10 "FORGOTTEN FAVORITES" - Knives We Moved On From TOO FAST!
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- 10 more great knives we moved on from a little too quickly.
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Fingers crossed the ones I want are not in stock, lol. I have no self control!
Lol i'm with you on that
Lol same 😅
Lol I feel this 😂
Neither do i 😂
Relatable!☮️
You mentioned the Arcade in a video about a month or two ago, and specifically mentioned how it’s a great knife that was moved on from quickly.
When I saw the topic, I knew the Arcade would make the list!
Great video MC
Can I request for a video of the knife designs you consider to be "evergreens"? Would be a great reference.
Congrats on 700k!
The Arcade is a great knife. I was gonna carry it for a week, that week turned into 3 months. Go get one (or the Civivi FG if you are on a budget).
Those are some great knives. My favorite “forgotten” knife: Artisan’s “Xcellerator”.
Great Video , Luv the selections . I LOVE My Flytanium Arcade , I thin it's so underrated & just a GREAT design especially the fact that youcan easily mod it make it UNIUE &make it your OWN !
Yep. I like the Flytanium Arcade as well. Got it a year or so ago from White Mountain Knives
I bought one of those Typhoons a few months ago, when MC released the review on the last update, and every time I pick it up it surprises me as to just how light it feels for the size. It really is a nice unit.
That made me realize how much of a simpleton I am. The only one I’d consider buying/carrying is the flytanium one. Out of all the knives I’ve bought the only folders I carry are Spyderco. Maybe 10% of the time, I carry something different.
Same here, bought lots of knives over the year. Delica is typically in my pocket.
I really enjoyed this video. Would love to see more "throwback" knives that deserve some more screen time!
This was a great look back, not only of great knives but a reminder how fast the knife world moves.
I believe the Civivi vision FG is one of the greatest pocket knife designs to date. Just need more variants with better materials
The Varga VBR might be the best Reate ever made.
Amazing contoured scales and action, with an amazing drop point compound ground blade.
Definitely an underrated gem
I have 2 of the newer VBR's, a 3.7 and a 3.5 with the spine jimping and thumbstuds and although I love my XM-18 the VBR's are just fantastic knives and definitely more comfortable in the hand than the XM-18 in my opinion
I’m always excited to see how many of these knives I share with your collection, and with this video I’m proud that I own five of the 10 knives that you showcased 😅🎉 Satyr, Cybertrix, Varga VBR IV in Damasteel (and regular), Flytanium Arcade x2, and Sharp By Design Evo Typhoon (and a few mini Evo and mini Tempest).
I think some of these are far from forgotten, but so rare that we just have to put them out of our minds!
Closing statement was perfect 🙏
I didn’t realize this, but you can upgrade your flytanium arcade with titanium scales they sell on their website.
All the way down to titanium hardware. My first arcade became an all black dlc titanium with fat carbon inlays. At the end of the year they had a sale and I picked up a second in stonewash for $110 to use as a "beater".
Blade HQ had the same sale. Glad I picked one up
One of these days I want to add an evo typhoon into the collection. Such a beautiful knife.
I've never heard someone use the words "septic tank" and "breath of fresh air" to describe the same knife. 😬
The invictus was the first knife I ever bought, I was instantly a sucker for Protech, I tried to sharpen it but I messed up the grind a bit. As a newby, I realized that I should start with cheap knives.
Were u able to fix the grind? It’s usually fixable
I have no knowledge on how to fix the grind, can I send it back to protech?
I have a mini evo typhoon and would love to have the full size.
There are so many Protech bangers coming out that the invictus always takes a back seat.
Am I the only one just so bored by the anesthetic of the arcade? The second I saw it I forgot about it.
I like this side of MC going back being nostalgic... I have a lot of those especially every model of the invictus. Auto's , thick non steel , m390, thin magnacut that one I loved and rarely carry ? .
