I never took this as a serious knife but figured it was a decent thing to have in my truck as a cheap tool. I had an interview for a promotion at work and about an hour before the interview the zipper on my suit pants gave out and my fly was wide open. I went to my truck, got the sewing kit out of the handle of this knife, and stitched the zipper shut. I got the promotion. Turns out it was the best $8 I have ever spent.
I got a knife much like that for Christmas when I was 13 years old. Am 27 now and I still have it. Used the saw back to cut branches and the blade to hack a lot of things. Despite the "stigma" of knives like those that don't have the full tang construction breaking or coming lose overall mine is still strong and I got to say great considering what you paid for.
@@Kc12v140 if theres something on the workbench thats steel thats just off camera (where thats pointing) then the magnetic field will point towards that bud
@@derricktitley3784 oh, so we’re being dicks now, huh? It was still funny, if you honestly think you have to enlighten anyone on the peculiarities of compasses then you’re so numb i can’t even feel you... Also, if you’re gonna be a smartass - get it right - any ferrous metal will do the trick and even minerals can be magnetised. Also, the magnetic field doesn’t point toward it, the compass does. Pitiful.
Brings back memories of my first cheap survival knife. I loved that knife as a kid and it sparked my love of the woods. Some times it doesn’t have to be the perfect tool, it just needs to be the one that gets you going.
I still have one of those old 1980's black survival knives. When I was 11 it was cool. Now it's just a fond memory of something my dad got me when he was still alive.
@@tuckers236what? I can't do what I want to do? I can't think he is a professional douche and watch? Why don't you worry bout you and I'll worry bout me.
I had this knife fly apart on me when splitting kindling while camping a few years ago. No one was injured, but the blade separated from the handle after a few whacks, and the blade went flying lol.
@Vegito Blue No matter what you pour in it, since there is no tang running through the handle, its weakest point is at the base of the blade and it will snap there. Among other things I construct my own full tang knives.
@@davispeterson1876 i own a lot of cheap knives and sure some are a hit and miss but my best three knives have all been under $8. The best part is I’m not afraid to use them like some of my pocket jewelry
The tang on these knives is like, less than half an inch. it's threaded and bolted onto a pipe. And yes, the break easy. I had a fancy one that had a slingshot built into the sheath..... Broke!!!!
You're right, and probably 'cuz from a production POV you can also offer more mix-n-match 'variations' if the blade and handle assemblies are treated _separately._
Pro-Tip, if you ever stay at a hotel, ask the front desk for a sewing kit. Most hotels have them on hand. They include a range of thread colors, needles and often some buttons. All compliments of the house.
When I first moved to Montana in 2010 I bought this knife as a last minute purchase before going for a drive and hike in the Crazy mtns in spring. It was the first time in my life I slid off the road into a ditch and couldn't get out. I was stuck and it was around a 3 mile hike to a couple cabins we saw driving up hiking back was plan C if I couldn't get free before dark and temperature drop. Because of this knife I was able to build a ramp that allowed me to rock back, out of the ditch and drive the car in reverse down to the cabins where there was enough room to turn around. Best cheap knife I ever bought.
That's a pretty decent knife, one like that would probably cost £30-50 here in the UK, the equivalent of 8 bucks would get you a small 2 inch pocket knife, not that you'd be able to carry either of them around with you since we live in a nanny/police state where criminals have guns and citizens can't even buy pepper spray.
This is what I hate about TH-cam reviews...some rich guy gives it a few simple tests, then says it's basically trash, and everyone feeds off of that. My daughter and I are full-time overlanders/backpackers/bushcrafters. She got one of these as a stocking stuffer 2 Christmases ago and I'll be blunt and honest. Damn thing is straight amazing! It has chopped and sawed branches, batoned wood, shaved wood for feathers, cut rope, chopped food, basically done everything you could ask of a large knife...and it still looks new! I'll take 10 of these before I'd ever buy a high priced survival knife!!!
I have been thinking about picking one of these up.. I hate it's made in China though.. that's the big part holding me back.. i have tried for decades to avoid Chinese products when possible.. my kids even thought it was fun we go looking for something the first thing they would do is look where it's made.. some things you can't get around.. this one I'm still fighting with myself.. if it was made in Taiwan ok.. any place but china.. rrrrrr
It’s not a bad knife. Not at all. I’d be willing to pay 20-40 for it but got it for 10. Is it going to replace my original kbar? He’ll no. Will I use it for abusive knife work yep and it’s currently in the truck 😂
I actually own that same knife. The day I got it, I opened it up and slid the blade in and out of the sheath. What followed was a sliced open junk sheath and a trip to the ER. Luckily I didn't lose a finger. just some stitches. Also, the blade gets pretty loose after a while.
