That was probably one of the best reviews I ve seen. Wow!!! Thanks for not being like so many others who act like comedians, always cracking jokes and being downright irritating. Just present like you just did and wow it would be so much better for them. Again awesome job. 👍👍👍
Been a knife nut since before 9/11 and the subsequent knife purge, some knife magazines went out of business. I subscribed to a magazine and was eager every month for the new information on new releases. Now I have your channel and It's like Christmas all year round. Thanks, solid job.
The CRKT Pilar III in D2 is another one that could be on this list. Excellent action and finally with decent (for the price) materials. Fit and finish are good too. Thanks for this
Awesome knives all around and CONGRATS ON 15K no one deserves it more than you, the energy and honesty that you put into every vid really shows and your passion for knives is really apparent. One the very few channels that I try to watch every vid. Love how you also help and teach this great community of fellow knife nuts all about knives. keep making sharp things fun and enjoyable.
Have you ever checked out Coast’s knives? I got an FX411 for Christmas back in 2017. It’s got a 4” blade, and it’s 9” overall. Steel frame lock with wood overlays to provide a palm swell. All of the dimensions of the blade strike a perfect balance between slicing or piercing and strength for harder use. No fidget factor in the thumb studs, but if I hold it in just the right place I can wrist flick it open effortlessly. The FX411 has been discontinued, but the FX412 is almost identical. Only difference in the 412 has no coating, and it comes with serrations.
I bought that very same Cabelas knife at BassPro. I used it for work and I cut about 50 plus cardboard Case a day. I tell you that knife holds a edge real well and it’s a work horse knife. I was not expecting that solid of a Cabelas knife.
I love the educational information in your videos. Also, the exposure to new knife brands. My son wants a new knife for Christmas in D2 instead of the "nasty 8cr13mov stainless". He's becoming a bit of a steel snob but he knows how to read the steel charts already and he's only 10
Love a good budget knife! It’s crazy how good of a knife we can get now a days under $50. Just an FYI but in cut tests Ontario’s Aus-8 preformed better than their D2 overall. Obviously a great example did much better but only one example had been found out of about 10 knives.
Yes but that test didn't count because Super Steel Steve can't really sharpen knives! You can tell just from looking ! Pete ( Cedric and Ada) made this test and had other results!
@@lionknives3 I have an Ontario Rat 1. All I have had to do to it to keep it sharp enough to shave is touch it up with a ceramic rod, it's very easy to sharpen. The Rat 1 comes out of the box sharp enough to shave.
I have that color on my Malaya. I have 4 feldspars 2 smalls and 2 larges. 1 large are the newer steel. Have a small D2 rat and a large aus8 assisted open rat 1. I like the miguron in a smaller blade size. I have 3 penguins a D2, S35VN & 154Cm. Loves those ellimentom, have 2 of them, D2 and S35VN.
I have a ganzo with the axis lock and its solid mens a spear point but love it. Seems like the bulk of my collection are budget knives I have the qsp penguin denim micarta I'm thinking of getting the copper 1 and forcing a shipwreck style patina
I'm sitting here re-watching a bunch of videos after the live stream and taking apart a few knives. Read this comment as I'm pulling the scales off a copper penguin that just showed up today. Lol 👍 I love a good patina on brass and copper too. Best wishes to ya'll!!!
I just got a Kubey KU331, I don't know that the 331 was out when this video was made, nor do I think it would have qualified for this vid as its about 60$, though it is for sure a quality budget knife. The 122 and the 321 I feel are both ganna go on as some of the best designs they offer
Love the list Jared! I have the Actium and it’s one of my most fidgety knives I have. And I have the FH11 that snaps out hard and very drop shutty! And if I could add a knife to the list it would be the Sitivien ST102!! Check it out sometime!
Benchmade must be pissed at Ganzo. I have the F756 and this Persian upswept thing that I later found out was also based on a Benchmade. They are surprisingly decent. Maybe make a video trying to thin out some well used knives to get more life out of them. The F756 might be good candidate, sacrificial lamb
Great video, great list, but I can't get behind the Gonzo knives. They have blatantly ripped off other knife designs, and I can't justify buying from them.
