Noss beat the Ranger

macgregor22 said:
Yep, hes getting alot of flak on that other forum right now.

We support you Noss!
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Hockey masked freak:D:D:D I still bet Noss and Slipfire are/is the same person:jerkit::barf::yawn::foot:

Anyways mac, hows it going with you and your sweetie eatingmuchface;) .Gotta make an account on the new KnifeTest forum...
 
Interesting, really thought 58rc 5160 would do better. Justin certainly seems to know his stuff so I'm assuming that the HT isn't bad. Love to see noss test some thinner stuff like the thin ASH1 Busse's just to see if performance scales well with thinner steel.
 
I did make an acount but I froget the password.

Me and EMF, well EMF is with Gay Manatee now.
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aren't you supposed to be jealouse? :p

Anyways, shouldn't we organize a service for all those perished blades?
 
We told noss he should put them all in a frame and call it "MY AWESOME KNIFE COLLECTION", it would be lol.

Hey bro, havent seen you at the shiney new forum.
 
Yes it did, it's still a good knife. Wait till Ontario get's ahold of it though, lol
 
I like these tests cause it gives us all an idea of what certain knives are capable. Then we can select the right one. Like if you wanted a sharpened prybar you would know where to look or if you wanted all cutting no prying.

So what does noss do with these broken blades?

I think he should wield them all together and make a super knife. Made from parts of lesser knives. Like Frankenstein's monster.
 
Wasn't really surpised by the test, for such a knife something like 1095 or 1085 is the best steel to use considering strength vs. price, there are better steels available but anything noticibly superior to 1095 would likely be much more expensive.

Really enjoy the knifetest website, keep up the good work Noss.
 
5160 is particularly suited for tough blades, moreso than 1095. It's the stuff for leaf springs and such. Which is why it's surprising that it broke the way it did. Perhaps it was tempered poorly?
 
shecky said:
5160 is particularly suited for tough blades, moreso than 1095. It's the stuff for leaf springs and such. Which is why it's surprising that it broke the way it did. Perhaps it was tempered poorly?
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It's spring steel but it's not a spring it's a knife. Although it uses spring steel it has a tempering for a cutting instrument. You want edge holding abilities? Well you gotta give up some of the toughness. I think the flat ground blade did very well! If he had tested one of the older grinds the rangers had it would have never broke under those circumstances. But you have to realize that noss is a fairly big guy and that is a lot of stress bouncing on that flat ground blade. Everyone knows that not only the tempering affects the toughness it also loses strength when you use a flat grind. I like the flat ground blades better however since it is far tougher than needed and will cut better.
 
Noss' test was fair, as always. I just got the impression he was somewhat angry at the end of the test. But that´s just an impression. The blade had good qualities, lateral strenght notwithstanding. S7 and Infi have better lateral strenght, but for all practical purpuses, I would still stick to the Ranger, maybe because I don't like hunting around forums just to buy a knife.
 
I think the blade held up just fine, the edge most certainly outlasted the SY, most nearly everyone won't push their knife that far anyways, and at the Ranger price no one should complain. My only real dislike is handle bolts, they seem to just get loose even with simple chores.
 
One thing I noticed it's the blade broke exactly on the area that had a little edge chipping at the concrete chopping test. As the other parts of the edge haven't chipped, only dented, I was wondering if that part of the blade wasn't a little more brittle than the rest.
Having said that, the edge holding quality, battoning and concrete hammering test proved, at least to me, that this knife is a good deal, but really deserves better scales, as it was already said.
 
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