Oh man this is the way to go. WE NEED MORE ! Been using and abusing my folders for years, please lets see a SHF and a AD20S. My Zaans lockup is the same as the tested one, still works tho 🤘🏼
You should show what it takes to restore and re-sharpen that, maybe make people more confident using their expensive knives when they know what it take to get them back to new.
This new series has been really enjoyable, I like that a lot of the early “destruction tests” are leaning towards hard use and not out of the realm of possibility
Excellent test. This content is incredible and honestly something we’ve all wanted for a long time. It would be great to get updates on the warranty process too. Definitely voting to get a strider in there at some point.
@@BestDamnEDCround out the test with AD10 and AD15. All 4. I was thinking yesterday of replacing the "hard use" knife in my truck with an AD10. In the truck now is a Buck 110 that has done every job. Cheers!
I had 2 Zaans and got rid of them. My magnacut tanto version is the one I really miss. You should do a Medford fighter flipper next! Loving these videos brother 💪🏼
Looks like it might be time to durability test some... balisongs/butterfly knives? 😉I think we have quite a few that could use the Best Damn EDC treatment 😜
Ive battoned kindling with a folder many many times- never a problem, but I always do it with the lock already open and only working with small pieces. ZT 0562 framelock with external stops just like the test knife. Id love to own that CR test knife. Just an awesome folder.
Should give a cold steel a try and see what results you get. I'd be willing to bet a $100 cold steel will out last most more expensive knives in torture testing. Maybe something like the AD10 or the ultimate hunter or the bush ranger etc.
You should make those test uniform. Eg. 50 cuts of rope, hose, cable and twine, ten staples, 30 cuts on cardboard. The same amount of drops on concrete asphalt and tiles. Cut test before testing and after. Than you could rate this on a scale of 3 good ok bad. And you could make something like a wall of fame and present he score in comparison to the others.
While I'd never put my Yo2's through anything like that, I've used them to cut through zip ties and small gauge copper and steel wire. Both the S30V and CruWear have held up very well.
I never done anything that a folding knife is not suppose too with my small sebenza 31. and over the time (4-5 years only) it develope slight upper blade play because of that ceramic ball... wish I could get warranty but I don't want to loose it 1year loll
I saw a post on a Facebook group once where a dude snapped his blade in half with the story behind how it happened and Tim himself replied to the post asking to trade the snapped blade for a new one to investigate on it😂 absolute legend
Sooo very cool video, however what jacket is that?? I love my mackinaw cruiser, that's pretty rad too with the zipper and the snaps. Nevermind I randomly was just looking at the Heat Straps website and I see it's theirs. Pretty rad.
Had bought 7 Sebenza’s over a 15 year period from 1998 to 2013. I bought the UMNUMZAAN also. They are made from quality materials but the frame lock strength sucks on them both. I have had issues with every Sebenza I owned and I had 7 and I only bought 1 UMNUMZAAN and had same lock issues but given the track record of my sebenza’s buying another UMNUMZAAN would be any different. I’ve sold my entire Chris Reeve knife collection that I had . One good thing you can easily sell them lol . For me they are overpriced overhyped folders. My go to folder that’s truly like a fixed blade is either the 4 max , AD10 or the AD20 . The cold steel folders that have the TRI-AD lock are also like fixed blades. The Chris Reeves company saying the UMNUMZAAN is like having a fixed blade is a joke they have big balls saying that bullshit !!! . You did a Great video !
This was awesome to watch. As far as the new blade play, the pivot could have just come loose. I’d try tuning it back up with the tools they send you and check again
I’d be curious to see how a harder blade steel would react at the lock interface. Take a steel around 65 - 67 HRC. I believe the ceramic is topping the HRC chats at 80, so not sure if it would make a difference. Should extend the lock life Maybe a larger or flat ball for added surface area.
Test the Benchmade Freek… Dutch Bushcraft Knives said it changed their minds on a folder not being tough enough to baton… it was the toughest folder to handle the baton … I own one it’s a beast
Maybe do a Giant mouse Nimbus, on the webside they highlighted: perfect outdoor companion and a strong and capable knife. It realy feels like a knife you can work har and i have done a bit of cross grain batoning to make a few notches.
This definitely has to be one of the First, especially with a C.R. Knife...Well Done! Performed as expected, I'd be curious about the Sebenza, being a little thinner, and I own one myself but probably very close, far as another Brand to try this with, I'd definitely like to see Cold Steel! Then Microtech OTF's as a 2nd Choice for Fun 😎
Maybe you guys already plan on doing it but you should send that in to the warranty department as “anonymously” as possible to make sure you don’t get any special treatment.
