When using a knife and cutting away from your body does this help prevent the blade from closing on your fingers?

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The only time I've ever cut myself was when I stabbed a tree with a Swiss Army knife when I was 9. The blade didn't have a lock and it folded on the meat of my hand and cut me. I learned 2 really important lessons that day. Buy knifes with a lock and don't stab trees. The second lesson was more important.
 
Generally, you cut away from yourself and your body parts instead of towards yourself or your body parts in order to avoid accidentally cutting yourself. For instance, someone is slicing through something tough with their hand behind the thing they are slicing and accidentally cuts through it into their hand. Avoid that by always cutting away from yourself or your body parts.

Another helpful hint is to use a cutting board when applicable. For instance, if cutting through something, have wood behind it. Wood will not blunt or chip your blade edge in the way that glass or ceramic can.

I shared the following safety rule in your other thread but it is worth repeating here. This applies to putting pressure on the back or "spine" of a knife blade. Effectively, don't do it! Ideally, the only force should be on the sharpened edge as it presses into, against, or along the thing you intend to cut. Follow this rule and pay attention to what you are doing, and you'll be fine.

Treat all folding knives as just that. Anything that could test the strength of a locking mechanism is NOT an appropriate task for a folding knife.
 
afishhunter said:
If you are applying pressure to the cutting edge, you are forcing the blade open, not closed.
Holds true for modern folder, a slipjoint, and even a friction folder with no lock or stop pin.
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I agree. In that scenario your problem would be if you are sawing, moving your hands back and forth, trying to pull the knife out of stiff material, something that would cause the movements to reverse and your actions trying to force the blade to close.
Stabbing is another action that could cause a blade to close so always be careful with that. Even things like trying to push the point through a cardboard box in order to cut it open could cause this if you aren't careful or if something slips. One time I bought a cheap version of a large CRKT model, cheap because it was well used, with the intention of testing it for things like stabbing through sheet metal. But these things don't have really secure locks and I never devised a method to 100% protect my fingers so I didn't follow through with the tests.
 
afishhunter said:
If you are applying pressure to the cutting edge and any of those fail, the edge of the knife blade will continue upwards, away from your fingers.

Only knife I have right now with a broken back spring.
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(yes. Even tho only a $6.99 knife, they did send me a new one under the lifetime warranty.)
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How did you figure out who made it? And how did you contact them?

The OP needs a pair of cut proof gloves.
 
The only time I cut towards myself is with a controlled pull cut using my thumb. Even then, the force is being put against the cutting edge of the blade so there's no more chance of the blade closing than when cutting away.
 
Maybe you better watch and learn awhile before using a knife. 😉
 
People should learn how to use a worn out slip joint. Even a knife that closes with no resistance at all can cut safely. The pressure during a cut is forcing the knife open not closed.

The lock is a safety but should not be relied on. Like the safety net under a trapeze artist.

I’m tempted to judge the OP, I’m tempted to say it’s common sense. But when I look at the scars on my hands, some of them from childhood. I realize that my common sense came the hard way.

My Dad would say “If you are gonna be stupid you’d better be tough”

I had a Buck 110 that had a worn out lock it literally was a slip joint. I think it was like that for a long time before I even realized it. Because I dont rely on the lock.
 
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My issue with liner/frame locks is that squeezing the handle can release the lock. I already made a thread where I basically proved to everyone those locks are deficient (haha).

I was about to say how odd the OP question is. Phil in Alabama just made some sense out of it : ) thanks
 
ahawkua said:
When using a knife and cutting away from your body does this help prevent the blade from closing on your fingers in the case of a lock failure? I mean putting pressure on the sharpened part of the blade.
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Cutting away doesn't prevent closing on fingers
Some urban myth only
Sorry
 
J85909266 said:
This is trolling.
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