Have you ever broken a knife?

I broke the tip off a Fallkniven in lam-CoS when I dropped it tip down on the lip of a sake bottle
I was shocked, in an inebriated way, I remember looking at the broken tip as if I discovered a new life form.
Later I reground it and the tip was more stout than before.
 
Not your fault they are out there looking for excuses to be condescending and smarmy.

Here's another example: I made some robust 8670 daggers with a hardness around 58 RC, intended to be so tough you could stab a car hood (or, a barbecue shelf, which is what I used for testing, as it was headed for the scrap metal recycler, and the steel was about the same thickness as a car hood). They worked fine. But then I made others in AEB-L at 63 RC, with thinner stock, and while I knew they were not going to perform the same way, I wanted to see what would happen if they were abused in that regard. So I ground the dagger to its final geometry, and gave a stab into the barbecue shelf. Tip dented the metal a bit. I stabbed harder. Tip broke off, about 1/8". Anyway, that blank was destined to be ground shorter (started as 6", but I wanted to make a few smaller ones anyway, justifying this little R&D exercise). Grain was nice. Like fine sand. So heat treatment wasn't an issue, it was just too thin and hard to support such hard use. I knew it already intellectually, but wanted to experience it for myself.

Shoot, maybe they were 15N20, not 8670.... @DocJD what steel did I mark on that knife?

ETA: Figured it out. 15N20.

Crowd-funded one hundred dollar 6" custom dagger than can stab car hoods and even cut too. ;)

I'll take acute point, and robust cross section for $100. If you'll make one , for $100 , I'll take it ! ;) Doc, not sure if you are being serious, but you gave me an idea. And after reading your post two hours ago, I designed a new knife specifically with the features we discussed in that...
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CSG said:
So most of the mishaps were from knife guys who don't know how or when to use knives. Cool.
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Knife tolerance levels are seldom stated on the packaging. But, anyone breaking a knife (or anything else) can safely be considered as having exceeded those.🤔

Contribution:

Long, long ago, as a youngster, I managed to fold a couple of new machetes over a tree limb. They were inexpensive big box store types (probably branded American Camper) and I left them dangling there - wrapped around the limb like tinsel. They helped me to appreciate that all knives were not the same and ultimately led to my knife interest.

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I once broke a benchmade griptillian simply by owning it (no joke)
At the time they could be bought for 90USD and when I decided all the money to my name which was barely under 200 was enough to subtract a whopping 90 from it I went ahead and bought it.
Within 2 days the damn thing dismantled in my pocket, I pulled out scales, the blade, a screw. Took me a long time to give BM another chance. That never happened again with any folding knife from any company.
Bought it from a local big box store retailer that buys directly from bm so I wasn't duped with a fake, in case that is the first thing someone will ask
 
Just the tip! :)
Maxamet PM2.
Accidentally stabbed an oil barrel I couldn't see under some cardboard.
It was barely noticeable and after a couple of sharpening sessions completely went away.

I probably ruined a cheap folder by throwing it too much when I was a kid. But that's not "use".
 
Wild Willie said:
Ok Mr. High And Mighty, you've never once done anything stupid in your life, is that it? Or tested something for the sake of R&D?


Way to suck the fun right out of it...

Some folks just take themselves too seriously 🙄
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Have you looked in the mirror lately?
 
Once. Broke a tip off a knife while using it as a pry tool when I was 12 or 13 maybe? I got the lecture "the right tool for the job" from my dad and rightly so. I jumped on the small, pocket pry tool bandwagon a long time ago because of it.
 
DocJD said:
Al Mar Pathfinder , long time ago . Blade snapped off at the hilt and went flying off into the woods .

Just normal heavy machete use , chopping some small branches and saplings . Brand new blade , lasted about 5min .

Never bought another Al Mar product .

They did send a replacement , but it is also a POS . Pretty though ! :rolleyes:
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I broke two of them. Al told me they were only meant for chopping on flesh. Give me a Break! The rumor was they weren't made in Japan at all but in Taiwan with poor heat treat.
 
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