It's strange how some times you can bash the shit out of a knife without getting as much as a scratch, but other times a knife can break from nothing :/
So far the only knives I've broken are knives I have used for throwing. But that's to be expected. All knives break if you throw them too much (and I don't care what the Busse fans say). Also the omega spring broke on one of my benchmades.
You shouldn't give up on beckers though. They are damn tough knives
I dont think that a British MOD knife will suffer so much. I used mine in digging and prying affairs successfully with no problem at all. Of course the blade of MOD is thicker than the blade of bk-7.
I dont think, also, that the Busse family products will suffer such as the bk7. A SYKO 711 will not suffer so much. I have one (as well as a bk7). The chopping power of 711 is better of bk7 while the confidence of the user / owner is greater (durability in any task/work). Of course the blade of 711 is thicker than the blade of bk-7.
As far as the SYKCO products are concerned I would like to remind the thread
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/452593-Scrap-Yard-Dog-Father-Performance-Pics (dated 5/2/2007) where the dogfather suffered a lot (test in laboratory of course similar to the roots affair of bk-7).
Finally I agree with the comments of vittorioe89 replying to Haze240: I completely agree that a hard use knife should be able to take some serious use and not break when you don't expect.:
04-30-2012, 07:08 PM #42
vittorioe89
Originally Posted by sqoon I wonder, if the knife was replaced, and you had the exact same chore in front of you, would you try it again with the Becker?
I had to take some roots out just a few weeks ago. I used a pickaxe, shovel and saw.
this.^
I can't think of survival situation that necessitates heavy prying, digging, or boomeranging with my knife. That said, idk why you would expect the 7 to be the knife for the job if that is the intended purpose.
Originally Posted by Haze240
I love how people can preach about how tough Beckers are, how they can pry, dig, chop, bash, hammer etc... But as soon as one legit breaks people say "Cutting roots? That's abuse!!". If I was usingy Hard Use knife that works for a living and it failed without me TRYING to make it fail, I would want a replacement. If they said "Sorry, not covered by warranty, you were abusing it."
I completely agree that a hard use knife should be able to take some serious use and not break when you don't expect. This comes down to reasonable expectations of the knife though. The OP hasn't been really upfront about the exact circumstance of the break, but i'd be willing to bet it was along the lines of prying a root up and not just cutting. I could be wrong but I don't really see that as a reasonable expectation of a knife.
Last edited by vittorioe89; 04-30-2012 at 07:26 PM.