throwing away knives

[hardheart]

What would be a proper way to toss some knives, break the blades, grind off the edges? Depending on whether or not my garbage can is left upside down in the middle of the driveway, I might not want the garbageman to get cut.

 

[samhain73]

I'd just take them to a pawn shop to get rid of them. Out of your choices, I'd grind the edge off. What are you throwing away?

 

[mandingo8112]

What would be a proper way to toss some knives, break the blades, grind off the edges? Depending on whether or not my garbage can is left upside down in the middle of the driveway, I might not want the garbageman to get cut.

Your yanking our chain ain't ya...
Give us a break...Why not give them to your mother after she gets you dressed in the morning...She'll know what to do with them....

 

[richard j]

fix them up enough for a soldier to use and donate them. it doesnt take a pretty knife to cut something, just a sharp one.

 

[Morrow]

Your yanking our chain ain't ya...
Give us a break...Why not give them to your mother after she gets you dressed in the morning...She'll know what to do with them....

I wish this was the wine and cheese forum.........what a tool.

 

[delkhouri]

i was wondering about this same question...... i have a bunch of old cheap beat up pakistani steel blades that for some people think are a good gift to me because i collect knives. They arent worth anything and no pawn shop would buy them but i didnt just want to trow them away either.

 

[hardheart]

fix them up enough for a soldier to use and donate them. it doesnt take a pretty knife to cut something, just a sharp one.

Most are those buy a billion for fifty bucks home shopping crap, given to me a few months ago with nonfunctional locks. I have a couple decent brand models that I might give to people in my unit as I look to thin the herd that is my collection-those aren't the trash candidates.

 

[salty141]

put them in a garage sale, people pay for anything

 

[hardheart]

lol, that's where they came from.

 

[samhain73]

Sell em' cheap to people learning to sharpen?

 

[Cougar Allen]

throwing away knives

 

[hardheart]

I know, how could I give up such classics as the Green Beret folder, Dragon Claw 2000, Old Yeller, or the Delta ranger?

 

[65535]

If you could post picks of your heard being parted and list models, I bet you could sell them for shipping charges. Having trainers and sharpening trainers is something many people like.

EDIT: You beat me.

No wonder you are getting rid of so many they have the cheap triple serration

 

[Bungwrench]

Unless the locks are so bad that they may end up hurting someone, I would give them away and have folks pay for shipping.

 

[swordofthesavior]

hahaha, old yeller looks like it was designed by someone thinking "i wanna make a knife that, in the developed world, will pretty much amount to a disposal hazard and will only be cherished if it makes it to those people you see on documentaries that live in huge garbage pits in india"

 

[nitestocker]

hay i have some cub scouts that would like those for widdling projects if your going to though them away email me and i thank you

 

[knarfeng]

Take them out to the curb.

Trap the blade by placing your foot on the blade so that the the handle sticking out over the street.

Then you can break the handle off with your other foot. (wear thick boots for this). Once the blades are broken from the handles, you can wrap them in newspaper and toss them.

Or you can just wrap them up in old newspaper and toss them.

 

[samhain73]

Hey that one with the ducks doesn't look too bad!

 

[Bungwrench]

Take them and do random dumb tests with them. Not really tests just sorta ruin 'em.

Example: Fasten one in a vise with the edge facing up, and just hammer straight down on the edge to see if you can get the edge to become really wide and blunt. Show this finished product to friends and family and tell them how sharp you got it.

Example: Get out the Dremel and carve really large serrations in one of them. Say about 6 serrations that are about 1/2" wide and about 3/4" deep.

Example: Completely regrind one of them so it just looks like something that would never be useful. How about creating a dual tipped blade.

Example: Bend the handle and the blade in the same direction so that it can still open and close but it looks like a banana.

Example: Take one outside and drive it into the ground several times with a sledge hammer. Maybe try to drive it into something else like a rail road tie or a stump or something. I mean all the way in too, so you can only see the butt. Call it a "knife nail".

Example: Put lanyards and carabiners on all the ones that have lanyard holes and hang them off of you at the same time. A couple from your belt, a few from your arm, one dragging from your shoe. Now head out to the store, or somewhere else public.

 

[65535]

Example: Get arrested for previous example.


Practice your knife throwing.