I sliced my fingers open with a. Japanese chef nice. Explaining the the nurses how I cut wasn’t fun. But I feel your pain. At least the survival knife wasn’t have as sharp as a Japanese chef knife lol
I believe the unsharpened area between the crossguard and cutting edge is called the ricasso- Not a knife expert, just watch a lot of Forged in Fire. On another note I think a better or more entertaining test would have been to affix the blade to a handle using items from inside the handle, kill a bear with it, and use the animal parts to make a precision blade to whittle something with. Keep posting videos! I really enjoy what you have going on here
I bought this knife for kicks a while back and used it for the first time last week. Without putting any edge on it I was able to break down straight grain wood into kindling with batoning and gravity slam method. It cut off small limbs in one swing, and hack a tip into a piece of wood about the same size as the peg he used. The saw teeth are pretty sharp and worked fine for what it is. For $10 I was actually pretty impressed!!
@@jeffwallace957 he doesn't do product reviews. He does video game videos. Ohhhh, wait, you're talking to Wranglerstar. I figure you knew how TH-cam comments work, since you've left 100 comments on this channel, and you've been a member for 3 years.
Back in the 80's those knives cost $5.99 now they are $8.00. I wouldn't expect much. The fact it has anything in the handle, the handle doesn't fall off puling it from the sheath, and it even partly holds an edge is a plus.
posted 3 min ago I HAVE ARRIVED also, I think it would be really interesting if you forge your own axe that way you can control your own angles and shapes. i thing a lot of people would enjoy watching you do that
Fun fact, the can OPENER was invented almost 50 years *AFTER* the can. Imagine that. So yeah, pretty much everyone knew how to open cans without a can opener at one point.
I know many people dawg on these type of knives...I know, it's cheap and they usually fail with any real use, but when I got one as a teen, it started my interest in knives and wilderness survival. Fast forward 20 years, I now own many TOPS knives and others, became efficient at building natural debris shelters, and so forth. Sometimes gimmicks like these are a great way to spark that interest...
I like to ask people "what knife do you use the most" - my answer, the one you have on you. I probably used a small swiss army pocket knife more than anything because it was on me for 10 years.
These are actually not bad knives. But all the things that he said are true they are very heavy and not very easy to use for fine work. The big failure point which he also mentioned was that the Tang is not very deep into the handle. I took one of these out and beat the love and hell out of it batoning a bunch of wood.. There is a set screw that holds the Tang into the handle that will work loose and the blade can come out. What I ended up doing was cleaning the inside and the Tang with some brake parts cleaner getting it completely dry and free of oil, then I used some two-part epoxy put the two pieces together and then threaded the retaining set screw in with some thread locker. This will mean it can never come back apart again but I don't really see why you would want it to come back apart ever again and an eight dollars it doesn't really matter. One thing that's kind of surprising is that's actually a stainless steel blade and even after beating the hell out of it I didn't find the edge folding over or any significant problems with the steel of the blade. That was the most surprising thing to me.
I bought one of these 3 years ago. The "tang" is about 1.5 inch into the handle secured by allen set screw which WILL back out if not treated with Locktite. I still have it but has been retired from my kit after just a few camping trips
@@davidfoster5787 maybe I have bad bits, or your's are super-duper, but I couldn't drill the knife steel. So I did the strongest epoxy i could find for the tang and screw . Seems to be holding up
I bought one of these for 5 bucks a few years back while heading out to go backpacking as a joke because a 5 dollar knife of course it was going to suck but came out impressed by it
Being in "The Teams" for 20 years, every knife maker was making their knife "used by Navy SEALs" - lol - we called them the "SEAL knife of the month". Usually, I just carried a US Divers heavy stainless steel "dive club". Thing was a beast, but, very tough to sharpen. Also carried a good steel K-Bar, full tang for prying. The issue is also getting a good pouch on the knife sheath to carry a ferro-rod and multi-tool, along with a garbage bag rolled up so that if all your kit was dumped, you still had a few basics. The late Ron Hood had a nice sheath "kit". Always have a small folder on your person as well like a Spyderco for one-handed use. Great videos - picked some stuff up for my "home improvements". Especially loved that video on the Harbor freight hatchet - followed your guide on that, and it is great! Use it next to my wood splitter for gnarly elm, etc. GOD Bless
Came here from Sodapoppin's Twitch channel, he watched a bunch of your videos on stream in front of 20k people. You are a legend! Subbed and thumbs-upped!
