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The first one was a brand new combat knife that I made for a fellow that immediately took it out and tested it. During use...he accidently dropped the knife tip first, onto some rocks. Thank God for L6 steel! It merely blunted the tip a bit with an ever so slight chip...but it cleaned right up. It makes me glad that I purposely heat the tip up a bit with a torch to prevent it from snapping.
The second knife had belonged to my brother in law who carried it in the first Gulf War. It was kind of a boot knife that I made in my stock removal days....out of 440C. He was with the 2nd ACR and when he got back from the war, he was using it as a prybar or a screwdriver and snapped the tip, about 1/4". I had the broken knife in storage for YEARS...and totally forgot about it. He came to visit yesterday...and we talked about the current war and how much he missed that knife.....we dug it out.....I took it to the grinder and retipped it (have not hollow ground in several years)....gave it a good bead blast and sharpen and it looked better than new!
I told him not to tell anyone that my warranty work takes 10 years to complete
Greg Covington
The second knife had belonged to my brother in law who carried it in the first Gulf War. It was kind of a boot knife that I made in my stock removal days....out of 440C. He was with the 2nd ACR and when he got back from the war, he was using it as a prybar or a screwdriver and snapped the tip, about 1/4". I had the broken knife in storage for YEARS...and totally forgot about it. He came to visit yesterday...and we talked about the current war and how much he missed that knife.....we dug it out.....I took it to the grinder and retipped it (have not hollow ground in several years)....gave it a good bead blast and sharpen and it looked better than new!
I told him not to tell anyone that my warranty work takes 10 years to complete
Greg Covington