KennyBoy
07-11-2002, 12:00 AM
I thought that I'd share this with you Spyderco fans cos you'd understand.
Well a few months ago I was preparing a meal in the kitchen and I was chopping some veggies with my lovely linen micarta handled Spyderco chefs knife. It's as sharp as a razor with its VG10 steel and there's a whole lot of blade there. Unfortunately I bumped it when I turned to wash my hands in the sink.
- Cut to Matrix style "bullet time" - I watched it fall off the counter tip first down onto my hard kitchen floor. I really didnt want the tip to be snapped off so I stuck my foot out to break its fall and hopefully cushion it and prevent any damage (to the knife!).
The spine of the blade hit the top of my foot as it arked down and it flipped forward and dropped gently to the floor.
Phew...no damage to the tip! As I bent down to pick up the knife I felt some pain in my toe. Looked down....hole in my sock. Uh oh.
Oh taking my sock off, I found that half the toe nail had been cut clean off including some of my toe - which decided to bleed!! Profusely.
I immediately called my wife to tell her and I found it rather funny....apart from the pain! Luckily I didnt have to be dragged to the A&E as I thought and after a few days of limping around, I was fine and after a few months, my toe healed.
And hey...my Spyderco Chef's knife is still in great shape!! <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>
Moral of the story....get a soft floor covering for your kitchen!
Edited by - KennyBoy on 7/11/2002 3:30:30 PM
Well a few months ago I was preparing a meal in the kitchen and I was chopping some veggies with my lovely linen micarta handled Spyderco chefs knife. It's as sharp as a razor with its VG10 steel and there's a whole lot of blade there. Unfortunately I bumped it when I turned to wash my hands in the sink.
- Cut to Matrix style "bullet time" - I watched it fall off the counter tip first down onto my hard kitchen floor. I really didnt want the tip to be snapped off so I stuck my foot out to break its fall and hopefully cushion it and prevent any damage (to the knife!).
The spine of the blade hit the top of my foot as it arked down and it flipped forward and dropped gently to the floor.
Phew...no damage to the tip! As I bent down to pick up the knife I felt some pain in my toe. Looked down....hole in my sock. Uh oh.
Oh taking my sock off, I found that half the toe nail had been cut clean off including some of my toe - which decided to bleed!! Profusely.
I immediately called my wife to tell her and I found it rather funny....apart from the pain! Luckily I didnt have to be dragged to the A&E as I thought and after a few days of limping around, I was fine and after a few months, my toe healed.
And hey...my Spyderco Chef's knife is still in great shape!! <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>
Moral of the story....get a soft floor covering for your kitchen!
Edited by - KennyBoy on 7/11/2002 3:30:30 PM