bucklite, blade too hard?

[ron46012]

I was at a local sporting goods store and picked up a bucklite 426,
the second time I used it to score some plexiglass to snap, the tip of the blade breaks off. Whats up with this? Was the blade to hard and got brittle or was what I using it for a no-no?

 

[Dan Brewer]

Don't know. I had an old one that the tip broke on - but I was using it to open a soup can at the time. I think it's a good hunting knife but the tip is too delicate for utility work. I like the alpha hunter better.

 

[Joe Houser]

The 426 has the same blade as the 110. The blade was designed, in part, with caping in mind. It does get used for a lot of other things though and some of those uses, like opening soup cans, could damage the blade. If you send it in to Buck, we could re-tip it for you.
Take care,

 

[tom mayo]

Well, I guess its too late to tell you to use a can opener.

Hardened knife steel blades cant bend very far, especially the thin tip, and a LOT of knives get damaged being used for screw drivers, can openers, bottle openers, etc, etc

They were designed to CUT and lateral force is to be kept at a minimum

 

[thombrogan]

They were designed to CUT and lateral force is to be kept at a minimum

So you're hinting that you didn't design the Buck version of the TNT to pry Mack truck tires off of their rims or perform tip-first jabs into cinderblocks to pulverize them?

 

[tom mayo]

no, thats what the BUCK STRIDER'S are for!!!!

 

[Joe Houser]

I thought the Strider/Bucks were designed for filleting tanks although i have yet to catch one and try it for myself.