Crimes against a beautiful knife...

[awa54]

I guess this is an example of why so many people stick with $10 truck stop knives, and why those people can't have nice things (or at least shouldn't be able to have nice things).

Brace yourself, this image made me tear up a little after I was done thinking "WTF???, who does that?"

As seen on Ebay posted for almost $200

Click image to enlarge and view the utter carnage wrought upon this poor, poor Nilakka:

[Aladinsane]

WTF?!? Someone really butchered that knife! And they're trying to SELL IT???????????

[Mushroom]

[Evil D]

It can be saved but this is a good example of why Spyderco probably shys away from doing knives like this, I bet they see warranty claims like this all the time. Then the customer blames the company or the steel or heat treat or all of the above.

[benben]

A somewhat fully serrated Spyderco Puukko!

That looks like a knife in everyone of my body techs toolbox, these goobers here would think that looks normal!

[bobnikon]

LNIB I am guessing

[RustyIron]

See? See?
I TOLD YOU that S30V is junk steel that chips and won't hold an edge.
Buy the knife and just send it off to Spyderco to be resharpened.

[Scandi Grind]

Full flat zero ground edge... yeah, a lot of average people are not going to know how to handle one of those properly. Being zero ground probably means it would fix up pretty well and still be somewhat thin BTE, but I don't think it is still worth $200 if didn't have and know how to use power tools.

[Danke]

Tell me you love batoning with your Puukko without telling me you love batoning with your Puukko.

[zhyla]

“Why doesn’t Spyderco do more Scandi grinds???”

[awa54]

@zhyla

I'm guessing that debacles like the release day Nilakka with it's true zero grind in a moderate toughness steel like S30V are part of the reason that projects like the HPDelica are in prototype testing for so long, so they can avoid future "issues" ...no matter how much it's on the end user to understand the capabilities and limitations of the design.

I'd love to see this knife reissued in something like AEBL at 65c, or *anything* else with great apex stability.


@Danke

I would baton my Iisakki Jarvenpaa pukko all day long (though not with total reckless abandon), since it has a 3mm thick high carbon blade that's probably in the high 50s RC and was designed as a do-all outdoor knife.

[vivi]

I approve of damaged knives more than I do safe queens. At least they put it to (mis) use.

if I had a dollar for every unused looking factory edged knife I see posted to knife enthusiast sites, I would have a whole lotta dollars.

[Evil D]

I'd buy another Nilakka so fast in a really high edge stability steel. These were such amazingly built knives, there's a lot more going on beneath the scales that you can't see, these knives are actually built like a tank besides the edge itself.

[Aladinsane]

@zhyla

I'm guessing that debacles like the release day Nilakka with it's true zero grind in a moderate toughness steel like S30V are part of the reason that projects like the HPDelica are in prototype testing for so long, so they can avoid future "issues" ...no matter how much it's on the end user to understand the capabilities and limitations of the design.

I'd love to see this knife reissued in something like AEBL at 65c, or *anything* else with great apex stability.


@Danke

I would baton my Iisakki Jarvenpaa pukko all day long (though not with total reckless abandon), since it has a 3mm thick high carbon blade that's probably in the high 50s RC and was designed as a do-all outdoor knife.

Purpose designed Scandinavian knife are the best! They're the only fixed blades I own.

[yablanowitz]

If I could find the pix of mine the first day, I'd post them again. That's about what it looked like after 5 minutes whittling on basswood.

[awa54]

If I could find the pix of mine the first day, I'd post them again. That's about what it looked like after 5 minutes whittling on basswood.

...you didn't happen to sell it on Ebay, with the whittled wood included in the auction?

If so, I may have your knife!

[yablanowitz]

No, I sharpened it out and I'm still using it. In fact, I did most of this with it.

[sal]

Very nice work.

sal

[Pokey]

No, I sharpened it out and I'm still using it. In fact, I did most of this with it.

Had some time on your hands. Submerged for the whole cruise?

[awa54]

No, I sharpened it out and I'm still using it. In fact, I did most of this with it.

Well then, I see that not only do you have a sharp knife at hand, but plenty of skill and patience to go with it!
Very cool!!

Was that originally a broom or mop handle?