Why is it said that a dull knife is more dangerous than a sharp one?
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Why is it said that a dull knife is more dangerous than a sharp one?
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Because you have to use more force to cut something. When you use more force it is easier for the knife to slip.
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Most knives used by most people are used as tools not for fighting. Whether in the kitchen or for utility tasks elsewhere a dull knife is dangerous because it requires more force/pressure to perform a task. Exerting more force often results in less precision and having less control over the blade. It results in a greater likelihood that your hand or the blade will slip or when you finally cut through the intended material you will get over travel and unintentionally cut/stab yourself, someone standing or sitting in close proximity or something else. A nice, sharp edge will be more likely to glide/slice right through the intended material – at least more easily than a dull blade – with less force increasing control and decreasing the risk of accident. This is also partly dependent on the user’s experience and also that the user realizes the knife IS sharp and doesn’t require as much force to perform a cutting task.
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If the knife is dull you press on it harder to make it cut. If anything slips, you can cut yourself, badly. Better is to sharpen the knife, so it cuts easily with little pressure, and then if something slips you are much less likely to cut yourself.
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It’s very simple. You have to apply much more force to a dull knife to make it cut, raising the chances of it slipping. A good, sharp blade cuts well without so much effort behind it, meaning the chances of an accident are less.
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Literally speaking
A sharp knife is safe because you don’t need much force to cut things, you can cut exactly where you want and how you want with out compromising comfort and safety.
A dull knife on the other hand can slip easily, and you’ll may find yourself in sticky situations where you can’t cut the things you want to cut quickly and effectively.
Figuratively speaking
If you master your skills, you’ll extend your abilities, you’ll know what you can and what you can’t, thus make better decision
If you bring your unready skills on to the field, you’ll risk endanger yourself.
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It’s said because it’s true. A dull knife can easily slip off of an object rather than cut through it, but is still sharp enough to cut you. The same can be said of any tool that can’t perform the way it’s designed to.
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It takes more effort to cut and slice with a dull tool than with a sharp one,the tool doesn’t matter saw chisel or knife.
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The reason for the saying is that more pressure is used to cut and the greater force can inflict greater damage and a dull knife is not as respected as a sharp one.
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Good answers all the way around. Keep in mind that when you press a knife into something, it is storing and releasing kinetic energy. The less pressure you put on the knife, the less energy it will release when it cuts – including, if it happens to slip and cut into you! A sharper knife will store less energy and immediately dissipate the energy into the food or wood or whatever you are cutting.
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Because the wounds that can be inflected by a dull knife edge can cause more damage than necessary. A smooth clean cut to the fingers is far better than a jagged cut that can tear through the skin. This is why surgeons use ultra sharp knives in surgery.
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All the answers given above which explain why a dull knife is more dangerous than a sharp knife. In the context of a proverb though, it refers precisely to the counter-intuitive truth of this statement. It is used for things that are unexpectedly more dangerous for you. For instance, more people die of hippopotamus bites than airplane crashes.
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When I was in the Boy Scouts, this was a common phrase, particularly when you were working to get your Tote ‘n Chip (knife safety certification). The rationale was that a dull knife required you to force a cut, instead of letting the knife do the work. I’ve heard TV chefs say the same thing. It has always made sense to me. If I have to struggle to cut a length of rope or slice a breast of turkey, I am more likely to let the knife slip, causing an accidental injury.
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I think the indication is towards the appearence.
What appears less dangerous apparently can be more dangerous if not taken appropriate care.
Looks can be deceptive.
Just my 2 cents.
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Knives are tools for cutting things.
A sharp knife cuts things more cleanly with less force than a dull knife.
Less force means more control.
More control means less chance of you injuring yourself.
That’s why dull knives are dangerous – you have to use more force to cut things which means there is more of a chance of the knife slipping and hurting yourself, or damaging whatever it is you are working on.
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One evening I taught my seven-year-old son how to use a knife properly. The main part of the lesson was not to pull the blade of the knife toward your body but rather to push the cutting edge away from your body.
The next morning I hadn’t quite finished the project I was working on so I set to work on it before anyone got up. But the blade was no longer sharp and I had to struggle somewhat to make the cuts–which was much easier to do by pulling the blade towards myself. The dull blade slipped and the sharp point stabbed my leg.
I stuck a bandaid on it and hid my injury but months later the scar got noticed and I had to explain. Proof, I guess, that my lesson was the right one, incompetently acted on. (Meek grin.)
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There are several reasons that this is true. The first being that a dull knife is much harder to control. You are way more likely to slip with a dull knife because the edge doesn’t bite enough. The second being that much less force is required when using a sharp knife. Even though a sharp knife has the potential to cut deeper, the extra force required to cut with a dull knife will cause a much deeper wound if you slip. The third being that if you do get cut, a cut from a sharp knife is much cleaner and will heal faster thus is less likely to get infected.
If you know what you are doing and how to use a knife properly. A sharp knife is both safer and more useful.
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Because when you are trying to cut something with a dull knife, you naturally use more pressure, and that’s when slips and accidents happen.
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Sharp knives and dull knives damage in different ways and which is ultimately safer for you depends on a number of different factors. Sharp knives damage from poor knife handling skills, leading the knife to go not where the cook intended, leading to knicks and slices. The more inexperienced you are, the faster you are working and the less attention you are paying, the more likely this is to occur.
Dull knives injure when resistance suddenly gives way, leading to large pent up energies accelerating the knife into flesh, leading to deep cuts and gouges. This occurs, largely independent of the knife skills of the cook.
More importantly, knife injuries occur far more frequently when knife sharpness changes dramatically as established muscle pathways are no longer valid. You should take extra care when cutting with a newly sharpened knife as this is a very common source of kitchen injuries.
For cooks who do everything “by the book”, a sharp knife is dramatically safer than a dull knife. For cooks familiar with cutting with sharp knives, sharp knives are also safer as the muscle pathways have been established. Cooks who are only used to dull knives will frequently injure or nearly injure themselves early on when handling sharp knives but, subsequently, with good technique, sharp knives will be safe.
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Because they slip on the workpiece, skiit sideways, and then if they hit you, you will get injured.
A sharp blade on the other hand will take an immediate purchase on the workpiece and not slip.
Also, a sharp blade will cut you cleanly, which will heal more easily, whereas a blunt blade will tend to rip and tear.
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