Finally got our first Izula return

prying a paint can is the number cause of bent or snapped tips......

1 broken tip out of almost 4000 blades sold is frigging impressive!
 
Jeez, you guys are really starting to slip...

:)

This is the first knife I've ever considered buying two of. It's been my primary knife for months now, and it works great. Bravo.
 
Mine has been a tank. I have batonned the poor thing heavily on several trips and it doesn't even seem to notice...
 
there were only five left at smokey Mtn when I was there last week. Those were the only RATS left
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Dear All,

This is my first post here at BF. Been hanging around this forum for a while but refrained from posting for no obvious reason. But this is a special occasion, because the dumbass that broke the tip of the Izula is me and i guess i owe you guys an explanation.

I was locked out with my gf yesterday and since it's getting kinda cold here at chicago, i decided to pry the lock open. The black izula was the only tool i got with me other that the pink one i got for my girlfriend so i figured it's about time to test this knife out. I know it's a gross abuse of the knife but damn, this knife held up real good. I meant, fantastic. I stuck it in between the brick wall and the door lock and lean against it. It supported my whole body weight! I lean against it and pushed harder for a few more times and pulled the knife out to check it. guess what i saw? instead of breaking, the tip BENT(1/3" of the tip) after supporting my whole body weight(approx 175lb) of lateral
force. A stainless steel blade can never do this. I tried prying with .156" thick cpm S30V blade with similar dimension before and it broke even before i use my body weight. I'm an engineering student (still stupid enough to do this), and i can tell you that i've never seen steel that deformed plastically under this hardness. I was truly surprised. Anyway, back to the door, i turned the knife over and kept doing what i was supposed to do and the end result: got the door opened, made a pretty big hole on the brick wall and broke the tip eventually. The tip was already bent, so i tried to bend it back, i guess i just wanted to break it. Too bad i even put a nice convex edge on it. No problem with the knife. In fact, this is the strongest knife i've own.

My experience with the RC knives started 2 weeks ago when i got 2 Izulas(black for me pink for my gf) and a HEST. I used to be a folder guy with dozens of spydies, benchmades and emersons(and i broke a lot of them!) but these were the knives that got me into the fixed blade. This is one of the best knife purchases i've had.
So, here is my first post + explanation. I'm kinda both proud and ashamed to be the first person to break an Izula. Thanks for reading and be nice... ;)
 
hkyew said:
Dear All,

This is my first post here at BF. Been hanging around this forum for a while but refrained from posting for no obvious reason. But this is a special occasion, because the dumbass that broke the tip of the Izula is me and i guess i owe you guys an explanation.

I was locked out with my gf yesterday and since it's getting kinda cold here at chicago, i decided to pry the lock open. The black izula was the only tool i got with me other that the pink one i got for my girlfriend so i figured it's about time to test this knife out. I know it's a gross abuse of the knife but damn, this knife held up real good. I meant, fantastic. I stuck it in between the brick wall and the door lock and lean against it. It supported my whole body weight! I lean against it and pushed harder for a few more times and pulled the knife out to check it. guess what i saw? instead of breaking, the tip BENT(1/3" of the tip) after supporting my whole body weight(approx 175lb) of lateral
force. A stainless steel blade can never do this. I tried prying with .156" thick cpm S30V blade with similar dimension before and it broke even before i use my body weight. I'm an engineering student (still stupid enough to do this), and i can tell you that i've never seen steel that deformed plastically under this hardness. I was truly surprised. Anyway, back to the door, i turned the knife over and kept doing what i was supposed to do and the end result: got the door opened, made a pretty big hole on the brick wall and broke the tip eventually. The tip was already bent, so i tried to bend it back, i guess i just wanted to break it. Too bad i even put a nice convex edge on it. No problem with the knife. In fact, this is the strongest knife i've own.