That's so crazy how you decided to do a video on this specific topic. I say crazy because I have actually made a list of this exact thing in my opinion the only difference was I did it unintentionally and without knowing it
I did this because every time I seen a cool new knife that everyone was freaking out about or I seen a knife on a video that I thought was super cool and either had a weird name or something, I would write it down on a list, so when I got some extra money from either overtime on my paycheck, or just running across extra money in general to the point where I could actually splurge enough on pretty much any knife I wanted under $500, that I could just go back to this list, so I could remember all the names of the knives that I had wanted, or thought were super cool. And when I go back and look at the list, every time i always say "Ohh YEAA!! I remember that one!" lol😁
Just in case you're curious a couple of the knives from MY list in case you were curious are
1.) Cybrix Galaxy
2.) Vosteed RSChaos
3.) Bestech Tardis
4.) Ruike P801
5.) Kubey Interflow
Just to name a few lol😂🤗
Thanks, didn't know I needed a Flytanium Arcade...
Great video thanks! As a plumber with 30 years experience, I can say you are not too far off on the septic tank comment……
Picked up the Pro-Tech Invictus in Magnacut today. Also a ZT308BLKTS, cause why the hell not. It's only money!
Yo that cybertrix knife is kinda like the cybertruck
Looks cool but impractical in use.
I want the Christensen Knifeworks Maverick so bad, and I'd love to have a budget version as a beater EDC. I'd never daily a $375 knife.
The cybertrix looks like the cyber truck ha ha ha ha
I bet nobody has correlated the two before, I’m so witty and smart
Definitely agree with the Arcade, everytime I use mine I always think damn I need to carry and fidget with this more 😂🤘
The lines on the Protect appeal to my "I-wish-I-had-an-Applegate-Fairbairn-fighting-knife" bug.
Damn. If I dropped #3 ANYWHERE on my property, it would be gone for 5,000 years until future archeologists were excavating my area.
Bust out an original full size Liong Mah Field Duty. Forgotten because of the fiasco with the 3.5, but it is on another level!
Good call!
Ah the Hephaestus! I looked and looked and finally got one. I ended up selling it eventually but man i wish I still had it! I have a Vortex and I can't get rid of it. I may use it to chop down some trees.
Good stuff MC.
I also wish to see more Maxace Goliath variants, in the future.
Even though there are plenty of great non-magnacut steels, it was the hotness when the Arcade launched. If it launched in magnacut with more customizable pieces i think it would've went gangbusters.
I like the topic of revisiting some of the older knives in a collection, but time was not kind to these particular designs that you selected! All these designs look tired, look their age, no longer cool, the equivalent of mullet or padded shoulders in leather jackets...
No, I personally do not like any of these designs, did not like them at the time, and I am glad I did not buy any of them (and I've been into knives for twenty-some years).
The reason they did not age well is rather obvious - they are all what I'd call "excessive" designs with strange "frilly" elements, extraneous decorative holes, sharp "folds" in the handles for no apparent reason, and kitchy mokutai or timascus elements and silly "fruity" clips that nowadays give their age right away! These are not fine wine but pure Kitsch! The funny part that the knives I bought at that period and still own- they look timeless and still relevant but at the time they were not considered "cool" unlike these craptastic drivel: - Oh, bodega! Something that Jim Skelton (wasn't that the name?) was pushing hard, glad I never liked that overly busy design with too many holes in the blade...
Still, great to see these old designs and not to feel any nostalgia, but be rather happy we are over that heady strange time in the cutlery design...
Cheers!
The Invictus doesn’t leave my pocket
I just saw if someone is so inclined you can get a premium bodega for $1069. I will pass. lol
Maxace is my homeboy. lol
Have you seen the Maxace BALANCE Lindsay Engraving Edition?
I just got an Artisan Cutlery Crusoe and the sand polish S90v blade doesn’t look anything like that one.
Anyone know how to adjust the tension on the ohlone goat?
I think the reason the Flytanium Arcade is not as popular has something to do with quality control and pricing, rather than the fact that it was eclipsed by something else.
