Knife Disasters

atdegs

atdegs

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Hopefully this doesn't trigger anyone too severely, but who's got the best (worst?) knife loss/damage/self destruction story? Usually any hobby involving expensive items that fit in your hand or pocket have some good ones.
 
Maybe not exactly what you're after, but I've got a knife distruction story.

So a month or so ago I bought a Buck 673 small Bucklite max of their web specials page with the intent to rehandle it.
Ordered a piece of American black walnut that was taking forever ( lost in the mail it turns out and had to be resent ) so I decided to try my hand at maybe trying to do a micarta handle for it.
Long story short is that 5mim epoxy which is all that I could get on short notice was not up to the task.

I soaked the fabric in the stuff and wrapped it around the tang of the knife and it just didn't go well, so I had to result to using a small hammer ( a tack hammer with the tines removed ) on the Ozark trail folder I kept on my workbench to get the stuff. off
I broke the knife and had to grab another junk knife and I broke that one too.
So yeah they were cheap crappy knives, but in the end I broke two folders by hammering on them.

The black walnut eventually came in and the rehandle went great btw.


Destroying those was worth it to make this
 
Hickory n steel said:
Maybe not exactly what you're after, but I've got a knife distruction story.

So a month or so ago I bought a Buck 673 small Bucklite max of their web specials page with the intent to rehandle it.
Ordered a piece of American black walnut that was taking forever ( lost in the mail it turns out and had to be resent ) so I decided to try my hand at maybe trying to do a micarta handle for it.
Long story short is that 5mim epoxy which is all that I could get on short notice was not up to the task.

I soaked the fabric in the stuff and wrapped it around the tang of the knife and it just didn't go well, so I had to result to using a small hammer ( a tack hammer with the tines removed ) on the Ozark trail folder I kept on my workbench to get the stuff. off
I broke the knife and had to grab another junk knife and I broke that one too.
So yeah they were cheap crappy knives, but in the end I broke two folders by hammering on them.

The black walnut eventually came in and the rehandle went great btw.
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That's EXACTLY the kind of story I was hoping for. The end result looks fantastic though.
 
atdegs said:
That's EXACTLY the kind of story I was hoping for. The end result looks fantastic though.
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Thanks.
I've been using it at work since finishing it and it's worked out great, the blade has a nice ratio of stock thickness and grind height / blade width allowing it to slice very well.

I think the end result of the broken junk knives is fantastic as well, I'll bet the broken knives and the hacked up fabric and epoxy could be a piece of modern art :D
 
Hickory n steel said:
Thanks.
I've been using it at work since finishing it and it's worked out great, the blade has a nice ratio of stock thickness and grind height / blade width allowing it to slice very well.

I think the end result of the broken junk knives is fantastic as well, I'll bet the broken knives and the hacked up fabric and epoxy could be a piece of modern art :D
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Pretty sure your art piece is a commentary on the futility of war. Just make a nice sign for it and stick it on MOMA.
 
atdegs said:
I was thinking more of knives self destructing, but thanks for that I guess? Good reminder to watch what I'm cutting towards at least.
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When I saw “self destruction” and “damage” I assumed you meant damage to people. I can buy another knife, but new fingers are hard to come by.

Knives don’t often self destruct. Unless they are m390, apparently.
 
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