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My mora's handle came off

Not trying to throw stones and I am far from being any kind of expert on Batoning but I seem to remember a post here a year or so ago on the proper technique and the damage that could be done to the knife if you did it incorrectly.
I think the main problem that was discussed was putting too much pressure on the handle when the blade was struck and flexing the knife where the tang and the blade meet. Seems like that could have caused this type of failure. where the tang hole was enlarged and allowed the handle to pull off. Just food for thought. ????? Granted this wouldn't happen with a full tang knife. I think the knife tha tbroke was a K-Bar. The tang broke where it me the blade.
 
bentblade said:
Not trying to throw stones and I am far from being any kind of expert on Batoning but I seem to remember a post here a year or so ago on the proper technique and the damage that could be done to the knife if you did it incorrectly.
I think the main problem that was discussed was putting too much pressure on the handle when the blade was struck and flexing the knife where the tang and the blade meet. Seems like that could have caused this type of failure. where the tang hole was enlarged and allowed the handle to pull off. Just food for thought. ????? Granted this wouldn't happen with a full tang knife. I think the knife tha tbroke was a K-Bar. The tang broke where it me the blade.
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definitely possible, but i think I was using the right technique. The correct way of doing it is to make sure you are never pressing down on the handle when you hit it, yeah?

Either way, it doesn't seem like the hole is enlarged much, as it was pretty tough getting it to go back in, and even harder getting it back out again.
 
Mora's strengths are its slicing ability, it does that very well.
Most people would subconciously know and understand a moras limitations the first time they picked one up, and use it accordingly.
 
Liam Ryan said:
Mora's strengths are its slicing ability, it does that very well.
Most people would subconciously know and understand a moras limitations the first time they picked one up, and use it accordingly.
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guess i'm just slow :D
 
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