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Posted by Phil Scott on April 24, 2006, 4:42 pm
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Phil Scott
Ideas are bullet proof.
> DarthClown@yahoo.com wrote:
>> I teach Technical Theatre and Set Construction. I always
>> tell my
>> students that the Stanley Knife is the most dangerous tool
>> in the shop.
>> The danger of the tool is inversely porportonial to the
>> amount of noise
>> it makes. I have seen a few horrific injuries with a table
>> saw or a
>> radial arm, but I have seen more injuries with a stanley
>> knife than any
>> other tool.
>
> Interesting theory. I've always heard you have to watch out
> for the
> quiet ones, but I assumed they were talking about people!
>
> My utility knife did a nifty self-filet on my left thumb
> around 3 AM
> one morning as I was trying to finish some work that was
> going to be
> photographed the next day. I just squeezed the cut shut,
> taped it up
> and kept working. It healed just fine...although there is a
> little
> less sensitivity in one area, so I know I got a nerve. Or
> the time
> the hook blade slipped while cutting carpet, went through my
> shoe and
> got my toe. Or the time... You get the idea.
>
> R
That stanley jobbie is dangerous for sure... the handle might
be one of the problems. I just got Husky's folding utility
knife at home depot, thin, good looking, with a belt clip and
a heavily grooved surface near the blade .. it doesnt store
blades though. Blade changing is by two levers, one to unlock
and the other to expose the blade, you just drop another one
in.
not bad..but not as slick as the one you got with the magzine
and slide out gismo.
This knife is small and safe enough folded with the belt clip
that you are more likely to have it with you when you need
one.
I carry a range of leatherman knives also, the bigger ones and
the one with a small vice grip plier built into it. Useful
for grabbing small nuts and bolts etc... I use those many
times a day, but not for the same things a utility knife is
good for.
Phil Scott
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