I've seen a lot of complaints about the quality control being somewhat lacking. The price, $320+ Canadian, doesn't feel justified by the materials used, which is especially egregious considering the inadequate QC.
I was initially interested in the Arcade, but the high asking price and the poor QC led me to pass it up. With those factors in mind, I don't think it deserves the title "evergreen."
Mine seems perfectly fine in the QC department. I didn't realize people were having issues with it
I have the Invictus but mine has a red button. Almost perfect edc knife.
Man, I was just thinking I wish we could see some previous choices for “best of the year” up against more current winners. Like, how do the best of 2019 hold up against 2024 etc etc
Not one of these knives is for a left-handed person. Perfect 10.
You can buy a left handed scale insert for the arcade.
The only hole I want in my blade is a spydie hole. Holes for cosmetics aren’t my thing.
Why did you love and hate the satyr
That one knife looks like the cybertruck.
Imagine releasing a game near a gta title…
Tactical butter knife 12:32
I cringe at the disdain in comments about products made in China… as if they don’t know their closet and garage are FULL of stuff made from there. People there work for next to nothing allowing others to afford it. We buy it and then in the most disgusting way possible say “made in China”. Unbelievable.
Doesn't mean you have to love and embrace the products they make. I prefer a usa made knife even if the production is in Taiwan china ect. Why? Because the American companies are the trend setters everything you see in China is influenced by the staples in the usa. Benchmade, sog, c reeves, microtech, protec. List goes on and on. I own China brands as well but I look for usa brands first
Fuck china
I understand they make many awesome knives. I just prefer not to fund enemies when possible. No biggie.
I feel as though the market has begun to move on from the constant gluttonous flow of new design after new design. Probably for a number of reasons like the economy, products being eclipsed, dealers shelves stacking up, even politics and just pure burn out. Also there was massive influx of new people that came into the knife world a few years ago but now their tastes have evolved and narrowed in on what they prefer. Also some of those new folks have probably left or stopped paying attention and the growth of new folks has probably gone back down to a more normal pace. I think we will see a return of brands actually trying to put out evergreen models that are truly well designed and less of the pump and dump models.
Cybertrrix by... Reiche?
IMHO the cybertruck is much uglier. There is one two houses over that I have to stare at daily.
Anything that releases up to 6 months after gta6 is going to fail for 6-9 months. 😂 #idontmaketherules😂
❤
MC the goat is made of Elmax not s90v…I’d prefer elmax
You're correct my bad!
700k!
Man disappointed in this clip. None of us who follow you can really afford any of these.
Don't lump me in with you.
I actually polled this and you're extremely wrong. Don't assume
The mark up on knives is crazy
Give a specific example so it can be discussed. Explain your reasoning
Nearly every knife here is just pure overpriced hipster garbage. M390, frame locks, autos, designed to look like the POS Cybertruck... That last one was especially terrible (the 'Evo Typhoon") and literally a TERRIBLE design from one of THE most overrated garbage OEM's in the knife industry (Reate). Horrid pocket clip, awful flipper tab that basically makes it a letter opener and nothing else. Pure garbage knife.
For anyone wondering, this guy's comment history consists of well over 100 comments dating back multiple years and they're almost all negative. I haven't blocked him because he's truly harmless and is likely experiencing something very troubling in real life. He's a troll for sure, but far from a master of the craft.
God speed Kooper 🫡
@@metal_complex 😂🎉
High road. Respect knuckles!🤜🤛@@metal_complex
You can get correct pronunciation with google. Very easy.
But then I wouldn't be able to enjoy all the whiny comments
Your knife sucks
I prefer the videos with less giggling 😐
Let people have fun
You sound fun to be around… 😐
Stay away from beez then!
SEVEN. HUNDRED. THOUSDAND. SUBSCRIBERS... nice.
Prepared to celebrate 1M when he's at 1.2M like the 500k 😂 🎉🎉
I actually just picked up the Ohlone GOAT in the snakeskin gold CF a few days ago and I absolutely adore it! True enough, it does take time for the crossbar lock and washers to break in, but when it does... 🤌