Thats ok i dont buy them anymore either, they have switched to only making there own designs an doing oem, but still sell there old models, but they are a great starting point for people to get the best bang for buck knives
Id if you've ever done a review on it, but the sog aegis fl continues to be the best knife ive ever purchased for the price. I got mine at walmart for like 20 bucks, it came super sharp and held its edge for a long time until i had to touch it up because i banged it on concrete like an idiot. Maybe i just got lucky and got the good one out of the batch but im certainly going to buy another one to keep as a backup when i get the chance
Yeah I actually love what sog has been doing lately, they have basically changed everything around and is doing great knives again since last year or so
@@russcagle6965 all 3 are amazing i think any one is great, its tough to say which one is the best, the 321 is the largest so it a full size blade the other 2 are more compact, honestly you could flip a coin
That's a 940 knockoff. If u like that stuff the land 912 is a sebenza clone. Stainless framelock in 12c. Around $25 on Amazon. Have a liner lock also but the steel 1 made me buy a real 1
I think Amazon sellers know you’re spurring interest in their products, note the increased traffic, and raise their prices according to the expected demand, LOL! Every single one of your knives mentioned here on Amazon has increased several bucks each. Not complaining, still excellent values, just saying I am easily amused. Edit. I spoke too soon. The civivi’s are unchanged. My bad.
@@NeevesKnives - I wouldn’t call Trump’s administration a bad one. His tariff war with China had unintentional consequences, causing chip shortages, product shortages, which will take years to normalize… if ever. Once prices rise, they seldom drop. I get that you Dems want to blame everything on Trump, but I believe Trumps reasoning was sound, he just didn’t think of what the unintended consequences might be.
No Bear Ops Rancor in S30V for $50? I know it's heavy, but not as heavy as a Buck 110. I have their Swipe lll too in 14C28N assisted open for those that want to pretend they have a switchblade. I bought the 3.625" blade one on sale from BHQ, but the 3.625 one is discontinued because Bear and Son didn't have it listed anymore. I sharpened a wicked edge on it, beggar opens fast.
@@masemasemasie This is not D2. D2 will not take a mirror finish off a buffing wheel, leaves an orange peel affect. This took a mirror polish easily. I had to also sharpen it back by about .001 to .002 because they sharpened it without coolant and it re-tempered the edge. A very common factory knife problem like 80/90%. No kidding it's why most factory edges, even good ones, don't last as long in cutting tests. But I digress, this knife may not be S30V according to you, but it is certainly not D2. I've made too many D2 knives not to know D2 when I polish and sharpen it. So where is the article or citation that proves an American company sold D2 instead of S30V? Because if that is a proven fact there are a lot of knife dealers and knife enthusiast vloggers, journalists and RUclipsrs that would like to know about it. I heard the rumor, which is why I polished part of the blade, looks nice. After hand sharpening two thousandths of an inch off it got harder fast. I've made S30V filet knives before I retired and while this certainly isn't HRC 61-62 it is around 59/60 hard and holds an edge like I'd expect S30V to do. Is it heavy? Yes, but while it is rough around the edges after I tweaked the pivot and put some light glue in it, it is certainly worth what Bear Ops ask for it, $85. It is not their fault BHQ or Knife Center sell it for $50. FYI it is a decent knife and I'd buy it again. Not all of Bear and Son knives are very good, I bought an over-ground Trapper in 1095 steel that looked like it had been used for 40 years and got sent back. I'd say they have some QC issues, but I seriously doubt they'd sub one steel for another.
I cring that he is still doing the running the fingers up the blade thing while having a Band-Aid and cuts on his hand from accidentally slicing himself.
I mean they just make a more affordable versions of knives specifically from Bench-Made. And they aren’t the only company that copies from other companies lol.
