[EricH]

Originally Posted by sparksandtabs

Maybe it would be safer to get just dull tools...

Also not a good idea. Any Boy Scout above Second Class rank could back me up that one of the most important rules about knives is to keep them sharp, and I mean sharp! (For a pocketknife, sharp is defined as not being able to see light reflecting off the edge of the blade.) The reason: a sharp tool is less likely to slip and fly into x item (hand, robot, computer, eye...err...safety glasses, the person in the next pit, you name it) than the same tool with a dull blade. Even a dull tool can still cut you badly, and it might even do worse damage than a sharp one.