I had a Umnumzaan where the locking worked so badly that I could close it by pressing on the back of the blade with my thumb. It was just a year old and had hardly been used. That's why I sent it in. But they just increased the tension of the framelock and said it actually needed a new blade. But that would cost $135. Besides, the repair had taken ~3 months. As much as I like their knives, I was very disappointed with the service. 😔
Love seeing the destruction tests! DBK fix blade ones are great and good to see someone doing them with legendary fielders! Keep up the great content! Thank you!
I was on the edge of my seat! Fun video, but those drop tests were hard to watch haha. You really took one for the team.🫡 My Wilson Combat Star-Tac Umnumzaan is almost a decade old now and still a rocking edc.🤘
I would highly recommend you send the knife from someone else’s address so that can’t prioritize it because you’re an influencer. Not that CRK would but you can never know unless it’s not a part of the equation.
I get it, your a content creator and you have bills to pay.. but lets not become the Whistlin Diesel of EDC stuff.. I love my Zaan, Its a beast! Love you guys.
Hey Taylor, would you be doing that with the Combatant from Tkell ? Theres lifetime warranty no questions asked if you get to brake it somehow. Do this torture test to the Tkell fixed blade please.
Ughhh, I was having some PTSD about the time that I dropped my Grimsmo Norseman off my lap onto the road when I got out of my lifted truck but I was shocked to see the titanium was almost unscathed thankfully!
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hahaha loved this guys! Watching you whack your tip was entertaining! guess we should get one as well! in 6 years we'll have a video too!
Whacking the tip always hurts…
You like watching guys whack their tips? 😂
@@theunknownatheist3815 yeah, I also like to watch mickie and marten grinding their edges until they reach the apex
You can get it sooner from certified resellers shop
I’ve carried CRK for nearly 15 years. Seeing this, and Tim Reeve’s response to this challenge reiterates how I feel about the company. They’re great.
His response to you wanting to do this video makes me want to support them vs. Benchmade’s response.
Tim is an absolute Chad
What was the Benchmade's response?
@@BestDamnEDC I’ll buy myself one for my birthday in 6 years!
@@oleksandrhr3949 they were upset that the bugout got broken and that the ozark trail from the last video held up comparatively well.
Oh man this is the way to go. WE NEED MORE ! Been using and abusing my folders for years, please lets see a SHF and a AD20S. My Zaans lockup is the same as the tested one, still works tho 🤘🏼
You should show what it takes to restore and re-sharpen that, maybe make people more confident using their expensive knives when they know what it take to get them back to new.
For sure! I did this in the Lander video. That blade was in much worse condition than this one and by the end you could barely tell we abused it
That was my suggestion
This new series has been really enjoyable, I like that a lot of the early “destruction tests” are leaning towards hard use and not out of the realm of possibility
I would love to see an EDC series where different types of gear at different price points gets hard tested.
We've got plans … Up soon: Okluma 👀😅
@@BestDamnEDCMake sure you include a Halfbreed Blades LBF-01 Gen 2. That's what my money would be on!
Excellent test. This content is incredible and honestly something we’ve all wanted for a long time.
It would be great to get updates on the warranty process too.
Definitely voting to get a strider in there at some point.
Killin me watchin u kill the most beautiful and my most wanted knife
6 years is insane
Now do a Demko AD20, my one and done. If you can't find one to use I can spare my AD20I to send to you to test.
That would be a great one to test. 🙌
@@BestDamnEDCthis guy knows what’s up! AD20.5 is my workhorse
@@BestDamnEDCround out the test with AD10 and AD15. All 4. I was thinking yesterday of replacing the "hard use" knife in my truck with an AD10. In the truck now is a Buck 110 that has done every job. Cheers!
@@RAID5_Aestheticad10 tanto in aus10 is like forty bucks at Midway right now!
True my ad20 with the goat ti scales feels unbreakable
I had 2 Zaans and got rid of them. My magnacut tanto version is the one I really miss. You should do a Medford fighter flipper next! Loving these videos brother 💪🏼
Looks like it might be time to durability test some... balisongs/butterfly knives? 😉I think we have quite a few that could use the Best Damn EDC treatment 😜
Time for the Chab to dent a parking lot
Do a Medford Praetorian Ti next!
Definitely want to see you do this with a cold steel. Possibly a comparison between new and old
My Zaan fell out of my shorts onto concrete while I was sitting and it put a nice notch into the s45 poon. Not big but know its there and it hurts 🙃
(Cold Steel fanboy inhales…)
“TTTRRRRRIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAADD LOCK!!!”
Ive battoned kindling with a folder many many times- never a problem, but I always do it with the lock already open and only working with small pieces. ZT 0562 framelock with external stops just like the test knife. Id love to own that CR test knife. Just an awesome folder.
God that green on your new one is so beautiful, I wish every company made that exact color and coating for an option
Should give a cold steel a try and see what results you get. I'd be willing to bet a $100 cold steel will out last most more expensive knives in torture testing. Maybe something like the AD10 or the ultimate hunter or the bush ranger etc.
