How This $10 Knife Compares to the Benchmade Bugout
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What doesn't feel right is Benchmade selling their basic knives for 200-500.
I own 25 - 30 Benchmades. I started collecting in the early 1990's. The Claymore is the last BM I'll buy until they come back to earth on their prices. It's gone from paying a price for a quality product to getting ripped off for a brand name. I can't support them anymore at these prices...
The Presidio II might be the only Benchmade that feels like an acceptable buy, and it still feels a little steep. Heck of a knife, though.
Theyre all overpriced but the Osborne and rhe bailout for me r the best edc knives I've ever had the pleasure of owning. I do get nervous at times depending on the task and that's crap for a tool that pricey
Sure it does their greedy conglomerates
Boycott benchmade they are to greedy
What this Ozark and Benchmade comparison proved to me is that I can buy the ozark and save 170 dollars.
Hell Buy 5 of them
Or 15
Exactly!!!
@@evnrayashthat’s what I did ha
You are better off buying Ozark or even 5. I collect Benchmade Bugout,s in different colors, I must be crazy. In retrospect I think Benchmade Bugout,s are way overrated. $50 would be fairer. Benchmade is ripping you off.
If anything, it shows that a decent knife CAN be made, at a production level, at a price point that is decent
And affordable by the customer
Price point that is decent? $10 is only decent? What is good? .01 cents?
It’s likely this is either a loss leader, or Walmart got a really good price with a slim markup for the manufacturer because they have ordered them in such huge volumes. It’s good news for normal folks who want a good knife, it’s really bad news for most knife companies that don’t either sell other products to make up for a loss leader or that don’t sell enough to survive on thin margins. That being said, the price for the bugout is insane for what it is, it’s kind inevitable that this would happen to them with how much they have not innovated since and how much they have raised prices.
@@treyhaynes6172 what's not decent is a $200 knife breaking at the handle....
@@michaelelliott330 what's worse is the materials and production cost of that $200 knife. Its like, $30-40. And 80% of that cost, is the steel.
OT struggles on the cardboard = pained look to camera and "oh this is dull"
Bugout struggles with the cardboard = "part of the problem is this cardboard".
Seriously this comparison doesn’t seem unbiased. He is totally half assing it when he cuts the paper with the OT and trying hella hard with the BM trying to make it seem better. After that test alone I could tell which one he wanted to seem better. After that he goes full force on the staple with the OT and rocks the BM. When he cracks the tip on the OT u can hear how hard he stabbed it, (deeper penetration = more wood to move) on the BM he limp wristed it. Pretty sure BM warranty is not going to be better or more convent then buying 18 OT and throwing them away when they break.
Paper cut test after the cardboard he definitely sliced faster with the benchmade. Went slower with the Ozark which will make it hang on the paper more. They both seemed dull. I own a bugout but just seeing this makes me feel like the rest of the video will be slightly biased as well.
I felt this on that test as well, but if you watch the video all the way through you can see him start to change his bias a little. It'd be difficult not to hold bias for a $180 knife over a $10 knife when you are holding both in your hands. The video def convinced me that I won't be buying a bugout. I def will go pick up an OT for $10 when they are back in stock one day.
@@this_is_an_outrage Feel like it is knife industry bias. He doesn’t want to admit that the China D2 is a far better value. BM being grossly overpriced is not a surprise to anyone who has been around knives for more than a day. The 180$ knife breaking in half even though it had a softer plastic was the biggest surprise.
They should have gotten someone else to do the test who doesn't know the price differences
Let’s be real the only reason any of us uses a knife is to open the box of the new knife we ordered
It's not how Ozark Trail can made this a $10 knife. Harbor Fright can do it too. It is how these band name knife companies can make you believe their knife worth 18 times the money and still worth it?
Paying for brand names
@@pokeba3299 a lot of the high price point with brand name knives comes from the type of steel that is used for the blade and the difficulty and amount of time that is required to produce it. And then a lot of added price can come from the material used any handle which titanium and other metals will obviously inflate cost pretty quickly. There's a reason that brand name knives become brand name knives and it's because they are higher quality blades. With that being said I'd rather throw $170 into a slot machine and try my luck then pay that kind of money for a freaking knife because anything I need a knife to be that strong for I can just use the proper tool for instead of breaking my knife. I'm not prying shit out with my knife I'll just use a screwdriver or something. I'll be damned if I'm turning my knife into $170 pry tool which is about the only major difference I saw in the 2 blades. The most expensive knife I ever bought was $15 and I spent the next few hours feeling like I just threw money away for nothing.
