Knife that could safe your butt - true story + PICS

Santi

Santi

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A Good friend of mine had forced himself out of trouble using a good knife coupla nights ago.

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It's the same knife that I posted here few days ago: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=356171

:D :D :D
 
Very nice. Thats one tough knife. And who says super steels arent worth it? Is it fixed yet? Looks like more than just sharpen it out damage.
 
Hmnnnn, I wonder if that doesn't tell us more about the lock than about the blade... :D

But I'd like to hear the story too!
 
Not sure about the lock in the picture, but a friend of mine in AIT lost the key to his Master lock. Used his combat boot like a hammer and broke it in 3 hits.
 
Hmnnnn, I wonder if that doesn't tell us more about the lock than about the blade...

I don't understand the photos shown; with all the marks on the lock it seems your friend must have been fighting his way through this for a long time.

Here is a link to the lock maker: Tri-circle Locks model #264
http://www.allproducts.com/prc/tricircle/261.html

n2s
 
impressive... although some locks are pretty weak.
in high school i used to just loop my belt through the lock (most were master combo locks), raise my arm as high as it would go and then whip it down - the lock would snap apart like butter.
hey, theres an oft-neglected part of survival gear: a really tough leather belt (with a tough buckle). could be used in so many ways.
 
He should have spent his efforts attacking the brass which is much weaker than the steel.
 
mete said:
He should have spent his efforts attacking the brass which is much weaker than the steel.
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It looks like the nicks in the steel were a result of hacking into the brass. As he chopped through the brass that the steel was locked into the blade also made contact with the steel locking bar, or whatever you call it. :)
 
i figured as well that he was eventually chopping into the brass -- but i also see where the steel was chopped into on both sides quite a bit. i wonder if thats what he was trying first?
would be nice to hear the story as to why this was necessary in the firstplace. was he kidnapped by ninjas (who forgot to search him) and left locked in a cellar?

try the belt method on a lock you dont really care about. it works like a charm, and you dont have to spend hours regrinding/resharpening afterwards :)
 
yeah but if you carry lockpicks or padlock shims it would be so much easier

i could have that lock (even the one that Way-o posted) open <1min
 
Use a bolt cutter. It is always wiser to use the right tool for the job.



n2s
 
but pretty much everyone is always wearing a belt :)
what if you dont have your uber fixed-blade with you? or your bolt cutters or crowbar :)
 
spyder8 said:
yeah but if you carry lockpicks or padlock shims it would be so much easier

i could have that lock (even the one that Way-o posted) open <1min
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The one I posted is a top of the line ABLOY PL362. They advertise it as suitable for military applications.

I admittedly don't know that much about locks and picking them, but I would have figured that it's pretty hard to open in less than a minute. I can be fitted with the Protec lock, like the one in the pic is, judging from the key (Profile/Exec/Disklock Pro are other options for that lock). Just looking at my Abloy Exec type home key, I really wonder what kind of equipment you'd use. Actually, I hope this sort of know-how isn't easy to come by.

Here's an additional image I hastily assembled with a view of the mechanisms.
 
MrMojoRising said:
Ok, what's the story to go along with the pics?
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Ummh, not much of a story, I guess.
It's quite simple and embarassing, really.

The "softer" version goes like this: ;)

Well, . . . MY guy was drunk.
He lost the key.
That knife was the only TOOL with him at the time.
So, he decided to break the padlock.
And that took him, including chopping and prying, about 5 minutes. :D
 
Some of the best high-security locks are built to be un-pickable, with rotating pins and lockout bars.

Still, I do carry a "J" pick and a 1/2 figure-8 with my favorite tension tool tucked back in my EDC kit, but I know some of 'em are just not going to fall for that approach.

Sometimes drilling the core out or bashing the sh!t out of the thing is the only way. I've worked on one lock that would not respond to the 3' bolt cutters and laughed off the hacksaw. :)
 
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