Thanks, NF. Have you see the "Fallkniven A1 destruction test" here on YT? Amazing what it took to destroy the Fallkniven. Tester says itI'd be shocked if the Cold Steel blade could match that test.
I dislike how many people comlain about the longevity of these videos - I want to know every intricate detail. I don't have much money to throw, so when i'm in the market for something and I see a Nutnfancy review, I immediately home in. I can't afford to be unsure about my purchases, because $150 or $100 on a knife is a huge freaking purchase for me. So his hard work gives me huge gains. Thanks, Nutn. Big fan!
I know it cancels out the "Laminated" part of this, but with the new SRK being offered in CPM-3V, I'd say the advantage just shifted in a sizeable way toward Lynn (and his oversized ego.)
If it takes you "15 minutes to get a razors edge", you've got other issues more important than grind. Great video and I love the knives you speak of here.
Been considering pulling the trigger on a Fallkniven A1 or SRK for several years because I wanted a stainless steel knife for those long, wet periods here in the north woods of Maritime Canada. Cold Steel just released the SRK in an all VG-1 build, and that looked about perfect so I ordered one a couple days ago. I love Fallkniven, but they are simply over priced, and the quality difference is marginal. People knock CS but my Trail Master has held up well over the years. If the SRK is as good, I'll be more than happy.
Nutn, Fallkniven used to distribute cold steel before going it on their own. And like Cold Steel, Fallkniven designs knives, but doesn't make them. Cold Steels San MaIII knives, and Fallkniven's laminated VG10, are made by the same manufacturer, start to finish. There is no "old world" in Fallkniven's offerings, as their initial line, was a reworking of the Cold Steel designs that they used to distribute. Think of the Northern Light series, and how, well uhm "similar" they look to the Trail Master and Recon Scout. I have owned both. I am 6'5" and have large hands. The exposed tang of there Fallkniven knives bite into the meat of my hand. I also find that the VG10 core chips MUCH easier than the VG1 core. The people who come on (not talking about you NUTN) and show their ignorance by bashing Cold Steel when discussing these 2 manufactures, cracks me up). I have owned both an F1 and an A1. Those 2 knives were quickly traded out of my collection. I have an SRK, a Master Hunter, a Natchez Bowie, and a Trail master in San Mail III that won't be leaving my collection. Overall, I prefer Cold Steel's designs in their San Mai III over Fallkniven designs. Manufacturing is a wash, because it is the same manufacturer.
My 15 year old Cold Steel Carbon V SRK is one of my favorite blades. I've carried it for literally thousands of miles and used it for many camps. If you shy away from carbon steel because it might get some surface rust, then you worry WAY too much. A little rust on a blade just shows that it's good steel. Wipe it off and keep going. It's sad that Cold Steel discontinued that steel.
+Blakgun Agreed! The U.S. made Camillus Carbon V is still the best knife steel I have ever owned. I have several Carbon V knives including a Carbon V Trailmaster from the early 90s. It has seen a lot of strops, but has only needed grind sharpening twice in the last 15 years.
TMP! I have no realistic way of showing my gratitude for this great content... But if you ever get your butt to Stockholm, I would love to give you a tour of it all.
Twitter is a lot less immature than you might think; it's merely a simple way for people to get messages to a larger audience, and a godsend for UA-cam content creators who want to keep their viewers up to date between videos. Should definitely give it a go.
Drama in the comment section, lets just focus on the reason we started watching and subscribing, No B.S. Honest Reviews/Philosophy/Adventure. Keep up the good work Nutn' !!!
I hope to own a Falkniven one day, just hope I'm not too old to use it by then :) Love your vids; America needs more true patriots like you! God bless and keep up the great work!
Excellent review as usual. I don't have Twitter but I do know what the secret knife is :) That Bark River was gorgeous too. I love those but just can't justify the price. Thanks for supplying great reviews for so long, and for advocating for the Gun/outdoor community. Been a follower since 09 and I've really enjoyed the journey. Take care!
MetusBatmanV4 You should respect them automatically because they are older than us. Therefore, more wisdom and experience. Something you should look up to. Also, try expanding your vocabulary besides "Moron".
MetusBatmanV4 Damn kid. I don't even know how to respond. Shit is just spewing out of your mouth. If I was your parent and I saw this, I would beat you.
Those two are on my top knives list. Unfortunately my SRK is in aus 8 but it still a great knife. The S1 is probably my favorite knife that I own. The cutting edge on both are extremely close in length. I'm not a big fan of the ricasso on the SRK. Although I don't prefer choils, I'd prefer it to that flat ricasso the SRK has. I like the was Fallkniven got that edge as close to the handle as possible. As Nutnfancy said, the S1 was designed to be used in cold wet/ snowy environments and therefore was designed to be used with gloves, hence the thin handle. Great review! Oh the S1 sheath does have drain holes by the way. It's actually a slit the inside the lashing area at the bottom of the sheath.