We're suckers.
I picked a $12 Doyle hawk bill from harbor freight and it’s been great. And if it breaks o don’t have to worry about an easy replacement.
Paying for the name and the steel. "Butterfly tax" lol every Benchmade I've ever bought was pretty dull... but once I put my edge on them, they were pretty good
If these two knives are even in the same stratosphere then that is a win for the Ozark. 18 times the cost is crazy. We're not talking about three times the cost or five times the cost, 18 times!
Price to performance Ozark Trail clear winner.
I agree 100%
That's how I see it
"If you need something that's cheaper and want to run to the store every time it breaks,..." 🤣 While the most expensive knife was the only one that broke beyond repair.
Running to the store to pick up another one is much more convenient then dealing with warranty service of the $180 knife. Id happily save the extra cost of the Benchmade and just buy two Ozark Trails and have one on hand and replace the broken one next time I'm heading to the store.
Now send it back to Benchmade for Warranty 😂
As an owner of the ozark trail, I fully endorse it. For the money, and for what the majority of us use our knives for, it’s perfectly fine.
I really hope the rest of the industry takes up the challenge the Ozark has set. We need a shake up.
This wasn't fair, you need to test 18 Ozark knives against just the 1 Benchmade. 😂😂 😂
😅 Next video
Or 1/18th of a bugout...
@@disposablehero4911 Bruh 😮
I know you're trying to keep good relations with Benchmade but damn you had to go a long way to try and give some positive look to them a 10-dollar knife competing with them is not good for bench made no matter how you spin it.
I personally just cannot justify spending $180 on a pocket knife for any reason. I'd rather buy the $10 Ozark and spend the other $170 on a real nice flashlight and some hot wings for lunch
Wings have gotten expensive too.. wtf. Hahaha
@@FrankToThePoint exactly. That's why I gotta use my personal savings if I wanna treat myself to a wing meal. Damn near birthday type of meal these days
Like me and fry pans, get 20 cheap ones 😂
Restaurants are psycho... Often times charging $2+ per wing. Freaking ridiculous. Should be $0.25 and $0.50 should be the overpriced places
40% more edge retention over already plenty enough edge retention does not cost extra $170 to me. This video just proves how much the bugout should actually cost - a solid $14.99 lmao.
Lol it probably costs them that much to make it at this point .
Do I like knives? Absolutely. Do I like expensive knives? Sure.
Do I have a $10 ozark trail and wish I had bought a couple more? Also yes lol
99% of people could stop watching at 6min. Realizing they wasted a bunch of money. 😂
well, the carboeard test is crude at best, I won’t be overly surprised with any result.
I bought my bugout about 4 years ago for about $110 with a first responder discount. I thought that was a lot back then. $180 seems crazy for a pocket knife.
corporate greed
I bought the same deal. I refuse to use a pocket clip. I carry my knives inside my pocket. I really liked the Bugout. Except dimes and pennies would work themselves into the knife making it impossible to flip open without picking the change out first. I even contacted Benchmade and offered to pay to have extra spacers put in to eliminate the problem. They dismissed me in short order. I haven't carried it since.
@jibb1es
I don't begrudge Benchmade at all for their pricing. Businesses are in business to make a profit for their owners / shareholders. They can do that by selling $10 items, $100 items, $1,000 items, etc.
@@keithbrookshire It's not just the trying to profit, it's about them trying to act like the knife is worth $180...It isn't. You might as well go and buy a bunch of those Coolinah kitchen knives or whatever brand it is. They are selling rebranded drop shipped knives for 10x the dropship cost and acting like they are worth the cost. They are just trying to profit and make money for their shareholders too.
No matter how you look at it, it's corporate greed. We made a million off our product? Next year we need to make it 2 million. The price of goods went up? Not only do we need to raise the price to accommodate that, but we need to add more profit margin into it at the same time.
Agreed 🫡
Yeah bought mine about same time range ago for $110. Worth it back then but wouldn’t dream of spending $180 on a pocket knife. That’s more than a 50% price increase
The point is benchmade is overcharging for knives that Walmart can compete with at a fraction of the price. I can only imagine if they made 3x better and 3x the cost you’d still buy 6 of them for every one bugout.
These are the kind of videos I appreciate. The majority of us can't afford $300 - $500+.
