Wow!! Benchmade csk ii chipped!!

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BarkRiverfan

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I just got a YouTube update from NutnFancy. He was showing the performance of his RTAK II in a winter camp, chopping the branches of a little pine or spruce, when he decided to show the difference in effort if you just had a smaller blade... and he pulled out his CSK II and started to cut those little limbs... and I mean little.
He was on task and suddenly he showed the CSK to the camera and WOW!! two major chips in the blade.
Dudes let me tell you, I am impressed. I have one CSK too, and I bet this is not going to be good for Benchmade.

Here is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDYz4RZwWcM&sdig=1


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i would get my money back that's all i know... kinda glad i haven't invested in any benchmade fixed blades also
 
Whoa I just saw that video too...kinda bummed because i thought Benchmades were quality blades. Could have been one that just slipped through QC or maybe Benchmade's QC isn't high enough. In either case, the Benchmades I have had/have still perform quite well and I won't doubt them. It's funny I was looking to get a CSK II and then I got into Busse-kin blades...that won't ever happen with them.
 
Comments? That is the first one of NutnFancy's videos that I've watched and I wish I hadn't. Thats 3 minutes of my life I'll never get back. And his technique for chopping frozen twigs is silly. Looks like he hit that (also frozen) trunk multiple times. That can possibly damage any steel made by any manufacturer. Other than that, I need to self-censor.

hardheart said:
what was the temp, steel can get brittle at low temps
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He said something about 18 degrees in the video. IMO, his recommendations shouldn't be worth their weight in pixels, there are others who are far too impressionable and easily swayed by one person's experience without considering the particulars.
 
roughedges said:
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IMO, his recommendations shouldn't be worth their weight in pixels, there are others who are far too impressionable and easily swayed by one person's experience without considering the particulars.
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Unfortunately, people who get their knife information from Youtube are always going to believe people who post knife information on Youtube.
 
Well, I've watched a lot of NutnFancy's videos, and what I can tell is that he owns LOTS of knives and has used them all in the field as a Police officer and military. He is a knife fan and has a lot of outdoors experience. As far as I can tell this hasn't happened to him often... and he looked pretty impressed too. I don't think 18 degrees should be enough to "frozen" live wood.
Anyway, I wouldn't do that knd of job with a small knife either. If you want to chop, you need something bigger than a CSK II.
 
I can't believe that he said that the CSK II is 1095 Carbon. I didn't know that. BM must have done some bad HT on that model.

I would take a RAT Cutlery knife fixed blade over just about anything else made. I can't afford a Busse so I cannot compare. ;)
 
David Lowry said:
I would take a RAT Cutlery knife fixed blade over just about anything else made. I can't afford a Busse so I cannot compare. ;)
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I have a RAT-7 D-2. Either this one or my Camillus/BK&T-7 would be my choices... I can't afford a Busse either :(

Even my CS Trail Master or Recon Scout would do great.
 
It's too bad the blade chipped... I don't own the knife so I can only guess that it was a bad blade. Most folks seem pretty happy with their Benchmades, and the company is well known for making quality products as a whole. I don't think this will significantly hurt Benchmade's reputation.

Regarding Nutnfancy, he has some really thorough videos out there, and I find most of them to be entertaining as well. His reviews helped me pick out some blades; I have a RAT-3 incoming, and I think I'm going to grab some more RAT knives. From what I saw, they seem like great knives for the money. Anyway, just my two cents. ;)
 
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I have a CSK II and I think it's a great knife.

But it's not as thick or heavy at the edge as the RAT7 or Becker BK7.
(I have those too.)

The CSK II is a lighter, more agile knife. It's never even crossed my mind to use it for chopping.
 
Doesn't seem like it would logically break. Definite candidate for BM repair/inspection. One think I could think is frozen sap, if the blade dug into the wood hit some frozen sap and he pulled it, it would help chipping. There is definitely something wrong, and there is no user error.
 
65535 said:
...there is no user error.
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If you watch closely the angle at which the blade is striking the twigs/trunk, you might say that there is some user error in the form of sloppy technique. It's almost like he's "slapping" the trunk with the blade at some points...
 
The simple fact of the matter is that he recieved a knife that was defective.
Not every company in the world can guarentee their product %100 of the time. A bad apple will eventually fall through the cracks.

At least Benchmade has fantastic customer service, one of the best features of the company, and would replace the blade free of charge.
 
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