Maybe the lesson here is that the additional length of the handle provides tremendous lever power, momentum, and velocity, enough even to snap a thick piece of steel. Shorter knives are not able to provide similar leverage.
Can see where and how it broke quite easily, but was designed as a self defense machete kind of knife. Amazing how much damage they can take and still be fully functional though, and the lock is just as strong as a fixed blade for most applications. Usually Being nymble along with fast and light does not bode well for extreme hard use. Always a trade off but I think the Espada xl handles it quite well. Thanks for the great vid and keep making sharp things fun and enjoyable
Excellent video JOE X I have one of those and glad you tested it now I know it's limitations, and that important. Like one comment person stated it's pure for selfdefense, slashing , thrusting and intimidation. Still a good knife and your test help prove that 100% In my opinion. ⚔️💰⚔️ No other Folding Knife that large can take what that one toke You beat the crap out of that to show it's strengths and weaknesses 💰🎯💰
I am finally buying this knife because of your extreme tests on it… I’m sold. Having said that, have any folders ever beat that stump test? I appreciate your efforts dude… subscribed
The bigger you go with a Stainless Steel Blade the more fragile the blade becomes from what I have been told. And Carbon Steel is tougher but on a pocket knife especially one that big rust would be a major issue 😎⚔️😎
The tip of the AUS10 steel breaks easily, I noticed this too. Then again, this knife is a fighter. Not a crowbar type of knife and when having some brain people will not use it like that . It stabs really good. And the lock is ridiculous strong.
@@joex Nah, not really. You just like to see the limits. I've done this too often also. Breaking the blade doesn't mean the knife's no good. It means that you know what you should not be doing with it, and also by all kinds of tests you know what it is really good at.
Joe you must really hate that car 😂 I EDC one of these several days a week. Good to know I can stab the shit out of a random car hood or fender and not worry 😁 Please don't stop making this content 👍
The end of a big hard tree stump like this is not a good place to test the tip in my opinion. It is just too tough, if you can stab the tip in deep enough you will eventually break almost any knife. Probably better to use side of the log for tip test, as the tip has a chance to break out a peace of a log. It is a good test for only the mega unbreakable knives. You can probably break even 4Max Scout and the Silent Hero if you get them into that end of a stump, or maybe not.
Maybe show the knives holding up heavy amounts of weight (labeled) so we can see how many pounds of pressure it can withstand before it actually breaks. So I can know the limits of what I could pry open. And I love your channel🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Lynn Thompson would tell you that is extreme abuse of a knife special a folding knife. I myself have broken a lot of cold steel knifes but the locks never failed at all.
Awesome video Joe! I have this knife and it is my favorite folder in my collection. However, your tests continue to show the truth of steel choices. Harder is not always better as it becomes more brittle. I would love to see this beast of a knife with a convex grind, 1055 (South African heat treat) steel, and an extra thick tip (similar to the talwar but even thicker).
Also Joe, I hope you invest in a gauntlet for your wrist when hitting the spine of the knife. I had this knife close on a friends finger... normal gloves will not save your hand. For your safety and continued testing get some steel on that hand! Stay awesome man!
Late response i know.. But it Has nothing to do with steel choice bro. This knife in any steel would break stabbing and putting tremendous torque on a blade. No knife is ment to wack cinder block and stab huge stumps and then try to pry the wood apart. It's just about the right tool for the job. This knife will absolutely not snap doing what knives are intended to do. Fixed blade would snap doing this ridiculousness. You want to chop stumps get an Axe not a pocket knife lol. I'd trust my life with this knife for utility/edc/self defense/food prep etc. Don't go smacking cinder blocks and trying to split oak trees and this knife will last a lifetime
@@xPureRage Hi, I know knives are not designed for this, however... that does not mean I can't ask for one that is morphed with a prybar haha. I still love this knife and it has not broken on me.
