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There is just something about what you did with the remains of this blade that is just neat and actually appealing. The metal scales are a pass for me but they look really cool!

Beautiful blade. With the sweeping blade and curve of the edge it reminds me of what used to be called a Persian back in the day. I know for a fact that Shade Indonesia makes a stand up blade and have nothing bad to say about them!

First off, I wan't to say that it's a very beautyful knife You made there. I have made quite a lot of knives in that particular style, but my knives were double edged. I had a Puma Skinner given to me by my father as a kid, and it was a lot like this one in design. I would personally think that the design is more Persian than viking, but a beautyful knife none the less. You should make the same knife, but instead of using light mircata, maybe try buffalo horn. the black variant is so nice to the feel of the handle, and it's very easy to work with (but it has a horrible stench to it when grinding it. Like burned hair), and you can polish it to an almost mirror finish. Et mere personligt spørgsmål: kan du sælge dine knive i Danmark? Ikke om du må, men om du har et markede for den type knive i DK? Jeg har som sagt selv lavet rigtig mange knive selv (lavede den første "rigtige" kniv som 12årig), men da jeg personligt synes, at hvor praktiske almindelige knive i svensk og norsk stil (Mora stilen) så end måtte være, så er det en pænt kedelig stil, så jeg har altid eksperimenteret med min egen stil, blandt andet i stil med den du viser her. Jeg har snakket med en del forretninger, bla. Hunters House, Arms Gallery og Natur galleriet i København og omegn. Fælles for dem alle, var at jeg har fået meget fine og positive anmeldelser fra alle stederne, men samtidig fået at vide, at de ikke kan sælge dem, da den lidt mere "særprægede" stil, stort set kun sælger hvis den er billig, og de fleste der går efter de lidt mere anderledes typer blade, typisk vil købe noget billigt kineser crap, i stedet for at købe noget der er håndsmedet...

Fantastic, this was a very therapeutic watch, It does look much better, great look, should have been sold like this.

Awesome knife !!! 500 grams is heavy enough to be a good chopper but still light enough to wield easily, as you said.

Very cool mod my friend. Fantastic job

Cool Video 👍 Thank U for the info 👍

Nice 😀 😊

Very nice

What a fantastic design, brother V. Great shooting location, this knife is perfect for you and your channel, Shade Indonesia killed this...❤💯💯💯💯 now that's a tip that should not break...

Not only does it look awesome, it performs awesome! Well done brother!!

That's a BEAUTIFUL knife!!! "Everything's" right with it!!! It's very unique in look and style! CV, you really know how to make a knife!!!

Awesome review Brother! Love how you get into the history of it and how you make these blades come to life! Just amazing job as always👊🏻🔪

Badass design!! and i am honored to make it for you. And as always badass review bro! 👊

Badass design sir!!! Absolutely love a trailing point. Especially when it's done as well as this is. Just beautiful

Awesome. I love knives with belly’s 👍

Thanks for such a killer review. Looks like you have a winner 🥇

Wow you realy went all the way this time!! What a awesome looking knife and the location you picked for the publish of the knife is epic! you make our ancestors proud💪

At least they stand behind it. The Custom swords, daggers, etc that I make are ALL tested & proofed before they leave my shop. Modern factories cannot do that. Unfirtunately the same mass production that allows them to be so cheap compared to customs. Also means more defects & less attention to detail.

Stand your ground, young man. Don't let them strongarm you. I got your back if it comes down to it. It sounds like the knife maker is trying to give you the runaround Sue.

The fact that the maker replied back and said this is a $109 dollar knife says it all. And they are still for sale on the site, so why did he lie and say there aren't any more? He also stated that this knife is not made for bush crafting or chopping. It's strictly a fighting knife. Not like there's a lot of knife fights going on these days. So, he is basically saying that the knife is a wall hanger, not for using. Sounds like a very shady character. And the only reason he will send you a replacement. If he actually does. is due to your TH-cam following. Calling him out and putting him on the spot. Thanks for sharing, and good that you stand your ground. Please do not let him or Donnie B All Day intimidate you. And force you to alter the truth. You seem to be a man of integrity and honesty. Thank You

Bro, I was confident Croco knives would do you right! Hey man I'm curious though, why don't you grind out a new point and test it like that! I'd like to see how it does! Btw I "LOVE" my Arizona Bowie. It's one of the coolest looking knives I have and for me, a bargain at $109.00 bucks! Enjoy!!!

