How is a razorsharp kitchen knife safer than a duller one?
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A sharp knife will cut what you want it to cut without you having to use a lot of force. When you don’t have ot use a lot of force, you run less of a risk of cutting yourself instead of what you want to cut.
Dull knives usually require more pressure to cut something, and when you need to use more force you tend to brace yourself, the knive, or whatever you’re trying to cut to make the cutting easier. And emergency rooms are full of people who have done so, and when the blade finally cuts through whatever they’re trying to cut all of that extra force you’ve been applying is still there, resulting in a mostly outof control knife. People slice their hands, stab themselves, or somebody else all the time because they don’t take care of their knives. I’ve cut myself twice, and I know what I’m doing (most of the time *shrug*).
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