Cold Steel is known for their insanely tough blades. Even a giant folder using AUS10A can be this tough, a smaller S35VN folder will definitely be a lot tougher than this.
@Noah Vinkel Hansen Definitely a Pocket Sword ⚔️ it lives up to it's name as a Espada aka Pocket Sword , the test was great and it still can do some Lite Duty Bush Craft Task , the test was a comparison and toughness test and one we would probably not have the opportunity to see if not for the good test JOE X is doing on his channel. It's not a bad knife and he states that in the video, if any thing sales will go up , I personally own one and two large,both in AUS10A steel ,now is the time to get one if you have not done so yet. 🐻 😎⚔️💰⚔️😎 Combat Approved ⚔️
100% Weapon 55% Bushcraft 100% Awesome Blade and very well made It does have it's limitations and we can see what they are. Especially with the Tip 😎🐻😎
One of the best things about Cold Steel is that they actually do make dedicated knives for stabbing, big and thin, such as the Espada. Which also makes these knives some of the best for slicing cardboard.
Thanks for making this destruction test. I bought Espada XL large the same one you have when it 1st released. Now I know that it will break. I supposed I still need to get the 4max Scout because it passed your destruction test. Like what you said, the higher grade knife of 4 Max must be even better. Thank you for making this video. Keep us tune in.
How would the S35VN version compare to this one? Just wondering would the different steel snap in same place during tip bent test. (Please dont destroy one of those polished ones, they cost an arm and a leg.)
@@joex The Espada itself is an impressive knife, so to speak, a Barmaley one, I just thought that it would have a wider range of tasks, side loads immediately disappear
umm this proves nothing. 🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻 that’s like me putting c4 explosive under your truck and detonating it and ripping your truck in 1000 pieces and then saying, your truck is built weak….. 🤦🏻🤦🏻
Instead of destroying these knives I would gladly take them 🙏. I would love u long time 👍🏻 maybe even trade great blades for u to destroy if I see something I like and I have some beautiful &200-$300 blades u could destroy what’s your job to afford all these quality knives to destroy folders and fixed bladed hatches machetes on and on of u wanna trade
@@joex 😂🤣 I would definitely expect that answer from you. A guy saying to you 'me love you long time'. Isn't that a quote from a Vietnamese prostitute in the movie Full Metal Jacket..
The steel broke before the lock and g10 handle. Very impressive!!
indeed!
Unless you are in danger of being attacked by a car hood I think you're good
true!
Maybe the lesson here is that the additional length of the handle provides tremendous lever power, momentum, and velocity, enough even to snap a thick piece of steel. Shorter knives are not able to provide similar leverage.
yes, correctamente!
Can see where and how it broke quite easily, but was designed as a self defense machete kind of knife. Amazing how much damage they can take and still be fully functional though, and the lock is just as strong as a fixed blade for most applications. Usually Being nymble along with fast and light does not bode well for extreme hard use. Always a trade off but I think the Espada xl handles it quite well. Thanks for the great vid and keep making sharp things fun and enjoyable
thanks, it is a cool blades for sure!!
That tri-ad lock has lived up to its claim
yes thats true!
The tip didn't break but it definitely isn't sharp anymore. Nice information, thanks.
u are welcome!
"Tri-Ad Lock" Very Very Strong Lock Mechanism,Bravo Cold Steel Company👍
yes indeed!
It's a self-defensive knife. Who cares if the tip breaks off in the bone on the 100th stab and bend!
JOEX cares!
Self defense? 100th stab? 😂.. that would be hard to prove in court.
My knive edc ESPADA Large the best knive, thank JOE X for the job.
yeah CS rocks!!!!
I love watching your videos! You have a subscriber for life!!!!
cool my friend, thanks 4 watching!!!
Excellent video JOE X
I have one of those and glad you tested it now I know it's limitations, and that important.
Like one comment person stated it's pure for selfdefense, slashing , thrusting and intimidation.
Still a good knife and your test help prove that 100% In my opinion.
