Spine whacking? WHY????

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JR88FAN said:
It's kinda funny that for a long time slipjoints where just fine and did everything we do with knives and nobody lost fingers unless it was user error.
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My dad grew up at the time where locking blades were just emerging. He got one in his late teens.
For the most part, he and everyone around him had slip-joints for years and years.

He didn't know of anyone actually losing a finger, but there was a lot of user error to go around; people could and did get cut when things folded on them.
It wasn't an everyday thing, but it did happen enough to be a common experience...like if you brought it up in conversation, people sure did know what you were talking about.

There is a reason locking folders became the main thing people bought once they were widely available, and it wasn't for the joys of stabbing people.
It was so that you would have to do something really, truly, and amazingly stupid to end up having your knife close on you. ;)
 
No thanks, slip joints less bang for your buck. :P
bt93 said:
Alrighty now. Anyone who has concerns about a lock failing on your folder, stop what your doing. Go out and buy a slipjoint and live with it for a solid 6 months. Once you get used to using a slip joint knowing that if you don't use it right you'll lose your fingers, then you will never worry about a lock failing on your knife ever again.
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When it comes down to it, I really don't give a crap if others want to spine whack their knives all day long.
Just don't do it to mine. :thumbup:

The only thing that bothers me about it is it has ruined buying used knives for me.
I sure don't want to buy someone's spine whacked knife.
 
stabman said:
When it comes down to it, I really don't give a crap if others want to spine whack their knives all day long.
Just don't do it to mine. :thumbup:

The only thing that bothers me about it is it has ruined buying used knives for me.
I sure don't want to buy someone's spine whacked knife.
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Another thing really stabby, when I say spine whack tests give valuable data, first of all I'm with Sal about the 5 pound or so tap on mine. Second, I do think that bone breaking spine whacks also give data about a particular model. Just like when someone crash tests a car that's the same model as mine. The tests done by others give me more confidence about my car but it doesn't mean that I'll put my car through the same test. When someone spine whacks a knife that's the same model knife as mine and it does well, it also gives me a little more confidence about the reliability of my lock. It also doesn't mean that I'll whack my knife the same way.
 
stabman said:
When it comes down to it, I really don't give a crap if others want to spine whack their knives all day long.
Just don't do it to mine. :thumbup:

The only thing that bothers me about it is it has ruined buying used knives for me.
I sure don't want to buy someone's spine whacked knife.
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I never thought about that, also something you don't have to worry about when buyin' used slip joints. ;)

Also cars crash, happens all the time car crash data is relative to everyday use of a car. Outside of spine-whacking your knife and insuring that it's capable of the non working edge of a knife being used as a really poor hammer and the lock survive the shock of the spine-whack. When was the last time you needed to spine-whack your knife? Tapping a stuck glass jar lid? I guarantee that the majority of my 2 /2"-3" slip joints can survive that, even with that there's a better away to use your knife as a hammer or impact device.

This thread will split up like this, 45% do it, 45% don't do it and 10% wonder why it's an issue. :) To quote the sharks in Shark Tank, "...for that reason, I'm out."
 
"Spine whacking" does not interest me, though it seems to be in human nature to be the best or seek out the best and or to simply satisfy curiosity. I think "spine whacking" in a way is similar to looking for the sharpest edge , or he toughest steel, or the hardest steel. I guess it may be a quest for the best
 
T. Erdelyi said:
When was the last time you needed to spine-whack your knife?
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Once again, it doesn't matter if it doesn't happen, the important thing is that if or when it happens, then you'll have a reasonably good assurance as seen from the spine whack tests. As I mentioned before, it's mostly the people who carry for SD who want to see how sharp impacts on the spine affect the lockup.

Car crashes happen everyday but does how often does it happen to you? Probably hasn't but the crash test gives you better peace of mind.

It really is all about peace of mind.
 
Story time:

I was about five or six years old and running around in the backyard where I shouldn't have been playing. Stepped on a board with a nail sticking out of it, and... nothing happened! My bewildered child-mind deduced that I must have 'the toughest shoes in the world!' so I revisited that board, raised a proud and confident sneaker, and...

...the dreaded brown bottle of stinging fizz came out, lotsa blood & gauze, lotsa tears & snot bubbles. Can't recall if I got a trip to the hospital or not.

Gotta be a lesson in there somewhere... ;)

-Brett
 
In general, I appreciate any honest proof tests even destruct testing of equipment I'm interested in buying . It's nice to be able to have confidence that your gear can keep functioning safely even under extraordinary circumstances .

Even though I'm a very experienced and generally competent defensive driver and actually drive relatively rarely - I still like knowing my model of SUV has the highest safety ratings . I don't need to ram my car into a wall to test it . That's already been done !

Same logic applies to my Triad lock folders .
 
bodog said:
Well, a fat woman who doesn't ask for much and is absolutely reliable and loyal is better than a hot woman good at nothing.
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Yeah, but the dog in me would still pick the hot woman.
 
JR88FAN said:
Knives for SD is ridiculous in itself.

It's only advantage over running away would be in a sneaky offensive type situation....
Better off with some pepper spray and a good pair of running shoes.
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Yeeeaaahhhh....... Not buying that.

Sure, there are other options for SD, but to say knife carrying for SD is "ridiculous" is, well, rediculous in it's own rite.
 
DocJD said:
In general, I appreciate any honest proof tests even destruct testing of equipment I'm interested in buying . It's nice to be able to have confidence that your gear can keep functioning safely even under extraordinary circumstances .

Even though I'm a very experienced and generally competent defensive driver and actually drive relatively rarely - I still like knowing my model of SUV has the highest safety ratings . I don't need to ram my car into a wall to test it . That's already been done !

Same logic applies to my Triad lock folders .
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Well said. That's what I have been trying to say but you just said it better.
 
singularity35 said:
Well said. That's what I have been trying to say but you just said it better.
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Hey singularity ! Thanks ! You said it just fine .

I'm a great believer in Murphy's Law . Probably obsessive and paranoid also . But I try to be prepared . I realize that the concept seems silly to those who have never experienced any real threat to their privileged and protected existence .
 
DocJD said:
. But I try to be prepared . I realize that the concept seems silly to those who have never experienced any real threat to their privileged and protected existence .
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Or maybe they just bashed that "real threat to their privileged and protected existence" in the head with a stick.

Or, in countries where guns are allowed to be carried, shot it in the face...

You don't know the life histories of just about anyone on here, and most folks who have had to do something won't be talking about it much.
And those who do could just be blowing a lot of hot air (if we could harness the heat energy from all the hot air on the internet we'd be set to power the planet for at least 50 years :D ).
 
stabman said:
Or maybe they just bashed that "real threat to their privileged and protected existence" in the head with a stick.

Or, in countries where guns are allowed to be carried, shot it in the face...

You don't know the life histories of just about anyone on here, and most folks who have had to do something won't be talking about it much.
And those who do could just be blowing a lot of hot air (if we could harness the heat energy from all the hot air on the internet we'd be set to power the planet for at least 50 years :D ).
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Whatever is the case, some people do choose to carry a knife for SD and some don't. It is their privilege to choose. I would suggest that one camp not make fun of nor belittle the other camp's choice.
 
singularity35 said:
Whatever is the case, some people do choose to carry a knife for SD and some don't. It is their privilege to choose. I would suggest that one camp not make fun of nor belittle the other camp's choice.
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Good luck with that. ;)
We cannot even get people to stop picking on each other about carrying a fixed blade to the woods! :D
 
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