Most indestructible knife

I never understood this. why does nobody discuss the most indestructible 1/2 drive breaker bar or flat head screwdriver? I don’t know about you guys, but my screwdrivers at put through far most abuse than any of my knives. I’ve never pried brake pads off with my ZT, or hammered it through a seized on oil filter.

I’m not above light prying with a SAK or a multi tool, but my folders are for cutting stuff and I’ve had only a few break when used as intended.
 
Cobalt said:
It's mainly the processing of the steel that's the issue. I don't have any faith in BR. As far as I'm concerned, I would take anyone elses 3v over BR, including CS, Spyderco, etc.

This is how it arrived. I pulled it out of the box and there it was. Beautiful knife replica of the Forrest Bowie knife, but worthless. Doesn't seem like much, but when you consider the tip was not shoved into anything and pried out, and it just broke in transit in the box, that is brittle. Can't blame 3v for that.

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I have one (with tip) that I picked up cheaply on the 'bay (before I got smart on BRK business practices), but it's in A2. It was a small run and I don't think I've ever seen one made or offered (DLT, KSF, ...) in 3V. Is that what the blade etching says?
 
Cobalt said:
It's mainly the processing of the steel that's the issue. I don't have any faith in BR. As far as I'm concerned, I would take anyone elses 3v over BR, including CS, Spyderco, etc.

This is how it arrived. I pulled it out of the box and there it was. Beautiful knife replica of the Forrest Bowie knife, but worthless. Doesn't seem like much, but when you consider the tip was not shoved into anything and pried out, and it just broke in transit in the box, that is brittle. Can't blame 3v for that.

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I only have one knife by BR and while it sure is a looker and is (puportedly) 3V; I just don't know based upon (supposed) past (alleged) "issues."

Did BR make good on it? It would be nice to know and only fair to report if they did.
 
SALTY said:
I only have one knife by BR and while it sure is a looker and is (puportedly) 3V; I just don't know based upon (supposed) past (alleged) "issues."

Did BR make good on it? It would be nice to know and only fair to report if they did.
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The retailer did. Standup guys. The steel is irrelevant as it is the treatment that is suspect.
 
Daedric Panther said:
I never understood this. why does nobody discuss the most indestructible 1/2 drive breaker bar or flat head screwdriver? I don’t know about you guys, but my screwdrivers at put through far most abuse than any of my knives. I’ve never pried brake pads off with my ZT, or hammered it through a seized on oil filter.

I’m not above light prying with a SAK or a multi tool, but my folders are for cutting stuff and I’ve had only a few break when used as intended.
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Not sure about others. But when I’m packed into the wilderness for a week long elk hunt. I’m not carrying a pry bar in my pack. I’d rather have something that will hold up. To each their own
 
rodriguezryan14 said:
Not sure about others. But when I’m packed into the wilderness for a week long elk hunt. I’m not carrying a pry bar in my pack. I’d rather have something that will hold up. To each their own
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No kidding. A prybar would be all but worthless unless you're breaking down pallets. Now if u happen to be carrying a forge in your pack, you could make a few knives and a hatchet out of that prybar. Brilliant!! Lol
 
Cobalt said:
It's mainly the processing of the steel that's the issue. I don't have any faith in BR. As far as I'm concerned, I would take anyone elses 3v over BR, including CS, Spyderco, etc.

This is how it arrived. I pulled it out of the box and there it was. Beautiful knife replica of the Forrest Bowie knife, but worthless. Doesn't seem like much, but when you consider the tip was not shoved into anything and pried out, and it just broke in transit in the box, that is brittle. Can't blame 3v for that.

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That's a new one. I'm pretty laid back about how beat up some deliveries arrive, but that's a bit over the line. It's like someone had a Bowie moment with it and then stuffed it back in the box before anyone noticed.
 
Daedric Panther said:
I never understood this. why does nobody discuss the most indestructible 1/2 drive breaker bar or flat head screwdriver? I don’t know about you guys, but my screwdrivers at put through far most abuse than any of my knives. I’ve never pried brake pads off with my ZT, or hammered it through a seized on oil filter.

I’m not above light prying with a SAK or a multi tool, but my folders are for cutting stuff and I’ve had only a few break when used as intended.
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I've heard of some graybeards who would take it away from your and beat you with it, if they caught you using a screwdriver as a pry tool. It's all about what you're passionate about. Here, we're knife enthusiasts, so cutting tools get the reverence.
 