Nutn' I wish I could participate in this give away, but I won't because I'm not into twitter. I also don't really have an active youtube channel. I've been watching your videos for years now, and eventually created an account just to subscribe, but I probably won't qualify for the give away. I don't mind people knowing that I like your channel...I am not shy to enter into debate over my personal convictions... I'm just not active on these social network scenes...there's just not enough time for it. I hope some deserving person wins the give away.
Sup Nutnfancy. I haven't used my DSmatts account in years but am still following the project. Hope you've enjoyed the knife. Please keep the knife it was my contribution to the project years ago I bought 2, one for you and of coarse one for myself. Enjoy!
Ditto on the Twitter feed. I bought the cold steel San Mai 3 other wise I would have gone with the falkniven but I liked the steel a little better. When I bought it i watched both the original reviews about 5 years ago. Thanks nutnfancy!
Hey nutn. Younger guy here, I've got twitter, Facebook instagram, etc. I just want to say something, and I'll send you a letter because you probably won't read this. But where are you going man? No more tabletop knife reviews because they only get 6k views? I'm one of those 6k. That is the reason I subscribed. Back to the contest. Just doesn't seem like you. Are you giving knives away because your knife review days are going far and in between. Lately I see a lot of stuff you're psyched about. And why you are. I miss the criticisms that made me enjoy the SOG flash, Kershaw Leek,and even understand a little about blade steel. Seemed like it used to be about getting info out there, updating on new stuff. Now it seems more things directed to amp up views. Hope your family is well. Thanks for everything you've done. Hope the future is bright for you.
Ha, this channel's great. When Nutn brings out these knives with the scratches on them, I know I'm listening to somebody who's "been there" and sharing truth. Long live TNP!
Fällknivens knifes are issued as the standard knife for the Swedish military up north and for the intended purpose of chopping up firewood and general purpose I think they work great.
What an awesome contest! You rock nutnfancy and everyone that supports you. Good luck to all who enter. The contents of the channel has been very rewarding and entertaining in my small opinion. Still hoping for some more great outdoor adventure series as time goes by. There's not much for scenery in flat land mid michigan. That won't stop me from getting out to my local state and national parks to explore and create my own adventures as your project has inspired me to live more positively and proactive!
I think that Cold Steel San Mai III uses VG-10, and the Fallkniven 'CoS laminate' (or whatever, the 3G is something else) uses the 'San Mai III' method of lamination... with VG-10. They ARE identical, steel-wise.
I've three Falkniven knives. S1, WM1, U2. The only one which I'd buy again is the WM1. I've the S1 in semi-black coating.. Semi because it's coming off quite easily. Black coating that I've on my zero tolerance is MUCH more durable. I didn't put it through any rough use and it's already pretty much wear down, including chips on the blade (no I did not hit any rocks, no abuse of the blade..). U2 is a nice, lightweight pocket knife. But for less money and same size-category you can have one of these mini spydercos like dragonfly 2, which actually has gimping, better grip, better handle, more useful blade shape and stronger lock. The lock on my U2 is quite loose. Sharpening stone I've to send back to Fallkniven due to poor quality. It was replaced free of charge but ppl I know were complaining about Falkniven's customer service and the interwebz seems to confirm that's not one of the best, diplomatically said. Finally - the price. I would turn a blind eye on the coating, chipping, lose lock, customer service, etc if it would be somewhere around the Byrd's price range ... BUT NOT IN THIS PRICE RANGE! Fallknivens are EXPENSIVE. You expect superb quality. Frankly I'm much happier with my ZTs or Spydercos.
Honestly thats a hard choice, but i would probably not get any chances to use either on a camping trip when i go camping i spend 20% time sleeping and the other 80% fishing
double owl watching since '08 but don't want or have twitter, so no contest for me. easily recognized the "mystery" knife though. won't spoil it for the rest.
I've been eyeing the Cold Steel SRK and checked it out when I visited Blade HQ in Lehi, UT. I'm sold and I need one for my survival kit. I've seen it on the reviewing table in several recent TNP videos and it caught my eye. I love the sheath on the SRK and it is better than my Cold Steel Peace Maker II (Nutnfancy signed). :)
For those who are looking for a great blade steel, but don't wish to become bogged down in super-steel debates...I'll summarize. A good rule of thumb would be: CPM steels are (price excluded) superior to non-CPM steels, in pretty much every possible way. There may be other steel manufacturers out there producing powder-made steels, but Crucible Steel is the best known company..
