WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:03.440 Coming up, a very special gentleman junkie giveaway knife. 2 00:00:03.760 --> 00:00:07.280 I get a cold steel I said I'd never get. And 3 00:00:07.920 --> 00:00:11.400 these are the knives, the fixed blade knives that should be in every 4 00:00:11.400 --> 00:00:15.040 collection. I'm Bob DeMarco. This is the Knife Junkie podcast. 5 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:22.320 Welcome to the Knife Junkie podcast, your weekly dose of knife 6 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:26.040 news and information about knives and knife collecting. Here's your 7 00:00:26.040 --> 00:00:28.080 host, Bob the knife junkie DeMarco. 8 00:00:32.060 --> 00:00:35.060 Welcome back to the show. One of my favorite comments this past week was from 9 00:00:35.060 --> 00:00:38.860 my good friend Dave of OG Blade Reviews who says top notch 10 00:00:38.860 --> 00:00:42.020 interview with a no, no nonsense maker and 11 00:00:42.020 --> 00:00:45.380 practitioner, Bob Kudos. And he was talking about Cash 12 00:00:45.380 --> 00:00:48.620 Haggard from Revenant Core who specializes in making 13 00:00:49.180 --> 00:00:52.660 weapons for NPE non permissive environments. So 14 00:00:52.660 --> 00:00:55.580 G10 knives and that kind of thing. Great conversation 15 00:00:56.540 --> 00:01:00.310 and well, I'm, I'm glad OG enjoyed 16 00:01:00.310 --> 00:01:04.070 it. He's one of the greatest knife combatives practitioners I 17 00:01:04.070 --> 00:01:07.830 know. So that's, that's a cool thing. Next was from our 18 00:01:07.830 --> 00:01:11.550 friend Trent Costello who said I think I'm turning into a 19 00:01:11.550 --> 00:01:15.230 knife junkie because when you guys videos hits, I'm 20 00:01:15.230 --> 00:01:18.710 like, yes, all caps. Yes. So 21 00:01:18.710 --> 00:01:22.430 Trent, I'm glad, I'm glad we broke through and now I 22 00:01:22.430 --> 00:01:25.860 know you, you join us a lot on Thursday night knives and in the comments. 23 00:01:26.100 --> 00:01:29.940 So thank you very much. That puts wind in my sails. Every new knife 24 00:01:29.940 --> 00:01:33.660 junkie feels like one of the fam. All right, 25 00:01:33.660 --> 00:01:37.460 that said, let's get to a pocket. What's 26 00:01:37.460 --> 00:01:39.300 in his pocket? Let's find out. 27 00:01:40.979 --> 00:01:44.660 Here's the knife junkie with his pocket check of knives. All right. 28 00:01:44.660 --> 00:01:48.100 In my front right pocket today. I've been carrying this one a lot 29 00:01:48.260 --> 00:01:51.380 since I got it last week. This is the 30 00:01:51.830 --> 00:01:55.390 BBMW from North Mountain Knives. It's a 31 00:01:55.390 --> 00:01:58.950 Dwayne Dwire design. You know Dwayne DWI from 32 00:01:59.030 --> 00:02:02.390 strider knives fame. That's why this looks so much like a strider. 33 00:02:03.110 --> 00:02:06.870 The handle is a handle that we've seen in custom striders in 34 00:02:06.870 --> 00:02:10.150 the past. But that blade is all, 35 00:02:10.950 --> 00:02:14.630 is all strider all day long. That beautiful tanto 36 00:02:14.630 --> 00:02:18.240 profile. I really love this knife. It's very sharp and did some shipping. 37 00:02:18.720 --> 00:02:21.840 Well, that wasn't today actually. But I've cut out 38 00:02:22.160 --> 00:02:25.680 labels and stuff with that tip. It's very sharp tip and 39 00:02:25.760 --> 00:02:29.600 the whole knife, the knife on the whole feels very strong, 40 00:02:29.600 --> 00:02:32.720 very robust. It's got these thick slabs of, 41 00:02:33.119 --> 00:02:36.880 of non weight relieved titanium with a 42 00:02:36.880 --> 00:02:40.600 really stout lockup unlike the striders 43 00:02:40.600 --> 00:02:44.080 I have had. This does have a steel lock bar 44 00:02:44.710 --> 00:02:48.510 interface there, but it's Got this SLD magic steel. It's 45 00:02:48.510 --> 00:02:52.230 a, a San Mai style steel and 46 00:02:52.470 --> 00:02:56.270 it's really cool. It's got that natural Hamon line where the two steels 47 00:02:56.270 --> 00:02:59.350 meet. And if you look at it on the spine you can see the three 48 00:02:59.350 --> 00:03:02.950 different layers of steel there. So very cool. Great knife. 49 00:03:03.590 --> 00:03:07.310 I'm really going to enjoy having this and just kind 50 00:03:07.310 --> 00:03:09.990 of breaking it in. I have a feeling this is going to be one of 51 00:03:09.990 --> 00:03:13.800 my everyday carries for quite some time. And when 52 00:03:13.800 --> 00:03:17.480 I return to like my real strider and my hinderers 53 00:03:17.480 --> 00:03:21.080 and, and microtechs and you know that tier, 54 00:03:21.080 --> 00:03:24.720 I really, really like this knife. All right, next up in my front right 55 00:03:24.720 --> 00:03:28.320 pocket, right next to that beautiful North Mountain blade 56 00:03:28.480 --> 00:03:31.880 was this. Yes, this is a Kevin Dudy Duty's 57 00:03:31.880 --> 00:03:35.720 daggers. His company is now called Do Leather 58 00:03:35.720 --> 00:03:39.420 or something. I can't remember the name of his company he started, but 59 00:03:40.140 --> 00:03:43.980 this is before then. But he's always made really, really beautiful 60 00:03:43.980 --> 00:03:47.340 slips. I love that color green. But this is the 61 00:03:47.340 --> 00:03:50.620 QSP Hedgehog. One of the few 62 00:03:50.700 --> 00:03:54.140 cleaver style blades in my collection that I really, 63 00:03:54.220 --> 00:03:57.740 really like and keep coming back to. And 64 00:03:57.820 --> 00:04:01.340 it's great in pocket, nice and thin, nice and light. Beautiful 65 00:04:01.340 --> 00:04:04.580 jig titanium with the foam faux bolsters 66 00:04:04.820 --> 00:04:08.660 and with the double flute there. Kind of 67 00:04:08.660 --> 00:04:12.260 wish, I mean if I were to picnits I would say 68 00:04:12.420 --> 00:04:16.180 you already have the branded logo on 69 00:04:16.180 --> 00:04:19.900 the pivot. The branded pivot. Why put the logo there? I'm not 70 00:04:19.900 --> 00:04:23.300 crazy about the logo there but anyway not a huge deal of course. 71 00:04:23.700 --> 00:04:27.060 This is an M390. This was a special run on 72 00:04:27.060 --> 00:04:30.860 traditional pocket knives. So really nice blade steel, super duper 73 00:04:30.860 --> 00:04:34.580 thin on the, on the 74 00:04:34.580 --> 00:04:38.220 behind the edge geometry. Very thin, very, very 75 00:04:38.220 --> 00:04:41.860 nice. I should. Well, I'm not going to go down that 76 00:04:41.860 --> 00:04:45.660 rabbit hole. Okay, Next up is Pinkerton knives. Matador. 77 00:04:46.780 --> 00:04:50.460 I love this one. This is a very, very comfortable knife. He does great sheets 78 00:04:50.460 --> 00:04:54.220 and that's a huge part of fixed blade knives which you will see 79 00:04:54.220 --> 00:04:58.060 later. But Dirk Pinkerton, just one of my absolute 80 00:04:58.060 --> 00:05:01.910 favorite knife makers and designers out there. I'm especially fond of 81 00:05:01.910 --> 00:05:05.630 the knives he makes by hand, this being one of them. I named it the 82 00:05:05.630 --> 00:05:09.430 Matador and this was unnamed when I bought it. 83 00:05:10.390 --> 00:05:14.150 But it feels so good next to the skin in 84 00:05:14.150 --> 00:05:17.710 the summer. This is just a very comfortable riding knife. Very smooth 85 00:05:17.710 --> 00:05:21.270 contoured micarta handle. You can tell it's 86 00:05:21.270 --> 00:05:24.670 Micarta from that little patch there. It's kind of like a G Carta 87 00:05:24.670 --> 00:05:28.300 style material except it's polished, 88 00:05:28.300 --> 00:05:32.060 it's less Soft feeling than G Carta. Beautiful 89 00:05:32.060 --> 00:05:35.780 double edged S30V blade. And I've 90 00:05:35.780 --> 00:05:39.620 been, I've always been hot on Dirk Pinkerton's knives, but been carrying them 91 00:05:39.620 --> 00:05:43.380 a lot recently. Trying to figure out what knife we're gonna use for 92 00:05:43.380 --> 00:05:46.620 the 50, 000 subscriber giveaway. 93 00:05:47.020 --> 00:05:50.500 When this channel reaches 50, 000 subscribers, Dirk 94 00:05:50.500 --> 00:05:54.050 Pinkerton will be giving me a custom made knife 95 00:05:54.050 --> 00:05:57.610 of our choice. So if you have any. Our 96 00:05:57.610 --> 00:06:01.210 choice meaning mine and your choice and Dirk will make whatever we 97 00:06:01.210 --> 00:06:04.850 decide in his, you know, catalog of 98 00:06:04.850 --> 00:06:08.090 fixed blade knives. So, so let me know if you know Dirk Pinkerton, 99 00:06:08.649 --> 00:06:12.170 tell me what, what blades you'd like to see, what 100 00:06:12.250 --> 00:06:16.010 knife you would like to see him make. Custom or giveaway to 101 00:06:16.010 --> 00:06:19.830 everyone after we hit 50,000 subscribers. And if you don't 102 00:06:19.830 --> 00:06:23.630 know his blades, just look them up on the knife junkie channel because I've 103 00:06:23.630 --> 00:06:25.830 got a bunch of them. All right, last up 104 00:06:27.270 --> 00:06:30.070 my ESK today was the 105 00:06:30.870 --> 00:06:34.550 Partisan by Station nine knives. I love this thing, 106 00:06:34.550 --> 00:06:38.150 it's really cool. I, I have a drawer 107 00:06:38.470 --> 00:06:42.270 to the right of the drawer I'm always in for my fixed blade 108 00:06:42.270 --> 00:06:45.880 knife cabinet and it contains this and other 109 00:06:45.880 --> 00:06:49.480 Station 9 knives and the Marketa Cortata very 110 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:52.920 