Southey & JonathanD's Epic Knife Test Thread
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:You_Rock_excellent work boys, and girls!
i seem to recall years ago, someone came up with a list of requirements for a good survival knife, one requirement was that the blade be electrically isolated from the handle, so you could chop through live mains cables! no full tangs allowed. i believe it was also a requirement for the military survival knife. which might be why the pommel is separated from the tang, as it's essentially a scaled down lmf.
still not buying one though....
here's mr b introducing his knife himself, quite unconvincing he is!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivOvUThMcnM
cheers, and.
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And that was the "fall apart" version before Gerber "fixed" it.....
excellent work boys, and girls!
still not buying one though....
here's mr b introducing his knife himself, quite unconvincing he is!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivOvUThMcnM
cheers, and.
I must say sorry, its my first every attempt at editing!
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I popped a little spoon in with it today when I posted it back to Jon to show the best i could do with it carving wise, I like this knife, only after a week I get the serrations, they dont get in the way at all, in fact they help, when your cutting (not fine close work, but chopping) they act like a row of extra blades, each cutting and lifting there own set of fibres so your just presenting a single flat edge to the wood, the knife is heavey, it isnt a power chopping blade, but then if your building shelters or fire stacks you wont be tackling anything bugger than you wrist, the straight edge holds its edge well, all the features just do what you want them to, I have only one reservation, and that's the pommel, we know the original had a big failier there which hasnt as yet been replicated in this model, from what I understand the fix was to isolate the pommel from the tang so it would be subjected to the knocks and movements while the knife blade is being battoned and or twisted, but looking a the xray of the pommel it still doesn't have a lot of meat either side of the pin heads, I dont think it would be an issue in normal kind of camp craft use, but to me it does look like a weak spot if you were to beat it over a reasonable period, either hitting things with it to break them open or hitting it to use the knife as a chisel, just my own thoughts though dudes,
I really like the sheath, the cordura is I guess manufactured to the price point and functions well, the hard sheath is cool, being able to seat the knife either for left or right hands or left or right draw is great, the ferro rod works fine though I wonder if the seal would not only keep water out but once used if it might seal water into the black holder? i hope Gerber do make these rods available as replacements, as we mentioned before the sharpening stone is very harsh, but you dont want to be spend ages repairing a dinged edge if your needing your knife, the info sheet is full of decent info and good advice, I didnt see any mention of bat tennis technique,
Over all for what it is designed for, a survival knife, to get you the things needed for life when combined with the know how of how best to use it, I think it does very well,
Im certainly going to add it to the want list
I really like the sheath, the cordura is I guess manufactured to the price point and functions well, the hard sheath is cool, being able to seat the knife either for left or right hands or left or right draw is great, the ferro rod works fine though I wonder if the seal would not only keep water out but once used if it might seal water into the black holder? i hope Gerber do make these rods available as replacements, as we mentioned before the sharpening stone is very harsh, but you dont want to be spend ages repairing a dinged edge if your needing your knife, the info sheet is full of decent info and good advice, I didnt see any mention of bat tennis technique
,Over all for what it is designed for, a survival knife, to get you the things needed for life when combined with the know how of how best to use it, I think it does very well,
Im certainly going to add it to the want list
i think the most useful thing with that video is demonstrating to spouses that chopping up stuff on the patio and associated pratting is a perfectly rational and normal pass time. 
mrs-s still seems to be dubious of these patently obvious facts, even after all these years!
cheers, and.
mrs-s still seems to be dubious of these patently obvious facts, even after all these years!cheers, and.
Hahaha im glad to be of service! just to add though that thats the patio after a tidy, this is before,
well, um, yes, mine looks most like the before state, odds and sods of projects propped up in every corner.
cheers, and.
cheers, and.
I expect so though you would incur an extra charge on your room bill, probably better to use the key. there is a difference between events staged for television and an expedition,
Coming soon. The daddy of all survival knives...
OMG... :yikes:.. now that is a KNIFE
BOD
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
As I recall Mors said one of the tests of a knife is to hammer it into a tree at 90deg and then stand on it.
This you have failed to do. Tsk tsk!
Did I read Southey's post right - that the serrations were damaged when a small sapling was bent and the blade pushed/rocked through ?
That's quite amazing since that is a recognised way to cut them (Mors).
What about felling a coconut tree ;-)
This you have failed to do. Tsk tsk!
Did I read Southey's post right - that the serrations were damaged when a small sapling was bent and the blade pushed/rocked through ?
That's quite amazing since that is a recognised way to cut them (Mors).
What about felling a coconut tree ;-)
I don't see why any knife would need to be hammered into a tree and stood on? Yeah dude the very thin factory edge on the serrations did roll over, as I also mentioned that after a quick touch up to put a little bevel on the no ground side it is much better, there were absolutly so signs of further damage when I battened the seasoned lime log.
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