May you all confess your worst knife abuse

Batonned my Super Freek through some copper wire. No damage. Used my xm-18 to pry a cover off a breaker mechanism. No big deal.

That's about it really. I generally use them for knife tasks but sometimes I go crazy.
 
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UDIVER said:
I wouldn't call this "abuse" but I dropped an opened Para 2 in Maxamet on cement and landed on the tip......needless to say the tip broke clean off from the 3ish ft drop.

Highly doubt I will ever buy anything in Max ever again, such an overhyped disappointing steel.
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To be fair, the weak tips on a para wouldn’t survive that in any steel.
 
I used my spyderco as a screwdriver, “ who hasn’t “ and chipped the edge, a little time on the stone fixed it.
The same knife has been used to open the garage door after locking my self out, open beer cans etc.

The worst was done by my work partner, he asked to use my Buck 110, I was busy with a situation, a few minutes later he handed me my knife back in 2 pieces. I never carried a knife on my belt ever again.
 
One thing to treat your own knives rough, its another thing entirely to destroy another mans gear...
Did he replace it?
BCG said:
I used my spyderco as a screwdriver, “ who hasn’t “ and chipped the edge, a little time on the stone fixed it.
The same knife has been used to open the garage door after locking my self out, open beer cans etc.

The worst was done by my work partner, he asked to use my Buck 110, I was busy with a situation, a few minutes later he handed me my knife back in 2 pieces. I never carried a knife on my belt ever again.
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Phoynix said:
One thing to treat your own knives rough, its another thing entirely to destroy another mans gear...
Did he replace it?
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Yes, well sort of a few days after the incident he handed me a new knife, it was a cheap knock-off.
When I explained this to him he went on about it being just as good.
 
My father was a mechanic, when I was young I would get his hand me down knives when he couldn't use them anymore. I have an old Case that he broke the tip off the main blade. I ground it square and it made a good screwdriver. I was working as a mechanic then and the knife was very useful. I occasionally sharpened that blade on a bench grinder and used it to cut automotive hoses, belts and wiring. I would have been in really good shape with a modern multitool but they didn't exist back then.

Around 15 years ago I was carrying a BM mini-grip. I was with a big group of people on a fishing trip and we were getting ready for a big fish fry. I was cutting open packages and layed my knife down on a table temporarily. When I turned back to get it it wasn't there. My uncle had picked it up and was scraping the inside of a big cast iron pot with it. I wasn't very good at sharpening back then and it took me a long time to get that knife sharp again. (So actually this wasn't me abusing my knife.)

I still have both of these knives.
 
I like to throw regular knives that aren't made for that , including folders . :eek::poop:

I also like to test my fixed blades by using to make spears and side slap against tree trunks really hard . o_O

I've broken lots of knives but also found out which I can trust . Mostly that means Cold Steel ! :cool::thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
Ehh, I am all for rough treatment or even breaking knives if it saves you time/money/effort, knives are a consumable(outside collector/sentimental value)... Yet doing it to things like folders by throwing for fun just to see how "tough" they are makes me cringe.

DocJD said:
I like to throw regular knives that aren't made for that , including folders . :eek::poop:

I also like to test my fixed blades by using to make spears and side slap against tree trunks really hard . o_O

I've broken lots of knives but also found out which I can trust . Mostly that means Cold Steel ! :cool::thumbsup::thumbsup:
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Phoynix said:
Ehh, I am all for rough treatment or even breaking knives if it saves you time/money/effort, knives are a consumable(outside collector/sentimental value)... Yet doing it to things like folders by throwing for fun just to see how "tough" they are makes me cringe.
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Most of my testing was done in my early days of collecting . Long time ago .

Just trying to see for myself . No internet around here back then !
 
I tried to use my beautiful ZDP 189 Spyderco Delica as a screwdriver. Chipped the edge. Bummed me out bad.

I accidentally hooked the blade on my keychain, while trying out my Spyderco Warren Thomas Karambit in the mirror. Damaged the edge in multiple places. Bummed me out so bad that I immediately ordered a new one.

I was young.
 
I have a junk drawer knife which I use for rough tasks. An old Mora blade I got at a pow wow a long time ago driven into a file handle. I cut cans, use a hammer on it to cut whatever, etc..
What's amazing is that the darn thing is still in pretty good shape other than the finish.

I like to go to yard sales and I also have a few yard sale "jarbenzas" in various places just to have an abusable knife there. For instance, I smoke a pipe and my back porch smoking chair has one for cleaning my pipes, etc..
 
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