EgaoKage I'd like to add that; CPM 3V is, by far, my favorite blade steel. It can even be used in sword making, when tempered correctly.. Many steels couldn't claim that level of versatility!
TKDLION Yea, I thought of that after I posted. I tend to default to hardest possible use. I know that Lunatic Noss couldn't break an A1 completely in half.
Beautiful Wasatch mountains. We've had a dry winter. Should be 2-3 ft of snow at that mid-elevation. Some things suck here(like everywhere else), but having those mountains as a playground is amazing. I should be there right now. See ya.
It was your SRK vid that made be choose it over the FKVN years ago. I don't cry when I abuse it like I would a safe queen. The only thing that gives me a bit of a downer about it is the way the secure ex sheath has been nibbling at the handle material from long term use. It reached a point that it didn't wear as much, but for awhile I was worried that either the SRK would start becoming loose with that lost material.
Really disappointed in your "contest" Nutn. Way to make loyal TNPers feel like second class citizens. You should be insightful enough to know that a huge, maybe even the majority of your audience doesn't do twitter or even Facebook for that matter. Furthermore, you've limited this to other content creators, and eliminated folks like myself who absorb content. I've never made a video, nor will I ever. But I've been watching your videos, faithfully for years. And I don't recall EVER not uprating one, either. So, double owls like myself are automatically out. I'm not crying about the chance to win some yet unidentified, random knife. I'm disappointed that in an effort to become even more social media mainstream, he's excluded those that make up the heart and soul of his project.
Eh, he chose a quick and simple method. If the contest wasn't straight forward and simple, it would have been too much work then he wouldn't have done one at all.
Dr. Dac How are we not reaping benefits. We are watching his channel for the sake of seeing reviews and what his review is on it is. That should be plenty reaping.
***** well with that logic everyone who entered and did not win the contest should be mad because they did not "reap the benefits". He never has contest so that fact that he did one in the first place and gave way knives he bought with his money im glad two people where lucky enough to win
That mystery knife, that's the Ka-bar Mark 1 right? It's been on my watch list for a few years now, I'll be happy to know what you think, the steel is the only thing that put me off to it.
I'm going to preface this by saying that I'm a newer TNP'er. I'm not exactly sure when I subbed to Nutn', but it was probably under 2 years ago. That being said, I've consumed a lot of the content on this channel, including the older stuff. I get nostalgia and why it might ruffle people to hear Nutn' talk about a video not being worth making if it doesn't get views. The thing is, some of you don't seem to understand that there is a business model at play here. If Nutn' continually pours time into content that is not successful, the income support of the channel stops. When the money stops, the content stops. This may have started as a "labor of love," but I can assure you from what I've seen, it's much more than that now. The amount of money that has gone into products reviewed on this channel (and I know he sometimes borrows instead of purchasing,) is mind boggling. You want the content? Be a part of the support structure by giving this channel your sub and views and stop complaining when Nutn' does what he does best and points out reality. My last soapbox rant will be about people complaining about the contest. Don't be ungrateful, and stop expecting give-a-ways to cater to everybody. Don't do twitter, but really want to enter? Go set one up. It's free, and social media isn't the boogie man. It won't kill you, especially if you never use it again. Same thing with featuring this channel in your youtube profile. You don't have to be content creator to feature a channel. Go to your channel, on the right side just a bit down from the top is a featured channels area. Add Nutnfancy. Easy, painless. I did it and I'm not even entering. I'd prefer a real knife guy win anyway. Stop being a bunch of entitled babies who think effort required to win free stuff is an affront to your patronage of this channel.
i'm going to be honest with you, i think i know which the "secret knife" is, the other, no clue. But i have been featuring TNP on my channel since i knew you could do that, my first thought was, which ones should i feature, take a look (TNP, Sootch00 and ReallyBigMonkey1) all are still my favorites. Thank you Nutn, doing honest reviews. The best with TNP is still the philosophy and political videos even though i live in Sweden, but i agree with you almost always (especially the philosophy videos). I´ve been subscribing since 2010 i think. Thank you Nutn and Greetings from Sweden. And thank you for giving me life advice and how to think logical in certain matters and keeping me away from the "Sheeple" lifestyle
Could we get more multi-tool reviews (Leatherman, Swisstool, SOG) in the nutnfancy project? I like to hear what others think of different tool makers and there design before I buy some thing new.
Any recommendations for a fighting knife I am not old enough to carry a pistol and was thinking about getting a cold steel boot knife because I have army boots I were every were but are there better choices?