The Grendels said:
That's a new one. I'm pretty laid back about how beat up some deliveries arrive, but that's a bit over the line. It's like someone had a Bowie moment with it and then stuffed it back in the box before anyone noticed.
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Funny thing is the knife showed no signs of use. The only marks were from packing oil. It came wrapped in plastic, everything looked good. The retailer provided a refund and sent me a shipping label. So, I don't think there was any foul play by the retailer. The knife was beautiful. To bad.
 
Here’s a small knife I tested today. a8 mod with an experimental heat treat. At first the edge was .010 behind the edge. I did get a small chip cutting into plate, I thickened it up to .020 and had it sharpened at 20 degrees per side. I was able to baton flag stone, and baton into this mild plate, it’s 1/4 inch thick plate I had laying around, I got very mild edge damage. I’d say that’s impressive. Doing the same thing with m2 snapped the blade in half with the hammer impacts! This is to test this new heat treat. Which to me was extremely impressive. I’ll eventually test this knife to failure to see what it can take. This is a small edc with cutting in mind. But something that can be used on a job site without failure
 

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rodriguezryan14 said:
Here’s a small knife I tested today. a8 mod with an experimental heat treat. At first the edge was .010 behind the edge. I did get a small chip cutting into plate, I thickened it up to .020 and had it sharpened at 20 degrees per side. I was able to baton flag stone, and baton into this mild plate, 1/4 inch thick with very mild edge damage. I’d say that’s impressive. Doing the same thing with m2 snapped the blade in half with the hammer impacts! This is to test this new heat treat. Which to me was extremely impressive. I’ll eventually test this knife to failure to see what it can take. This is a small edc with cutting in mind. But something that can be used on a job site without failure
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You sure you don't want a crowbar?😄
Looks like the ht works
 
I have not read a lot of this thread, but . . .

I am thinking that the Air Force Pilot's Survival knife is pretty stout.

Not sure if I would call it the best knife ever, but it is a heavy-duty piece of kit.
 
Cobalt said:
You sure you don't want a crowbar?😄
Looks like the ht works
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I may make a nice kydex for my handy 5 pound pry bar; and a belt loop. Lol. So far so good. This is the last test till I move into the new house!! I was playing with different soak times and aus temps. And I tried some different tempering methods too. I think I found more or less what im looking for!
 
rodriguezryan14 said:
Here’s a small knife I tested today. a8 mod with an experimental heat treat. At first the edge was .010 behind the edge. I did get a small chip cutting into plate, I thickened it up to .020 and had it sharpened at 20 degrees per side. I was able to baton flag stone, and baton into this mild plate, it’s 1/4 inch thick plate I had laying around, I got very mild edge damage. I’d say that’s impressive. Doing the same thing with m2 snapped the blade in half with the hammer impacts! This is to test this new heat treat. Which to me was extremely impressive. I’ll eventually test this knife to failure to see what it can take. This is a small edc with cutting in mind. But something that can be used on a job site without failure
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That's great, can't wait to see all your results. Love the idea of a knife that won't break, but still good at cutting stuff. I've always been a fan of 3v. It will be interesting to see how some of your other steels compare.
 
Work Tuff Gear Hemlock Ares; even Joex himself couldn't manage to break it or even chip it through all the abuse he put it through. SK5 steel iirc. They're pretty hard to find though, but pretty much completely indestructible. The Svord Von Tempsky bowie is also nearly indestructible; he only managed to break the tip, but the rest of the knife was completely fine. More affordable and commonly available options include the Gerber Strongarm, Terava Jakaripuuko 110 or 140, Terava Skrama, Ontario sp6, Mora Robust. He also tested the 1917 Frontier Bowie by CS, managed to break it in the end but it held up really well all things considered. The Cold Steel SRK in SK5 is also very tough, and the various iterations of the trailmaster are also notoriously tough, especially the O1, SK5 and 3v. The Glock fm78 knife is also pretty indestructible (the one without the sawback; the fm81 tends to break around the sawback's teeth, which compromise its toughness). Essee 4 and Essee 5 are also other very rugged nearly indestructible knives. Joex tends to shill survival Lilly's knives, and they do seem to hold up well in his tests, the apo1-t came out nearly unscathed from his test, only losing the tip and handle scales.
 
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