Haha this was one of my most prized possessions when I was a kid. I bought it from Harbor Freight and strapped it to the front of my dirt bike for when I went out alone. Awesome video as always Dad... uh er I mean Wranglerstar. 😭
Paramedic here. Letherman raptors are great if you're willing to maintain them. Downside is they don't fit into ems shear pocket and are rather big. I also almost never use any of the other tools on it. But for overall shear use i love the x shear or one shear brand. Even the cheap ones have their place.
I have seen this at Harbor Freight many times and considered getting it but never did. After your review I'll pick it up to keep in the car for emergency use when out and about.
Oh man. I had one of these cheap "Survival" Knife. I tried lightly batoning a thin piece of wood. I hit 2 or 3 times, and on the 4th hit, the blade snapped off the handle making a pinging sound and went flying. I just froze for a second like DUDE. WHAT?! Never again.
Did the Allen screw come loose, or did the short tang break? I have one and have used it to chop through two pine trees,(about 4-5 inch diameter) the Allen screw loosened a small bit and I re tightened no problem.
Makes for a great garden knife I would not trust it for anything else . I've had mine now some nine years and it will raise hell with weeds and I'll leave it at that .Happy Trails
I'd like to see @Wranglerstar review the Walmart Camilus knife which is about $10 vs this knife. Personally I'd rather take a Camilus but I'm curious what his take would be
Funny/sad to hear you say some of the worst injuries with blister packaging, same here... Granted at least once it was the dumb way I was doing it (out of frustration), so I guess I learned an important lesson. But now I will ONLY use scissors or a safety boxcutter to open blister packs.
This knife will only put you $8.00 farther away from what you should have bought. It's for suckers and overly curious people who want to find out exactly how disappointing it is. You know you thought about getting one. Wranglestar does it so you don't have to. That's why he gets a thumbs up.
I can't imagine any self respecting bushcrafter toting this thing around. Maybe I'd use it in a bug out kit if it was one I planned on burying out in the middle of nowhere; otherwise, a tool for the desperate, lol.
I have two leathermans I carry in my work bag and I carry clipped to my pocket a knife I found on the road. It’s not a sharp knife and I don’t use it that much, but I can unfold it with one hand and cut open boxes when need be. I also have 3 or 4 other folding knives I’ve bought in my work bag, don’t know why but i always feel if I take them out I’ll need them then. Why am I saying this here? No reason other than knowing typing something increases your pages activity calculation. Faith hope strength
It seems as though there are a plethora of survival knives on the market. Some good, some not so good. Some very bad. I am a big fan of a good machete. I had one many years ago that I could cut down a fair-sized tree with, in less time than with an ax. It grew legs and ran away. I have never been able to find a good replacement. Any suggestions?
How did I end up here, watching this guy talk about outdoor stuff and survival knife qualities when I don't even particularly like camping? I guess because I like hearing about outdoors stuff, and hearing people who are so passionate about it talk about it.
I remember as a kid being infatuated with the Rambo knife...I stockpiled proofs of purchase and scraped together the $10 for shipping and handling required for an "official, genuine" Rambo knife...after what seemed like years of waiting it showed up at the PO Box. I was beyond excited, imagining the adventures I would partake in with my trusty survival knife. I think it lasted about 3 minutes before the pot metal handle separated from the blade rendering me heartbroken but wiser.
i have that 8$ knife... simply put never buy it lol there are better ones for the same price. the handle popped off within the first day of light light use lol. this was just a crappy tackle knife i had kickin around my glove box, first time i used it to cut some 1/4 inch rope it fell apart lol. the "tang" on it is about 1/4 inch long threaded adapter on the bottom of the hand guard, its so small you cant even glue the handle back in place once it pops off. dont even bother, for 8$ id rather have a sharp rock
@@daye8132 I thought that was a can made overseas. Weld quality on the midwest can handles looks better than the one he reviewed, but I could be wrong.
I have a modified HT survival knife in my zombie apocalypse kit. It came loose. I pinned and epoxied the blade. I sharpened it and made the handle watertight. I like it. Good trading item.
