Trashed my Recon 1 today UPDATE

Not sure if it was the steel or the user, but Cold Steel stands behind their stuff. Send it back.
 
Todd21969 said:
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OP....

Contact Cold Steel, they should make it right by you.
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The branches I was cutting were nowhere near as thick as that!
 
morvlorv said:
Im not stirring the pot im trying to learn about steels.

do you guys suppose the same thing would have happened if all circumstances were the same but it were a different steel than aus8 in that folder?
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I wouldn't count on it to NOT happen with a different steel.
 
morvlorv said:
Im not stirring the pot im trying to learn about steels.

do you guys suppose the same thing would have happened if all circumstances were the same but it were a different steel than aus8 in that folder?
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As others have mentioned the high hollow grind is most likely the reason. Not the steel.

Also the knife being a folder is irrelevant. The OP didn't have a lock/pivot issue.

I mean we are talking about marshmallow roasting size sticks here. [emoji4] Who hasn't used a folder to harvest a few of those for the kids around a campfire for S'mores?
 
morvlorv said:
Im not stirring the pot im trying to learn about steels.

do you guys suppose the same thing would have happened if all circumstances were the same but it were a different steel than aus8 in that folder?
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Aus 8 is tough stuff. I've used a sog ranger which is a ffg aus 8 to chop up thick branches, rolled the edge but never chipped it.
 
Todd21969 said:
As others have mentioned the high hollow grind is most likely the reason. Not the steel.

Also the knife being a folder is irrelevant. The OP didn't have a lock/pivot issue.

I mean we are talking about marshmallow roasting size sticks here. [emoji4] Who hasn't used a folder to harvest a few of those for the kids around a campfire for S'mores?
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Except in that folders often have thinner blades than fixed blades, being that they are often made for slicing, not chopping.
 
It also shouldn't be ignored that the "chip" occurred perfectly in a set of those strange serrations.
 
marcinek said:
Except in that folders often have thinner blades than fixed blades, being that they are often made for slicing, not chopping.
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Key word in your post being "often".

I don't know about you but I'm not going to drag out a BK9 to make marshmallow sticks. [emoji2]

Oh and I have chipped out a hollow ground Buck 102 just whittling. Not a chip such as the OPs, but still chipping I haven't had on a FFG folder.
 
This is Cold Steel we're talking about. If they want to advertise the ridiculous stuff they do, they can replace the occasional knife that someone "abuses" by using it on wood.


Off topic, this specific kind of failure appears to happen more often with hollow grinds, which might explain the popularity of flat grinds and Scandi's for field blades. But that is not a scientific observation.
 
POOR DESIGN ! The fracture started at one of those thin slots of the serrations ! It's also probable that after the chop the blade was twisted while in the wood . I guess they wanted to be cute with the serration design.
 
Todd21969 said:
Key word in your post being "often".

I don't know about you but I'm not going to drag out a BK9 to make marshmallow sticks. [emoji2]

Oh and I have chipped out a hollow ground Buck 102 just whittling. Not a chip such as the OPs, but still chipping I haven't had on a FFG folder.
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Im with you, Id probably use my SAK. But I wouldn't chop to make a marshmallow stick. Just slice the stick off.
 
mete said:
POOR DESIGN ! The fracture started at one of those thin slots of the serrations ! It's also probable that after the chop the blade was twisted while in the wood . I guess they wanted to be cute with the serration design.
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That's what I'm saying...using a thin blade, you chop and then twist while in the wood...ping!...out comes a large round chip.
 
mete said:
POOR DESIGN ! The fracture started at one of those thin slots of the serrations ! It's also probable that after the chop the blade was twisted while in the wood . I guess they wanted to be cute with the serration design.
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Yup..
 
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