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

Ferahgo · Jul 8, 2015

JC972 said:
Junior year of high school (2002) a bunch of us were out rolling yards the night before Halloween. I traded for an old (circa 1960's) Case stockman the day before and had sharpened its old carbon blades on my DMT stones and all blades had that fingerprint-grabbing-biting edge but was polished and stropped up pretty slick. So as we were driving to this particular classmates home to roll her yard, my passenger, a very hot senior named Megan, who wasnt quite drunk but wasn't sober either asked me if she could borrow my knife. Being that she was gorgeous and I liked her I gratefully handed it over. So we go and toilet paper this yard and when we get going down the road she gives my knife back, covered in blood. Turns out, the girl whose yard we had just rolled had been fooling around with Megan's boyfriend and Megan was cutting the girls tires when my knife shut on her fingers. Apparently she gave no thought as to it being a slipjoint. It took a while to get the bleeding stopped with only my hunting shirt to apply pressure with. We finally made it to my house and got her super-glued shut. That night learned me that when somebody asks to borrow my knife i always ask what for. Didn't dull the knife any that i could tell. It'd still shave. Still have that knife and the blood stained camo shirt too.

I tried slashing an old tire once. It's a lot harder than it looks.

JC972 · Jul 8, 2015

Ferahgo said:
I tried slashing an old tire once. It's a lot harder than it looks.

Its much easier to cut the valve stem if one wants to immobilize a vehicle. A lot easier on the blade being used too. Or so i'm told.

Ferahgo · Jul 8, 2015

I tried it with this. I assumed it would be easier.

george65 · Jul 8, 2015

I saw a guy in target with a spyderco clipped on the outside of his pocket.

Daniel Dorn · Jul 8, 2015

My first Pocket-clipped knife was a CRKT K.I.S.S. when they first came out, almost 20 years ago. I clipped it to the OUTSIDE of my BELT! I bet I looked like the Dork! Yeah, it's been a while, and I've grown in knowledge, and experience...

stabman · Jul 8, 2015

george65 said:
I saw a guy in target with a spyderco clipped on the outside of his pocket.

That's a smart thing to do, and I encourage everyone to do so.
I can really use more Spyderco's, and it would be great to find them on the ground everywhere I go.

22-rimfire · Jul 8, 2015

The dumbest thing I have ever done with a blade was trying to catch a fixed blade with my hands after not paying attention and fumbling and then dropping. After all, I don't want to drop and damage it. This was in a store and I have handled 100's of knives. This one got me. Lots of blood. No stitches. I was embarrassed by the whole affair and bought the knife; a Puma SGB Elk Hunter. Haven't cut anything with it other than myself.

Do you want us to call an ambulance? .....naah.

Apec · Jul 13, 2015

Senior ROTC cadet complain about having to dull his edge by using it to scrape carbon off an m16 bolt. And somehow he doesn't realize that he could have used the spine of the blade and saved the edge.

RedLynx · Jul 13, 2015

stabman said:
That's a smart thing to do, and I encourage everyone to do so.
I can really use more Spyderco's, and it would be great to find them on the ground everywhere I go.

I actually started clipping a Spyderco/Byrd to my belt just because I can't switch the clip to the left side and this way I can keep the knife on my left side. I don't know if I'll keep doing it though. Could get a Cara Cara 2 but I wish more of the Byrds had reversible clips.

Fish Boy · Jul 13, 2015

Lent a guy an Opinel knife and he pretended to stab me with it. He got really offended when I asked for the knife back and told me to "take a joke."

This is the same guy who strained one of my sternocleidomastoid muscles while pretending to snap my neck like some stupid ninja warrior.

Diebling · Jul 13, 2015

Buddy of mine was surprise visiting me with two of female friends of his, whom he wanted to impress. It's one of those funny moments when a boy has to be absolutely smarter and better than "the other guy" in the room.
We had pizza and no kitchen knife at hand so I swished out my Buck112 and handed it round so everyone could get their pizza cut.
Girl: "Wow, that thing is sharp!"
Buddy: "Eh, it can't be that sharp. Lemme check that"
Me: "Don't do th..."
Buddy *Runs his thumb ALONG the blade and proceeds to bleed profusely*

Fish Boy said:
Lent a guy an Opinel knife and he pretended to stab me with it. "

Yes, this one is also a classic. A classical sign to look for new friends that is.

