the worst abuse your SAK has ever survived (or not)

I was thinking today about how SAK's are the only knives that aren't mean to stay pretty but to get used and eventually serve as a sort of timeline. They take a lot of battle scars (my Explorer's main blade is a little unshapely and oversharpened from my freehand days) not to mention the millions of scratches and scuffs, whereas a Sebenza or Benchmade is a knife that people try to keep pristine. And the scars just add to the charm..otherwise that little chip in the edge would really be bothering me...which it isn't...I'll just sharpen it..... ;) And my Explorer is my dullest user. I never keep it razor sharp, just utility. SAKs are so nice. :D
 
NeedleRemorse said:
I was thinking today about how SAK's are the only knives that aren't mean to stay pretty
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you're wrong, carbon Opinels are meant to collect rust while being used... My grandmother uses hers daily since lots and lots of years, it's very bad looking now...
 
Years back I had a freind who deformed the tip of his SAK (maybe a Tinker?) using is as a screw driver. Being young and stupid, I tried to reset the tip by biting down on it and twisting back to true. Snapped the tip clean off about 1/4 -1/2" of the way down. Lucky I didn't slice off a hunk of gum with it.

Alternate candidate: I have a Swisscard lite in my wallet that had been more or less demolished by me sitting on it regulary. The pocket in my wallet is the only thing keeping all the disparate peices together. I know it's meant for wallet carry, but does it qualify as abuse if the sitter weighs >300?
 


Someone needs to tell your friend that the Tinker comes with, IIRC, two regular screwdrivers and a phillips head. :p
 
Every time I've ever had one of mine broken it involved me lending it to idiots. Several years ago, I loaned my Huntsman to this guy who warped the saw trying to saw through this really thick, heavy cardboard tube as hard as his arm would let him. It would have done it easily if he'd been more gentle with it. As I posted earlier, I loaned my Swisschamp to another guy to open a bottle of wine with and he torqued and twisted on the corkscrew until it was bent out of shape. Only other time I've had one to fail was when I finally wore out the scissors spring in one.
 
Too true about the lamentable tendency of people to crank on things mistakenly thinking it'll get the job done better/faster. A SAK will get you much further along if you let the tool do the work. As will a sledgehammer. I learned to swing a sledge from an oldster who took pity on me trying to drive rebar through a railroad tie we were using as a bridge footing on a trail we were putting in up off the Blue Ridge Prkwy. I was swinging like hell, woulda rung the bell at the state fair, but couldn't hit a thing till he taught me how to let the hammer do the work. Any pool players? Remember when you first realized that you shot better with a lighter stroke than you did tyring to smack the white off the cue ball? The list goes on...
 
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