ontariooldhickoryhammertest

After all the talk on blade forums about hitting a knife with a hammer in the Chris Reeve thread. I went out in the shop and repeated the test that broke both CRK blades.
( the Green Beret and the Project 1) The old Hickory went for 1 hour without blade breakage. It's all on video. About 95 percent of the knives I test pass this simple test easy. The .095" thick 1095 (carbon Steel) Old Hickory is not a knife advertised as hard use survival/combat knife but it can endure 3 lb pound steel hammer impacts. The notion that a knife will automatically yield because it is hit with a hammer is not valid at least as seen in my testing. If a knife has a good amount of toughness then it should survive this test easy.

I don't think asking for a over built hard use survival/combat knife to survive hammer impacts on wood is asking very much.

After all of this I was still able to flex and chop with the knife. The knife only took some minor denting on the spine and the riveted wood handles never came loose.

This video set is very boring. However the test results here make a strong point . If you can sit through it ? Enjoy the videos. They were made for you.