I know spring and summer are coming along for you, but I miss you doing your woodworking on your workbench in the shop. Think you could set up for a few videos on woodworking?
I have had mine since 2016 it's for 1 thing and 1 thing only and I'm sure you know what that is. If you go camping bring a hatchet and knives and a sword or machete. Btw only weak men would refer to it as a rat tail knife lol if you had power in those arms you would not call it anything more than what it is made for and that's flesh.
I thought that knife looked familiar! My dad bought one for me when I was in my teens, more for show than actual use (I had much better knives) and I broke it in a few days. Snapped it right at the tang because it doesn't go all the way through the handle (So you can store useless things!). I still have the handle around somewhere too, always liked the knurled grip and that I could still store things in it :D
Had the same knife as a kid. Only it had a faux leather sheath and the hilt was leather wrapped. Was a terrible knife then but my brother and I were in love with them. Was a Big 5 special back then.
I bought this knife, permanent threadlocker, 2 part epoxy, a sharpening stone, and paracord all from HF. Coat the Allen screw in the threadlocker and apply the epoxy all inside where the tang meets the handle. Then wrap the handle with paracord. Once I did these mods it’s been really sturdy and I’ve had zero issues so far. I take it with me when I go camping. All this for under $15. Why not?
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I never took this as a serious knife but figured it was a decent thing to have in my truck as a cheap tool. I had an interview for a promotion at work and about an hour before the interview the zipper on my suit pants gave out and my fly was wide open. I went to my truck, got the sewing kit out of the handle of this knife, and stitched the zipper shut. I got the promotion. Turns out it was the best $8 I have ever spent.
I love the idea that this knife is just a really manly sewing kit.
Wow.
What a good story! Thanks for sharing
I got a knife much like that for Christmas when I was 13 years old. Am 27 now and I still have it. Used the saw back to cut branches and the blade to hack a lot of things. Despite the "stigma" of knives like those that don't have the full tang construction breaking or coming lose overall mine is still strong and I got to say great considering what you paid for.
What’s the brand? You got me curious now.
This was everywhere when I was a kid. I had several my friends had em.
Dam good 8 dollar knife! The price of a happy meal.
2:24 “its even pointing in the right direction.”
Compass: *shifts 90 degrees*
I was dying when that happened 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Kc12v140 if theres something on the workbench thats steel thats just off camera (where thats pointing) then the magnetic field will point towards that bud
@@derricktitley3784 oh, so we’re being dicks now, huh?
It was still funny, if you honestly think you have to enlighten anyone on the peculiarities of compasses then you’re so numb i can’t even feel you...
Also, if you’re gonna be a smartass - get it right - any ferrous metal will do the trick and even minerals can be magnetised. Also, the magnetic field doesn’t point toward it, the compass does. Pitiful.
@@12346unkown why you so aggro
@@derricktitley3784 well ackchyually, .....🤡
The adult in me says it’s a piece of junk but the ten year old that just watched Rambo, thinks it is the greatest thing ever
Brings back memories of my first cheap survival knife. I loved that knife as a kid and it sparked my love of the woods. Some times it doesn’t have to be the perfect tool, it just needs to be the one that gets you going.
“The perfect tool is the one you already have”
I was the same way, but my survival knife was the one that always let me down. God that thing was hard to strip bark with!
He needs a ' john Wayne can opener '...........
The perfect tool is the one that gets the job done.
I still have one of those old 1980's black survival knives. When I was 11 it was cool. Now it's just a fond memory of something my dad got me when he was still alive.
That one is probably a better quality than this one he's showing! They still made good things back in those days.
I still have mine that my dad gave me on our first fishing trip. i understand it's limitations but i love that knife
Casually unboxes $8 knife with his rolex on😂
I wouldn't know a Rolex from a Timex
@@susannaCdonovan23 Rolex is ALWAYS attached to a professional douche
@@hellbillyBob , If he’s such a “douche” why do you watch his videos?
@@hellbillyBob I’d be willing to bet my Gshock would outperform his Rolex.
@@tuckers236what? I can't do what I want to do? I can't think he is a professional douche and watch? Why don't you worry bout you and I'll worry bout me.
Captain once told me to always have a knife on you that you don’t mind ruining.
a glocl or maybe a GI Tanto would be better i think
I would have said fine, lend me your knife for a bit will you.
a $200 spyderco people leave at home - well, not doing much.