Well The Swedish knife is design for someone at way down in a paraschute, releaseing from seat with both weight and design for survival and bushcraft, so it's not a sword, or huge long survival knife but with quality and balance for the pilot. Cold Stell have a fine product, BUT WHY two miles out from the grip, before we have something to cut our bushcraft with ????!!! I won't have my finger in front of the vety grip, holding at steel doing my calypso out there, and if it was a sharpe blade to the grip knife, i personal had a order for one long ago, and it will be maybe my main knife with a Mora black bushcraft next to in the pack, cause of it's very fine work out there! The Mora can't split the huge work out there, but it suddently can do the fine splitting instead and actually buchcraft work bettet than maybe the best knife else, and that's is maybe the real survival, that can save you, or make you work a lot more effective and acurate. Therefore ColdSteel must make a new version, or it's ,, NO GO ! Sad cause it maybe the better blade right !
Ahh yes... KRV lives. Thanks again for all the effort. I think SRK all the way. Wins most categories, cheaper, easier to find.. Mine is on the way as we type.
Hey nutn, love the vid as I'm trying to get into fixed blades. Would you mind reviewing some bradford fixed blades? Their on your recommended page at bladehq and they look sweet with their m390 and all. Thanks man.
Folders are nice and convenient. But nothing looks cooler than a Ka-bar Heavy Bowie knife strapped to your backpack. I think I got a good knife. My Ka-bar Bowie rules this game. what can I say? Don't get one of those leather handle ones, less you plan to never go out in the rain with it on. Still, for a edc this got me thinking. Like I said or my convictions, "Nothing looks cooler." You see the way he cut that 2x4? I don't know what he's saying, "that stainless steel is better than High carbon steel now?"
The beginning was so adorable!
I appreciate your videos thanks for what you do!
Thank you my friend I appreciate you saying so!
Thanks, NF. Have you see the "Fallkniven A1 destruction test" here on YT? Amazing what it took to destroy the Fallkniven. Tester says itI'd be shocked if the Cold Steel blade could match that test.
I dislike how many people comlain about the longevity of these videos - I want to know every intricate detail. I don't have much money to throw, so when i'm in the market for something and I see a Nutnfancy review, I immediately home in. I can't afford to be unsure about my purchases, because $150 or $100 on a knife is a huge freaking purchase for me. So his hard work gives me huge gains. Thanks, Nutn. Big fan!
Cold Steel SRK is heavy, but best bang for the buck in my humble opinion, they also work well as dive knives if you want something tuff.
I know it cancels out the "Laminated" part of this, but with the new SRK being offered in CPM-3V, I'd say the advantage just shifted in a sizeable way toward Lynn (and his oversized ego.)
I'm considering a SRK but I do love my Fallkniven!
Great video. Love your enthusiasm for the cost affective knives.
If it takes you "15 minutes to get a razors edge", you've got other issues more important than grind. Great video and I love the knives you speak of here.
Been considering pulling the trigger on a Fallkniven A1 or SRK for several years because I wanted a stainless steel knife for those long, wet periods here in the north woods of Maritime Canada. Cold Steel just released the SRK in an all VG-1 build, and that looked about perfect so I ordered one a couple days ago. I love Fallkniven, but they are simply over priced, and the quality difference is marginal. People knock CS but my Trail Master has held up well over the years. If the SRK is as good, I'll be more than happy.
Nutn, Fallkniven used to distribute cold steel before going it on their own. And like Cold Steel, Fallkniven designs knives, but doesn't make them. Cold Steels San MaIII knives, and Fallkniven's laminated VG10, are made by the same manufacturer, start to finish. There is no "old world" in Fallkniven's offerings, as their initial line, was a reworking of the Cold Steel designs that they used to distribute. Think of the Northern Light series, and how, well uhm "similar" they look to the Trail Master and Recon Scout.
I have owned both. I am 6'5" and have large hands. The exposed tang of there Fallkniven knives bite into the meat of my hand. I also find that the VG10 core chips MUCH easier than the VG1 core.
The people who come on (not talking about you NUTN) and show their ignorance by bashing Cold Steel when discussing these 2 manufactures, cracks me up).
I have owned both an F1 and an A1. Those 2 knives were quickly traded out of my collection. I have an SRK, a Master Hunter, a Natchez Bowie, and a Trail master in San Mail III that won't be leaving my collection. Overall, I prefer Cold Steel's designs in their San Mai III over Fallkniven designs. Manufacturing is a wash, because it is the same manufacturer.
My 15 year old Cold Steel Carbon V SRK is one of my favorite blades. I've carried it for literally thousands of miles and used it for many camps. If you shy away from carbon steel because it might get some surface rust, then you worry WAY too much. A little rust on a blade just shows that it's good steel. Wipe it off and keep going. It's sad that Cold Steel discontinued that steel.
+Blakgun Agreed! The U.S. made Camillus Carbon V is still the best knife steel I have ever owned. I have several Carbon V knives including a Carbon V Trailmaster from the early 90s. It has seen a lot of strops, but has only needed grind sharpening twice in the last 15 years.
