ever try to break a knife and couldnt.

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i had in fact i still own a ontario marine corp bowie that i had a definate mean streak with. and although i didnt bend it in a vice or beat it with a hammer. i used to throw it against walls and puncture it thru sheet metal and what a beating it could take. blade is still in great condition. tell me your stories.
 
Tried snapping an Ontario Old Hickory butcher knife tip off (to change blade profile) in a vise. Couldn't. I leaned heavily against the knife, and it just tossed me back with what seemed like contempt. I came to respect 1095 steel that day!
 
Can't say as I ever TRIED to break a knife.
 
Put it in the bogie wheels of a CAT D9 and tell us if it successfully jammed the treads without crumpling up like a cheap beer can. :)
 
I've been trying to break a glock field knife for a while now and it still keeps begging for more. The guard is bent and will only clip in the sheath for left hand carry, it has choped wood been used as a throwing knife, cleaned a fish and dug a hole for the bone's, stabbed into wood and bent to the side with no tip breaking and no blade chipping. The blade coating is almost all gone it has some rust and looks real beat up but still keeps getting the job done.

I thought it was a peice of junk when I first got it but my opinion has changed after all its use, it has turned out too be a great knife at a beater price.
 
I locked the tip of my first home made kiridashi in a vice and tried to break the tip off. The handle just bent a little. FWIW, it was 1095.
 
knifenut1013 said:
I've been trying to break a glock field knife for a while now and it still keeps begging for more. The guard is bent and will only clip in the sheath for left hand carry, it has choped wood been used as a throwing knife, cleaned a fish and dug a hole for the bone's, stabbed into wood and bent to the side with no tip breaking and no blade chipping. The blade coating is almost all gone it has some rust and looks real beat up but still keeps getting the job done.

I thought it was a peice of junk when I first got it but my opinion has changed after all its use, it has turned out too be a great knife at a beater price.
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I'll second this about the Glock knife. Only complaint I have is, it won't hold an edge at all after doing all that beating. Hell I hammered it tip first into some concrete and it just scuffed the finish. Tough as a masonry "nail". Unfortunately its edge holding is in the same category.
 
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