Has anyone ever bent a busse through long term heavy hammering sideways on the blade?

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Hi guys,

My main camping all rounder blade is the CG ASH1. I while back a was camping out with a couple of friends and I was a bit short of tent pegs so I did what most people would do and carve out a few tent pegs from dead branches laying near the camp site. Not having a rock or hammer nearby I used the back of the spine on my ASH1 to hammer the pegs into the ground which was a regular packed dirt ground without rocks in it. I did try the pommel but I didn't find it easy. Since the spine was a bit narrow and a bit more difficult to hit the peg with I ended up hammering using the nice wide flat side of the blade. No problems and no damage to the blade. But this got me thinking...

I know that the infi blades are like spring steel after the heat treat and the ASH1 as you know is no lightweight. It's quite beefy really but what if I was to be really heavy handed on it and over a very long period of time. Not abuse it like destructive testing but regular heavy sideways hammering over years of use like in my peg hammering example. I know if you were to abuse some hand tools like this which can be as strong with heat treats as well, they can over a very long time slowly bend due to repetitive sideways metal fatigue.

I know that the busse warranty is rock solid and would probably fix or replace it if it did happen but this is just a question to see if it's happen before.

So has anyone ever bend a busse by hammering on the flat sides of the blade over long period? Not just an ASH1 but any busse.
 
I don't think you'll hurt a .312" CG ASH1 hammering wood tent pegs. ;)
 
So has anyone ever bend a busse by hammering on the flat sides of the blade over long period?

Statistically speaking, there's a higher chance of you finding the arch of the covenant in your backyard, than you bending your ASH! :) Just kidding, but in all seriousness, I've never heard of anyone bending a busse, and if one did bend and not return to normal, busse would cover it...
 
I've never seen any pictures or hear any horror stories of a Busse flexing, and staying bent.

IF you ever manage to do it, just start hammering with the other side :D
 
have you seen the destruction test videos?
i'm inclined to agree that a CG ASH1 would laugh at the the pegs
 
I seem to remember a few years back someone had a bent ASH.... :eek::eek:

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Pics borrowed from David Brown.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...r-tough-(bent-ASH-content)?highlight=bent+ash
 
M67 said:
I've never seen any pictures or hear any horror stories of a Busse flexing, and staying bent.

IF you ever manage to do it, just start hammering with the other side :D
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I've seen several busse's take a set (hold a bent angle), but all of them were due to heavy prying, none of them were because of using the knife as a hammer.
 
Beat it like it's stolen my friend! If you achieve nuclear fission and somehow put a perm bend in your blade. . . it is covered by our warranty. . . . :thumbup:

And BTW the the knives those guys are bending in those pics are made of kydex. . . so don't be too upset if yours doesn't flex like that. :eek:

Let's Drink! :thumbup:

Jerry :D

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Naugh uh I is just super strong.

Jerry Busse said:
Beat it like it's stolen my friend! If you achieve nuclear fission and somehow put a perm bend in your blade. . . it is covered by our warranty. . . . :thumbup:

And BTW the the knives those guys are bending in those pics are made of kydex. . . so don't be too upset if yours doesn't flex like that. :eek:

Let's Drink! :thumbup:

Jerry :D

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Thanks guys and to the big man himself for chiming in.

I wasn't just thinking about an ASH1. I'm pretty sure that thing got to be the most solid 6.5in blade on the market.

I just wondered if it has ever happen to any busse blade.

I personally have never heard of it happening by hammering sideways. I did see a youtube vid long ago where someone hammered the tip deep into a solid tree root log and pry it sideways. The tip did come out bent but I think that this was deliberate abuse for show.

On and thanks to Jerry for reminding us on the top notch warranty. You can't beat that! No pun intended.

And I've got a wee dram of Bowmores Irish single malt for tonight. Cheers mate!
 
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