This is my favorite channel by a long shot thank you for making the vids
TMP! I have no realistic way of showing my gratitude for this great content... But if you ever get your butt to Stockholm, I would love to give you a tour of it all.
Damn it!
I will never Twitter. Any options for adults?
twitter...
Fuck twitter, its bad enough as it is that i had to make a google plus...
Twitter is a lot less immature than you might think; it's merely a simple way for people to get messages to a larger audience, and a godsend for UA-cam content creators who want to keep their viewers up to date between videos. Should definitely give it a go.
I guess you could give facebook a go less trolly acounts
Twitter is the option.
Drama in the comment section, lets just focus on the reason we started watching and subscribing, No B.S. Honest Reviews/Philosophy/Adventure. Keep up the good work Nutn' !!!
Amen!
Whoever wins this deserves it. Those are some elite questions.
Hey nutn, just thought I should let you know that you can add an umlaut to Fällkniven by pressing Alt + U and then typing the "a".
Been waiting for an s1 video for ages thanks nutn
More backpacking/camping vids please!
Props for actually pronouncing Fällkniven the correct way. Side note, I wonder why a company that calls itself The Folding Knife makes fixed blades
So many cool knives in there.
allie the mountain dog!!!
there were knives?
I cant get past the first 40 seconds.....repeat!!!!
lol
I hope to own a Falkniven one day, just hope I'm not too old to use it by then :) Love your vids; America needs more true patriots like you! God bless and keep up the great work!
Excellent review as usual. I don't have Twitter but I do know what the secret knife is :) That Bark River was gorgeous too. I love those but just can't justify the price. Thanks for supplying great reviews for so long, and for advocating for the Gun/outdoor community. Been a follower since 09 and I've really enjoyed the journey. Take care!
Some of us older guys don't even know how the F to use a tweet. Agree with "HondoLane76". Good luck man, it's been a good ride.
MetusBatmanV4 Are you 12? Can you even grasp what you are saying to someone older than you? Show some respect kid.
Thank you sir:
I'm 58 and don't appreciate a snot nosed kid "dissin" me.
MetusBatmanV4 You should respect them automatically because they are older than us. Therefore, more wisdom and experience. Something you should look up to. Also, try expanding your vocabulary besides "Moron".
MetusBatmanV4 Damn kid. I don't even know how to respond. Shit is just spewing out of your mouth. If I was your parent and I saw this, I would beat you.
My generation is fucked :/
Loving the TNP Old School KRVs!!!!!
U pronounce (spellcheck?) fällkniven good! It like fellkniven and u nailed it!
That was a fun watch and welcome info. Thanks! The bushcrafting footage makes me want to get outside.
I didn't really like nutnfancy at first but this nut is starting to grow on me. Salut colonel.
The drainage hole is inside the bottom loop like thingy on their zytel sheaths. You practically need a flashlight to even see it, but it is there.
Felt like a high school reunion! Haven't seen those blades in like forever! ahahaha!
These are the reviews I love and subscribe for Nutn keep 'em coming
Those two are on my top knives list. Unfortunately my SRK is in aus 8 but it still a great knife. The S1 is probably my favorite knife that I own. The cutting edge on both are extremely close in length. I'm not a big fan of the ricasso on the SRK. Although I don't prefer choils, I'd prefer it to that flat ricasso the SRK has. I like the was Fallkniven got that edge as close to the handle as possible. As Nutnfancy said, the S1 was designed to be used in cold wet/ snowy environments and therefore was designed to be used with gloves, hence the thin handle. Great review! Oh the S1 sheath does have drain holes by the way. It's actually a slit the inside the lashing area at the bottom of the sheath.
+Chase Palagi I agree I don't like ricasso's or choils, just don't understand the need for them.
Im a bit of a perfectionist, i could never leave the house without a hair shaving sharp knife at the very least.
Nutn' I wish I could participate in this give away, but I won't because I'm not into twitter. I also don't really have an active youtube channel. I've been watching your videos for years now, and eventually created an account just to subscribe, but I probably won't qualify for the give away. I don't mind people knowing that I like your channel...I am not shy to enter into debate over my personal convictions... I'm just not active on these social network scenes...there's just not enough time for it. I hope some deserving person wins the give away.
Sup Nutnfancy. I haven't used my DSmatts account in years but am still following the project. Hope you've enjoyed the knife. Please keep the knife it was my contribution to the project years ago I bought 2, one for you and of coarse one for myself. Enjoy!
Never stop doing what you're doing!
You should get one of those squishy pet bowls nutn.
