Can your knife support your weight?

Personally I think you should design one of these:
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Then instead of using a knife to climb a wall after it had been destroyed by an IED, you could cut clean THROUGH it and make your own exit. And it should be good for at least 6 dogs, or 1 bear.
 
marcinek said:
I hope it was an extreme tactical survival mixed drink. :D

Yesterday I used the awl in my SAK to bore out the hole in a squeeze bottle of catsup ... stupid squeeze bottle. Never needed to stand on the thing though. Can't see why I would.
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That's easy. You need to stand on the ketchup bottle to expel the contents as fast as possible, before the zombie ninja dogs arrive to be dispatched with the can opener of your SAK. Make McGuyver proud!
 
It seems as though many people forget just how strong metal is. Even .100 thick blade will support the weight of most of BF members. Not sure where the misconceptions started but I find it idiotic that one would think you need a 1/4 thick blade to support a 200 lb person.
 
We now know that an Opinel will support a person's weight, but how many people can support this Opinel's weight? :D
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do you think the American trend of knives becoming thicker and thicker directly corresponds to the obesity epidemic?

Say your last tub of mayonnaise is on a high shelf out of your reach, yet you don't want to expend the precious energy it takes to walk twenty five feet out to the garage to get the step stool. Luckily, you never get off of your Rascal Mobilized Scooter without a 1/4" thick chunk of sharpened steel that you can use as an impromptu elevation device.

It also spreads mayo like a champ.
 
After hearing about the rusty spoon, I'm trying to find a way to make a rusty trombone joke, but just can't do it. I'll leave it at that.
 
Robert Carter said:
It seems as though many people forget just how strong metal is. Even .100 thick blade will support the weight of most of BF members. Not sure where the misconceptions started but I find it idiotic that one would think you need a 1/4 thick blade to support a 200 lb person.
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It's not about the the knife, it's about the poster.... I agree with you though, you don't need a thick knife to do hard use
 
Robert Carter said:
It seems as though many people forget just how strong metal is. Even .100 thick blade will support the weight of most of BF members. Not sure where the misconceptions started but I find it idiotic that one would think you need a 1/4 thick blade to support a 200 lb person.
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"Thickness" doesn't only come in knives, people also come in varying degrees of "thick".
 
a light saber might be good for a wall, 6 dogs and 1 bear, but if he really wants to go tactical he needs a Smatchet.
 
In SHTF the light saber can run out of batteries half-way through a dog. Then where will you be?
 
Just get yourself a good knife and whittle a logging chain and use the chain to pull yourself up whatever you need to climb. This way you will have your knife available for the zombies that are sneaky enough to attack while you would otherwise be using your weapon as a step stool.

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Or better yet just carve some wooden stakes. When you are done using them to climb, you can kill those damn vampires that are always lurking in the shadows.
 
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