tactical drawer. And I hadn't opened it in a quick minute, 111 00:06:53.400 --> 00:06:57.120 so I did this morning and I saw this and, and I grabbed it, threw 112 00:06:57.120 --> 00:07:00.879 it in my backpack and man, I love this knife and I 113 00:07:00.879 --> 00:07:04.080 love the testing videos I've seen of it. It's a super tough 114 00:07:04.080 --> 00:07:07.760 1095 blade. I say super tough because I've 115 00:07:07.760 --> 00:07:11.480 seen it. I don't want to say abused, but I've seen this baton 116 00:07:12.410 --> 00:07:16.170 through multiple logs and I've seen it do all sorts of other stuff 117 00:07:16.490 --> 00:07:20.290 on Station 9 videos and other people's videos. So 118 00:07:20.290 --> 00:07:24.130 it's a super tough, super robust kitchen knife, 119 00:07:24.130 --> 00:07:26.330 if you will, repurposed kitchen knife 120 00:07:28.170 --> 00:07:31.890 a La World War I when French, French guys were running to 121 00:07:31.890 --> 00:07:35.450 the front and grabbing whatever they could for their knives. And 122 00:07:35.530 --> 00:07:39.210 this was typical of the kind of knife they would bring a sort of 123 00:07:39.460 --> 00:07:43.300 kitchen knife with a swedge ground in or some other 124 00:07:44.340 --> 00:07:48.060 modification to make it ready for the trenches. And so I think it's 125 00:07:48.060 --> 00:07:51.220 a really great useful knife, but also an 126 00:07:51.220 --> 00:07:54.500 interesting historical perspective for the design. 127 00:07:55.299 --> 00:07:57.740 All right, this is what I had on me today. What did you have on 128 00:07:57.740 --> 00:08:00.100 you? I had the partisan from Station 9. 129 00:08:01.780 --> 00:08:05.540 Wicked Deadly Kitchen knife by the way. Here's the sheath. Got a cool sort 130 00:08:05.540 --> 00:08:09.220 of tuck it under the belt way to carry it. Really like it. 131 00:08:11.140 --> 00:08:14.180 I had the Matador from Dirk Pinkerton knives. 132 00:08:15.300 --> 00:08:18.860 There's his maker's mark. I had the 133 00:08:18.860 --> 00:08:22.420 QSP hedgehog in a Kevin Duty made 134 00:08:22.660 --> 00:08:25.620 slip, beautiful green slip, and 135 00:08:26.580 --> 00:08:29.180 one that's been hard to get out of my pocket. The only thing that's been 136 00:08:29.180 --> 00:08:32.500 kicking this out recently is the bison 137 00:08:32.930 --> 00:08:36.650 from Concept. I got these within a day of one another. It was 138 00:08:36.650 --> 00:08:40.330 the BBMN from North Mountain Blades. All right, let me know what you're carrying, 139 00:08:40.330 --> 00:08:44.170 drop it in the comments below. And as you do, I will show you the 140 00:08:44.170 --> 00:08:48.010 Gentleman Junkie knife giveaway knife for August of 141 00:08:48.010 --> 00:08:51.570 2025, the month I turn another year old. 142 00:08:51.810 --> 00:08:55.490 Okay. This is made by Shane. You 143 00:08:55.490 --> 00:08:59.010 know Shane Gables. He's the man behind edgy American blades. 144 00:08:59.660 --> 00:09:03.180 First, I'll show you this gorgeous sheath made by 1931 145 00:09:03.180 --> 00:09:07.020 Leatherworks. If you come to Thursday Night knives, you will recognize that 146 00:09:07.020 --> 00:09:10.460 logo because it is also his avatar on 147 00:09:11.580 --> 00:09:15.020 YouTube and he comments quite a bit towards the end of the show. 148 00:09:16.060 --> 00:09:18.940 So this beautiful leather sheath contains this 149 00:09:19.260 --> 00:09:22.980 incredible clip point 150 00:09:22.980 --> 00:09:26.360 bowie. Custom clip point Bowie, super thin, 151 00:09:26.760 --> 00:09:30.360 super light at four and a quarter inches and 152 00:09:30.520 --> 00:09:34.200 with G10, nice thin blade, stock super sharp. 153 00:09:34.440 --> 00:09:38.200 And the funny thing about it is Shane does not like clip point 154 00:09:38.200 --> 00:09:41.680 blades. And it's always been a bone of contention between the two of us. A 155 00:09:41.680 --> 00:09:45.480 friendly bone of contention, of course. So when he told me he wanted to 156 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:49.240 make a giveaway knife, he started making knives. Only, I don't know, a year and 157 00:09:49.240 --> 00:09:52.860 a half ago. A year ago. And I've seen a number of his 158 00:09:52.860 --> 00:09:56.060 pieces. He gave me one and he took it back to tweak it. I can't 159 00:09:56.060 --> 00:09:58.100 wait to get that one back. It's called the Junkie. 160 00:09:59.780 --> 00:10:03.620 He decided, I want to give you a knife for the show and 161 00:10:03.620 --> 00:10:07.300 it's going to be a clip point because it's something we debate. It's a. It's 162 00:10:07.300 --> 00:10:11.020 a difference we have. And he's building bridges here, people building 163 00:10:11.020 --> 00:10:14.700 bridges with us Bowie lovers. So really 164 00:10:14.700 --> 00:10:18.490 nice, very comfortable. Full four finger grip, but nice and small. 165 00:10:18.490 --> 00:10:22.250 I could see if this were mine, which unfortunately it is not. I'm giving it 166 00:10:22.250 --> 00:10:25.930 away to a patron, but maybe there is another one in the future. 167 00:10:26.730 --> 00:10:30.450 This were mine, I would build a Kydex sheath for it and keep it in 168 00:10:30.450 --> 00:10:33.290 the waistband. It's so nice and thin and the handle is short. 169 00:10:34.570 --> 00:10:37.450 Big enough for four fingers, but short and round. 170 00:10:38.170 --> 00:10:41.810 Short enough and round enough that it doesn't bother the spare 171 00:10:41.810 --> 00:10:45.350 tire, which is slowly deflating the spare 172 00:10:45.350 --> 00:10:49.150 tire only through consistency. Lesson I learned right 173 00:10:49.150 --> 00:10:52.550 here on the Knife Junkie podcast. So this is what we're going to be giving 174 00:10:52.550 --> 00:10:56.270 away. It does have a belt loop, this leather sheath 175 00:10:56.270 --> 00:10:59.950 by the way. And if your belt is too thin, you 176 00:10:59.950 --> 00:11:03.710 can, you can snap it like that. So really, really 177 00:11:03.710 --> 00:11:07.230 cool package. Become a gentleman junkie. 178 00:11:08.030 --> 00:11:11.790 You can go to the knife junkie.com Patreon I'll tell you about that in a 179 00:11:11.790 --> 00:11:15.500 minute. 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So the quickest way to get one is to scan the QR code on 199 00:12:29.160 --> 00:12:32.520 your screen or go to the knife junkie.com patreon 200 00:12:32.910 --> 00:12:36.550 that's thenifejunkie.com patreon adventure 201 00:12:36.550 --> 00:12:39.870 delivered your monthly subscription for hand picked outdoor 202 00:12:39.870 --> 00:12:43.550 survival, EDC and other cool gear from our expert 203 00:12:43.550 --> 00:12:46.990 team of outdoor professionals. Thenif junkie.com 204 00:12:47.790 --> 00:12:51.470 battlebox you're listening to the Knife Junkie podcast. 205 00:12:51.550 --> 00:12:54.910 And now here's the Knife junkie with the Knife Life news. 206 00:12:55.550 --> 00:12:59.360 First up in Knife Life news from Rose Craft Blades they 207 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:03.000 have a new jack knife out. This is their bread and butter 208 00:13:03.160 --> 00:13:07.000 in my, in my opinion this is their really what 209 00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:10.520 they were known for from the very start with a really well made 210 00:13:10.520 --> 00:13:14.200 modern slip joint knives. This is a 2.7 inch 211 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:17.720 D2 as usual they use D2 and it is great 212 00:13:19.080 --> 00:13:22.200 D2 clip point blade. Sort of a 213 00:13:22.280 --> 00:13:25.960 slender to me I see sort of a California clip point or the kind of 214 00:13:25.960 --> 00:13:29.810 clip point you see on a case trapper. Just a little pointier, a 215 00:13:29.810 --> 00:13:33.490 little more aggro in the point. But Beautiful clip point 216 00:13:33.490 --> 00:13:36.930 blade. It's got some modern touches again, like the 217 00:13:37.170 --> 00:13:40.530 slender profile, but also that swedge up front. 218 00:13:41.250 --> 00:13:45.090 It's got a nail neck and so that's a two 219 00:13:45.090 --> 00:13:48.530 handed opener right there obviously. But it's also got this really 220 00:13:48.850 --> 00:13:52.370 friendly and comfortable looking trapper style handle, 221 00:13:53.100 --> 00:13:56.780 sort of trapper style. It's a little different at the pommel area, a little 222 00:13:56.780 --> 00:14:00.060 rounded off, but who doesn't like that in a pocket knife? 223 00:14:01.100 --> 00:14:04.860 Two cover materials, you've got that beautiful Bora Bora 224 00:14:04.860 --> 00:14:07.980 blue. Bora Bora blue bone. So that's a 225 00:14:08.140 --> 00:14:11.260 quadruple alliteration. And the 226 00:14:11.900 --> 00:14:15.420 canvas micarta in green. They both have the bombshield, 227 00:14:15.660 --> 00:14:19.150 the Rosecraft bomb shield in there. Really 228 00:14:19.150 --> 00:14:22.990 beautiful. Available now. And if you don't know, these are 229 00:14:22.990 --> 00:14:26.830 incredibly robust blades. I've seen the 230 00:14:26.830 --> 00:14:29.910 whole Scab series where he took one. He's taken two different 231 00:14:29.910 --> 00:14:33.590 Rosecraft slip joints and used them on a daily 232 00:14:33.590 --> 00:14:37.350 basis until they fail or need to be sharpened. So 233 00:14:37.350 --> 00:14:41.190 very, very tough blades. You know, he's always cutting like 234 00:14:41.190 --> 00:14:44.700 Kevlar fire hose and Teflon 235 00:14:44.700 --> 00:14:48.260 coated this and that. So great tests there. 