Large dent on the edge of my BK9!?

Wood Splitter

Wood Splitter

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I was out in about -40 Celsius blizzard about 8 or 9 months ago playing around with my BK9 at my wood pile in the forest out back. The wood I was using is red alder, a medium hardness hardwood, slightly softer then oak and maple.

At the time I had just split an 8 inch wide by about 20 inch long piece of alder, and I decided to take a block of it home with me to try and make a spoon in the spring, because it was very tight grained, and had no knots. I was chopping down the length of the quartered piece of wood to get rid of most of the rough edges. I stooped to test the edge after about 30+ mins out there, and it had barely lost any edge and could easily make hair thin curls on frozen wood. So I continued to rough shape a block for a spoon. After another 10 mins I checked the edge yet again, and to my surprise, I had a large dent in the edge! Not a roll or a chip, but a dent, it looks almost as if it was hit with a bullet :eek: :grumpy: I did not hit anything in the wood other then wood, and I did not hit the ground.

The dent doesn’t really impair the use of my knife, but at first, it did scrap the inside of my CRKS kydex sheath to the point it it almost not being able to fit it. Eventually it loosed up. Because it does not impair my use of it, I decided there was no need for me to ask about warranty.

What are your thoughts? If I wanted to send it in for warranty, I would need to ship it over the boarder from Canada to the US. If I did ship it to them, I probably wouldn't see my knife for about two months.


Here are some pics of it.


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Thanks guys :cool:
 
I would leave if its not bugging you, if it really gets to you send KaBar an email.

At -40 steel can break, plain and simple it doesn't matter what knife it is things just get brittle at those temps.
 
Widerstand said:
I would leave if its not bugging you, if it really gets to you send KaBar an email.

At -40 steel can break, plain and simple it doesn't matter what knife it is things just get brittle at those temps.
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Yes, I understand. Just thought I would show you guys.
 
At first when I did not read the entire post, I was wondering where on this planet you lived that it was -40 in August. What Veedershnitzel said, you're lucky the blade didn't break. Also, what camera are you using, those macro shots are crisp(y creme!).
 
I just want to make sure of the timeline, you were out in some cold weather, 8-9 months ago when this happened? Or was it today?

I'm not being a smartass, I just want to make sure before I flame you. :D

Moose
 
hammer it out, steel it, sharpen it, use it some more. should do the job.

hammering it is the time honored tradition for fixing "rolled edges" and other imperfections. probably work harden it as well. see BK5 thread of similar nature where someone hammered it out, and it's fine. hammer and sickle. very russian. yes?

imho, this is not a failure, it's just what happens when you use edged things, and in your case, extreme conditions.
 
moosez45 said:
I just want to make sure of the timeline, you were out in some cold weather, 8-9 months ago when this happened? Or was it today?

I'm not being a smartass, I just want to make sure before I flame you. :D

Moose
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Gulp :eek: It was 8 or 9 months ago bud...am I going to get in trouble for using my blades in -35 weather?
 
Wood Splitter said:
Gulp :eek: It was 8 or 9 months ago bud...am I going to get in trouble for using my blades in -35 weather?
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Ok, that's easier to get a grasp on then.

Easy, tight grained, frozen wood is one of the toughest things on this planet. I think the BK9 did quite well. I would take Bladite's advice, hammer or steel it out, and get back to it. Frozen wood is double tough, mon ami, double tough.

Moose
 
Bladite said:
hammer it out, steel it, sharpen it, use it some more. should do the job.

hammering it is the time honored tradition for fixing "rolled edges" and other imperfections. probably work harden it as well. see BK5 thread of similar nature where someone hammered it out, and it's fine. hammer and sickle. very russian. yes?

imho, this is not a failure, it's just what happens when you use edged things, and in your case, extreme conditions.
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I don’t see it as a failure either. I use my knives, and I use them hard. That roll as I said, does not impair my use of the knife, I just wanted your opinions. I am now awaiting my sentence from Moose (gulp) :eek:
 
I did the same thing, sort of, years ago. Tried hacking down frozen trees in ultra minus weather. The hard as flint trees won and I put a ding in the Brute. Still has the mild ding years and many sharpenings later. The knife works fine. :thumbup:
 
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