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It failed miserably...no surprise.
Let's just review:
It was able to slice pine!
It was able to baton through a toothpick!
It was able to cut through absolutely brittle and thin plastic!
It was able to cut through a tin can!
A little light prying!
Nothing any sharpened piece of steel couldn't do.
Then it got some play.....
A 3/4 inch piece of live pine...and it's done.
Overpriced.
Let's just review:
It was able to slice pine!
It was able to baton through a toothpick!
It was able to cut through absolutely brittle and thin plastic!
It was able to cut through a tin can!
A little light prying!
Nothing any sharpened piece of steel couldn't do.
Then it got some play.....
A 3/4 inch piece of live pine...and it's done.
Overpriced.
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think you might have watched the wrong video buddy, because thats not what i saw at all. the knife survived all that abuse and was still in one piece at the end, and might i add usable too! can't think of much more someone could expect a knife to do
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Out of the box it was able to handle some very simple work, some of it might have bordered on abuse.
I don't see what the big deal is, everthing he was doing was extremely light.
Cutting plastic? batoning twigs? Cutting into a tin can? Prying a 1/4 inch into balsa?
What did I miss??
Once things got anywhere near hard, it failed just like a $4.00 knife should.
I just saved everyone 20 minutes of their life they will never get back....
The bigger point here, is that as an EDC, this knife won't last long, and this video proves that.
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Take your extreme abuse testing gloves off to open knife package.
even after the test the blade still had years of use left in it. a little sharpening and it'd just be begging for some more work! i think most who see that vid will agree. really can't ask much more than that from a blade. but appreciate the input. :thumbup:
JR was mentioning the knife developed play. Nothing to do with a dull blade.
yep but a little play aint a big deal. im just saying a new edge and that baby would be almost brand new! heck, i wouldn't even think of that as broken in yet :thumbup:
I disagree: blade play is the end of the story. Damaged goods. Didn't last even half an hour.
can't see how its damaged but anyway, you could always bend the lock bar thing back with some plyiars. aint nothing a little elbow greece can't fix! good to go in minutes
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That's how you fix wiggly blades?
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If the plan is to use it once or twice for simple un-taxing tasks then throw it away then happy days... the most captain obvious statement by the reviewer was that he didn't know much about knives.
If the goal was to prove how easily the blade was rendered close to useless then he succeeded.
If the goal was to prove how easily the blade was rendered close to useless then he succeeded.
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another video i found on the youtube last night. good golly that is a tuff one. even tougher than the ozark! this is why smith and wesson earned me a loyal customer! there quality is outstanding for the price! i got well used hrt i got a yardsale some years ago and its been a bout the loyalist knife i could ask for. always does what i need and takes a good edge. cuts everything about the same! i say thats pretty good!
another video i found on the youtube last night. good golly that is a tuff one. even tougher than the ozark! this is why smith and wesson earned me a loyal customer! there quality is outstanding for the price! i got well used hrt i got a yardsale some years ago and its been a bout the loyalist knife i could ask for. always does what i need and takes a good edge. cuts everything about the same! i say thats pretty good!
thanks buddy. i thought it was pretty cool too. it never hurts to have a knife that can do a little chopping too! :thumbup:
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Smith & Wesson HRT (Hostage Rescue Team) -- classic Darrell Ralph design. Not a big surprise it is a better knife than many S&W offerings. I doubt it would beat the old Camillus designs he made for them, though.
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Ha, what? Wrong.
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I bought an Ozark trail as an impulse buy, and while it didn't turn out to be left hand friendly I'd have no problem putting some loctite on the screws and edcing it for a year ( if it was lefty friendly that is )
Say what you want able them, but the bottom line is you can get a knife that's way better than it should be for 4$.
Say what you want able them, but the bottom line is you can get a knife that's way better than it should be for 4$.
it aint a big deal when all you gotta do is a little lite bending with some pliyars. good as new.