hollow handled knife question...seperating

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pittsteele

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anyone ever see the blade seperate form the handle...and how does this happen. i collect all sorts of blades and i have a soft spot for these types, just wondering if anyone has personally seen this happen ... :eek:
 
Yup, had a POS chinese 19.99 blade that I got right after the Rambo movies.:D Thing just popped off at the seam. I've never heard of a knife like a Chris Reeve Shadow or Project breaking though.
 
got one, love it ;) ...you'd think the one-piece design would be the only way to go...but alas, others have tried different designs, which i also have...moslty old buck 184s...i hoped someone would have documented their seperation with pics or a detailed story...
 
Document it?!? no way. I was too embarassed to even admit it. I umm... used it as a *cough* pry bar.
 
This question has come up before on these forums and handle seperation is not a problem with any reasonably made hollow handled knife. There was an old ad published by cold steel, in which they purposely destroyed a Buck 184. They used a pipe and a vise and broke the blade in half-a-dozen places, yet the handle remained firmly attached. Even the ancient Swedish Model 1896 bayonet used a mechanically attached hollow handle, and they managed to survive the stresses of bayonet drills without failing.

A bigger problem is the sawback on the blades which can create a stress riser and weaken the blade.

n2s

Note: if you run a search you will find a few threads on this subject.
 
Originally posted by pittsteele
BUT...were you wearing your red head band? :p :D
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I sir take umbrage at your comment. To be wearing a red head band would mean that I was a young stripling bouncing around the woods in the great Northwest imitating my favorite action movie hero terrorizing my neighbor's cows with my good friend Kirk. :D Waving and brandishing my "survival knife" like it was the next incarnation of Excalibur, all the while marveling at what a good deal I got, (how could Jimmy Lile make any money selling these at 19.99 a piece???). Also wondering why, no matter HOW much I sharpened the damned thing it couldn't cut butter if you dropped a brick on it.

No pittsteele, I definitely did NOT wear a red head band... (it was black... AND tied in a proper square knot not a granny... so there). :p
 
i wasn't as knowledgeable as you...whereas my first 'survival' knife had a badazz plastic bubble compass on the end of the handle, not able to withstand the mildest of taps against anything harder than mud. but at least it lasted a whole 6 hours without completely rusting after emerging from 'adventure creek'...never had the oportunity to test it's leverage ability as the sheath broke free from my A-Team-belt-buckle-equipped army holster and was lost in the deep woods of Pennsylvania :(
THAT'S $8.99 i'll NEVER get back :mad: :D
 
If you get any of the quality hollow handles knives by Jack Crain, Colin Cox, Chris Reeve, or if you can, a Lile they'll serve you well as long as you own them. They're tough as hell.

I currently own 3 Crain's and a Chris Reeve and hope to get a Colin Cox knife soon.

Click here to see my handmade knives...
 
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