I feel your heart break on that

The Tops B.O.B. in 1095 can withstand just about any hard use within reason. The mistake i spotted is that you grinded the spine to 90 degrees. In doing that you weakened the integrity of the knife. The BOB is only heat treated on the grind, the spine is kept softer for batoning. If you wanted a 90 degree spine with the added strength of heat treatment? You could go with the Tops tanimboca puukko or the 3.5 inch BOB with the heat treated 90 degree factory spine. Tops will tell you themselves not to modify a 90 degree spine on the BOB. Its not the knife that failed its the modification.

The shango notch is used to scrape a ferro rod, just like you do with the spine of the knife. Why people think you need to strike a ferro rod like its a flint and steel with it is beyond me. Knives, especially the thinnest portion of a knife (the tip), are not pry bars.

The blade is four and a half inches, not five. That and..... A KNIFE IS NOT A PRY BAR, lol. I'm only half joking, but there is a good chance that you ruined the heat treatment in the tip while grinding the spine flat. In general, I'm against altering knives as they come from the factory. It often doesn't end well. If you don't like some aspect of a knife, then buy one that suits you better. I really don't understand why people are so obsessed with using their knives to strike a ferro rod. It's a much simpler matter to link a steel striker to the ferro rod which was designed for the purpose. The truth is always simple.

I have tip tested these and had no issues. You can look at other reviews where these are tip tested and they don't fail. So it may just be a manufacturing flaw in that particular knife, either way TOPS will replace it for free, so no big deal.

You have to admit after beating it through a bunch of really hard hard wood and it still shaves! The tip will grind out no big deal. A great knife. Shyt happens.

Thanks for your honest review, I was considering this knife but this has been a shock man ! I may have to look back at the LT Wright Lagom. Subbed your channel. All the best from Scotland. Garry

My tops bob tip broke off as well. And to be honest I have no idea how it happened. I didn’t even use the tip of that knife. All I did was baton it. Weird. Any how I feel that heart pain you felt when I saw mine was broken.

After just mentioning how folks should make their survival knives their own, you could stop carrying on about how the tip broke unexpectedly and instead demonstrate how to fix that snapped tip with a grinder. Grinding the spine down to fix the tip would make the blade shape more of a drop/spear point, which frankly would be better for bush-crafting/survival anyway. I’m about to get one of these in 154cm which should be stronger than the 1095 version.

I think I’m gonna have to get one of these and test it myself

I have one of these knives, it is still a great knife brother. The tip is only 1/32 of an inch. No big deal, just grind it out to a sharp tip once more

The BOB has a scandi grind WITH a secondary bevel (modified scandi is what Tops calls it). If you sharpened it like a scandi with the bevel flat on a stone, that would make the tip much thinner. I think that might be what happened to your tip.

aint no way in hell " id take any knife that i paid good money for abuse it for no reason " i could see in a absolute survival situation beating a knife with a club lol buy a axe thats what its designed for if ya look at its tip its not 3/8 thick !!! why take a chance when theres no reason too .... i love my tops bob and i treat it with respect "

Move on to the Esse 5...

Isnt it warranteed?

Watch Nutnfancy ‘s videos. He has dealt with many!!!!! More knives than probably either one of us. Or mostly anyone for that matter. And, he summarizes it perfectly. He will even tell you, you’ll always have knives fail. It just happens. You’ll eventually hit a bad production. Or stress it to much and eventually it’ll break. Even the best of knives. So the trick is to enjoy what it does well, treat it with respect but use it. And enjoy. Don’t hold it against it or be afraid of ever gett no that brand again. Just shit happens man. Good luck.

One of the coolest review vids. Broke it on the review.

They’re great knives if you don’t abuse them. Nothing wrong with the knife. User error.

mine hold up fine and mine is the stainless one.

:D oh damn. dont get me wrong, but that was pure comedy, i laughed much. that cracking noise of the tip by accident and your reaction. happened to me once on a spyderco endura in vg10, wanted to pry a metal plate, dumb me. so i thought 1095, as cheap and rusting as it is, is bending before breaking usually? ah tops, what are u doing. such expensive, bulky, super thick blades, military style and then the tip breaks off when dropping into wood? i mean a 15€ mora holds up way better. well to be fair, we all dont know, if the tip was intact before or already slightly damaged. what remains is the bad feeling and a continuing, never ending search for "the" knife. or is the 154cm version better in this? very curious what they answered, gotta find the vid. thx for uploading.

