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All about knives and knife sharpening, plus whatever else is on my mind.
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Review of the Machinewise Sonora -- a USA-made, integral pocket knife.
As always, this is my honest opinion of a knife that I purchased for my own use.
Manufacturer's website: machinewise.store/
#knifereview #edcknife #foldingknife
@machinewise4135
As always, this is my honest opinion of a knife that I purchased for my own use.
Manufacturer's website: machinewise.store/
#knifereview #edcknife #foldingknife
@machinewise4135
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ATK H.A.L.T. Review
Просмотров 11114 дней назад
The ATK H.A.L.T. is dropping on ATK's website at 1 pm EST, 10/2/24 (the day this video is posting). atknives.net/ It's an excellent knife at a good price point highly recommended. A few things I forgot to mention in my hasty review: * there is no blade play; * lock up on my knife is at about 35%; * the lock survived a light spine whack test with no issues. #knifereview #edcknife #foldingknife
Quiet Carry Waypoint L Review
Просмотров 20821 день назад
Review of the Quiet Carry Waypoint L, and comparison to the original Waypoint. An excellent knife gets even better! #knifereview #edcknife #foldingknives #edcreview
Sharpening Ceramic Knives #1
Просмотров 75821 день назад
Ceramic knives are great in many ways, but they are a challenge to sharpen ... to put it mildly. In this video I use a Tormek T-8 with a 1000 grit CBN wheel, followed by a Ken Onion Elite sharpener with leather belts and 6.5 and 2 micron diamond compounds. Did it get sharp? Watch and find out! #sharpening #tormek #worksharpkenonion #knifesharpening @iSharpen @ALXSHARPEN
Robjohnsons Cedar Review
Просмотров 141Месяц назад
Review of the Robjohnsons Cedar a mid-tech/custom knife from Latvia. Books are closed at the time of this posting, but if you are interested in purchasing one, sign up at Robjohnson's website for notifications, as they periodically open for new orders. website: robjohnsons.com/collections/folding-knives/products/cedar-deposit Instagram: @robjohnsons_knives #knifereview #edcknife #foldingknives
Tactile Knife Co. Archer -- Review
Просмотров 159Месяц назад
A review of the Tactile Knife Co.'s flagship Archer model. tactileknife.co/collections/archer #knifereview #edcknife @tactileknifeco7545
The BESS Tester Explained
Просмотров 92Месяц назад
Looking at the BESS sharpness tester: how it works, how to make it accurate and repeatable, and how to spot cheats. #sharpner #sharpeningexperts #foldingknives #edc
RH Knives Taska 2 Gen 2 Review
Просмотров 93Месяц назад
In this video I review the fantastic Taska 2 Gen 2 by R.H. Knives a custom/mid-tech knife maker from the Czech Republic. R.H. Knives website: www.rh-knives.cz Instagram: rh.knives Facebook: RHknives #knifereview #foldingknives #edc @JimSkeltonKnives
Parlor Trick II
Просмотров 62Месяц назад
Push cutting a free-standing cigarette paper with a Robjohnsons Cedar in RWL34 steel @ 64.1 hrc, sharpened at 16.5° per side. #knifesharpenerguy #sharpenner #knifereview @iSharpen
Sencut Hyrax First Impression
Просмотров 114Месяц назад
The Sencut Hyrax is a great bargain slicer at a VERY reasonable price.
So, about those Leeb hardness testers....
Просмотров 1772 месяца назад
In this video I discuss the Leeb Hardness Tester and it's application, or lack thereof, for testing the hardness of knife blades. I want to thank Brian Kim of Transparent Knives for providing the test samples used, and for his input on the topic. You can follow Brian on Instagram at @transparentknives, and you can also check out his RUclips channel. I purchased the tester shown with my own fund...
My first impression of an age-old design.
Просмотров 922 месяца назад
After years of resistance, I finally broke down and bought a Strider SNG. This is my first impression of a classic knife I'm experiencing for the first time. #strider #edcknife
Is this a perfect knife? Griffin X Series Folder
Просмотров 1,5 тыс.2 месяца назад
Overview and review of the Griffin Co. X-Series Folding Knife. This is a good one, folks. It was purchased with my own funds and I have no affiliation with the company. Here is a link if you are interested in it: www.griffincompany.ca/knives One note: I forgot to mention that the point on this blade is *very* thin. Not for hard use.
