tonyfromky wrote:"no I think thats your logic"
Just because I have a knife in my pocket doesn't mean it is appropriate for every task. I gather from your postings that you feel that a pocket knife is a suitable tool for cutting thick, tough, and potentially filthy (abrasive) rubber. Not one person here supports that decision. And you're getting a dubious result. That should tell you something. It's your knife and it's your tire so the choice is yours.
Out of curiosity, how are you cutting the tires? Straight across so you could unroll it into a strip of rubber? Cutting the sidewalls off, leaving the tread? And how many were you able to cut before the knives fail?
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Be that as it may, would a Yojimbo be good for this? How about something serrated?
I never said a pocket knife was ok for all tasks. You mentioned cutting concrete, I don't think thats proper. I never said the knife was suitable or the proper tool for cutting a tire. I said the pocket knife is a versatile tool that takes the place of many others. I didn't have a saw, sheers or any other proper tool, the job needed to be done so I went with it. Thats the reason I carry a Pocket knife. Otherwise the pocket knife is as good as a mantel piece. If your argument is that we should just always use the proper tool for the job, im sorry to say but the chances of most knife companies being around today are slim. The idea of a Pocket knife is for Utility. I even think its definition states that. The use of that knife is up to the user if you ask me. I still think cutting a tire is fine. Like I said my Captain is a champ at it. Absolutely no damage. The only reason the other knives chipped is due to the rubber coming together. It took almost no pressure, just me pulling the knife out for the tips to break. In football have you ever heard of a Hi-Low, well i guess the rubber did that. As the rubber was overlapping each other and when i pulled the knife out, the tip just snapped off. Now I am not talking about the entire tip Its just a very small chunk of steel. Nothing that couldn't be sharpened out. It wasn't like I was prying a door open and the actual cutting didn't do the job.
As for how I am cutting them, right down the vertical middle. So think if you were drive and a huge knife came down from sky to road. Thats the way they are being cut. It was the first one that broke the Para blade, them I just used the captain in fear of more damage to the para.
My Lil Temps tip broke from cutting some boating rope. I guess it was really hard stuff. The salt water maybe. again not a huge potion. Just a very small piece.
I never had a serrated knife, but was thinking of getting a serrated Military. As for the Yojimbo, I cant say as Ive never used one.
Here are some pics of my tips.