Ferahgo · Jul 13, 2015

Diebling said:
Buddy of mine was surprise visiting me with two of female friends of his, whom he wanted to impress. It's one of those funny moments when a boy has to be absolutely smarter and better than "the other guy" in the room.
We had pizza and no kitchen knife at hand so I swished out my Buck112 and handed it round so everyone could get their pizza cut.
Girl: "Wow, that thing is sharp!"
Buddy: "Eh, it can't be that sharp. Lemme check that"
Me: "Don't do th..."
Buddy *Runs his thumb ALONG the blade and proceeds to bleed profusely*

Yes, this one is also a classic. A classical sign to look for new friends that is.

I had a friend ask to see a machete of mine. He proceeded to test the edge in the same fashion. I leave that kind of blade with a sharp, but toothy edge. It tends to grab and cut brush better in my opinion. It also grabs thumbs quite nicely.

Monofletch · Jul 13, 2015

A guy at work wanted me to sharpen his knife. I put a nice mirror edge on his little bird and trout knife. A fellow co-worker grabbed it and put it in his mouth like a pirate. He even made the arrrrrrrrr sound. The dumb ass put it in his mouth edge first and cut both sides of his mouth. It was funny and horrible at the same time.

Ferahgo · Jul 13, 2015

Monofletch said:
A guy at work wanted me to sharpen his knife. I put a nice mirror edge on his little bird and trout knife. A fellow co-worker grabbed it and put it in his mouth like a pirate. He even made the arrrrrrrrr sound. The dumb ass put it in his mouth edge first and cut both sides of his mouth. It was funny and horrible at the same time.

Some people should not be allowed around sharp objects.

Diebling · Jul 13, 2015

Monofletch said:
The dumb ass put it in his mouth edge first and cut both sides of his mouth. It was funny and horrible at the same time.

Did he ask "Why so serious?" while being escorted to hospital?

orezona · Jul 13, 2015

Love a Gerber?

Sorry, that was trollish and mean. And by that I mean my Dad fancy's himself a "knife guy" and loves Gerber. Parents just don't understand...

However, the worst was when he gave an original Spyderco Seki-City "Mariner" to someone to "sharpen"... who promptly put the blade onto a grinding wheel and totally ruined the serrations. Same guy also attempted to sharpen my dad's Camillus PSK and sharpened the swedge all the way around to the main edge, which resulted in rounding the tip like a sharpened butter knife.

The happy ending is Spyderco reground-serrated the Mariner for only $25 and I reconditioned the PSK which really impressed my dad since he thought that knife was a goner. It was funny when I called him out on the "sharpening" job that FUBAR'd both those knives... he was quite sheepish.

Mariner before:

After:

Fish Boy · Jul 13, 2015

Diebling said:
Yes, this one is also a classic. A classical sign to look for new friends that is.

After the neck incident I decided to go near him no longer.

Being friends with people like that is like watching a Darwin award take place in slow motion.

MaximIsayev · Jul 13, 2015

Ferahgo said:
How exactly did he plan on opening it with the blade?

The usual way is to stab through the top of the can, then try to cut out the lid. It will result in a messy, ragged cut, and will most likely ruin the knife's coating and maybe roll the edge. Also may cut one's fingers while trying to open the lid. It was not the best idea when there was a proper tool to do the job. Still, if you have nothing but a beater fixed blade and no can opener, it works in a pinch. Somewhat off-topic, I found an awesome way of opening cans without an opener now. The video is in Russian but it's pretty self explanatory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNbnK8Uz8as

Ferahgo · Jul 13, 2015

MaximIsayev said:
The usual way is to stab through the top of the can, then try to cut out the lid. It will result in a messy, ragged cut, and will most likely ruin the knife's coating and maybe roll the edge. Also may cut one's fingers while trying to open the lid. It was not the best idea when there was a proper tool to do the job. Still, if you have nothing but a beater fixed blade and no can opener, it works in a pinch. Somewhat off-topic, I found an awesome way of opening cans without an opener now. The video is in Russian but it's pretty self explanatory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNbnK8Uz8as

Provided the content isn't soup or a liquid, I reckon that would work quite well

MaximIsayev · Jul 13, 2015

Ferahgo said:
Provided the content isn't soup or a liquid, I reckon that would work quite well

It does take some practice, I would not rely on that as my only method to open cans. I've tried it once, ended up ripping the can in half after fifteen minutes of struggling and cutting up my hands. He's got another video on how to open the smaller sized cans, as they require a slightly different technique. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J8jULurs5I
That guy's got a lot more decent bushcraft/survival-type videos, but unfortunately no decent English subtitles or translations, and most of them aren't as self-explanatory as the can ones.