Merriken Mini Ultimatum
Просмотров 5452 месяца назад
A review of the production Merriken Mini Ultimatum. This is a Reate manufactured version of custom maker Kurt Merriken's classic design. As of this posting (7/23/24) these are still available at: recon1.com/collections/merriken-knives Additional points that I missed in the video: * the pocket clip was quite stiff going in and out of pocket. I used a nylon pry to bend mine out a bit. Still firm,...
A Button Frame Lock?
Просмотров 1834 месяца назад
Taking a look at the Goden Designworks Caliber, which is, as far as I know, the first button-actuated frame lock. She's a fidgety beast, and good looking besides! This was a preorder, but according to Blaise from GD, there will be a drop on his website soon. You can check it out here: goldendesignworks.com/pages/caliber-info #knifereview #edc
Fixed Angle Systems and Angle Variation
Просмотров 1288 месяцев назад
Fixed Angle Systems and Angle Variation
New Breed EDC Clydesdale First Impressions
Просмотров 1248 месяцев назад
New Breed EDC Clydesdale First Impressions
Vision FG Review and Steel Testing
Просмотров 6 тыс.8 месяцев назад
Vision FG Review and Steel Testing
I’ve got one. It’s ok. The closing “detent” sucks even for a button lock. It needs jimping on the flipper tab in a bad way.
Hey I have one the S35VN custom ano ones. I had a bit of button stick develop after a week of constant carry. I just added the include lube and it went away
I’ve sharpened a couple of these on my fixed angle system at 18 to 20° and to begin with seemed to be doing ok, then when progressing towards the finer grits (800grit upwards) I got a little frustrated because of fresh chipping. It dawned on me that my courser diamond plates were pretty worn and my finer were brand new and so I switched to a worn out set and got pretty good results thereafter, I did have to step back a few steps to get rid of the fresh chips though. I finished the edge with some homemade 8,000 grit diamond past on leather and got it semi-shaving sharp, as in it removed hair but I could feel it tug a tiny bit first. The angle you sharpened at seemed a lot lower than mine and may have contributed to a more fragile edge.
I'm really thinking that (epoxy) bonded diamond stones may be the way to go with ceramic blades. Will update as soon as I have a chance to try them out.
@@BladeLabMiami I agree, I have the diamonds and epoxy resin and I'm gonna try making my own before I have to resort to selling a kidney to buy a set.
you could compare this with lionsteel.... like the Skinny and the Nano
Such a classy looking knife can wait to get mine next week same configuration
I think you're going to love it.
Very nice.
Very cool.
Got a custom one… if your into blades it’s worth it! This is possibly better then my custom mini fsd.
wow 650. bucks but the purple looks hot
For the Work Sharp there is a diamond belt (its 1500 grit i think) especially for ceramic knives. Unfortunatelly i dont have a ceramic knife nor this specific belt. But im curious if this would work. Apart from that you need a shallow angle (~25°?!) to avoid chipping, the apex needs more stability. But you did a very good job in my opinion!
Wow, now that's what I call presentation. The coolest container for a knife I've seen, a challenge coin, and a torx driver. And they tell you what the pivot is torqued to.
This is on my short list. It a lot smaller than i would prefer (in blade length and handle thickness) and im not much of a fan of button locks, or else it would be near the top. Im tangentially interested in the balisong community. Theres a lot of pivot innovation there that folders would benefit from. This is a great example.
Those are pretty much my thoughts exactly. I'd like it to be a little bigger, and I'd prefer a frame lock, but it's kind of uniquely beautiful. If a Swiss watch was a knife, it would be this one.
Hola, excelente idea y gracias por compartir, saludos desde México.
Any chance you could do a tormek video? The older i get and the further down steel testing rabbit hole i go, the more ive come to appreciate ease of use and repeatability and im thinking the tormek is probably unbeatable in both regards. Ive found that most tormek videos are from people who are selling either a product or service and are slanted towards pushing a sale.
I actually have some Tormek content, but I'd be happy to do more. What would be most useful for you?
