What’s your favorite knife quote?

[captaincaed]

First person to use Crocodile Dundee loses.

"A falling knife has no handle."

Or from @IsoJ:

"I couldn't sell it with the Ryky label on it, so I sanded it off and sold it for $50 more."

 

[M1k3]

 

[Greasylake]

 

[Heckel7302]

Couldn’t think of any, so looked some up. Here are some choice ones:

“Remember, it is never the knife’s fault.” ~ Daniel Boulud

“There never was a good knife made of bad steel.” ~ Benjamin Franklin

“If I get 8 hours to cut a tree I’ll spend 7 hours to sharpen my knife.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“Talent is a dull knife that will cut nothing unless it is wielded with great force.” ~ Stephen King

“A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least.” ~ Katharine Hepburn​

And of course

“Nice Mazaki”

 

[SirCutAlot]

Hippocrates: What drugs will not cure, the knife will; what the knife will not cure, the cautery will; what the cautery will not cure must be considered incurable.

SirCutALot

 

[DamageInc]

"The knife cuts through the apple like a knife cutting an apple."

 

[Bico Doce]

I can’t remember who said this, why they said or what it even means but I’ll never forget it

“I don’t sharpen like the hardness of a sukenari”

 

[jedy617]

I can’t remember who said this, why they said or what it even means but I’ll never forget it

“I don’t sharpen like the hardness of a sukenari”

One for the ages.

Chris Reeve Knives slogan is "Think Twice, Cut Once". I like that one.

 

[ian]

“If I get 8 hours to cut a tree I’ll spend 7 hours to sharpen my knife.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

This seems misguided in multiple ways.

 

[Pie]

This is the gold standard.

 

[IsoJ]

First person to use Crocodile Dundee loses.

"A falling knife has no handle."

Or from @IsoJ:

"I couldn't sell it with the Ryky label on it, so I sanded it off and sold it for $50 more."

Father forgive me, I have done sin.




"You call that sharp"

 

[M1k3]

"Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me
I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed
She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb
In the shape of an "L" on her forehead"

 

[mengwong]

“If I get 8 hours to cut a tree I’ll spend 7 hours to sharpen my knife.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

2022 update:

If I get 8 hours to cut a tree, I’ll spend 7 hours to sharpen my knife.

If I get 7 hours to sharpen my knife, I’ll spend 6 hours flattening my stones.

If I get 6 hours to flatten my stones, I’ll spend 5 hours on KKF.

If I get 5 hours on KKF, I’ll spend $400 on this amazing new knife from an amazing maker wth an amazing steel with an amazing grind…

Wait, did you say something about a tree?

 

[M1k3]

2022 update:

If I get 8 hours to cut a tree, I’ll spend 7 hours to sharpen my knife.

If I get 7 hours to sharpen my knife, I’ll spend 6 hours flattening my stones.

If I get 6 hours to flatten my stones, I’ll spend 5 hours on KKF.

If I get 5 hours on KKF, I’ll spend $400 on this amazing new knife from an amazing maker wth an amazing steel with an amazing grind…

Wait, did you say something about a tree?

*Buys an axe or 5*

 

[Bear]

A mind with all logic is a knife with all blade. It bleeds the hand who uses it.

Rabindrnath Tagore

 

[Jovidah]

If I get 8 hours to cut down a tree I'll just spend an hour to buy a chainsaw, 5 minutes to cut down the tree, and use the rest of the time for something else...
If you're spending 7 hours to sharpen one tool I think it's also time to up your sharpening game and stop roleplaying Burrfection.

 

[mengwong]

I’m inclined to give Abe Lincoln the benefit of the doubt… he is a vampire hunter after all so he’s got skills.

 

[Boynutman]

Said the knife:
I’m Not Perfect (But I’m Perfect for You)

Grace Jones

 

[captaincaed]

 

[HumbleHomeCook]

"Fear no steel."

- Shawn Houston aka @Deadboxhero

 

[mushroom]

Science has no moral dimension. It is like a knife. If you give one to a surgeon and one to a murderer, each one uses it in his own way.
(Wernher von Braun)
Translation by me, therefore open for discussion.