Could a BK2 pass the Miller Bros Blades strength test?

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I was watching the youtube videos that MBB have posted regarding their knives that are .25 stock in CPM-3V and Z Wear. They can clamp down the knife with 2" of the blade exposed and hang 1,005 lbs on the handle. Flexes a bit but does not take a bend. It's an awesome display that I know is probably completely useless when evaluating the real life usability of a knife. But it's so cool! :cool: Do you think the BK2 with it's 1095 could withstand this test? If not, at what weight would the 1095 snap do you think?
 
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I was watching the youtube videos that MBB have posted regarding their knives that are .25 stock in CPM-3V and Z Wear. They can clamp down the knife with 2" of the blade exposed and hang 1,005 lbs on the handle. Flexes a bit but does not take a bend. It's an awesome display that I know is probably completely useless when evaluating the real life usability of a knife. But it's so cool! :cool: Do you think the BK2 with it's 1095 could withstand this test? If not, at what weight would the 1095 snap do you think?
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I think the Bk2 has a soft tang. And cut outs. And hollow plastic handles. So, no. It would fail the second they hung the weight on it. Thats my geuss. I would not put my favorite knife up for the challenge either , I imagine it would snap instantly as well.
 
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I am sure the BK2 would fail a test like that. The MBB M-30 is similar in overall size to the BK2 and it is $400+.
I cannot see needing a knife that can support 1000 lbs. as the test shows. I figure if someone destroys a BK2, they were probably not be using it as a knife at the time.

For me, the 2,7,5 and 15 that I have are like my '91 Toyota pickup. Afordable, Well designed, made with good material and very reliable. My truck will do what it is designed to do, with a little basic matinenance, over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. If I had a crane put a 8000 lb load in the back of my truck, I am pretty sure that my truck would never be the same. It would FAIL, as I would be asking it to do something it is not meant for.
 
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the original BK2 were full tang, so my bets on those
 
as a bladesmith with 50 years experience these comments about how much "ABUSE" that a blade can take always make me laugh. that's why it is called abuse. at least most of you guys seem to get it. knives are tools and sometimes they
get abused to get the job done. but you cant blame the knife for either stupidity or abuse that people put it through. just as an aside........ I have tested a few of my blades to destruction over the years. I have actually been shocked at how
much they take. beckers are very tough.
 
What is the point of hanging so much weight on a knife ? What's the point of cutting mild steel plate with a knife ?
 
I used to be impressed with knife stress testing, my first exposure to that sort of thing was watching the Cold Steel videos. However, as time has progressed and I have become more familiar and experienced out of doors, so to speak, I have realized that it is so unlikely that I would ever be in a situation that would require me to subject my knife to such things...

Yes I want my knife to be tough, yes I want it to be a useful tool in the wilderness, but I want it to function first and foremost as a knife, and a knife does not need to support 1000 pounds.

Just an opinion, of course...
 
If it didn't have the skeletonized tang, it would weigh considerably more. It's already like hanging a bowling ball from your belt, so I like it as is.

Many makers use skeleton tangs without issue. I don't see why remotely realistic use would find a 0.25'' skeleton tang inadequate.

As for the 1000lb test... It's cute but almost meaningless. It's a knife, not a diving board.

All JMHO, of course.
 
Reflecting back on over sixty years of using knives screwing around in the woods on two continents, I must admit to having abused the crap out of many knives....... I have broken them during testing and I have broken a couple throwing them and I do not recall breaking any blade of reasonable quality during use (and abuse) in over a half a century....... with the exception of a couple that had obvious heat treat problems..... I can see a remote possibility of the need to use a stout blade as a step in an emergency..... If I did that to a blade made by anyone I would consider it my fault and not the makers.......I would also keep my mouth shut as there is too much speculation of my low intelligence as it is.......

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Torture-tests of knives should only include activities that one is (even remotely) likely to encounter. Ethan and Moose conducted such a series of tests with a BK-3 and a Dodge Omni (if I recall correctly) a few years ago. Not only a fun thread, but a highly useful one for people who either already did, or planned to carry a BK-3 in their vehicle in anticipation of having to either escape after a crash, or to help extricate someone who's trapped in a crashed vehicle.

Well, the BK-2 was also put through some varying degrees of useful torture tests back in 2011 by a Beckerhead named BRab. He not only tortured his BK-2 near to death, but he fixed all the damage he did to the edge while torturing it, and started over again in a new thread some weeks (or maybe months) later.

Part 1 here.

Part Deux here.

Anyone who's ever wondered "what torture can a BK-2 take and still be functional?" should review every word and picture that BRab posted in those two threads. "You can skin a heater or field-dress a lawn mower plus a whole lot more with a BK2" is the correct answer to that question.

Blues

ETA: I just checked and all the pics in Part 1 are gone. The Part Deux link still has 'em though, and I think some were posted from Part 1 just as a reminder what went on before the second round of testing.
 
Those skeleton tangs are the worst! When I think of all the BK2 photos broken at the ... wait... come to think about it... I don't remember any. Think I'll worry about something else.
 
Shooting the BK2 with a .380 is always a better test:

[video=youtube;YPLvJcC-4kk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPLvJcC-4kk[/video]
 
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