Most indestructible knife

I am absolutely certain that Joe can’t break Daado Daado big cleavers. But I like mine so much that I would not send it for him to prove that. My hellize hellize tomahawks are also impossible to break by human hands, like some crazy stuff Dulo knives made me in some special alloys, like H11ESR (electro stag remelted) and Ultrafort (Maraging Steel). Again, I like these monsters so much I don’t wanna Joe to let them all full of dings and scratches.
 
jeffbird said:
Watch these old videos by Noss. The short answer to the question is the Busse FBM - Fusion Battle Mistress. His tests are wildly excessive, but can be pretty fun to watch and certainly reveal weaknesses in a hurry. Someone bought his webpage and has moved many/most of the videos to here:

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Noss broke the Busse FBM, but he couldn’t break the Keffeler monster, made in 1/2+” of cpm3v. These tests are long gone from YouTube, but I watched every one of those videos hundreds of times. Those tests originated my toughness obsession.
 
I'm sure a Busse or from his videos the Work tuff knife was excellent. For a smaller "cheap" knife I don't think you can beat the Gerber Strongarm.

As others have said used for their intended purpose you don't need a particularly "strong" knife (steel and thickness etc...).

The big Ontarios do well and from personal experience the My parang heavy duku chandong can take immense "abuse". Although their video states not covered under warranty they make shavings from a steel pipe with no edge damage.

Any knife can be broken easily if that's the intention, but as a tool I respect a particular knives limits.
 
This is my most indestructible knife- not the Sebenza on top shown for scale, but the sharpened 1” plate below it, which came out of the scrap pile from an industrial application. I’m normally not too picky about weight, but this one can be just a little too heavy to comfortably carry all day (~30 lbs) and is a tad thick behind the edge so I usually trade indestructibility for practicality.


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Slice O Life said:
Genuinely curious. If you found an indestructible knife, that was truly indestructible, what would you do with it?
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I'm only speaking for myself, and free opinions are worth what you paid for them.

An indestructible knife would be a better Dumbo feather.
 
Shorttime said:
I'm only speaking for myself, and free opinions are worth what you paid for them.

An indestructible knife would be a better Dumbo feather.
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Makes sense. An indestructible anything would be a confidence boost. A big reason why people like GShocks and in the past Nokia.
 
Slice O Life said:
Genuinely curious. If you found an indestructible knife, that was truly indestructible, what would you do with it?
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I would spend my time trying to destroy it.

this one looks pretty strong

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but I don’t see how anything can beat Shorttime Shorttime ‘s video of the Godzilla.
 
i know were talkin fixed........
and I'm not a joe x fan, but was surprised how well cold steels 8cr13mov in the sr1 lite did. he couldn't really break it and that's all he does is try to break knives.
 
Arathol said:
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This or a BK2.
 
jbmonkey said:
i know were talkin fixed........
and I'm not a joe x fan, but was surprised how well cold steels 8cr13mov in the sr1 lite did. he couldn't really break it and that's all he does is try to break knives.
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Agree, those Cold Steel folders with the Demko Triad lock are amazingly strong. I have the SR1 lite as well as the 4 Max Scout. There was a video of some big scandinavian guy (the guy literally looked like the missing link) lashing the 4 max to a pole and using it like a spear by throwing it against trees. He did this constantly apparently
 
Beyond a certain set of parameters knives become basically indestructible in hand usage (you can stick anything in a hydraulic press or shoot it enough times and destroy it). At that point the question then becomes how can you optimize within that envelope to get a useful cutting instrument and that’s when things like edge stability, geometry, etc all get interesting….
 
Burke said:
Beyond a certain set of parameters knives become basically indestructible in hand usage (you can stick anything in a hydraulic press or shoot it enough times and destroy it). At that point the question then becomes how can you optimize within that envelope to get a useful cutting instrument and that’s when things like edge stability, geometry, etc all get interesting….
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That's the perfect distinction...."in hand usage". No knife is immune to damage. Any blade can be damaged, but there are plenty of good knives that can't be destroyed by hand.
If you're looking for a  great knife that you can't destroy by hand, there isn't one I'd take over a CPK.
 
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