Little damage to BK-2..Is it normal?

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I went to my local bike park today to finish building a new starting tower. I took my Bk-2 to assist me. Everything went fine till I needed to split like 4 cm wooden plank. So I put the tip of the knife on the plank and gently hit it few times with hammer from top. I got shocked. I couldnt believe my eyes. I was really light on that hammer and the damage done. I thought that theee steels are much tougher.
Is it normal to dent it so easily?
 
If you're hitting it with a hammer then yes, it is normal as they weren't designed to be hit with a hammer. The entire handle area is much softer than the blade, and while it is designed for you to hammer on with wood, an actual hammer, or other hardened piece of steel is not what they meant. It is plenty strong, it is only in a lower hardness than the blade, which is why it deformed rather than shattering. For future use, use a wooden baton and you will not run into that issue. Also, unless it is a nail or other device designed to be hit with a hammer, don't hit it with a hammer. Now let's see this skate park place that it built.
 
Wow. I cant say I have any knowledge in knifemaking, but I thought that the whole knife both blade and handle are hardened at once like one piece. Now I know I was wrong.
Well it is more of a dirt and trial park. Nothing for skaters to do:-D We still need to bring in an excavator to move the dirt and form the jumps.
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Yeah like Derek said, when you're hitting steel with metal/rocks/etc expect to damage the steel. I baton my axe with a hammer or back of a handaxe and it dings and dents the back of the axe. I'm not too worried about it because it's not an expensive axe and using a hammer or handaxe makes it go faster. But if you don't want to damage the BK use a hard piece of wood I baton. Steel vs Wood steel will always win, especially with a good steel. Now if you're talking about a cheap knife like a Gerber then you may break the knife batoning even with wood. I've even seen buddies ding up the edge of their knives digging into the dirt because of it hitting rocks.

I was adding micarta scales into my BK2 the other day when I was fishing and dropped a bolt between the boards of a dry dock. I ended up prying the board up with my BK2 as if it was a crowbar, battened it in a little here and there with some wood for extra leverage, but there wasn't even a scratch or chip on the knife when I was done.
 
Ahh I love some trail riding. There was a place about a mile away that a bunch of bike riders build dirt jumps in. Considering its in the middle of a very woody forest it wasn't bad, until a buch of trees fell over. I still want to take a ride over to the garden (in Chicago) and do some riding there.

Just out of curiosity what do you ride?
 
Hey Hitman....

Derek was right on in his explanation.......It is theoretically possibile to bend a BK2, if you get help and the differential heat treat will give you a bendy not a breaky.... Breaky is a less desirable outcome........This is especially true of stick tang knives which are more susceptible to bending damage.......

All best....

Ethan
 
DJG097 said:
Ahh I love some trail riding. There was a place about a mile away that a bunch of bike riders build dirt jumps in. Considering its in the middle of a very woody forest it wasn't bad, until a buch of trees fell over. I still want to take a ride over to the garden (in Chicago) and do some riding there.

Just out of curiosity what do you ride?
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Well my main focus is on downhill racing. So my BK-2 enjoys a lot of trail building in the woods. But I ride park or dirt jumps when injured, tired or just to have fun in the evening to learn some trickcs and get som steeze :-D
 
She's got character now and a scar as a reminder.

That blade will still do whatever you want, and I must say, using it to build a ramp, is truly freakin'awesome.

Rock on.

Moose
 
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