Stanley knive and craft type knives

[maddfridge]

hi everyone

A company who i have done work for in the past and the company i now have Banned all forms of stanley knives following a nasty incident with a very bad cut to an operatives leg.

he has recovered ok

i know that ck do an electriicans knife and you can swa ringing type tools but what have any of your gents out there done to overcome stripping swa cable without having to spend 70 plus quid on a ringing tools you may only use once a year in our case for example?

cheers
maddfridge

 

[Engineer54]

What about one of them there knipex stripping knives.....

KNIPEX|9855|KNIFE, CABLE SHEATH | Farnell United Kingdom

Very handy cable sheath knifes, ....But where do they get those prices from for god's sake ?? 25 and 30 quid is a joke. What are they made of with, ...titanium??

 

[telectrix]

well, on the subjecyt of the olympics:

hammer throw is now the wet sponge throw.

javelin is now the feather duster throw.

discus is now frisbee.

hurdles is now step aerobics.

show jumping is now walking the horse.

any more?

 

[mogga]

Very handy cable sheath knifes, ....But where do they get those prices from for god's sake ?? 25 and 30 quid is a joke. What are they made of with, ...titanium??

company I worked for got us all this type for around a tenner ( they paid ) shop arround

 

[Engineer54]

Bacho do one that retracts when your not holding it as for the "Stupidity" of HnS on site most of the HnS problems are due to probably 5% not using tools correctly resulting in said tools being banned Iv seen dry wallers with a shielded blade board cutter He said it was weird at first and took a bit of getting use to due to it cutting full way through board

the stupidest one iv heard is RIGGER boots being banned due to lack of ankle support ffs Im sure I could come up with at least 1 reason to "BANN" 90% of my tool kit on some "Possible" h n s infringement

Which is why you Never see a British H&S officer on any overseas projects. They were long ago deemed ''Trouble'' with a capital T. Most projects these days, have saftey officers from Aussie, NZ, even the States, ....Anywhere in fact but the UK!!! ..lol!!

In fact i can't remember knowing any on site, since the MTRC in HK, back in the 80's. Even there they were nothing but trouble, the next phase on that project employed Aussie saftey officers....

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Bacho do one that retracts when your not holding it as for the "Stupidity" of HnS on site most of the HnS problems are due to probably 5% not using tools correctly resulting in said tools being banned Iv seen dry wallers with a shielded blade board cutter He said it was weird at first and took a bit of getting use to due to it cutting full way through board

the stupidest one iv heard is RIGGER boots being banned due to lack of ankle support ffs Im sure I could come up with at least 1 reason to "BANN" 90% of my tool kit on some "Possible" h n s infringement

Yes they were banned on the Olympic site as I recall.

 

[Knobhead]

I’ve used a Tyzak knife for 20 years. OK you have to screw the blade in and out, but it never slips, unlike Stanley knives. If I want just 2mm of blade to strip the inner serving then that’s what I set it as.
Nothing would part me from it.

 

[DNS1]

I had an accident in my van recently, so I'm afraid vans are now banned people... You'll all have to push your kit around in a wheelbarrow...

What a load of absolute nonsense! Ban knives?! Does this apply to the cutlery for your packed lunch too?

On one of the forums I use, someone recently said that hop-ups had been banned on their site as someone had fallen off one...

 

[DNS1]

Oh, and I recently stabbed myself with the probe on my Megger, so they're now banned too...

As well as tea, following that nasty incident with the cracked mug...

 

[sim22]

Caused more harm to myself with screwdrivers than knives so does that mean srewdrivers should be banned ?

 

[Guest123]

Some other options here.....

Insulated Cutting Tools, Insulated Saws and Insulated Knives | ITL Insulated Tools LLC

 

[maddfridge]

well, on the subjecyt of the olympics:

hammer throw is now the wet sponge throw.

javelin is now the feather duster throw.

discus is now frisbee.

hurdles is now step aerobics.

show jumping is now walking the horse.

any more?

absolutley bl**dy brilliant love that reply

H & Safety is common sense half the time but when you have to fill in paper work half the time which anything does happen companies chuck it back at you your fault !

they are so afraid of being sued these days and thats what drives health and safety
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[maddfridge]

hi amp david

Apparently not as much they do not shatter like a stanley blade can ?

have been an ordered a ck electricians knife from screwfix abouut 11 quid or so

cheer
mf

 

[Geordie Spark]

It'll be the humble hammer next , maybe if we put a bit of foam around it......... Those pad saws look a bit ify to me too.

............ and as for Hole Saws, let's not even go there !!!

(Sorry Durham) :6:

 

[Geordie Spark]

Old rule with knives: ALWAYS WORK AWAY FROM YOURSELF AND OTHERS and dont let others distract you whilst working. should be about it really. This "industry" that is health and safety is weighing down on the shoulders of real industrys like ours and i think its getting to the point where we cant do our jobs without some sniveling little busy body jumping put from the bushes and reporting you for a breach of some stupid rule they`v invented..............

In the Geordie shipyards it was always "Cut away from yourself & towards your mate!!" (as told to me by the 3 ex-shipyard blokes who worked for me)

 

[Electro-tech]

Could you not use a plumbers pipe cutting wheel to cut round the armoured....still have to strip the jacket of though with a knife .........

Kewtech Blade runner