broke my izula :(

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Personally, I don't care to glorify broken knives. It's not some rite of passge to break an ESEE knife. In the end, broken knives almost always result from someone using a knife foolishly, and I see no badge of merit from that.
 
R.A.T. said:
Personally, I don't care to glorify broken knives. It's not some rite of passge to break an ESEE knife. In the end, broken knives almost always result from someone using a knife foolishly, and I see no badge of merit from that.
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+1 to this.

I don't understand why there is so much talking about it. All tools can be broken.
 
I just never understood the whole "using a knife as a pry tool" thing. :confused:

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R.A.T. said:
Personally, I don't care to glorify broken knives. It's not some rite of passge to break an ESEE knife. In the end, broken knives almost always result from someone using a knife foolishly, and I see no badge of merit from that.
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very true. its always sad to see. but it does happen.

user abuse is most prominent.
sometimes it is just a bad heat treat on a blade, though i've never heard of this on an ESEE knife. when you buy a production knife it can happen, sometimes it even happens with some custom knives.

the reason i like seeing the broken blades is to pay my respect. to me its like losing a loved one.

KuRUpTD said:
I just never understood the whole "using a knife as a pry tool" thing. :confused:

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thats what the Becker Tac-tool is for.:thumbup:
 
R.A.T. said:
Personally, I don't care to glorify broken knives. It's not some rite of passge to break an ESEE knife. In the end, broken knives almost always result from someone using a knife foolishly, and I see no badge of merit from that.
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I don't think any one us glorifying a broken knife, I think it's more of a shock and awe type thing and you should be proud to be responsible for such an amazing product . People just want to see the pics because it's hard to believe one could be broken !!!! :D
 
shunsui said:
A good little exercise is to make an "ooopsie" directory on your hard drive and save all the pictures you see of broken knives there. Here's mine, haven't been at it long. Everything breaks (or chips), note the gransfors bruks axe listed.

Filename
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BarkRiver Chipped Golok close up.JPG
BarkRiver Chipped Golok.JPG
Busse BOSSJackVs50BMG.jpg
Busse BOSSJackVs50BMG2.jpg
Busse brokenboss.jpg
Busse brokenboss2.jpg
Busse BWM 001.jpg
Busse NMSFNO ooopsie 01.jpg
Busse NMSFNO ooopsie 02.jpg
Cold Steel bustedrecon720qb1.jpg
Cold Steel ooopsie.jpg
CRK knifetests CRK Project 10003.jpg
CRK knifetests CRK Project 10004.jpg
CRK knifetests dbe322eb68d0448d.jpg
CRK knifetests IMG_4497.jpg
CRK knifetests IMG_4503.jpg
CRK knifetests IMG_4507.jpg
ESEE izula 01.jpg
ESEE izula 02.jpg
gransfors bruks frozen wood 01.jpg
Kabar 1169113329-zlomen___kabar.JPG
Kabar 1169113340-detail_zlomu.JPG
Kabar nextgen oopsie 01.jpg
Kabar nextgen oopsie 02.jpg
Kabar nextgen oopsie 03.jpg
Ontario RAT D2 RAT 7 ooopsie.jpg
Ontario RAT RTAK ooopsie 01.jpg
Ontario RAT RTAK ooopsie 02.jpg
Shattered BK9 01.jpg
Shattered BK9 02.jpg
Shattered BK9 03.jpg
Shattered BK9 04.jpg
Shattered BK9 05.jpg
Shattered BK9 06.jpg
spyderco bushcrafter ooopsy 01.jpg
spyderco bushcrafter ooopsy 02.jpg
spyderco bushcrafter ooopsy 03.jpg
spyderco bushcrafter ooopsy 04.jpg
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Man. I wanna see all those too!
 
The problem I see with is is it leads others to think it's "cool" to break a knife, thus making it acceptable to abuse a warranty. Like I said, I see no reason for it, but then again I never did care for the movie Jackass when the guy does stupid stuff and films himself doing it.
 
softrockrenegade said:
People just want to see the pics because it's hard to believe one could be broken !!!! :D
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No hard for me to believe at all. Anything can be broken with enough force. Our knives are no different than anyone else's.
 
