I agree TrainWire,
The only good knife is a razor-sharp one.
The majority of knife accidents I've seen and heard about, are the result of people having a blunt knife.
It takes a lot more force to cut with a blunt (or incorrectly sharpened) knife, than it does with a sharp one, and the chances of the knife slipping while applying forces like that are a lot better.
I keep a diamond steel in my Faults truck and I sharpen my pocket knife (that is with me 24/7) and cable stripping knives if it seems like they might be getting blunt at all.
I learned from an early age how to care for and sharpen knives, worst thing you can do to it is put a feather edge on the leading edge of the blade.
Only honing the blade on a stone will remove a fault like that.
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[This message has been edited by Trumpy (edited 01-19-2007).]