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Ontario Next Generation sp10
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Wow, you waited a whole hour and twenty minutes. Guess you were really hot for it, huh. 
Never heard of it before, you'll have to fill us in when it comes.
Never heard of it before, you'll have to fill us in when it comes.I like my knives like I like my women, fast and easy...........with a good edge, sharp point and a handle that is comfortable.
The marine raider is an oldie but a goodie. I remember seeing reviews on it a few years back and it is a good chopper. I believe the only draw back was the grip but I have seen guys put wooden handles on this thing and it looked really good.
http://ontarioknife.com/outdoor-cam...ext-generation/sp10-marine-raider-detail.html
For the price it can not be beat.
It is also thicker than the BK2 and the 911.
The marine raider is an oldie but a goodie. I remember seeing reviews on it a few years back and it is a good chopper. I believe the only draw back was the grip but I have seen guys put wooden handles on this thing and it looked really good.
http://ontarioknife.com/outdoor-cam...ext-generation/sp10-marine-raider-detail.html
For the price it can not be beat.
It is also thicker than the BK2 and the 911.
I have one. It is a keeper. Ontario is loved by me, others...not so much. I own many of the SP series & would trust my life to any one of them. It is 1/4" thick i believe. The tip is what i was worried about initially. It is sooo fine, i was worried about breakage. Well, many baton sessions later & it is still there. I have batoned on the tip purposely to test this. It certainly tears up your baton stick quickly if batoning on the tip. My swedge is not sharpened at this time. My worries were unfounded up to this point. The tip is UBER fine & SHARP. I think who ever made mine put some Klingon in it because it drew blood the first time i even touched the tip. I had to sharpen mine to be up to my standards but since then, i only have had to make one swipe on each side with a butchers steel to keep it where i want it. The handle is comfy & grippy, even when wet. Sheath is adequate. It is Made in America. It is an awesome bang for the buck !!! Go get you one !!!
SP2, SP8, SP10, SP17, SP47, SP51, SP53, SP Kukri
SP2, SP8, SP10, SP17, SP47, SP51, SP53, SP Kukri
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I like my SP10 a lot, if they made it out of 5160, I would have to get one.
What a coincedence, I ordered one myself yesterday. I looked at various reviews on Youtube and at other sites as well, and it seems to be a pretty well liked/respected knife by those who have owned one, I didn't really come across much negative about it. And since I'm a sucker for big knives, choppers, machetes, that sort of thing, it was right up my alley...esp for $50. Assuming it meets my expectations I have a sneaking suspicion this won't be my last Ontario SP blade I buy...
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Use the search function on this forum & a lot will come up. I did so a month or so ago. It seemes to be well thought-of & pretty tough. Hell of a looker too. I've had good luck with the Spec Plus line so far & the price is definitely right. Let us know what you think when it comes in.
That's odd. In like three hours you answered your own question.
Anyhoo...you might also want to look at the Kabar Large Heavy Bowie. Lot of people are crazy about it as a low priced, high quality chopper/basher/smasher.
That's odd. In like three hours you answered your own question.
Anyhoo...you might also want to look at the Kabar Large Heavy Bowie. Lot of people are crazy about it as a low priced, high quality chopper/basher/smasher.
I looked at the Ka-Bar and just did not trust it.
When I posted this question I was setting in front of my computer looking at a super discount store online site and seen the Bk7 for 67 bucks. I said to myself I just bought a 5 inch knife at a local knife shop and that is too close to a 7 so I seen a Marine Raider and said to myself "hey, I remember those from a few years back and the reviews were always good. I wonder if anything had changed" so I posted a question hoping somebody that was already online that had one may say something about it. A few minutes later I had to go to this same super discount store to get some first aid equiptment, KC Masterpice Bar B Q rub to put on a brisket I wanted to cook and a few bucks in gass, o I also renewed my fishing linces for $15.50 with the trout stamp ( I am a trout fishing some of a gun). I then siad to my self lets just go ahead and pull the triger on this knife and lets just order it here while I am here. So I went in back and ordered it in the store for in store pick up in a few days.
I than came home and checked my post and since I had already ordered it I decided to be positive about it and say good things about it since I own it.
I first ask about it hoping for some quick answers to conferm what I already know and to have a new subject to chat about since this is a knife forum and then I said good things about it.
Next I am going to use the heck out of it and maybe do a knife review on it. I am than going to do a match up againest my son's BK9 and if I win I will then do a chop off againest the Winchester Bowie for $19.99.
I am eating steak, Peace Out my chopping bros!
PS Shama lama ding dong.
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What didn't you trust about it? The knifes are actually made similarly and the handles were designed by the same person. They are both kraton rubber with a similar shape over a strong full-length stick tang and held on with the lanyard tube. (I think they're also glued on or otherwise secured too) In any case the SP10 is a solid knife that should work well for you.
The first image I seen of the Ka-Bar is of one with a broken blade stuck in a log and since it is my first image of the knife I have always shyed away from it. That and the fact it is made in Taiwan.
I know all knives break and none are perfect but you know how a first image can set an impression.
Fact is I know a quarter inch thick Marine Raider can not out chop a BK9. The 9 is too good of chopper and a quarter inch blade is just too thick period but I do trust it to do what I need to do and it is something different.
I like most all knives and this is just something new and different. I like the ESEE's and the BK's and the Ontario RD's and all but I am just getting back to basics to be humble and doing it as cheap as I can.
I have also heard the Bigfoots respects the Marine Raider and if I am going to hang with the foot's I need their respect.
LOL at the last line. I think I know what you're referring to about the broken LHB in the log. If it's the same one I'm thinking of the guy that did that straight-up abused the knife and the fact that it broke was due to his stupidity and not the fault of the knife. He was trying to baton the knife straight through the log 90 degrees to the grain, which is just not how it's done and with good reason. And despite this being explained to him by several people he insisted there was nothing wrong with it and hurled insults at everyone that told him he was wrong.
As far as being made in Taiwan, lots of companies outsource production overseas. There is a big difference in overseas companies building cheap knockoffs and junk, and American companies overseeing production in another country but holding them to their quality control standards. I don't have a LHB but I have a Heavy Warthog and a Grass Machete which both have the same handle as the LHB. In my experience and based on the reviews of many many others, everything from Ka-Bar including the stuff made in Taiwan is top notch.
But you've already got the SP10, which it also a good knife, so it's all moot at this point. I have a friend with an SP10 and he loves it. Enjoy it and post some pics when ya can. And if the bigfeet (bigfoots? Sasquatches?) don't respect the blade, tell 'em bigghoss sent ya. It's a little known fact that the bigfoot's only know predator is the bigghoss.
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You can trust it. I have it and being made in Taiwan is nothing like being a cheap Chinese knife. This thing is very good quality 1085, its been treated right.
I've seen that too, even talked to the guy. He didn't "break" the knife and it didn't fail. He had a right to be upset as an overseas customer with a faulty product.
What happened was it indeed was the result of a faulty heat treat. There blade was brittle, it broke chunked out as soon as he gave it one wack. That's not a fault of the knife design but just a bad treat that was promptly replaced by Kabar and there have been no further issues.
When purchasing my LHB I chose it over the Ontario because it didn't have the squared off tang against the guard that has been rumoured as a weak spot for breakage and I heard of it happening several times and had heard of no incidents of an LHB breaking other than a few examples of bad heat treat, all resolved by Kabar.
Regardless, congrats on your new knife. Looking forward to your review. Just letting you know that the tawa in made LHB is an incredibly trustworthy knife from 1st hand experience. If you get one, run out and wack it a few times. If it doesn't snap immediately, you have a good treat and its quality stuff.