Death of an Ontario SP8

[midnight flyer]

10 years of hard use ending in an admitted dumb move, so what's the problem here? The guy got more use out of this one Ontario than most Busses will ever see around here.

Whoa.... quoted for truth!

Robert

 

[Sosa]

Give me an elmax steak knife and I'll put it through more than you can believe

 

[dingy]

My guess is that you pushed that 1095 beyond its limit. The SP series in 5160 will take a severe beating.

I have pounded this knife:




With chunks of oak like this:




Through nasty fatwood hundreds of times....



And worn out at least a dozen batons... swinging at this knife as hard as I possibly could... over several years with no problems at all.
I believe it is all in the technique.



EDIT to add:
Why baton...? Because I grade my fatwood in several different categories that requires EXACT placement and control over the sizes I split.

how about the chopping power in compare with RTAK2?

 

[omenwolf]

I am now beating the crap out of my Bk9, so hopefully I get 20 years out of the 1095 crovan.
I was thinking about a 5160 rtak2 and I was able to put my hands on a friends and I didn't like the handle.

 

[RedLynx]

You'll never get it will you?

The design doesn't suck...... It only broke when he hit it with FREAKING SLEDGEHAMMER.

I'm late to this party, and what a party it is after just the first two pages. But, not only this, but the OP has used it very hard, perhaps even for similar things, for the past decade... it likely incurred some internal issues well before this now famous "sledgehammer incident." Which is neither here nor there, and I'm not passing any judgments, just chiming in to say I would guess it was the "hard use" of the past 10 years plus this sledge thing that did it in... all in all, a testament to a good knife, methinks.

I only have one fixed Ontario, the SP42, and I haven't batoned anything with it. No doubt I could though.

OP, in my view it seems like this knife did exactly what it was supposed to do. Namely, everything YOU wanted it to do! Granted, it failed at hacking through knotty oak with a sledgehammer, but you got 10 years or more of good use out of it and it sounds like you know it, and you're glad of the service it provided. It lived and lived well, served and served well. What more can any of us really ask of our favorite knives? :thumbup:

 

[Zemapeli]

None of the above. No secret agenda or black helicopters, just felt like sharing but hey thanx for crapping all over it.

Right. At least it got used. The day this forum turns snobby and hateful is the day I leave. There is supposed to be a courteous, kind, humble atmosphere here. This forum is about spreading/sharing our wealth of information, thoughts, ideas, and opinions in a mature way. This disappointed me honestly. Why don't you try to bastard file a new Tang and make a new handle and tang? Just two 3/16 holes, some wood or G10/Micarta, and some brass 3/16 rod throughout. Use a 3inch belt sander to rough shape the handle after you affix the handle with brass rods and epoxy it, then hand sand. It can still be made into a pretty nice cleaver with some character and a story. May as well. :thumbup: :thumbup: What ever.

 

[The Lone Gunmen]

Great info OP, interesting to know the limits of a blade.

 

[Krissig12]

I'm late to this party, and what a party it is after just the first two pages. But, not only this, but the OP has used it very hard, perhaps even for similar things, for the past decade... it likely incurred some internal issues well before this now famous "sledgehammer incident." Which is neither here nor there, and I'm not passing any judgments, just chiming in to say I would guess it was the "hard use" of the past 10 years plus this sledge thing that did it in... all in all, a testament to a good knife, methinks.

I only have one fixed Ontario, the SP42, and I haven't batoned anything with it. No doubt I could though.

OP, in my view it seems like this knife did exactly what it was supposed to do. Namely, everything YOU wanted it to do! Granted, it failed at hacking through knotty oak with a sledgehammer, but you got 10 years or more of good use out of it and it sounds like you know it, and you're glad of the service it provided. It lived and lived well, served and served well. What more can any of us really ask of our favorite knives? :thumbup:

Yep yep yep!:thumbup::thumbup:

 

[FTR-14c]

how about the chopping power in compare with RTAK2?

The SP53 out chops my RTAK2 and Junglas by a large margin. The blade is much thicker with the impact concentrated at one spot on the curve of the belly. The spot on that curve bites very deep. The RTAK2 and Junglas are better for light vegetation.