Add a Halfbreed Blades LBF-01 Gen 2 into that mix.
The bugout wouldn’t get past the rope test without the scales giving out
You should make those test uniform. Eg. 50 cuts of rope, hose, cable and twine, ten staples, 30 cuts on cardboard. The same amount of drops on concrete asphalt and tiles. Cut test before testing and after. Than you could rate this on a scale of 3 good ok bad. And you could make something like a wall of fame and present he score in comparison to the others.
You should test cold steel recon 1
I would love to see the other folding CRK knives and see how they hold up and also all the other brands you mentioned as well!
I would love to see a shaman and the compression lot get tested
Love my zaan. Have a large knife collection and that’s by far my favorite knife ever!
While I'd never put my Yo2's through anything like that, I've used them to cut through zip ties and small gauge copper and steel wire.
Both the S30V and CruWear have held up very well.
I never done anything that a folding knife is not suppose too with my small sebenza 31. and over the time (4-5 years only) it develope slight upper blade play because of that ceramic ball... wish I could get warranty but I don't want to loose it 1year loll
Definitely do this test on an XM-18 spanto
I like Tim's "Fuck it" attitude 🤙🏻
I saw a post on a Facebook group once where a dude snapped his blade in half with the story behind how it happened and Tim himself replied to the post asking to trade the snapped blade for a new one to investigate on it😂 absolute legend
Sooo very cool video, however what jacket is that?? I love my mackinaw cruiser, that's pretty rad too with the zipper and the snaps. Nevermind I randomly was just looking at the Heat Straps website and I see it's theirs. Pretty rad.
Had bought 7 Sebenza’s over a 15 year period from 1998 to 2013. I bought the UMNUMZAAN also. They are made from quality materials but the frame lock strength sucks on them both. I have had issues with every Sebenza I owned and I had 7 and I only bought 1 UMNUMZAAN and had same lock issues but given the track record of my sebenza’s buying another UMNUMZAAN would be any different. I’ve sold my entire Chris Reeve knife collection that I had . One good thing you can easily sell them lol . For me they are overpriced overhyped folders. My go to folder that’s truly like a fixed blade is either the 4 max , AD10 or the AD20 . The cold steel folders that have the TRI-AD lock are also like fixed blades. The Chris Reeves company saying the UMNUMZAAN is like having a fixed blade is a joke they have big balls saying that bullshit !!! . You did a Great video !
This is wild but I’m so glad you did it! Such a badass video!
Its a beast. It gives me confidence to have this knife as an EDC!
do you know when in march your knife is coming out? and also where would I be able to purchase it?
Would love to see an AD20 or Xm18 next. This is such a cool series!
This was awesome to watch. As far as the new blade play, the pivot could have just come loose. I’d try tuning it back up with the tools they send you and check again
‘Murica baby!
What is that titanium sharpie you used to mark the bevel on the blade?
Looked like the SoulBuilt Marksmith.
I’d be curious to see how a harder blade steel would react at the lock interface. Take a steel around 65 - 67 HRC.
I believe the ceramic is topping the HRC chats at 80, so not sure if it would make a difference. Should extend the lock life
Maybe a larger or flat ball for added surface area.
Test the Benchmade Freek… Dutch Bushcraft Knives said it changed their minds on a folder not being tough enough to baton… it was the toughest folder to handle the baton … I own one it’s a beast
Definitely the M4 blade
Sharksfoot Ti AD20.5 would be nice to see go through this same test.
Makes me feel better about my Umnumzaan
Well done boys, i do love my small Inkosi. Hollow grinds not great for battoning 😂 love the DBK reference.
I have one being delivered tomorrow 😁
Would love to see a classic cold steel with the tri-ad lock like the AD-10
Maybe do a Giant mouse Nimbus, on the webside they highlighted: perfect outdoor companion and a strong and capable knife. It realy feels like a knife you can work har and i have done a bit of cross grain batoning to make a few notches.
So essentially all you would really need is a new blade if anything? I love my zaan. Zaan is king! My one and done also
Haven’t even started and I love it
Solid vid guys -- luv seeing these go thru the ringer -- no safe Queens - get out there n shit n get it 🔥💥💥🎯👍🍻
Please do an example of sharpening that tanto when you get it back from Chris reeve for next test
This definitely has to be one of the First, especially with a C.R. Knife...Well Done! Performed as expected, I'd be curious about the Sebenza, being a little thinner, and I own one myself but probably very close, far as another Brand to try this with, I'd definitely like to see Cold Steel! Then Microtech OTF's as a 2nd Choice for Fun 😎
Maybe you guys already plan on doing it but you should send that in to the warranty department as “anonymously” as possible to make sure you don’t get any special treatment.