236 00:14:48.420 --> 00:14:52.140 Great knife in Rose craft blade. Buffalo River Jack. All right, next 237 00:14:52.140 --> 00:14:54.980 up is the Gerber Strong Arm. Now the Strong Arm is 238 00:14:55.940 --> 00:14:59.460 widely viewed as one of the few Gerber blades 239 00:15:00.020 --> 00:15:03.740 that are worth it. Two knife junkie 240 00:15:03.740 --> 00:15:07.340 types and that sounds snobby but you know, 241 00:15:07.340 --> 00:15:11.190 Gerbers had taken a lot of shots because 242 00:15:11.190 --> 00:15:14.830 it's made a lot of, taken a lot of missteps. But the Strong 243 00:15:14.830 --> 00:15:18.590 Arm has been a combat oriented, very strong 244 00:15:18.590 --> 00:15:21.630 knife that was first released during 245 00:15:22.590 --> 00:15:26.270 Global War on terror, I'd say circa 2012. 246 00:15:26.830 --> 00:15:30.630 And very, very, very strong blade. Very 247 00:15:30.630 --> 00:15:33.790 sharp. This one. They have the Strong arm tan. 248 00:15:34.350 --> 00:15:38.060 They've kind of friendlied up the design, made it a little more sleek 249 00:15:38.060 --> 00:15:39.740 with a sleeker drop point, 250 00:15:41.100 --> 00:15:44.540 4.1 inches and a handle 251 00:15:44.860 --> 00:15:48.380 that was a little less on the tail end 252 00:15:48.700 --> 00:15:52.540 and created the strong arm tamp. Well, now it's out in 253 00:15:52.540 --> 00:15:56.260 Magnacut. So this more utilitarian version of the 254 00:15:56.260 --> 00:15:59.700 original is now wearing Magnacut. And we all know that 255 00:15:59.700 --> 00:16:03.430 Magnacut makes everything but better. Diamond texture. 256 00:16:03.430 --> 00:16:06.870 GFN handle that's class. Reinforced nylon 257 00:16:07.590 --> 00:16:11.310 with full tang and a striking surface at the pommel. You can see it's 258 00:16:11.310 --> 00:16:14.950 sort of shiny at the tail end. Multi 259 00:16:14.950 --> 00:16:18.630 mount Molle compatible sheath. Looks very, very nice 260 00:16:18.630 --> 00:16:22.270 and very low profile compared to the regular 261 00:16:22.270 --> 00:16:26.030 strongarm. Comes in at 4.8 ounces. It's made in the 262 00:16:26.030 --> 00:16:29.580 USA, people. This by all accounts is a great knife. And 263 00:16:29.660 --> 00:16:33.420 it's available now. So I, I have a couple of Gerbers that 264 00:16:33.740 --> 00:16:36.660 I don't really want. I got a couple that I really love, like some of 265 00:16:36.660 --> 00:16:40.020 the older ones. But this is one I would 266 00:16:40.020 --> 00:16:43.580 definitely, you know, I would, I would be interested in this 267 00:16:43.580 --> 00:16:47.260 night. All right, last up, I want to talk about a big news 268 00:16:47.260 --> 00:16:50.700 story from this past week, past two weeks, 269 00:16:51.340 --> 00:16:55.140 the the Walmart stabbing in Traverse City, Michigan. 270 00:16:55.540 --> 00:16:59.340 A individual human being called Bradford James 271 00:16:59.340 --> 00:17:02.980 Gill, G I L L E stabbed 11 people 272 00:17:03.380 --> 00:17:06.940 in the Traverse City, Michigan, Walmart with a buck 273 00:17:06.940 --> 00:17:10.580 110 or something that looks exactly like a buck 110. 274 00:17:10.980 --> 00:17:14.260 So presumably it's a buck 110. And 275 00:17:15.060 --> 00:17:18.900 you know, that's neither here nor there. It's just that they mentioned 276 00:17:18.900 --> 00:17:22.660 the knife in particular, did Clay Alders in 277 00:17:22.660 --> 00:17:26.260 this article. There, there's a picture of it, the Grim Tool, 278 00:17:27.460 --> 00:17:31.220 two in serious condition, two in fair condition. And 279 00:17:31.540 --> 00:17:34.980 you know, my heart goes out to them and thank God no one 280 00:17:35.140 --> 00:17:38.900 died from this. But what a terrifying thing to be attacked with a 281 00:17:38.900 --> 00:17:42.420 knife when you're just trying to buy your ramen and some motor oil 282 00:17:42.660 --> 00:17:46.180 or what have you. But a former Marine, 283 00:17:46.470 --> 00:17:49.830 Derek Perry, armed with a pistol, kept this 284 00:17:50.790 --> 00:17:54.310 scumbag at bay until the police came. I kept him 285 00:17:54.310 --> 00:17:57.830 subdued along with the help of two other people. But again, 286 00:17:57.910 --> 00:18:01.350 former Marines, man, Marines forged some really 287 00:18:01.350 --> 00:18:04.390 incredible characters. We've talked to a lot of them here on this show. 288 00:18:04.950 --> 00:18:08.630 They're now a lot of them make knives. And here's this guy just 289 00:18:08.710 --> 00:18:12.550 keeping the peace even though he's not in active service. And 290 00:18:12.870 --> 00:18:16.630 I really appreciate it and I love those stories. A good guy 291 00:18:16.630 --> 00:18:20.070 with a gun. Someday there will be a good guy with a knife. 292 00:18:21.350 --> 00:18:25.030 That'll happen probably. But good guy with a gun saves the day. 293 00:18:25.030 --> 00:18:28.630 So thank you very much to Marine veteran Derek Perry. 294 00:18:29.030 --> 00:18:32.670 All right, coming up, we're going to take a look at a knife that I 295 00:18:32.670 --> 00:18:36.310 said I wouldn't get. And it is a cold steel. Crazy 296 00:18:36.310 --> 00:18:40.040 about that. But I ended up getting it and 297 00:18:40.040 --> 00:18:43.800 I love it. I do. We'll get to that in 298 00:18:43.800 --> 00:18:46.960 just a second. Just want to remind you about our newsletter comes out 299 00:18:47.280 --> 00:18:51.080 regularly and it has a host 300 00:18:51.080 --> 00:18:54.920 of information. That's where I write down stuff, show some pictures of knives I 301 00:18:54.920 --> 00:18:58.560 have and, and just kind of tee up the week. 302 00:18:58.880 --> 00:19:00.680 So check that out. The knife 303 00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:04.340 junkie.com/newsletter. Also, if you 304 00:19:04.340 --> 00:19:06.580 never come to Thursday Night Knives or if you've 305 00:19:07.700 --> 00:19:11.340 stopped for whatever crazy reason, join us on Thursday night 306 00:19:11.340 --> 00:19:15.140 knives at 10pm Eastern Standard Time. It's a great opportunity 307 00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:19.180 for us to get Together and talk knives. All right, coming 308 00:19:19.180 --> 00:19:22.740 up, the state of the collection. Knife themed shirts, hoodies, 309 00:19:22.820 --> 00:19:25.940 mugs, water bottles and more. The knife junkie.com 310 00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:30.220 shop. Ever strap a knife again? Even though it gets no 311 00:19:30.220 --> 00:19:34.010 real use? Face up to what you are, you're a knife 312 00:19:34.010 --> 00:19:37.650 junkie. First up, here it is. Yes indeed, 313 00:19:38.050 --> 00:19:41.610 the frenzy. Now this is the reason I got. This is 314 00:19:41.610 --> 00:19:43.570 thanks to two. Two different, 315 00:19:45.250 --> 00:19:49.010 two different people, just people in general on 316 00:19:49.010 --> 00:19:52.690 Thursday night. Knives telling me I need to get this. And one guy in 317 00:19:52.690 --> 00:19:56.490 particular, Terminator Joe. I saw a video he 318 00:19:56.490 --> 00:20:00.110 did recently of these and I know Terminator loves 319 00:20:00.670 --> 00:20:03.790 his cold steels. I believe he's also a former Marine 320 00:20:04.590 --> 00:20:08.110 and so I took his advice and I bought the Mayhem. 321 00:20:08.750 --> 00:20:12.550 Others have mentioned it. Just get it. Okay, I will. And 322 00:20:12.550 --> 00:20:16.070 I did. And I love it. I don't know why I waited this long. I 323 00:20:16.070 --> 00:20:19.390 know why I always call it a ham fisted design. And it is. 324 00:20:19.710 --> 00:20:23.310 I ain't a comic bookie, isn't it? But there's 325 00:20:23.310 --> 00:20:27.040 appeal in that. I. I don't know what took me so long to see the 326 00:20:27.040 --> 00:20:30.880 appeal in that. But this is a big knife. 6 inches 327 00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:33.720 of Aus 10. It has come out in 328 00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:37.000 S35VN from time to time, 329 00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:41.720 special limited editions. But I got the regular one. 330 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:45.440 I got it on Amazon and yeah, it's a little bit more than I've 331 00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:48.920 ever paid for a cold steel folder. I think 332 00:20:49.320 --> 00:20:52.650 or right about it was 200 bucks. I'll just come out and say it. 333 00:20:52.650 --> 00:20:56.010 Usually it's been like 260, you know, it's coming down. 334 00:20:56.570 --> 00:20:59.970 But it's still pretty expensive for a cold steel and it's also pretty 335 00:20:59.970 --> 00:21:03.050 expensive for AUS10 336 00:21:03.930 --> 00:21:07.290 which is a good steel and they of course heat treat it wonderfully. 337 00:21:07.930 --> 00:21:11.410 And I know that from other Austin knives I have of theirs. I haven't really 338 00:21:11.410 --> 00:21:15.170 used this one yet, but still you expect 339 00:21:15.170 --> 00:21:18.680 for that money s 35 yen or cts x 340 00:21:18.760 --> 00:21:21.880 xhp like they have on some other more 341 00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:25.240 expensive models. Anyway, great, great knife. 