Have you ever broken a knife?

Legendary_Jarl said:
What was your favorite knife before the Ti-Lite?
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I had to really think about that for a moment. And the answer is- I've never had a knife that I've regarded as a "favorite" to the same degree as the Ti-lite 6. When I was a kid my Buck 110 was my favorite, and over the years I've had other knives that I've liked more than others, but my affection for the Buck 110 faded over time (later to be rekindled in recent years), and none of the other knives I've owned have ever inspired the same degree of affection in me as the T-lite 6.

The Ti-lite 6 just checks a lot of boxes for me. The folding stiletto has always been my favorite type of knife going back to my childhood and the beginning of my interest in knives. But throughout my life I was always disappointed with what was available, in particular, what I regard as weak overall design and construction. I always dreamed of a heavy-duty stiletto. Also, growing up in the 1970's-1980's, before one-hand folders became commonplace, I also dreamed of knives that I could open easily with one hand.

Then around 2015 I watched a Cold Steel video of the Ti-lite 6 that someone posted here on BF. Despite the Ti-lite 6 being a folding stiletto, I had previously felt no interest in it, I was only interested in owning stilettos with more traditional styling. But I was so impressed with the amount of abuse the Ti-lite could take in the video that I ordered one (zytel handle version).

I didn't know at the time that the Ti-lite 6 could be easily wrist-flicked open (zytel handle version). Within about 5 minutes of taking the knife out of the box, between what I saw in the video, the fact that I could easily wrist-flick it open, and the overall quality (like zero blade-play, zero lock-play, a thick shaving sharp blade), I was in love, it was my lifelong dream come true. And It's been my all-time favorite knife ever since :) .

That may be a longer answer than you were looking for, but hey, if someone asks me about my favorite knife, they might get an "earful" 😁.
 
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Well yes I have.

Back in the 1980s I worked in the oil field as a "mud man." At that time the knife to have in your belt pouch was a Buck 110. Schrade was an alternative with somewhat less cachet.

I managed to ruin several by snapping the tip off while dressing whatever was the task at hand. Another way I'd ruin a Buck folder was to put repeted lateral stress on the blade so that the bolsters loosened because the pins were just push pins, not peened or rivited.
 
ShaiHulud said:
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
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Similar story with a Gerber Gator from about thirty years ago. Pulled it from the nylon belt pouch and the blade fell out. I went through way too many of those things.

Was cutting tops off small cardboard boxes making sort of filing card holders and my Al Mar Falcon fell apart. I guess I didn't see the pivot pin working loose.

Had a SAK from maybe Wenger or similar fall apart in my pocket from the pins working loose. Until very recently that event made me a Victorinox only guy.
 
I can’t remember ever breaking a knife but I have been in this game for ALOT of years and I drank ALOT of beers!! 🤣🤣🤣
So. 🤔🤣🤣
John 😁
 
Yep, an OT Senior carbon steel that I broke the tip on by foolishly prying. Used the grinder to make it shorter , but useful.
 
quite a few,when i was younger; i don't remember of, and recently a pocket knife fell into the fire pit and lost its temper. a few years back i broke my sons stainless N 8 opinel while sharpening..
 
I broke 2 knives- Both Gerber's. Doing the same thing, 2 different times- Trying to cut a frozen chicken breast in half.

1- A muskie fillet knife Sheared in half. I sent it back for a warranty replacement. They replaced it with a new Muskie and ground down the broken one so it was like a parring knife. I still have the parring knife and the replacement Muskie.

2- It was a white handled Gerber folder with a sliding button on the side from the early 1980's. Again the knife sheared, snapped edge to spine mid way. No bend or anything just a beautiful crystal structure in the face of the snapped edge. Gerber replaced it under warranty. This was the last frozen chicken breast I tried to cut in half.
 
Broken the tools on victorinox Swiss army knives several times, and a gerber multi tool as well.

Had a kukri that wasn't heat treated right - used it to clear some brush and after an hour it was bent at the guard.
 
I've never been surprised by 99% of the knives I've broken because I expected them to break with what I was doing. I've only had one surprise and it was a custom cpm3v knife I ordered in 99. It broke doing what I thought was normal use. It was the early days of 3v, and I have not seen that happen again. I won't name the maker as I don't believe this was normal for him. Sorry. It was a 7 inch 3/16 inch Sabre ground convex blade. Plenty of steel behind the edge.
 
Broke a Western Bowie (company name?) by accidentally hitting a rock. Most definitely an operator error. Had it reground but this was in the eighties and even then the grinder guy said the temperature of the grinding probably screwed up the temper of the edge
 
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