This is where we can buy a good product without taking out a loan.
no lie, man
I mean, to have 5 of these Ozark Trails laying around is nothing to complain about. Also a knife that you could loan to someone and never feel bad about not getting back. I’m impressed. I still think the Iridium is the perfect middle ground here, but wow, for 10 bucks what more can you ask for.
Two words - eye protection. You only get two friend. Bending those knifes in half was a gutsy move.
My thoughts exactly!
Kull “the knife Crusher” Martin… the subscribers are the real winners
But the Ozark trail is the winner for the simple fact it is being compared to an Icon
You should do a series to find out where your money becomes just buying the name instead of the quality. You could do it with everything EDC for a super series. Kinda like buying a 100% cotton T shirt for $300 because it has Gucci instead of a $10 one at Wally World.
Yall are forgetting the main reason these knives are priced the way they are. One built in USA one built in China.
Yes good knives can be built unexpensively.
Just have to pay the labor. That's the difference
LoL no. There are better USA made options than the dogshit bugout
Glad i picked up 10 of these Ozark Trail knifes when i had the chance at my small town Walmart - 5 for gifting and 5 just to keep around. never paying 180-200 bucks for a benchmade when a way cheaper knife is 90% as capable and reliable. I am not using it to ply stuff with and certainly not dropping it from 20 feet in the air. Just a good old pocket knife and take down cardboard boxes with without all the constant re-sharpening. Loved the the torture test and video!
Yes, the steel is softer and the tip broke. But after all that destruction, which knife could you grab and keep driving forward?
A good knife and quality is around 50-100$. If you're spending over that for a knife, it's likely luxury appeal.
I was putting some downward force on my Bugout while cutting and it snapped exactly the way yours did.
Wow, even though some tests seemed to be biased in favor of the bugout, the trail come out on top for me. And that for an eighteenth of the price. Really glad I didn't buy a bugout when I was looking for a new knife :)
Thanks for the video!
Right now I'm carrying the new Walmart knife at work.
My thoughts are buy the Ozark Trail when they're in stock if you just want to outfit a few bags with a designated knife and not worry about it. Also good for a vehicle kit knife.
The comparison is not that you go back to the store every time you break it and buy another one, say up to 18 times. The real advantage is that you can buy three or four of them and "sprinkle" them around the places were you may use them, i.e. the shop, garage, shed, car, etc. And still spend less. So effectively, they are lasting longer since they are not used as much per knife. I did this sort of thing when I got a good deal on fixed blade sheath knives for $2 each. Rubber handle, plastic sheath. But they were so cheap I bought 2 dozen of them. I gave one to each boy in our Boy Scout troop and each of my kids, then distributed the rest around my house, cabin, several bug out bags, etc. The thing that surprised me the most is that there is decent steel on it and it take and holds a shaving edge, which I never expected. Haven't broke a single one in nearly 10 years.
It doesn't hurt so much when you loose a cheap knive either by breaking it or really loose it. That's a big advantage. I lost a SOG multitool on a campingholiday once and I hated that. I think some one in Norway had a great day when he found it. Or it ruined a lawnmower because it must have fallen in the grass somewhere, I still hate it when I loose or break something, but please let it be a cheaper variant then.
If you’re going to do the stab test, I would secure it to a piece of dimensional lumber to provide the initial hit; if the blade lock fails, you could be badly injured. A 2x4 the length of your forearm would be fine. Drill a hole to nest the handle inside and wedge it in place
I agree. I cringed at this test scares the lock would fail
Safety Glasses
I understand that for a lot of people EDC turned into collecting expensive toys, but I wouldn't pay over $100 for a knife, especially cuz that usually makes people not even use the darn thing to avoid damaging it.
That is the problem I have with it. I don't have such expensive knives, I have some very old Victorinox and Wenger knives and a Leatherman PST 2 bought for like 30 Euro secondhand like 15 or 20 years ago. I like knives a lot of the looks, just like I like watches because of the looks. I always have the fear for damaging or loss especcially in uncommon situations. I use it on camping or with some "quick cuts or repairs" around the house.
It could very well be that if i buy such expensive type of gear, I would probably buy such cheap "copy" to do the real work with it. Then the question comes up. Did it make sense to buy the expensive one or was it only a wannahave?
Or would it be better to buy a rather cheap knive and such small prybar, which is what you really should use on these staples instead of a knive?
Safe queen.
I carry a microtech stitch every day without worry.
I've spent way more than 300 on an edc blade . And it's my favourite carry. And no I'm not made of money I drive a school bus . Just like my socket set was 250 . Reliable tools make a world of difference.
