Used my HEST to pry open the car door after an accident

I don't think the door was properly closed. Otherwise, a knife would probably have trouble opening it. However, in the crash, maybe the door came open, so it was no longer latched, but the door was somehow jammed so it would not open any further? I don't know a lot about cars so it's all speculation. However, I do believe threefeathers did what he said. He never said what condition the door was in, only that he pried it open with his knife. Prying can be a lot of things, from prying a staple out of a piece of paper, to prying a several ton boulder off of someone. Either way, I don't believe one should be so hostile, and even accuse threefeathers of creating this story for recognition and even a free knife. To ask is one thing, to accuse, behind one's keyboard, is quite another. And even if the prying were minimal, threefeathers should still be commended for assisting an elderly gentleman during an accident, not interrogated by those who do not even know him personally.

EDIT: Powernoodle got there first. :D
 
marcinek said:
Did he stand up and pose for a few pics before the ambulance came? Does that sound right to a first responder like you?

The circumstances leading up to the claims of this knife's performance just seem fishy.

Again, threefeathers, I'm sure your character and bravery are beyond reproach.

This particular scenario and the claims of the knife's performance in it just aren't working for me. I am out.
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Nope. A picture is the last thing on your mind when in a situation like that.
 
Knife or no knife, good on you for responding as you thought would help (most people will agree with this). :thumbup:

Knives are the paramount interest on this forum, so don't be offended by the questioning. We just want to know the facts about knives, and when claims are made even by people who have done good deeds, no knife-related questions will go unasked.

We are a knife-obsessed folk.:D
 
threefeathers said:
Gee, I was rather proud of myself. The old guy and his daughter came over this morning to thank me and that is what counts. I showed him this thread and he provided a simple answer for the door popping open. When I moved the door with the knife forward he pushed as hard as he could and it popped open. Could he have done it without my knife assisting, possibly, possibly not. As for the rest of the garbage said by a few, I hope you act quickly should you ever need to.
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Ahh, the story changes. So a wrestling coach couldn't pull the door open, from a standing position, with his full body, but an 87 year old man, injured, and in shock from a car accident, was able to push the door open, from a seated position.

Since you are now such good friends with the guy and his daughter, and since they came to visit and thank you, perhaps they would be willing to pose with the man and the knife that supposedly saved his life. I mean, if he's willing to visit this site and read through this thread, I'd imagine he'd be willing to pose for another pic.

Otherwise, it's just words typed on the internet.
 
Hahaha a PIMPLE!!!! I carry one of those craftsman 2' pry bay things with the red handle A jujubar!craftsman pry bar.jpg
 
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threefeathers said:
pic of the HEST, it IS strong enough to pry open a car door that is stuck. It has one heck of a thick blade.
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powernoodle said:
I suggest - with all of the gentleness and respect for which I have become known, loved and admired on Bladeforums - that we give this pry thing a rest. Prying can entail as little effort as it takes to get the lid off of a used gallon of paint (which is not much), or as much as it requires to remove a 900 lb guy from a toilet with a 2x4. And by that I mean that its very subjective. I believe that Mr. Feathers pried the door just as he said, and with something less than the force exerted by a hydraulic rescue tool (aka, jaws of life). So "pry" has to be contextualized, and it means different things to different people depending on the circumstances. Mr. Feathers knows the circumstances if this incident, because he was there. And maybe he pried with enough force to open a paint can - which is still prying.
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Right, but 3Feathers did imply the knife did something extraordinary, not just assisted with a gentle pry.
 
There's certainly a lot of prying going on in this thread!
 
Yes there is and along with the insults which do not belong here.

As much as I despise the poser behind this knife, let's keep the discussion on the knife.

As far as some of the trolling and insults, they do not belong in General. I feel the story can be brought to light without the antics we see here.
 
Of course there are different degrees of prying, but we're being told that a 7.6" folding knife was used to pry open a car door, not a can of paint.

If anyone on this thread came upon a car accident, and felt the need to open one of the doors, what would you do first- I imagine you would pull on that door with all your might. And if that failed, I'd imagine you would ask bystanders to help pull (we were told that there were bystanders).

If human muscle couldn't pull the car open, possibly muscle from multiple people, what chance would a folding knife have of prying it open?

And if a folding knife were used to pry open the steel door of a car, wouldn't you expect the knife to show some damage? After all, that's some intense prying.

But hey, if the story is going to change, then whats the point.
 
Well the HEST pried the door open with an assist from the old man's shoulder? Which was mightier, the old man or the HEST?
 
Is it possible this thread might have gone differently if the knife had been a different folder?
 
Hmm...
I was once in an accident where the car (merc topaz) ended looking similar - a lady decided she need to be in the lane beyond mine and slammed into my car just ahead of the driver-side front wheel. It didn't hit hard enough to throw my car way off course, but I ended up in the lane she wanted to be in and up the curb besides. Neither myself nor my two passengers where injured and the car was still running fine but steam/smoke was coming from under the hood. Maybe coolant? I don't know, still turned the car off. But my driver-side door wouldn't open! Unlocked, unlatched, me pushing from my seat, door would only budge minimally and shut again. I followed my passenger out her side and, walking around the car, noticed that the driver-side door "facing" (what do you call the outer sheath?) overlapped the facing above the wheel rim so that one couldn't open the door! Maybe something similar happened here and prying the door got it loose of overlapped facing ... ?

Anyway, I also know a couple of vets and neither they (nor I, nor most rational humans) would stay put in the car once that door was openned, regardless of what EMT protocol suggests, esp. if injured. It sounds like the 'victim' was tough and up on adrenaline, so "posing" a spontaneous second for pictures ("Dude, let me snap a shot of your arms with my phone!") wouldn't curtail the course of the planets. Notice there are no photos of him inside the smoking car or unbandaged? THOSE would be inappropriate.

It sounds like everything that happened (except the accident itself) went exactly right or as might be expected. Car wasn't on fire, so no dowsing necessary.

Honor to those who helped a fellow human out of danger. I'm glad the OP likes his knife and found a use for it. :thumbup:

If the story is bogus, trying to get a new knife, aren't there better choices? Yes, yes there are.
 
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