I've said this before about ZT0620's tip

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This is why steel Tonka Trucks are now made of plastic with rounded edges. Humans are de-evolving.
 
I understand that the tip on the 0620 is a little thin but I don't care what steel it's made of. If it's thin, it's going to snap. I once had an older Cold Steel Recon 1 Tanto with the polymer handles and "axis lock". Like you, I purposely dropped it tip down on to a 1" thick rubber floor mat and the tip snapped like yours after it swung side to side. The tip of the Recon 1 was actually thicker than the 0620. The only person to blame was myself. Lessoned learned.
 
I unintentionally dropped my 620 off a 4 foot high counter on to a tile floor. I watched in slow motion as it landed perfectly on the tip. The tip bent ever so slightly. I was able to fix it up on a wet stone in about 5 minutes. We just had a similar situation in the shop with a Brous Mini Division Flipper, the Brous tip bent about the same, maybe a little worse than the 620. To me the tip on my 620 is just fine. Work the tip of about any knife hard enough and it is going to break!
 
Well, at least you admit how it happened. Not sure why your surprised that it did though.
 
One thing is for sure......


Were it took Thomas Edison 100 plus tries to perfect the light bulb filament , Knife Chop was successful the first time......
 
gotta love the "wtf?" threads that pop up on here once in awhile

usually I spend my time reading "brand X is better than brand Y because...." and the occasional "this steel is better than that steel because...." , and today I log on to find a "i dropped my knife on purpose to prove the tip is weak" thread. I think im gonna pop some popcorn on my lunch break, sit back, and enjoy this one :D
 
Ive used my 0620cf and applied stress to the tip without issue, something sounds fishy with " I dropped my knife into wood and broke the tip" . Either there's more to this story or there's an issue with the steel on HIS knife. Elmax is a VERY tough stainless. As is m390.
whitty said:
I unintentionally dropped my 620 off a 4 foot high counter on to a tile floor. I watched in slow motion as it landed perfectly on the tip. The tip bent ever so slightly. I was able to fix it up on a wet stone in about 5 minutes. We just had a similar situation in the shop with a Brous Mini Division Flipper, the Brous tip bent about the same, maybe a little worse than the 620. To me the tip on my 620 is just fine. Work the tip of about any knife hard enough and it is going to break!
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All this thread proves is that some people should NOT own knives. For their safety and the safety of others...... :rolleyes:
 
One thing is for certain, there would be no thread if the OP owned an Emerson...

[video=youtube;5ED58nK6Gpc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-cl=85027636&v=5ED58nK6Gpc&x-yt-ts=1422503916[/video]
 
Oh Emerson knives have never had a tip break? I didn't know that.. how do you know the exact scenerio the OP told is true? Hmm.. how do you know that elmax blade didnt have a flaw in the steel? and 154cm vs elmax? Elmax out performs 154cm in EVERY way. Answer my questions on how you KNOW these things I'm interested to know.
Alnamvet68 said:
One thing is for certain, there would be no thread if the OP owned an Emerson...

[video=youtube;5ED58nK6Gpc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-cl=85027636&v=5ED58nK6Gpc&x-yt-ts=1422503916[/video]
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Alnamvet68 said:
One thing is for certain, there would be no thread if the OP owned an Emerson...
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Be serious....there are examples on this site and others of Emersons with broken tips. Some were even dropped. :eek:

All this thread proves is when you drop a knife and it lands tip down, bad things can happen. There is no new information to be had here.
 
I've owned a Paramilitary for years and knew that the tip was thinner than other knives. I've used it the way I normally use knives and have never had an issue with the thin tip. I've owned a 0620CF since November and as far as I can tell, I no reason to think it will be any different than the Paramilitary. If I wanted a thick tip on a knife, I'd look for that.

I can understand if someone sees "tanto" and makes that assumption that the tip is therefore thick, but that's kind of a n00b mistake. The variation in grinds out there simply cannot be broken down into a simplistic tanto = thick tip, spear point = thin tip.
 
Morrow said:
Be serious....there are examples on this site and others of Emersons with broken tips. Some were even dropped. :eek:
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Oh no. Emerson tips are like Chuck Norris...if you drop them tip down onto something, the something breaks. :D
 
I've never broken the tip on a knife in the 30 years I've owned them. Blades have chipped and rolled. In high school, I did stupid stuff with my knives (like throwing them at cardboard, used on the dartboard) and I have dropped my fair share of knives. Not a single bent or busted tip.

My guess is the OP threw it into that pallet, not just "dropped" it. In doing so, when the tip penetrated the wood, it may have struck the concrete below. Only explanation I can think of.
 
Rum. Monkey. said:
So funny when people say anything negative about ZT. The butt hurt is unreal
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This is a strategy called poisoning the well. Rather than addressing the content of what people are saying, you brush it all off as people being "butt hurt." The fact is, if someone makes a claim on a discussion forum, people will challenge it if there's a reason to. While it is true that some people irrationally hold some level of loyalty to brands, the dishonesty here is grouping everyone together in order to preserve your own position from further legitimate challenges.
 
K.O.D. said:
I've never broken the tip on a knife in the 30 years I've owned them. Blades have chipped and rolled. In high school, I did stupid stuff with my knives (like throwing them at cardboard, used on the dartboard) and I have dropped my fair share of knives. Not a single bent or busted tip.

My guess is the OP threw it into that pallet, not just "dropped" it. In doing so, when the tip penetrated the wood, it may have struck the concrete below. Only explanation I can think of.
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You're lucky....I've broken 3 tips that I can recall. Two were the result of drops on concrete
 
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