@@BladeLabMiami I'd like to know more about the differences I'm likely to notice (at the edge level) coming from freehand. I've watched tons of tormek content, but haven't really seen that talked about. I know in a properly thin edge the difference probably isn't gonna be noticeable, but in the 20 to 30 thou BTE range that 95% of production knives fall into, im expecting to see a difference.
@@CNYKnifeNut I could do that, but basically it comes down to the Tormek edge bevel being very slightly hollow, versus a freehand bevel which will be slightly convex.
3:52 - have you ever encountered a production knife that you think is ground thin enough? After owning hundreds of knives, i think ive found maybe a half dozen.
I've actually gotten some budget knives that were ground quite thin. Of course they're wearing budget steels that aren't run particularly hard, so you can't take full advantage.
dont you need to use diamond to sharpen ceramic?
You definitely need to use something hard, since ceramic is so hard. I was using a CBN wheel. CBN is short for Cubic Boron Nitride, which is the second hardest material on earth -- just behind diamond. For knife sharpening, including ceramics, there's no real difference between diamond and CBN. The only time CBN vs diamond really matters is in high-speed grinding applications, where CBN is the far better choice due to its superior inertness at high temperatures.
@@BladeLabMiami i was def thinking that maybe the cbn was not quite hard enough or something like that but hearing this im wondering if heat is the key? i would love to see inside one of the factorys and see what they use and how they put that factory edge on there
@@uPimppi I'd be really interested in to see how the factories sharpen these things, too.
the angle is not controlled when you rotate the blade, it creates a compound angle and increases it dramatically...
No, that's not really how it works. If you think of it like an airplane, the angle guide is locking in the pitch of the blade. Changing the roll angle, which is necessary to bring the belly into contact with the stone, does not affect the pitch, and thus it doesn't affect the edge angle. The same is true of the yaw angle. If you move the blade perpendicular to the stone the edge angle is the same as it would be if you moved the blade diagonally. I have confirmed this with a laser goniometer.
That surprising given ceramic blades are a pain to sharpen
can you please give us the exact part number of that crowned rubber idler wheel from the 1x30 Grizzly? I have one from a Wen and is too narrow. Thank you
Great knife, what size glove do you wear, I'm asking because I'm not sure if it would fit my hand, how did it feel in your hand? I wear a large-X large glove depending on the glove.
I wear a L glove size -- probably have average-sized hands for a guy. If you're an XL I think this one might be too tight for you, because it's a very locked-in grip and it fits my hand very well.
@@BladeLabMiami thank you.
Can you comment on where you got that crowned rubber idler wheel?
I ordered a spare wheel for a Grizzly 1x30, plus an appropriate bearing, but I'd recommend buying one from Curry Custom Cutlery if you want one.
I love mine. I got the orange g10
Thanks so much for sharing! If you ever need help with your Archer please let us know and we will be happy to help you! We have sent the past few batches dialing in the detent to be dialed in.
Thanks for watching! The Archer is great, and I'm sure it will only get better as you dial it in.
Thats so cool 😮
great solution. I received my Toolker yesterday and I also have this non magnetic platen. I actually never knew that some steels can be non-magnetic. Thank you for your video!
Interesting video. In future please can you try to position the camera so the digits on the scale are clear?
Thanks! Yeah, the numbers were barely visible, unfortunately. I'll try to do better in the future, but the LED panel they used has a very narrow viewing angle and it's tough to capture the numbers without blocking the camera with my body parts.
@@BladeLabMiami Please keep your “body parts” to yourself and Mrs Blade Lab. 😳
This test only looks at the very edge. Kind of ignores the cutting geometry of the knife. Also, it tests a fraction of a millimeter of the bevel. So useful for sharpening results, but not much more I think
@@dmitryk754 It’s the “very edge” that we’re testing. Most, if not all of us sharpening nerds know that it’s only one factor of how a blade works and that thickness behind the edge etc is also important. The blade that we’re gonna sharpen in 99% of the cases is what it is. We’re not changing the geometry, thickness etc we’re just deciding what angle best suits the steel and the use the knife gets.
@@dmitryk754 Yes, agreed.
Is that you again 3D? Excellent informative video. Thanks. As you say so well, the Bess tester is a tool to gauge burr removal, not a bragging rights vehicle. I have obtained a sub 100 Bess score with a blunt lawn mower blade by abusing the testing method. So what? I used to inform my customers of Bess scores on their sharpened knives. It means nothing to them unless you explain in detail, so I gave up. Now I just use it for my own peace of mind. The cigarette paper test is now my quick cheap go to. It can tell you as much as the Bess tester for real world level of sharpness.
