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BarrelTwist

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Hey guys :)
So like many knife nuts like myself, the sebenza has been my Grail knife for a while. I had a offer recently for a CRK Pacific that I may be able to trade for. I hear much hype on the Internet about the britleness of S30v, nut I know most of this hype (crap) derives from knifetest breaking a green Barret(?) in half with a hammer. Know I won't be hitting it with hammers (got my RC-6 for that) , I will baton pretty hard and use it to chop wood and such. I may just trade it for a sebenza plus some cash. So what are the thoughts that you guys have on CRK fixes blades??? People who have used them hard please post :)

thanks

edit: oops! Meant to put CRK in title. Sorry
 
I just got a Shadow IV in A2, despite the knife tests nonsense. I haven't used it much, but I think any potential breakage will easily be avoided as long as a hammer is not involved. Also, I think Horn Dog (he's on a few forums) has an S30V CRK fixed blade. He did a review that involved batoning and it fared without a problem. Oh, as for the hammering, I would not recommend that on any knife, including your RC6. I think it will eventually break. There was a differentially hardened Swamp Rat M6 that was beat on a lot with a pipe (I think it was a pipe). Because of micro fractures from the pipe impacts, the knife eventually broke when the user was prying with it. Wood won't ever cause that. Just a recommendation, but in the end, it's your knife and you can do whatever you want with it.
 
Alright thanks. And yes, the RC-6 is a total beater. Im sure you know the warranty of RAT's. The RAT warranty doesn't cause me to abuse it but if it needs it I will do it. I have only used a hammer once: I batoned into the hardest and biggest knot, on the hardest wood, in my life. I spent one hour, yes a whole hour, beating on it as hard as i could with a heavy log to know avail. Then took out the hammer, as I could not just quit after that long, and managed to get the blade through. Anyways, but that is not something I will regularly do...
 
Baton w/ my NR Warrior for every camp fire job. It's an early model, before the Pacific was introduced. Like it over the GB because of its thumb ramp. I like the NR for all the analytic reasons, but to be honest, I mainly prefer it over the Pacific because . . . I like how it looks :) --love the subtle recurve. Good luck with your decisions!

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BarrelTwist said:
Alright thanks. And yes, the RC-6 is a total beater. Im sure you know the warranty of RAT's. The RAT warranty doesn't cause me to abuse it but if it needs it I will do it. I have only used a hammer once: I batoned into the hardest and biggest knot, on the hardest wood, in my life. I spent one hour, yes a whole hour, beating on it as hard as i could with a heavy log to know avail. Then took out the hammer, as I could not just quit after that long, and managed to get the blade through. Anyways, but that is not something I will regularly do...
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No offense, but beating on your knife like that just because you know they will replace it when it breaks is very uncool. Jeff and his team at Rat don't care if you abuse for something important. Cutting through a big knot for pride wouldnt count IMO. Rat knives are tools, not some coolio knives to beat on for fun. Treat your tools with respect.
 
The S30V is fine. Knifetests is irrelevant. Reports of brittleness came from early S30V heat treating by less experienced manufacturers. Chris Reeve was involved in developing S30V.
 
Thalestin said:
No offense, but beating on your knife like that just because you know they will replace it when it breaks is very uncool. Jeff and his team at Rat don't care if you abuse for something important. Cutting through a big knot for pride wouldnt count IMO. Rat knives are tools, not some coolio knives to beat on for fun. Treat your tools with respect.
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As said many time before, I paid for the knife. I felt 120% that it could handle it, and it did. You're right, it's a tool, I used the tool to split a large piece of wood in two ;)
 
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