It’s Not As Dangerous As It Looks
I like to do woodturning and general carpentry as a hobby. I bought a pairing tool and had it delivered to my work. A pairing tool essentially looks like a machete but isn’t sharp.
You use a pointed end of the “blade” vertically to grind against the wood you’re turning — the angle of the point is what essentially removes the wood and allows you to “cut” (or pair) through the piece you’ve been working on.
This thing arrived, and I pulled it out of the packaging. I was playing with it, feeling the weight and spinning it between my fingers when a colleague noticed, and went white as a sheet.
From where they sat over at the other side of the room, and all they could see was a large knife-like thing being casually played with by a co-worker. I noticed and had to start explaining very quickly what it was and how it wasn’t dangerous. Story credit: Reddit / amulchinock