Hacking Copper pipe

[69_knives]

I don't know what this proves other than I know how to dull a knife rapidly...

Just some semi-destructive testing, thought I'd share the results. I counted about 24 hits. Seemed to me like a fairly good mix of chip and roll, no major chunks missing and no other damage to the knife and sharpened up good as new.

 

[silver_pilate]

What?!? It didn't cut through it cleanly 24 times and still shave hair and halve standing rolls of newsprint? And you call yourself a knife maker! Maybe you should try my proprietary heat treating method that I've patented and make the blade into techniblo-it-out-your-ass-swootz. Then you'll be able to cut cinder blocks in half without so much as raising dust. I'll only ask you to buy me a Mr. Pibb, but if you don't, I'll sue you.

My apologies to those who have no clue what I was babbling about above.

I'm curious as to what other makers think would be an acceptable amount of edge damage following such torture. I've read so many "I cut ___ ____ ____ and it still shaved hair" stories that it's hard to know exactly what to expect from a blade anymore.

--nathan

 

[okzj]

I would say that it held up pretty good. I'll have to try that with my chopper that met the hurricane fence post.

 

[69_knives]

I figure if I ever had a real world situation where I had to do that to a knife, maybe the 'saw blade' edge that remained would also come in handy at some point.

 

[Keith_H]

"You will never catch me alive, copper!"