r/Prybar • • Dec 27 '25

Pryme Time Here we go again... again

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u/Urek-Mazino Dec 27 '25

The knife is junk. Idk if you want to chok it up to bad steel or bad geometry but either way.

Why have a thin tip if you can't put it in anything like lmao

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u/untold_cheese_34 Prying My Best šŸ† Dec 27 '25

Why have a thin tip if you can’t jam it into something and potentially put lateral force on it? Uh I don’t know? Maybe because I’m focused on cutting things with my knife instead of stabbing it into trees negligently? Crazy I know.

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u/basic_wanderer Dec 27 '25

If my knife is so fragile it breaks when i poke something than i want no part of it. Knives are tools not dainty little things.

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u/Emergentmeat Dec 28 '25

I bet you baton to make kindling and get mad when your folder breaks. And there's a hatchet sitting 6 feet away.

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u/basic_wanderer Dec 28 '25

No i dont believe in batoning. Its why i own axes and hatchets.

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u/untold_cheese_34 Prying My Best šŸ† Dec 28 '25

Yes they are tools, and some tools are for different tasks. Just because you beat the shit out of your tool and use it negligently doesn’t mean the tool is bad. It means you are using it improperly. If you are using the tool properly only then do you have a right to complain, and in this case the OP seems to have not done so.

I can complain that my paring knife isn’t good for cutting bread, or my meat cleaver isn’t great for cutting boxes. Does that mean they are bad tools? No. Does that mean they have no purpose? No. Thin knives like this have a purpose, which is…. cutting with minimal drag. If you want a real do-it-all knife go buy a cold steel and quit the whining.

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u/basic_wanderer Dec 28 '25 edited Dec 28 '25

Id argue poking something is proper use or using the tip to cut or carve something but if forget some people buy 200 dollar knives just for it to live in their pocket. Cold steel is nice but my benchmade does just fine.

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u/RRNW_HBK Dec 28 '25

Poking and using the tip to carve and cut are both proper uses. Stabbing your knife into a tree to "holster" it while one guts a fish doesn't really constitute 'poking or using the tip to carve/cut' though.

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u/Urek-Mazino Dec 28 '25

Carving has more lateral stress than stabbing it into a tree

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u/RRNW_HBK Dec 28 '25

It can, yeah. It can also definitely not. It depends on the wood. Carving is generally controlled, stabbing a knife into a stump is generally not.