Letting others use your knife

[Pauliachi]

I don’t let anyone borrow my knives, it can get a little awkward sometimes but im ok with that and it usually doesn’t happen again hehe. You build a reputation over time.

[VICMAN]

I don’t let anyone borrow my knives, it can get a little awkward sometimes but im ok with that and it usually doesn’t happen again hehe. You build a reputation over time.

Welcome to the forum Pauliachi !

[Valkie]

Yeah, but you cant see the bend in the small knife at the top or the sloppy scissors from cutting wires.
The scales are all scratched as well.
But this is my workhorse, 15 years of abuse and still going strong.

Huh...? I'm confused...  That's a Recruit economy... what scissors...? 

Sorry about that

Got it confused with my other old workhorse.

Its a mini, the scissors are really sloppy and Ive had it for about 15 years.

One starts to lump all work horses into the same basket.

This is my mini, and thanks for identifying my knife "Recruit Economy" Is it?
Thanks

Hey, no problem 

Yes, that's a Recruit economy with white advertising scales, not very common. The "economy" versions differs  from the regular Recruit (or other models) because it's supposed to be a bit cheaper for not having a quality control as tighter as the regular production models, and the scales doesn't have scale tools, or the inlayed metal cross and shield, just a heat stamped one. Other than that its just like a normal Recruit.

Oh, and that "mini" is actually a "Classic" 

And to think I treat it like I do, oh well its a workhorse.

And a Classic, now I have a name for it.
On the blade the company that gave it to me etched their name, seems quite robust because even with all the abuse I give it, the name has survived.....as has the knife.

The reason I treated it how i did was because without the inlay, I wasn't so sure it was a real Victornox.

But I do treat my new (second hand) Craftsman with much more respect.
It is the knife I have always dreamed of.

[ironraven]

The number of people who can borrow my knives is about the same as the number of people who can borrow my toothbrush. I tell people that and they shut up.

[gregozedobe]

The number of people who can borrow my knives is about the same as the number of people who can borrow my toothbrush. I tell people that and they shut up.

That pretty well sums it up for me.

I have much the same attitude towards my tools and vehicles as well.  Nope, Nope & finally, Nope !

I did have one friend that I would trust with my tools (he was the only one though, and since he moved a long way away there is precisely zero people permitted to borrow my tools). 

I'm even a bit twitchy about my missus using any of my "garage" tools (she can be a bit clumsy & self-damaging at times), but there is a "house" toolbox that she has free usage of without supervision (and her own collection of speSmurfpillst craft tools).

[WECSOG]

I've had people get their feelings hurt when they ask to borrow my knife and I ask them what they need to cut with it. The assumption being that I don't trust them to not damage my knife.
Well yes, there's that. But there's also the fact that I don't know which blade to hand them until I know what they need to cut.
The fact they they apparently think a knife is a knife is a knife, reinforces the first point. 

[gregozedobe]

(and her own collection of speSmurfpillst craft tools).

hmmm, I seem to have offended the all-powerful smurf filter - I was trying to say "s p e c i a l i s t" but that is obviously too much like the #2 ED pill.   

[Reinier]

Ha I was wondering what you had written. I'm sure speSmurfpillst won't be caught by the filter.

And I'm wrong.

[Butch]

same reaction to smurf filter & loaning my knife .........

[Sawl Goodman]

  "speSmurfpillst"

This forum has to have the most amusing swear filter I know of, if also the most (careful now!) a n a l.

[Pauliachi]

I don’t let anyone borrow my knives, it can get a little awkward sometimes but im ok with that and it usually doesn’t happen again hehe. You build a reputation over time.

Welcome to the forum Pauliachi !

Thank you! Glad to be here.

[Shuya]

There is exactly one person to take and use my knifes: my girlfriend. After 13years of training I trust her enough to use any of my knifes - when they are laying around ( limit is due to the fact that I keep my keepers and doubles in a locker...those are a no-no. Other than that, even customs are ok).
Besides that I ask her why she doesnt carry a knife on her own, gave her a nice collection of knifes and tools for her own buisiness. Including a Spyderco tuquois copa which she loves 

Other than that: noone gets my knifes. Too many stupid comments after handling them or damaged tools in the past.

[Don Pablo]

SpeSmurfpillst?

That’s never happened before this occasion, as far as I know. What changed?

[Reinier]

SpeSmurfpillst?

That’s never happened before this occasion, as far as I know. What changed?

Updated word filter?

Specialist should be added to the whitelist, if possible.

[Don Pablo]

Maybe there were lots of spammers trying to sell c i a l i s ! 
Look carefully: it censors it to “smurfpills”. That must have been on purpose!

[Whoey]

yes, we added some variants of the smurf pills so that spammers don't get any keyword points, also we get to make fun of them... typical that the variant would trigger in other words...

[pfrsantos]

The number of people who can borrow my knives is about the same as the number of people who can borrow my toothbrush. I tell people that and they shut up.

Careful. You might get someone to say: "Oh, good idea. Lend me your knife and your tooth brush!"

 

[MacGyver]

I've had people get their feelings hurt when they ask to borrow my knife and I ask them what they need to cut with it. The assumption being that I don't trust them to not damage my knife.
Well yes, there's that. But there's also the fact that I don't know which blade to hand them until I know what they need to cut.
The fact they they apparently think a knife is a knife is a knife, reinforces the first point. 