342 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:30.000 This I'm still a little spurious with. I gotta, I gotta get 343 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:33.640 a little more used to this Atlas lock. 344 00:21:33.640 --> 00:21:37.360 But it's very strong by all indications, 345 00:21:37.360 --> 00:21:40.360 if you believe the press. Anyway, it's very, very strong 346 00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:45.040 and so that's good. And you can fidget with it, which is also kind 347 00:21:45.040 --> 00:21:48.370 of fun. So there it is. Big, 348 00:21:48.370 --> 00:21:52.050 giant, stupid like crazy. Wicked sharp, 349 00:21:52.050 --> 00:21:55.890 almost 2 inches broad. And very, very, very 350 00:21:55.890 --> 00:21:59.610 slicey and sharp and nasty. So this is the Cold 351 00:21:59.610 --> 00:22:03.290 Steel Mayhem. You'll hear more as my love affair, 352 00:22:03.290 --> 00:22:06.690 as the honeymoon goes on next up, 353 00:22:06.850 --> 00:22:09.970 from auxiliary manufacturing, their first production 354 00:22:10.610 --> 00:22:14.350 knife. This is one of two of their first production knives. It's the 355 00:22:14.350 --> 00:22:17.870 pocket Bowie, one of their most famous 356 00:22:17.870 --> 00:22:21.270 models. That's when I say they, I mean Michael 357 00:22:21.270 --> 00:22:24.910 Jarvis and his wife. Auxiliary manufacturing 358 00:22:24.990 --> 00:22:28.510 it is. Michael Jarvis. His wife helps out a lot. I met her a couple 359 00:22:28.510 --> 00:22:31.750 of times at Blade show. But anyway, they had 360 00:22:31.750 --> 00:22:34.910 Miguron make a production version of this, 361 00:22:35.310 --> 00:22:38.790 and they did a beautiful job. It's 14C 28 and 362 00:22:38.790 --> 00:22:42.500 saber ground recurve, small 3 inch bowie blade 363 00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:46.140 with a nice sweep swept. 364 00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:50.300 What do you call it? Swedge there. But still that, due to the 365 00:22:50.300 --> 00:22:54.060 recurve and the. And the depth of the swedge, 366 00:22:54.300 --> 00:22:58.140 the point is still in the center line. It lines up with the pins. 367 00:22:58.380 --> 00:23:02.180 Now this one above is the custom version that 368 00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:05.260 I got Thanksgiving time, 369 00:23:05.260 --> 00:23:08.680 2023. He 370 00:23:09.560 --> 00:23:13.400 really went with a great maker here. Meguron did an awesome job of turning 371 00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:17.160 this into a. A great production version of this knife. The 372 00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:20.640 handle's a little skosh smaller on the, on the 373 00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:24.120 production, but it's very, very comfortable. I get a three and a half finger 374 00:23:24.120 --> 00:23:27.640 grip on that Coffin handle. Coffin shape 375 00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:31.120 handle knife there. That's the 376 00:23:31.120 --> 00:23:34.970 Deadhead symbol there. Not Deadhead like Grateful Dead, but 377 00:23:34.970 --> 00:23:38.810 Deadhead is a line of knives, his production line of 378 00:23:38.810 --> 00:23:42.410 knives. Now, I said two. This comes 379 00:23:42.410 --> 00:23:46.130 in black with. With black G10, 380 00:23:46.450 --> 00:23:49.810 and then it also comes in two folding versions. 381 00:23:50.290 --> 00:23:53.810 So titanium frame lock versions of this or 382 00:23:53.810 --> 00:23:57.530 titanium bolster lock version. Gorgeous, gorgeous knives. I had 383 00:23:57.530 --> 00:24:01.180 a chance to experience them at Blade show and I. I 384 00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:04.860 really, really love. All right, that's what I've got to show 385 00:24:04.860 --> 00:24:08.460 you. Really happy with what I've gotten this 386 00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:11.540 past week. It's very nice. I. I was in the little dry spell, which is 387 00:24:11.540 --> 00:24:15.340 fine. Got plenty of knives to keep me busy, and that sort of turned around 388 00:24:15.340 --> 00:24:19.140 recently. All right, before we get to the fixed blade knives that should be 389 00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:22.940 in every collection, I got to show you a new design from Jim. 390 00:24:23.020 --> 00:24:26.810 And this one made me laugh. Folding is my 391 00:24:26.810 --> 00:24:30.250 cardio, and yeah, indeed, folding is my 392 00:24:30.250 --> 00:24:33.570 cardio as well. And thank God for 393 00:24:33.570 --> 00:24:37.250 fidgety knives. So this is a design that you can get on T shirts, 394 00:24:37.250 --> 00:24:40.770 hoodies, women's T shirts, men's T shirts, hoodies, baseball 395 00:24:40.770 --> 00:24:42.890 caps, coffee mugs, 396 00:24:44.250 --> 00:24:48.010 aprons, a whole host of stuff, just like you can. All 397 00:24:48.010 --> 00:24:51.790 of the different logos and. And funny, witty 398 00:24:51.790 --> 00:24:55.470 maxims that Jim has come up with for. For T shirts and products. 399 00:24:55.870 --> 00:24:59.270 It is awesome. I love it. And this is one of my favorites. Actually. Folding 400 00:24:59.270 --> 00:25:02.750 is my cardio, especially considering the struggle I Feel 401 00:25:03.150 --> 00:25:06.910 as I become a man of, I'm, well, a man of a 402 00:25:06.910 --> 00:25:10.630 certain age and trying to lose weight. Well, this 403 00:25:10.630 --> 00:25:13.950 is one way to do it and a great justification. All right, 404 00:25:14.270 --> 00:25:17.950 so here we are. USMC K Bar is the first 405 00:25:18.910 --> 00:25:22.670 so knives that we should have in our collection. 406 00:25:22.670 --> 00:25:26.470 This of course is a continuation from the folders. This is the 407 00:25:26.470 --> 00:25:30.030 fixed blade edition. And I just want to make this caveat 408 00:25:30.030 --> 00:25:33.870 up front. I'm not saying every collection needs every one 409 00:25:33.870 --> 00:25:36.910 of these, but if you're someone with a folder 410 00:25:37.070 --> 00:25:40.750 collection and you start thinking you need a fixed blade, this is a 411 00:25:40.750 --> 00:25:44.400 great place to start. These are some of the best knives of 412 00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:47.520 their category and some of them, like the 413 00:25:47.520 --> 00:25:50.840 USMC KA Bar or in this case the Doghead K Bar, 414 00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:55.160 really are moral imperatives. Like everyone should have this particular 415 00:25:55.320 --> 00:25:59.080 knife. The KA Bar. It is a great 416 00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:02.920 place to start. It's got a great history in this country 417 00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:07.400 in two different ways. First of all, it's 418 00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:10.770 a clip point blade. It's a, it's a, a bowie essentially. 419 00:26:11.250 --> 00:26:14.930 But also it is our military's fighting 420 00:26:14.930 --> 00:26:18.490 knife. Fighting utility knife for 80 years 421 00:26:18.490 --> 00:26:22.210 now, pretty much. And I just love it. This one 422 00:26:22.210 --> 00:26:25.930 has a stick tang. They do make one now I'm seeing with a full 423 00:26:25.930 --> 00:26:29.730 tag, which is kind of interesting. But mostly they're the 424 00:26:29.730 --> 00:26:33.570 stacked leather and sort of 425 00:26:33.570 --> 00:26:37.220 plastic handled. The 1095 426 00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:40.860 blade steel 1095 CRO van, very, very tough 427 00:26:40.860 --> 00:26:44.460 steel. So they took the combat utility knife, the 428 00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:47.900 USMC K Bar and turned it into this sort of 429 00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:49.900 utility knife in the dog head, 430 00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:55.580 shortening the quillians, making them a little thicker and then giving you this pounding 431 00:26:55.580 --> 00:26:58.460 surface in the back. So every 432 00:26:58.780 --> 00:27:02.220 collection, I, I, I would say that this is the first one 433 00:27:04.010 --> 00:27:07.690 you should get and that's why I'm mentioning it first. But all these others are 434 00:27:07.690 --> 00:27:10.970 so great. Next up, the buck 435 00:27:10.970 --> 00:27:14.490 119. This beauty is 436 00:27:15.370 --> 00:27:19.130 the sort of knife that 437 00:27:19.530 --> 00:27:23.050 led to the KA Bar design. A lot of American 438 00:27:23.050 --> 00:27:26.810 soldiers were bringing knives like this, though not this knife, to World 439 00:27:26.810 --> 00:27:29.860 War II. Just clip point hunting knives. 