@@JoeDoomsday Yeah, I've read the minimum requirement for stainless steel is either 13% or 12% chromium, depending on the source. D2 has 11.5 to 12%. Doesn't matter, though. Nice coating and you can just wipe it dry, and it'll last forever.
Still has that hidden rat tail tang. That might have been acceptable in 1944, but it isn't in 2024. I've seen a couple Kabars break at the junction of the tang, and I am not going to trust the Kabar until they fix it. It doesn't matter what steel they make it out of, this knife will always be prone to breakage. The Dutch Bros broke the Spatan Kabar in Magnacut in minutes, and it wasn't even a particularly abusive test, just batoning. Magnacut is way tougher than D2. I just can't take Kabar seriously as l9ng as it has that flawed tang.
@@MTMILITIAMAN7.62 ,… Ya I see your point. I agree. For me,… it’s a collectors piece. It could serve as a fighting knife for self defense. If you had to draw it and stab “something” , it would probably work just fine. It can open canned food lids in a pinch. It can make feather sticks for tender. It can cut cordage. You could skin game with it. It seems that if you pry with it at a sideways angle thats where its weakness really shows. Plus it’s not designed for hard, prolonged chopping. (Overall, It’s a very tough knife considering the rat tail tang. Just don’t use it for Chopping/Batoning wood or as a Pry-Bar and it should be fine) I think it makes a decent Fighting/Self Defense knife though. (There are way better options) 👍🏻🔪
This knife isn't made for hacking down trees, it's made for stabbing and slicing an enemy. Period. This knife would perform excellent for that and no way would break in that regard. For whatever reason the tang that you can see at the bottom is tapered, the tang is a little more wide then what you can see at the bottom. I'd rather have the D2 Extreme in a self defense situation against man or beast, more so then any heavy survival knife. You could get this thing out and be stabbing much faster than one of those ugly BK knives. JS. Weight and timing is a factor.
@ ,… I think when DBK (Dutch Bushcraft Knives) destroyed this knife very quickly on their channel it made the knife appear cheap and worthless. Nowadays people expect way more from a knife due to better heat treatment and better quality steel. Some of those BK knives and many others, are much stronger for all around survival scenarios. This KABAR D2 Extreme is a decent fighting knife but if it had a stronger, thicker Tang and Better Steel it could be So much more.
@rnkmode1876 Kabar markets this as a combat utility knife. This is supposed to be a one-tool option for an infantryman. My grandpa had his Kabar break digging a fighting position in the frozen Korean ground. I had one break just standing around bored throwing knives at each other's feet. Most of the use this knife sees isn't going to be fighting. It is going to be stupid menial jobs like opening ammo crates and MRE cases. Most of deployment is mind-numbing boredom and we do stupid stuff when we are desperately bored. Like stand in a circle and throw knives at each other's feet. Then there are the times your tool really needs to work. Like my grandpa having to dig a fighting position on a hill in Korea in the winter with no entrenching tool. It's not an axe, until you need timber to fortify and camouflage your fighting position. Infantry carries enough gear without carrying a separate tool for every possible scenario. Mostly, we use what we have, and we have a knife. It has to work, for combat and utility. Rat tail tang is no go.
It looks like it's over an eighth of an inch thick, do you need calipers or possibly a micrometer. As much money that you spend on knives you could afford precise measuring devices to give accurate dimensions on knives that you review so that potential buyers could learn about knives that they would be interested in acquiring. I think I will not buy because it looks like it's.
@@johnwilliams-ec1kw ,…I said: It’s over an 1/8” of an inch thick. I also said: it’s 3/16” of an inch thick. I used a tape measure. That’s a professional quality measuring tool. I even zoom in on the measurements so You can see the tape measurement for yourself, just In case I miss-spoke. I’m Not wasting money on measuring calipers, or a microscope or a wire cutting sharpness tester or any other special equipment to perform a simple unboxing video review of a knife. I have enough trouble purchasing all these knives & getting my weekly reviews up on time. If a potential buyer can’t accept a tape measurement, then they have some serious issues. I don’t sell any knives. I don’t receive any money or free knives from anyone or any company, so I couldn’t care less if you or anyone else buys a knife that I have reviewed. Your loss. More knives for me. 😆 PEACE. I checked out your channel. Of course No content. BOT
This is a great version of the kabar. Awesome addition joe
Nice!
@@lorenray9479 ,… appreciate it. 👍🏻🔪
Nice. Im a D2 fan.
@@andrewcharles4349 ,… D2, well it’s growing on me. I hope KABAR does it right.
Hi Joe...I love kabar fixed blades I have the 1212 all black and Keaton handle straight edge and the bk9 I love both
I love mine its a great dogs head
@@tomritter493 ,… Yes it is. 👍🏻🔪
D2 is not stainless steel, so it is prone to rust, which is why the coating is good. Care for it, and it won't rust.