⚔️💰⚔️
No other Folding Knife that large can take what that one toke
You beat the crap out of that to show it's strengths and weaknesses 💰🎯💰
that was my intention my friend, and i want a lot of likes!!
I am finally buying this knife because of your extreme tests on it… I’m sold. Having said that, have any folders ever beat that stump test? I appreciate your efforts dude… subscribed
SR 1 light and SR 1
The bigger you go with a Stainless Steel Blade the more fragile the blade becomes from what I have been told.
And Carbon Steel is tougher but on a pocket knife especially one that big rust would be a major issue 😎⚔️😎
yes!
The tip of the AUS10 steel breaks easily, I noticed this too.
Then again, this knife is a fighter. Not a crowbar type of knife and when having some brain people will not use it like that .
It stabs really good. And the lock is ridiculous strong.
me no brain!
@@joex
Nah, not really.
You just like to see the limits.
I've done this too often also.
Breaking the blade doesn't mean the knife's no good.
It means that you know what you should not be doing with it, and also by all kinds of tests you know what it is really good at.
Meiner Meinung nach, die Marke Cold Steel sollte Sie unbedingt sponsern! Ein weiteres tolles Video! Danke. 👍
danke, das wär obergeil!!!
Joe you must really hate that car 😂
I EDC one of these several days a week. Good to know I can stab the shit out of a random car hood or fender and not worry 😁
Please don't stop making this content 👍
i loved it once, but than the beatch cheatet on me with a red ferrari!°
Good job Joe💥I'm still waiting for Ti lite 6 inch😉
it will come!!!! soon!
Great video as always, Joe.
thanks!!! my dear sista!
The end of a big hard tree stump like this is not a good place to test the tip in my opinion. It is just too tough, if you can stab the tip in deep enough you will eventually break almost any knife. Probably better to use side of the log for tip test, as the tip has a chance to break out a peace of a log.
It is a good test for only the mega unbreakable knives. You can probably break even 4Max Scout and the Silent Hero if you get them into that end of a stump, or maybe not.
ok!
Maybe show the knives holding up heavy amounts of weight (labeled) so we can see how many pounds of pressure it can withstand before it actually breaks. So I can know the limits of what I could pry open. And I love your channel🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
It's not a prybar...... Roger that!! Good testing 👌🏿
Lol 😆 🤣 g10 handle & tri ad lock are stronger than the metal blade, smh!
roger that, over and out!
Great video, Joe! Clearly a stabbing machine. Thanks for your efforts.
thanks!
What you say Joe - a good zombie knife ? Considering your tests are so brutal - seems solid defensive knife
i like it very much!
@@joex good enough for me - just ordered one up
Hello i really like espada XL 62MA
CPM-S35VN I know it is very expensive but it is so beautiful that I spent my last money on it hahaha....
awesome!
@@joex hahaha I cut myself again with that new knife because I was doing something stupid :-D again...
Awesome knife & video
thanks!
Lynn Thompson would tell you that is extreme abuse of a knife special a folding knife. I myself have broken a lot of cold steel knifes but the locks never failed at all.
L. T. should send me some knives!!
You make espada look like a puzzle... Great job my brother !!!
thanks, i did broke a lot!! haha
@@joex i dont like aus10 . Prefer aus8
Awesome video Joe! I have this knife and it is my favorite folder in my collection. However, your tests continue to show the truth of steel choices. Harder is not always better as it becomes more brittle. I would love to see this beast of a knife with a convex grind, 1055 (South African heat treat) steel, and an extra thick tip (similar to the talwar but even thicker).
Also Joe, I hope you invest in a gauntlet for your wrist when hitting the spine of the knife. I had this knife close on a friends finger... normal gloves will not save your hand. For your safety and continued testing get some steel on that hand! Stay awesome man!
i will stay awesome as long as i can!! haha
thanks, that would be a Zombie Folder!!!
