Recommendation? Best Knives for Rebarcrafting and Chopping Lampposts?

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Saw Carothers Performance Knives chopping nails and bolts with almost no damage the other day and was really impressed by their Delta-3V heat treat.

Is this the toughest a blade can get with today's technology? Are there any other knifes/steels that can withstand this level of abuse?

 
Just feel the need to point out that these are TEST mediums, NOT actual material you should be cutting regularly outside of destruction level TESTING. Too many folks see these things and believe the knife they’ve bought can do this at home. Sadness follows. It’s a fool who chops/cuts rebar and similar materials without expecting damage.
 
The number of times the internet contradicts common sense. Countless? Of course. Cut up an apple. 'An apple a day keeps the Doctor away'...
 
Like a lot of bed frame steel, much rebar is made of MysterySteel and can be harder than the hammers of h_ll. I wouldn't recommend trying to cut it with a knife.
 
Cementite said:
Like a lot of bed frame steel, much rebar is made of MysterySteel and can be harder than the hammers of h_ll. I wouldn't recommend trying to cut it with a knife.
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Imagine them making a rebar out of something such as M4, then heat treating it to 60-65 HRC and sending it to them for testing 🤣🤣🤣
I'd really like to see that.
 
kobold said:
Worktuff Gear Hemlock Ares SK-85 AKA SK-5.
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I have to say, I keep hoping for this guy to score a permanently disfiguring injury during the idiocy of making these dumb videos, but unfortunately it hasn't happened yet. Like, I want it to be something fun, like a blade snapping the wrong way and still having a great edge so it sheers off two or three fingers from his dominant hand and he has to go get them sewn back on, but he's never able to grip a knife again. You know, something just enough that he's not able to do these videos anymore, so we'll stop seeing melted frontbrains on Reddit using them as some sort of proof of strength (or lack thereof) for various knives. It'd be great.
 
Bill Siegle said:
Just feel the need to point out that these are TEST mediums, NOT actual material you should be cutting regularly outside of destruction level TESTING. Too many folks see these things and believe the knife they’ve bought can do this at home. Sadness follows. It’s a fool who chops/cuts rebar and similar materials without expecting damage.
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Now, Bill, why did you feel the need to interject reason and logic into this discussion? It's not like it's ever been brought up before...

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Quiet said:
I have to say, I keep hoping for this guy to score a permanently disfiguring injury during the idiocy of making these dumb videos, but unfortunately it hasn't happened yet. Like, I want it to be something fun, like a blade snapping the wrong way and still having a great edge so it sheers off two or three fingers from his dominant hand and he has to go get them sewn back on, but he's never able to grip a knife again. You know, something just enough that he's not able to do these videos anymore, so we'll stop seeing melted frontbrains on Reddit using them as some sort of proof of strength (or lack thereof) for various knives. It'd be great.
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He's beginning to become a legend in his own mind. He's now posting vids putting himself out there as some kinda' savior or oracle, as though he's "calling out" the OEMs for their pricing and/or production processes...on behalf of all of us. (*He seems to really have a hard-on for TOPS Knives)

The other day, another YouTube clown put-out a "Let Me Show You How Smart I Am" vid, discussing grain structure and using Joe Douche's vid as some kinda' scientific reference. In other words, the knife didn't fail because some moron was bashing the spine against a steel pipe and/or a rock. It failed because of poor grain structure and/or poor production.

Just like New York's favorite waitress/bartender/rep, I don't blame him, I blame the clowns who empower both of 'em.



*As far as the original post, how about a Bauer 4.5" angle grinder? $29 at Harbor Freight.
 
Quiet said:
I have to say, I keep hoping for this guy to score a permanently disfiguring injury during the idiocy of making these dumb videos, but unfortunately it hasn't happened yet. Like, I want it to be something fun, like a blade snapping the wrong way and still having a great edge so it sheers off two or three fingers from his dominant hand and he has to go get them sewn back on, but he's never able to grip a knife again. You know, something just enough that he's not able to do these videos anymore, so we'll stop seeing melted frontbrains on Reddit using them as some sort of proof of strength (or lack thereof) for various knives. It'd be great.
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Like I said before, clown shoes on that boy. The biggest pair ever made.
 
Alone said:
He's beginning to become a legend in his own mind. He's now posting vids putting himself out there as some kinda' savior or oracle, as though he's "calling out" the OEMs for their pricing and/or production processes...on behalf of all of us. (*He seems to really have a hard-on for TOPS Knives)

The other day, another YouTube clown put-out a "Let Me Show You How Smart I Am" vid, discussing grain structure and using Joe Douche's vid as some kinda' scientific reference. In other words, the knife didn't fail because some moron was bashing the spine against a steel pipe and/or a rock. It failed because of poor grain structure and/or poor production.

Just like New York's favorite waitress/bartender/rep, I don't blame him, I blame the clowns who empower both of 'em.



*As far as the original post, how about a Bauer 4.5" angle grinder? $29 at Harbor Freight.
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He was super butthurt when he couldn’t break the Steel Eagle or the Silent Hero in the first round.
 
From posts #7 and #10 I see that Joe X has twice as many subscribers as Buck Knives. Ladies, Gentlemen: The Internet. 😭😭😭
 
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