Have you ever broken a knife from normal use?

[Hatch Power]

I hade a 90’s Schrade single blade break the back spring just opening it. I had a USA trapper 65 to 69 break the back spring laying on a cabinet I heard it pop. A SOG Altair fell apart on first trip through the washing machine. I consider that to be normal wear and tear for a knife they all get washed sooner or later.

 

[DMG]

I broke the tip off a spyderco tenacious. It snapped like glass cutting a piece of plastic at work

 

[oldmanwilly]

From normal use? I can only recall some chipped and rolled edges, not really any breaks or catastrophic failures.

From "ab-normal use" that really should not have resulted in a break? Yes. Specifically, I stuck a Benchmade CSKII into the top of a wooden fencepost. For reference, the CSK was similar in design and dimensions to a Cold Steel SRK - thick and sabre ground, designed to be a rough use field knife. I wiggled the knife ever-so-gently to remove it and 3/8" of the tip snapped off. It honestly felt like breaking the graphite tip off of a pencil, not a thick steel blade. So, idk if that counts as "normal use," but I have put more torque on thinner blades that have taken zero damage.

 

[Sibyrnes]

There's a bunch of companies that disagree with you and warranty their knives for exactly that usage, but rarely need to honor the warranty because they hold up for a lifetime of that usage.

Did they honor the warranty with your knife?

 

[shinyedges]

Did they honor the warranty with your knife?

I bent a busse prying my chainsaw free like 10 years ago, they replaced it.

 

[AntDog]

I bent a busse prying my chainsaw free like 10 years ago, they replaced it.

They stand behind their stuff. I’ve had em fix or work on a few over the years, but never had to send one in for replacement. And believe me, I’ve tried.

 

[oldmodel#1]

I have experienced slight damage to a knife under normal use. Have not completed broken one.

 

[shinyedges]

They stand behind their stuff. I’ve had em fix or work on a few over the years, but never had to send one in for replacement. And believe me, I’ve tried.

There's a thread I made years back with pics, when I lived up north and got my bar stuck in a large tree far in the woods, I didn't bring an extra bar and chain and use my knife as a wedge and pry bar to get my bar free. My unwillingness to trench through deep snow a half mile back to the house to grab a spare bar and chain led to the Idiocy lol but it worked and technically the knife didn't break but it did take a set. Sent it in and they replaced.

 

[AntDog]

There's a thread I made years back with pics, when I lived up north and got my bar stuck in a large tree far in the woods, I didn't bring an extra bar and chain and use my knife as a wedge and pry bar to get my bar free. My unwillingness to trench through deep snow a half mile back to the house to grab a spare bar and chain led to the Idiocy lol but it worked and technically the knife didn't break but it did take a set. Sent it in and they replaced.

What model was it?

 

[shinyedges]

What model was it?

It was an sob

 

[shinyedges]

What model was it?

Thread 'How tough is infi?'

Mar 1, 2015

The frickin toughest steel I've ever used. My busse sob saved my bacon or at least a crap load of time, after dropping a large maple in the woods I began sectioning it for splitting. Here in northern mi the snow is deep in the woods, the tree fell and was resting on a stump under the snow causing my chainsaw bar to become pinched. I do have a spare bar and chain but my spare chain got damaged a few months ago. Anyway out comes my trusty sob, I batonned it between the two logs where my bar was pinched and using all my body weight wrenched and pryed until I could wiggle my bar free.

I...

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How funny some goofy dude talking smack on the last page lol

 

[SharpBits]

Thread 'How tough is infi?'

Mar 1, 2015

The frickin toughest steel I've ever used. My busse sob saved my bacon or at least a crap load of time, after dropping a large maple in the woods I began sectioning it for splitting. Here in northern mi the snow is deep in the woods, the tree fell and was resting on a stump under the snow causing my chainsaw bar to become pinched. I do have a spare bar and chain but my spare chain got damaged a few months ago. Anyway out comes my trusty sob, I batonned it between the two logs where my bar was pinched and using all my body weight wrenched and pryed until I could wiggle my bar free.

I...

• shinyedges
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How funny some goofy dude talking smack on the last page lol

Wow, his comments and brand choice did not age well!

 

[shinyedges]

Wow, his comments and brand choice did not age well!

Mike has a cult, there's so many threads of going back and forth with them through the years

 

[AntDog]

Thread 'How tough is infi?'

Mar 1, 2015

The frickin toughest steel I've ever used. My busse sob saved my bacon or at least a crap load of time, after dropping a large maple in the woods I began sectioning it for splitting. Here in northern mi the snow is deep in the woods, the tree fell and was resting on a stump under the snow causing my chainsaw bar to become pinched. I do have a spare bar and chain but my spare chain got damaged a few months ago. Anyway out comes my trusty sob, I batonned it between the two logs where my bar was pinched and using all my body weight wrenched and pryed until I could wiggle my bar free.

I...

• shinyedges
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• Forum: Busse Combat Knives

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How funny some goofy dude talking smack on the last page lol

I went and read that and I don’t know what he was, but it probably rhymes with “schmoron”.

We’ve been beating on these things a while my friend, and if that’s the only trouble I think we’re on to some good shit

 

[shinyedges]

I went and read that and I don’t know what he was, but it probably rhymes with “schmoron”.

We’ve been beating on these things a while my friend, and if that’s the only trouble I think we’re on to some good shit

Hell yea, tons of new and cool steels have come out and I still love me some good ole infi. I snagged the folder and sharpened it up yesterday, I love how easy it is to make infi shave.

You got great taste in blades Will.

 

[AntDog]

Hell yea, tons of new and cool steels have come out and I still love me some good ole infi. I snagged the folder and sharpened it up yesterday, I love how easy it is to make infi shave.

You got great taste in blades Will.

Bro, we right here like this.

 

[Franciscomv]

I've never done serious damage to a knife under normal use. I worked outdoors for quite a few years, in very remote places. My kit got lots of honest wear, but I tried my best not to break anything since I was far away from even a small village.

I did somehow manage to break the very tip off of a Frosts 740 (I think that's the model number, a basic Mora known as a "SWAK" back in the day) during a SAR mission. I didn't notice until getting back home, a few minutes on the stones sorted it and the knife is still in my backpack.

I bent some Leatherman bits, they aren't very strong. Luckily, they are easy to replace. I also had the scissors on a Leatherman Squirt break (the spring), I'm too far away for warranty repair to make sense.