Wirebreaker Notch & RC5 Question

[KEmSAT-Survival]

Hi everybody!!
So I was going over my RC5 the other night (after playing with it again for 100th time--I know, I know..I'm gonna keep it up 'til I go blind) but I thought:

"This is a SERE knife, right? The HEST has one, why doesn't the RC5 have a wirebreaker notch?"

Some larger knives have a notch in the spine for breaking wire, some in other places. So I have some issues:

Possible RC5 addition on future knives?

Will milling a wirebreaker in the spine of the knife compromise the integrity vis-a-vis batoning?

A wirebreaker--professionally done or not--put into an RC5 will void the warranty, won't it?

Anyhow...basically what I'm saying is: Now I know if Jeff & Mike thought it needed one they'd have added it previously--but sometimes I'm guilty of not leaving well enough alone. I want to add a wirebreaker to my RC5, but don't want to hurt it in terms of warranty or blade integrity.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Dizwolf]

I'm sure they'll chime in at some point. If you break alot of wire, I'd carry a small bolt cutter. If I hadda add one to the rc5, I'd think of cutting one into the pommel. Lots of room there, and not much worry about stress points.

Edit: they've said stupidity is covered in the warrenty, but have asked thier direct advice when doing mods like this.

 

[adaman04]

I'm sure they'll chime in at some point. If you break alot of wire, I'd carry a small bolt cutter. If I hadda add one to the rc5, I'd think of cutting one into the pommel. Lots of room there, and not much worry about stress points.

Edit: they've said stupidity is covered in the warrenty, but have asked thier direct advice when doing mods like this.

I agree with Diz. I always thought a wirebreaker on the pommel would be the way to go. If I planned on cutting alot of wire, I'd carry a multi-tool.

 

[Mistwalker]

I agree with Diz. I always thought a wirebreaker on the pommel would be the way to go. If I planned on cutting alot of wire, I'd carry a multi-tool.

Multi-tools are fine for cutting a lot of speaker wire or low voltage wire. I wouldn't want to cut my way through hurricane fencing or anything similar with one unless really pressed...better to have a dedicated set of side cutters or diagonal pliers for heavy gauge wires like that.

 

[rmc85]

Multi-tools are fine for cutting a lot of speaker wire or low voltage wire. I wouldn't want to cut my way through hurricane fencing or anything similar with one unless really pressed...better to have a dedicated set of side cutters or diagonal pliers for heavy gauge wires like that.

Whats hurricane fencing? I ask because I've live in FL all my life and I dont think I've ever heard the term hurricane fencing.

 

[Dizwolf]

Multi-tools are fine for cutting a lot of speaker wire or low voltage wire. I wouldn't want to cut my way through hurricane fencing or anything similar with one unless really pressed...better to have a dedicated set of side cutters or diagonal pliers for heavy gauge wires like that.

I've had really good luck with cutting heavy wire with my gerber 800. I just dont see the need, personally, to have a wire notch.

 

[Mistwalker]

Whats hurricane fencing? I ask because I've live in FL all my life and I dont think I've ever heard the term hurricane fencing.

It's also called chain-link fencing. That's funny, I always heard it called chain link fencing here as a kid and then heard it called "hurricane fencing" when we moved to Tampa Florida and that's what they referred to it as at school. I suppose it was called hurricane fencing because it would let the air pass through but helped stop a lot of the debris blowing in it.

 

[Iboschi]

Get a HEST and an ESEE-5. Problem solved!

 

[rmc85]

It's also called chain-link fencing. That's funny, I always heard it called chain link fencing here as a kid and then heard it called "hurricane fencing" when we moved to Tampa Florida and that's what they referred to it as at school. I suppose it was called hurricane fencing because it would let the air pass through but helped stop a lot of the debris blowing in it.

Ok. I've always called it chain link fence. I guess its a coastal FL term.

 

[Mistwalker]

Ok. I've always called it chain link fence. I guess its a coastal FL term.

I think it is just a "marketing" term...it's likely called whatever helps it sell better in whatever particular area it's being marketed in...it's also marketed as security fencing in some places.

 

[1066vik]

most of the times I've heard it called hurricane fence was heights over 6'.