Tis I -- 3D. 🙂 Cigarette paper is a very good test, too. I also use it a lot.
Another way to attach a weight to the string to I have seen is to use a spring binder clip with weight tied to it. Probably a bit more common to find for most of us
I actually tried a binder clip, but it kept slipping on me. For a while I used one of those small gator clips tied to a 100g weight with fishing line. Worked fine, but it was a little more fiddly than the hemostat. Another benefit of using a clip or hemostat is that you can use less filament. When doing it with your fingers, you have to leave a lot more excess to grab on to.
@@BladeLabMiami Odd, I wonder if the difference is the one I saw was the older style with very wide flat metal jaws and round spring. The deformations on the new style from the cutouts and forming might make enough space for it to slip out.
I've been a fan of Jan's work for a long time. I have the SN 001 Coba, and it's probably my most used folder. It's pretty much the perfect utilitarian knife; 13 thou BTE at 12dps.
My knife journey started w the cjrb pyrite light. Made me buy that pyrite bowie a week later. Got a kizer amicus. Plus a few ganzo and firebirds. Been really really looking at this one. It'll be the most expensive knife I've bought yet. My bowie was like $55. Thank you for this video! 🫡
Yes indeed, the knife hobby is a slippery slope. I think you'll really like the Vision if you take the leap.
Great video! Just a thought for ya…if ya ever need your blades officially Rockwell scored so you can compare them with your portable machine, Peter’s Heat Treat, Inc. will test them for you. The price is $50 per dozen blades plus you pay the shipping there and back, but the blades have to be removed from the knife. Ya can’t send them the entire knife, just the blade. It’s really not too bad of a price. With that price, they’ll also put it on their analyzer to confirm it’s really the type of steel advertised. For instance they’ll tell you if it’s really M390 and they give you a certificate with the percentage of each metal in the blade as “proof” it is or isn’t M390. If you ever watch Luv Them Knives, it’s identical to that. If I’m not mistaken, Lee sends his knives in to Peter’s now. I’ve had many blades sent in and have never had a problem. It’s kinda of nice knowing how hard your blades are and if they are truly the steel they’re supposed to be.
Hey, that's great to know. I'm familiar with Pete's -- they seem to do the heat treating for many U.S. mid-techs -- but I didn't know they provided testing services.
AWESOME!!
Hey ho 3D! What is the Bess score for that out of interest? And can it do the same cross ways on the paper?
The BESS score using the test clips is 85g. That equates to about 100g using the roll filament. Definitely cannot do the same trick cutting the paper across the grain. You'd have to be below 50g to do that.
Excelente ✌✌
Got mine and love it but unfortunately I bought an extra set of scales and when trying to reverse the screw that holds the pocket clip it stripped. Now I can’t change the scales or even take it apart to clean. I feel like the screws are very shallow and do not grab very well.
Oh, bummer! I did mention that the screws are shallow at 3:44 in the video. Is it the screw that's stripped, or the hole? It does come with an extra set of hardware, so if it's the screw you can just switch it out. If not, I would contact Griffin and see if they can help.
It is just the screw need to buy a small extractor bit see if I can get it out it seems to be stuck in there pretty well.
@@rolandalanis1580 Good luck with it.
Great video and I really enjoyed your measured approach! If you’re interested in sending me these blades, in a well sealed envelope, I would be super interested in doing a live or unedited video to validate my tester. Edit: Obviously, I’ll open it “on air” And regarding certification of the indent tester: I couldn’t find test blocks better than +/- 5 HRC (!) and even these are $100 on Gringer catalog
I've found test blocks online that are certified to within 0.1 hrc, but they cost more than $300! I've seen them in the $125 range that are certified to +/- 2.5 hrc, which is pretty worthless. I was able to calibrate my machine so that the direct readings I'm getting are within .1-.2 hrc of Brian's readings, so I'm pretty happy with that. I'd be happy to send the blades to you, but I'd like to have them back when you're done with them. I think you can message me through YT?
@@BladeLabMiami I have my email address in the channel description. Off course I’ll send them back to you!
