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I don't know if I'm the outlier here, but if I need a disposable knife, I'll carry a folding razor blade. Better cutting ability, more affordable in the long term, fully replaceable blades, and ultralight/small. As a second knife, just overall a better option for a realistic second blade carry or a "hey you got a knife" option.
The white one definitely isn't D2. It performed like 3cr when I thrashed it. Sadly those were only seasonal for last Christmas. Lot of fun to carry and play with though. Took one hell of an edge when I sharpened it. The coating stood up to a couple hours of nonstop cardboard cutting without wearing off. Primary contact area greyed out a little bit, but otherwise fine. Cleaned it off with acetone quite a few times as well.
Never thought I'd see MC do something like this lmao. The d2 version is very good for the price honestly. This one is a bit more fragile without the liners and the steel is closer to 3cr.
Bro yes! I have been carrying this knife since I bought it in early December. It legit is a great little knife as long as you don't mind stroping it everyday lol. Still went through an entire Christmas' worth of boxes fairly easily.
For cutting boxes, knife to cardboard, nothing beats a utility knife -- be sure to look into the style that mimics a side folding pocket knife, has a thumb stud and a pocket clip. They are and always will be razor sharp until you need to toss out the blade or flip it over to use the other side. I've got a 500 pack of utility blades that I feed mine with. For cutting box *tape* which is the bulk of box openings, yeah I often use a regular knife. CARRY BOTH.
I have the original D2 version (there is an updated version I’ve heard mixed reviews on) and it’s been great! Factory edge was total garbage, but I sharpened it up on my tormek and it’s actually held a super nice edge! Has become my go to cardboard break down knife because I don’t feel bad if I accidentally smack it into a staple or slip and hit the cement. Definitely recommend picking one up, but just know that it’s $5-$10 for a reason. The D2 version is great for $10, but don’t pay anything over that
I have the orange one. I'd say yes... if you are a "knife person", get it. in all honesty... fidgety af for $10. you'll play with it and then realize that you really do want a flomascus titanium bugout!
I’d also say it’d be a good short term travel knife. Say you’re flying somewhere for a long weekend and only got a carryon… swing by a Walmart and pick one up so you have a blade on you during your trip. Leave it with a friend or kind homeless person before your flight home.
I picked up the orange one for an outdoor beater knife, and it works pretty well for that. Clearly quality/fit & finish aren’t great, but for the price can’t complain.
You should check out the updated version of the orange d2 one they just released. Full liners, FRN scales, and it's running on bearings. The stainless one pales in comparison.
MC just gave the best advice to carry TWO BLADES!. One, for a primary knife and the secondary knife for "Carl" to jack up and buy you a beer for doing so. I've been doing this for years. Go Army!
This knife greatly differs from the $10 Ozark Trail - In testing, the non stated steel is not D2 and the edge retention is more like 3CR. There is a channel (Knives I Guess) that tests these cheap knives live by cutting hours of cutting cardboard (cardboard slayer) . The D2 version lasts around 6-8 hours of non stop cutting. This one didn’t make it to 2. He named this the, “Storm Pooper.”
Definitely watch the @Outdoor55 video before buying. HRC is not always what it seems. This thing is Poo Poo town 😂. If you go to Wal Mart for a knife just buy a Kershaw Iridium or a Civivi Brazen. $5 and $10 knives are worth exactly that and are going to be every time. Or just buy the Ozark Trash and a pull through sharpener and never experience a quality knife. Idc, It’s your money after all. I do like the buy one for when Bill from parts asks to borrow a knife idea though. Bill from parts deserves this knife, that guy sucks at life.
Yep. I don’t see the logic in buying one of these. People say “well buy 3 or 4 of them and throw them away!” That’s stupid to me when you can spend 35 and get a QSP Penguin or a Ruike P801 which will last for many years and be an infinitely better tool to use.
Been using my orange D2 version for a few months now and it's a great beater knife. Even took a nice edge on the sharpener. Maybe I got lucky with the hrc.
