Knife Loaning Horror Stories

[SOGJasonSOG]

Good to see this back up.

? when was the first post? I think this topic can go on and on and on....

 

[RedRockNv]

I think most of us have the story about the guy at work that asks to borrow you knife he remarks how dull it is then cuts his thumb to the bone. Laughing at that point is appropriate. The look on his face is priceless.
Lent my knife to a female coworker sure enough she tried to pry the bottom out of a cabinet and broke it.
In boyscouts we took a long hike in to Forth of July lake (if I recall the name correctly) I had just sharpened my hachet before leaving. We arrive another scout asks to use my hatchet to cut some bedding he lays the branches on granite to chop it then complains the blade is dull.
Long story short don't lend out your blades.

 

[Tim-Gabz]

I have a suite in our office accomodation in Sandton. Unfortunately, or fortunately, we have communal cooking facilities and when there is wine we destress and take turns cooking.

One of my pocket knives dissapeared on an evening such as this. A good condition Buck 186 was being used and in the frey of cooking some how went missing. This being some months back I returned to Sandton to do a project this last fortnight and brought a home made utility knife, oh and a cutting board to stop retards using the stone work tops and bluntening the edge.

After dinner the sink was bunged up so charged with liquor we tackled the trap. It was blocked by my folder that had gone down the plug hole when, for some obscure reason, someone had taken off the plug sieve.

Lots of cleaning later and sitting for 2 days in Handy Andy + dish liquid it was great.

 

[RedRockNv]

Just today, I met one of my friend's friends. Seeing the knife clipped to his pocket and the leatherman multitool pouch on his belt, I thought, "hey cool another knife guy just like me." So I handed him my Buck 110 and said, "hey cool, you're into knives too." The first thing he did was to open it and put it to my friend's throat. I grabbed the blade with my left hand, putting my right hand between the tip and said friend's throat thinking that I'd rather have my hand "killed" than my friend killed and told him to let go of the knife NOW. So what does this yahoo do now? HE JAMS THE KNIFE INTO MY HAND !!! I used my left hand to slam his hand into the wall behind him, which made him let go of the knife, which then dropped out of my palm. I asked him WTF did he think he was doing, and he replied, "I was just joking dude, sheesh, relax." I showed him my hand and what he did to it. He then proceeds to tell me that it isn't that bad!!! I REALLLLY felt like punching him for that. After wiping the blood off of my knife and stopping the bleeding. I asked to see his knife and multitool just out of curiosity. It turns out the knife was a POS with a loose blade and no edge (figures:jerkit: ), and the multitool was given to him. (What the h*ll were they thinking giving a multitool to HIM, anyways?) I made it very clear to him that you DO NOT threaten someone with a knife in a "joking" manner. Its NOT funny:grumpy:. Sheesh, am I the only teenager with any common sense...

In a word "Yes"

 

[Mark J]

OK, this reinforces my resolve to not lend out my knives. People rarely ask me for them, however, since it is usually in an office environment and I don't let everybody know I carry a knife (sheeple and all...). From what I've read so far, there seem to be a few common themes.

• Tip breakage
• Dulling by cutting on rock/cement/etc.
• Cutting themselves by running fingers on blades or other improper knife usage
• Stabbing themselves (gotta love this one )
• Dropping, throwing, etc.

Did I miss any? Maybe if we list off all the possible accidents to potential knife idiots before they use the knives, they would rethink it. Then again, maybe not.

- Mark

 

[SPXTrader]

OK, this reinforces my resolve to not lend out my knives. People rarely ask me for them, however, since it is usually in an office environment and I don't let everybody know I carry a knife (sheeple and all...). From what I've read so far, there seem to be a few common themes.

• Tip breakage
• Dulling by cutting on rock/cement/etc.
• Cutting themselves by running fingers on blades or other improper knife usage
• Stabbing themselves (gotta love this one )
• Dropping, throwing, etc.

Did I miss any? Maybe if we list off all the possible accidents to potential knife idiots before they use the knives, they would rethink it. Then again, maybe not.

- Mark

Yeah,you missed the most important one! "Uh, I can't find/lost your knife. Sorry".

