Have you ever broken the tip on a clip point?

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I own one clip point traditional folder and it fell off the side of the back stoop. a little damage but no big deal.
 
I picked up an old Camillus with a broken tip that I intend to repair. I am thinking about making it a warncliff or sheepsfoot because the clip would be to short to look right.

But I have not broken one myself, thank god.
 
I haven't broken one myself. I have bought some old ones with broken tips. It's not hard to fix, really. (I have a WorkSharp) I enjoy picking up poor abused knives and reshaping the blades to something usable.
 
Oh yes, I just reprofile the blade and put a tip back on it. My toolbox knife is an older Buck 110 that has been reprofiled, its probably my most used knife.
 
Oh yes. Always doing something stupid, screw driver, prying, and can opener. Kept them all as they deserve a purpose beyond sitting in a drawer.
 
Yep - doing something that the knife was NOT designed to do - prying a stuck window open (hey, I was like 12 years old, so gimme a break - haha!).
 
No, but I come across a lot of knives with broken blades. Sometimes they're snapped just past the ricasso, which really makes me wonder what the owner was doing, particularly with something like a MOP-handled penknife.
 
Yep. I was maybe 12. I had a beloved Old Timer 33OT that I foolishly stuck into a board. Instead of gently rocking it out, i just grabbed and yanked. "Snap," went the tip. Luckily Dad had a Dremel and I was able to grind it into a pretty nice tip. I carried jack through high school and into my freshman year of college, when some piece of *%#+^~£€*¥* stole it from my dorm room.

-- Mark
 
I haven't broken one myself, but I have repaired one on an old Kutmaster penknife that my great-grandmother broke. OH
 
My first pocket knife. I can't remember how I broke the tip since it happened over 20 years ago. I still need to re-profile it.

 
Not in years.

You should definitely keep such a knife. I have more than a couple users which I picked up at yard sales or flea markets for a song which were great knives but had a broken tip.

I like to carry and use them while sharpening in such a way as to sweep the sharpened edge up towards a new tip. At the same time I'll be hitting the tip on the unsharpened side a few swipes on a grinder occasionally to bring it down to the new tip.
 
Broke the tip off once, actually about half the blade, cutting a branch. Case replaced it.

If I were unlucky and broke a tip (point only), I would set the knife aside until I felt like trying to put a new tip on it with a grinder.
 
Never. As a kid I was in Cubscouts/Weblos and Boy-scouts. My father did not buy my scout knife until I graduated Weblos. I think that's the main reason I've always been careful with blades. I wanted that scout knife for so long and believe it or not..I'm 44 yrs old and still have it! Its been everywhere.PA,TX,AZ,CA,NC,Philippines,Korea and Japan...
CD
I actually remember being taught how important it is to: "Take care of your scout knife". Our leaders were big on that. CD
 
Oh, yeah.

Yep.

A couple of times.

It hurts the most when the knife costs over $100 and you did something dumb with it.
 
Busted the tip off the clip of an Old Timer 44OT (hard to find now and pricey when you do) back as a young adult trying to pry a .22 LR slug out of a bit of tree bark. Snapped it right off and felt like a total fool. Felt a bit sick about it too. It was my only and always EDC.
 
Yes, my 8OT, back in '68, still remember that sick feeling too. Around '71, Dad gave me a Camillus Electrician and in '72 or so bought a SAK Champion with screwdrivers etc...no probs since. :D

I just gave my Grandson an old Camillus Electrician today. :)
 
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