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Since the O.P. asked about Chinese D2: I've got a Chinese D2, a Taiwanese D2, and a couple of USA D2 knives. They seem to be holding up to my abuse equally...
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Thats some funny stuff...so what you're really asking is would the D2 that Spyderco uses make a good breaking and entering tool....thats just great......Yes, I do plan to use it. I like the aesthetic look of the item, as well as the overall length. There are some abandoned buildings I'd like to go and explore, and because the item is marketed as a 'breaching' tool, I'm wondering how it would fare if I were to use it as 'an expedient Halligan tool' to pry open a locked door, or even a shuttered window. I don't necessarily want to use it as a weapon, although I would if I ever encountered some coyotes or other wild animal that attacked me while I'm out doing urban ex.
Anything's a good B&E tool if you have some imagination.Thats some funny stuff...so what you're really asking is would the D2 that Spyderco uses make a good breaking and entering tool....thats just great......
Well, aside from using it to murder or maim someone with, I don't think it'd be particularly suited to make me a strong cup of Joe..Thats some funny stuff...so what you're really asking is would the D2 that Spyderco uses make a good breaking and entering tool....thats just great......
You definately feel like a SOG knives person. Get in there!!Those are some lovely opinions that you have.
Also, thanks for that link, it still does nothing to answer my query regarding the heat treatment process involved with the Spyderco product itself.
You're wrong about your last point, because the Studies and Observations Group DOES tell you about the hardness of their products, whereas Spyderco does not. I'm sure if you wanted to do the math you could deduce just how they heat treated their items. Why does Spyderco leave this detail omitted on their website?
Wrong tool for the job. Get yourself a REAL prybar...Well, aside from using it to murder or maim someone with, I don't think it'd be particularly suited to make me a strong cup of Joe..
In all seriousness, if I wedged it in between a door and pried, would it snap in half? People on this forum have all sorts of opinions regarding D2 (both American and Chinese) but to my recollection, there hasn't yet been any side by side testing done comparing the strength of a billet of American made D2 and a billet of Chinese made D2. People say D2 is D2, but is it?
-and would you mind doing some aiding and abetting of a series of criminal acts...or "urban ex" as the kids are calling it these days.Thats some funny stuff...so what you're really asking is would the D2 that Spyderco uses make a good breaking and entering tool....thats just great......
Probably not as long as you don’t use the blade. The end of the handle has what they call “a stout pry tip.” Spyderco doesn’t make crap. IMO this is priced a little high but if you want it just get it.In all seriousness, if I wedged it in between a door and pried, would it snap in half?
Yet again you have managed to answer your own question. You don't seem to think that the D2 hawk is a good for much, so its not worth buying.Is a knife made with Chinese D2 worth $352.80 USD?
Well, aside from using it to murder or maim someone with, I don't think it'd be particularly suited to make me a strong cup of Joe..
People say D2 is D2, but is it?
According to the designer, that hole is for attaching a lanyard as you would on an ice axe.In order to hate myself less for reading such a ridiculous thread, I had to look up the Warrior Hawk. I'm not impressed.
I know they're obligated to put a hole in it, but that seems like exactly the wrong place for a big void. That beard looks designed to get stuck, and judging geometry from marketing pictures is a bad idea, but I don't have high hopes for this one. And others who know far more about this stuff than I have already mentioned D2 seems like a questionable choice for things you're going to bang around with.
If I could use it to break into your house and smash your devices so you'd stop asking me to stop, it'd be well worth the price tag.Yet again you have managed to answer your own question. You don't seem to think that the D2 hawk is a good for much, so its not worth buying.
Now that you have figured that out for yourself maybe you don't need to ask again?
Well now, there it is.......you like breaking and entering? You seem to be thinking about it quite a bit.....If I could use it to break into your house and smash your devices so you'd stop asking me to stop, it'd be well worth the price tag.
(I'm joking)