440 00:27:30.660 --> 00:27:34.380 Do all hunting. Hunting knives that could skin 441 00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:38.020 animals but also do all sorts of camp chores and are just 442 00:27:38.820 --> 00:27:42.660 great. Do all knives. But also, if you think like me, 443 00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:46.460 this would also make a pretty good fighting knife. I think the 444 00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:49.980 120 is the same knife except a couple inches 445 00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:53.740 longer. So that's probably an even better fighter. You got a hollow ground 446 00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:57.450 420 HC blade. But if fighting is not 447 00:27:57.450 --> 00:28:01.290 your purpose, which probably it isn't, this would also be just a 448 00:28:01.290 --> 00:28:05.090 great fixed blade knife to have. But 420 HC 449 00:28:05.170 --> 00:28:08.850 a la buck. Nicely heat treated. This has a zero ground 450 00:28:08.850 --> 00:28:12.610 swedge which to me is why. That's 451 00:28:12.610 --> 00:28:16.090 why I kind of mentioned fighting. But I guess it might have a 452 00:28:16.090 --> 00:28:19.770 skinning utility as well. I'm not sure. Tell me in the 453 00:28:19.770 --> 00:28:23.180 comments. Got this thick plastic 454 00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:26.540 handle. Thick that goes all the way to the sides of the 455 00:28:26.860 --> 00:28:30.700 guard. And the grip I used to 456 00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:34.420 think was too much. Now it's perfect. I love it. I love the way it 457 00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:38.180 feels. And then the bolster, it looks good. I'm sorry. 458 00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:41.900 This is a bolster on the pommel there. It looks really good. It 459 00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:45.660 functions really well. It's super sharp. It's been around a long time. 460 00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:49.450 It's not that expensive. I remember ogling these in our 461 00:28:49.450 --> 00:28:53.250 hardware store growing up. They had a case and 462 00:28:53.250 --> 00:28:57.090 a buck display case and 463 00:28:57.090 --> 00:29:00.250 I would just linger at this. I always thought it looked like a. Well, it 464 00:29:00.250 --> 00:29:03.929 looks like a Daniel Boone knife. It did to me as a kid. So great 465 00:29:03.930 --> 00:29:07.450 knife. Great leather sheath. High quality leather 466 00:29:07.530 --> 00:29:10.490 with a plastic insert and then this cool 467 00:29:10.810 --> 00:29:14.180 snapping throat retention buck 119. 468 00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:18.300 Okay, the next is more of a category. I'm going 469 00:29:18.300 --> 00:29:22.100 to be inserting four more categories in here between 470 00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:25.980 specific knives and this category is neck knife. A lot 471 00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:29.740 of people aren't crazy about neck knives, but I am. I 472 00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:33.580 don't carry them that often but when I do it's been this 473 00:29:33.580 --> 00:29:36.820 one for a long time now. This is the primitive wicket 474 00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:41.010 by Knives by Nuge. And then 475 00:29:41.010 --> 00:29:44.730 this is another example if you, if you don't want to spend a 476 00:29:44.730 --> 00:29:48.290 good deal of money on a fantastic custom knife, you just want 477 00:29:49.010 --> 00:29:52.450 something quick, usable and awesome. 478 00:29:53.330 --> 00:29:56.730 Quick and cheap and usable and awesome. You can get a mini tack or something 479 00:29:56.730 --> 00:30:00.450 like this. Cold steel has a whole bunch of 480 00:30:01.170 --> 00:30:05.000 neck knives. A whole bunch of them. This is one of my very favorites 481 00:30:05.150 --> 00:30:08.350 though. 3 1/2 inch Bowie blade, AUS 8. 482 00:30:08.830 --> 00:30:12.630 Really great sub hilt, 3 finger sub hilt 483 00:30:12.630 --> 00:30:15.150 handle and great sheath. 484 00:30:16.830 --> 00:30:20.470 Tucks away under the shirt. Pretty light. This is 485 00:30:20.470 --> 00:30:24.310 though it has a big footprint. It is pretty light. I 486 00:30:24.310 --> 00:30:27.950 just don't like it next to my skin because this G10 bow G10 487 00:30:27.950 --> 00:30:31.420 here is very grippy but a great, great knife. 488 00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:35.260 So neck knives are great for. For another reason 489 00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:39.340 especially this is evident in the mini tack. But you can take this 490 00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:43.420 sheath and you can alter it to fit on your belt. Especially 491 00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:47.020 scout style. Well actually scout style or vertical 492 00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:51.660 just by putting in zip ties through here or 493 00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:55.420 paracord and just strapping it on your belt. Super light, 494 00:30:55.580 --> 00:30:58.390 very small, easily, 495 00:30:59.110 --> 00:31:02.310 easily obtained with that grippy handle. And the sub hilt 496 00:31:02.630 --> 00:31:06.230 and it's to hand quickly. So great small, 497 00:31:06.470 --> 00:31:10.190 useful fixed blade knives. This one you can start a fire 498 00:31:10.190 --> 00:31:13.910 with. It's got a great Scandi Edge 10 I mean 499 00:31:13.990 --> 00:31:17.830 ADC RV2. So just good to go for all sorts of 500 00:31:17.990 --> 00:31:21.630 chores. And so light hangs, hangs on your 501 00:31:21.630 --> 00:31:24.220 chest. Don't even feel it. This one is 502 00:31:25.100 --> 00:31:28.820 nothing. So definitely neck knives I would have to put 503 00:31:28.820 --> 00:31:32.540 on here. All right, next 504 00:31:32.540 --> 00:31:36.180 up is a specific knife. This is the Mora 505 00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:40.020 knife companion or Mora kniv. Not sure exactly how 506 00:31:40.020 --> 00:31:43.820 they pronounce it, but mora. The Mora companion. I have a 507 00:31:43.820 --> 00:31:47.540 couple of moras. I have the old red handled one. I have 508 00:31:47.540 --> 00:31:51.160 the stainless steel one which I'm not crazy about. 509 00:31:51.800 --> 00:31:55.600 I mean I haven't really used it actually much but 510 00:31:55.600 --> 00:31:59.240 I don't like the sheath on that one. But in any case this, 511 00:31:59.320 --> 00:32:02.360 this one has gotten a lot of use and it's a great 512 00:32:02.760 --> 00:32:06.440 knife. Now I would say it's light duty. I've 513 00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:09.640 seen tests done on it 514 00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:13.720 like the hammer test, the hammer and nail test and this steel 515 00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:17.010 doesn't fare super well. But 516 00:32:17.410 --> 00:32:21.010 you know, you probably don't need to hammer this through a 517 00:32:21.010 --> 00:32:23.850 nail in your day to day. If you did it could do it. It would 518 00:32:23.850 --> 00:32:27.610 just take a chip out of it. But that's not really what 519 00:32:27.610 --> 00:32:31.170 this is for. This is great for carving wood, for 520 00:32:31.170 --> 00:32:34.770 making fire sticks for any sort of 521 00:32:34.770 --> 00:32:37.650 chore around the house. I've had this clipped on my, 522 00:32:38.850 --> 00:32:41.970 even on my gym shorts. Just chilling at the house and 523 00:32:42.690 --> 00:32:45.650 you know, doing, doing chores and stuff. 524 00:32:46.690 --> 00:32:49.810 It's got a great drop sheath. You just, 525 00:32:50.370 --> 00:32:54.090 you can just drop it right in while you're working. You don't really have to 526 00:32:54.090 --> 00:32:57.690 look at it. You can just sort of feel where it 527 00:32:57.690 --> 00:33:01.490 is and it just pressure fits. It's really light, 528 00:33:01.490 --> 00:33:04.930 it's really inexpensive. It's like me 529 00:33:05.170 --> 00:33:09.020 cut myself on camera. This can be had for 530 00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:13.700 just slightly over 20 bucks. I believe used to be in 531 00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:17.500 the teens, but now I believe it's in the like 25 532 00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:20.980 or something like that. But more knives are incredibly useful. You can get a bunch 533 00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:24.780 of them and you can throw one in your tackle 534 00:33:24.780 --> 00:33:28.060 box, throw one in your truck and you know you're going to have a super 535 00:33:28.140 --> 00:33:31.900 useful knife that's also not very 536 00:33:31.900 --> 00:33:35.660 threatening, especially if you get it in one of the cute colors that you can 537 00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:39.180 get it. All right, next up is 538 00:33:39.260 --> 00:33:42.540 a category type and now I'm talking about daggers. 539 00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:46.780 Everyone needs a dagger, every 540 00:33:46.780 --> 00:33:50.420 household. Now you don't necessarily have to get the Spartan 541 00:33:50.420 --> 00:33:53.900 George Raider which for a spartan knife is quite 542 00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:56.540 inexpensive. But look at that beauty. 543 00:33:57.740 --> 00:34:01.450 Designed by Les George, a former Marine yet 544 00:34:01.450 --> 00:34:04.810 again and a EOD expert. 