My experience with the RC knives started 2 weeks ago when i got 2 Izulas(black for me pink for my gf) and a HEST. I used to be a folder guy with dozens of spydies, benchmades and emersons(and i broke a lot of them!) but these were the knives that got me into the fixed blade. This is one of the best knife purchases i've had.
So, here is my first post + explanation. I'm kinda both proud and ashamed to be the first person to break an Izula. Thanks for reading and be nice... ;)
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Wow, I normally would be saying "What the hell do you think you're doing prying with a knife?!" but this is gives the Izula even more fame. At least you got in, lol. Is it just me or does anyone else think this should go up on the main site? Out of nearly 4,000 Izulas only 1 has been returned and it pried open a locked door before the tip even broke. :thumbup:

But in the future, don't pry with knives! :D Pick up one of those pocket pry bars from countycomm or somewhere else, or call a locksmith/get extra keys.
 
AKnife said:
Pick up one of those pocket pry bars from countycomm or somewhere else, or call a locksmith/get extra keys.
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Or better still, work with a locksmith - get the knowledge yourself, you never know when that comes in handy ...
 
luckykitty said:
Or better still, work with a locksmith - get the knowledge yourself, you never know when that comes in handy ...
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Funny, I was going to suggest not locking yourself out... :D

Great post, and thanks for letting us know how you broke the tip on your Izula, I have been beating the crap out of errrrrrr I mean USING mine for a while and never had any issues with it at all.

Hell Jeff, you can now market the Izula as an emergency, techno-cool lockpick!
 
hkyew said:
Dear All,

This is my first post here at BF. Been hanging around this forum for a while but refrained from posting for no obvious reason. But this is a special occasion, because the dumbass that broke the tip of the Izula is me and i guess i owe you guys an explanation.

I was locked out with my gf yesterday and since it's getting kinda cold here at chicago, i decided to pry the lock open. The black izula was the only tool i got with me other that the pink one i got for my girlfriend so i figured it's about time to test this knife out. I know it's a gross abuse of the knife but damn, this knife held up real good. I meant, fantastic. I stuck it in between the brick wall and the door lock and lean against it. It supported my whole body weight! I lean against it and pushed harder for a few more times and pulled the knife out to check it. guess what i saw? instead of breaking, the tip BENT(1/3" of the tip) after supporting my whole body weight(approx 175lb) of lateral
force. A stainless steel blade can never do this. I tried prying with .156" thick cpm S30V blade with similar dimension before and it broke even before i use my body weight. I'm an engineering student (still stupid enough to do this), and i can tell you that i've never seen steel that deformed plastically under this hardness. I was truly surprised. Anyway, back to the door, i turned the knife over and kept doing what i was supposed to do and the end result: got the door opened, made a pretty big hole on the brick wall and broke the tip eventually. The tip was already bent, so i tried to bend it back, i guess i just wanted to break it. Too bad i even put a nice convex edge on it. No problem with the knife. In fact, this is the strongest knife i've own.

My experience with the RC knives started 2 weeks ago when i got 2 Izulas(black for me pink for my gf) and a HEST. I used to be a folder guy with dozens of spydies, benchmades and emersons(and i broke a lot of them!) but these were the knives that got me into the fixed blade. This is one of the best knife purchases i've had.
So, here is my first post + explanation. I'm kinda both proud and ashamed to be the first person to break an Izula. Thanks for reading and be nice... ;)
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Yeah it was abuse, but at least you were not just doing something for "fun" trying to bust it.
 
Ya i'm guilty as well when it comes to using the izula to open doors. I've done it before. Luckily, I did not break the tip of mine.
 
I've used the hard plastic RAT Cutlery business card to jimmy a few doors, but never would I have used a knife, at least you got in though.
 
I don't know if this is abuse, as you had a job to do and used the only tool at hand.

In any case, this ups the level of confidence that you have in the Izula...and is causing me to source one...or three...
 
hkyew said:
I'm kinda both proud and ashamed to be the first person to break an Izula. Thanks for reading and be nice... ;)
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You'll go down in history as the first Izula breaker. Pretty cool. Thanks for sharing your story.
 
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