The following isn't directed at the OP. I don't know him, or what exactly he did with the knife.
A couple things I've learned in my life are-
1. Never underestimate a persons ability to break something. Even something that's supposed to be unbreakable.
2. Never expect a person to fess up and take responsibility when they break something as a result of abuse, misuse, or just downright stupidity.
I'd wager that most people who break knives through abuse, misuse, or stupidity would not admit to it, and instead say "I was just using it normally. I just cut a piece of string and it broke. What a crappy knife. What a crappy company. I want my money back!"
Some people are just downright allergic to the idea of taking personal responsibility, and will always blame everyone, and everything else. Especially if they're trying to get a refund.
Now maybe this part applies to the OP, or maybe not.
First, we will NEVER know exactly what happened with that knife. But I do know that people will sometimes take extreme, sometimes unwise, and sometimes unintentionally destructive measures to try and "fix" a knife. Often inspired by stuff they read on the internet, or see in a Youtube video.
When I look at the OP's knife and ask myself how a folder might get broken in such a way, I can reasonably imagine three scenarios in which an unwise, or ill-advised person might attempt an extreme fix-
1. The knife doesn't open smoothly, pivot binding, too tight, so they wrap the open blade in a paper towel, secure the blade in a vise, and start yanking back and forth on the handle. Annnnd SNAP!
2. The blade is bent or warped, and in an effort to straighten it, they wrap the open blade in a paper towel, secure it in a vise, and start pulling laterally on the handle. Annnnd SNAP!
3. The blade isn't centered between the liners, maybe rubbing on a liner, so they secure the blade in a vise, and start laterally yanking on the handle. Annnnd you guessed it...SNAP!
Now can anyone honestly say that no one would ever attempt such ill-advised "fixes"?
But again, we'll never know what exactly happened in this instance.
Not taking any of this seriously. Just killing time on the internet
.
A couple things I've learned in my life are-
1. Never underestimate a persons ability to break something. Even something that's supposed to be unbreakable.
2. Never expect a person to fess up and take responsibility when they break something as a result of abuse, misuse, or just downright stupidity.
I'd wager that most people who break knives through abuse, misuse, or stupidity would not admit to it, and instead say "I was just using it normally. I just cut a piece of string and it broke. What a crappy knife. What a crappy company. I want my money back!"
Some people are just downright allergic to the idea of taking personal responsibility, and will always blame everyone, and everything else. Especially if they're trying to get a refund.
Now maybe this part applies to the OP, or maybe not.
First, we will NEVER know exactly what happened with that knife. But I do know that people will sometimes take extreme, sometimes unwise, and sometimes unintentionally destructive measures to try and "fix" a knife. Often inspired by stuff they read on the internet, or see in a Youtube video.
When I look at the OP's knife and ask myself how a folder might get broken in such a way, I can reasonably imagine three scenarios in which an unwise, or ill-advised person might attempt an extreme fix-
1. The knife doesn't open smoothly, pivot binding, too tight, so they wrap the open blade in a paper towel, secure the blade in a vise, and start yanking back and forth on the handle. Annnnd SNAP!
2. The blade is bent or warped, and in an effort to straighten it, they wrap the open blade in a paper towel, secure it in a vise, and start pulling laterally on the handle. Annnnd SNAP!
3. The blade isn't centered between the liners, maybe rubbing on a liner, so they secure the blade in a vise, and start laterally yanking on the handle. Annnnd you guessed it...SNAP!
Now can anyone honestly say that no one would ever attempt such ill-advised "fixes"?
But again, we'll never know what exactly happened in this instance.
Not taking any of this seriously. Just killing time on the internet
.