I wouldn't say it's a Benchmade knock off I've done a video comparing them and they are very different, yes the design is definitely a huge influence but they are not trying to act or pretend to be Benchmade, I don't care about influence I care about copyright
@@NeevesKnives I’m just trying to say that the concept of originality in the knife world is a very rare concept nowadays. I’m not saying this is a bad thing, I’m just saying that Ganzos not the only company that does this. They are a very good knife company actually and I really like their works. Even though a lot of people find Ganzo to be bad, I personally like that they are making affordable knives to get in to the hobby or to actually use without being scared of it breaking lol. Ganzo is a good budget quality knife company imo.
@@NeevesKnives lol , It’s all good , just goes to show how many good budget knives are out there , I just purchased the new Benchmade Bugout 535BK-4 with Aluminum handles and M390 blade steel , makes me second guess myself about spending 200+ dollars on a knife with all these good budgets around 🤷🏻♂️
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That was probably one of the best reviews I ve seen. Wow!!! Thanks for not being like so many others who act like comedians, always cracking jokes and being downright irritating. Just present like you just did and wow it would be so much better for them. Again awesome job. 👍👍👍
Thank you
Been a knife nut since before 9/11 and the subsequent knife purge, some knife magazines went out of business. I subscribed to a magazine and was eager every month for the new information on new releases. Now I have your channel and It's like Christmas all year round. Thanks, solid job.
Normally don't like budget vids. This was awesome like literally half these i would buy, really good choices you made. Thanks!
The CRKT Pilar III in D2 is another one that could be on this list. Excellent action and finally with decent (for the price) materials. Fit and finish are good too. Thanks for this
Awesome knives all around and CONGRATS ON 15K no one deserves it more than you, the energy and honesty that you put into every vid really shows and your passion for knives is really apparent. One the very few channels that I try to watch every vid. Love how you also help and teach this great community of fellow knife nuts all about knives. keep making sharp things fun and enjoyable.
Thank you Todd, and thank you for always commenting helping out Mt algorithm and such
I’m always surprised with CJRB designs. They look so refined and more expensive than they really are. Solid line up 👌🏽
Have you ever checked out Coast’s knives? I got an FX411 for Christmas back in 2017. It’s got a 4” blade, and it’s 9” overall. Steel frame lock with wood overlays to provide a palm swell. All of the dimensions of the blade strike a perfect balance between slicing or piercing and strength for harder use. No fidget factor in the thumb studs, but if I hold it in just the right place I can wrist flick it open effortlessly. The FX411 has been discontinued, but the FX412 is almost identical. Only difference in the 412 has no coating, and it comes with serrations.
No I don't think I've seen those, atleast I can't think of them off the top of my head but IL see if I can Google it to take a looksee
I know my dad has used and abused a bunch of Coast knives. I've have one with a second lock on the spine, pretty nice
Great presentation of knives. Not too long, not too short. You did a great job.
I bought that very same Cabelas knife at BassPro. I used it for work and I cut about 50 plus cardboard Case a day. I tell you that knife holds a edge real well and it’s a work horse knife. I was not expecting that solid of a Cabelas knife.
Yeah it was a surprise for sure
I don’t have to buy knife magazines to figure out what I want next. I’ve got your channel. Thanks!
Absolutely 👊
The KU122 is a pretty sick little knife I got it in the black coated blade with tan g10 😁
Nice! Yeah those black coated ones look pretty slick
Love your budget reviews, keep them coming. Thanks for all you do
I love the educational information in your videos. Also, the exposure to new knife brands. My son wants a new knife for Christmas in D2 instead of the "nasty 8cr13mov stainless". He's becoming a bit of a steel snob but he knows how to read the steel charts already and he's only 10
That Kubey Carve is awesome.... I'd love one of those in all black. 😍🖤
Love a good budget knife! It’s crazy how good of a knife we can get now a days under $50. Just an FYI but in cut tests Ontario’s Aus-8 preformed better than their D2 overall. Obviously a great example did much better but only one example had been found out of about 10 knives.
