Knife breakage examples?

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D. Epstein

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I wonder what examples of knife breakage the BFC members can give?

In my time I have seen two knives break. The first was a Buck 110 that I stuck into a tree and twisted out sideways. The tip broke off like a dry stick. The second was a Buck Vanguard Gut Hook model that had a large chip taken out of the edge from a deer bone. Probably a coincidence they were both Bucks.

What knives have you seen broken?

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Whilst working at height on a bit of lighting truss, my Al Mar Recon Tanto happened to come loose from it's sheath (my bad, I missed it in my security check, and so did my buddy)took a direct header to the venue floor.

A sixty-five foot drop, point-first, onto a concrete floor took a good quarter-inch off of the tip. Funny thing, though, how fast even an IATSE Carpenter will move when you scream "HEADS!!!"

I took a proper reaming for that...even worse than the jerk who forgot to secure the chain-lift, and dropped a ten-foot section of Tomcat truss, complete with 'Cans. Hated to bang up that knife, but at least I didn't feel so bad using it as a prybar/screwdriver after that.


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I broke a switchblade once. Used it as a throwing knife. It worked well for me, but the lock didn't take the abuse and the whole thing disintegrated. Come to think of it, the blade didn't break, but the rest was useless nontheless.
Never broke a blade under even hard operating conditions (meaning what it was designed for).
 
Had a Bucklite's tip break on me after light contact with a bed-rail.
Come to think of it the Buck is the only knife I have ever had break on me(among many others I know) and I have had some pretty cheap POS's.
Says something about Buck(at least to me).

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I have broken the tips on two Bucks. What it says to me is that I use and abuse my Bucks more than any other knife I own. You might get better knives, but I don't think you will get much more practical.

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Hi all!

Lemme see...knives i've broken: Timberline SpecWar, used it to break open a door when locked out, put all my 200 lbs on the handle and snapped 3-4 mm off the point, not the fault of the knife.(in my opinion)
A friend broke the tip of one of his Buck knives(do we see a pattern here??)used it for throwing practise(bad idea!)the same person also broke one Fällkniven F1 and one Fällkniven S1, also in throwing practise, stupid is as stupid does, right??

Just my 0.7 cents...

Be well!/Jonas aka 2Sharp


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I broke an Uncle Henry trapper blade right in half when I was much younger. Was using it to pry like a screwdriver...definitely my own fault.
 
I saw a broken Randall 18 at a gun show about
3 years ago. It had snapped cleanly about
4" from the tip. It was in a Randall collection display.

I asked what happened and was told that the
original owner had tried to pry open an ammo
crate and it just snapped. It had a stainless
blade and had broken at the base of one of the teeth. It also looked new. I think that
it broke the first time it was used. Ouch!

Dennis
 
Jonas :

the same person also broke one Fällkniven F1 and one Fällkniven S1, also in
throwing practise
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From what distance with what style of throw? Did the knife suffer gross damage, break across the main body or just in the tip. Did it break because it missed the target and struck a rock or something or just break because of the shock of being thrown? Was it a long term effect or something that happened within the first few throws.

-Cliff
 
Hi
I had a Puma knife break on me when I was useing it to fix a screen snaped like a twig a dry twig was not to happy about that and don't like the knife to this day and don't use it even though I fixed the point on it can't even tell it was broke.The handle material is wearing off like it was cheap and I know the knife was not cheap. I have never purchased another Puma knife either. Don't think I will. Maybe it was my fault but the knife I think should have been more forgiving.
 
Hi all!

Mr. Stamp! here's the answers:
Buck knife broke after having stuck to wood target at an angle(handle higher than blade)it snapped clean off about 1" from the tip, was later re-ground to tanto point pattern.
Fällkniven F1 about 0.5" of the tip after hitting ground(rocks/pebbles)same with Fällkniven S1. it too "lost" about 1" of the tip after hitting the ground.
All three snapped off at a straight angle and all the breaking points were "clean".

