7" Green Beret personal use experience.

[JohnnyO]

macgregor22, I admit I was being a tad sarcastic.

 

[macgregor22]

macgregor22, I admit I was being a tad sarcastic.

So was I.

 

[bluka94]

Correction:
This is not what happened. The knife was not placed in a vice when it broke. I was holding it in my hand and hitting it with the hammer into wood as I do with every knife I test. Watch the video and see for yourself.

This being said. Use and enjoy your Green Beret knives. :thumbup:

I really do hope that Green Beret was a "monday-example" (as we call it in Sweden when you are not satisfied with a product that you know usualy belongs a good quality brand).

 

[rifon2]

Not to mention beating any stainless steel with a freaking sledge hamer is gonna get you a broken knife. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that one out. Course that is the point of the test, to see when it will break. I saw no future but breakage when the hammer came out.

Your points are well taken.

However, I'd like to point out that the Fallkniven A1, a stainless blade knife, did very well when noss4 "tested" it.

Though initially I was undecided about the utility of what noss4 is doing with knifetests.com, I've come to the conclusion that these tests do provide information of real value.
And which is unavailable elsewhere.

Watching a knife like the Fallkniven A1 perform as it did gave me a greater sense of what my Fallkniven S1 and F1 are about.
And though it did not fare as well, for example, the Becker BK9 continues to be one of my favorite knives.

I see noss4's tests as akin to government vehicle crash tests, Mythbusters type shows, and similar.

"Overbuilt" and "overengineered" products tend to cost more than those that aren't.

Large expensive knives touted for bushcraft use, military use, and other demanding environments are, in my view, more than fair game for tests that push them to their limit and beyond.

 

[JohnnyO]

I really do hope that Green Beret was a "monday-example" (as we call it in Sweden when you are not satisfied with a product that you know usualy belongs a good quality brand).

We use to say the same about cars when I was growing up in NY. As the saying goes, small world.

 

[Jae-na]

I don't have the 7 inch model, but I carry the 5.5 inch model as my everyday carry knife. I've had it for about a year now and it seems to be holding up pefectly. I do lots of things with it. Iv'e batoned it through inumerable amounts of wood. Iv'e had no chips in the edge even when going through wood such as Oak and Mesquite. I've just always used a wood baton (never a hammer lol). I use it to open aluminum cans, cut down small Palo Verde trees and Juniper trees (5 inch diameter), skin rabbits, cut lots of rope and parachute cord, does a great job helping me make bow drill fires, it excels at slicing cardboard, and it's a decent imporvised kitchen knife. I think, all in all it's a pretty decent knife for genral everyday stuff. I liked watching Noss4's Green Beret Destruction test. Mostly because it was fun to watch, and I found it humerous. It's interesting that the Green Beret broke more easily than many of the other knives on Knifetests.com. It's hard to accuratly compare knives though when they are all different shapes. Who knows... I like mine haha!

 

[bluka94]

I don't have the 7 inch model, but I carry the 5.5 inch model as my everyday carry knife. I've had it for about a year now and it seems to be holding up pefectly. I do lots of things with it. Iv'e batoned it through inumerable amounts of wood. Iv'e had no chips in the edge even when going through wood such as Oak and Mesquite. I've just always used a wood baton (never a hammer lol). I use it to open aluminum cans, cut down small Palo Verde trees and Juniper trees (5 inch diameter), skin rabbits, cut lots of rope and parachute cord, does a great job helping me make bow drill fires, it excels at slicing cardboard, and it's a decent imporvised kitchen knife. I think, all in all it's a pretty decent knife for genral everyday stuff. I liked watching Noss4's Green Beret Destruction test. Mostly because it was fun to watch, and I found it humerous. It's interesting that the Green Beret broke more easily than many of the other knives on Knifetests.com. It's hard to accuratly compare knives though when they are all different shapes. Who knows... I like mine haha!

How about serrations along the edge? Do you feel like they are in the way when cuting? Honesty now...

 

[Jae-na]

I don't think they get in the way for me. If I'm carving a branch or something where I need the plain edge I just put my index finger over the bottom guard and, "choke up" on the knife. A little annoying at times, but I like the serrations because they help carve notches in wood faster. Personal preference through. If I need a straight edge knife I'll usually jut get my swiss army knife.