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but isn't thriving. I bought my wife a Mother's Day present that came in a very large cardboard box, and since I had read about the big boys using cardboard as a medium to test the cutting ability and edge holding of knives they were testing, I thought--"Here is all this lovely cardboard, and I have all these knives, so why don't I do my part to contribute to the vast body of knife performance knowledge in this, my favorite forum. So with a handful of knives, I set out to conduct a serious cutting test.
Two of the knives I carry quite a bit are the Benchmade 940 and Newt Livesay's N.R.G.S. neck knife. So I thought I'd start with them.
But there were problems.
First of all, I was conducting my test outside, and there was about a 25 mph wind, which made it difficult to hang on to that big piece of cardboard. Also, I rubbed a blister on my hand.
After 76 cuts, the Livesay blade was still cutting and showing no sign of stopping any time soon. So I grabbed my Benchmade and commenced testing and reviewing it. After I had tested and reviewed it to the tune of about 73 cuts, it was still cutting too. So I felt that the time had come to stop and reflect a moment on the test and review up to that point.
I was in a car wreck and suffered a pretty severe back injury, which I am not completely recovered from, so my back was also killing me from sitting on my dog box, bending over , and testing and reviewing those two knives.
My 5 year old little boy came running out of the house about two thirds of the way through the test and review bringing me two other knives he was interested in seeing tested and reviewed. But at thiis point in the testing/reviewing process, I was reaching the conclusion that I should probably leave the exhaustive, scientific testing and reviewing to the professionals.
As far as the results of my test, I have carefully tabulated the results and have concluded that if you cut enough cardboard with a Livesay N.R.G.S. neck knife and a Benchmade 940, your knives will eventually get dull, your hand will blister, and your back will hurt.
I hesitate to launch this probing and definitive review into public view for fear I will be inundated with calls from the likes of Steven Dick and J. Bruce Voyles requesting my services as a reviwer and tester. Frankly, I'm not sure my back would take it.
Two of the knives I carry quite a bit are the Benchmade 940 and Newt Livesay's N.R.G.S. neck knife. So I thought I'd start with them.
But there were problems.
First of all, I was conducting my test outside, and there was about a 25 mph wind, which made it difficult to hang on to that big piece of cardboard. Also, I rubbed a blister on my hand.
After 76 cuts, the Livesay blade was still cutting and showing no sign of stopping any time soon. So I grabbed my Benchmade and commenced testing and reviewing it. After I had tested and reviewed it to the tune of about 73 cuts, it was still cutting too. So I felt that the time had come to stop and reflect a moment on the test and review up to that point.
I was in a car wreck and suffered a pretty severe back injury, which I am not completely recovered from, so my back was also killing me from sitting on my dog box, bending over , and testing and reviewing those two knives.
My 5 year old little boy came running out of the house about two thirds of the way through the test and review bringing me two other knives he was interested in seeing tested and reviewed. But at thiis point in the testing/reviewing process, I was reaching the conclusion that I should probably leave the exhaustive, scientific testing and reviewing to the professionals.
As far as the results of my test, I have carefully tabulated the results and have concluded that if you cut enough cardboard with a Livesay N.R.G.S. neck knife and a Benchmade 940, your knives will eventually get dull, your hand will blister, and your back will hurt.
I hesitate to launch this probing and definitive review into public view for fear I will be inundated with calls from the likes of Steven Dick and J. Bruce Voyles requesting my services as a reviwer and tester. Frankly, I'm not sure my back would take it.
