Sebenza Rope Cutting Test

[kidcongo]

In addition to the comments so far, that test was done before CRK bumped the hardness up.

And since no one seems to complain about Spyderco's heat treatment -

(Not family friendly language)

I saw this a while back and also enjoyed it. Made me take a second look at my 25! I didn’t know it was a slayer of rope.

 

[brownshoe]

Jdavis was a full blown nut job who kept it well controlled sometimes; he flamed out and was booted off this forum. I personally feel his videos were contrived and probably faked. He had a great need to be recognixed. He was also like a slick preacher who cherry picked women out of the choir.

 

[BMCGear]

In addition to the comments so far, that test was done before CRK bumped the hardness up.

And since no one seems to complain about Spyderco's heat treatment -

(Not family friendly language)

If I remember that video correctly Steve was actually shocked at how well the 25 did due to the edge geometry and supposedly soft heat treat. The last time he and I talked he was mainly carrying a 21 which did surprise me because he's "Super Steel Steve" and he tests steels that are "better" all the time. He simply replied - CRK always hits the high end of their heat treat and it just works.

Great video.
I like his style.
I gotta admit his results were surprising, but I'm happy they turned out that way.
Thanks for posting.

Yep, I like that he's a guy just trying to share some knowledge/results and not pimp products. My time on knife related content on youtube has seriously gone down due to the "influencer" vibe that seems to be taking over.

I saw this a while back and also enjoyed it. Made me take a second look at my 25! I didn’t know it was a slayer of rope.

i don't have a 25 but I wouldn't mind owning that piece of CRK history.

 

[kidcongo]

I like that he's a guy just trying to share some knowledge/results and not pimp products. My time on knife related content on youtube has seriously gone down due to the "influencer" vibe that seems to be taking over

I agree. The glory days of YouTube as an impartial space are truly over. Instagram is just a bunch of shills selling you product as well. Not sure it was ever anything else.

In both cases, these “influencers” (aka “partners” / aka “collaborators” / aka “brand ambassadors” / aka “I’m being paid to BS you while I build my following”) yap on about knives that show zero evidence of use or carry. I don’t trust any of these posers.

One reason I like this forum, is that I know a lot of the people here pre-date the present era of fraudulent reviews, and actually use their knives and share honest opinions that are not about “growing their channel”.

Rant over. Thanks for listening.

 

[BMCGear]

I agree. The glory days of YouTube as an impartial space are truly over. Instagram is just a bunch of shills selling you product as well. Not sure it was ever anything else.

In both cases, these “influencers” (aka “partners” / aka “collaborators” / aka “brand ambassadors” / aka “I’m being paid to BS you while I build my following”) yap on about knives that show zero evidence of use or carry. I don’t trust any of these posers.

One reason I like this forum, is that I know a lot of the people here pre-date the present era of fraudulent reviews, and actually use their knives and share honest opinions that are not about “growing their channel”.

Rant over. Thanks for listening.

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