What do you refuse to do with your knives?

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So today at work somebody came up to me and said I needed to go fix pallet jack #24 it's stuck. I realized I did not have my CS super edge to go pry the release open and said sorry don't have that knife on me. They got bent because I wouldn't go destroy my para 2 so they wouldn't have to walk to get a screw driver.

It got me thinking what will you absolutely not do to your knives and at what price that mindset starts?

If I had any of my 50-60$ knives I wouldn't have thought twice but after 100$ I will just flat out not pry with my folder.
 
I once refused to kill a man in Reno just to watch him die. But then I relented.

Serious answer: Mainly, I refuse to ignore common sense.
 
I think alot if it has to do with design, rarity and steel choice.

I opened a can of tuna the other day with my ESEE 3 without thinking twice.

No way I would ever do that with my BM 710 in M390
 
NightMare Silverado said:
So today at work somebody came up to me and said I needed to go fix pallet jack #24 it's stuck. I realized I did not have my CS super edge to go pry the release open and said sorry don't have that knife on me. They got bent because I wouldn't go destroy my para 2 so they wouldn't have to walk to get a screw driver.

It got me thinking what will you absolutely not do to your knives and at what price that mindset starts?

If I had any of my 50-60$ knives I wouldn't have thought twice but after 100$ I will just flat out not pry with my folder.
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That's really a tough question to answer cause I've got quite a few knives of varrying quality. If it's a beater of a knife that I don't care about then I'll use it for just about anything. If it's something more prized or rare or expensive then the list gets progressively longer.

For example I've got a fairly rare "Original Bowie Knife" by Sabre that I abused the spit out of as a teen but looking back it makes me wince just a bit. It being a good quality knife it took my abuse like a champ (I actually bought it on a yard sale for $0.50 heavily coated in house paint) so it survived being used as a paint mixer and then it survived my teen years. Well, I'm sort of rambling at this point but I think you get the idea.
 
I would not use my knife (any of them) as a screw driver. I hate broken tips. I would not use my knife to open paint cans. Another way to say this is" I would not loan my knife to my sister in law." Give her a knife and she either breaks it or cuts her self. Even her husband wont let her near a knife.
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I broke the tips off two of my knives using them as screwdrivers... Won't do it again unless it's a really cheap knife.
 
I'll do whatever seems like a good idea at the time. I've ended up doing some pretty stupid things with my knives, come to think of it...
 
I absolutely refuse to loan or let any one use my knives, going by past experance they usually come back broken or with the borrower cut and complaining that the knife is to sharp, thats why they cut them self.
 
I absolutely refuse to pick my nose with my knife. Learned that one the hard way! (with a junglas!)

I also avoid prying and heavy twisting. Gotta be a beater for me to go for it. Rarely carry a beater.
 
The only thing that I won't do is loan them out anymore. I've had tips broken too many times.
 
I won't loan out a knife unless it's to an experienced knife user. If they screw it up, they'll replace it.
 
KalEl said:
I think alot if it has to do with design, rarity and steel choice.

I opened a can of tuna the other day with my ESEE 3 without thinking twice.

No way I would ever do that with my BM 710 in M390
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Why not. I have a hard time thinking it would be damaged in any way from opening a can. The steel should hold up better than most actually.
 
KalEl said:
I think alot if it has to do with design, rarity and steel choice.
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^This

I won't hesitate to beat a rat-1 or crkt, etc., but would think twice about nicer knives. I don't ever use knives as screwdrivers.



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goodeyesniper said:
Why not. I have a hard time thinking it would be damaged in any way from opening a can. The steel should hold up better than most actually.
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It'll roll in all likelihood. Though I feel carbon steel is better for that simply because it would take less effort to straighten out a softer steel than a harder one.
 
depends on the knife really, and it has always confused me why people use the tip of the knife as a scredriver, why not slide the knife along the spine into the slot and use that as the leverage instead of putting so much torque onto the weakest area.
 
Noctis3880 said:
It'll roll in all likelihood. Though I feel carbon steel is better for that simply because it would take less effort to straighten out a softer steel than a harder one.
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With m390 steel I highly doubt that. I cut open a can of chilli with an ats55 spydie yesterday and the edge was perfect, if a bit duller. Unless that BM has a thinner edge than my traditionals, it should eat up that tin without a hiccup...

Granted it's not something I do often, as a sharpening is almost always in order afterwards, but I gotta eat. My Tenacious rolled like crazy though.

Things I won't do: use it as a screwdriver, pry near the tip or edge. Um other than that I use the piss out of them. I think half the reason that stupidly thick pry bars of knives are so popular now is because people talk so much online about how weak VERY strong knives are just because they are on the thin side, until everyone actually starts believing it... If people knew what I have done with thin traditionals or knives like my Centofante4 they might rethink that pocket brick they carry around. They're not hard use knives, they're DUMB use knives. So if it absolutely needs to be fool proof, that's okay I guess.
 
I refuse to loan them out. I always use common sense, and the right tool. Only in a real emergency would I pry, screw, or cut harder materials. I know people that go for their knives at the drop of a hat, use the tip to pry, poke, or anything, I'm talking at their house, when a screwdriver and a multi-tool are on a shelf behind them. It's just my preference to take the time to get the right tool, that's cheaper and faster than trying to fix or sharpen my knife.
Maybe they have cheap knives, and it's their decision. But, they won't ever use my nice knives.
I use knives to cut things, materials that are softer than steel. I have a few knives and machetes that get dinged and messed up doing landscaping. I throw some of my hawks, they'll hit a rock here and there. But, I have plenty of knives over $100, I've got machetes that cost over $100, I like sharp blades that cut well. Not expensive knives with broken tips and dull chipped out edges I've got screwdrivers, prybars, shovels, and cheap blades that I don't mind messing up.
 
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