So very true... 
 
In my experience, when you lent a sak to someone who is not a sak user, the very first tendency is for them to pull out the main blade no matter what they want to do, be it cutting"whatever", prying, scraping, poking, even screw driving... It drives me nuts 

They don't even investigate what other tools/implements the knife has, they just assume a blade can be used for anything, and some scratches, dings and chips done to it from that use is no big deal, "..it's just a knife..."

When i need something done with my sak's i know exactly which tool to pull out that will suit the job in hand, and avoid damaging the tool and the sak, unless its an actual emergency and some sacrifices must be made. Anything that is not a real emergency that's obviously going to damage my knife can wait till i get propper tools to work on it.

A while ago i was on my father in law's car and the car's cigarette lighter got stuck, he asked if i had my knife with me, instead of lending it to him, i just flipped the can opener and gently pry'd the lighter out. I new if I've given it to him for him to do it, he would had just pull out the main blade and pry'd with it... 

[ddogu]

Whenever I tell the person, whom I let use my knife, that the knife is sharp and he/she needs to be careful the first thing they do is run their thumb on the sharp edge of the knife! 

Even my nerdest frieds do that, unbelievable. And then they say "Oh this is sharp..."

But mostly I don't let others use my tools. They do not appreciate them or know their value or how to use them properly and thus damage or break the tools. Happened to me more than once. 

[dvd8n]

I have nice knives that I don't let people use but as far as I'm concerned my SAK and Leatherman are tools to be used and I'll lend them out.

I'll ask them what they want it for and show them how to get the appropriate tool out and use it, I'll tell them that the blades are sharp, to be careful of the slip joint, and if they look particularly incompetent I'll tell them not to cut towards themselves, then I'll let them get on with it.  I will keep an eye on them and intervene if they are doing something stupid but as far as I'm concerned people have to learn and it may create a new enthusiast.

And if the tool picks up a few blemishes that's fine too as long as it's not caused by misuse.

[ThePeacent]

I have learned that blade lending can be seen as a crime,
too many bad results and experiences, now again it's time,
to show you awl my mantra, my new "knife lending rhyme"
so here you have it, my learnings, my one fifth of a dime

To use my personal knife,
you'd have to be my wife

to have my multitool, being your neighbor,
you will have to show exemplary behavior 

most times they see you use a blade at work,
they will react badly and comment like a dork 

if you pull out and use your one handed knife in front of your mates,
they sometimes start to run agitated as if hell had opened its gates 

so if one day you are in great need of having something cut
and you ask for my own knife let me do it myself or shut up 

why fewer people carry today is not an enigma,
news, TV and society make us bear an stigma 

most people I know won't be let near my knives, it's not because I am mad
but just because many of them, stupidity drives, and will cut themselves bad 

so in the end I want my tool to be perfect when given back
if not you'll pay for damage, tools ain't free, what the f*ck?!

 

[DEMartin]

I have learned that blade lending can be seen as a crime,
too many bad results and experiences, now again it's time,
to show you awl my mantra, my new "knife lending rhyme"
so here you have it, my learnings, my one fifth of a dime

To use my personal knife,
you'd have to be my wife

to have my multitool, being your neighbor,
you will have to show exemplary behavior 

most times they see you use a blade at work,
they will react badly and comment like a dork 

if you pull out and use your one handed knife in front of your mates,
they sometimes start to run agitated as if hell had opened its gates 

so if one day you are in great need of having something cut
and you ask for my own knife let me do it myself or shut up 

why fewer people carry today is not an enigma,
news, TV and society make us bear an stigma 

most people I know won't be let near my knives, it's not because I am mad
but just because many of them, stupidity drives, and will cut themselves bad 

so in the end I want my tool to be perfect when given back
if not you'll pay for damage, tools ain't free, what the f*ck?!

 

[WECSOG]

I've had people get their feelings hurt when they ask to borrow my knife and I ask them what they need to cut with it. The assumption being that I don't trust them to not damage my knife.
Well yes, there's that. But there's also the fact that I don't know which blade to hand them until I know what they need to cut.
The fact they they apparently think a knife is a knife is a knife, reinforces the first point. 

So very true... 
 
In my experience, when you lent a sak to someone who is not a sak user, the very first tendency is for them to pull out the main blade no matter what they want to do, be it cutting"whatever", prying, scraping, poking, even screw driving... It drives me nuts 

They don't even investigate what other tools/implements the knife has, they just assume a blade can be used for anything, and some scratches, dings and chips done to it from that use is no big deal, "..it's just a knife..."

When i need something done with my sak's i know exactly which tool to pull out that will suit the job in hand, and avoid damaging the tool and the sak, unless its an actual emergency and some sacrifices must be made. Anything that is not a real emergency that's obviously going to damage my knife can wait till i get propper tools to work on it.

A while ago i was on my father in law's car and the car's cigarette lighter got stuck, he asked if i had my knife with me, instead of lending it to him, i just flipped the can opener and gently pry'd the lighter out. I new if I've given it to him for him to do it, he would had just pull out the main blade and pry'd with it...