I no longer loan knives or fountain pens.
-Andy
-Andy
I wouldn't trade off a Para 2!! The damage isn't that bad and Jim is dedicated knife-nut who will make it good as new. Or maybe you could join some Kitchen Knife Fora and learn to do it yourself?
followed by: "Where's yours?".
This is how I do business too."What are you going to do with it?". (Occasionally followed by: "Where's yours?").
String? More like aircraft cable.
Just for this exact reason, it was cheaper and more peace of mind to buy a coworker an inexpensive slipjoint. I'm still working on sharpening out a chip on my skyline from several years ago by this guy. The coworker is long gone, but last time I saw him he still had his knife. Just a flea market slipjoint is all I bought. Cleaned it up, tightened the joint, sharpened it once and showed him how to sharpen it on the bottom of a coffee cup.
Might be worth it to buy a few cheapies to hand out.
-Xander
I carry a leatherman and a pocket knife, the leatherman gets loaned out and the knife doesn't, I've actually had to have the leatherman replaced due to a broken pliers jaw! Thankfully leatherman has a no questions lifetime warranty
On an aside, I've never heard of sharpening a blade on the bottom side of a coffee mug, is that done the same way one would with a small pocket stone?
Hope the edge repair goes well! I too stopped loaning out my good knives, not only for the occasional damaged blades, but had more than one injured as well because they didn't pay attention to my warning that it's no kidding sharp. It seems like the majority of people have never used a properly sharpened knife before.
It is sad to see people not respecting others property. Something taught at home.
I stopped using my Zippos since people would ask to use them, and then play with them (or flip the cover back and forth). Specially attempting the "light on my jeans" trick. Usually they would do it the wrong way, and wear out the striker. One of the most difficult parts to replace in a Zippo, and renders it useless, since the spark has insufficient charge when struck.
For the record, Zippo will repair them for free.