Yes but that test didn't count because Super Steel Steve can't really sharpen knives! You can tell just from looking ! Pete ( Cedric and Ada) made this test and had other results!
@@lionknives3 I was talking about outpost76’s testing.
@@lionknives3 I have an Ontario Rat 1. All I have had to do to it to keep it sharp enough to shave is touch it up with a ceramic rod, it's very easy to sharpen. The Rat 1 comes out of the box sharp enough to shave.
I have that color on my Malaya. I have 4 feldspars 2 smalls and 2 larges. 1 large are the newer steel. Have a small D2 rat and a large aus8 assisted open rat 1. I like the miguron in a smaller blade size. I have 3 penguins a D2, S35VN & 154Cm. Loves those ellimentom, have 2 of them, D2 and S35VN.
Very nice list. What do you like best between the Kubey ku122 and the Miguron Velona?
Glad to see the Velona here!
Ganzo Fh series are stupid smooth! And Their D2 is from another world!
I have a ganzo with the axis lock and its solid mens a spear point but love it. Seems like the bulk of my collection are budget knives I have the qsp penguin denim micarta I'm thinking of getting the copper 1 and forcing a shipwreck style patina
Yeah I love the forced patina on copper, if you watched my Kizer deviant review I show myself doing a couple items
I'm sitting here re-watching a bunch of videos after the live stream and taking apart a few knives. Read this comment as I'm pulling the scales off a copper penguin that just showed up today. Lol 👍 I love a good patina on brass and copper too. Best wishes to ya'll!!!
in my country kizer lan is £90 and the gnazo FH11 is £36. is the Lan way better than the Ganzo or just a little bit better?
It's so good it's stupid!
Well said Brother
I just got a Kubey KU331, I don't know that the 331 was out when this video was made, nor do I think it would have qualified for this vid as its about 60$, though it is for sure a quality budget knife. The 122 and the 321 I feel are both ganna go on as some of the best designs they offer
Yeah Kubey is doing a great job all around but Killin it on these budget blades
Love the list Jared! I have the Actium and it’s one of my most fidgety knives I have. And I have the FH11 that snaps out hard and very drop shutty! And if I could add a knife to the list it would be the Sitivien ST102!! Check it out sometime!
Awesome yeah IL check that one out
I love a tanto blade, I’m thinking that kubey carve will soon be mine
Benchmade must be pissed at Ganzo. I have the F756 and this Persian upswept thing that I later found out was also based on a Benchmade. They are surprisingly decent. Maybe make a video trying to thin out some well used knives to get more life out of them. The F756 might be good candidate, sacrificial lamb
I love my purple-black Actium to death. In fact I may need another one in a different color just to have it.
The ergos are really nice, ya said that about 10 times for every knife??!!!
Because it's important, so they have to have great qualities and people actually looking into buying a tool cares about that
Great video, great list, but I can't get behind the Gonzo knives. They have blatantly ripped off other knife designs, and I can't justify buying from them.
Thats ok i dont buy them anymore either, they have switched to only making there own designs an doing oem, but still sell there old models, but they are a great starting point for people to get the best bang for buck knives
I'm eyeballing the Kubey Ku158, looks like a nice $40 price range knife...
Maileah is a Great looking knife 🔥🔥🔥
Fantastic video, love the content!
Id if you've ever done a review on it, but the sog aegis fl continues to be the best knife ive ever purchased for the price. I got mine at walmart for like 20 bucks, it came super sharp and held its edge for a long time until i had to touch it up because i banged it on concrete like an idiot. Maybe i just got lucky and got the good one out of the batch but im certainly going to buy another one to keep as a backup when i get the chance
Yeah I actually love what sog has been doing lately, they have basically changed everything around and is doing great knives again since last year or so
Most of my collection are budgets and I have most of your list. I am liking those new Kubey's! ✌️
Russ these new Kubeys are crazy good!
