Has anyone ever broken a 119 at the tang?

Nope, I never have. Mind you, I have used the 119 for numerous years. Of course I don't pound on the spine with a mallet either, but I have used the 119 for some very tough jobs. One of my yard workers has one that he has used for digging roots and pruning trees. He told me he has never broken one either. If you do (by chance) break one, you've been doing too many push-ups.
 
I don't think its possible... Unless you completely bury the blade and hit the handle from the side with a sledge hammer. Other than that, I don't see it happening.
 
I don't do this with knives, but don't the bushcraft guys complain about full tang knives busting when they use them for batoning when splitting wood?
 
Yes......a 124 is better suited for this because it's a full tang knife.

The good old 119 is no slouch, though.

Actually, the blade itself is usually the part that breaks when batoning.
 
What medicine?

I know exactly what you were talking about.

You don't seem to understand my post.
 
BG,

Here's an article I bumped into last year on the subject of knife failures while batoning. It seems to indicate the failure point being near the end of the blade or the front part of the tang.
http://www.knivesshipfree.com/pages.php?pID=13&CDpath=2

What do I know though. Like I said, this isn't something I have practice with.

Somewhat getting back to Jared's question... The list and quality of knives busted by earnest bushcrafters is impressive. I can't imagine that Buck's steel is somehow immune to breaking under similar abuse.
 
Yes, there will always be abusers.......of knives and even of living things.

Some things will never change.

:)
 
I've been rough on my 119 and never had any problems. Secret is, when you're beating the shit out of it and it just doesn't wanna go through the wood, stop what you're doing and get something smaller or not as hard. Not breaking blades is pretty simple.
 
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