The forgotten POS!

[lotus1972]

Earlier I was reading the thread about the chop off between the CS and the Busse and I was rather suprised at the performance of the CS. I got to thinking that I really needed to try out some of my knives against each other when I remembered that I had a S&W POS from awhile ago and figured I would see how well it stood up to some serious chopping abuse.

Now this was the pic taken today after sitting around for months uncared for and unsharpened ( would not shave hair and ripped paper ).

I decided that I would go after this old stump sitting in my yard for about 2 years. The stump that I cut was around three inches thick. Nothing too serious as this was a POS.

An after 201 somewhat lazy strokes this was my result. The blade bit deeply but stuck often and the wood was wet. One thing that I did not get that I expected too was having a handle fly off. The handles on theses things are some kind of rubberized molding that covers a half tang and I expected the handle to come at least loose.

What suprised me here was that after chopping with a dull blade and the reportedly bad heat treat Taylor gives these knives was that I had no blade deformation! Of course my finish was destroyed but who cares it is a cheap POS .

I guess I really could not complain to much about the beast. Maybe I will sharpen it up and test it again. I don't have much to test it against though. My other knives are BM pocket folders, RAT-5, Custom WSK and I could likely get ahold of my bro's 4+ pound bowie.

 

[kel_aa]

I saw your picture and knew immediately I needed to get this POS! I called my local shop about the S&W POS, but they were . I want the POS even more now!

 

[Cougar Allen]

The POS is a popular knife style made by many manufacturers. Taylor (S&W) makes a POS, but so do Jaguar, Fury, Frost, United Cutlery ...

 

[barrabas74]

I got a few large fixed blades from S&W that just sit and collect dust so maybe I'll take em out and wail on em for a while.

 

[rebeltf]

This is all new to me , what makes this POS model so special ? Good steel or heat treat ? Why doesnt Buck or Ka-Bar make a POS ?
I'm so confuuuused.

 

[orthogonal1]

Isn't that design akin to a Spanish combat knife?

 

[lotus1972]

Isn't that design akin to a Spanish combat knife?

S&W calls this the Search&Rescue Kukri but it seems more of a bolo style to me.
Note that it took me 201 swings to chop through my stump but they were not v cuts. You know one side then another to make a v shaped wedge. This was just straight hit the same spot over and over.
I really half expected the blade to have serious deformation failure or breakage. All in all for a 30 dollar knife it wasn't to bad and it came with a good ( but huge ) sheath.
I really would like to use my RAT-5 on something. It's a cutter though not a chopper so throw me some suggestions people.

 

[Cougar Allen]

Isn't that design akin to a Spanish combat knife?

There's a superficial resemblance, but that knife is not a true POS.

 

[J85909266]

Hahaha, I honestly thought he was using POS as an acronym for a common vulgar description of most S&W knives.

 

[lotus1972]

Hahaha, I honestly thought he was using POS as an acronym for a common vulgar description of most S&W knives.

I was for those of you who don't know not actually refering to the S&W by it's name Search & Rescue Kukri but by it's ever popular nickname given to almost all Taylor, United, Frost, Jaguar, Master's ect,ect the POS ( Piece of S@#t ).

 

[orthogonal1]

True, the metal isn't all that good, but blade profile can result in good performance from the lesser steels.

I thought I recognized the shape. Sharpened, with the right technique, it could be a good deal for "bum around" use.