Which one of your knives has seen the most use/abuse?

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bladeboss

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Pictures are always wanted!
I would post one of mine, but i change around my EDC so much that no-single knife shows too much. I'd like to choose one and stick with one but just cant seem to chose "the one"
Right now im carrying my CS, but it doesnt show much wear yet.
 
Don't have a photo -- but without a doubt, a USMC Ka-bar knife that has chopped more brush, dug more holes, severed more roots, etc., than any knife should reasonably be expected to suffer.
 
This one has always been a bastard due to the serrations, thus it sees the most crappy situations. This is an old pic... It's a lot worse off now.
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My BK-14. Sorry, no pics. It's at home and I'm at college.
Here's an old pic before I started thumpin' on it.
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I too rotate knives almost every day, but my zt 0350 is my whipping boy right now. LOL
 
My Kershaw Cyclone has definitely had the most abuse, to be sure, but I think my Victorinox Pioneer is slowly gaining on it in the 'most used' category.

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My Skeletool probably looks more used than either of them, but it's one of my least-used knives/tools. Old carpet sure does a number on soft 420. :eek:

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Easily my KA-BAR USMC. I've been carrying it on my web gear (now MOLLE) for over 20 years. Never failed me and I've cut down small trees, dug fighting positions, cut commo wire....you name it. Everything but a chest decompression and it's never failed me.
 
Retired it some time ago, but this Schrade served me well. Back spring still snaps like a champ, takes a nice edge, but I figured I'd let it rest before it got any smaller or broke.

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VictorKilo said:
Retired it some time ago, but this Schrade served me well. Back spring still snaps like a champ, takes a nice edge, but I figured I'd let it rest before it got any smaller or broke.

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Knice to see a schrade actually be used amidst the knife snobs.
Well played sir!
 
I think my Kershaw Tyrade has been beat on the most. I used it when I was an EMT and when I didn't know crap about knives. It's seen a decent amount of abuse and it's still going strong.
 
Most all of mine. I baton the snot out of them when i first get them. Through twisted wood, knotted wood, I don't care. If it fails, i want it to fail BEFORE i need it for real. CS, Beckers, KaBars, Bokers, Ontarios, Condors, Old Hickorys, Tops/Buck, Tops, Buck have all passed my tests. I have not broke one yet or had the handle become unserviceable from an accidental baton strike.
 
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I used it to hammer in some steel tent pegs one time.

Who says aluminium isn't the toughest handle material? :p
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:D now thats impressive, those are solid scales aren't they?

My A100 sees the most abuse for folders, but my RC3 was my beater for a good while and has cut open more than its fair share of concrete bags, and trimmed a good bit of fiber glass.

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I need to get some A100 pics now that I have a camera, my cell phone's camera sucks space monkey balls.
 
Most carried and used, My Bud Nealy Aikuchi, bought back in the 80s at the first ECCKs show.

Iv'e EDC'd this blade essentialy everyday since then, I even used it to split some 4" hickory branches after cuttin' down a 100 year old hickory tree.

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It was completly Gun Blued to an almost black finish when new now it has character, BTW, I don't abuse any of my tools or knives, it's just way to expensive in the end.
 
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