I bought 3 of these hoping to cobble together one nice one just cuz it was something to try for five bucks. One was centered alright the other two were way off. I went to try disassembling them and two of the three had pivots that had what seemed like a standard t8 on one side and then it was almost like they machined the opposing side to look like a usable torx screw but nothing fit them and they were extremely shallow. Oddly one of the had perfectly normal t8’s on both sides of the pivot so I disassembled that one cuz it’s the only one that was even possible to do. The bearings were very small and really cheap. It was definitely rough on the inside. I didn’t really expect anything different so don’t take any of this as a complaint. I cleaned it and reassembled and ended giving it to my pop. So really my main reason for even typing this is if you do go for the $5 white one it is advisable to make sure the pivot it actually usable on both sides.
MC, great review, but i think youre kinda missing the point. Your comparing it to a $30 CJRB, and sure, the CJRB is a better budget knife, but, is the Benchmare Bugout worth $130 more dollars than the D2 version of this knife? We as consumers need to demand better from production brands like Benchmade if Ozark Trail can make something like this(especially the d2 version) for soooo much cheaper.
I may buy a couple of these for use use in "high risk" situations (e.g. some use of a knife that is abusive but you have no other alternative at the moment) or as a "family knife" in the kitchen junk drawer. Ever since my now ex-wife snapped the tip off my first Chris Reeve knife years ago, the "family" doesn't get the good knives. (BTW, I was totally honest with Chris Reeve Knives, sent it back for a new blade, fully expecting to be charged ... they sent me the knife back, at their expense, with a totally new blade. No charge!) (Then I got a new wife)
Lol WTF MC!!! I told you about sayn that kinda stuff!🤣 I literally pictured someone squinting through a pair of binoculars trying to describe a knife from miles away 🤣 ..... I literally can't breathe and my ribs hurt so bad my mom keeps yelling at me to be quiet she can't hear her TH-cam videos playing, I mean wtf, it wasn't even that funny of a joke😆
I also sent you the D2 version as well.. some weird guy at the post office started muttering something about floppy and “curse metal complex” but it should’ve arrived like a week ago. Enjoy
The QC is questionable from what I’ve seen. The ones I have, have absolutely no play and the bearings are smooth. My father is old school and is a practical knife user, not a collector, he absolutely loves this thing and he uses it everyday. He’s a locksmith so cutting rubber happens, he also went through an unbelievable amount of mail and packaging and he was still on the factory edge last I heard. When I come across the D2 versions I’ll pick one of those up too. The black handle looks like the action is rough so maybe hold out for the next run of those. Or don’t, we’re talking $5-10 purchases here. This is the kind of knife I buy when I just need a knife now and don’t have one in my pocket or I don’t have my car with me.
Gone already the "so what..for 5 bucks, at Walmart, I'll just buy another one if something happens" justification argument. Sold out & have been coast-to-coast for some time now.
It makes an okay axis lock figit trainer. The omega spring on my copy broke in a week. Sharpening should be easier? Never assume soft steel is easier to sharpen. I'd rather sharpen proper D2 or S30V all day than this. Like MC says, a few passes through cardboard and it's dead. Again, a storm trooper figit toy. Lol.
@@metal_complex Eh....$5 can't expect perfection. Probably still cut open a feed bag, or slice an apple just fine. I received my Excalibur yesterday. Damn, that is a good knife. I am going to swap out the wire clip if I plan to carry it though. Other than that the knife is awesome.
I mean, let’s be real - soap & water, an air compressor, and WD-40 is enough to maintain the overwhelming majority of knives. My first griptilian I did NOT baby. When I finally tore it down for “deep clean”, it was indistinguishable (as far as the state of the small internal components) from my m390 bugout that I fussed over and detail-stripped every time I cleaned it. The grip had been left closed up - so just rinsed, blasted with an air compressor, and sprayed down with WD-40 - for like a decade. It’s a 154cm blade, so you can guess how old the thing is. Realized that I was going well into overkill territory as far as how I maintain some of my knives. I had been mildly concerned that the omega springs would be corroded or some grit got into the pivot and galled the washers over the years. Nope. It was fine.
