Extreme testing of one of my D2 knives (with pics)

[stanley_white]

WHAT??? You mean you have never been attacked by a ravaging band of mall ninjas armed with Kung Pao Bricks?

+1

I am a big fan of Scott because I own one of his knives and it is so damn good that soon he will be building me another.

I don't want to misquote someone but I once read some version of these words on Jeff Randall's website and it hit home for me.

Mr. Randall said something to the effect of "The people throughout the world that truly depend upon a blade of some kind for their daily survival are using a knife made from an old automobile spring and sharpening it on a rock."

Those words illustrated for me how stuck up and extremist we are about "torture testing" our knives. In the U.S. if a knife can't flex / bend / stab through an anvil then it just isn't good enough. But in reality there are people all over the world surviving daily with their knives that were made through manufacturing methods that we would laugh at.

Even some of the most harrowing stories of survival throughout the world rarely involve someone having to stab a knife through a car / cinder block / extreme prying etc.

If my knife can't hack down a skyscraper then so be it. It cuts just fine for me.

 

[JD Mandrell]

+1

I am a big fan of Scott because I own one of his knives and it is so damn good that soon he will be building me another.

I don't want to misquote someone but I once read some version of these words on Jeff Randall's website and it hit home for me.

Mr. Randall said something to the effect of "The people throughout the world that truly depend upon a blade of some kind for their daily survival are using a knife made from an old automobile spring and sharpening it on a rock."

Those words illustrated for me how stuck up and extremist we are about "torture testing" our knives. In the U.S. if a knife can't flex / bend / stab through an anvil then it just isn't good enough. But in reality there are people all over the world surviving daily with their knives that were made through manufacturing methods that we would laugh at.

Even some of the most harrowing stories of survival throughout the world rarely involve someone having to stab a knife through a car / cinder block / extreme prying etc.

If my knife can't hack down a skyscraper then to be it. It cuts just fine for me.

WELL SAID!...it is truly amazing to me how much REAL WORLD work gets done all over the globe with knives that are not made of the latest super duper steel!

The big question for me is how long I can restrain myself from adding a 3rd knife of Scott's to go with the two I already have!

 

[Gossman Knives]

Thanks guys for your continued support. I'm working on a special D2 project but I haven't decided whether or not to post here about it. This sub forum can sometimes be a bit to radical and controversial. To me running tests on knives is just pure fun. Lighten up, there're just knives, jeez.Too many people get their panties in a bunch over the dumbest things.
Scott
BTW, sorry I had to take the pics down, but they were being viewed so much using alot of bandwidth from my site, it actually shut it down the other day.

 

[Nordic Viking]

BTW, sorry I had to take the pics down, but they were being viewed so much using alot of bandwidth from my site, it actually shut it down the other day.

Razorback,
Why don't you attach them to this post; that's one of the numerous advantages of being a paying member.

 

[Gossman Knives]

Razorback,
Why don't you attach them to this post; that's one of the numerous advantages of being a paying member.

The pics are back up on my first and second posts.
Scott

 

[silenthunterstudios]

+1

I am a big fan of Scott because I own one of his knives and it is so damn good that soon he will be building me another.

I don't want to misquote someone but I once read some version of these words on Jeff Randall's website and it hit home for me.

Mr. Randall said something to the effect of "The people throughout the world that truly depend upon a blade of some kind for their daily survival are using a knife made from an old automobile spring and sharpening it on a rock."

Those words illustrated for me how stuck up and extremist we are about "torture testing" our knives. In the U.S. if a knife can't flex / bend / stab through an anvil then it just isn't good enough. But in reality there are people all over the world surviving daily with their knives that were made through manufacturing methods that we would laugh at.

Even some of the most harrowing stories of survival throughout the world rarely involve someone having to stab a knife through a car / cinder block / extreme prying etc.

If my knife can't hack down a skyscraper then so be it. It cuts just fine for me.

I don't think it could be said any better myself!