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mattr

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if jerry or any body else knowledgeable is listening out there...

i was wondering if it can become a long term durability problem to use my BM as hammer to pound other knives through wood when doing splitting work? i know my busse is "indesructable" , but that kind of metal to metal contact just makes me a little nervous....

anyway, thanks for any info you can give me
 
Why don't you use a piece of deadwood to hammer your BM as a splitter? The BM is one tough mutha, but I would try to avoid metal on metal hammering unless it was absolutely necessary.
 
I think the BM would hold up just as well as a hammer as my Boss's BMW would if it was hauling gravel or if I used my PBF as a shovel or if I used my 700 as a makeshift ladder rung, or If I used my Unertl scope to play fetch with my dog. Why would all these top quality items fail at the task at hand? Because they are not meant for it. I don't mean to sound harsh but damn buy a $5 hammer for hammering and save the 300+ dollar knife for I don't know maybe.........CUTTING, CHOPPING, HACKING, SLASHING, SKINING or maybe even whittling :D
 
buy a hammer, save your bm for chopping through volkswagons:D ;)

your busse will take all you can give it... but i would use a log or a empty michalob bottle!!
 
ah yes, i could smell the sarcasm coming from a mile away... and yet, i still didn't quite get my question answered. i know that a knife isn't made for hammering (hence the fact that hammers are called hammers, and knives are called knives):D :D , and i know that there are better alternatives to metal to metal pounding. what i want to know is will the metal fatigue or fracture from this type of use if it is necessary.

and idaho, that is a good suggestion, but perhaps a bottle of a heavy stout such as guiness would provide better energy trasfer??? maybe cliff could do a little research on this for us?:D
 
Matt,

No problem using your Busse in that manner. It is, of course not the best idea for the life expectancy of the other knives that you're pounding. :eek:

Sevenedges posted pics of some serious insanity caught on tape when he beat his Basic 9 senseless for 3 hours with a hammer. In spite of the fact that he literally pounded pieces out of the spine of his Busse knife, it NEVER broke!

So, Yes it can be used like that, but I would recommend using either a log or a tool designed for that purpose. If necessary though, it is nice to know that your Busse knife can take it.

Jerry
 
Matt,

One more thing. . . . If you're going to use a Guinness bottle to chop down a tree, the best technique is to simply pour the Guinness around the base of the tree. It should die fairly quickly and fall to its death with in minutes!!!!!! ;)

Nuke on!


Jerry
 
You always have to take a stab at Guiness don't you Jerry! Matt, I agree with all the guys above, it will take it, but it isn't the best use of the knife. Oh wait, I agree with everything above EXCEPT the Guiness killing a tree within minutes thing. Guiness is so stout that it would probably make the tree grow stronger, taller and tougher to bring down! :D :p
 
HA!! if you think guiness is bad, you should see the chocolate stout i tried the other day...:D :D

and thank you jerry, that was exactly what i wanted to know. and, i'm sure you'll be amused by this - the reason this question came to mind is because i was out with a buddy of mine who owns a MMHW bowie, which is a great knife, but guess which one of them dented when i used his to hammer mine through some wood??;)

i keep offering to chop his MMHW in half :eek: :eek: so he has an excuse to get a busse, but he hasn't taken me up on that yet....:cool:
 
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