How did this happen?

supratentorial

supratentorial

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After losing yet another auction :rolleyes: I started wandering around and saw this knife. According to the seller

This auction is for a lightly used Schrade model 120T folding knife. The knife measures 5 1/8" open and 2 7/8" when closed. The knife has fair snap and no side to side wobble. If you have any questions please email me and thanks for looking.
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How exactly does that happen to the blade? Would someone modify a knife that way to serve as a wire scrapper? Or is it just busted? The photos aren't very sharp... I think I recognize the seller from his prior work photographing the Loch Ness monster. :p

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See kids, that's what happens when you use your knife as a screwdriver.
That isn't "lightly used" in any stretch of the imagination. It might be minty in all other aspects, but any knife with a chunk outta the blade is not "lightly used" IMO.
 
Had to be intentional. And well done. Breaks my heart a little, but interesting.
 
Modified because the original owner had hands the size of catcher's mitts? Although, even I could do a decent sharpening job with a choil that magnificent (Sonneman :thumbup: :D). Either that or this was a dedicated "skinner" for small critters like mice and voles. There is definitely a story behind this - we'll never really know, but now I've got something to ponder while I'm in meetings today.
 
Can't be for skinning wire, to big for that.. That just looks like somebody tired to
make chicken salad out of chicken s*%#! imho...lol

Jason
 
I've seen that before with tactical folders of which the edge had been used as a screwdriver. Perhaps it is a mod, but in that case I don't think it would have been cut so deep.

I don't use ebay, but would it be possible to contact the seller?
 
The photos aren't very sharp... I think I recognize the seller from his prior work photographing the Loch Ness monster. :p

Funny!!!
 
Definitely looks like a choil, to enhance grip/control on the otherwise smallish blade. I do wish the pic was more sharply focused, but it seems to be executed pretty nicely. Would be very interesting to hear what the motivation was (to what use?), in the first place, for doing this. Once in hand, I'd not be surprised if some true utility might be found in it, as 'unconventional' as it may seem on a traditional folder.

Somewhat reminds me of the choil on the (obviously untraditional) Spyderco Kiwi model, a very small knife designed for a 'big' grip.
 
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Jake......


Were do you come up with these "COOL" finds to add to your museum.....not quite the multi-tool ....maybe a start to single-tool museum though.............
 
Sorry for not giving a warning on this one, Carl. Hope you got some sleep!

A sommelier's tool or billiards ball carver or a large choil (for detail work like vole skinning, of course) are good ideas!

Jim, I'm not sure I have a category for this one.

Here's another possibility... he got distracted by a text message while using the bench grinder.

enter text message:
not busy. lol. just using the bench grinder.
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I saw this last night and my guess was the base of the blade was used to get under something, a bit of lateral force and pop went the blade. Taken to a grinder to get the smooth choil, and thus we have the trapper caper.
I just thought of last weekend using my slipjoint to free the glue up on my daughters rocking chair on a plug to hide the screw head- although I did not torque it, just chose a more robust blade and the grind was wedge enough for me.

Sad that the knife was damaged, glad that it was repaired and now usable, amused at the description if its condition.
 
Gobbo_the_civet said:
I've seen that before with tactical folders of which the edge had been used as a screwdriver. Perhaps it is a mod, but in that case I don't think it would have been cut so deep.

I don't use ebay, but would it be possible to contact the seller?
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I have seen this too and it was my first thought, but who really knows.
 
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