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Old 01-12-2010, 01:34 PM
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Default Unacceptable failure???

I have a question for the custom knife makers out there.
I have had a medium quality custom knife close on my hand.
I am not naming the maker, it is a liner lock, it cost me over $500.
It is a few years old and the liner is titanium.
I tend to think of my knife as THE tool I can depend on in an emergency or in the event of my being attacked.
This accident occured after I hit a deer with my van and I stepped into the ditch to finish off the crippled deer.
I thrust into its neck several times to cut the aorta. The point caught the spinal column causing a flexing stress, the lock had a tiny amount of blood on it and that acted as a lubricant that caused the lock to fail and close on me.
I had to drive 30 minutes to the ER and recieved 8 stitches on my index finger.
Fortunatly I did NOT sever the tendon.

Should I expect any custom knife to come with the diclaimer:
1. 'You may absolutly trust your life to this tool UNLESS a drop or two of blood should get on it, then you must expect it to try and chop off the operator's fingers?!!

2. Only rely on this tool/weapon if you are within easy walking distance of the ER?!!

I have lost all faith in the tool that I thought was the highest quality I could afford, there was No oil on the lock just blood.

What if I was hunting in the middle of no where, and in the middle of gutting a deer, this happened and I had to walk for hours for help?
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