I don’t understand your crazy shade on this. I have 2 orange and 1 white and these are just as good if not better than my $40 civivi blades. Does well slicing up a week of Amazon boxes with little sharpening. The white version is cheaper than orange. The orange competes with the mini praxis and has full metal steel liners unlike the white version
white is 3cr and $5 , orange is D2 and $10 ....... worth it? imho skip the white grab the orange ....... buy a few and put them everywhere .... kitchen , garden shed , toolboxes , tackleboxes as a dern I forgot my knife replacement for the day .
I eard to the Shot show than Niagara steel make a new one. After the Nitro-V, there is the Nitro something ... More stainless. And more resistant ..! ^^
MC, you are conflating this $5 'Storm Trooper' Ozark Trail with the $10 orange one. They are very different knives - as the orange one is D2 steel, arguably worth it for the money. This one, the $5 white one, has steel that is probably 3cr or similar - and is arguably not worth the money / effort, depending on what someone is needing.
Also, as pointed out by @MaxLvlEDC, a good bottom of the barrel budget blade is the SRM 9201 at $20 (8cr13mov) - arguably beats the value of the CJRB Acacia at $30 (AR-RPM9).
Ozark Trail = Walmart, so don't expect too much Imagination from them $5 is impossible to resist it's in the class with plastic forks and spoons (read: single use item)
the orange ones famous this ones just the knock off cash grab.. I got the orange.. won't lie ya gotta take a file or sand paper to the scales or atleast I did.. then put a 15degree on it and I won't lie it holds a tight edge and does its thing.. does it beat a bug out? yeah of course it does.. adding 200bucks doesn't make anything better but it will make those who pay say a whole lotta nothing to justify the cost.. I mean if you gotta spend it cool but at the end of the day this is caveman tech just cuz you believe it costs alot because whatever doesn't make it so.. it's made to cut stuff.. imagine buying a hammer made from super steel and trying to tell everyone how it's so much better then the 5buck one.. what cost actually sez is what ur gonna do with it... might as well be made of glass cuz that's how much use most of these bragged about things are
Knife snobs like yourself who have $600 knives to cut up cardboard boxes make fun of this knife.. Meanwhile real men have used this knife to field dress a deer and claimed it did a great job.
GRAVITY IS JUST A THEORY METAL COMPLEX!!!!!!! DONT BELIEVE BIG GRAVITY!!!!!! THEORIES AREN'T BASED ON FACTS!!!!! /sarcasm For $5 if it does what most people use a knife for, who arent workers with heavily calloused hands from hard labor. its well worth it. Its more bang for your buck than what you would get off of Cutlery Corner.
The D2 version is barely better. The heat treatment is so poor, the edge retention is worse than almost any other blade I've ever used. At the same time, the steel has no toughness and chips/snaps incredibly easily. For $5-10, they are usable knives. But I would much rather spend $15-20 more and get something that will actually last. These Ozark Trail knives are ones I would grab if I was going somewhere/doing something where there was a high chance I'd loose/break my knife. Otherwise, no reason to go that cheap. The "just as good" crowd will cry that it cuts and that's all that matters. If that's all you care about, go for it. Just understand that you're paying $5, you're getting a $5 knife.
How is he wrong? I’ve seen a fair number of the previous ozark crossbar lock knives (I sharpen and maintain knives for a lot of friends & family) - they are disposable and a bad value. Developing pivot wobble (really it’s blade play in 3 different dimensions, which I’ve never seen on anything other than gas station knives) and getting lockbar damage after a few weeks of light use = an exceptionally mediocre, disposable knife. You get what you pay for here. Or you could spend a few bucks more on a Ruike, QSP, Sencut, Vosteed, CJRB, Kizer, etc and get a solid folder that will last you. For disposable knife tasks - use a Stanley knife like a normal human being.
