Best batoning explanation I have seen

Guys I am sure that most of you will find this video very informative.
It is sort of long at 10 minutes, but if you watch it to the end you will see a knife failure.
What is interesting to me is that this is the first time I have ever seen a knife failure that is exactly the same as I have had with my test team Regulator
I have never talked about this before, because I chose to have a local machine shop fix the problem rather than send my regulator in for warranty replacement

The machine shop only charges me $20 to repair the problem on the rare occasion it happens and I get the knife back in a couple of days

I am wondering how common this problem really is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4LMFBaYIns

Wow! I've been doing it all wrong this whole time!

I'm dying here.

really good demonstration of the actually battening...

you know, i have never really thought about my preferences on the two things was talking about having on a knife.

and when they come backwards like that you just have to hold them the wrong way. doesn't work as good,but what can you do? "it's not the spoon that bends it's only yourself".

It took me a second to realize that this guy really knows his stuff.

Cliff Stamp is an engineer, some people love him and some hate him
Check out his site, he does some excellent work on both non-destructive and destructive testing
He is a bit of a science geek and some of his reports show it

He is odd though, for some reason he likes big blades

http://www.cliffstamp.com/knives/
If you are interested here is his site

Cliff is a funny dude and knowledgeable.

Most Newfs have a great sense of humour