@@NeevesKnives I'm gonna need to pick one up. The leaf shaped blade looks the best to me. Which would you recommend?
@@russcagle6965 all 3 are amazing i think any one is great, its tough to say which one is the best, the 321 is the largest so it a full size blade the other 2 are more compact, honestly you could flip a coin
Great review, Thanks!!
That's a 940 knockoff. If u like that stuff the land 912 is a sebenza clone. Stainless framelock in 12c. Around $25 on Amazon. Have a liner lock also but the steel 1 made me buy a real 1
The Ganzo F756 looks like benchmade Osborne 940😊
$20 for the Cabelas nice!!!
Yeah I think the price is a bit higher now, not much though
get a victorinox pioneer. best knife i’ve ever owned. super strong too, i’ve really beat on it at work and it still works like i just bought it.
So beside Civivi, We-knives also makes Sencut?
Yes that's their most affordable then civivi then we knives in price range
Great video
Keep em pumpin
man i love your reviews bud you don't play around talking to much i love it bud to the point cool my kind of guy lol lol
👊
Great budget video brother.
I think Amazon sellers know you’re spurring interest in their products, note the increased traffic, and raise their prices according to the expected demand, LOL! Every single one of your knives mentioned here on Amazon has increased several bucks each. Not complaining, still excellent values, just saying I am easily amused.
Edit. I spoke too soon. The civivi’s are unchanged. My bad.
That's called inflation from bad administration everything has gone up, fuel, lumber, food, exc..
@@NeevesKnives - I wouldn’t call Trump’s administration a bad one. His tariff war with China had unintentional consequences, causing chip shortages, product shortages, which will take years to normalize… if ever. Once prices rise, they seldom drop. I get that you Dems want to blame everything on Trump, but I believe Trumps reasoning was sound, he just didn’t think of what the unintended consequences might be.
Is that a modified blade profile on your Civivi Elementum?
Nope factory
No Bear Ops Rancor in S30V for $50? I know it's heavy, but not as heavy as a Buck 110. I have their Swipe lll too in 14C28N assisted open for those that want to pretend they have a switchblade. I bought the 3.625" blade one on sale from BHQ, but the 3.625 one is discontinued because Bear and Son didn't have it listed anymore. I sharpened a wicked edge on it, beggar opens fast.
There was a test proving that the steel on the rancor was not s30v but d2.
@@masemasemasie This is not D2. D2 will not take a mirror finish off a buffing wheel, leaves an orange peel affect. This took a mirror polish easily. I had to also sharpen it back by about .001 to .002 because they sharpened it without coolant and it re-tempered the edge. A very common factory knife problem like 80/90%. No kidding it's why most factory edges, even good ones, don't last as long in cutting tests. But I digress, this knife may not be S30V according to you, but it is certainly not D2. I've made too many D2 knives not to know D2 when I polish and sharpen it.
So where is the article or citation that proves an American company sold D2 instead of S30V? Because if that is a proven fact there are a lot of knife dealers and knife enthusiast vloggers, journalists and RUclipsrs that would like to know about it.
I heard the rumor, which is why I polished part of the blade, looks nice. After hand sharpening two thousandths of an inch off it got harder fast. I've made S30V filet knives before I retired and while this certainly isn't HRC 61-62 it is around 59/60 hard and holds an edge like I'd expect S30V to do.
Is it heavy? Yes, but while it is rough around the edges after I tweaked the pivot and put some light glue in it, it is certainly worth what Bear Ops ask for it, $85. It is not their fault BHQ or Knife Center sell it for $50. FYI it is a decent knife and I'd buy it again.
Not all of Bear and Son knives are very good, I bought an over-ground Trapper in 1095 steel that looked like it had been used for 40 years and got sent back. I'd say they have some QC issues, but I seriously doubt they'd sub one steel for another.
Good stuff.
No Opinel 9?
Great vid. I think it's funny you fingers are covered in scars and a bandaid
😆 hey do you trust a knife guy with office hands on how good a knife is??