 

[crustaceanmick]

I was showing my girlfriend the new knife I had just purchased. It was a fully serrated Spyderco Endura, G-2 steel. (early 90's) She thought the hole in the blade was really cool and wanted to try flipping it open herself. Before handing her the knife, I told her that it was VERY sharp. So be careful! She flipped it open. No problem. I was impressed. But then, before I realized what she was doing, she pulled the blade lightly across the palm of her left hand apparently to see how sharp it was. When we returned home from the emergency room, she was amazed by the blood trail from the kitchen all the way out to the driveway...

She did have a killer body though!

 

[THG]

she pulled the blade lightly across the palm of her left hand apparently to see how sharp it was.

I just don't understand this. At least when I test this way by running the edge across my arm, I do it VERY, VERY slowly. If I feel any burn, I stop right away. I know this is probably stupid, but I don't usually do it anyway (I usually do the nail-catch test).

Do people really slash it across their hands/arms/thumbs to see if it's sharp? It's just unbelievable to me... lol

 

[scars]

When I was a young rookie patrolman I carried a Remington camp/scout knife. It had all of the usual scout knife blades plus a wood saw and an extra sheep foot blade. We had just recovered a stolen car and had it back at the precinct where it would be kept until the second shift guys could bring it to the pound where it would be stored. Since I worked in a Harlem precinct the S.O.P. was to disable the vehicle so it wouldn't be re-stolen in the night (happens all the time) I lent my knife to my partner who was trying to detach the battery cable, needless to say he touched the cable where it attaches to the battery with the sheep foot blade and it arced and melted the tip off of the blade. I still have the knife and learned a valuable lesson that night, don't lend your knife to ANYONE!

 

[Mikel_24]

So far none of my knives have been damaged due to lending... I have had a number of borrowers who got cut by them though. Last one was on Friday... we where here in the office celebrating a cooworkers birthday with some spanish omelettes and my knife (it was a Victorinox Rescue Tool) was used to cut the omeletes and the bread. A lady cut herself a little bit when cleaning the blade while I was talking to my boss.

Another cooworker cut himself not long ago with a Spyderco Centofante and he no longer want's to get close to my blades. Why is people so scared of sharp knives? They will only cut you if you do stupid things with them...

Mikel

 

[Lurker]

If someone asks me if they can borrow a knife I just hand em my $.50 retractable razor with the snap off blades. They could throw the whole thing out and I don't care. I learned from my grandpa that if you are going to lend things out then get the cheapest tools possible since they will be lost/stolen/abused/etc. Now my Delica, my typical EDC, is a total different story. Shaving sharp and to be used only by me. I will say I don't have a knife before I will lend my Delica out.

That's a good idea. I personally have found that a Victorinox Classic makes a good loaner. Mostly because a replacement can be bought for as little as $7 at WalMart or Target. It is easy to carry and very handy to have. Plus it has a screwdriver, so they can pry or turn screws with it all they want. I have even loaned one to a total stranger (and got it back gunked up). If that's not big enough for the job, I'll loan a box cutter.

But when it comes to my Benchmade, I agree: "Sorry, I don't have it on me."

 

[LMC981]

One of my best friend and I were eating a pizza, he don't have a knife so asked for mine.
He's a trusty mate, so I lend him my delica with the warning to keep attenction, because it's very sharp.
He returned it back after a while, a little dirt but in perfect condition.
And he managed to do a very good work cutting the pizza, the cardboard, the tablecloth and the table behind

 

[carrot]

We should just sell SAK's out of our bags. People always seem to know how to handle tools when THEY paid for them.

 

[macgregor22]

One of my best friend and I were eating a pizza, he don't have a knife so asked for mine.
He's a trusty mate, so I lend him my delica with the warning to keep attenction, because it's very sharp.
He returned it back after a while, a little dirt but in perfect condition.
And he managed to do a very good work cutting the pizza, the cardboard, the tablecloth and the table behind

Must be used to dull knives and applied too much force.

My dad did the same thing with a vic of mine, cut right through his thumbnail then blamed me for having knives that are too sharp.

 

[Lurker]

...then blamed me for having knives that are too sharp.

I was accused of that once, too. Maybe that should be a test question. Anyone who thinks a knife can be too sharp should not be trusted to borrow one.

 

[THG]

One of my best friend and I were eating a pizza, he don't have a knife so asked for mine.
He's a trusty mate, so I lend him my delica with the warning to keep attenction, because it's very sharp.
He returned it back after a while, a little dirt but in perfect condition.
And he managed to do a very good work cutting the pizza, the cardboard, the tablecloth and the table behind

Grarrrr! Attack that pizza!