What's the stoopidest thing you've ever done with a knife?

I got drunk on whisky last year on new-years-eve, and played 5-finger-fillet with my Benchmade Adamas.
Actually was going fairly fast and doing decently well.

You know what happened eventually though.
Nothing bad. Only bled for 5 minutes or so.
 
When I was twelve I was opening some clams with a table steak knife. If course I was pushing down with the point and it slipped and stuck into the web of my left hand. It was just sticking there so I pulled it out, then the blood came. Learned to be more careful.

Prayers for Vegas victims today
 
Most stupid thing I've done with a knife was lend it to a friend who used it to slice at balloons to pop them. I have a scar on my right hand (across knuckle of middle finger and index finger) to remind me to make sure the person I lend my knife to will use it responsibly. Thankfully this happened when I was pretty young and I didn't keep my knives as sharp as I do now.
 
I have a scar on my left hand that looks almost exactly like the one 19-3ben showed. I was trying to cut one of those hard rubber super bouncy balls in half when the knife slipped and sliced me open. I was 14 years old, I remember it well because I cut myself around Noon or so. Mom came home from work and took me to the ER. No damage to anything important, I just sliced open the meaty part of my my hand. They stitched it up and I was fine.

But later that evening, I had a date with a girl I was trying to impress. Well, I showed up at her house and then had to explain to her father how I cut myself and I remember him laughing so hard he was crying.
 
KuduCuckoo said:
I narrowly avoided serious trouble recently through pure dumb luck. I was admiring a friends' new Ken Onion Leek when it slipped through my buttery fingers (dat steel handle tho...). I panicked as I saw it nosedive toward the cement driveway so I snatched it out of the air- like a moron. I wasn't cut and I'm lucky I can still count to five on that hand. Anyway, my buddy, a former sous chef, told me something I'll try to remember next time: "A falling knife has no handle."
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Did the same thing with a brand new Griptillian, only I popped it in the air tried again to catch it. Don't remember whether I caught it the second time but I know I had two cuts and a bruised ego
 
Pomsbz said:
Stupidest? Sending my knives to so called 'pro' sharpening.
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Almost made this mistake.

Untill i asked for more information and found out they charge based on blade size without even asking blade steel, grind style and angle.

Turns out the're all done by machine.

Fk no.
 
KuduCkoo, De Plano, a VERY common, VERY bad mistake (I've seen people do it with swords-but...but...they cost so much) with terrible results. :eek: If it is falling, let it fall; NEVER try to catch a falling blade. :rolleyes: bladeboss, "Happy New Year" :D
 
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Loaned it to someone who tried to cut a coat hanger with it.
It took a while to sharpen it back and that was the last time I ever let someone use my knife.
 
De Plano said:
Did the same thing with a brand new Griptillian, only I popped it in the air tried again to catch it. Don't remember whether I caught it the second time but I know I had two cuts and a bruised ego
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katanas said:
KuduCkoo, De Plano, a VERY common, VERY bad mistake (I've seen people do it with swords-but...but...they cost so much) with terrible results. :eek: If it is falling, let it fall; NEVER try to catch a falling blade. :rolleyes: bladeboss, "Happy New Year" :D
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I looked up at my buddy after I caught the knife. I thought I was just the man for catching a falling Leek. "That was close!", I derped. The severity of my mistakes set in immediately.

He laughed and shook his head at my blunder combo of nearly banging up his new knife and then nearly opening my hand all over his driveway. "Yeah, that was real close. You almost won a trip to the emergency room."
 
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Sonnydaze said:
Sold it...
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This, and using a non locking SAK like a locking knife. I was trying to free up a tube of silicone to use. Little bit of blood, but i was alright. More embarrassing than painful. I'm a locking knife kinda guy.

99 percent of my sak use is non knife related.
 
Ajack60 said:
Ow!!!, I know that hurt like hell. I did bleed profusely for about ten minutes, thankfully I got it to stop and avoided a trip to the hospital. I've lost a big toe nail twice, but that's another story.
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That was Beer bottle of course ;)
 
I was tripping on psychedelic mushrooms when I had what at the time seemed like the best idea I'd had in months; something along the lines of: "I am the greatest ninja in the history of the world! But even great warriors must train. Where's that really sharp serrated tanto knife I have?"
I proceeded to rapidly stab and slash the air, vanquishing my invisible foes, completing various imaginary back-flips and scissor-kicks but more accurately gesticulating like a rabid monkey, when--riiiiiiiiiiip... "Uh oh. What was that sound?" I was wearing a nice overshirt and had slashed it to ribbons. Lucky for me, no skin was pierced.

Let that be a lesson to you kids: Never take psychedelic mushrooms and play with knives in nice clothing.
 
I helped my son to build a capacitor bank so that he could vaporize fine wire using nothing more than 40 volts of battery charge (voltage limit for his science contest). He was going to launch ping pong balls with it. He was making the wires glow brightly and melt, but was not getting much pop and propulsion. He thought the capacitor bank must be under powered. He bridged the terminals with his Buck 110 to get the capacitors fully discharged. He got a loud pop and melted two large bites out of the edge of the knife. He also locally wrecked the hardness.
 
RE: "What's the stoopidest thing you've ever done with a knife?"

Allowed someone who chooses not to carry a knife to use mine.
 
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