The one thing my dad told me about knives that stuck later

[Collins]

He always said a knife is a tool, not a toy. At the time it sounded obvious. Years later I watched someone try to pry a tent stake out of the ground with an expensive folder and it finally clicked. The right tool matters more than the price of the wrong one.

 

[Blobbie1]

Yeah the price tag never matters when the tool is being used outside its actual purpose.

 

[Alan]

Knives teach that respect for the tool matters more than how impressive it looks in the pocket.

 

[softshooter]

He always said a knife is a tool, not a toy. At the time it sounded obvious. Years later I watched someone try to pry a tent stake out of the ground with an expensive folder and it finally clicked. The right tool matters more than the price of the wrong one.

Your dad basically taught “right tool, right job” before it became expensive life experience.

 

[Rich Dad]

That lesson usually sinks in after you watch someone totally mess up a perfectly good tool. I bent a tip once doing something incredibly dumb and that's stuck with me ever since.