Ugh, sort of loathe the "open back spine" style of knife. Don't like it ergonomically, it will put a crease in the palm of your hand; it's a knife made with shortcuts -- two slabs joined by screws with stand-offs.
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I don't know if I'm the outlier here, but if I need a disposable knife, I'll carry a folding razor blade. Better cutting ability, more affordable in the long term, fully replaceable blades, and ultralight/small. As a second knife, just overall a better option for a realistic second blade carry or a "hey you got a knife" option.
I do not carry one but I’ll use one before I use my knives on cardboard. Also have a battery operated cardboard cutter.
I agree I have a Gerber ear in my bag for that reason
The white one definitely isn't D2. It performed like 3cr when I thrashed it. Sadly those were only seasonal for last Christmas. Lot of fun to carry and play with though. Took one hell of an edge when I sharpened it. The coating stood up to a couple hours of nonstop cardboard cutting without wearing off. Primary contact area greyed out a little bit, but otherwise fine. Cleaned it off with acetone quite a few times as well.
Never thought I'd see MC do something like this lmao.
The d2 version is very good for the price honestly. This one is a bit more fragile without the liners and the steel is closer to 3cr.
Bro yes! I have been carrying this knife since I bought it in early December. It legit is a great little knife as long as you don't mind stroping it everyday lol. Still went through an entire Christmas' worth of boxes fairly easily.
For cutting boxes, knife to cardboard, nothing beats a utility knife -- be sure to look into the style that mimics a side folding pocket knife, has a thumb stud and a pocket clip. They are and always will be razor sharp until you need to toss out the blade or flip it over to use the other side. I've got a 500 pack of utility blades that I feed mine with. For cutting box *tape* which is the bulk of box openings, yeah I often use a regular knife. CARRY BOTH.
No nerd I'm not going to carry both shut up
@@calebhanan7099 lol, I don't buy expensive knives just to use a utility knife. practicality is less important lol
I have the original D2 version (there is an updated version I’ve heard mixed reviews on) and it’s been great! Factory edge was total garbage, but I sharpened it up on my tormek and it’s actually held a super nice edge! Has become my go to cardboard break down knife because I don’t feel bad if I accidentally smack it into a staple or slip and hit the cement. Definitely recommend picking one up, but just know that it’s $5-$10 for a reason. The D2 version is great for $10, but don’t pay anything over that
Might be an okay knife for practicing modifications like scale dying, stone washing, acid washing, etc.
I have the orange one. I'd say yes... if you are a "knife person", get it. in all honesty... fidgety af for $10. you'll play with it and then realize that you really do want a flomascus titanium bugout!
I’d also say it’d be a good short term travel knife. Say you’re flying somewhere for a long weekend and only got a carryon… swing by a Walmart and pick one up so you have a blade on you during your trip. Leave it with a friend or kind homeless person before your flight home.
With my luck id give the knife to a hobo and immediately get it right back when i turned around😂😂
I made a back spacer for mine and dyed the scales for fun, I like it!
I picked up the orange one for an outdoor beater knife, and it works pretty well for that. Clearly quality/fit & finish aren’t great, but for the price can’t complain.
You should check out the updated version of the orange d2 one they just released. Full liners, FRN scales, and it's running on bearings. The stainless one pales in comparison.
MC just gave the best advice to carry TWO BLADES!. One, for a primary knife and the secondary knife for "Carl" to jack up and buy you a beer for doing so. I've been doing this for years. Go Army!
This knife greatly differs from the $10 Ozark Trail - In testing, the non stated steel is not D2 and the edge retention is more like 3CR. There is a channel (Knives I Guess) that tests these cheap knives live by cutting hours of cutting cardboard (cardboard slayer) . The D2 version lasts around 6-8 hours of non stop cutting. This one didn’t make it to 2.