Did you send it back and try again?

Just either file or use a dremel and cut in a half moon notch into the top of the chaingo notch. Works fantastic and only takes a couple of minutes

It’s a Top Bob 154 CM?

so you a welder? is Jaybee welding pay good?

Chris Tanner? Dude is a joke. Can't expect to throw his name out and be taken seriously. And then a dumb tip test? Yikes.

Sorry, but that shallow stab and light twist wouldn't break my five dollar steak knives. For a company marketing their knives as survival tools, this is unacceptable. I'm in love with the designs, and was about 24 hours away from ordering at least one TOPS, probably the MSK and either BOB or Scandi Trekker. After seeing this, and some Amazon review pics of hollows in the grind, I think I'll pass.

You shouldn’t do that with your knives anyways! Tip test is stupid in general! That knife was beautiful until you intentionally tried to break the tip, an then was upset by the results..?

You could still gave it away to someone but you just don't want to and it was never your intention

That tip should have never broke with that little tip test. That isn't what I would even call a tip test. The tip test I do are much more rigorous then that. Thats terrible and it dont say much for the heat treat.

Just watched your review there may of been a bad heat treat on that knife it shouldn't of broke that easy I bet They will fix or give you a new knife I don't think you did anything wrong good review keep up the good work.

Its because the scandi thickness on the belly to the tip is to thin, its only thick on the spine side but instantly tapers to a thin edge. Tip testing scandi knives is a big risk esp on treated lumber. They need to make the grind a bit smaller on the up sweep, look at a Mora companion or better yet the Hultifors heavy duty knife. Both knives have a smaller grind size but the Hultifors stands out the most. That BOB is an easy fix and it would be tougher than ever after its done, send my way ile fix it 😉

Meh, a small regrind and its all good as new. Pretty sure Tops do a differential heat treat on their knives where the hardened part usually runs throughout the tip area and the softer tougher section along the spine. This combined with the heat involved in the grinding may have over hardened the very tip. This should not dissuade anyone from this knife. I like to watch tip tests because I do find them interesting but would never do it with my own because I see no reason or use where that is needed. Bummer but definately repairable. That knife is still a great knife IMO and I would gladly have it.

Can u make my fieldcraft like urs just ordered 1

“Worldly known” lol, no man... it’s World-renowned

This is why i dont tip test. I always assume ill break it.

Can u send me a knife im a poor white guy trying to get my bug out bag together i didnt realize how much money it cost to make one and my problem is finding a good knife i just ordered a fieldcraft for my first knife and now i might regret it so i just spent 136 on it and nothing ever goes right for me tho o well the rest of my tax money down the drain ugh i might just send it back and go with esee 4hm as planned im 5'3" tall im thinking folding saw hatchet esee 4hm or fieldcraft just thinking esee now idk what to do im bout to give up

So anything but a "tip test???"

so if you were going out into the wilderness and could only take one, would you grab the BOB or the Bushcrafter? assuming the tip didn't break

I now have a tops bob black for sale or trade. Warranty is why I own almost exclusively ESEE now. Love that scandi but I really use knives, I am not brutal on my gear but I dont have time in survival to worry about the blade in the moment. Sorry bro this has happened to you. Best wishes.

Not a big deal, maybe a more fragile batch... weird, never happend to me, and i really beat the S out of it.

Great Job!!! When a 12 Dollar Mora Can Take WAY MORE Abuse, (Finer Profile and Same Steel) There Is No Point :-))) in Such a Heavy Knife. I also saw one of their Knives with More Twists than a Corkscrew after a Battoning Test By Equip To Endure!!!

Well this review got real...real quick. If you watch this shop tour of TOPS factory (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gLhnfq-I3ZzFiZs.html) you can see that the blades are differentially heat treated..by hand. I'm sure the guy doing it is an expert, but if he really isn't measuring the temperature of the blade then one can see how he might overheat the tip and make it somewhat brittle. But good on TOPS for regrinding the tip for you and salvaging the knife.

Jakkari puukko knife is still my favorite.

Tops will take care of you brother

Im not gonna lie. I dont trust a guy that says that 10 times in a 20 minute video. Im not gonna lie

It's a great knife but you jammed into treaded lumber. Your fault not the knife

Hahahaha American quality hahahaha yeh...... I'll chose a Chinese product over any American made product any day hahahaha the usa products are best featured at harbor freight store hahahahaha