Are you ready for some "hard use" knife blasphemy? The best knife for digging in wood and prying is a cheap old bayonet or one of those 420J2 wonders. ANY knife with a fine point will either lose its point or have it bent if you put enough lateral force on a small area. I would never do much of it with any of my good knives unless it was a true emergency survival situation. Get a Crash Axe! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> If you are out in the bush and several days from civilization, use your knife with due care. I'm not saying you can't drill or pry at all, but try to keep lateral forces to a minimum. The last thing you want to do is break your knife miles into the Altamaha River swamps. You might need it to stick a gator.

Its still a useful knife if you decided not to ship it back for a replacement.

That's it mate. We have a workshop, so this job will be pretty easy I dare say. Some cutting oil, well watered down, take it very easy so it doesn't heat up. And I should have myself something a little different & special. Then I will do another tip test <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />. If it snaps this time around. Either two things. The HT on this particular knife is funky or I'm just heavy handed <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I have been waiting for a response to my last email, if you want to resolve this you would just email me. I'm beginning to think you have no desire to resolve this.

Eric Isaacson