545 00:34:05.610 --> 00:34:09.210 Outstanding knife maker and designer with an, with a real 546 00:34:09.210 --> 00:34:11.770 love for daggers. And 547 00:34:12.890 --> 00:34:16.650 this one is based on the Marine Raider Dagger which was 548 00:34:16.650 --> 00:34:20.410 short lived due to, due to its 549 00:34:20.410 --> 00:34:24.090 very delicate specs and the 550 00:34:24.170 --> 00:34:27.850 state of materials during the startup of of the war. 551 00:34:28.170 --> 00:34:31.850 So they were usually very cheaply built and just didn't last very long. 552 00:34:32.410 --> 00:34:36.130 So much so that Marines would kind 553 00:34:36.130 --> 00:34:39.650 of proactively break the tip off with a pair of pliers and 554 00:34:39.650 --> 00:34:42.810 sharpen it like a chisel at the front because they knew it was going to 555 00:34:42.810 --> 00:34:46.210 break off anyway. But this is a much more 556 00:34:46.210 --> 00:34:50.010 robust build. 1095. This is 557 00:34:50.170 --> 00:34:53.859 made in conjunction with. I think 558 00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:58.299 Ka Bar had something to do with this. Correct me if I'm 559 00:34:58.299 --> 00:35:02.059 wrong, it's been a while. A beautiful commando style handle that 560 00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:05.619 bulges no matter how you turn it. So you always have 561 00:35:05.939 --> 00:35:09.779 nice palm swell and a great grip with the knurling 562 00:35:09.859 --> 00:35:13.459 and the checkering and the jimping. But 563 00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:17.699 if you want something a little smaller, a little more subtle and you're just not 564 00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:21.520 willing to go the double edged route because. Because it's illegal where you 565 00:35:21.520 --> 00:35:24.760 are, get a spyderco perfo. 566 00:35:25.640 --> 00:35:29.440 I'm sorry, a civivi Perfo SPO also 567 00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:33.040 has a cool dagger by the by and it also is single 568 00:35:33.040 --> 00:35:36.520 edged. Now this one I had made double edged by 569 00:35:37.160 --> 00:35:40.680 Klingenberg Sharpening and Kyle Kunley did an 570 00:35:40.680 --> 00:35:44.360 amazing job. But it comes single edge. 571 00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:47.230 So maybe you like the symmetry and the 572 00:35:47.870 --> 00:35:51.710 penetrating potential of a dagger shape, but are conscious 573 00:35:51.710 --> 00:35:55.470 of your knife laws and don't want to, you know, 574 00:35:55.630 --> 00:35:59.390 run afoul of the law. Get yourself a civivi. It's really, really 575 00:35:59.390 --> 00:36:02.990 great. And this has lived up to a lot of torture 576 00:36:02.990 --> 00:36:06.190 testing which you can see on YouTube. So 577 00:36:06.830 --> 00:36:10.670 this 14C 28 and blade steel is a really 578 00:36:10.670 --> 00:36:13.640 good, well, heat treated 579 00:36:14.760 --> 00:36:18.360 steel and in this case in a great, great 580 00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:21.800 blade. Also I like the sheath even though a lot of people don't like it. 581 00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:25.400 But all in all, a dagger should be in your 582 00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:30.960 collection. Sometimes it, it could be like a 583 00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:33.880 historical dagger like the Fairbairn Sykes on the wall. 584 00:36:34.760 --> 00:36:37.880 That's one category I don't talk about here is historical blade. 585 00:36:38.610 --> 00:36:42.410 All right, I need to take care of this blood here. 586 00:36:42.410 --> 00:36:46.050 That, that just goes to show you that the knives on this show are real. 587 00:36:47.650 --> 00:36:51.130 Okay, next up is the. Is another specific 588 00:36:51.130 --> 00:36:54.650 knife you should have and that is the Sog SEAL 589 00:36:54.650 --> 00:36:57.810 Pup. This knife has been, 590 00:36:58.210 --> 00:37:01.570 yes, used by Navy seals and preferred by Navy seals 591 00:37:01.970 --> 00:37:05.690 and is cheap. But I, I'm not calling the 592 00:37:05.690 --> 00:37:09.450 Navy seals cheesy obviously, but, but to say, oh, the Navy seals 593 00:37:09.450 --> 00:37:13.210 like this, yeah, it's like that's how people sell products. But 594 00:37:13.210 --> 00:37:16.770 really this was made for them 595 00:37:16.770 --> 00:37:20.249 and used by them immensely. Bought at 596 00:37:20.249 --> 00:37:23.970 PXS and yeah, so. And at one point 597 00:37:23.970 --> 00:37:27.770 I think it was standard issue before the srk. But don't quote me on 598 00:37:27.770 --> 00:37:31.410 that. Really, really beautiful double peaked 599 00:37:31.410 --> 00:37:35.260 Mac v SOG style Bowie blade. In this case AUS 8. 600 00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:39.100 First they were AUS 6. I think you can get 601 00:37:39.260 --> 00:37:43.020 the SOG seal pup plus it's called in 602 00:37:43.020 --> 00:37:46.660 S35VN and that's got like continuous jimping on the 603 00:37:46.660 --> 00:37:49.819 entire back of the blade, which I'm not crazy about. I know it's used for 604 00:37:49.819 --> 00:37:52.380 notching, but I don't notch. 605 00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:56.940 Really nice handle with a thumb rest here and a finger 606 00:37:56.940 --> 00:38:00.720 guard but not too much. It's not going to get in the way. Finger wells 607 00:38:00.720 --> 00:38:04.480 that, that fit my hand well, especially in the saber grip 608 00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:06.600 when my fingers are splayed out a little bit like that, 609 00:38:08.520 --> 00:38:12.280 a someone with big meat hooks could definitely grab this 610 00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:15.840 in a hammer grip and their, their fingers will sink into those 611 00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:19.600 wells nicely. Really, really great blade. This has 612 00:38:19.600 --> 00:38:23.000 been riding in my bag for years and years, my EDC bag. 613 00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:27.420 And there have been a number of times where I've been alone at work on 614 00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:31.060 the weekend and put this in my belt just because 615 00:38:31.060 --> 00:38:34.820 there's no security there, you know, I'm just, you know, so I've stashed this in 616 00:38:34.820 --> 00:38:38.420 my belt and it's done duty with me at 617 00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:41.940 work sometimes. This right here, great lanyard 618 00:38:42.580 --> 00:38:46.260 to just wrap around the hand like this and hold like 619 00:38:46.260 --> 00:38:49.860 that. Got some ranger bands on there to increase 620 00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:53.150 the grip. SOG Seal Puppy. 621 00:38:54.260 --> 00:38:57.940 All right, next up is a very loose category and I'm calling 622 00:38:57.940 --> 00:39:01.500 this fighter. This is the fighter 623 00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:05.220 category. And to me you differentiate the 624 00:39:05.220 --> 00:39:09.059 fighter from the dagger in that it's asymmetrical. But to me 625 00:39:09.059 --> 00:39:12.740 a fighter has to have at least a partially sharpened 626 00:39:12.740 --> 00:39:16.540 back edge. In this case it's fully double edged. But no, it's not 627 00:39:16.540 --> 00:39:19.940 a dagger. You can especially see when you turn it 628 00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:23.220 upside down like that. You can see the asymmetry of it. This 629 00:39:24.180 --> 00:39:27.540 main bevel is a much is 630 00:39:27.540 --> 00:39:31.300 bigger and at less steep and 631 00:39:31.300 --> 00:39:34.780 angle than the top and then it's got like a drop and an 632 00:39:34.780 --> 00:39:38.100 asymmetrical tip. Really, really nice knife. This is the 633 00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:42.100 Zabo Express. Can't believe I haven't carried this 634 00:39:42.100 --> 00:39:45.940 in so long or just had it out and about I tried carrying this, it 635 00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:49.360 was just a little bit bigger for me at about five and a half inch 636 00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:52.280 blade length. Really nice micarta handle 637 00:39:53.640 --> 00:39:56.280 and all the rest. But double edged and 638 00:39:59.080 --> 00:40:02.680 asymmetrical, not a dagger. Another 639 00:40:02.680 --> 00:40:06.480 one we were talking about, Dirk Pinkerton. You know, there are all sorts of 640 00:40:06.480 --> 00:40:10.120 fighters. There's the famous sub hilt fighter 641 00:40:10.120 --> 00:40:13.760 which I have a few of. But also there's a fighter like 642 00:40:13.760 --> 00:40:17.280 this for instance. Totally asymmetrical. You got that upswept 643 00:40:17.280 --> 00:40:21.120 blade but two very sharp edges. So this 644 00:40:21.120 --> 00:40:24.920 is a knife intended for fighting self. 645 00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:29.080 It's almost more like fighting, you know, something 646 00:40:29.080 --> 00:40:32.920 you would have if you were someone who relied on your knife to 647 00:40:32.920 --> 00:40:35.880 survive this. And I don't mean survive in the woods. 