Late response i know.. But it Has nothing to do with steel choice bro. This knife in any steel would break stabbing and putting tremendous torque on a blade. No knife is ment to wack cinder block and stab huge stumps and then try to pry the wood apart. It's just about the right tool for the job. This knife will absolutely not snap doing what knives are intended to do. Fixed blade would snap doing this ridiculousness. You want to chop stumps get an Axe not a pocket knife lol. I'd trust my life with this knife for utility/edc/self defense/food prep etc. Don't go smacking cinder blocks and trying to split oak trees and this knife will last a lifetime
@@xPureRage Hi, I know knives are not designed for this, however... that does not mean I can't ask for one that is morphed with a prybar haha. I still love this knife and it has not broken on me.
Now I want one.
cool!
Of course the tip is gonna break in the end of the log. That's an extreme test on that fine tip.
really? no shit?
Cold Steel is known for their insanely tough blades. Even a giant folder using AUS10A can be this tough, a smaller S35VN folder will definitely be a lot tougher than this.
yeah!
Crispy? I think they need to adjust their tempering on some of their AUS-10.
yeah, maybe, i am not sure what happened!?!?!
Oh no! You hate to see it break but it was a great show.
its all about the special effects!!
Gerber strongarm test
i did it, search for STRONGARM DESTRUCTION TEST !!!!
Excellent again Joe. Perhaps test the CS pocket bushman..see how strong the ram-safe lock is.
i will look it up!!
@@joex that's the cheapest triad
Great video Joe! I was a little surprised the blade broke FOUR different times. Definitely NOT a bushcraft tool that's for sure...
yes, but still a fun stabber!
@Noah Vinkel Hansen gracias amigo, yo hablo espanol un poquito!!!
@Noah Vinkel Hansen Definitely a Pocket Sword ⚔️ it lives up to it's name as a Espada aka Pocket Sword ,
the test was great and it still can do some Lite Duty Bush Craft Task , the test was a comparison and toughness test and one we would probably not have the opportunity to see if not for the good test JOE X is doing on his channel.
It's not a bad knife and he states that in the video, if any thing sales will go up , I personally own one and two large,both in AUS10A steel ,now is the time to get one if you have not done so yet. 🐻
😎⚔️💰⚔️😎
Combat Approved ⚔️
100% Weapon
55% Bushcraft
100% Awesome Blade and very well made
It does have it's limitations and we can see what they are. Especially with the Tip 😎🐻😎
@@powerplay4real174 AMEN 4 REAL!!!!
Thank you
cool!
Great test.
thanks!
never been a fan of espada, too thin for such a long knife, I'm not surprised, but good test💪🙂
One of the best things about Cold Steel is that they actually do make dedicated knives for stabbing, big and thin, such as the Espada.
Which also makes these knives some of the best for slicing cardboard.
i love it, despite the cracking!!!
slicing machine!!!
Puma Phoenix stag Bowie knife...next please!!!!
nope!
@@joex 😁
Now I know when someone comes at me with the Espada XL I don't have to be worried since it'll break easily... said no one ever
ok cool!
A guy comes with S45VN version*
Good review. How many people that own one are going to put it to the test like you? 😏
Why does this knife blade break so easily?
i am not sure!! looks solid!
Maybe too much focus on blade being hard for edge retention?
Joe the destroyer of all knifes 🔪 has done it again , you are a beast 💪, love your vids , I love the espada large xl knife.
thanks margaret!! May i ask, where you are from?
The knife didn't break because there was anything wrong with it. The knife broke because the operator deliberately broke it
sorry, what does deliberate...mean?
@joex , he means you did it on purpose, intentionally.....
And there's nothing wrong with that, we all clicked to see what it takes to break it.
spanish navaja style folder
I'have this impression the weakness point from cold steel knife it's the point of the blade.
could be, we should ask "Lyn"°!!
Thanks for making this destruction test. I bought Espada XL large the same one you have when it 1st released. Now I know that it will break.
