Pork Shank for hard use?

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I work in the mountains and desert, and beat the living hell out of my knives. Occasionally there are situations where I have to pry something. I also regularly baton for firewood, and cut down saplings (or sometimes larger trees if I'm not carrying a handsaw).

There is a new and unused Pork Shank (Infi steel) that somebody traded in to a shop that caught my eye. Feels great in my hand, I really like it. 5" blade is great. But the thinner .150" stock concerns me a little.

I was looking at Busse because they tout their knives as pretty damn tough, and there's videos of people prying and other abusive acts with some other models, all of which are thicker stock knives.

It's not like .150" is some super thin slicer... But it's not exactly beefy, either. I dunno. I'm thinking hard on it. Any opinions?
 
If it's a reasonable price grab it. You're covered under the warranty if you break it. Using like a prybar or not. How much? What shop?:rolleyes:
 
Busse started out making knives early on that were all .25" for the most part… no matter how short the blade. The reason being for this is that cross section ultimately is the most important factor in the level of strength achieved and the required force to flex or bend the blade. If you are foreseeing prying, look to something at least .22" thick IMO.
 
bullpin said:
How much? What shop?:rolleyes:
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I see what you did there :p

Thanks for the advice, fellas. Think I'll give it a shot. Guess if I bust it, they'll send me something else, ha ha. Not like I'm prying open car doors or anything, just wood sometimes...
 
A saber ground piece of .15" infi might hold up if you are not too crazy with it, but a FFG would require a lot more caution.
I have wailed on .187" convex and saber grinds with no ill effects and been pretty hard on my .17 FFG 4" blade over the past 6 years, but the FFG definitely shows much more flex.
If you like the 5" blade size for prying, I would be looking for an HG55 rather than a pork shank. I had pork shanks from Blade '12 and they were just a little too thin for the blade length for my taste. Warranty or not, failure in the field or any other time of need is not an option. Either way, you won't lose your money if you buy the pork shank and pass it on if the price you pick it up for is fair to begin with.
 
I wanted a Pork Shank for a long time. Finally scored one.

IMO the handle is too thin for hard use.

Bad ass steak knife!!!
 
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