have you broke a tip off?

Yeah, I am guilty of breaking the tips off of at least a couple of knives. Most of them were cheap junk knives I had when I was much younger. I will admit to breaking the tip off of at least ne good knife that I can think off. I snapped the very tip of a Microtech Mini-UDT while cutting the seal off of a truck (think of a zip tie with a serial number on it). It sliced right through the plasitc and justkept going on into the diamond plate of the lift gate.
 
I repair broken tips on knives used by tradesmen all the time, they just get used for prying. Nothing heavy, just paint tins and the like.

-Cliff
 
I got drunk and was trying to throw my Emerson Hard Wear Traveler at a beer bottle on the ground to break it. After a dozen throws or so, and a few broken bottles later, I pulled the knife outta the ground to discover that i had broken a quarter inch off the tip.

I have thrown this knife into a penny (Yeah, yeah, I know-- ABUSE!) and had it go completely through the penny with no damage, so i figured a beer bottle couldnt hurt. Musta hit a rock!

Anyhoo, i took it to a grider and reprofiled the edge back up to the spine, then grond new bevels to make up for the loss of length. I must say, it turned out quite well and, after i finished and polished it, the only way you can tell anything had happened is the change from the factory hollow grind up to where i flat ground the new bevels. It turned out great and i was quite proud of my little repair job! wish I had pictures. It has kind of a shark fin shaped, thicker section at the tip now and looks kinda cool!
 
I know a guy who intentionally breaks the tips off his knives:eek:. He works on docks and buys mostly serrated blades for cutting ropes, the reason he breaks the tips off is because he does not want to stab himself (or others) when he is trying to cut rope under water.
 
i guess it depends on what you consider the 'tip' :)
ive broken a beater knife in half befoore while batoning it through a knot, and i broke another one in half when i was younger - i threw it at a tree and it bent,, and i tried to bend it back :eek:
i have never broken the absolute tip off a knife unless you count something microscopic like the last 1/64" or so of the tip, hehe. that i do often - just from jabbing it at something hard like formica.
cheers,
-gabriel
 
Broke the tip off two Buck 110s. That was in 1977, It snapped while prying open a stuck drawer. About 1/2" of the tip broke off so I sharpened it so it now ressembles a tanto point. The other snapped off an 1/8" of the tip digging out an arrow from an oak tree, I turned that one into my official arrow digger outer... :D .
 
I will have to admit to abusing my knife, but have yet to break one. I did try to start my truck by jumping across my solenoid with my knife. Needless to say my truck did not start and it took chunks out of my knife. Not one of my finer moments.
 
I've broken the tips off a few knives. Normaly just the very tip (about 1/32 of an inch) while whittling. I have one knife, a Queen Teardrop Linerlock, that I've broken the tip on twice. Once when whittling and once from dropping it on concrete point first :eek: .

Leo
 
Grahamknives said:
I did try to start my truck by jumping across my solenoid with my knife. Needless to say my truck did not start and it took chunks out of my knife.
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Too bad it didn't work. that sounds so MacGyver'esque I kinda want to try it, different steel perhaps.

but to keep on topic, I just (ten minuted ago) took a quarter inch of the tip of my magnum trying to jimmy the basement door at my apartment building (I lost my key). Now it has a real "modified drop point" :D
 
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