"Ordinary" throws by the handle, F1 had taken more that a few throws and performed good, S1 took almost as many and the Buck knife broke in the first(10-15)throws.

Hope this helps! feel free to e-mail me at army@home.se if there are any further questions.

Take care and be well!/2Sharp aka Jonas

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When I was a young teenager I dropped a german made (apx. 10" o.a.l.) hunting knife (can't remember the brand) point first into a card board box. It was about 2 feet from my hand to the top of the empty cardboard box. The temperture was about 15 degree fahrenheit(sp). The knife snapped about 4 inches from the tip. Right in half. I think the cold whether, and an awkward angle and some strang fluke all played a part. To this day though, I am very careful with carbon steel knives and cold wheather.

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My only experience with a broken knife, if that' s what it is called is one of those very old wooden handled large size 007 folders. Bought it at a flea market many moons ago. After multiple wrist flick openings in the reverse grip style, the blade, locking bar, and spring literally flew out of the handles and rattled all over the floor! Never again!

L8r,
Nakano
 
Alrighty then.
I've seen two Buck 110's with broken tips and last month I re-ground the broken tip(about 1/4") of an old style Endura for a friend. Said he was prying with it. I made it a Shark's tooth tip for him. He says he likes it a lot better now.
My opinion as to why we are seeing a large percentage of Buck knives with broken tips is twofold.
First, there are probably more Buck knives out there than any other major brand.
Two, I think the tips are too thin on the 110 and their steel is too hard. I could be wrong on the hardness thing, but it seems to me that their steel is a bit brittle.

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One time I went shopping for a throwing knife ... looked at every thrower in the store (maybe eight or ten different models) ... I really liked the feel of a Hubertus single-edge spearpoint, but it was the most expensive thrower they had ... I finally settled for a cheaper one; I don't remember what brand. It broke after a couple of days throwing and I could see a big black flaw in the grain of the break. I took it back and the store owner said throwing knives weren't guaranteed but he could see the flaw as well as I could, so he refunded my money and I bought the Hubertus. I found it cleaning out my basement the other day. I still like that knife.
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I wonder if they still make them ... I might buy a couple more if they do (that was years ago). I ran a web search for "Hubertus" and found nothing, though. Is Hubertus still in business???

-Cougar Allen :{)
 
Sorry, got distracted ... I meant to say that was the only knife that was designed as a throwing knife that I've ever managed to break with a throw. I've bent the points on some throwing knives and straightened them again and once or twice when I straightened a point (not for the first time) it broke.

I've broken the points off by throwing knives that weren't designed for throwing. I've broken some points prying, too. Other than that ... let us say nothing about the *two* Pakistani knives I bought when they first came on the market ... at least let's not mention the second one I bought after the first one broke ... I couldn't possibly admit to that mistake....

-Cougar Allen :{)
 
I recently broke the tip off of my much beloved and constantly carried Woo. I can't say what I was doing at the time. (It's that whole 5th Amendment thing.)
I am just glad the knife was there and even thought the tip broke, the task was accomplished. Pictures below.......
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[This message has been edited by the4th (edited 09 December 1999).]
 
Breaking off just a little fraction of an inch like on that Woo hardly bothers me unless the blade was just barely long enough to start with. I'd suggest rather than grinding it back to the original American tanto shape, why not take the easy way and just sharpen the broken point? You'll have a unique knife then ... you might find you like it.

-Cougar Allen :{)
 
I thought about just sharpening the broken part, but I like my knives (in that size) to be a bit more "pokey."
 
The only knife I've accidentally destroyed was a cheap POS chinese copy of a Buck 110. I was carving a pumpkin with it and made the mistake of trying to pry out a small chunk of rind when the thing just fell apart. The brass pins & bolsters at the pivot just slide apart. I was *not* prying very hard either.

Although prying is a Bad Thing with a folder, it should've handled that little task without a problem. You get what you pay for...

Jon
 
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