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

Myal said:
why I do it .. its because when I drag the print of the pad of my thumb across my blade edge , it catches slightly at the print of my thumb if its sharp .. it gives me feedback on how sharp sharp is , a slight grab , a keen grab, a seriously keen grab at the ridges of my thumb print ... something I personally dont get from testing it on my nail . Im not happy with "sharp" or " not sharp" I have sharp enough for kitchen , sharp enough for clean slaughter work, sharp enough for skinning a sheep with a full fleece thats been in a sandstorm , and stupidly crazy scary sharp for my personal pocket knife just cos I like to show off what sharp can be at times , among other grades of sharp . I can tell what Im dealing with by dragging my thumbprint seriously lightly across ( not along , but across ) a blade edge . This is why I do it how I do it .
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Ive been doing it this way since I was about 6 yr old .. close on 40 years now , I dont recall having bled from it yet . Not saying i wont , there is always a first time .
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I though i was the only one to do this. Reckon not! I can't stand to watch someone use their thumb pad and slide it UP the edge. I just know ill be super gluing them shut. See guys in the plant do it all the time.
 
Myal said:
I test an edge by dragging my thumb across it too if it catches at the skin ridges of my finger print .. its good If I have been sharpening a lot of blades , I lose my finger print and it stops working as a test ... have done since forever .. even test the chainsaw the same way to see if it needs touching up ... I guess Im just dumb ... but , I make knives , so at least Im not a dumb non knife person
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I test it in a similar fashion as well. The person I described at a previous point placed his thumb on the edge and ran it along the edge. He did not move his thumb, just the blade. He ran it across the first 4" or so.
 
jbowman3 said:
My cousin tried to shave his blue jeans with my knife years ago. He nearly cut the big artery in his thigh. I went and got my grandmother and our conversation went " Hey Memaw, what would you say if I told you myles cut his leg with my knife"? " I don't know why"? Because he did and now he's bleeding everywhere". He also broke the tip off a pen knife of mine by throwing it at a fence post.
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Is Myles still alive?
 
epetrillo said:
My 23 year old daughter came home with a pair of sandals she had just bought. They were held together by one of those thin plastic ties. She asked to borrow a knife as she reached for my XM-18. I told her "not that one" and took out my little Case Swayback Jack. I opened it for her, handed it to her and told her to be careful because it was very sharp. Now my daughter's not a dumb kid. She has a degree in Electrical Engineering and is working on her PHD in Bio-medical Engineering. She spends much of her time in the lab dissecting rats eyes so she is use to using sharp instruments (I'm very proud of the girl). I went back to what I was doing and didn't really pay attention to what she was doing. I heard a little squeal and looked back to see her index finger bleeding rather profusely. She apparently had never seen a warncliff blade and without looking too closely placed her finger tip on what she thought was the spine for support as she tried to cut through the plastic. Needless to say the only thing that got cut was her finger. She thought "the curvy part of the knife" was always the edge. After we stopped the bleeding and the hysterics I was told it was "all my fault" for having a "stupid backwards knife". I guess in the end it really was my fault for not paying attention to what she was doing.
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That sucks, man. I will keep that this in mind next time I hand someone my sheepsfoot.
 
One relayed to me by my Mom. She's an electrician. One weekend I sharpened her work knives for her. At some point, on a dulling knife, she gets bit bad enough to have to report it to the safety guy. Mom strips miles of wire in a year, and most of it is done with a fleet of small folders.. She wears one down to not safe then switches. So at lunch, with her fresh dressing and numb fingertips being talk of the table, the safety guy comes up (struts up)..
'You know, we have ppg that would have saved you that accident. Let me show you'
He pulls out a 'cut resistant' glove, pulls it on his left hand.. Picks mom's knife up...
Keep in mind after mom got bit, she got a sharp, fresh, happy little Case out of her lunchbox to take back to work..
So he says 'Watch'
Mom says, 'wait, thats sha.... Man you are a fuxking IDIOT!'
MR. Kingpin safety guy had snatched the knife, put his left hand down, and proceeded to slice from tabletop to tabletop... Accross the back of all 4 fingers in between. Right thu the safety glove.. In front of a whole room of electical contractor workers, and other safety guys.

Can we say time lost incident?
 
AndreLinoge said:
One relayed to me by my Mom. She's an electrician. One weekend I sharpened her work knives for her. At some point, on a dulling knife, she gets bit bad enough to have to report it to the safety guy. Mom strips miles of wire in a year, and most of it is done with a fleet of small folders.. She wears one down to not safe then switches. So at lunch, with her fresh dressing and numb fingertips being talk of the table, the safety guy comes up (struts up)..
'You know, we have ppg that would have saved you that accident. Let me show you'
He pulls out a 'cut resistant' glove, pulls it on his left hand.. Picks mom's knife up...
Keep in mind after mom got bit, she got a sharp, fresh, happy little Case out of her lunchbox to take back to work..
So he says 'Watch'
Mom says, 'wait, thats sha.... Man you are a fuxking IDIOT!'
MR. Kingpin safety guy had snatched the knife, put his left hand down, and proceeded to slice from tabletop to tabletop... Accross the back of all 4 fingers in between. Right thu the safety glove.. In front of a whole room of electical contractor workers, and other safety guys.

