chipped the blade on BM710 M2 carving a pumpkin?

chickenfried

chickenfried

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I used it to attack a pumpkin yesterday and chipped the blade :confused: . I just sharpened the day before, would've noticed a chip. Just think it's odd since I've done plenty of rougher chores without a chip. Oh well at least it's a small chip and I had a lot of fun using it on the pumpkin.
 
I would wager that your blade was chipped prior to sticking it in the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Hehe.

Seriously, I have sculpted a few jack-o-lanterns with a 800M2HSS and there's been no noticeable defects other than some orangish slime.
 
Perhaps a grain of sand or somesuch other debris caused the chip, not the pumpkin's flesh itself?
 
Boy, I wouldn't want to meet that pumpkin in a dark alley! That must be one tough pumpkin. I wonder if it was The Great Pumpkin that Linus was always waiting for.... Did you find it rising out of the most sincere pumpkin patch in the world with a big bag of toys?
 
Possible that you twisted the knife a bit while carving? I've only carved a pumpkin once, and I found it very hard to manuever the pocket knife I had to make curves that I wanted, so I was doing a bit of twisting and prying making the cuts.
 
BuckyKatt said:
Perhaps a grain of sand or somesuch other debris caused the chip, not the pumpkin's flesh itself?
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That would be my first guess too. Very much like the difference between chopping a fresh branch you just cut off a tree vs. one that's been on the ground for even just a few days.
 
Only the toughest and most grizzled pumpkins make it to my carving line. The wussy ones never make it into the cart.
Cougar Allen said:
Boy, I wouldn't want to meet that pumpkin in a dark alley! That must be one tough pumpkin. I wonder if it was The Great Pumpkin that Linus was always waiting for.... Did you find it rising out of the most sincere pumpkin patch in the world with a big bag of toys?
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The S30V blade of my Walmart bought Spyderco Native developed small but numerous chips during use that I would have though it could easily withstand. I haven't used the knife much since because the edge is not so sharp anymore. It's going to take me a good bit of sharpening work to get those out. On the otherhand the S30V blade of my BladeTech Hunter has held up well, although I'm easy on knives. This chipping of the harder, newer high-tech stainless steel concerns me. Because of this I'm going considered a lower edge holding grade of steel for my next folder purchase. Something less prone to chipping. Although I don't know what that (steel) is yet.
 
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