Tanto Blades Suck with Example

Oi mate, hate to tell you this, but if you take that VG-10 Spyderco, or an 8Cr13 Kershaw, or a 420HC Buck, or an S35VN ZT and jab yourself in the finger with it? You're gonna have the same problem that you did with Cold Steel and their carpenter steel. The solution to the problem is, well, don't stab yourself.
 
I'm really regretting the signature size limit, I just can't fit any more thread of the decade contenders in my sig...
 
Anybody know if Azwelke makes a sheath for the Hutzler 571? I was looking to pair it with my Banana Saver.

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jonathan8219 said:
True Story 3/22/2017: I handed the customer 3 bananas off the 5 banana bunch and put them in the old woman's shopping cart, trying to make it seem as if I hadn't just rammed the point of my CS recon mini tanto blade into my index finger. We talked for about half a minute more. Right before we parted I checked her three bananas hoping no blood had gotten on them. There was a little spot of blood on one, not a full drop, so I wiped it away with my other hand. The red sort of went away and I said yep, this a good one. About twenty minutes later it stopped bleeding.

OK I will tell you why I won't buy another tanto blade. The top of the blade is longer than the bottom of the blade so it can be difficult in some situations to judge where that point is, and the cutting surface is flat so a tanto blade is like cutting with a razor blade. I've never found a good use for the vertical edge. Based on what is known from history, the tanto shape was used to puncture whatever you were trying to kill, esp when you needed to go through someone's armor. I learned tonight that it does excel in that area.

Coldsteel knives are hardcore, that thick Carpenter tool steel is extremely powerful and should not be taken lightly. It makes a VG-10 spyderco look like a child's play thing. I think for now on I'll carry the spyderco since its lighter and easier to handle, and save the cold steel for when that kind of power is truly needed.
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I can't really say much that hasn't already been said. Why use a knife to separate bananas at all? I'm a knife guy, but I pull them apart with my hands. Simple and easy to do.

As far any VG10 Spyderco, any one of them can cut you and kill you as easily as any other knife, including your vaunted Cold Steel. Even *gasp* a lowly little Swiss Army knife (I've seen someone who was killed with one). No, knives are definitely not toys.

Your getting blood anywhere on a customer's food and then letting them leave with it is unconscionable. Even if you did wipe it off, as you claim, there can still be pathogens present. Not to mention it's plain disgusting.

TBH, I don't know if this post is a joke or not. If it is, then I fell for it and shame on me. If it isn't, then shame on you, and you should thoroughly reconsider how you treat customers.

Jim
 
madcap_magician said:
I'm really regretting the signature size limit, I just can't fit any more thread of the decade contenders in my sig...
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You can fit plenty more threads, I think, if you use a URL shortener like goo.gl to cut down the size of the link targets.

Check my new test sig using goo.gl links as an example. Also, please remember that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. ;)
 
This is one of the best threads I have read in a while. Next time I eat fruit I will be able to take care of business....safely!
 
evilgreg said:
You can fit plenty more threads, I think, if you use a URL shortener like goo.gl to cut down the size of the link targets.

Check my new test sig using goo.gl links as an example. Also, please remember that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. ;)
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That's slick. I will do that. I didn't want to lose my VG sticker.
 
madcap_magician said:
That's slick. I will do that. I didn't want to lose my VG sticker.
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No problem, we're a community that's here to help each other--unless you talk bad about my favorite brand in which case you're a heathen that must be destroyed! ;)

Thanks again for having a sig that reminded me to re-read the crowd-funded sword thing. "You know nothing, Will Stowe" may well go down in history as the single greatest comment ever posted to this forum, it's always good to go back and read that one more time.
 
evilgreg said:
No problem, we're a community that's here to help each other--unless you talk bad about my favorite brand in which case you're a heathen that must be destroyed! ;)

Thanks again for having a sig that reminded me to re-read the crowd-funded sword thing. "You know nothing, Will Stowe" may well go down in history as the single greatest comment ever posted to this forum, it's always good to go back and read that one more time.
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When that train wreck was happening, I laughed so hard I cried. I haven't laughed so hard at anything else on the internet since Gecko45.
 
You didn't test the banana first. Whack the spine of the banana against the counter or conveyor belt hard, a few times. If the banana is strong, then cut it with your strong steel. If the banana is soft, then you should be able to separate it with your hands.

Peel retention on a properly hardened banana is excellent.
 
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I overreacted. In a nutshell I said,"EWWWW" and described how complicated it would be to pick up the banana with your uninjured hand and wipe it at the same time but I wasn't there.
 
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Three posts in a row to further show my disgust. That would suck if my grandma bought that banana though. I don't think she'd appreciate it.
 
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