Using Knives As Not Intended

Back during the "War on Terror" days, I read (maybe in a thread here) a testimonial for Kershaw by one of our warfighters who said he had pulled himself up-and-over a mud brick wall hanging on to two of their folders as he alternately jabbed them into the joints between bricks.

Would that void the warranty?
 
VorpelSword said:
Back during the "War on Terror" days, I read (maybe in a thread here) a testimonial for Kershaw by one of our warfighters who said he had pulled himself up-and-over a mud brick wall hanging on to two of their folders as he alternately jabbed them into the joints between bricks.

Would that void the warranty?
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Not only would it not void the warranty, it would cause both the structure to collapse, killing all terrorists inside, and a disembodied epic 80s guitar solo to play within earshot of all who witnessed the heroic deed.
 
I thought that opening cans was sort of an intended use of knives. What else would you do if you can't find a can opener or a SAK?

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He won't say, but our son may have scraped out a shallow fighting position with his Reeve Green Beret back in 2004-'05 whie "surged" into Iraq with the Marines.

I am pretty sure doing that would vhave voided the warrenty on products from some premium makers.


For some reason, that knife didn't come back from the war zone. I bought him another CRK-GB before his next deployment.
 
VorpelSword said:
He won't say, but our son may have scraped out a shallow fighting position with his Reeve Green Beret back in 2004-'05 whie "surged" into Iraq with the Marines.

I am pretty sure doing that would vhave voided the warrenty on products from some premium makers.


For some reason, that knife didn't come back from the war zone. I bought him another CRK-GB before his next deployment.
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I can’t imagine many premium knife makers would void a warranty for scraping a foxhole.
 
David Mary said:
Man I'm not lifting weights enough if you guys are carrying 4 and 9 oz neck knives. My neck knife, along with sheath, paracord, fob, and house key, comes in at 2.1 oz, and I can't wait to take it off after a day at the shop.
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Indeed. I neck carry a White River Knucklehead for mushrooming...It's like 2 ounces with sheath and lanyard... and I'm tired of it being there after a bag or two of chanterelles.

Oh, and I don't suppose the folks at White River envisioned mushrooming as the primary use for their design, so I appear to be in the OP's wheelhouse with "use not intended".
 
I occasionally use this old TL-29 as a deburring tool when working with soft metals. The main blade works well for this due to the hard carbon steel and the very fine, sharp edge. It resides in a tool chest in my garage.

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@i’msosharp I must be out of touch, what is “powerful banana use”?
 
jamesculver said:
What is your opinion on the matter? Assuming you were competent enough to use a knife in a SD manner, would you defend yourself with it? Granted this is a very loaded question, but it's been picking at my brain all day.
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I actually took a couple knifefighting classes from one of Janich's instructors before... They teach you to deflect the attacker's knife and cut critical tendons. Since you're cutting to immobilize and not to kill, I'm sure the courts would look favorably on someone defending themselves in that matter. That being said, I'm pretty sure I'd forget everything I learned in a high stress situation lol. I just keep a machete in my car and I figure if a bad guy sees a big blade, I won't have to use it. Actually that machete is another example of an odd knife use; I mostly use it to make parking spaces for myself when there are overhanging trees or overgrown bushes.

Your questions does make me think, though, if I had to use something aggressive looking like my Cold Steel Black Talon 2 for defense, I might have a hard time convincing people that I really carry it because it's one of the best cardboard cutters in my collection...
 
This is the Buck 112 that I used as a merchant marine cadet and later as an officer. As an engineer I had to repack many vales with graphite and wire impregnated rope packing. The 112 was used with a 2lb sledge to make accurate cuts of the packing. It is still pretty tight and is my go to shop knife to this day. Its a 3 dot.old buck.jpeg
 
Tsujigiri said:
I actually took a couple knifefighting classes from one of Janich's instructors before... They teach you to deflect the attacker's knife and cut critical tendons. Since you're cutting to immobilize and not to kill, I'm sure the courts would look favorably on someone defending themselves in that matter. That being said, I'm pretty sure I'd forget everything I learned in a high stress situation lol. I just keep a machete in my car and I figure if a bad guy sees a big blade, I won't have to use it. Actually that machete is another example of an odd knife use; I mostly use it to make parking spaces for myself when there are overhanging trees or overgrown bushes.

Your questions does make me think, though, if I had to use something aggressive looking like my Cold Steel Black Talon 2 for defense, I might have a hard time convincing people that I really carry it because it's one of the best cardboard cutters in my collection...
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I talked to my Krav Maga instructor about knife defenses. He told me he would handle a knife attack one of 2 ways. 1 was a gun. 2 was running really fast.
 
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