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Test: SRKW Battle Rat vs Stihl Chainsaw
- Thread starter Kliff Stump
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After my Halloween experience (see post on general blade discussion forum), I believe I need to reevaluate both my testing and promoting methodology. Marty and I will put our heads together and come up with something before too long. Meantime, if your kid shows up with a SAK, don't jump to any conclusions. 
The Stihl gave excellent performance, but the test left questions unaswered: Was the blade stainless or carbon steel, did it have a pocket clip, and most importantly, as 16" is too big to fit into your pocket, was it a folder or fixed blade? Enquiring minds want to know.
Darrel
Darrel
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Kliff, I can't believe anyone takes you seriously. Your tests are not scientific and are none repeatable (at least not until that arm gets better). They seem to be totally subjective and offer no objective value at all. I am sure that anyone that knows anything about proper testing procedure will laugh at the obsurdity of what you have written here. You sir are an utter joke...and funny as hell. Thanks for the laugh.
Cobalt
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Hey guys, I found this story written in crayola and thought I would share it with everyone:
____________________
Forgive me oh weblord for I am Kliff Stump,
a name in disguise for some real chump,
my real name you do not know,
I'll keep it this way because I'm full of blow,
The real Cliff asked what have I done to deserve this wrath from you,
why do you pick at the way I do my knife review,
An answer came from under a rock,
written not in pencil but in chalk,
It said, Cliff during testing you destroyed my butter knife,
it caused me a divorce from my wife,
After I stated that my butter knife was guaranteed for life,
you used it to hack some ice,
I warned you that this knife was tough,
it could even shave you in the buff,
so my wife read the mail and decided to try it on my stuff,
little did she know that my hair was so rough,
She came into the room with knife in hand like a nomad,
and now I am missing a pair of gonads,
truer words were never spoken,
so gone are my little tokens,
cliff, this is why I hate thee,
especially everytime I pee,
__________________________________
____________________
Forgive me oh weblord for I am Kliff Stump,
a name in disguise for some real chump,
my real name you do not know,
I'll keep it this way because I'm full of blow,
The real Cliff asked what have I done to deserve this wrath from you,
why do you pick at the way I do my knife review,
An answer came from under a rock,
written not in pencil but in chalk,
It said, Cliff during testing you destroyed my butter knife,
it caused me a divorce from my wife,
After I stated that my butter knife was guaranteed for life,
you used it to hack some ice,
I warned you that this knife was tough,
it could even shave you in the buff,
so my wife read the mail and decided to try it on my stuff,
little did she know that my hair was so rough,
She came into the room with knife in hand like a nomad,
and now I am missing a pair of gonads,
truer words were never spoken,
so gone are my little tokens,
cliff, this is why I hate thee,
especially everytime I pee,
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Laughted like mad. Thanks!!!
nozh2002
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Does anybody know this guy? I mean it sound scinetific but can we trust him?
This first test, for example, - it is clear in favour for the chain saw. I like to see the real time, but he did not even check it, too many "HUMAN FACTOR" on my opinion. Also did he use the saw same way as he use the knife - I mean chopping? I bet NO!
Now throwing: Did he hold the saw blade in his arms when throws it, like everybody does? No he did not! It is clearly MISSUSE, wrong technic and results of course are questinable.
Kitchen: I like to know size of the cucumber he used. If it is small, tiny one which size is almost the size of the saw blade thickness - IT IS NOT FAIR TEST! Size must be comparable with the blade, proportional I mean - take some 4-5 feets cucumbers and then let see the saw performance there.
Don't get me wrong - this is great job done, start in right direction and everithing like this! But if you like to have the really scientific results a proper work must be done in a proper way, properly, I suppose.
And finally methodic: I like to see the bigger selection: only two items can not be accepted by REAL STATISTIC - please take also some other tools to compare like a drill or something!
Thanks, Vassili.
This first test, for example, - it is clear in favour for the chain saw. I like to see the real time, but he did not even check it, too many "HUMAN FACTOR" on my opinion. Also did he use the saw same way as he use the knife - I mean chopping? I bet NO!
Now throwing: Did he hold the saw blade in his arms when throws it, like everybody does? No he did not! It is clearly MISSUSE, wrong technic and results of course are questinable.
Kitchen: I like to know size of the cucumber he used. If it is small, tiny one which size is almost the size of the saw blade thickness - IT IS NOT FAIR TEST! Size must be comparable with the blade, proportional I mean - take some 4-5 feets cucumbers and then let see the saw performance there.
Don't get me wrong - this is great job done, start in right direction and everithing like this! But if you like to have the really scientific results a proper work must be done in a proper way, properly, I suppose.
And finally methodic: I like to see the bigger selection: only two items can not be accepted by REAL STATISTIC - please take also some other tools to compare like a drill or something!
Thanks, Vassili.
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My hats off to the die hard knife tester with one arm
This is by far the funniest topic I have red here.
Points 4 and 5 are the most amusing of all.
Of course, this is not a serious test to be very relevant... When you want to test a knife under water you do this at non-deep water or use a diving equipment in order to keep the knife long enough under the water and use it long enough there to be relevant. While testing how tough they are, you should fix the knife tip in a vice and force the knife with a prying mechanism that allows you a fine control and measurement of the power applied. Maybe this test is relevant only to have an (evasive) idea about the tested tools, but not a precise one. Anyway half an hour has passed and I still can't stop myself laughing after reading all this
). It's a huge entertaining story, man! I'm glad you did all of that so that we won't need to. )))))))) ....and, of course, there apears a policeman entering into the story, as it is to be expected with a dangerously used knife ))))) I was just asking myself where is the police, and two lines down here it comes; then I couldn't stop myself laughing )))))))
Points 4 and 5 are the most amusing of all.
Of course, this is not a serious test to be very relevant... When you want to test a knife under water you do this at non-deep water or use a diving equipment in order to keep the knife long enough under the water and use it long enough there to be relevant. While testing how tough they are, you should fix the knife tip in a vice and force the knife with a prying mechanism that allows you a fine control and measurement of the power applied. Maybe this test is relevant only to have an (evasive) idea about the tested tools, but not a precise one. Anyway half an hour has passed and I still can't stop myself laughing after reading all this
). It's a huge entertaining story, man! I'm glad you did all of that so that we won't need to. )))))))) ....and, of course, there apears a policeman entering into the story, as it is to be expected with a dangerously used knife ))))) I was just asking myself where is the police, and two lines down here it comes; then I couldn't stop myself laughing )))))))