cold steel torture test videos - talwar xl and voyager tanto xl

That Talwar is a tough one, that is one knife I haven't acquired yet and it looks awesome. Thanks for sharing, folks. :thumbsup:
 
dogstar said:
The OP has over 1,400 posts. I do agree there was one lately where there were only 2 posts.

Let's not go overboard and consider every person who posts about Cold Steel a shill.
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I am new to forum and have already been accused of making shill posts just because I prefer Cold Steel's Tri-Ad.

Could you please explain what is a shill?
 
SteelByMySide said:
I am new to forum and have already been accused of making shill posts just because I prefer Cold Steel's Tri-Ad.

Could you please explain what is a shill?
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Shill is basically someone compensated by a company to promote its products , but implies dishonesty / misrepresentation in doing so .

I was also accused of this for Cold Steel and others . Long time ago , probably the same members .

Just ignore that BS troll noise . It usually just means they disagree with you but prefer to attack below the belt rather than fairly discuss the issue .
 
Mitchell Knives said:
Neat video, but not really helpful in terms of showing the overall merits of a particular design.

You can break anything if you try hard enough.
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There is a guy on “utubes” that destroyed a brand new Dodge T-Rex pickup truck…then burned it at the end. That had to be one of the most idiotic and wasteful thing I ever saw….and I’m not even a auto buff. Yeah, I appreciate the torture test stuff to an extent, but after a while it’s just dumb and a waste of a perfectly good product.
 
Destruct testing can be useful , if done systematically and scientifically .

These were not either .

Mostly for the shock / entertainment / drama value ,IMO .

It does show these knives can take substantial abuse before breaking .

Mitchell Knives said:
Neat video, but not really helpful in terms of showing the overall merits of a particular design.

You can break anything if you try hard enough.
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But, not very meaningful unless compared to other competing /similar type knives, in a controlled / repeatable fashion .
 
Entertaining but bear no real resemblance to real world use by most people. I have had gas stations knives do everything and more that I asked of them when no better alternative was available. Conversely I have had relatively expensive knives fail to impress me. But hell y'all keep making them, still better than most of the crap on Boobtube.

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These reviewers need to work on their appearance to exude the proper credibility...a gas mask is a good start, but why stop there? How about full scuba apparatus along with medieval plate armor and a Jason-style hockey mask?
 
I've been really impressed with how AUS-10A has been performing in those videos. The Voyager Tanto, Spartan and 4Max Scout in AUS-10 have done amazingly well, whereas S35VN tends to chip easier. For a rugged use knife, AUS-10A seems to be a great choice. Considering AUS-10 is just AUS-8 with more carbon, I guess it's not surprising. AUS-8 is one of the toughest knife steels out there, so the AUS-10A appears to be similar in that regard.
 
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