before I purchase it.

kjd2121 said:
Isn't that considered stealing? If not I will commence doing the same thing.
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You must be joking. Stealing is what the store is doing when leaving the practically inedible part of the stem...and making you pay for it. I usually just break'em off close to the florets. Two can play their game. :p
 
ichor said:
Cutting the excessively large, long, and heavy stems off the broccoli before I purchase it.




You must be joking. Stealing is what the store is doing when leaving the practically inedible part of the stem...and making you pay for it. I usually just break'em off close to the florets. Two can play their game. :p
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Ok, I'm in.
 
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