Hey Jeff idk when they changed it but in Illinois and Indiana it is now completely legal to carry balisongs in public! I didnt think id see the day lol

Unfortunately, most mass produced products are machine made (especially in the US) to maximize yield. So if someone did physically look at the knife, they either were looking for gross defects or were only looking at a sample of parts. Like 1 out of 100 parts.

Hello, I would like to buy a knife compact, stainless, robust and not impossible to regrind the daportare field in my travels around the world in nature. This knife is reliable based on your experience? the trust with life? Let me know what you think, thanks to Michae

I thought these were pretty cool since they first came out, I don’t really have much use for one though.

I bought an Outdoor Edge Le Duck the other day. I’m looking forward to your review on it.

hey jeff i only got a pen earaser to erase rust is it okay

I have been looking at buying one of these for a little while. I just keep finding other knives I want first 😀

love that handle!

Gerber was great once, but quality issues and the bear grylls line have them a bad reputation. Crkt wasn’t started until the mid nineties, I had never heard of them until recently and i don’t include them in the old school American knife list that includes gerber, kershaw, buck, case, and schrade.

I have a German Army field knife with a 420 stainless blade. I’ve never had any problems with it.

saw this knife at my local walmart, had a combo edge. the combo edge went all the way to the base of the blade, unfortunately they didnt have a plain edge version.

Lemme use my strong hand!!! Hahahahaha

Jeff, see my comment to your previous First Edge video. With a gradual plunge like you have here the edge will not come all the way to the ricasso, it’s just plain physics (or geometry). There should be a sharpening notch, a big finger choil or a narrowing of the ricasso to facilitate a proper edge bevel foot. Or you have to stop early like here. Use your sharpening kit and try to extend that edge bevel yourself into the plunge and see what happens and how more horribly it looks with every added milimeter.

With 420hc its all about the heat treat. It can be a great steel comparable to d2. Also a good 420hc blade will have a hrc around 60 which is about the same as d2, s30v, vg-10 and 154cm. Just look at Buck they mastered 420hc. The blade on my Buck 119 that outperformed my Benchmade auto Presidio which is 154cm, I was stupid and tried batoning a peice of wood that I didn’t know had a finish nail in it. Well, the Buck went right through the nail and didn’t leave a mark on the edge, so when I seen that I was so impressed I tried it on my Benchmade and it ended up with a beautiful chip in the blade.

I was going to try it on my Microtech Socom elite auto but my wife would’ve killed me since she got it for my bday while in Iraq (she also got me a Benelli SuperNova Tactical and a Glock g20 as coming home presents) Anyway, people need to stop believing everything these idiotic steel snobs say on forums, if what they say is true then my 1095 and d2 blades will be a pile of rust just by looking at the wrong way. Oh and don’t get me started on how insanely stupid the “spine whack test” is, anybody who does that is a fucking moron.

Put this knife next to the BG knives please. I’m not 100% certain but from what I’ve found so far I think this is nothing but the BG knife wo the logo at its proper price point for quality. And I don’t know why everyone keeps referring to $70 price? It sells for $50 all day everywhere. The BG is $10 more at 60 and I swear this is the exact same thing.

I hear you talk about walmart in almost every video, I’m not american so i have no idea, but is going to walmart like a daily thing in America? i have never been to a walmart to be honest so i don’t know what it offers lol

420 steel in my time using that steel i dislike it i feel like 440 c440 a are just better .they keep an edge longer and arent that harder to sharpen.Also something intresting is that swiss army knives hace a better steel than 420 i think its 440c

I’d compare 420 HC to a lower end AUS 8, BUT bucks 420 HC with their Paul Bos heat treat not just a regular run of the mill 420 HC.

It’s all documented lol.. The guy is the chief scout for crying out loud lol.. You don’t achieve that position based on a bunch of made up garbage. Youngest ever to hold the title and one of only 10 in history. You think discovery channel wrote him a contract based on things he claimed? The guy is a major contributor to the SAS survival. Holds ranks in both SAS and Royal Marines.. It’s not some major conspiracy by the word. This has gotten way off the topic of the damn knife review. But bad mouthing someone based on untruths is malice at best. I feel as many that he’s a POS for what he has done with his name but would never discredit the things he did to earn that name.. Just pretty piss poor Imop.

The blade issue with the sharpening is all preference. This design wanted a more seamless flow. Otherwise the blade would drop to the edge more. Also I noted its likely a safety thing. The sheath has grooved ends to push off with. And with the jump it makes as it pops out. Your thumb always slips a hair. If your blade is unknowingly upside down, your thumb drops right over what would otherwise be sharpened if they didn’t let it ease into the edge.

the edge of a flat pommel can still cause bleeding from pinch cutting. unless pommel is completely rounded off. point also good for pressure points. great vid keep up the excellent videos.

you should gt your hands on the Schrade Jessica-X

I liked Wranglerstars video about Gerber but I just think of their terrible Walmart Bear Grylls stuff

always get 2 of the same knifes. why? one to use and one to keep. just in case they discontinue that model.