Cold steel tokyo spike. Does throwing it completly ruin the knife?

C

Coldsteelcollector

Joined
Oct 30, 2014
Messages
8
Hi, i have a cold steel tokyo spike, the new generation, i got it a few weeks ago and i absolutley LOVE it, the thing is, last weekend my friend, who isnt a knife guy asked if he could see it, thinking nothing of it i lent it to him and went inside for a while, to my horror when i came out he was throwing it into a damn tree, and it didn't hit embed in the tree every time, just bounced off it… I kept my cool and didnt flip out on him because he didnt realize every knife isnt meant for throwing, upon inspection the tokyo spike seems fine, the handles are not cracked, loose or scuffed, the blade tip is still in tact, still has the point and isnt bent, the blade is not bent at all or have any cracks or chips, but now every time i carry it i feel its going to snap at the hilt from the gross abuse it took… Is it possible for a knife to have structural damage if it looks fine? If the knife looks fine and has nothing wrong with it should it be fine? Thankyou.. Any input would be greatly apreciated.. http://imgur.com/Scptjwx
 
It's all in your head isn't it? You think because the guy abused it now it just couldn't be OK even though it shows no damage. Stop lending people your prized knives and not knowing what they're gonna do. Other than that calm down, it's a 20 dollar knife. Plus, go to Cold Steel's site and you'll see a video of it being thrown and stabbed into wood. If that doesn't ease your mind buy another one.
 
Last edited:
Well, sounds like you've answered your own question to me. Most damage that would occur to a
knife from throwing would be visable. Also, this knife in particular is one solid piece of steel, and
less than 3 ozs. It should be very tough and would have to be thrown very hard to do any
structural damage. My guess: it's probably just fine. If you're still worried about it, carry a
back-up for a while. And worst case, they're not expensive to replace.
But still, if it looks fine upon inspection, IMO, you're probably worried over nothing.
 
It's weird to me when I read about people lending their knives to "friends" and then they unexpectedly see their "friend" disrespecting their property. If I had someone who was a friend that did something like that, they wouldn't be my friend anymore. You don't just ask to borrow a friends knife and then beat the shit out of it. Or anything for that matter; car, gun, tools etc. Just doesn't make sense to me. If a "friend" can't respect another friends belongings, or at least ask before doing something like that , then they don't really seem to be a good friend at all to me. Just my opinion....
 
Ol' Will Shakespeare said it best: "Neither a borrower nor a lender be."
 
I've had a lot of friends ask me to borrow my, motorcycle, knives, guns, bicycle and even my dogs! (yes dog they want to take my dog hunting!) I never lend them anything, because if something happens I'd feel it was my fault for lending them things that matter to me. And I don't feel they'd replace any of it so just say no and if they don't like it too bad. Oh yeah and my favorite, "Can I use your truck to haul a load of gravel, rusty nails, creek rock etc.?"
 
1: if you can't tell the knife is damaged, it's not damaged.

2: don't lend things out that you are unable/unwilling/whatever to replace. nobody is going to respect your property like you want it respected. Now, I wouldn't worry about a $20 knife like I'd worry about a $200 knife.....the cost of replacement is much less. I won't lend anyone my core blades, for any reason though. I do however, have blades that I'll let people use, but they aren't the ones I'd miss/use/etc.
 
The "structural damage" should happen to silly friends who throw other folk's knives at trees. Of course, I did this when I was a kid, but NOT with other guy's blades. That should/would upset you a bit.
Maybe the guy learned something...

p.s. Don't lend him your car.
 
Converge said:
It's weird to me when I read about people lending their knives to "friends" and then they unexpectedly see their "friend" disrespecting their property. If I had someone who was a friend that did something like that, they wouldn't be my friend anymore. You don't just ask to borrow a friends knife and then beat the shit out of it. Or anything for that matter; car, gun, tools etc. Just doesn't make sense to me. If a "friend" can't respect another friends belongings, or at least ask before doing something like that , then they don't really seem to be a good friend at all to me. Just my opinion....
Click to expand...

It's different when you're a teenager with friends, especially when they come to your house. Been there, done that. :D

A Jethro Tull song says it well, "all kinds of animals come in here, occasional demons too". :D
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top