648 00:40:36.840 --> 00:40:39.960 This is a combination of a Middle Eastern Kanjar 649 00:40:40.630 --> 00:40:44.270 and a Hell's Bells Bowie by Bill 650 00:40:44.270 --> 00:40:48.110 Bagwell. I'm. I'm talking in terms of inspiration. It 651 00:40:48.110 --> 00:40:51.670 is also a Dirk Pinkerton knife. And here's a great opportunity to plug 652 00:40:52.870 --> 00:40:56.590 50,000 subscribers. When we get that, he's going to make us a custom 653 00:40:56.590 --> 00:41:00.190 knife for giveaway. It could be this. We haven't decided on a model, so if 654 00:41:00.190 --> 00:41:03.990 you like the Razorback, let me know. I do, 655 00:41:04.390 --> 00:41:07.890 I love it. All right, so fighters. So that's a 656 00:41:07.890 --> 00:41:11.210 category of knife asymmetrical, 657 00:41:11.450 --> 00:41:14.090 double edged or at least partially double edged 658 00:41:14.890 --> 00:41:18.410 fighting knives. They need to be in every collection. But that's 659 00:41:18.570 --> 00:41:22.330 less, you know, less necessary than say the Moronite. 660 00:41:22.810 --> 00:41:26.490 It's something to aspire to, I guess. All right, next up 661 00:41:26.490 --> 00:41:30.050 is the cold steel srk and 662 00:41:30.050 --> 00:41:33.820 it's this knife in particular. This definitely is used 663 00:41:33.820 --> 00:41:37.300 by Navy seals and often this is like 664 00:41:37.940 --> 00:41:41.660 a very, very well loved knife in that realm, but 665 00:41:41.660 --> 00:41:45.100 also in basically everywhere. Everyone loves the 666 00:41:45.100 --> 00:41:48.940 SRK. It can be had in 3V for, you 667 00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:52.700 know, over 150 bucks. I'm not 668 00:41:52.700 --> 00:41:55.540 sure how much, like maybe 250 actually 669 00:41:56.180 --> 00:41:59.880 and, or you can get it in. This is carbon 5. This is 670 00:41:59.880 --> 00:42:03.560 pretty old. This one was made in the USA. So this one's from 671 00:42:03.560 --> 00:42:07.400 2006. I remember because that's the year 672 00:42:07.400 --> 00:42:10.880 my wife went abroad and started opened up a 673 00:42:10.960 --> 00:42:14.560 this before we were married. She opened up a branch of her office 674 00:42:14.880 --> 00:42:18.600 in London and so I made her a bugout 675 00:42:18.600 --> 00:42:22.160 bag and she smuggled this into the country, kept it there, 676 00:42:22.160 --> 00:42:25.930 smuggled it back out. Never really been used. But 677 00:42:26.250 --> 00:42:29.690 super awesome knife is the SRK. It's a 678 00:42:29.850 --> 00:42:33.530 6 inch clip point blade. No matter what 679 00:42:33.530 --> 00:42:37.170 steel you get, it's going to be nice and tough because 680 00:42:37.170 --> 00:42:40.850 cold, cold steel does such a great job with their heat 681 00:42:40.850 --> 00:42:44.410 treat. SRK stands for survival rescue knife. 682 00:42:45.050 --> 00:42:48.810 And this one has a zero ground swedge which 683 00:42:48.890 --> 00:42:52.700 I love. If you haven't caught on to that yet. Great 684 00:42:52.700 --> 00:42:56.020 grippy handle, nice and big and also 685 00:42:56.500 --> 00:42:59.780 has that palm swell there. 686 00:43:00.340 --> 00:43:03.820 So a really nice profile. That's the cold 687 00:43:03.820 --> 00:43:07.300 steel srk. This is one that everyone should get. 688 00:43:07.540 --> 00:43:11.140 This a KA bar, you know, this or a KA bar kind 689 00:43:11.140 --> 00:43:14.260 of. Or both. Both preferably, of course. 690 00:43:14.900 --> 00:43:18.230 All right, next up category, the small 691 00:43:18.470 --> 00:43:22.310 self defense blade. We've got three examples 692 00:43:22.310 --> 00:43:26.110 here. First is the Beckwith Covert. This is a nice 693 00:43:26.110 --> 00:43:29.390 one. This is by the Fisher Fisher Knight. 694 00:43:29.390 --> 00:43:33.030 Fisher blades sits deep in the pocket on 695 00:43:33.030 --> 00:43:36.870 this extended DCC pocket clip. And that's where the 696 00:43:36.870 --> 00:43:40.310 pocket goes through. All that sticks out is that. And 697 00:43:40.550 --> 00:43:44.100 it's easy to grab using the pommel 698 00:43:44.100 --> 00:43:47.940 there. And it's got grippy G10, a really 699 00:43:49.140 --> 00:43:52.460 sharp and well designed three and a quarter inch 700 00:43:52.460 --> 00:43:56.140 Tanto blade, downward 701 00:43:56.140 --> 00:43:59.460 angle so that it really takes advantage of 702 00:44:00.420 --> 00:44:04.100 any sort of pressure, cutting or momentum. And then the tip is 703 00:44:04.100 --> 00:44:07.820 center line and it's also very, very sharp. This is such a 704 00:44:07.820 --> 00:44:10.880 great self defense everyday self defense knife. 705 00:44:11.680 --> 00:44:14.000 The Beckwith Covert there. 706 00:44:15.440 --> 00:44:19.280 Next up is the Elvia from Copus 707 00:44:19.280 --> 00:44:22.960 designs. This one I had wrapped by Josh Mason, 708 00:44:23.040 --> 00:44:26.680 right For war knives that Sukamaki wrap. But really that's the 709 00:44:26.680 --> 00:44:29.120 star. It's that Picol style knife. 710 00:44:31.120 --> 00:44:34.880 You can get this design knife with the tip down, optimized for the 711 00:44:34.880 --> 00:44:38.640 tip down and the edge in for self defense. Just think you're 712 00:44:38.640 --> 00:44:42.400 a tiger basically can be had 713 00:44:42.400 --> 00:44:45.560 in a lot of different ways. But this is sort of a 714 00:44:45.560 --> 00:44:48.520 formalization of the trend of taking 715 00:44:48.520 --> 00:44:51.800 Victorinox fruit knives and bending them like I have 716 00:44:52.760 --> 00:44:56.440 and turning them into Pikal self defense knives. 717 00:44:56.440 --> 00:45:00.160 This sort of codified it with the injection 718 00:45:00.160 --> 00:45:03.560 molded handle already bent into shape with that finger groove 719 00:45:04.280 --> 00:45:07.960 and for the forefinger and the hook style fruit 720 00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:11.240 blade set at an angle or 721 00:45:11.960 --> 00:45:15.680 optimized for back fisting and for tearing and 722 00:45:15.680 --> 00:45:19.000 ripping. So great small self defense knife. 723 00:45:19.719 --> 00:45:23.520 This has an Ulti clip on it, but you can also just drop it 724 00:45:23.520 --> 00:45:27.040 in the pocket without the clip and then use that hook to 725 00:45:27.040 --> 00:45:30.680 extract the blade from the sheath on the inside seam 726 00:45:31.010 --> 00:45:33.330 of your pocket. Sort of like a fixed blade wave. 727 00:45:34.690 --> 00:45:38.210 All right, lastly in this category of small self defense 728 00:45:38.210 --> 00:45:41.650 knives is the push dagger. This is the 729 00:45:41.650 --> 00:45:43.730 stroop SD1 730 00:45:45.090 --> 00:45:48.810 stroop knives. Really, really knocked it out of the 731 00:45:48.810 --> 00:45:52.570 park with this. This was the year I was looking for. I 732 00:45:52.570 --> 00:45:56.410 was at blade show looking specifically for a push dagger. And this is what 733 00:45:56.410 --> 00:45:59.840 I Ended up getting, getting very, very comfortable in the hand 734 00:46:01.600 --> 00:46:04.320 though it has a bit of a wide neck here. 735 00:46:05.280 --> 00:46:09.120 It seems comfortable. More comfortable than if it were in the 736 00:46:09.120 --> 00:46:12.800 middle of the, of the hand somehow because this is set up 737 00:46:12.800 --> 00:46:15.200 for finger on top 738 00:46:17.200 --> 00:46:19.600 and then the rest of the three fingers on bottom. 739 00:46:20.800 --> 00:46:24.430 Really, really nice. Great little sheath. This 740 00:46:24.430 --> 00:46:27.670 one just I have in the belt. I don't 741 00:46:28.230 --> 00:46:30.870 have it horizontally as this mounted 742 00:46:31.830 --> 00:46:35.550 DCC pocket clip would, would imply. It actually 743 00:46:35.550 --> 00:46:39.030 goes under my belt. And then I put this over the belt or the seam 744 00:46:39.030 --> 00:46:42.470 of my belt. So push dagger 745 00:46:42.790 --> 00:46:46.510 pocket. Self defense and. And pal style 746 00:46:46.510 --> 00:46:50.210 knife. Some great small self defense knives. No matter what style 747 00:46:50.210 --> 00:46:53.770 you choose. Maybe it's just a paring knife or something that looks just like a 748 00:46:53.770 --> 00:46:57.530 paring knife. If you have it there for self defense, 749 00:46:59.530 --> 00:47:02.810 it's nice and small. You can carry it every day. Then if you need it, 750 00:47:02.810 --> 00:47:06.330 heaven forbid you'll have it. All right, next up 751 00:47:06.330 --> 00:47:10.090 is a specific knife, but it's two specific knives. 752 00:47:10.170 --> 00:47:13.690 It's more of a specific platform. And that's the 753 00:47:13.690 --> 00:47:17.420 tkal knives combatant or the 754 00:47:17.420 --> 00:47:19.700 tkal knives adversary. 755 00:47:21.060 --> 00:47:24.620 Same platform, different different blade. Now I would 756 00:47:24.620 --> 00:47:27.940 say get them both, but you know, that's just 757 00:47:28.180 --> 00:47:31.940 my inclination. Great handle on these. And if it's too 758 00:47:31.940 --> 00:47:35.780 small for you, because decal knives really 759 00:47:35.780 --> 00:47:39.100 goes for small handles to maximize 760 00:47:39.100 --> 00:47:42.870 concealability. If this is too small for you for your giant 761 00:47:42.870 --> 00:47:46.230 hands. He does make, he being Tim Kell 762 00:47:46.630 --> 00:47:50.430 makes an extended handle. So it's G10 that looks 763 00:47:50.430 --> 00:47:54.150 just like this. And at the end it sandwiches together and creates 764 00:47:54.150 --> 00:47:57.990 a longer grip. Very, 765 00:47:58.310 --> 00:48:01.910 very great. Very good idea for these knives because they do have 766 00:48:01.990 --> 00:48:05.670 a small profile. Great blade. This is the 767 00:48:05.750 --> 00:48:09.380 redesign of the combatant. So the drop 768 00:48:09.380 --> 00:48:13.180 point blade redesigned and made pointier. And 769 00:48:13.180 --> 00:48:17.020 then here we have the wharncliffe in the adversary. A 770 00:48:17.020 --> 00:48:20.780 really nice thumb swale there that does great machining. I mean 771 00:48:20.780 --> 00:48:22.740 this machining is incredible. 