Thinned fbm against a 10 penny nail

[valleytinworks]

My fbm has had extensive edge work done on it I would say the edge has had at least 2/3 of its metal removed and is thinned down to extremes. As you can see from these pics, there is a full convex edge.

I have placed a 10 penny nail on the railroad ties and….


Chopped staright into it, with I would guess 50% power


Here is the damage to the nail

Here is the damage to the edge

Now, I have done this test many times, I have had mixed results, manytimes I have not even been able to tell what part of the edge hit the nail, no damage at all …. Keep in mind my edge is thinned a lot……

Other times I have had a slight roll, I have never experienced a chip of the kind others claim to have experienced

 

[valleytinworks]

keep in mind i did this several times during this test as i kept chopping through the nail and it would go flying off into my yard...... i believe i chopped thru 4 nails

 

[DE OPPRESSO LIBER]

is that a aluminum nail

 

[valleytinworks]

and by the way that is not rust on my fbm.... its just dirty....lol

 

[barrabas74]

Cool so overall would you say you are satisfied with the performance you got?

 

[valleytinworks]

Cool so overall would you say you are satisfied with the performance you got?

i would say so.....lol

 

[barrabas74]

Thanks! I have wanted to try this but just havent gotten around to it, I guess I'll go see what my thicker edged FBM will do.

 

[valleytinworks]

i never thought of this as an extreme test since i do it all the time...... it seems the norm for what i use my knifes for...... i regularly throw my knives into 20 gauge sheet steel......

 

[Broos]

Here's a couple pics & a short video of an FBM chopping through a soup can. Cut through it very cleanly. This FBM also has a much thinner than stock edge. You can see at the end that these cuts did cause some damage & roll the edge some. 25 minutes on the stone and it was sharp again.

 

[OldPhysics]

Very impressive.

I knew there was a practical reason I kept buying these things.

 

[valleytinworks]

i never thought of this as an extreme test since i do it all the time...... it seems the norm for what i use my knifes for...... i regularly throw my knives into 20 gague sheet steel......

i just took this peice of 20 gauge outside and threw it a few times.... here is the pics

 

[barrabas74]

hahahaha thats great man, thanks for the pics. Broo's thats a cool video, watchin a lil basketball were you?

 

[hawkinsa21]

Awsome!!! Love the pics, and VTW, good man, thats a nice test, and your NOT afraid to beat on that blade!

Great vid too Broos -

 

[valleytinworks]

Awsome!!! Love the pics, and VTW, good man, thats a nice test, and your NOT afraid to beat on that blade!

Great vid too Broos -

i am not afraid to use these knives however i see fit, not because jerry offers to replace them if they fail, but because i have never had them fail...... alot of people offer to replace knives if they fail, and i dont have any of thier knives ....why? cause they failed.

 

[Evolute]

Similarly to VTW,

I've had hard, accidental contacts of my knife against the thick metal wire of a chain link fence, at steep angles, while chopping vegetation. I've never had damage like that picture.

 

[Tyrkon Lawson]

Great thread VTW!

 

[steelnut]

Now that is worthy punishment!
That blade on the other forum looks like it was shot with a .22.....

 

[valleytinworks]

As you can see I have placed three nails at differing angles…… the one closest to 45 degrees is the first and that is the only one I didn’t cut thru all the way and then you can view my edge……


I fail to see how the edge damage to the other jerrys knife happened…… as I said I do this crap all the time…..

 

[valleytinworks]

the reason i am posting these newest pics is because of comments on the 'i dont think so thread'

 

[valleytinworks]

all i did was pass 600 grit over my edge three times and she is good as new.... thats after all the crap you have seen on this thread..... and a weeks worth of it....