What would be your top 3 of these knifes??
Oo that's tough because the new kubey knives are incredible, the picaro, elementum, actium, I know that's 6 but hey 3 is tough
@@NeevesKnives 👊🏽 I was gonna say top 5 but I’m not trying to make it easy for you 😂 bang!!💥
I'd call the warwolf a harpoon blade...
I want to see Gloves... I got grip Max ..I use thin cut resistant protection
But then I wouldn't have so many cuts
@@NeevesKnives you may keep your fingers in one piece.. Knife Art😉😁👍
Lol, did you get into a boxing match with a cat or something? You got like 20 cuts on your hands. Great vid btw!
You'll understand the more you fidget/sharpen/play with knives
Yeah my hands are not shy to get er done
How did you tune Detent on miguron
Watch the review i show exactly how i do it
Bang!!!💥
That ganzo with the axis lock is a straight up clone.
Clone would mean they are trying to pretend to be another knife, counterfeit, they clearly have their brand and logos
@@NeevesKnives either way the design is stolen and the "axis lock" is trademarked even if the patent on the mechanism ran out.
@@Cadwallader38 absolutely
If benchmade dropped their ridiculous prices more people could buy them
@@GG-ml3vr their prices are just fine, and that doesn't justify stealing.
Good.....
Man you need to be careful your hands look beat up from playing with the hardware 🤣
Man hands
Price Brazil ?
The most expensive knife I own is Spyderco para 3 lightweight, I live in the budget knife zone.
Ain't nothing wrong with that
you sell to Brazil ?
I DONT SELL KNIVES
Neeves with the booboo sticker
☹🥺😢😭
If you fidget with knives all day and you aren't covered in knicks and bandaids, then your knives are probably dull.
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I cring that he is still doing the running the fingers up the blade thing while having a Band-Aid and cuts on his hand from accidentally slicing himself.
Hmmm i wonder where this guy got all these cuts on his fingers?
🤔
Ganzo f756 aka 940 Osborne wannabe...
Less smudges brother
Hey! I'm trying ova hear.
I need to stop watching your videos. My gf is going to wonder where all these knives are coming from.
😆
Not a fan of folders.
Stop slicing up your hands bro. :)
Well maybe you trust a reviewer that says he's testing hundreds of knives with his office hands 👊
@@NeevesKnives EXACTLY. That's his resume. Would you want a mechanic with girly soft hands? Or a carpenter...etc.
?One? Knife not made in chinastan...
Don't support ganzo, that knife is a blatant 940 ripoff. Many of their knives are clones.
I mean they just make a more affordable versions of knives specifically from Bench-Made. And they aren’t the only company that copies from other companies lol.
I wouldn't say it's a Benchmade knock off I've done a video comparing them and they are very different, yes the design is definitely a huge influence but they are not trying to act or pretend to be Benchmade, I don't care about influence I care about copyright
@@NeevesKnives I’m just trying to say that the concept of originality in the knife world is a very rare concept nowadays. I’m not saying this is a bad thing, I’m just saying that Ganzos not the only company that does this. They are a very good knife company actually and I really like their works. Even though a lot of people find Ganzo to be bad, I personally like that they are making affordable knives to get in to the hobby or to actually use without being scared of it breaking lol. Ganzo is a good budget quality knife company imo.
@@setsunaimpacto8713 "They are not the only company that steals designs. That makes it okay!" What am I hearing right now?
@@NeevesKnives I don't know man. Ripping an entire design and changing a couple things is pretty scummy. It's not just influence.
That’s some nice budget knives thanks for sharing , But I can’t believe the Honey Badger med isn’t on this list 🥲
Damnit i knew i was missing something
@@NeevesKnives lol , It’s all good , just goes to show how many good budget knives are out there , I just purchased the new Benchmade Bugout 535BK-4 with Aluminum handles and M390 blade steel , makes me second guess myself about spending 200+ dollars on a knife with all these good budgets around 🤷🏻♂️
Great video