Wonder how well the deadlock would hold up?
Have you done this with a Redencion 229?
If not, could you? ✊🏼👊🏼
I had a Umnumzaan where the locking worked so badly that I could close it by pressing on the back of the blade with my thumb. It was just a year old and had hardly been used. That's why I sent it in. But they just increased the tension of the framelock and said it actually needed a new blade. But that would cost $135. Besides, the repair had taken ~3 months. As much as I like their knives, I was very disappointed with the service. 😔
This is definitely a very very unusual situation with crk
Love seeing the destruction tests! DBK fix blade ones are great and good to see someone doing them with legendary fielders! Keep up the great content! Thank you!
Thanks, Michael!
I’d love to see a at speed run over test. Like if it’s dropped out of the car on the highway and the car behind runs over it
I was on the edge of my seat! Fun video, but those drop tests were hard to watch haha. You really took one for the team.🫡 My Wilson Combat Star-Tac Umnumzaan is almost a decade old now and still a rocking edc.🤘
Made me smile, love mine!!
Traded my zaan, way for a upgrade, but couldn’t let it go already have another on the way lol
Nice video I feel like the blade play might just been the pivot screw coming loose? Would been nice to test the screws
No, the blade play was from the lock interface being messed up. The Umnumzaan really doesn’t even get much blade play with the pivot totally loosened.
@@BestDamnEDC you might be right my buddy made me test his seb wo the pivot screw and it had no play
Love seeing the testing and that knife is one of my favorites , looks to hold up really well
I was pleasantly surprised with it. Although, now I want to know what will happen if we drop the drop point on asphalt 😅
@BestDamnEDC yes me to I think you should see 👀
I would highly recommend you send the knife from someone else’s address so that can’t prioritize it because you’re an influencer. Not that CRK would but you can never know unless it’s not a part of the equation.
Why is there a ceramic ball against the lock interface?
Keen to see how a locking Jack Wolf would go
I get it, your a content creator and you have bills to pay.. but lets not become the Whistlin Diesel of EDC stuff.. I love my Zaan, Its a beast! Love you guys.
Not sure if you said, but is this one in Magnacut or S45VN?
S45VN
Wait, when did you get a raptor?
great video Taylor. This is why the Zaan is coated #Bladeville
Spyderco Schempp Tuff 😅 but beyond that not much. Great video guys 👍
Now you need to test the brand new big idea design ti knife 2
This video series could benefit greatly by a filming and testing checklist.
Very nice, but I'll stick with my Seal XR for a hard use folder. Would LOVE to see you abuse one of those.
These Zaans would get all the loves on the Fanpage on FB
Test a pm2? Older knife but ldk, lets see if the legend holds up
It will die almost instantly
It's a great knife but that tip doesn't stand a chance.
@@oleksandrhr3949 idk about that, the pm2 is pretty strong, it's my edc
@@ErnestPworrell88 i wanna see one snap! but don't wanna spend the cash myself lol
@@GorggW I edc one in s90v I sure wouldn't volunteer it ha. The tanto pm2 probably would do ok though.
would love to see a spyderco para 3 or 2 toughness test
Hey Taylor, would you be doing that with the Combatant from Tkell ? Theres lifetime warranty no questions asked if you get to brake it somehow. Do this torture test to the Tkell fixed blade please.
Sounds like a great idea!
You’re watching too many WhistlinDiesel videos. 😂
You should do a Mick Strider SnG with even harder tests
How about a Hinderer XM-18 next?
need to see the some spyderco! Para Military 2 and a Manix 2!
I'd like to see these kind of tests on a button lock.
Wasn’t expecting to see my face in this video 😂😂😂
Ughhh, I was having some PTSD about the time that I dropped my Grimsmo Norseman off my lap onto the road when I got out of my lifted truck but I was shocked to see the titanium was almost unscathed thankfully!
Cold steel ad10 ? Or perhaps the lawman
Umnumzaan vs Benchmade superfreek?
I'd say try the TI version of the AD10 with 3v steel :)
Bladeville sends its regards.
🫡
You guys should do a cold steel ad 10
Do the Mc Nees or Hinderer next please 🙏
Did he say what steel it is?
Where did his neck knife go?
Definitely need to test a koenig arius
Russia blogger Zalivahhas a test knife too. The strongest lock is axis like. Interesting to see different steel on test
Missed out on the DLT drop last week... Still kicking myself!
Don't feel bad. 99% of us can't click the purchase button fast enough before they sell out.
Me too by a couple mins they are so hard to find been looking for years. Secondary prices are crazy
Let's see a Limited, $250, Cold Steel AD10 Folder vs the Chris Reeves Folder...
Super Freek? AD-10?
Can you do an SMF?
Great knife would be interesting to see how a buck 110 would do
Demko ad10! The titanium, 3v version!
Any Demko knife