@davidheath2427 yeah I'm not made of money either. If you carry and use it every day it justifies spending more.
Goes to show they are quite comparable, though. And that you can buy a knife that will hold up well for a low price.
Definitely wasn't expecting the bugout to snap. I feel like everyone who has a bugout has thought, hmm i wonder how hard it would be to snap it!
Pretty interesting seeing the tests and fun! Thanks for doing that!
This knife just shows that most knife makers are pretty much ripping you off.
The benchmade im sure is soooo mich better but the price point is too high. Especially when you have to choose between a oil change, a bag of groceries, or something fun.
WE NEED MORE TORTURE TEST VIDEOS!!!!! Enjoyed the Knafs lander one... like a decade ago lol
I second this
Also, I believe yall did a great way of testing it. Testing it more at random is better imo. "Real world scenarios" we don't want to see a scientific test. We want to see what would happen on a day to day basis. Or at least I do 🤙🏻
Don’t get me wrong I love my Benchmade I purchased some 20+ years ago and carried till it literally wore out. I carried for at least 10 years. However I love this new OT $10 knife. I own many pocket and straight blade knives like the rest of you. I like the weight, the blade strength, and I am not worried about losing it or breaking it. Yes it’s a much thinner blade. I am learning from your tests what not to do with my knives. Your videos are always excellent. It hurts to watch them getting destroyed. I heard the OT can cut cardboard for 7 hrs. The OT won this one for not breaking at the liner.
I'd buy the Ozark.
For an everyday camping knife or something I'd leave in my car.
Great value. 😊
Just imagine how much crazier it would had been if this Ozark had dropped in Army Green!!
Literally have not been able to find the ozark in srock anywhere since youtubers started talking about it
Came into stock today online for a short time. I ordered 4 to get the free shipping threshold.
At the end of the video he should have chucked the OT into the woods and slapped down a brand new one, along with $160, next to the busted Bugout and said, "so at the end of this comparison test, this is what we are left with."
Gonna be honest, after my week of carrying it, I don't think the bugout is 18 times better than the Ozark trail.
Were they out of stock everywhere before you made this video? Lol
Glad you compared them!
I know the Ozark is gonna not be great but this proves that Benchmade charges to much the blade material is great but the handle is cheaply made when you consider what they charge for their knives. Thanks for sharing brother 🤙
One of my oldest friends just gave me one of these Wal-Mart Holy Grail knives - & he knows my last 3 knives that I purchased were all in the $300 range - but I'm actually very impressed with it so far. I wish it wasn't hollow ground but that and the plastic handle scales are my only gripes. The Axis style lock is actually quite smooth. I'm liking it!!!
I just ordered mine and am planning on 3d printing some scales to experiment with it
Great comparison! That Ozark knife performance was much better than expected. Looks to be a great cheap beater knife.
These tests are painful to watch!
I just checked eBay; people are trying to sell the Ozark Trail from $25-$35.
The Byrd Meadowlark is similar to this 10$ blade, but the Byrd is definitely slightly tougher steel wise and the handle is definitely better.
There’s never going to be a time when a $180 knife is going to be worth 18x a $10 knife regardless of how either of them are made. The weird thing here was that the pricey knife kinda sucked.
The ones I’ve seen in person developed pivot wobble (the only to describe it, it has play in 3 different directions) and damage on the lock bar after a couple weeks of moderate use.
You can get something (preferably in 14c28n instead of d2) from ruike, qsp, civivi/sencut, onatario, etc for 30-50 bucks that will actually last. That bracket of knives is really as low as is sensible to go.
Watching this I now know I don’t need a bugout or likely even a high dollar folder. The OT held up well doing harsher things than I would ever do to a knife.
I have the bugout and 2 of the Ozark trail. Love them both. Use the bugout as my EDC. One Ozark trail use at the house. Second is a backup. Going to buy as many Ozark trail as I can get. 3rd is on the way arriving tomorrow. Will probably get a few more when available. Both are very good knifes. The bugout is way more expensive. But I still love it.
It's not that hard to understand how a huge company like Ozark Trail. Can make such an affordable knife. Considering out of 100 or so products that Ozark Trail makes. That knife is like 1% of their products . I just read something that said Ozark Trail has 2.6 billion in annual sales. That's a monster company.
I'm not saying it's fully justified, but lifetime warranty and american wages are built into the Benchmade price.
I ordered a Bugout a few years ago and when I got it I thought it felt extremely cheap for what it cost. Ended up returning it. Even with a government discount I think Benchmade is way overpriced.
