Heat treated this one today. It checked 64 HRC after quench and on it's way to the tempering oven I dropped it. It hit the edge of my band saw and snapped like a piece of glass
Time and money down the drain. Stuff happens but it sure raises the ole blood pressure when it does.

Ouch....now it's a mini cleaver.....

More like a mini mini. It's a wonder that it's only in two pieces, I was temped to throw it through the wall !!!

The world's first "take down" meat clever...brilliant!

Dang it Mike, hang in there buddy. I dropped an old pair of binoculars I was looking thru the other day and cracked the left lens. I'm so glad they were mine and not someone else's. I think I invented a few new cuss words.

It happens. I dropped a Henckel Twins paring knife on vinyl floor and it snapped too.

It’s a locking folder! Either/Or.

That sucks Mike. It can still be salvaged into something. I have faith in you

Oh no! Dang bro, I feel for you. I've done it but it wasn't a big piece of expensive of Damascus. I'm sorry bro. I'm about to work on some Damasteel this week, I can just imagine doing that to it. I may put some rubber mats from my kiln to my quench plates.

Goes with the territory I guess. I'll bet that I don't drop another one for a while

sorry to see that.. im sure you can make another nice one like it.

I will as soon as the billets I have ordered get here.

Oh yeah, that really sucks.

Yep. Pretty sure you can make something else with it

Hey brother Mike; clean out your mail box it's full! We can't gossip if it's full.

Done

Cut into pieces and make a Damascus jigsaw puzzle!

I could just hit it with a hammer and it would be in a lot of pieces