Breacher bar project

[Rupestris]

Some of you know I like to tinker with knives and what has the potential to be a knife. I haven't turned out my first real knife yet but I plan on doing so this winter while I'm trapped indoors.

Getting on with it...

A friend/coworker/fellow BF member was, to say the least, smitten with the Breacher bar from CountyComm. While messing around in the shop we noticed that we had a couple extra spanner wrenches in the tool box that were about the size needed to make our own breachers.

They had two studs welded in 'em at one end that were easily punched out and cleaned up. I brought them home and went at it with the belt grinder. They aren't as hard as I'd like them to be but proved rigid enough to use as prybars. Almost pulled the bench over while trying to bend one in a vise.

They measure 3/16" thick and 1 1/8" X 7 3/4".

Both are chisel ground. I did one left-handed for myself and one right for him (Ron).

I tried battoning one through a piece of scrap wood and it passed with flying colors.

Ron spent some time in the Atlanta area years ago and became a Bulldog fan. Because of that, I wrapped these in Red and dubbed them the Bulldog Breachers .

Haven't a clue what we'll use 'em for but they were fun to make none the less.

Thanks for looking,

Chris

 

[kgd]

Thats pretty cool Rup! The fact that you can baton with them is neat also.

 

[TheGame]

Those are pretty neat. Albeit, with an edge that looks like that you better not just set them anywhere

 

[Joben]

Those look like some great tools you made there. I like em!

Batoning with a breacher bar sounds like a great idea.
They are designed to be tough and to be pounded on, even at the expense of edge retention, because they arn't expected to be blades per say...hmmm

ok now i REALLY need to put on on my next countycomm order. :-/

 

[EMT_Lee]

They look like handy rescue tools. The red would go over great with the firefighter crowd. I'd want green for mine.

 

[Shotgun]

That's pretty cool. How do you go about using it?

 

[Mistwalker]

I can see that as a useful addition to a kit. I like sharpened pry bars...so I've been told anyway.

 

[DutchV]

That's pretty cool. How do you go about using it?

You use it like a prybar without a hook. Jam it in, and twist or lever. Can also be used with a hammer as a chisel or a chopper, or the butt can be used as a hammer. CountyComm has them for fifteen bucks if you don't want to make your own.