@@BladeLabMiamisorry, I don’t know how to message through YT. I was hoping that you could contact me via email so that I could share my mailing address with you.
Hey so im just making a new platen out of some magnetic plate steel I got from a scrap bin @ a local industrial metal supplier, does anyone know what size & thread pitch the bolts are that came with the toolcker's non-magnetic platen?
Congratulations for your new "toy".
Our only Strider dealer here in the UK has the SnG for £829 ($1000 usd) oof! I guess with duties customs that's around where they're at. I think getting em direct from Strider is the only way.
Wow! I'm actually surprised there is a Strider dealer there. They used to have a dealer network in the States, but now I believe 100% of their sales are through their website.
hi, I am interested in purchasing the product, I would like to purchase both the magnet and the vice, I saw that these new systems have a better scale of sharpening degrees compared to the old ones where you could only choose between 15 and 25, where can I buy exactly this product? I didn't find it on the site. Thank you.
Hi Marco. Unfortunately it looks like the company discontinued the unit that I reviewed shortly after I purchased it.
@@BladeLabMiamithe new professional 2 model is available for pre-order
I tried this knife in store. I didn't like the unlocking method (personally) but it did seem very strong. This knife is really awesome looking but the square edges of the g10 really suck. White g10 is cool because you can easily customise it by dying the scales. I prefer 14c28n or nitro V steel to the pretty damascus. I chose the Civivi / Ray Laconico sakoke - Better steel, better ergo, not as good blade shape, traditional locking method (front flip is awesome)
I like them both, but you definitely picked a winner with the Sokoke.
Speak up!
Did you find the volume too low? It seems fine on my end. My levels were actually clipping a bit.
$335 and they couldn't even include a reversible pocket clip? Giant L
They make a whole lefty model. Research before you comment. Humongous L 😂😂😂😂
@@Southernknife_addict Yes, you are a humongous L.
I don't want to spend 335$, plus shipping on a knife 😢. But I did .😅 Love it.❤ Fell in love with design. Got the green micarta scales and stone washed blade.
I have Griffin knives and Benchmade knives….my Griffin X and F series beat the benchmade by leaps and bounds… the steel and action out of the box are superior… there’s knife companies overpricing their product based upon the belief “American made” is best…. American manufacturing has been on a steady decline for years… I’m going to spend my money where I get value and quality. Griffin products offer both in my opinion….and I’m not dogging anyone with that mindset but expanding your view on some products can be beneficial
Reminds me of a Liong Mah design. I wish Reate OEM'ed
I'm a big fan of Reate, but it would probably cost $50 more if they OEM'd it, and I don't think the quality would be noticeably different.
Yeah Reate is my favorite OEM, I’ve had tons of knives made by them. Bestech however is a very close second, they’ve really stepped their game up and in some ways surpass Reate. Especially when it comes to plunge grinds, trust me you won’t be disappointed with the quality of this knife all the way around! 🔥🔪👍👊😎
It won’t let me respond so I’ll try this way. It is so hard with so much of our goods coming from over seas but at least in the knife world it’s easy. If it comes from china I won’t buy it. Just to clarify because I know someone is going to respond. I am by no means acting self righteous and I could care less how others spend their money. I just can’t do it! There are so many amazing American knife companies so I see no reason to support Chinese businesses that are actively hurting the American knife industry.
I totally get it, and I respect it. I'm just not willing to cut myself off from so many excellent knives. There's also the fact the designer is American, the blade steel is made in America, etc., so it's not like all the money is going overseas. There are certainly great all-American knife companies, but let's be real, some of them are not so great, and others are engaging in some price gouging.
ALL American made products are involved in price gouging.
I vote we call the blade a bellied tanto Bowie
I think you'd at least have to go with, "bellied compound ground recurve tanto bowie." Or just stick with, "whatever you call this." 😂
@@BladeLabMiami lol
link in description is malware
Thanks for the alert! I have no idea why that flag is coming up. That's the official company website. I removed the ".com" at the end and now the link goes to the website without any warnings -- at least on my browser. Please let me know if you still have issues.
@@BladeLabMiamithat fixed it thanks
Made by bestech so the answer is a resounding NO
Out of curiosity, is that because you object to any Chinese brand, or is it something specific to Bestech?