He named this the, “Storm Pooper.”
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I have that one and the orange one. They’re crap… but they are great for the price. 🤷🏻♂️ Sometimes a disposable knife comes in handy.
Definitely watch the @Outdoor55 video before buying. HRC is not always what it seems. This thing is Poo Poo town 😂. If you go to Wal Mart for a knife just buy a Kershaw Iridium or a Civivi Brazen. $5 and $10 knives are worth exactly that and are going to be every time. Or just buy the Ozark Trash and a pull through sharpener and never experience a quality knife. Idc, It’s your money after all. I do like the buy one for when Bill from parts asks to borrow a knife idea though. Bill from parts deserves this knife, that guy sucks at life.
Yep.
I don’t see the logic in buying one of these. People say “well buy 3 or 4 of them and throw them away!” That’s stupid to me when you can spend 35 and get a QSP Penguin or a Ruike P801 which will last for many years and be an infinitely better tool to use.
I’m tempted to buy one so I can practice sharpening.
Been using my orange D2 version for a few months now and it's a great beater knife. Even took a nice edge on the sharpener. Maybe I got lucky with the hrc.
I bought 3 of these hoping to cobble together one nice one just cuz it was something to try for five bucks. One was centered alright the other two were way off. I went to try disassembling them and two of the three had pivots that had what seemed like a standard t8 on one side and then it was almost like they machined the opposing side to look like a usable torx screw but nothing fit them and they were extremely shallow. Oddly one of the had perfectly normal t8’s on both sides of the pivot so I disassembled that one cuz it’s the only one that was even possible to do. The bearings were very small and really cheap. It was definitely rough on the inside. I didn’t really expect anything different so don’t take any of this as a complaint. I cleaned it and reassembled and ended giving it to my pop. So really my main reason for even typing this is if you do go for the $5 white one it is advisable to make sure the pivot it actually usable on both sides.
Is it still available tho? Thought it was a Christmas promotion only. Got a few for gifts and kept one, FANTASTIC
MC, great review, but i think youre kinda missing the point. Your comparing it to a $30 CJRB, and sure, the CJRB is a better budget knife, but, is the Benchmare Bugout worth $130 more dollars than the D2 version of this knife? We as consumers need to demand better from production brands like Benchmade if Ozark Trail can make something like this(especially the d2 version) for soooo much cheaper.
It's strange you didn't commare it with the Bugout ..! ^^
I think it is premium CPM S125V
I may buy a couple of these for use use in "high risk" situations (e.g. some use of a knife that is abusive but you have no other alternative at the moment) or as a "family knife" in the kitchen junk drawer. Ever since my now ex-wife snapped the tip off my first Chris Reeve knife years ago, the "family" doesn't get the good knives. (BTW, I was totally honest with Chris Reeve Knives, sent it back for a new blade, fully expecting to be charged ... they sent me the knife back, at their expense, with a totally new blade. No charge!)
(Then I got a new wife)
Lol WTF MC!!! I told you about sayn that kinda stuff!🤣 I literally pictured someone squinting through a pair of binoculars trying to describe a knife from miles away 🤣 ..... I literally can't breathe and my ribs hurt so bad my mom keeps yelling at me to be quiet she can't hear her TH-cam videos playing, I mean wtf, it wasn't even that funny of a joke😆
At least I can tell my family what they can get for $10 when they see me pull out a "real knife" that costs north of $200.
except that it does what the 10 dollar one does.. minus ß
It's named the Silver Shaft... it's on the back of the package
I actually saw this one at my Walmart lol didn't realize it was $5 , I have the orange one clipped to my work bag right now
I also sent you the D2 version as well..
some weird guy at the post office started muttering something about floppy and “curse metal complex” but it should’ve arrived like a week ago. Enjoy
Honest review but the blade play can be fixed by tightening the pivot. Just use standard methods for dealing with a non captive pivot.