@@N2EWSRadio ,… Yes. It’s my understanding that D2 is semi-stainless. Not fully a true stainless steel. 👍🏻
@@JoeDoomsday Yeah, I've read the minimum requirement for stainless steel is either 13% or 12% chromium, depending on the source. D2 has 11.5 to 12%. Doesn't matter, though. Nice coating and you can just wipe it dry, and it'll last forever.
Still has that hidden rat tail tang. That might have been acceptable in 1944, but it isn't in 2024. I've seen a couple Kabars break at the junction of the tang, and I am not going to trust the Kabar until they fix it. It doesn't matter what steel they make it out of, this knife will always be prone to breakage. The Dutch Bros broke the Spatan Kabar in Magnacut in minutes, and it wasn't even a particularly abusive test, just batoning. Magnacut is way tougher than D2. I just can't take Kabar seriously as l9ng as it has that flawed tang.
@@MTMILITIAMAN7.62 ,… Ya I see your point. I agree. For me,… it’s a collectors piece. It could serve as a fighting knife for self defense. If you had to draw it and stab “something” , it would probably work just fine. It can open canned food lids in a pinch. It can make feather sticks for tender. It can cut cordage. You could skin game with it. It seems that if you pry with it at a sideways angle thats where its weakness really shows. Plus it’s not designed for hard, prolonged chopping. (Overall, It’s a very tough knife considering the rat tail tang. Just don’t use it for Chopping/Batoning wood or as a Pry-Bar and it should be fine) I think it makes a decent Fighting/Self Defense knife though. (There are way better options) 👍🏻🔪
Yep, it is a knife, not an ax.@@JoeDoomsday
This knife isn't made for hacking down trees, it's made for stabbing and slicing an enemy. Period. This knife would perform excellent for that and no way would break in that regard. For whatever reason the tang that you can see at the bottom is tapered, the tang is a little more wide then what you can see at the bottom. I'd rather have the D2 Extreme in a self defense situation against man or beast, more so then any heavy survival knife. You could get this thing out and be stabbing much faster than one of those ugly BK knives. JS. Weight and timing is a factor.
@ ,… I think when DBK (Dutch Bushcraft Knives) destroyed this knife very quickly on their channel it made the knife appear cheap and worthless. Nowadays people expect way more from a knife due to better heat treatment and better quality steel. Some of those BK knives and many others, are much stronger for all around survival scenarios. This KABAR D2 Extreme is a decent fighting knife but if it had a stronger, thicker Tang and Better Steel it could be So much more.
@rnkmode1876 Kabar markets this as a combat utility knife. This is supposed to be a one-tool option for an infantryman. My grandpa had his Kabar break digging a fighting position in the frozen Korean ground. I had one break just standing around bored throwing knives at each other's feet. Most of the use this knife sees isn't going to be fighting. It is going to be stupid menial jobs like opening ammo crates and MRE cases. Most of deployment is mind-numbing boredom and we do stupid stuff when we are desperately bored. Like stand in a circle and throw knives at each other's feet. Then there are the times your tool really needs to work. Like my grandpa having to dig a fighting position on a hill in Korea in the winter with no entrenching tool. It's not an axe, until you need timber to fortify and camouflage your fighting position. Infantry carries enough gear without carrying a separate tool for every possible scenario. Mostly, we use what we have, and we have a knife. It has to work, for combat and utility. Rat tail tang is no go.
It looks like it's over an eighth of an inch thick, do you need calipers or possibly a micrometer. As much
money that you spend on knives you could afford precise measuring devices to give accurate
dimensions on knives that you review so that potential buyers could learn about knives that they
would be interested in acquiring. I think I will not buy because it looks like it's.
@@johnwilliams-ec1kw ,…I said: It’s over an 1/8” of an inch thick. I also said: it’s 3/16” of an inch thick. I used a tape measure. That’s a professional quality measuring tool. I even zoom in on the measurements so You can see the tape measurement for yourself, just In case I miss-spoke. I’m Not wasting money on measuring calipers, or a microscope or a wire cutting sharpness tester or any other special equipment to perform a simple unboxing video review of a knife. I have enough trouble purchasing all these knives & getting my weekly reviews up on time. If a potential buyer can’t accept a tape measurement, then they have some serious issues. I don’t sell any knives. I don’t receive any money or free knives from anyone or any company, so I couldn’t care less if you or anyone else buys a knife that I have reviewed. Your loss. More knives for me. 😆 PEACE. I checked out your channel. Of course No content. BOT
@@JoeDoomsday. Joe my man 🫡🤙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