772 00:48:24.740 --> 00:48:28.580 Thumb swales and, and thumb jimping. Really, really 773 00:48:28.580 --> 00:48:32.420 awesome. Two great knives. You choose. But they 774 00:48:32.420 --> 00:48:36.230 go really well on the belt. So this rides 775 00:48:36.230 --> 00:48:39.870 just right up front on my belt. I have it set up for standard 776 00:48:39.950 --> 00:48:43.710 draw. So like this up front on 777 00:48:43.710 --> 00:48:46.270 my belt. Standard draw and then the 778 00:48:48.030 --> 00:48:51.830 same for the adversary. They're just great knives if 779 00:48:51.830 --> 00:48:55.550 you want to get used to carrying fixed blade knife. This is a great, great 780 00:48:55.550 --> 00:48:59.110 knife to start that with. It's nice and small but super 781 00:48:59.110 --> 00:49:01.940 potent. So that is the tel knives 782 00:49:02.340 --> 00:49:06.180 adversary or combat. All right, last up or 783 00:49:06.180 --> 00:49:09.900 second to last is a category and it 784 00:49:09.900 --> 00:49:13.660 is the tanto. You want a tanto first? I'LL 785 00:49:13.660 --> 00:49:16.900 start with this. This was the one that started my entire knife collection 786 00:49:17.380 --> 00:49:21.060 in the 80s. This is the cold steel 787 00:49:21.380 --> 00:49:24.900 tanto. This was their first big, big knife. 788 00:49:25.710 --> 00:49:29.190 They did well. This was their first night. They came out with this and the 789 00:49:29.190 --> 00:49:32.830 push daggers. First you got brass. This was 790 00:49:33.150 --> 00:49:36.630 one of the originals. OG's Tanto by Cold Steel, Ventura, 791 00:49:36.630 --> 00:49:40.350 California. Made in Japan. And those typewriter letters. 792 00:49:41.069 --> 00:49:44.670 Really, really nice knife saved up for it. 793 00:49:45.070 --> 00:49:48.750 It's got that Americanized tanto tip that you see on cold 794 00:49:48.750 --> 00:49:49.790 steel tantos. 795 00:49:52.420 --> 00:49:55.780 Lynn Thompson of Cold Steel is the guy who really, he 796 00:49:55.940 --> 00:49:58.660 invented it or at very, very least 797 00:49:59.140 --> 00:50:02.980 popularized it. But I'm pretty sure he's the guy who did it. I 798 00:50:02.980 --> 00:50:06.780 think that's kind of his claim, and I think most 799 00:50:06.780 --> 00:50:10.500 people accept that. Next up is the 800 00:50:10.500 --> 00:50:13.860 Tomashi E. This designed by the great Bob Terzuola. 801 00:50:14.260 --> 00:50:17.140 This is also a tanto. This is a more traditional style 802 00:50:17.670 --> 00:50:21.110 Japanese tanto with that upswept 803 00:50:21.110 --> 00:50:24.630 blade and no real difference in 804 00:50:24.630 --> 00:50:28.390 surface from the flat to the hollow there. This has a 805 00:50:28.390 --> 00:50:32.230 nice swedge on it for piercing and it's got a great 806 00:50:32.310 --> 00:50:36.150 setup jimping up here on the blade, also jimping back 807 00:50:36.150 --> 00:50:38.470 on the handle. If you're gonna handle this in a 808 00:50:39.910 --> 00:50:42.950 saber grip, this one has really 809 00:50:43.970 --> 00:50:47.570 well seasoned, dark green G10. And 810 00:50:47.730 --> 00:50:50.930 what is it, 14C 28N blade steel 811 00:50:51.650 --> 00:50:54.290 or no nitro V blade steel. I'm sorry. 812 00:50:56.210 --> 00:51:00.009 Really, really nice. The, the main USP of the 813 00:51:00.009 --> 00:51:03.810 Tanto is puncturing. You can get through tight 814 00:51:03.810 --> 00:51:07.570 spots. You can get through tough materials with those acute 815 00:51:07.570 --> 00:51:11.110 tips and with the cold steel, with the brute force force of 816 00:51:11.110 --> 00:51:14.870 that triangular flat ground tip. So. 817 00:51:14.950 --> 00:51:18.790 But there are no slouches when it comes to cutting either. They're great knives. 818 00:51:18.790 --> 00:51:22.150 I, I'm surprised that they aren't used more often in the 819 00:51:22.150 --> 00:51:25.870 outdoors. Tell me why Americanized tantos aren't used 820 00:51:25.870 --> 00:51:29.390 more in the outdoors. But there is everything from super 821 00:51:29.390 --> 00:51:32.750 expensive, which I'm not saying this is, but there's a whole spectrum of 822 00:51:32.750 --> 00:51:36.550 tantos out there on the market, both in blade design 823 00:51:37.040 --> 00:51:40.840 and in cost, that you can, can and 824 00:51:40.840 --> 00:51:44.200 should indulge in. But this last one takes 825 00:51:44.200 --> 00:51:47.880 precedence. And it is the large bowie knife, but 826 00:51:47.880 --> 00:51:51.520 it's not a category. I'm going to get specific. I'm going to tell you 827 00:51:51.920 --> 00:51:54.400 it's the cold steel trail master. 828 00:51:55.760 --> 00:51:59.600 This knife has been with me for well 829 00:51:59.600 --> 00:52:02.960 over 25 years, could even be 30 years. 830 00:52:03.950 --> 00:52:07.350 I, I have to really pinpoint my mind when I got this, but it's been 831 00:52:07.350 --> 00:52:10.750 through a lot, both voluntarily for fun 832 00:52:10.990 --> 00:52:14.590 and then also on A couple of camping trips. One in particular. 833 00:52:16.750 --> 00:52:20.550 This is way back when it made me feel 834 00:52:20.550 --> 00:52:24.150 secure running through the woods with 835 00:52:24.150 --> 00:52:27.990 no flashlight. When we got when 836 00:52:27.990 --> 00:52:30.990 me and a former girlfriend got lost around 837 00:52:32.290 --> 00:52:36.130 Lake George in upstate New York and I swear we were being 838 00:52:36.130 --> 00:52:39.410 followed out. I. I think I might be making that up as I go. 839 00:52:40.850 --> 00:52:43.770 I've been saying that for a while, but I think maybe I've been listening to 840 00:52:43.770 --> 00:52:47.609 too many Bigfoot stories. But I was spooked as hell being in the 841 00:52:47.609 --> 00:52:51.450 woods with no flashlight. Like an idiot I had this but no 842 00:52:51.450 --> 00:52:55.250 flashlight. Anyway, nice 843 00:52:55.250 --> 00:52:57.960 thick 516 of an inch blade. Nice 844 00:52:58.760 --> 00:53:02.400 slender profile on this bowie with a zero ground 845 00:53:02.400 --> 00:53:05.560 swedge makes this a great fighting knife. It's got a coffin 846 00:53:05.880 --> 00:53:09.680 style handle. This is one that I've often thought if, if 847 00:53:09.680 --> 00:53:13.000 I really had to defend myself like this really might be it. 848 00:53:13.560 --> 00:53:17.080 I love this. It swings great. It's nice and light though. 849 00:53:17.880 --> 00:53:21.640 Not light. Lively in hand. Brass guard. This is an old 850 00:53:21.640 --> 00:53:25.480 one of course as I mentioned, carbon V steel, but it comes in 851 00:53:25.480 --> 00:53:29.320 3V. It comes in 304034 I 852 00:53:29.320 --> 00:53:32.960 believe. And it can. It is just 853 00:53:32.960 --> 00:53:36.560 a life saving knife. I love this knife. In later 854 00:53:36.560 --> 00:53:39.920 years, more recent years, it's been used a lot to 855 00:53:40.239 --> 00:53:43.680 baton wood. All that said, like I think 856 00:53:44.080 --> 00:53:47.880 large bowie is the way to go. You can get an SP10 still probably 857 00:53:47.880 --> 00:53:51.580 from Ontario knives or any other, 858 00:53:52.620 --> 00:53:55.980 any other great bowie knife out there. Cold steel's got a lot of. 859 00:53:57.100 --> 00:54:00.580 So pick your poison but definitely get a large bowie. And I 860 00:54:00.580 --> 00:54:03.660 highly, highly recommend the cold steel 861 00:54:04.220 --> 00:54:07.019 trail. All right, 862 00:54:09.340 --> 00:54:12.940 thank you, thank you for joining me on this journey through 863 00:54:13.020 --> 00:54:16.820 the realm of knives. You should have fixed blade knives you 864 00:54:16.820 --> 00:54:20.520 should have in your collection. Now as I said, you start with 865 00:54:20.520 --> 00:54:23.960 one and you go from there. Or you start with a couple maybe if your 866 00:54:23.960 --> 00:54:27.240 budget allows more a knife, very 867 00:54:27.240 --> 00:54:31.000 inexpensive. So check these out. You'll be glad you did, 868 00:54:31.000 --> 00:54:34.800 especially if you're a folder exclusive guy. All right. 869 00:54:35.360 --> 00:54:39.040 For Jim working his magic behind the switcher, I'm Bob DiMarco saying 870 00:54:39.120 --> 00:54:42.880 until next time, don't take dull for an azzy. Thanks for 871 00:54:42.880 --> 00:54:46.520 listening to the Knife Junkie podcast. If you enjoyed the show, please 872 00:54:46.520 --> 00:54:50.230 rate and review@reviewthepodcast. For show notes 873 00:54:50.230 --> 00:54:53.790 for today's episode, additional resources and to listen to past episodes, 874 00:54:53.790 --> 00:54:57.510 Visit our website thenif junkie.com. you can also watch 875 00:54:57.510 --> 00:55:00.430 our latest videos on YouTube at the knifejunkie.com 876 00:55:00.830 --> 00:55:01.550 YouTube.