Just curious

Well..... um....... i have done a fair bit of (non intentional) damage. Some of it was to other peoples knives.....

ok, here's a list, to the best of my knowledge....

The first was on friends New Hibben thrower.... we were throwing it at an old door. (wooden) Me, being the throwing expert i am, threw it pretty hard, totally missed the door and hit the steel bar that was next to it. He then had two, smaller hibben throwers.

The same friend, same door, a littl while later, with anothr hibben, over the door (i really do suck at throwing), over the paddock, into the lake. Hibbens sink pretty quick.

Different friend this time, we were rock - climbing (if you have never seen a 300 pound guy rock climb, it's very amusing) His new Endura (which i had recomended)..... I was cutting some rope, and i slipped.... Granite i s hard, and 90 feet is a long way.... = endura in several peices.... he wasn't happy....

different friend, same cliff, Cold steel SRK. I was using this to climb with (ask no questions and be told no lies) I rammed the tip about an inch and a half into a crack and dropped my weight onto it. It broke. I fell. It REALLY hurt. My friend was pissing himself laughing till he realised the thing on the ground next to him wasn't a piece of stone, it was (most of) his SRK. Not a happy camper.

My knives now..... I was chopping a tree down, using a cheap bowie i bought and my trusty hatchet. I was using the hatchet (the bowie was a hopeless cutter) and the head came off.... it hit the bowie and snapped it into about 20 pieces.... it only cost me 50 bucks (AUD) but still.......

My cheap folder.... i was trying to undo a screw.... snap.. a chunk out of the tip... never to worry, a bit of re-grinding. the next week, trying to open a jammed draw.

My Swiss army knife.... i was trying to get a phonecard (about the size of a credit card) out of the phone it was stuck in so i could call home.... stuck the blade in, pulled back.... one less blade on the knife
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I was in a knife shop, not all that long ago, looking at a Gerber Applegate-Fairburn folder. I rapped it smartly on the edge of a desk. The liner snapped and it closed. I took it to the desk. They were very understanding, and said i didn't need to pay, as i was a trusted customer and i wouldn't have done anything stupid, and anyway, they could get another for free. Phew.

That's all i can think of at the moment. If anyone thinks i do nothing but abuse knives, you are wrong. However, if you think i really should be a little more careful, you are right. I am much more so with expensive things.... My friends have each broken several of my knives, so we're about even, for anyone that was going to suggest a lawsuit against me
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People who say knives are innefective weapons have never been stabbed
 
Well..... um....... i have done a fair bit of (non intentional) damage. Some of it was to other peoples knives.....

ok, here's a list, to the best of my knowledge....

The first was on friends New Hibben thrower.... we were throwing it at an old door. (wooden) Me, being the throwing expert i am, threw it pretty hard, totally missed the door and hit the steel bar that was next to it. He then had two, smaller, hibben throwers.

The same friend, same door, a little while later, with another hibben, over the door (i really do suck at throwing), over the paddock, into the lake. Hibbens sink pretty quick.

Different friend this time, we were rock climbing (if you have never seen a 300 pound guy rock climb, it's very amusing)I was using his new Endura (which i had recomended)..... I was cutting some rope, and i slipped.... Granite is hard, and 90 feet is a long way.... = endura in several peices.... he wasn't happy....

different friend, same cliff, Cold steel SRK. I was using this to climb with (ask no questions and be told no lies) I rammed the tip about an inch and a half into a crack and dropped my weight onto it. It broke. I fell. It REALLY hurt. My friend was pissing himself laughing till he realised the thing on the ground next to him wasn't a piece of stone, it was (most of) his SRK. Not a happy camper.

My knives now..... I was chopping a tree down, using a cheap bowie i bought and my trusty hatchet. I was using the hatchet (the bowie was a hopeless cutter) and the head came off.... it hit the bowie and snapped it into about 20 pieces.... it only cost me 50 bucks (AUSD) but still.......

My cheap folder.... i was trying to undo a screw.... snap.. a chunk out of the tip... never to worry, a bit of re-grinding. the next week, trying to open a jammed draw, the blade snapped in half....

