What is the dumbest thing you have seen a non-knife person do with a blade?

My oldest son asked to see my Microtech Ultratech a few days ago and proceeded to pry the center cap off of his Jeep wheel. I almost tackled him. :eek: Luckily the blade never touched the wheel so he is still alive. Needless to say we had a long talk about knives after that. :thumbup:
 
Just today, 20 minutes ago, my wife asks to use my knife. She knows how to use a knife, how to care for a knife, hell, she aint too shabby sharpening a knife, and knows how particular I am over proper tool for the job.

So I had full confidence handing over my sebenza. Until I witness her prying staples out of a new welcome mat. I exclaim 'Hilary!' And she gives me this deer caught in headlights look. She knew what she was doing. Albeit next time, I will hand over the svord or opinel. Id rather sharpen out L6 or 1075 than s35 on a custom anodized sebenza. I dont mind using my knife, but come on.
 
North Arm Knives said:
This isn't as dumb as some of the others, but it certainly bugs me to no end. So many people I know use their kitchen knives on hard surfaces (granite counter tops, glass cutting boards, ceramic plates and dishes) and then complain that their knives are always dull... I even know people who replace them when they get really dull because they think the knife is worn out or poor quality; In reality the knife is not the problem, it's the user :rolleyes:
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That annoys the hell out of me, cutting boards are there for a purpose.
On the stupidest thing I've seen done to a knife, a workmate resharpening a knife with an angle grinder.
 
I was watching a friend open a cheap front opening Auto into a book to see how far it would go in. He wasn't impressed with how far it went in , so he tried it on the palm of his hand and found it did pretty good against soft flesh!
 
North Arm Knives said:
This isn't as dumb as some of the others, but it certainly bugs me to no end. So many people I know use their kitchen knives on hard surfaces (granite counter tops, glass cutting boards, ceramic plates and dishes) and then complain that their knives are always dull... I even know people who replace them when they get really dull because they think the knife is worn out or poor quality; In reality the knife is not the problem, it's the user :rolleyes:
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This drives me nuts too. In fact, the rule in our house is that my knives are to be used on wood cutting boards only. My wife has a bunch of knives that she uses on glass and plastic. I ended up getting an electric sharpener for those because they dull so incredibly fast. BTW, plastic is a terrible cutting board material. Not only does it dull the knife very quickly, the cuts in the surface hold bacteria very well... the more a plastic board is used the worse it gets while the opposite is true for wood. There's a whole scientific study that was done on plastic vs wood cutting boards (I'll let those interested use google). Wood is the hands down winner.
 
I get a kick when someone who is pretending to be a knife person spends five minutes sawing through a piece of kite string because their "knife" is a dull as Dubyah.
 
draggat said:
This drives me nuts too. In fact, the rule in our house is that my knives are to be used on wood cutting boards only. My wife has a bunch of knives that she uses on glass and plastic. I ended up getting an electric sharpener for those because they dull so incredibly fast. BTW, plastic is a terrible cutting board material. Not only does it dull the knife very quickly, the cuts in the surface hold bacteria very well... the more a plastic board is used the worse it gets while the opposite is true for wood. There's a whole scientific study that was done on plastic vs wood cutting boards (I'll let those interested use google). Wood is the hands down winner.
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I use the softer resin boards, they mark really easily. They last for a month or two before they get too bad then they are replaced.
 
The answer to the glass cutting board question is simple, they are easy to clean. I use them too and the wood and plastic ones are marked up with cuts and seldom get used. Fortunately, the cutting is mostly with low cost kitchen knives that I can sharpen in a few minutes or replace for little $.

Bushido185. Good example of why I always ask "what are you going to use it for?" before I hand someone a knife.
 
Throw it. Seriously. One of my closest buddies came over and started eyeballing the knives I have in my drawer, asked me if he could see one, so I plucked my Mini Grip out and handed it to him, he proceeds to grab an empty pizza box, prop it against the wall, and throw my knife at the box thinking he can ninja star it into the cardboard. He missed and embedded the knife into the wall. The blade? No no no, the blade missed. The handle is what pierced the wall. That's how much force he threw it with, the hole is still there. Needless to say, he's not using any of my blades ever again.

Thankfully, my Mini Grip survived the ordeal.

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8steve88 said:
a workmate resharpening a knife with an angle grinder.
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Oh man, that is pretty bad. I hope it was a dollar store knife

22-rimfire said:
The answer to the glass cutting board question is simple, they are easy to clean. I use them too and the wood and plastic ones are marked up with cuts and seldom get used. Fortunately, the cutting is mostly with low cost kitchen knives that I can sharpen in a few minutes or replace for little $.
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True, they are very easy to clean; That is their one redeeming quality. Since you are diligent about sharpening it works out. For non-knife people though, glass cutting boards usually mean they are using dull knives all the time.

As draggat said, wood is a great material for cutting boards and there was a study done on how sanitary it is. We've got a couple wooden boards that we refinish every couple years. They get pretty marked up in that time and we've never had an issue

-mike
 
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Boias.John said:
Throw it. Seriously. One of my closest buddies came over and started eyeballing the knives I have in my drawer, asked me if he could see one, so I plucked my Mini Grip out and handed it to him, he proceeds to grab an empty pizza box, prop it against the wall, and throw my knife at the box thinking he can ninja star it into the cardboard. He missed and embedded the knife into the wall. The blade? No no no, the blade missed. The handle is what pierced the wall. That's how much force he threw it with, the hole is still there. Needless to say, he's not using any of my blades ever again.

Thankfully, my Mini Grip survived the ordeal.

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I would be so angry. Ho man, I get mad just looking at that pic!
 
Most dumbest thing people doing with knifes? Well there is many to be mentioned,for example "the knife game",,,misusing the knifes for something else they was designed to do.... As a very common is using fighting knifes to battoning the wood logs,,,,thrusting /stabbing with knifes without handguard,,,,"testing the quality" of knife by cutting with edge vs edge,edge vs steel,edge vs rock,using skinny,slim blades as a pry-bars,even using folding pocket knifes for lateral strength features expecting knife will hold up,there are many examples to be mentioned here....Often people forget main function of knife and that is cutting,slicing,chopping,stabbing softer material,then they are made of.....
 
To be honest, I think there really are degrees of "dumb or inappropriate behavior." Scraping material off of something vs. cutting something that's resting on a concrete surface, for example. Or the example of removing grout from tiles. Yeah, it's not ideal, and we may have to touch up an edge here or there, but c'mon. We're knife guys. I don't think sharpening is the best in the world but I enjoy it and find it relatively therapeutic.

I don't mind using my knife for some of the things listed here, honestly.
 
I'm sure I wasn't much of a knife person at 9yrs old. Throwing a folder into the ground as hard as I could as many times as I could until the blade stuck through my jeans deep into my shin...lol. I remember my father rendering aid with that "this kid is a handful" look on his face.
 
Bludgeon said:
I'm sure I wasn't much of a knife person at 9yrs old. Throwing a folder into the ground as hard as I could as many times as I could until the blade stuck through my jeans deep into my shin...lol. I remember my father rendering aid with that "this kid is a handful" look on his face.
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I liked dropping my knife into the barn floor.
 
Try and Catch a dropped knife...
I like to keep my knives sharp :D
My nephew(44) knowing this, tried to catch a fumbled blade, and damn near cut his finger to the bone.. :o
 
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