This looks like being in the woods on mushrooms

I bought this knife as well. My handle was the same, angled down. I was not too impressed with the knife overall and regretted my purchase. Luckily I showed it to a friend who liked it so he bought it from me. I also have the tops prather war bowie which I would definitely recommend over this knife.

The TOPs Prather War Bowie has a similar blade style, yes I know it is differentially heat treated 1095, and I haven't had any issues using it as a field knife. Any knife has to function as a utility blade first and even Prather knew that when he designed his blade. There are several sub $100 knives that wouldn't have any issues surviving what you did to test this one. The Glock comes to mind for just one.

Great reply and service, I can't wait to see the showdown.

I knew he would take care of you. He's a great guy. He just didn't account for Viking power! Haha

Great Customer Service, its good to see a new Knife replacement, done in this case, I don't agree with Much of what Croco said, I know that he has to speak on behalf of his brand, but yes i have plenty of 100$ knives and I have given them many abuse tests but have not broken the Tip...I think it was just bad heat temper, period, I think the next knife should handle itself better..even at $100...but agreed Customer service is UBER important when dealing with a company at any price...But BRAVO to Croco for the support, accountability & service...it was probably just a one off, I think the company produces some good quality in general, but we shall see the next one and how it holds up...well done

The issue I have is they should have never sent that blade out. I'm sure they could tell the tip was burnt and compromised. I also have the drop forged Survivalist and it too has taken every damn thing I've put it through without fail.

Cool update my friend

The problem is, a cheap 30$ cold steel outdoorsman lite, in cheap 4116 krupp, stainless is almost impossible to break next to several 100 - 200$ knives ive had, it turns out 90% of knife makers todaydo not know how to heat treat, im learning its because it is more of an art, than a science.. get yourself an outdoorsman lite and a tanto lite, for backups when all your other knives eventually break

Amazing

This knife was designed as a fighter and not to baton and chop with. Much better options for that kind of hard use.

Such a beautiful blade design. But this definitely should not have been sent to a paying customer. Should never have left the shop.

Sometimes with hand made knives, every now and then one gets by that wasn't supposed to leave. Fortunately my knife, did not have those issues. I was ecstatic when I received it and I'm still very pleased. Hopefully, you will get these issues resolved quickly so you can enjoy that awesome Arizona Bowie...

Tops knives, hank 3, awesome cinematography and a perfect review. Subscribed 💯

30 mins. for one video on one knife ?

Yes have another knife from them and the blade chipped really bad with some light batoning, sad because otherwise they are beautiful knives. Dbad is my favorite knife designer, and I know he has no control over the quality, and he likes to use a variety of producers, sadly many of the producers do not have a reliable or consistent quality, I really wish he would have work tuff gear make some of his designs, Dbad deserves better representation

I just got my Arizona Bowie delivered by DHL two days ago. Mine was No. 29 of 50. I checked everything out on mine that you had problems with. I did have a little glue showing on the loop for the sheath, but it wasn’t much and my knife does fit well into the sheath. The hand guard sit pretty much flush when inserted. I checked out the tip and the spot where you had discoloration. Mine doesn’t have a black tip or any discoloration in that area. Also, the handle is supposed to be offset, so that’s normal and the way it was designed. It does seem you got a bad one unfortunately. I don’t plan on batoning with it, but if I did I could possibly break the tip, but I don’t even want to try it lol. Although, I don’t have that black tip and discoloration, so it seems the heat treat was good on mine, but you never know. When you get the new one in let us know how the new one turns out if you can.

