Accidental Spine Whack--Share Your Anecdotes

[Bryan J]

That sounds like it could have been bad, hope your brother was okay after, nothing serious.

After he went under I was almost certain he had suffered a pretty devastating injury. But really it was just a nice a nice gash and bruise. Kids are pretty tough.

 

[jpm2]

I have a linerlock that's been accidently edge, tip, side, butt, and spine bumped dozens of times over the years with no failure.
It happens in less than ideal conditions.

 

[caldwelr]

I wasn't being very smart, but... Carved my initials into a tree with a certain high quality liner lock... The blade folded and cut me to the bone. Caused significant nerve damage which took about a year to heal. This knife failed the spine tap test, but had absolutely no blade play and was built well. Other times, I have used the spine of the blade to rap a fish between the eyes to kill it. And yet other times, I have been dressing an animal and put negative pressure on the blade when maneuvering the knife in the chest cavity. I always make sure they can withstand spine pressure now. I love the axis lock.

 

[Sosa]

Cutting things like thick rubber hose and carving trees can put pressure on the lock when the bade is retracted. the CRK TI lock will disengage itself while still cutting.