Ditto on the Twitter feed. I bought the cold steel San Mai 3 other wise I would have gone with the falkniven but I liked the steel a little better. When I bought it i watched both the original reviews about 5 years ago. Thanks nutnfancy!
Hey nutn.
Younger guy here, I've got twitter, Facebook instagram, etc.
I just want to say something, and I'll send you a letter because you probably won't read this. But where are you going man? No more tabletop knife reviews because they only get 6k views? I'm one of those 6k. That is the reason I subscribed.
Back to the contest. Just doesn't seem like you. Are you giving knives away because your knife review days are going far and in between.
Lately I see a lot of stuff you're psyched about. And why you are. I miss the criticisms that made me enjoy the SOG flash, Kershaw Leek,and even understand a little about blade steel.
Seemed like it used to be about getting info out there, updating on new stuff. Now it seems more things directed to amp up views.
Hope your family is well. Thanks for everything you've done. Hope the future is bright for you.
You should really message him this.
How do I PM. I'm on the youtube app and can't figure it out.
MetusBatmanV4 He's not whining.
Ha, this channel's great. When Nutn brings out these knives with the scratches on them, I know I'm listening to somebody who's "been there" and sharing truth. Long live TNP!
Fällknivens knifes are issued as the standard knife for the Swedish military up north and for the intended purpose of chopping up firewood and general purpose I think they work great.
I have had S1 since '99 and bought my dad F1 in 2000 for 50th. birthday. Great knives.
What an awesome contest! You rock nutnfancy and everyone that supports you. Good luck to all who enter. The contents of the channel has been very rewarding and entertaining in my small opinion. Still hoping for some more great outdoor adventure series as time goes by. There's not much for scenery in flat land mid michigan. That won't stop me from getting out to my local state and national parks to explore and create my own adventures as your project has inspired me to live more positively and proactive!
I think that Cold Steel San Mai III uses VG-10, and the Fallkniven 'CoS laminate' (or whatever, the 3G is something else) uses the 'San Mai III' method of lamination... with VG-10. They ARE identical, steel-wise.
Where are you in the opening shot? That's beautiful scenery, and I'm curious.
I haven't delved into collecting knives yet so I don't have much to compare to, but I still love my BK17!
Any blade will ship (or flaten or dent if softer steel) if you hit a harder surface with it (like a rock). This is not only the case for VG-10.
It's the same damn knife!! Maybe different steel / handle material but design is almost identical
I've three Falkniven knives.
S1, WM1, U2.
The only one which I'd buy again is the WM1.
I've the S1 in semi-black coating.. Semi because it's coming off quite easily.
Black coating that I've on my zero tolerance is MUCH more durable.
I didn't put it through any rough use and it's already pretty much wear down, including chips on the blade (no I did not hit any rocks, no abuse of the blade..).
U2 is a nice, lightweight pocket knife.
But for less money and same size-category you can have one of these mini spydercos like dragonfly 2, which actually has gimping, better grip, better handle, more useful blade shape and stronger lock.
The lock on my U2 is quite loose.
Sharpening stone I've to send back to Fallkniven due to poor quality. It was replaced free of charge but ppl I know were complaining about Falkniven's customer service and the interwebz seems to confirm that's not one of the best, diplomatically said.
Finally - the price. I would turn a blind eye on the coating, chipping, lose lock, customer service, etc if it would be somewhere around the Byrd's price range ... BUT NOT IN THIS PRICE RANGE!
Fallknivens are EXPENSIVE. You expect superb quality.
Frankly I'm much happier with my ZTs or Spydercos.
Honestly thats a hard choice, but i would probably not get any chances to use either on a camping trip when i go camping i spend 20% time sleeping and the other 80% fishing
Nice knifes. I really like black jack, Ontario , etc... I recently bought a condor moonstalker it's fantastic
TNP fan (not fanboy) since 2009. Keep up the good work!
double owl watching since '08 but don't want or have twitter, so no contest for me. easily recognized the "mystery" knife though. won't spoil it for the rest.
I've been eyeing the Cold Steel SRK and checked it out when I visited Blade HQ in Lehi, UT. I'm sold and I need one for my survival kit. I've seen it on the reviewing table in several recent TNP videos and it caught my eye. I love the sheath on the SRK and it is better than my Cold Steel Peace Maker II (Nutnfancy signed). :)
havent even watched the vid yet!!! too excited! I've been waitin for this one!!!
I was sold on the cold steel before you pulled out the first SOG. Not a knife guy, but i am in the market for a good general purpose fixed blade.
What is the best and the worst in your opinion? I do the rankings from first to last place
At last! The video prophesied by the ancient ones had arrived!
