Spine whack test?

Final Option said:
Why spine whack, baton, or stick the tip of your folder in hard wood and pry? Like Ruggdog87 stated and referenced your earlier post in May that generated 225 responses and 12 pages. I'm with marcinek on this one and someone should invent a knife that doesn't fold to alleviate all the problems a folding knife has.
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Read what I just posted above about stabbing. This is not about batoning, or about that thread what so ever. This thread has nothing to do with that other thread either. So, to me... your comment was less than useless. Please keep comments to something relevant.
 
Anyone that attempts to whack my spine will be shot. Fair warning. ;)

In terms of knives, I'm pretty sure I can tell right away if any particular model lock will sustain the forces that I plan to use the knife for. If not, I'll be grabbing a different blade for that day/use/activity etc. I feel no need to attempt damaging my knives prior to use.

Not every knife needs to withstand a sledge hammer force to the blade in the wrong direction of normal forces applied. Wait....let me rephrase the beginning of that sentence. Not ANY OF MY KNIVES need to withstand.....

I will admit that destruction tests are sometimes fun to watch. But most are so flawed in the mechanical setup, execution, and/or consistency, that NONE of the ones I've ever seen are any more than entertaining. And some not even that.
 
Thank you Gideons, for insulting ALL of us, including those who deigned to give relevant answers.
 
A tactical knife should get the spine whack test.

Imagine you are in the fight of your life slashing back and forth and the spine of the blade hits the attacker and the knife closes on you.

Okay I will prepare for tactical geniuses to tell me that is not how to defend. LOL!
 
To the point about axis or triad. That is true, the knives I own that have that have no issue with like spine whacking and have no almost closed or closed on me. I just really wish other knife designs also were like that XD
 
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If I can make it close without unlocking it using only my hands it doesn't get carried wether it's sacking with my hand or forcing it to fold shut if it folds in anyway then it fails so spine Whack isn't only test.


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If you are not satified with the knife, send it in for warranty.

My opinion is that spine whack tests are stupid. I use the other side of the blade. If I need something stronger then I use a fixed blade.

stabman said:
Some woman did stab a guy on the Windsor bus. :eek:

http://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/man-stabbed-on-a-city-bus

And some guy did too.

http://windsor.ctvnews.ca/police-investigate-stabbing-on-transit-windsor-bus-1.2317562
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Did they get stabbed with the spine of the blade? OP might have a point.
 
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stabman said:
I was doing a giveaway, and one of the knives donated to me to give away failed with less force than a slip-joint.
I considered it to have failed as a knife, to be a liability, and chucked it into the Detroit River.
I live close to the river, so it was a short walk to do so...and some archeologist of the distant future can muse as to what it was used for. :)
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stabman said:
It was a cheap, crappy no-name knife made in China.
The fish might not even want it. :D
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Stabman reported, for littering useless crap all over the place. :D

(BTW, auto correct thinks your name means "Stamina". That's gotta be good.)
 
Call me paranoid, but I don't trust machines to work correctly. I have had tools fail on me before, occasionally in spectacular fashion, sometimes straight from the manufacturer. Knives are no different. I give a new knife a little bump on the spine to simulate an "oops" moment. It's not destructive, I am not trying to make it fail, I am checking to see if I am going to keep my fingers whole if something untoward happens. It's the same way I used to test my harness before I trusted it with my life or check the oil in my car without waiting for a trouble light to come on.
 
BitingSarcasm said:
Call me paranoid, but I don't trust machines to work correctly. I have had tools fail on me before, occasionally in spectacular fashion, sometimes straight from the manufacturer. Knives are no different. I give a new knife a little bump on the spine to simulate an "oops" moment. It's not destructive, I am not trying to make it fail, I am checking to see if I am going to keep my fingers whole if something untoward happens. It's the same way I used to test my harness before I trusted it with my life or check the oil in my car without waiting for a trouble light to come on.
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That is kinda what I was getting at in my question. How hard is this "ooops" bump?
 
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