Can you get HEP C from a knife cut?

Very unlikely, and then only if there was viable hepatitis C virus on the knife. read more

Hepatitis C virus is fairly tough and can endure for hours or even days outside the body, especially if contained in dried blood. It is definitely theoretically possible if the knife you cut yourself with previously cut someone with the virus. Long term studies show transmission within families are rare, even from husband to wife. read more

I know it's a blood borne disease, so I just thought it would be the same principe as getting cut with someone else's razor that they might have gotten cut with and bled on, which is a transmission route. read more

In the scenario you described, someone infected with Hepatitis C would have had to have bled on the same knife right where you cut yourself. And that would have had to have taken place before the virus died on the knife. read more