Sean_mohsen said:
i should have just grabbed a damn prybar
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Yes....yes, you should have.

Can I ask an honest question and get an honest answer? When you pulled it out did you think "I shouldn't do this.....but if I break it, they'll warranty it." Knives aren't prybars or screwdrivers.
 
The right tool for the right job, tools used within their limits will last a life time.

I have so many specialty tools from my Old Man and that I've acquired over the years it's very easy to use a screw driver as a drift pin, a hammer as a door wedge, a piece of pipe to add leverage to a ratchet instead of using a larger drive.

The point is I want my tools, (knives included), which I've had for over 40 years and most have some sort of sentimental attachment to be around in the future, they are my favorites and I want to have them to pass on.

Any well made hand tool used properly, will most likely out last the original owner, ESEE knives are quality, albeit hard use tools that if used properly will out live the user.

Sh*t happens, that's why there are Warranties but there is no glory in using a tool till you can break it, (I'm not insinuating that the OP was tryin' to break it) but we all in a moment of laziness will use a tool in hand for a job at hand and that's why tools usually break.

JMHO :)
 
R.A.T. said:
Personally, I don't care to glorify broken knives. It's not some rite of passge to break an ESEE knife. In the end, broken knives almost always result from someone using a knife foolishly, and I see no badge of merit from that.
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But the question they all have in mind is, will you still honor the "no questions asked" warranty, even tho you know the knife was used in a manner it wasn't meant for?
My guess is, yes you will...this time......but how long will you go on honoring such foolishness?
 
R.A.T. said:
Our knives are no different than anyone else's.
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i hate to disagree but your knives are a lot different than almost everyone else's. grant they can break. but those that do are few and far between. in my experience an ESEE is very comparable to a custom knife of 3 & 4 times the cost.:thumbup:


but i don't have to tell you that.
that's why they have such a following.


and the fact that the OP believed his little izula would open a crate, proves just how much faith us owner have in YOUR knives.
 
rayban said:
But the question they all have in mind is, will you still honor the "no questions asked" warranty, even tho you know the knife was used in a manner it wasn't meant for?
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I think thats a dead horse issue here. Its been done, and its been proven what the result of abuse will be. It isn't the perfect scenario, but the clowns, fools, jesters, and hoodlums, are far outnumbered by normal decent people.
 
I would never use my blade as a pry bar,unless it was a life or death situation.to me it is plain foolishness.
 
To correct my prior post,I did pry with a folder once,about 25 years ago.I was unloading a shrimp boat,in Astoria Oregon,and was using the knife to pry out a bin board.I promptly busted the tip off my Buck 110.So,I have done it.Would I do it again,no.
 
R.A.T. said:
The problem I see with is is it leads others to think it's "cool" to break a knife, thus making it acceptable to abuse a warranty. Like I said, I see no reason for it, but then again I never did care for the movie Jackass when the guy does stupid stuff and films himself doing it.
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im with you. i try my hardest to NOT use the wrong tool for any job. but sometimes s**t happens.
 
what thread about a broken product makes you say I want one ....that's exactly what this one did for me..so I bought my first ESEE yesterday with no worries over warranty, yay
 
To me seeing broken things isn't about warranty or pushing the limits of a manufacturer. It's about getting rid of the hype. Everything can break.
Hell I managed to break a base for the groundsupport that's used on concerts. How? Told the driver of a forklift to use a certain way because all others were blocked and he misjudged a tree so he went more towards the stage and ran over it. How it turned to being only my fault I have no idea, but it still did happen. That was my first gig. And my boss actually thanked me for it because now he had a right to ask for lower prices since the "nothing can even scratch the paint" didn't really prove to be true. Well actually the pain wasn't even scratched but when you have sth that is carrying 8 tons on it twist 120°, the paint couldn't have been an issue in the first place.

My point is things do happen and stuff breaks. Here it was a problem with the usage of the tool. At times it a problem with the tool itself. Personally I know that one company won't get my money anymore because their knife broke under normal use - cutting.
 
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