Street Beat not only for the street!

[rnr]

When I first saw a Steet Beat, I knew it'd make a great outdoors knife. So I bought one a few months ago, eagerly awaiting hunting season.

Well last week, I shot a cow elk and used the SB to gut and skin it. And then with the help of one my hunting partners, we boned out all the meat in the field as Colorado allows.

This little knife performed beautifully! Small enough to get inside the body cavity and the choil makes for perfect control so you don't cut what you don't want to. The VG10 stayed sharp throughout the whole procedure and just some touch up on the SharpMaker back in camp, it was again razor sharp.

My buddy saw how it performed and he'll probably get one this week! So yeah, the Steet Beat is not only for the street.:thumbup::thumbup:

 

[R.Taylor]

Yes it does make a great game knife, just the right size & enough belly for skinning!
:thumbup:

 

[steelscout30]

Before I purchased my own Street Beat, I could only imagine how much of a winner this particular design would be. What I originally thought would be a great little EDC fixed blade turned out to be great any anything an avid outdoorsman could want in the field. It is a true testament to Mr. Perrin, Mr. Glesser, and those in the know at Spyderco.

 

[sawyersam]

Buyer beware. My son-in-law broke the earlier larger version of the street beat by using it to smash garlic. I'm pretty sure that's why other manufacturers are sandwiching a VG 10 core between a more flexible steel like 420. VG 10 is a great knife steel that stays razor sharp, but on its own may be brittle.http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/images/smilies/mad.gif

 

[RLR]

I'd really like to see VG10 break. Kitchen knives, hunting knives, you name it, it's out there in VG10. No worries here about breakage of my fav steel.

 

[NoFair]

Buyer beware. My son-in-law broke the earlier larger version of the street beat by using it to smash garlic. I'm pretty sure that's why other manufacturers are sandwiching a VG 10 core between a more flexible steel like 420. VG 10 is a great knife steel that stays razor sharp, but on its own may be brittle.http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/images/smilies/mad.gif

I'm pretty sure that was a defect in the blade, I'd send it in. Spyderco customer service is very good.

That is unless he smashes garlic in some strange way I've never seen before...

Sverre

 

[choubbi]

yup, unless he smashes garlic on a marble table, or something like that, VG-10 should hold just fine.
VG-10 is supposed to be less brittle than S30V for example, I would expect it to roll before chipping.

 

[shangchi108]

Excellent review. IMO, Perrin simply took an old kitchen knife design, more or less, added a choil, and gave it the "tactical" mystique. Thing is, it never lost its ability to be a good ol' fashion utility knife. Best of all worlds.