How to Break a Knife :)

Cougar Allen

Cougar Allen

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Tuff mentioned in another thread he once broke a $10 knife cutting rope on a table. That struck me as so funny I thought I'd start a new thread for stories like that.

My entry: I broke a Gigand Mosquito neck knife by putting it in my back pocket and sitting down (now famous as The Cougar Allen Fundamental Knife Test). The handle broke right at the end of the hidden partial tang. The list price on that knife is about $25, though it's available for less than that.

By the way, I sent it back months ago and still haven't received a replacement, so I guess I'm not going to. What use I might find for another one if I did get a replacement is another question....

-Cougar Allen :{)
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HA! Just give it to my little brother and tell him to be VERY CAREFUL with it! Your Pioneers, 710's, and Sebenzas would quake in fear at the sight of Philip! He might manage to do it by trying to carve into a toilet seat, or using them as throwing knives, or God knows what else! Even your precious Trailmasters and Busses- HA! He laughs in the face of such precious blades! HA, I say! HA! Perhaps he will simply use the power of his own breath or body odor! Run! Run (and take your knives) before it's too late!

Howie
 
HA! Just give it to my little brother and tell him to be VERY CAREFUL with it! Your Pioneers, 710's, and Sebenzas would quake in fear at the sight of Philip! He might manage to do it by trying to carve into a toilet seat, or using them as throwing knives, or God knows what else! Even your precious Trailmasters and Busses- HA! He laughs in the face of such precious blades! HA, I say! HA! Perhaps he will simply use the power of his own breath or body odor! Run! Run (and take your knives) before it's too late!

Howie
 
One of the weakest failures I have ever seen happened not with a knife but with a Supertool. I bent up the small flat op screwdriver almost without effort. The screw had not moved so out of curiosity I used the Micra's eyeglass screwdriver and it help up fine and the screw came out with no problem. It just struck me as really funny how the Micra was "tougher" than the Supertool.

-Cliff
 
hey COUGAR sounds like your heavy overweight
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I once bent the tip severely on my Gerber Tac II while trying to pick out a small wood sliver from an OLD weathered splintering park bench. That was the last gerber I ever bought.

I also snaped the pliers in half on my leatherman, just by trying to bend a link of a chain. That was the last leatherman I ever bought.

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Man, I've broken more than my share of knives. The three last I broke were Cold Steel Tru-Flite Throwers. I broke them by, well, throwing them. At soft pine over wet grass. All three broke, first throw, with the points embedded in the pine. Odd. My first three Tru-Flites are still going strong. That second set, however, sucked. Ol' Lynn more than made it up to me though, traded me the broken knives for a whole bunch of shovel and 'hawk handles.
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Back about 16 years ago I was the proud owner of a brand new Schrade Uncle Henry two blade folding hunter in stag. I was waiting by the side of the road to be picked up and decided to play mister knife thrower and was busy stickin it in the ground. Naturally, I hit the only rock within 50 miles and broke the tip off the main blade. Sheeesh, thats a tough way to learn!! Michael

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"Always think of your fellow knife makers as partners in the search for the perfect blade, not as people trying to compete with you and your work!"
 
I have seen one custom bowie, made by a well known smith, that was used to cut finger sized branches. It chipped out a piece the size of a fingernail.

I've also heard of the same problem involving a production bowie and a plastic coat hanger.

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If a man can keep alert and imaginative, an error is a possibility, a chance at something new; to him, wandering and wondering are a part of the same process. He is most mistaken, most in error, whenever he quits exploring.

William Least Heat Moon
 
Ever have a blade SHATTER on you? well if you want to experiance that lovely event, buy a buck nighthawk, find a common door jamb, and using a reverse grip, stab into the jamb with all the force you can muster.
Mine literally shattered (striking only wood, no metal at all where I stabbed), leaving me holding a two inch stub, with a whole bunch of pieces on the ground around me.
One might wonder what the hell I was doing (good question by the way
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), I was aah, testing the operational integrity of the knife. Well, the last two inches did finally accomplish what I was after, but nevertheless, I was shocked. I mean, I know I'm strong, but I'm not superhuman!
 
easy: (1) Clamp blade in vise.
(2) Pull on handle with all your might.

Just kidding. I eventually break almost every
knife I buy. Don't ask how, as one of my socoms now rests at a local wildlife management area. Knives I don't like, don't stay in my inventory very long. I have torture tested benchmades and microtechs before by pounding them into a tree and hanging from them. that doesn't usually do much to them so I proceed to throw them at trees till destruction. Don't worry all the knives I test are far from in good condition as I have had bad luck getting folding knives that lock up good. klotzli knives are an exception though. Take care.

Salamander.

A man reaps what he sows.
 
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