I have this knife that I carry alongside my manix , I let people use it at my work when they need a knofe
And Sandvik, who made the 14c28n, have another name like Elmeira or something like that ..! ^^
The QC is questionable from what I’ve seen. The ones I have, have absolutely no play and the bearings are smooth. My father is old school and is a practical knife user, not a collector, he absolutely loves this thing and he uses it everyday. He’s a locksmith so cutting rubber happens, he also went through an unbelievable amount of mail and packaging and he was still on the factory edge last I heard.
When I come across the D2 versions I’ll pick one of those up too. The black handle looks like the action is rough so maybe hold out for the next run of those. Or don’t, we’re talking $5-10 purchases here. This is the kind of knife I buy when I just need a knife now and don’t have one in my pocket or I don’t have my car with me.
Gone already the "so what..for 5 bucks, at Walmart, I'll just buy another one if something happens" justification argument. Sold out & have been coast-to-coast for some time now.
It'll die down. Always does
It makes an okay axis lock figit trainer. The omega spring on
my copy broke in a week. Sharpening should be easier? Never
assume soft steel is easier to sharpen. I'd rather sharpen proper
D2 or S30V all day than this. Like MC says, a few passes through
cardboard and it's dead. Again, a storm trooper figit toy. Lol.
Did the blade come chipped out of the box or is that some gunk?
It's chipped. Right out of the box
@@metal_complex Eh....$5 can't expect perfection. Probably still cut open a feed bag, or slice an apple just fine. I received my Excalibur yesterday. Damn, that is a good knife. I am going to swap out the wire clip if I plan to carry it though. Other than that the knife is awesome.
@davidv7403 yeah I agree. For $5 it's like 🤷♂️
I mean, let’s be real - soap & water, an air compressor, and WD-40 is enough to maintain the overwhelming majority of knives.
My first griptilian I did NOT baby. When I finally tore it down for “deep clean”, it was indistinguishable (as far as the state of the small internal components) from my m390 bugout that I fussed over and detail-stripped every time I cleaned it. The grip had been left closed up - so just rinsed, blasted with an air compressor, and sprayed down with WD-40 - for like a decade. It’s a 154cm blade, so you can guess how old the thing is. Realized that I was going well into overkill territory as far as how I maintain some of my knives. I had been mildly concerned that the omega springs would be corroded or some grit got into the pivot and galled the washers over the years. Nope. It was fine.
Who is Nick and why would Ozark Trail put him on the blade?
Lumpy Gravity Shut should be the name of this knife
Are you afraid to review the orange one? It puts the bugout to shame.
I don’t understand your crazy shade on this. I have 2 orange and 1 white and these are just as good if not better than my $40 civivi blades. Does well slicing up a week of Amazon boxes with little sharpening. The white version is cheaper than orange. The orange competes with the mini praxis and has full metal steel liners unlike the white version
Ita fine for $5. If it works for you, that's all that matters 👍
white is 3cr and $5 , orange is D2 and $10 ....... worth it? imho skip the white grab the orange ....... buy a few and put them everywhere .... kitchen , garden shed , toolboxes , tackleboxes as a dern I forgot my knife replacement for the day .
Somebody seriously sent this to u? The shipping is more than going to Walmart and buying it💀🤣
I eard to the Shot show than Niagara steel make a new one. After the Nitro-V, there is the Nitro something ... More stainless. And more resistant ..! ^^
The white knife and the orange knife are 2 different models....
I can’t believe that you believe in gravity lol bottom line it’s a good letter opener to keeping in your office
What is the country of this company ..?
Bugout killers no, but they will tear up so amazon tape. The D2 knife is much better steel lined handles 3 color options OD green, oange, and black.
@outdoor55 did a great review of the D2 version. But it sucked. Not the review, the blade.
Strained hard not to sound like a high school mean girl pooh-poohing a less fortunate rival. Crummy affiliate rev share on them bargains.
