What ever happened to the real knives!?!?!

Don't be so hard on people who use their blades for inappropriate purposes. It's only a tool, and sometimes the only one available when something needs pried. Just about anyone can be in that kind of circumstance now and then. Among Abraham Lincoln's personal items on display in the Springfield museum is his pocket knife, a two bladed Congress pattern. One of the tips is broken off.
 
Come to think of it, I may have posted prematurely. I have an old 2" putty knife that I use for scraping, prying, gouging, screwdriving, paint mixing, everything except as a putty knife. I haven't needed to sharpen it even once and the corners are intact! It's still going strong so I haven't had to try a modern one. Do they make putty knives this good any more? :)Regards, ss.
 
znapschatz said:
Don't be so hard on people who use their blades for inappropriate purposes. It's only a tool, and sometimes the only one available when something needs pried. Just about anyone can be in that kind of circumstance now and then. Among Abraham Lincoln's personal items on display in the Springfield museum is his pocket knife, a two bladed Congress pattern. One of the tips is broken off.
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You're right. But,... it sound as if the OP wanted to use his knife as a prybar even if he was in his garage.
 
znapschatz said:
Don't be so hard on people who use their blades for inappropriate purposes. It's only a tool, and sometimes the only one available when something needs pried. Just about anyone can be in that kind of circumstance now and then. Among Abraham Lincoln's personal items on display in the Springfield museum is his pocket knife, a two bladed Congress pattern. One of the tips is broken off.
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That's why i always say... "What would Abraham Lincoln do?"
 
I don't know why I would want to buy a knife that can also be used as a crowbar when I can buy knives that actually cut good.
 
It looks like I struck a cord with this thread.

First off let me state that I have the upmost respect for all my tools and most of them are in excellent shape do to the care and maitenance I tend after each use.

Also, believe it or not I never broke the tip of a knife blade in my life. But that is besides the point.

My original intention of this thread was that there was a certain romance of being able to use my Ka-bar knock off from when I was a kid for just about anything. The metal butt cap served as a great tool for banging some nails in the tree house or a tent peg in the ground. And yes I also did use it as a screwdriver in a pinch and it dulled out the blade but I learned to resharpen it back to shape. When I needed to pry off the "Buckingham Palace" sign my sister put above the entrance of the tree house it did no harm to the knife!

The other part of the Romance are the War stories from my Father and Grandfather on how the knives where used for entrenchment tools because the ground was to hard for shovels to dig in or to open a can of rations.


This thread was never supposed to be about the destruction and disrespect of a cutting tool. But the beauty and versatility of one tool that would have a deep impact on your life
 
SuroK said:
what is that brown busse knife? where can i get one?
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it's an desert coat ergo battle mistress. you'd have to put up a want to buy thread, or scour the sale forum/ebay for one. they are expensive these days. the current model = the fusion battle mistress wich is larger overall and features a clip point and a different handle configuration.
 
dd61999 said:
The second qoute should have been the title of this thread
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they're out there. the public opinion of them is polarized between furiously hating them and loving them for doing things most people are afraid to do.

I tend to fit into the later category :)
 
You can buy a pry bar a lot cheaper and stronger from Stanely than you can from Busse.
 
dd61999 said:
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But I am sorry but I miss the old days as kids that a knife was a prybar, screwdriver, cutting device, awl, etc. etc........ or the same way Marines used ka-bars as entrenchment tools in World War 2.*snip
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I notice that cutting isn't on your menu. In that case any cheap knife with soft steel should work. :rolleyes: :p
Greg
 
Greg said:
I notice that cutting isn't on your menu. In that case any cheap knife with soft steel should work. :rolleyes: :p
Greg
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Unless I'm very much mistaken, you missed this part:

dd61999 said:
But I am sorry but I miss the old days as kids that a knife was a prybar, screwdriver, cutting device, awl, etc. etc........ or the same way Marines used ka-bars as entrenchment tools in World War 2.
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allenC said:
Too many single mothers raising young men.
Knowledge isn't being passed on to the next generation.

I know plenty of young guys who know how make-up is applied, but they don't know how to sharpen a knife.:rolleyes:
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Do those guys walk funny and have a sloppy wrist.:p
 
hardheart said:
no one has mentioned Himalayan Imports yet?
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Funny - I was running around on errands this morning and that very thought hit me: I've not heard of a tip breaking off of a kukri from HI, although with enough abuse a knife will be damaged, even the illustrious Busse's so many people love. I love Busse's too, by the way, but the HI's are sure good values for the money. As I stated in another post, just out of curiosity, I drove a nail into a 2x4 with an HI kukri, using the blade spine as a hammer, worked fine. (a little dented, though.)

thx - cpr
 
Opening C-rations with a Kabar has always been a defining moment in discovering who in the squad needs to be watched out for. 1) They can't hang on to a simple thing like a P-38, even tho they were packed in every frickin case and handed out like candy; 2) they use a large knife when they could have borrowed their buddies P-38; 3) they think knives are can openers, entrenching tools, or prybars. Most quit carrying them.

The innocence of youth is great to remember, but the inability to learn better becomes the stumbling block of adulthood. Stories like "opening cans with Kabars" are told to kids for a reason - they did it once and learned better, can the kid?

I fondly remember using tools the wrong way with the same warm thoughts of using an outhouse in January . . .
 
tirod3 said:
Opening C-rations with a Kabar has always been a defining moment in discovering who in the squad needs to be watched out for. 1) They can't hang on to a simple thing like a P-38, even tho they were packed in every frickin case and handed out like candy; 2) they use a large knife when they could have borrowed their buddies P-38; 3) they think knives are can openers, entrenching tools, or prybars. Most quit carrying them.

The innocence of youth is great to remember, but the inability to learn better becomes the stumbling block of adulthood. Stories like "opening cans with Kabars" are told to kids for a reason - they did it once and learned better, can the kid?

I fondly remember using tools the wrong way with the same warm thoughts of using an outhouse in January . . .
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1. Boy are you dating us! C-rats!!! (Wanna' trade limas and ham for beans and franks?)

2. The leading use of issued combat utility knives in WWII was opening C-rats. My uncle was even taught how in Basic (spine at 90 degrees to rim/cut a cross in lid/bend down resulting tabs when done/watch sharp can edges).

3. While I understand why one might be forced to misuse a tool, doing so by design is another deal. But to each his own.
 
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