When a sharp knife can be a dangerous knife?

ncmiked said:
I did the same thing to myself, sliced the top of thumb off cutting mushrooms, it was operator error..
Skin grew back pretty quickly.
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Did you eat some mushrooms before cutting and mistake your thumb for a 'shroom? :-)
 
Anyone who uses knives are sure to nick themselves sooner or later, some sooner. Keep'em sharp and tell anyone who nicks themselves while borrowing it that it builds character.
 
The sharper the knife the cleaner the cut so no, don't keep a dull loaner knife.
it's not a real knife unless it's very sharp, so just let someone know it's a real knife when you hand it to them 👍
 
Knivesandreels said:
A while back I had a PM2 with a mirror edge on it; to this day I have not seen a sharper knife than that beauty.
College buddy asked for it to cut open a trout. After warning him several times I lend it to him.
Instead of going back to the table the guy decides to hold the fish in his hand as he cuts the fish...knife went right through the fish out the other side and sliced his thumb up beautifully. To this day his finger just doesn't look right :D
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Sharp knives aren't dangerous, but fishing IS.
 
Most people don't regularly handle really sharp knives....most "kitchen" knives are not exactly sharp.

Beyond that, it's about handling different knives and how to use them without cutting yourself.
You need to understand the difference between handling a folder vs a fixed blade and then all the variances in both of those designs.

If you still end up cutting yourself, accidents happen.
 
Yes! Always warn the family when you sharpen the knives! I have family complain about the knives being dull, and in the past I would sharpen and not say anything. I just would not think to tell them. Then I get called into the kitchen and family room to play medic 5 times that week! Not I tell them I just sharpened the knives!
 
I used to have to warn my wife when I had sharpened the kitchen knives as she wasn't use to very sharp knives and got bitten a few times. Now she complains if they aren't super sharp.
Thick knives behave differently to thin kitchen knives, so need to be driven differently. Experience helps.
 
For a regular cook (and I am), I cannot imagine how awkward it is to use a folder in the kitchen. Back to the topic, both dull and sharp knives can be dangerous. Overall, I think sharp knives are more dangerous.
 
Some people should not handle really sharp knives. Best to not let unfamiliar people handle your sharp knives, or at least warn them, warn them again, and supervise them.

There is the old saying that a dull knife is more dangerous than a sharp knife, I don't think this is true of a really sharp knife. An accident with a really sharp knife can do a lot of damage, always be careful.
 
sharp_edge said:
For a regular cook (and I am), I cannot imagine how awkward it is to use a folder in the kitchen. Back to the topic, both dull and sharp knives can be dangerous. Overall, I think sharp knives are more dangerous.
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Neither do I.. but we where at my mother in law house, and they have a large collection of dull kitchen knives, my wife was helping in the kitchen and ask for my folder to slice some meat and veggie.. The only folder that I use in my kitchen is an Opinel No.10..
 
Most people aren't used to sharp blades, unfortunately, so caution is always advisable. I keep our kitchen knives usably sharp, but don't put the ultra-sharp edge on them as I do on my EDCs. I don't loan those to anyone.
 
Bleeding ALWAYS stops...well, when your heart does.

Direct pressure and Band Aids are my friends.

Managed to just TOUCH a finger the other day with a new ZT. I doubt a scalpel could have cut better.

Stuff happens - live and learn..hopefully.

Best.
 
scubisino said:
My question is if keeping my knives razor sharp is dangerous for a not knife person? Perhaps I should have a knife not to sharp for lending to another person? Here are the pics of my wife's thumb... She slice the tip out of it.. k
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Generally the idea for a razor sharp knife
Is for it to cut at the slightest touch of applied downward pressure.
A dull knife simply requires more strength.
I could be wrong,
But it appears that your better half
Could have somehow miscalculated
the safe distance, downward angle and pressure when using
Your Blade with obvious different physical dimensions.
Perhaps it's a case of Familiarity (muscle memory) breeds contempt.
Thus the possibility that she might had unwittingly fallen victim to the mechanics of routine.
I hope with time, she will recover and rebound from the ghastly episode.
And yes,
A sharp knife can be dangerous in some circumstances.
 
When you are polishing the blade too closely and it cuts through the polishing cloth effortlessly. I had four cuts to my index finger before I knew what happened. Totally my fault.
 
The sharpness is the lesser of the problem. I see it more as human error. I work with saws and have very high respect for their danger. I don't even like working with saws because human error yet have my own makita I use everyday.

I tried taking apart a shaving razor last week to get a splinter out my finger and in one motion 3 cuts on fingers. One bad might have needed stitches almost as bad as when I purposely cut myself with a razor in the past.
 
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