For those who are looking for a great blade steel, but don't wish to become bogged down in super-steel debates...I'll summarize. A good rule of thumb would be: CPM steels are (price excluded) superior to non-CPM steels, in pretty much every possible way. There may be other steel manufacturers out there producing powder-made steels, but Crucible Steel is the best known company..
EgaoKage I'd like to add that; CPM 3V is, by far, my favorite blade steel. It can even be used in sword making, when tempered correctly.. Many steels couldn't claim that level of versatility!
Good comparison. I like the tang on the S1 better. That would most likely be my choice just from the standpoint of perceived resilience.
TKDLION Yea, I thought of that after I posted. I tend to default to hardest possible use. I know that Lunatic Noss couldn't break an A1 completely in half.
Not a bad pronunciation of Fällkniven, good job! Did you have someone tell you the Swedish pronunciation or did you figure it out on your own?
That sucks. i don't do twatter.
2 things: where do you live because that wilderness at the beginning was beautiful! also what were the gloves that you have at the beginning? Thanks!
Mechanix gloves. I think colorado.
Utah.
Beautiful Wasatch mountains. We've had a dry winter. Should be 2-3 ft of snow at that mid-elevation. Some things suck here(like everywhere else), but having those mountains as a playground is amazing. I should be there right now. See ya.
Mechanix mpact awesome gloves i own a pair myself.
It was your SRK vid that made be choose it over the FKVN years ago. I don't cry when I abuse it like I would a safe queen.
The only thing that gives me a bit of a downer about it is the way the secure ex sheath has been nibbling at the handle material from long term use. It reached a point that it didn't wear as much, but for awhile I was worried that either the SRK would start becoming loose with that lost material.
Really disappointed in your "contest" Nutn. Way to make loyal TNPers feel like second class citizens. You should be insightful enough to know that a huge, maybe even the majority of your audience doesn't do twitter or even Facebook for that matter. Furthermore, you've limited this to other content creators, and eliminated folks like myself who absorb content. I've never made a video, nor will I ever. But I've been watching your videos, faithfully for years. And I don't recall EVER not uprating one, either. So, double owls like myself are automatically out. I'm not crying about the chance to win some yet unidentified, random knife. I'm disappointed that in an effort to become even more social media mainstream, he's excluded those that make up the heart and soul of his project.
Just be greatful that he even had a contest
Eh, he chose a quick and simple method. If the contest wasn't straight forward and simple, it would have been too much work then he wouldn't have done one at all.
***** it's called feeling joy for the good fortune of others. but this experience might be unfamiliar to the self absorbed.
Dr. Dac
How are we not reaping benefits. We are watching his channel for the sake of seeing reviews and what his review is on it is. That should be plenty reaping.
***** well with that logic everyone who entered and did not win the contest should be mad because they did not "reap the benefits". He never has contest so that fact that he did one in the first place and gave way knives he bought with his money im glad two people where lucky enough to win
Good video and nice comparison. Which steel do you think chips easier the VG-10 or the VG-1?
What if we don't have twitter?
Sol?
Matt Behnke
Shit out of luck.
Matt Behnke Jesus dude "shit outta luck"
I don't think nutnfancy would appreciate those things on his videos, and really that doesn't make sense.
Do you I look like nutnfancy police? I think he's smart enough to protect himself anyway. Would you say that to him? Give everyone equal respect
Fine work nutn! Im craving a new philosiphy movie though.. bless you all
That mystery knife, that's the Ka-bar Mark 1 right? It's been on my watch list for a few years now, I'll be happy to know what you think, the steel is the only thing that put me off to it.
Will the Falknivan A1 throw sparks off a ferro rod? For that matter, do stainless steel knives throw sparks?
nutnfancy the knife show continues!!! rock on
nutn dont review that bark river. because then ill be forced to buy it....
Great video Nutn!!
Hmmm...I'm still not on twitter...good gear community there?
I'm going to preface this by saying that I'm a newer TNP'er. I'm not exactly sure when I subbed to Nutn', but it was probably under 2 years ago. That being said, I've consumed a lot of the content on this channel, including the older stuff. I get nostalgia and why it might ruffle people to hear Nutn' talk about a video not being worth making if it doesn't get views. The thing is, some of you don't seem to understand that there is a business model at play here. If Nutn' continually pours time into content that is not successful, the income support of the channel stops. When the money stops, the content stops. This may have started as a "labor of love," but I can assure you from what I've seen, it's much more than that now. The amount of money that has gone into products reviewed on this channel (and I know he sometimes borrows instead of purchasing,) is mind boggling. You want the content? Be a part of the support structure by giving this channel your sub and views and stop complaining when Nutn' does what he does best and points out reality.
