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Great stuff! :thumbup:
IIRC, when Cliff Stamp used to 'test' knives this way, he used a framing hammer to baton the knife through the roof. Few knives besides a Busse or Swamp Rat survived the testing.
On knifemaker Bud Nealy's site is a story of someone cutting their way out of a car that had gone into a river:
"Blade Magazine-August 1998-Mike Haskew (quoting a knifemaker/ law enforcement official, trapped in a chase car in an icy river, whose name was withheld by request for security purposes)
Close to panic myself, I tried to get out and heres where my Bud Nealy 5-inch Kinzhal came into play. I was carrying it on the inside pocket of my jacket and used it as a can-opener and managed to rip an opening in the vans roof in the shape of a wedge big enough for my co-worker and me to get out and onto dry land. My hands were a mess of cuts and rips. As a knifemaker, I feel that the Kinzhal stood the ultimate test, as it saved my life that day. The money I laid out for it was the best money I ever spent.
http://www.budnealyknifemaker.com/press.html
IIRC, when Cliff Stamp used to 'test' knives this way, he used a framing hammer to baton the knife through the roof. Few knives besides a Busse or Swamp Rat survived the testing.
On knifemaker Bud Nealy's site is a story of someone cutting their way out of a car that had gone into a river:
"Blade Magazine-August 1998-Mike Haskew (quoting a knifemaker/ law enforcement official, trapped in a chase car in an icy river, whose name was withheld by request for security purposes)
Close to panic myself, I tried to get out and heres where my Bud Nealy 5-inch Kinzhal came into play. I was carrying it on the inside pocket of my jacket and used it as a can-opener and managed to rip an opening in the vans roof in the shape of a wedge big enough for my co-worker and me to get out and onto dry land. My hands were a mess of cuts and rips. As a knifemaker, I feel that the Kinzhal stood the ultimate test, as it saved my life that day. The money I laid out for it was the best money I ever spent.
http://www.budnealyknifemaker.com/press.html