hard testing

Eric_425 said:
I don't want to just recklessly destroy it. But Bill Martino just said that cutting sheet metal's already been done, and Josh cuts coins regularly? I was going to reserve the HI as a pretty solid, handmade, quality blade for wood work and get a supersteel knife for abusive, all purpose survival stuff. Is a HI able to handle this sort of thing?
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I should clarify--I don't cut coins regularly--I have, however, cut coins with two HI khukuris--a BAS and an 18" AK, both by Sher. Neither blade suffered any damage. The coins--pennies and nickels, mostly, were put on top of a hard walnut stump, and then chopped in half. I don't see much point in doing it on a regular basis--most of my cutting is done on wood--seasoned oak and almond, so I'm more concerned with how my khuks function in that regard. I think for the most part, an HI khukuri, particularly something like an AK, will handle most anything you can throw at it.
 
Yvsa said:
Eric, the villager that Cliff tested was so damned ugly that Uncle Bill was ashamed too put it up for sale. And as far as the ZERO damage in spite of what Cliff said there is going to be scratches and such on the blade.
It just can't be helped when cutting through steel. You also have to remember that Cliff is skilled at doing what he is doing. When other people ask I assume they are inexperienced and so are more apt to mis-hit and damage a bolster or whatnot.

And by all means Convex it, don't Maybe do it because anything except a convex edge is more apt too fail and sometimes fail badly.
I had a full sized GRS chip out about a 5/16" X 1-3/8" piece out of the flat ground blade. Had I of convexed it before chopping with a twisting motion there's no way it would have happened.

You want too be careful when cutting some nails even with a convexed edge because the edge can and often does suffer impact damage at the point of percussion. I had it happen to me when trying to duplicate a cutting problem, succeeded too.:D
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I'm not worried too much about scratches and all, like I said at the beginning. This knife is going to get used..scratches and dings are inevitable. I think I took the nice mirror polish that came with the knife off in about 20 minutes. I don't know if Cliff was being all that careful with the knives in that review. It says all the knives used passed the light sheet metal cutting without significant edge damage, and the only time anything suffered was when he used the blades as a chisel to pound out a section of steel. I think as long as I don't mess up real bad and can hit with the hardened blade, it should be fine. I'll finish filing up the convex profile and take a shot.
 
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