The tip on mine has already broken, close to the same place as yours. I noticed the same discoloration as you did, but didn't think much about it until I seen your video. I was actually trying to find videos of same knife, if other people had the same issues. To be honest I thought knife was made in USA. I found out from Donnie after I had made order that it was not. If I had known it was made in Pakistan, I probably would have passed on it. I didn't notice my handle being offset like yours either. After seeing your video, I checked it with straight edge and it was off a lot more than I had thought. I tried to take the handle scales off to check it more precise, but one of the screws stripped out, so I left it alone. Maybe they will get back with me to make things right, but I don't have expensive cameras or big TH-cam channel like you, so all I can do is hope they do right. If not I'm still OK. Its partially my fault for not doing more research. Thank you, friend, for sharing your experience. Looks like some beautiful country where you live. PS: After attempting to reprofile blade with 140 grit Atoma diamond stone I noticed that the edge forms a large burr very easily. Almost too easy. I'm not certain about Chinese or Pakistani D2 steel, But American or German D2 is much harder to raise burr.

What a beautiful knife. Wow, I'm really disappointed in this. Update us on how it goes.

At 3:43 you can see the thin strip of leather peeling away from what looks to be cardboard or other man-made material. I could definitely see that the inlay was some sort of synthetic material. But the outside which at first looked to be quality leather. Now looks to be fake. Thank you for exposing these shysters. I like a good Bowie knife but I will just stick with my Gil Hibben Arizona Bowie. At least I knew what I was getting before I bought it. I'm not very familiar with this Donnie B All Day. But these Pakistani Makers are a dime a dozen on Ebay and Etsy. The Timber Rattler Outlaw Bowie was their masterpiece at $30. But I'm glad that I found your Channel. You seem to have some good content. I have heard good things about the Work Tough Gear and hope to get one soon. Peace out my bladed brother.

Croco knives will send me a new knife and they are sorry for this, i will of course make a catch up on this and make a new review on the 2 knife👊

I'm certain that CroCo will send you a new knife, due to the callout in front of their customers or potential customers. Even if they hire someone else to make it. But what about the other 48 knives sold in that run that have similar issues. Most will never even use their knife, to find out. And a lot of them will never say anything like you did. Because they think it will anger DBad if they criticize his knife or knife maker. Anyway to cut to the short. It should come to no surprise that quality is lacking in a Pakistani made knife. And to have these problems already, I feel this maker is no different than the other Pakistani makers in the past with their mystery steel "pot-metal" knives. 99 percent of Pakistani knives are made in Wazirabad Pakistan. The knife capital of Pakistan. The same ones that fill the shelves at your local flea market.

Great video. From the start I was worried about the tip. Awesome design though. I almost pulled the trigger on buying it. The biggest issue I have is croco knives are made in Pakistan. I have plenty of blades made there from my start of my collecting knives. I’ve only gone up and have higher end knives. Don’t get me wrong I’m not knocking them. Just not sure I want to go backwards. If that makes sense.

Good review brother 👍🏻⚔️

I have similar problems with the tip on mine, (Discoloration) and a partialy atempted false eadge 1 inch in leangth. Also the one i have is 8mm not 6mm like there website states. The design though is epic, it feels realy good in hand. Especially for a large knife.

Croco has a bad reputation on their heat treat. I don't know anything about this knife. But a good friend of mine had another one made by Croco knives. He was cracking walnuts using the spine of his knife and got a hairline crack in the blade. Really good looking knife with what looked to be a very thick quality leather sheath. He stopped using the knife after the crack but I believe he still uses the sheath with another knife of similar size.

Plus cold weather will make the steel more brittle.

Thank you for your review. I do believe you are right about the handle. I have seen knives used for heavy chopping have a forward cant from the handle to the blade, but not a fighting knife like this. They are usually all straight. And I have never seen any knife with proper heat treat, break off while batoning that easily. Seems to have too many mistakes or bad craftmanship for a limited run knife. Or any knife for that matter. Hopefully it was just one they missed, and they will make it right for you, and you are not left with an expensive wall hanger.