Can we say time lost incident?
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Wow. That is dumb.
 
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epetrillo said:
My 23 year old daughter came home with a pair of sandals she had just bought. They were held together by one of those thin plastic ties. She asked to borrow a knife as she reached for my XM-18. I told her "not that one" and took out my little Case Swayback Jack. I opened it for her, handed it to her and told her to be careful because it was very sharp. Now my daughter's not a dumb kid. She has a degree in Electrical Engineering and is working on her PHD in Bio-medical Engineering. She spends much of her time in the lab dissecting rats eyes so she is use to using sharp instruments (I'm very proud of the girl). I went back to what I was doing and didn't really pay attention to what she was doing. I heard a little squeal and looked back to see her index finger bleeding rather profusely. She apparently had never seen a warncliff blade and without looking too closely placed her finger tip on what she thought was the spine for support as she tried to cut through the plastic. Needless to say the only thing that got cut was her finger. She thought "the curvy part of the knife" was always the edge. After we stopped the bleeding and the hysterics I was told it was "all my fault" for having a "stupid backwards knife". I guess in the end it really was my fault for not paying attention to what she was doing.
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I have a daughter too. She's a civil engineer and a lawyer. Whenever she does something stupid - it's my fault as well.
 
There is a common theme in 99% of these posts. When a non-knife person asks to use your knife, say no. That's it.
 
SALTY said:
I have a daughter too. She's a civil engineer and a lawyer. Whenever she does something stupid - it's my fault as well.
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Someone needs to take the blame. lol

sodak said:
There is a common theme in 99% of these posts. When a non-knife person asks to use your knife, say no. That's it.
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Indeed. I found things work out best if you cut what needs to be cut for them. And if they need a hammer or a screwdriver, then one should direct them to Walley World.
 
Handed my friend my Griptilian and he had never used axis lock before. Ended up closing the blade on his pinky lol, luckily the cut wasn't that deep
 
I had sharpened one of my knives to a razor's edge on the Wicked Edge when I asked a co-worker to check out how sharp it was. He then attempted to run his thumb along the length of the blade, which would've layed his thumb open like a gutted fish. Thankully I was able to stop him before he needed a trip to the ER. :eek: :D
 
sodak said:
There is a common theme in 99% of these posts. When a non-knife person asks to use your knife, say no. That's it.
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Agree. Any knives I do sharpen for people come with a stern, "Be careful, it's sharp" warning upon returning it to them.
Most people are so used to dull knives that they have no idea what a sharp knife is like until they use one. Of course, once they do use one there's no going back. True dat. :D
 
So, this might not be the dumbest thing I see non-knife people do, but it might be the most consistently dumb thing...

Way too often when I hand someone a knife, the first thing they do with it is either brandish it like it's a katana or a rapier or something (often accompanied by some vocalization reminiscent of Bruce Lee), or they pretend to cut something (or someone) that shouldn't be cut...or both. It's made extra scary (for my safety and the safety of others), because the way they hold it immediately communicates that they have very little experience using a knife. I sometimes feel like I'm the only person who doesn't really think of my knives as weapons. It's as if the simple act of laying their hands on a knife is enough to trigger some sort of violent outburst from them (even if in jest, but Freud said there are no jokes). If that's how non-knife people see knives, it makes me start to understand where the fear/stigma surrounding knife EDC originates. Dang, now I'm sad.

In short, though, I've learned over the years that if someone asks me for a knife, I ask, "what do you need it for?" Then, if it's an appropriate use for a knife, I perform the cutting task. Saves me a lot of "OH NO!"
 
Had a friend open a Dalton OTF of mine into his palm in the back seat of my car in highschool. Me and my buddy up front turned around and saw a geyser of blood squirt up and hit the roofliner. We got his hand wrapped up as he was passing out on the sidewalk and then went to the emergency room. Good times.

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This thread is why I have a cheap Gerber beater visible but keep my Spydie Para-2 in my pocket.

I was house sharing at a place that had a dishwasher and left out my good Swiss carbon peeler and German made kitchen shears (not even knives!). Cue housemates abusing them and washing them in the dishwasher. Nothing left but blunt rusted metal. I always kept my really good equipment locked away in my room.

The dumbest thing for me would be a previous housemate (again) borrowing my cheap "Kiwi" cleaver to chop wood. Amazing that they didn't hurt themselves.
 
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