Sacrifice my knife ?

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You ever have a knife that you "sacrificed" by using it in a way that was inappropriate as a tool? For instance, I was quite a way from home on a bird (Quail) hunting trip with several friends. A shotgun shell got jammed in my gun chamber. I was either done hunting right there early in my trip, or I had to get that shell out while I was still in the field. I took my then $25.00 Buck Classic Folder out and broke the tip off getting that shell out. I knew that I was probably going to break the tip off, and I did it anyway. I didn't know it then but I was later able to regrind the tip into a almost imperceptible repaired tip. I still have that knife, although I consider it too heavy to carry now, Thirty Five years later.
 
Yeah, I've done it a lot---a couple times with good fixed blades too. Emergency prying, screws, name it... I've noticed it usually happens either late at night or on a road trip. Only had it happen a few times in the bush. Those I've re-ground have become pretty cool one-of-a-kind keepers.

Hang on to that Buck...
 
Yes. I literally twisted a Victorinox apart trying to get a stuck Philips screw undue once. It was either that or walk home because I couldn't get the four wheeler running without this screw coming loose.
 
99% of people here would be appalled at how I use a knife, but it's just a tool.
Like other tools, some hold up to the task, some don't.
 
Done it plenty of ties, but only to my workknives... I am a construction worker and Moras are always expendable...
They cost next to nothing and get used for anything from screwdriver to mini prybar and chisel...

On the other hand, in your place (been there, done that) I would have used the knife to make a "bore-rod" from a stiff, thin stick. Done a "mussle-load" move to push the shell out...
Actually done that very thing both with my )mm pistol and my HK MP5....
Works like a charm, and the wood won`t dammage you bore/pipe in any way....
 
Sure I have.

I don't walk around wearing a tool belt so sometimes my knife does things other than cut stuff.

I do have a small widgy bar on my key ring that makes a better prytool/improvised screw driver though.
 
I always carry a Leatherman multi-tool in a belt sheath so I don't have to sacrifice my knife!!

I've used the needle nose pliers a lot!
 
I like this thread topic. To me, when it comes to knives there are "users", and then there are "treasures" (and I think it's fine to have both, or either, whatever one desires).

I regard my "users" as tools (even the $300 ones), just sharpened pieces of steel with handles attached. I own them to work for me, not to pamper them and protect them from any possible harm. And I will use my "users" in any manner that the moment requires,even if it damages them. That being said, if people want to protect their "users" and try to keep them pristine, I certainly would not judge or criticize them for it. I believe that what people do with THEIR knives is entirely THEIR business.

Here's my story of "knife sacrifice" (I've told it here a few times before)-

I was at home alone, in my bathroom. While I was in my bathroom the doorknob decided to malfunction and would not work (the slide-bolt wouldn't slide back out of the door jamb). The bathroom window was too small for me to squeeze through (I'm slender, very small window). I didn't have a cell phone with me and I didn't want to sit in the bathroom for hours until someone came home so they could hand me some tools through the window. The only knife I had on me was a Benchmade Darkstar folder. Not exactly a robust knife. I used that knife to pry the door far enough away from the jamb so I could free the slide-bolt and open the door. It didn't require a lot of prying, but the situation definitely required some very real prying.

I was fully prepared to destroy the $100 knife in the process, and that's what I expected to happen. But to my surprise it survived just fine (so I guess it wasn't really "sacrificed"). I still have the knife and occasionally carry it.
 
Somewhat.
I was at the end of our hayfield, with my dad helping to fix some "plumbing" for our elderly neighbor.
It was a pipe sticking out of the ground for their well.
The pipe was leaking, and it was causing ice to build up and cause issues.
Just when we had it pretty much fixed, it started to leak again. The tools were in the truck.
So I used my Pioneers screwdriver opened to the 90° slot for leverage.
It took ALOT.
I ended up bending one of the Alox scales a bit.
Now, a normal person wouldn't notice it, but I know what it was like before that.
When you hold it up to the light, it becomes more apparent.
What did I sacrifice it for? A 30 foot walk in the cold.
Not much, but hey. It was something.
 
killgar said:
I like this thread topic. To me, when it comes to knives there are "users", and then there are "treasures" (and I think it's fine to have both, or either, whatever one desires).

I regard my "users" as tools (even the $300 ones), just sharpened pieces of steel with handles attached. I own them to work for me, not to pamper them and protect them from any possible harm. And I will use my "users" in any manner that the moment requires,even if it damages them. That being said, if people want to protect their "users" and try to keep them pristine, I certainly would not judge or criticize them for it. I believe that what people do with THEIR knives is entirely THEIR business.

Here's my story of "knife sacrifice" (I've told it here a few times before)-

I was at home alone, in my bathroom. While I was in my bathroom the doorknob decided to malfunction and would not work (the slide-bolt wouldn't slide back out of the door jamb). The bathroom window was too small for me to squeeze through (I'm slender, very small window). I didn't have a cell phone with me and I didn't want to sit in the bathroom for hours until someone came home so they could hand me some tools through the window. The only knife I had on me was a Benchmade Darkstar folder. Not exactly a robust knife. I used that knife to pry the door far enough away from the jamb so I could free the slide-bolt and open the door. It didn't require a lot of prying, but the situation definitely required some very real prying.

I was fully prepared to destroy the $100 knife in the process, and that's what I expected to happen. But to my surprise it survived just fine (so I guess it wasn't really "sacrificed"). I still have the knife and occasionally carry it.
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Very well put! I don't judge people by how they use or not use their blades. I too have used a knife well past what it is designed for, but I will use the best "bad" tool I have available.
 
Never;)
I have used a Opinel to carve a full set of 12 point sockets and ratchet from a rock hard Osage orange stump.
 
I was remodeling a home 10 years ago. I was working at nights because my day job took up all my time. I had a ton of drywall work to get done in one night. 10 minutes in to the job my razor snapped and I did not have any more at the house (poor planning). Round trip to get more would have taken an hour. I pulled my small sebenza out and went to town. By the end of the night it had rounded the tip pretty good but all in all it did the trick. Was able to touch the tip up a few days later. I still have that knife today and now live in the house I was remodeling!
 
Only once (and then I learned a valuable lesson). When I was a kid, my friend and I locked ourselves out of his house, and no one was home. I used my Double Eagle folder (a cheap Buck 100 clone) to pry a recently painted window open... we got in, but I broke the knife tip clean off. The good thing was that I had a brand new Double Eagle at home on standby. And that was the other valuable lesson I learned that day - always have two of whatever knife you are carrying!!
 
Only blade I sacrificed was when I forgot about a buck folder in my pocket when getting frisked at a Van Halen concert. Couldnt be bothered running it back to the truck, so I donated it. :thumbdn:
 
I sacrificed several Opinels because there was nothing else at hand to open that providential can of beans... Eventually, I learned to perform that kind of task without ruining the knife (even an Opinel with its thin blade...).
 
I've damaged a few multitools and SAKs, I tend to use those harder than my knives. I broke one of the flat head screwdrivers on my ST300 fixing a lock, the wirecutters on my SwissTools rolled a bit because I used them on wire that was too thick/hard, I bent a few bits on my Charge and so on.

I spend a fair amount of time away from home and a proper toolbox, so I use my SAKs and multitools a lot. While they aren't exactly cheap down here in Argentina, they are at least available in stores. So I'd rather abuse my multitools than my knives (replacing something like the ZT I'm carrying today would take a long time, lots of paperwork and taxes).
 
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