I didn't catch a falling knife.

MrStabby7

MrStabby7

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So I was working in the attic today. When I was finished I began descending through the cut out in the ceiling of the garage when my Inkosi slid out of my pocket. It fell a good 10 or 12 feet down onto the concrete. I was concerned at first but, other than a couple small scratches it didn't do anything. Has something like this ever happened to you guys? Did it do anything to your knife?
 
Yes, I’ve dropped my knives, not on purpose though. One didn’t fare too well. I dropped a 21 while working in an attic (new construction) and it didn’t hurt the knife. It was a micarta inlay and evidently it landed on the slab. No noticeable scars. I was luck that the blade was closed. I’ve dropped them from about 4 feet before, I’ve knocked them off of water heater’s, kitchen counters. But, floors were already down and no visible damage has occurred yet.
 
I guess there pretty tuff over all. Mine landed vertically on the pivot end of the knife. Probably one of the worst ways it could have fallen. A few scratches don't bother me. If anything it gives it character.
 
I've dropped knives many times, including CRKs. Most notably, my 21 DP black micarta when I accidentally pulled it out of my pocket with something else and it landed on the concrete and has a bunch of small gouges all over the spine. And my 21 CF insingo has experienced two notable drops: one on concrete again where it got an impact mark on the CF scale where it landed. And the same knife a second time in gravel where it got another mark on the scale, and a small mark on the stop pin. The stop pin mark had me worried because of the tolerances and such but it seems to lock up okay even if I rotate the mark to where it meshes with the blade. Still kinda bothers me though.
 
I was trying to take a pic of my Inkosi with the night/sky/moon as background. It fell off the “stage” (my loader) while bouncing from this to that then to that and then the gravel. I had the blade open so the tip took the brunt of damage.

And I the pic didn’t turn out. DOH!
 
I reflexively tried to catch a falling Busse fixed blade knife once. Cost me six stitches. Learned my lesson, now I jump out of the way, regardless if it is a fixed or folder.
 
Many of times. Never very far up tho, Mainly 4-6 feet drops. I did drop it off an extension ladder once but it hit the grass. I did throw it once, can’t quite remember what for but there was a legitimate reason. I’ve dropped them a few times trying to take pictures with the blade open, got lucky with no damage. Mainly just your normal dents, dings, and scratches. I’ve took a lot of pictures in attics, lifts, rooftops, etc and luckily nothing has ever fell so far, knock on wood
 
Dropped a small 21 into a void in a wall top plate above a ceiling in an attic. I was putting in a ceiling fan on a side job for a buddys sister. Job paid 100 buck but cost me 350 to get the wall repaired and painted because I opened it up to get the knife back and didnt have the patience to go back a few times to complete the repair…kinife was fine. Was also the last side work I took.
 
CHNeal said:
Dropped a small 21 into a void in a wall top plate above a ceiling in an attic. I was putting in a ceiling fan on a side job for a buddys sister. Job paid 100 buck but cost me 350 to get the wall repaired and painted because I opened it up to get the knife back and didnt have the patience to go back a few times to complete the repair…kinife was fine. Was also the last side work I took.
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Worst thing I ever did that with was a carpenter pencil. But you definitely win.

And no, I never got that pencil back. It's sitting inside the the wall of a Panera Bread drive-thru where it will remain for probably decades to come.
 
sailfish said:
Worst thing I ever did that with was a carpenter pencil. But you definitely win.

And no, I never got that pencil back. It's sitting inside the the wall of a Panera Bread drive-thru where it will remain for probably decades to come.
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Lol. Its always fun to open up a wall for a project and find stuff like that. I once found a 10 inch pipe wrench in a wall at work during a remodel. I could almost hear the plumbing yelling as I pulled it out.
 
You guys leave interesting stuff behind, I make it a point to stuff empty spaces of my projects with beer cans.

I have dropped my small 31 many times its short tenure with me, there's a small ding on the pivot end from a concrete pad.
 
zephy5 said:
I reflexively tried to catch a falling Busse fixed blade knife once. Cost me six stitches. Learned my lesson, now I jump out of the way, regardless if it is a fixed or folder.
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This is instinctual for me, including with tools. Must be my history of flipping balisongs
 
CHNeal said:
Dropped a small 21 into a void in a wall top plate above a ceiling in an attic. I was putting in a ceiling fan on a side job for a buddys sister. Job paid 100 buck but cost me 350 to get the wall repaired and painted because I opened it up to get the knife back and didnt have the patience to go back a few times to complete the repair…kinife was fine. Was also the last side work I took.
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Maybe I don’t understand the construction terminology well enough, but why wasn’t a magnet tied to a string an option?
 
I've dropped knives.

Some were folders and closed some were open or fixed blades.

the closed ones always fared the best for some reason.
 
Kallil said:
This is instinctual for me, including with tools. Must be my history of flipping balisongs
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I getcha, I like balis too. But trust me, I like my tendons and nerves better. I had an accident with my other hand that was real bad, severed the median nerve and five flexor tendons. 3 years on and it is still a bitch trying to recover. Let falling knives fall.
 
zephy5 said:
I getcha, I like balis too. But trust me, I like my tendons and nerves better. I had an accident with my other hand that was real bad, severed the median nerve and five flexor tendons. 3 years on and it is still a bitch trying to recover. Let falling knives fall.
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Wasn't it Confucious that said "A dropped knife is all blade."?
 
I've been lucky the few times that I have dropped them, no real damage other than a scratch or two here and there. CRK's are tough.
I have even done the whole try to catch it and somehow end up throwing it at light speed thing and they turned out alright.
The only exception was when I was handing a brand new small 21 CGG to a buddy and he dropped it onto the tile floor in his kitchen---BAM! no tip!
That sucked. It only fell 3 or 4 feet and didn't even land hard but the tile is always a killer. I have only broken 2 phone screens and both were victims of tile floors. The tile always wins.
 
When I first started getting into knives I ordered a Pro-Tech TR3 and the first time I opened the knife it flew out of my hands and landed tip down on the outside of my foot. As you can imagine it was a gnarly gash.

In November my daughter decides to pick up and open my small custom 31 & dropped it tip down on the tile floor. It mushroomed the tip but it’s since been worked out with sharpening. To say I was upset about that incident is an understatement. CAC65229-8AEA-4C7A-BC86-A363B4111007.jpeg
 
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