$10 vs. $180. I'll keep my Ozark Trail D2. The Bugout gets to remain on the store shelf.
At the end of the day I’m just opening packages, food, and mail. I upgraded from my cheap paraframe to the cheap Ozark. It’s a solid/fun knife that cost me just under $10. Win win.
I have several of this OT and will buy more for bags, vehicles, and give away knives. It’s a very good knife for the money and has a value far above the price tag.
I’m happy to see all the buzz about an inexpensive but very good knife. In a time where inflation is affecting all aspects of our lives, let’s hope these companies keep flooding the market with other good knives with a deflated price tag.
Y'all should do this test with the $10 Walmart knife and something like a Civivi Paraxis or a sencut That's in like the $30 to $40 range against this knife. I mean, we know that the better knife isn't going to be four times better like it cost four times more but just to show that the better knife is the better knife.
I carry walmart blades most of the time especially those 5-7 dollar ones. I just keep a small sharpener in my bag. They are cheap, I can lose them, I can trash them at my work, drop them, cut whatever and hurt the blade. Once they eventually die I just get a new one. It's also a great way to try out different styles.
It might have already been said, but.....at $10.00, you could just go buy another one, each time your current OT knife got dull....... Save buying that WorkSharp, and....save that time, actually sharpening the blade.
Most young people can’t sharpen a knife by hand with a stone
@michaelbuckner5374 70% or more of people just buy new knives instead of learning how to sharpen them.
So far mine has been holding i finally found a knife i’m not afraid to abuse it can really take punishment
I remember having like 5 kudus from cold steel. Same price point, ok lock. I used it on everything. I love cheap good knives. It makes me want to use them
There was a bunch at my Walmart so I picked one up, best $10 beater knife out of the box
How does China sell things for so cheap? They don't pay their labor well, the government subsidizes basically anything they want to strategically compete against US companies.
I got a Bugout as a gift from my brother about a year ago. It’s been great and I’ve carried it everyday since. I do plenty of cutting with it but never any prying. I also carry a Victorinox Pioneer that is my go to for most work (Probably my favorite knife to be honest).
I love my Bugout but when pocket knives start to cost as much as handguns, we need to pause. Benchmade Narrows or Gen 5 Glock 19?
I have a few benchmade knives and I'm really happy with them. I have to cut a lot of cardboard everyday since I deliver for a big furniture company. I was sharpening my expensive knives all the time, so I decided to get a cheaper knife. I started with the Icon from Harbor Freight and couldn't have been more disappointed with this knife. The edge chipped on the very first day of use and was dull every day. Next I bought the Covalent from Kershaw and I was happy with it until I discovered the Ozark Trail. I have been using it for 2 weeks and it is exactly what I have been looking for= Good, nice and cheap.
I could see how it became embarrassing to the bugout how a $10 knife was just as good. The Ozark trail knife reveals just how much people pays for just a name.
Every now and then I still carry a kershaw skyline i bought at Walmart for about $30.
14c28, g10, hollow grind, made in USA. Glad i gave up chasing knives years ago, it’s gotten crazy out there.
Tbh more disappointed in bugout than impressed with Ozark.
I am in need of a reblade on my bugout if you wanted to give away that blade. Never hurts to ask
I have beaten the crap out of Ozark trails first iteration of a liner lock for 5 bucks. I even cut shingles with it and still got the edge back.
Come on. You can’t honestly say that you don’t know if the Bugout is 18 times better. And there is a right and wrong answer. The Bugout is not 18 times better than anything. The Ozark is pretty close in quality. Im guessing you were influenced by getting the knife free from Benchmark. Which do I like better? The Ozark.
No one was influenced by anything. You think if we had been “influenced” I would’ve snapped a Benchmade in half? 🤡
@@BestDamnEDC Calling it as I saw it. It’s not credible to say that there is no right or wrong answer on which is the better value. A $10 knife was at the very least just slightly less good than a $180 knife that you broke in half with your hands. I think even Benchmark would agree that the Ozark is a better value. Indeed, the Ozark might be the best value in the entire world of pocket knives. Indeed, that would be a great video. What comes the closest to topping the Ozark in the best value category? Bob Bell signing off.
