How To Military broken tip, twice

3 346ci

Put up a pic of the damage. I bet it could be reprofiled and the handle shortened to match
 
Perfect excuse to chop it now.
I bought a bhq exclusive just for this, but thought I'd wait til the tip snapped before I started. No such luck yet, CPM-M4 is some tough stuff.
 
Yonose said:
I locked myself out with only a hap40 man bug. Didn’t even cross my mind, despite being late for an appointment, to damage this tiny knife by attempting to pick the lock. Borrowed a lockpick kit from a neighbor instead, back inside in 5 minutes. I won’t, for any reason, ever pry with a spyderco knife. It will break and won’t get the job done. I saw at shotshow Eric was showing a knife with blade, screwdriver/pry device, and then he said it was 8cr13, which ruined it for me.
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8cr13 by Spyderco's heat treat protocol is a very decent steel, its not ''crappy'' by any means. Having said that, on the BHQ youtube vids of shotshow, Eric did say that was a first, then there should be a higher end one in the future.

As of now, that offering in 8cr13 surely blows aways SAKs of the same type. Now Imagine when done in S30V or CTS-XHP, its a matter of time!
 
mael333ca said:
8cr13 by Spyderco's heat treat protocol is a very decent steel, its not ''crappy'' by any means. Having said that, on the BHQ youtube vids of shotshow, Eric did say that was a first, then there should be a higher end one in the future.

As of now, that offering in 8cr13 surely blows aways SAKs of the same type. Now Imagine when done in S30V or CTS-XHP, its a matter of time!
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I didn’t mean that 8cr13 was “crappy:” it’s probably “tougher” than s30v—I just won’t, as a personal choice, buy spydies made in China. Ever.
 
346ci said:
Now it has broken again
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I like that wording . . . as if the knife were off by its self doing something and it came back broken.
I got one thing to say : Stop that.
:). . . and nother thing . . . i find knives with robust largish handles and shorter blades (3 to 3.5 inches) to be very handy and useful. More leverage and control for hard cutting. A long handle lends its self to more ways to grip it; one and two handed.
 
Ide like to chop it for him. The first millie I bought was bought with the intent to cut down (handle and blade). After I started using it, I couldnt bring myself to do it. I need someone elses to modify.
 
Sorry for the late reply. The knife was damaged by using it as a pry bar/screw driver. Not sure how to post pics as photobucket is now charging, I can email it to someone if they want to post.
 
346ci said:
Sorry for the late reply. The knife was damaged by using it as a pry bar/screw driver. Not sure how to post pics as photobucket is now charging, I can email it to someone if they want to post.
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If you want, send them to me at and I will post them.
 
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If you must pry or screw with your knife get a Keyshaw, ZT or benchmade. They’ll charge you $30, but at least you’ll have your blade back the way it was. Still, a lot cheaper to carry another tool. When people borrow my knives for such a purpose they pay full msrp for a replacement, just for pissing me off.
 
Yonose said:
If you must pry or screw with your knife get a Keyshaw, ZT or benchmade. They’ll charge you $30, but at least you’ll have your blade back the way it was. Still, a lot cheaper to carry another tool. When people borrow my knives for such a purpose they pay full msrp for a replacement, just for pissing me off.
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I've been using Spyderco's for a long time, mostly Military's and Endura's. I did have a few Benchmades before, might check them out again. Don't see any of the ZT knives I'd like but getting my hands on one may change my mind.
 
on_the_edge said:
Here is the pic I got. I will post more if/when they come in.

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I would pick up a small DMT set and make it a linerlock Endura :thumbsup:
I saw a guy do the same on an M4 PM2 and it looked pretty good.

My professional mentor has EDC’d a tanto CPM154 blur for as long as I have known him and about a year ago he broke off the tip. I reprofiled the tip on DMT stones and gave it a mirrored edge on an EPA. He was pretty happy :D
 
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