What is the hardest thing your folder has done?

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smitty1505

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What is the hardest thing you've used your folder for? Mine was batoning some wood with my bench made 710. Not the best idea but still works fine
 
I cut up a sizable amount of thin aluminum sheet with a Mission MPF 3 Ti PE once, left the blade scratched up but none the worse for wear but hardest was probably cutting metal wire that sheathed, coated or wrapped in plastic casing. Same knife by the way.
 
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But seriously folks, it wasn't exactly hard use, but (prior to really getting into knives) I used my Buck Nobleman while crabbing. Mainly light cutting tasks but it was amazing how the salt water and grime from the crab pot worked its way into the action and affected the knife.
 
Used my Benchmade Ares to baton through 22 gage sheet metal using an axe head as the baton. Not recommended with a 15 deg/side edge.
 
Last night I was can opener-less so I used my Ontario Rat-1 to cut open a can of cherries for pudgy pies :) Blade is dulled up a bit but the tip survived
 
Spyderco Gayle Bradley used to cut up a bunch of old and damaged CAT5 cable and extention cords. I mean a lot. I also used that same knife as a wedge to split some 2x4s, I pried some nails out of the wood too.
The tip is still in tact and the edge just needed a little sharpening. CPM-M4 is some really awesome stuff.
 
SNG through a car quarterpanel and my hand, simultaneously. Some of you probably read that story. Please try to continue withholding judgement. :D
 
Apebrains said:
SNG through a car quarterpanel and my hand, simultaneously. Some of you probably read that story. Please try to continue withholding judgement. :D
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and thats why I await my Striders return from the shop. God they are a heck of a beater.
 
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These days, the hardest I use my folder is prying off the thumb burners on Bic lighter with the tip of the blade. I once used a Buck/Strider 880 tanto (BG42) to cut through a Master lock at Ft Campbell.
 
I've used ZT 0500 MUDD to cut some tree branches (few finger thick max)... Not batoning but smatchet way. That folder can take a beating :D
 
Hardest thing, my BM 722, I can't really think of what I didn't use it for, everything from batoning, to scraping tile, opening cans. 10 years of hard use and abuse with no blade play, no broken omega springs, nothing but much less blade than it originally had.
 
Used one of my retired delicas to open two dozen cans of soup. Man was that thing dull after that... Thats what happens when you go camping and forget a can opener.
 
brianch said:
Used one of my retired delicas to open two dozen cans of soup. Man was that thing dull after that... Thats what happens when you go camping and forget a can opener.
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Wow... That was tough job. That is also one reason why I keep SAK with me when camping.
 
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I've used my Emerson to cut through an aluminum pipe.
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Really? Which one?

I stabbed a wooden pallet with my CQC Super-7w without much penetration. I assume that little stunt weakened the tip to the point where it broke off later on without me noticing it.

I've cut through an aluminum can with my Endura ZDP-189, which resulted in micro chips. I've tried to cut a mango pit with it as well, which resulted in minor chipping. It was then I realized that "super steel" != adamantium.

Other than that, I regularly cut the stalks of corn with my Manix 2 CTS-XHP. It does okay, but I guess I was expecting too much when I tried to push cut paper with that edge afterwards.
 
Noctis, I think that I can say with a fair degree of confidence, that in all or most of the cases you mention, you were working with a factory edge. After a few hand sharpening sessions, you will see the performance you expected.
 
I wish Buck still made the Strider 880 folding tanto.
 
I miss my first 880... an ATS34 tanto p/e I paid $140 for back in 12-00. First knife I considered high end. Learned about it back in 10-00 when I first discovered bladeforums.
 
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