Manix 2 Hard use and abuse- Success.

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Luis G.

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I did some testing today with some thick branches. Batoning, cutting bark off, splitting the branches etc.
I will say I beat the crap out of the knife with an loose axe handle with most of my strength. I simply pretended it was a fixed blade.

During batoning, the knife performed well. The edge held up fine with no edge damage just a littel dulling (still paper push cutting sharp).However at the end of test blade play and a slipping lock were present (Same slipping that occurred in Ankerson's spine whack test). This means a slight push could disengage the knife and there was blade play up down and side to side. Measured by a scale it took approximately 10 lbs of force to disengage the lock, albeit not very scientific.

I took it inside, disassembled the knife, clean it, lubed it, and reassembled. During disassembly I noticed the steel back spacer had moved up a little, this caused the lock to engage further down on the blade tang near the corner of the locking surface, that is why it kept disengaging.
Knife is back to normal. Solid no blade play. A few hard spine whacks and the knife remained solid. The fact it is capable of taking that kind of punishment with no permanent damage is a success in my books.

Videos are incoming probably by tomorrow morning.

*I Do NOT encourage batoning with a folding knife*
 
Not trying to say that your test is pointless or anything, but I'd like to note that when batoning with your folder you should disengage the lock and have the knife partially open, so that most of the stress goes on the blade itself, instead of the pivot and various other moving components in the knife which are more prone to damage.
 
XiaolongJackson said:
Not trying to say that your test is pointless or anything, but I'd like to note that when batoning with your folder you should disengage the lock and have the knife partially open, so that most of the stress goes on the blade itself, instead of the pivot and various other moving components in the knife which are more prone to damage.
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Yeah I understand that jackson, thats how I started but my testing was for the knife locking mechanism not to see if a S30v slab of steel would break. Anyways no permanent damage to the knife.

OrdnanceBubbaUSMC said:
Where all screws locked down before testing it out?
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Oh yes. Damn sure it was tight as can do. Even applied new loctite.
 
That is very interesting. Did it seem like the testing broke that loctite seal when you went to disassemble it or screws were still fully tightened? I still like tests of this type even though some frown on it - we might do it for fun, curiosity, or convenience in the backyard but also might need to be rough in an emergency.
 
One of the screws has lost it's tightness.

Pivots were fine and the other 3 screws still felt locked.
 
The Manix is a pretty boss knife, but I didn't know it would take that kind of pounding. :eek: Good to know!

I haven't gone that far with any of mine, but I've used them for nearly everything under the sun and haven't had any kind of failures with them.
 
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