Re: Destroying expensive stuff to test it. - I have worked in testing laboratories and in QC for many different products. Body bags to tractors. One thing I did a LOT of was FEd certification of emegency vehicles ( FED KKK 1822 look it up). I would take a $500,000 ambulance. Bake it, freeze it, rip the interior apart with winches, crush it with water tanks on the roof. ANd then if it was still up to it. Overload it with sandbags and take to the N. Ga. mountains and run them at high speed through mountain logging roads & through rivers. Bring them back in pieces. Sometimes on a tow truck. And then charge the builder $25.000.00 whether it failed of passed.. I guess you just get used to it.😄
Honestly it's crazy value for only $10. This is a "stick it in your truck and forget about it" knife for sure.
Sitting here watching this with a knock off Shaman in my pocket. Basically it's a choice for us the consumer or more a test of loyalty at a cost. I don't have a bunch of money but I love knives and as a very proud American will celebrate my right to choose where I shop. I would die defending those rights. Don't look down your nose at me for supporting someone making a better product for the money. Our knife makers are still the best and I'm confident our folks will step up to the challenge.
So... Who is stabbing anything and prying the tip to see how far they can bend their knife? Even if the tip of my knife bends or breaks i can still cut with it... The handle breaking... THAT IS A CRITICAL FAILURE THOUGH! So $200 for a handle that can snap in 2, is a knife that isn't worth the money!
Also you didn't say anything when the bugout clearly struggled through the cardboard or the hose, you blamed the cardboard and then went silent on the hose! We can see you bud... Put your phone in your back pocket! 😅
Going with OT. It took some abuse. Plus for $10, you can get another one or save up for a knife you really want. Glad to see this type of video.
As a person that owns both of these knives, I can the say ozark knife is my work knife coz i dont care if i hurt it. But my Bug out is my weekend knife. Coz i do care about messing it up. I think you know what ya getting with the Ozark and im fine with that. Thanks for another great and fun video.
I can appreciate the better blade steel of the bugout, but if you are just getting into EDC and are looking for an everyday pocketknife, go spend 10 bucks on the ozark trail and sharpen it up a bit...It will be just fine for everyday tasks.
and for the record I'm still carrying my Benchmade Griptillian...after 11 years
So what I have learned is if I want longevity and top quality the bugout is definitely the way to go, but if I just need something to get by for a weekend trip $10 isn’t bad
They didn’t flew out of shelfs for nothing. This knife will bring changes they took something good and made it better at a tenth of the price bottom line is everyone has $10
I don't ever worry about factory edges. I immediately knock them off and put my own edge anyway.
Ozark Trail is an obvious winner. I never understood how knife makers could charge $200 after taxes for a knife that should be $50-$60 after tax at most😂
nobody is actually using the knives this way. The bugout is wildly overpriced. I bet if walmart upped the cost to $20 the ozark would beat the bugout in every way. I have used both and they are both nice
I wouldn't be surprised if they never restock these. I've seen other models hyped up only to disappear. Most of the black Friday ones are a one time thing. Hopefully I'm wrong. I bought 4 just in case 😊
Sir, are you serious? $10 VS $180. The Walmart knife is far superior due to price. Benchmade's price is a joke. I bought one of the new Civivi Walmart knifes and it is awesome at less than $50. I hope this opens the eyes of people who spend money on a knife like the bugout. It's a rip off.
For a 10 dollar knife it's fantastic! Nothing to complain about at all with mine.
Hogue Deka with AWT cerakote scales is the best knife for the money in my opinion.
Get the 10$ knife and get a better knife than the bugout when you can afford it
I got a bugout with aluminium handle and m390 like 3 years ago. and I love it to this day I take it to every outdoor trip (camping, bushcrafting, urbex,...) and it never let me down. I honestly cant say how good the edge retention is, I sharp it like once every two months not bcz its too dull but bcz i want to sharpen something. I would never bouy a s30v knive with plastic handle for 200 but the mettal version is awesome
The full metal liners are the thing that impresses me on the Ozark knife, that's definitely a better approach. I don't have a genuine Bugout, but I bought some $20 clones, and they're all creaky where the handle is only the scales. Pretty sure I could break any of them the way you did the Bugout.
The Ozark Trail knife is flat out better than any of my $20 clones.
I have daily carried a benchmade bug out for over a year in the trades I’m a mechanic and use it multiple times a day for stripping wire cutting hose and scraping gasket material I have found it to be a fantastic knife I like that it’s so light because I carry so much other gear but you sacrifice some durability there 10/10 for me I’ve tried so many others and they don’t last and the actions get sloppy my benchmade is still smooth
Great video. I had fun watching you test to the limit of failure. I think with expensive knives you should know what your paying for. Not going lie I think this is going bring the 10$ knife up a few dollars soon.