What,,, 5 box... I thunk it cost 50 ..! ^^
MC, you are conflating this $5 'Storm Trooper' Ozark Trail with the $10 orange one. They are very different knives - as the orange one is D2 steel, arguably worth it for the money. This one, the $5 white one, has steel that is probably 3cr or similar - and is arguably not worth the money / effort, depending on what someone is needing.
Also, as pointed out by @MaxLvlEDC, a good bottom of the barrel budget blade is the SRM 9201 at $20 (8cr13mov) - arguably beats the value of the CJRB Acacia at $30 (AR-RPM9).
Mine was dull from the beginning, and the pivot feels gritty. I describe it as a great adult fidget, mediocre knife.
Ozark Trail = Walmart, so don't expect too much Imagination from them $5 is impossible to resist it's in the class with plastic forks and spoons (read: single use item)
the orange ones famous this ones just the knock off cash grab.. I got the orange.. won't lie ya gotta take a file or sand paper to the scales or atleast I did.. then put a 15degree on it and I won't lie it holds a tight edge and does its thing.. does it beat a bug out? yeah of course it does.. adding 200bucks doesn't make anything better but it will make those who pay say a whole lotta nothing to justify the cost.. I mean if you gotta spend it cool but at the end of the day this is caveman tech just cuz you believe it costs alot because whatever doesn't make it so.. it's made to cut stuff.. imagine buying a hammer made from super steel and trying to tell everyone how it's so much better then the 5buck one.. what cost actually sez is what ur gonna do with it... might as well be made of glass cuz that's how much use most of these bragged about things are
ive had 2 knives that are 3cr... this one and the hot pile of garbage the gerber haul.... this is at least fun to figit with
Knife snobs like yourself who have $600 knives to cut up cardboard boxes make fun of this knife.. Meanwhile real men have used this knife to field dress a deer and claimed it did a great job.
God I hate that grind. Even for $5 I can't abide by that.
A girl has to have standards :D
GRAVITY IS JUST A THEORY METAL COMPLEX!!!!!!! DONT BELIEVE BIG GRAVITY!!!!!! THEORIES AREN'T BASED ON FACTS!!!!! /sarcasm
For $5 if it does what most people use a knife for, who arent workers with heavily calloused hands from hard labor. its well worth it. Its more bang for your buck than what you would get off of Cutlery Corner.
Noooooooo😂😂!!!
The D2 version is barely better. The heat treatment is so poor, the edge retention is worse than almost any other blade I've ever used. At the same time, the steel has no toughness and chips/snaps incredibly easily.
For $5-10, they are usable knives. But I would much rather spend $15-20 more and get something that will actually last. These Ozark Trail knives are ones I would grab if I was going somewhere/doing something where there was a high chance I'd loose/break my knife. Otherwise, no reason to go that cheap. The "just as good" crowd will cry that it cuts and that's all that matters. If that's all you care about, go for it. Just understand that you're paying $5, you're getting a $5 knife.
Once again he has no idea what he’s talking about. Big surprise. 😂
How is he wrong?
I’ve seen a fair number of the previous ozark crossbar lock knives (I sharpen and maintain knives for a lot of friends & family) - they are disposable and a bad value. Developing pivot wobble (really it’s blade play in 3 different dimensions, which I’ve never seen on anything other than gas station knives) and getting lockbar damage after a few weeks of light use = an exceptionally mediocre, disposable knife. You get what you pay for here.
Or you could spend a few bucks more on a Ruike, QSP, Sencut, Vosteed, CJRB, Kizer, etc and get a solid folder that will last you. For disposable knife tasks - use a Stanley knife like a normal human being.
For one, the orange d2 and this one are not the same knife. Different scales, blade shapes and steels. Just both ozark trails. @@just9911
Ugh, sort of loathe the "open back spine" style of knife. Don't like it ergonomically, it will put a crease in the palm of your hand; it's a knife made with shortcuts -- two slabs joined by screws with stand-offs.
Hmm 🤔 not every knife has a backspacer and certainly not a full length backspacer