My last soapbox rant will be about people complaining about the contest. Don't be ungrateful, and stop expecting give-a-ways to cater to everybody. Don't do twitter, but really want to enter? Go set one up. It's free, and social media isn't the boogie man. It won't kill you, especially if you never use it again. Same thing with featuring this channel in your youtube profile. You don't have to be content creator to feature a channel. Go to your channel, on the right side just a bit down from the top is a featured channels area. Add Nutnfancy. Easy, painless. I did it and I'm not even entering. I'd prefer a real knife guy win anyway. Stop being a bunch of entitled babies who think effort required to win free stuff is an affront to your patronage of this channel.
G. I. Tanto review next! Keep the krvs coming nutn.
i'm going to be honest with you, i think i know which the "secret knife" is, the other, no clue. But i have been featuring TNP on my channel since i knew you could do that, my first thought was, which ones should i feature, take a look (TNP, Sootch00 and ReallyBigMonkey1) all are still my favorites.
Thank you Nutn, doing honest reviews. The best with TNP is still the philosophy and political videos even though i live in Sweden, but i agree with you almost always (especially the philosophy videos). I´ve been subscribing since 2010 i think.
Thank you Nutn and Greetings from Sweden. And thank you for giving me life advice and how to think logical in certain matters and keeping me away from the "Sheeple" lifestyle
Cant generalise that all carbon steels outperform all stainless steels...
Have the F1 and A1, my absolute favorite! I even gave my A1 a 5000 grid mirror polish!
+Arthur J I have the the A1 as my EDC and the S1, they are great knives for the bayou country I live in where rust resistance is a must.
Danzig Rulze True. But the vg10 does chip really easily.
I would like you to do a new review on the nimravus benchmade knife they fixed all your problems that you had years ago.
Could we get more multi-tool reviews (Leatherman, Swisstool, SOG) in the nutnfancy project? I like to hear what others think of different tool makers and there design before I buy some thing new.
What fixed blade would you take on a 3-4 day backpacking trip?
The ricasso on the Cold Steel is just ridiculous... Way too big and make a large part of the blade unusable.
Any recommendations for a fighting knife I am not old enough to carry a pistol and was thinking about getting a cold steel boot knife because I have army boots I were every were but are there better choices?
Well The Swedish knife is design for someone at way down in a paraschute, releaseing from seat with both weight and design for survival and bushcraft, so it's not a sword, or huge long survival knife but with quality and balance for the pilot.
Cold Stell have a fine product, BUT WHY two miles out from the grip, before we have something to cut our bushcraft with ????!!! I won't have my finger in front of the vety grip, holding at steel doing my calypso out there, and if it was a sharpe blade to the grip knife, i personal had a order for one long ago, and it will be maybe my main knife with a Mora black bushcraft next to in the pack, cause of it's very fine work out there!
The Mora can't split the huge work out there, but it suddently can do the fine splitting instead and actually buchcraft work bettet than maybe the best knife else, and that's is maybe the real survival, that can save you, or make you work a lot more effective and acurate.
Therefore ColdSteel must make a new version, or it's ,, NO GO ! Sad cause it maybe the better blade right !
Ahh yes... KRV lives. Thanks again for all the effort. I think SRK all the way. Wins most categories, cheaper, easier to find.. Mine is on the way as we type.
Convex edge is good if you have a set of oilstones to hand grind your edge otherwise screw it
Such sick vids lately!!! Thanks nutnfancy!!!!!
Hey nutn, love the vid as I'm trying to get into fixed blades. Would you mind reviewing some bradford fixed blades? Their on your recommended page at bladehq and they look sweet with their m390 and all. Thanks man.
btw...what was the answer to the question please?...great review...i agree
Great video
Thanks
For me the biggest turn off on SRK is the big ricasso area, don't like choils or big ricasso like on SRK so i would go with Fallkniven.
As a younger veiwer after the "give away" in a next video please tell us the mystery knife. Thanks
dude you sound like Jack Black.
are they all full tang cause these are some pretty impressive knives
Don't split wood with your knife and it won't chip out.
Folders are nice and convenient. But nothing looks cooler than a Ka-bar Heavy Bowie knife strapped to your backpack. I think I got a good knife. My Ka-bar Bowie rules this game. what can I say? Don't get one of those leather handle ones, less you plan to never go out in the rain with it on.
Still, for a edc this got me thinking. Like I said or my convictions, "Nothing looks cooler." You see the way he cut that 2x4? I don't know what he's saying, "that stainless steel is better than High carbon steel now?"
I have the AUS-8 Cold Steel SRK & I didn't like the grind on it so I ground it to a big convex bubble. It baton's wood real good but its ugly..
My dog is way more tactical than Allie. I installed laminated steel teeth on her.
Skip past twitter stuff straight to why you came at 4:38
you probably dont answer but what do you think about the extrema ratio selvans or kreios?