My Swiss army knife.... i was trying to get a phonecard (about the size of a credit card) out of the phone it was stuck in so i could call home.... stuck the blade in, pulled back.... one less blade on the knife
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I was in a knife shop, not all that long ago, looking at a Gerber Applegate-Fairburn folder. I rapped it smartly on the edge of a desk. The liner snapped and it closed. I took it to the desk. They were very understanding, and said i didn't need to pay, as i was a trusted customer and i wouldn't have done anything stupid, and anyway, they could get another for free. Phew.

That's all i can think of at the moment. If anyone thinks i do nothing but abuse knives, you are wrong. However, if you think i really should be a little more careful, you are right. I am much more so with expensive things.... My friends have each broken several of my knives, so we're about even, for anyone that was going to suggest a lawsuit against me
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People who say knives are innefective weapons have never been stabbed

[This message has been edited by James Healy (edited 03-08-2000).]
 
Kkimo had asked about the time I had to stab a car, so here it is.

Ever been driving a back road at nite, it's been raining, and then -DAMN- the tires get stuck? If you have, you'll relate, if not, try it, it's an interesting experience.
Anyway, so there we were, my girlfriend and I, in the middle of nowhere in the foothills of central Ca. I get out to see what the problem is, and notice that the car is a little too close to, oh, did I forget to mention the fact that the passenger side of the car was quite close to the edge of the road, which happened to end in a GIANT and incredibly DEEP ravine?
Now when I say close, I mean that there was less than three feet between the tires and freefall. My girlfriend at this point is sitting in the back seat, behind the drivers seat, doing the only acceptable thing at this particular moment in time, being completely silent, and not moving at all.
I decided to cut some branches off a tree for traction, and retrieved my Cold Steel Magnum Tanto from the car.
What I didn't know then was that by simply putting the sheath on my belt I would be saving my life.
Cutting the branches, I was just putting them under the passenger side rear tire, now standing uncomfortably (did I mention that I REALLY dislike heights?) close to the edge of this ravine, when I felt the ground start to give way beneath my left foot.
Without thinking, I snatched the Tanto from my belt in a reverse grip and stabbed with all of my strength into the trunk.
At which point my girlfriend, seeing me stab the car and immediately drop from view, starts screaming.
So there I am, suspended above this HUGE ravine, with a death grip on the knife shoved into the trunk of my girlfriend's car, ans SHE'S screaming! It's funny, the things you think about at a time like this, the fact that there is a perfectly good rope IN the trunk, that is now inaccessable, because the fact that the trunk is closed is the only thing keeping you alive. I breifly flashed on the moment I had decided to turn this way, the fact that the 5'8", 130 pound woman in the car has no chance of helping to pull my 6'5", 285 pound self up. Quite a quandry.
Having no other choice, I pulled myself up, and played spider man over the back of the car. I got the car unstuck after a beer and a half pack of cigarettes. The knife suffered only some scratches, and a little paint transfer. The trunk on the other hand, was quite dead.
I lived, and I guess so did the car. I always carry that knife when I'm in the hills now, and try to avoid that particular road.

Joe

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"I can go over to your mama's house, and start a small fire in her panties." -G. Busey
 
Thank you, thank you very much.
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For my next trick (read near death experience
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"I can go over to your mama's house, and start a small fire in her panties." -G. Busey
 
Knives I've bust:
SOG Paratool, casing cracked -free replacement.
Fake Cold Steel Tanto, broke at tang -now have the real macoy, Cold Steel Master Tanto: tough as nuts.
CS Tanto kydex sheath rivets torn out -free replacement.
Al Mar Pathfinder, large cresent chip out -my Sere and Gunstock folders are great.
Andy Woodsman Survival Knife, broke two inches off the point.
Unknown Nepalese Kukre, divotted the blade -now a wall piece.
Blackjack Marauder II, divotted the blade -two hours work on a red DMT to remove, but still my best chopper.
Wilkinson Survival Knife, crap.
Blackjack SRT(?), scales fallen off -going back to maker soon.
Swiss Army, twisted a few blades -but I love them, just be a gentleman.
British Army Golocks, beaten countless blunt -but they are free.
Folders under $60 I break.
Knives thrown into trees break.
Buy one serious knife $$$$$ and use it. Or buy cheap and expect them to break.
 
In my teens, I thought THE knife were those wooden handled OO7 folders. I bought one at a local flea market and proudly snapped it open all night long at work. While trying to show how proud an owner I was the darn thing flew into pieces all over the floor! Only thing left was the wooden handles in my hand. Guess it was really a 000!

L8r,
Nakano
 
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