has anyone used their vex?

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I have one and was looking to see how it would perform as a bushcraft knife since the size is great. wondering how the d2 will handle batoning and what anyone thinks about the knife as a user vs. a rat rc-4 or other knife you may have to compare to.
 
I've used it for normal EDC type stuff - box cutting and food prep and so on, not any really hard use. My impression is that the D2 holds an edge pretty well, and this knife is a great slicer, but I wouldn't feel very good beating on it. I'd much rather have a bit longer blade for the woods anyways.
 
Quote from Eric;

"Here are the pics from the some of the testing we did on the Bog Dog and the Safari Skinner. Both of these knives had a Rockwell hardness of between 61-62. Remember that D2 is not supposed to have much lateral strength at that high of a Rc. Also it would normally chip out with extreme impacts to the edge as it is more of a cutter not a high impact steel.

As the pictures show, the Bog Dog has a significant flex and the Safari Skinner pics were taken after a 275 lb Deputy Sheriff spent 1 1/2 hrs pounding on it with a hammer. The edge has rolled but is not chipped out like you'd expect(and more importantly it isn't in pieces) and you can even see the area on the side of the blade where it was impacted with the hammer. When finished the hardened face of the hammer actually had gouges in it from the knife. These pics show that we have achieved a large amount of malleability of the edge(which is uncommon for D2)

Also some makers don't think that D2 performance can be increased by a deep cryo treatment, I think that these tests prove differently. We have done testing on most of the other D2 blades out there from many many makers and none of them come even close to this level of toughness or durability.

We do these tests so you don't have to
In the past, we have probably been overly cautious when discussing the abilities of our D2 blades, but now you can really see what they can do. We get this type of performance because of our proprietary Heat treat and deep cryo cycles.
However, please don't try to break them just so you can say you did.
Toughest D2 blades on the planet"
:thumbup:
J.
 
I've used mine for various things, from opening mail, to opening and then breaking down cardboard boxes, to slicing cardboard for fun, to various kitchen tasks including cutting meat and slicing melons. It does just fine. Amusingly, it does better on crusty bread than my breadknife.

I used it on wood once, to try various cuts on a fallen branch I picked up. My RMD worked better (it happens to have a better push cutting edge) and my Mora 780 even worked better than that until I rolled the edge a little bit (my technique could use some work).

I imagine it would do better on wood if I put a more polished edge on it. Since I got it all I've done is strop it. As it's D2, I've been reluctant to even think about batoning.
 
I use mine for hiking and canoeing picnics. I've used it for whittling a few times but would never baton with it.
 
Its a great little slicer and all 'round good kitchen knife. Thats no insult either for a knife of its size. I wouldn't baton with it. There are knives much better suited.
 
Just kitchen work so far but it did the job!
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I've used mine a couple of times. I have managed to roll the edge pretty good. I figure it happened when I used it to clear an AR double feed at a match, and then dropped it on the ground. After the fact, a friend showed me how to clear the weapon using my hand:)

It's a great slicer and good utility knife. I wouldn't baton with it, unless I had no other option.

GregB
BaconBeavers
 
So the family did some backyard fire last night. Hot wings, beans, and salad.

The Vex makes decent wood curls off of seasoned fir tree. The blade, or me, had a tendency to run a little thicker on the slices of wood. Of concern has been the choil, but no hand slipping was noticed while playing around. The choil is a little bit of a "danger" area when changing grips or drawing the knife, my hand tends to run up on the blade a tiny bit - but no cuts yet.

For prolonged bushcraft use this blade is acceptable with the note that a persons hand may need time to adjust to the pressure on finger #1 at the choil.

I have been EDC this blade while not at work for 2 weeks.
Using a Mashed Cat kydex also has surprisingly good blade retention.
:thumbup:

J.
 
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