I supposed I still need to get the 4max Scout because it passed your destruction test. Like what you said, the higher grade knife of 4 Max must be even better. Thank you for making this video. Keep us tune in.
thanks, i will try!
How would the S35VN version compare to this one? Just wondering would the different steel snap in same place during tip bent test. (Please dont destroy one of those polished ones, they cost an arm and a leg.)
i do not think that it would be an other result!!! i think an arm is more expensive that a polished one!!
Yeah, i will probably buy this version then!
Could you do a retention test on extrema ratio fulcrum combat fixed knife 7.13 next?
not yet!°
Good thing is its locking mechanism
yes!
You may have a bad one i would send it back for a new one . LOL 👍👍👍
thats why i bought 5!! haha
@@joex
You're as crazy as me.
Joe, better start wearing wrist braces, or you will pay for it in the future. All the best, stay well.
thanks!!
This guy makes financial decisions for me😂
cool!
Question, what did that car ever do to you?
it exists!
It can puncture a car hood but won't chip a block of wood 🤔
why?
Have any knives survived being stabbed into the heart of a tree?
yes, SR1 and SR1 LITE, check my vids!
Bravo fellow weapon lover 🤘
cool!
What is that a Yugo? Let me see you do that to a 63 impala.
Yugo? we call that Balkan people!
Joe's best tests💪💪💪
Disappointed espada straight at all ((
nahh, it is still an awesome blade!!!!
@@joex The Espada itself is an impressive knife, so to speak, a Barmaley one, I just thought that it would have a wider range of tasks, side loads immediately disappear
@@Lex_Grin yes !!
how about test a CS katana ，Very eye-catching
? haha
sold out!!!
"У самурая нет цели - есть только Путь".
cool!
@@joex :)
i did not understand one word!
@@joex A samurai has no goal - there is only a Path:)
awesome1
Sweet ! Cut off the handle and you now have a reasonable knife 👍👍
ok!
Ok ok X thank 🤣
no problemo!!
@@joex okey
What’s with the gas mask?😂
whats with it?
umm this proves nothing. 🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻 that’s like me putting c4 explosive under your truck and detonating it and ripping your truck in 1000 pieces and then saying, your truck is built weak….. 🤦🏻🤦🏻
it seems like u dont have a truck!
😂 why are you attacking a car 😂
Man If u dont want that Espada just send It to me
the broke one? or one from my other 5?
This broken tips are unacceptable for this prices knives. Cold Steel is big company so they have to fix this !
they should!
Instead of destroying these knives I would gladly take them 🙏. I would love u long time 👍🏻 maybe even trade great blades for u to destroy if I see something I like and I have some beautiful &200-$300 blades u could destroy what’s your job to afford all these quality knives to
destroy folders and fixed bladed hatches machetes on and on of u wanna trade
I LOVE YOU TOO!!! But long time i only love my Thai-Girls!!! (sometimes "short-times") cheers my friend!!!
i forgot my job: i was a killer, now i am a LOVER!
@@joex
😂🤣
I would definitely expect that answer from you.
A guy saying to you 'me love you long time'.
Isn't that a quote from a Vietnamese prostitute in the movie Full Metal Jacket..
@@Ve-suvius machen Liebe laaannngg!
@@joex
hahahahaha
What did you expect ?
everything!
😡😡😡😡 no no no !!!!!!
Oh no espada :((
Marlboro!!!!
Pero esa mierda es intraducible
¿Qué es lo que quieres exactamente, estás borracho?
Está la usaron de hacha para destruirla y no se rompió del todo
$200 dollars for this? Buy a $40 CS lite instead.
Ya there's a lot of options but nothing like espada xl🎉🎉🎉
Потому что складной нож в колоду не забивают... К красивому ножу нужно относится с уважением. Тогда прийдет время и он спасет тебе жизнь!
cool! Marlboro!!!
@@joex 🤪