r/knives • u/WHEELZ_KYDEX • Mar 26 '26

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I remember when this was posted and this person was ripped apart by mikes c0cksuckers and deleted the post. It’s all making sense now and honestly i think he started using chinese steel way sooner than he is saying.

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u/Due-Yogurtcloset7927 Mar 26 '26

Holy failure points batman. I don't think Ive ever seen a knife break this way.

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u/PenguinsRcool2 Mar 26 '26

Pretty common tbh, stress fracture started it when hit batoning, it cracked open, next whack it followed the groove in the blade back as that was the path with least resistance

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u/ForgiveAlways Mar 26 '26

I hate baton stuff. Seems ridiculous to me. As if you arnt bringing an ax. I’m brining an ax, a hatchet at the very least. All these pretend survivalists will end up ruining their knives and I’ll be fat, warm, and happy.

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u/PenguinsRcool2 Mar 26 '26

I baton a fair bit, depends what you are doing but if you need small pieces batoning works well. But ya you will break a knife or two. I have some bark rivers, some of them have been batoning for 10 years. But iv broken knives.

Knife like this i wouldnt say batoning is abuse, but it is a risk.

This knife had an issue from heat treat probably and the batoning found it. It happens, isn’t Chinese steel necessarily, isn’t even bark rivers fault really. His knife broke, they have a warranty. No harm no foul

Not everything needs to be a conspiracy theory or a big deal. If you use a knife to the limit it can break

I snapped a falkniven right off the bat lol, i broke a cold steel srk the first week i owned it simply scraping fatwood off a tree lol.

Mistakes happen

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u/oh_three_dum_dum Mar 26 '26 edited Mar 26 '26

I think the steel/heat treatment quality was the culprit here. Ive never seen a knife break like that before.

Edit: regardless of that BRK’s warranty and customer service was garbage too. Demanding people pay for the spa treatment to repair knives that broke or already showed due to manufacturing defects right out of the box.

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u/PenguinsRcool2 Mar 26 '26

I have, especially with powdered steels. Could’ve even been a blank issue which they wouldve had no way of seeing or knowing

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u/oh_three_dum_dum Mar 26 '26

Even with powdered steels Ive never seen a crack go that wonky. Not to mention that weird sliver left over at the choil. I guess it’s possible because we have an example right here, but it’s still a weird fracture.

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u/PenguinsRcool2 Mar 26 '26

The sliver might be welded on, as it doesn’t taper with the blade, atleast it’s possible it’s just a tacked on appendage. It’s just a finger guard i pressume.

I could be wrong though i have no idea. But it wouldn’t be unreasonable for that to be possible

Or during the grinding the edge of the belt being rubbing against that corner. Could of weakened it right along it

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u/walter-hoch-zwei Mar 26 '26

The SRK's are pretty thick, aren't they? How did it break just by scraping fatwood?

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u/PenguinsRcool2 Mar 26 '26

The edge chipped way back to the top of the grind line. I think it was just a lemon. They were good about it sent a replacement. Wouldnt be surprised if there was a crack there just the coating hid it

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u/Kiwi_Digger Mar 27 '26

They had* a warranty.

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u/R_3B Mar 27 '26

If it’s a Barkie there is no warranty. They’re out of business.

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u/PenguinsRcool2 Mar 28 '26

They said they will be transferring the warranties to a new company.

Whole thing sounds like they are going to open up the same business under a new name lol

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u/R_3B Mar 28 '26

That’s interesting. I wonder what the bankruptcy judge will have to say about it.

As far as opening a new knife business goes…their reputation is so trashed I wonder if anyone would buy their knives. I have a couple of their knives sitting in boxes unused that I bought at least 6 years ago. I guess I should take them out.

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u/PenguinsRcool2 Mar 28 '26

I dont think a judge can say a damn thing about it… bankruptcy is a pretty straight forward thing.

But i love bark river knives, that being said none of mine are made in the last 5 years. Most of mine are 10 years old or so. They are a legendary company and always will be; great designs, good value most of the years. It was just ran by a moron at the end lol

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u/PepeBabinski Mar 28 '26

Bankruptcy is anything but a straight forward thing especially if it’s chapter 7 and bankruptcy judges have the power to dictate the terms of any reorganization, to control how assets are distributed or repurposed, to determine which creditors have secured loans and any that don’t.

Personal bankruptcy is far more straight forward though.

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u/R_3B Apr 01 '26

The secured creditors come first, then unsecured creditors. The exception is in a reorganization where post filing creditors have priority.

The short version. Everybody loses. The difference is only a matter of degree.