Mpra 511 fits that
I had this knife fly apart on me when splitting kindling while camping a few years ago. No one was injured, but the blade separated from the handle after a few whacks, and the blade went flying lol.
While full tang is not necessary in a good knife these hollow handled jobs will all break if abused.. A waste of even $8.
Just about to comment this! Had the exact same thing happen to me!
@@jgbullen unless you buy a 184 Buck
@Vegito Blue No matter what you pour in it, since there is no tang running through the handle, its weakest point is at the base of the blade and it will snap there. Among other things I construct my own full tang knives.
The funny thing is that a hollow handle knife could be one of the strongest constructions if done in one piece, which is obviously not easy to do.
The way they price and market knives...
You’d think the tang is the most expensive part
The LMF2 is a half tang and still expensive
Most expensive knife I own was $120. The best knife I own was $5
@@davispeterson1876 i own a lot of cheap knives and sure some are a hit and miss but my best three knives have all been under $8. The best part is I’m not afraid to use them like some of my pocket jewelry
The tang on these knives is like, less than half an inch. it's threaded and bolted onto a pipe. And yes, the break easy. I had a fancy one that had a slingshot built into the sheath..... Broke!!!!
You're right, and probably 'cuz from a production POV you can also offer more mix-n-match 'variations' if the blade and handle assemblies are treated _separately._
Pro-Tip, if you ever stay at a hotel, ask the front desk for a sewing kit. Most hotels have them on hand. They include a range of thread colors, needles and often some buttons. All compliments of the house.
Me sitting at my small town hotel while working: oh...oof.
"In town you're the law. Out here it's me. Don't push it or I'll give you a war you won't believe." Classic.
What’s that from?
@@remb9614 Rambo
@@remb9614 First Blood. :)
Cool
@@remb9614 First Blood.
When I first moved to Montana in 2010 I bought this knife as a last minute purchase before going for a drive and hike in the Crazy mtns in spring. It was the first time in my life I slid off the road into a ditch and couldn't get out. I was stuck and it was around a 3 mile hike to a couple cabins we saw driving up hiking back was plan C if I couldn't get free before dark and temperature drop. Because of this knife I was able to build a ramp that allowed me to rock back, out of the ditch and drive the car in reverse down to the cabins where there was enough room to turn around. Best cheap knife I ever bought.
That's a pretty decent knife, one like that would probably cost £30-50 here in the UK, the equivalent of 8 bucks would get you a small 2 inch pocket knife, not that you'd be able to carry either of them around with you since we live in a nanny/police state where criminals have guns and citizens can't even buy pepper spray.
When the UK Home Office is finished with you, you'll also not be allowed to raise your voice to or runaway from attackers... 😋
But what every knife maker wants to hear is, "It will keel!"
Looks like someone has been watching forged in fire lol.
😂
KEAL
@@dundeeecroc My closed captioning on my TV spells it keel, so I went with that. :)
Lol
This is what I hate about TH-cam reviews...some rich guy gives it a few simple tests, then says it's basically trash, and everyone feeds off of that. My daughter and I are full-time overlanders/backpackers/bushcrafters. She got one of these as a stocking stuffer 2 Christmases ago and I'll be blunt and honest. Damn thing is straight amazing! It has chopped and sawed branches, batoned wood, shaved wood for feathers, cut rope, chopped food, basically done everything you could ask of a large knife...and it still looks new! I'll take 10 of these before I'd ever buy a high priced survival knife!!!
I have been thinking about picking one of these up.. I hate it's made in China though.. that's the big part holding me back.. i have tried for decades to avoid Chinese products when possible.. my kids even thought it was fun we go looking for something the first thing they would do is look where it's made.. some things you can't get around.. this one I'm still fighting with myself.. if it was made in Taiwan ok.. any place but china.. rrrrrr
Jb weld
It’s not a bad knife. Not at all. I’d be willing to pay 20-40 for it but got it for 10. Is it going to replace my original kbar? He’ll no. Will I use it for abusive knife work yep and it’s currently in the truck 😂
I actually own that same knife. The day I got it, I opened it up and slid the blade in and out of the sheath. What followed was a sliced open junk sheath and a trip to the ER. Luckily I didn't lose a finger. just some stitches. Also, the blade gets pretty loose after a while.
pull the 5 mil bolt from bottom of handle. loc tite. re install.
I used JB Weld on where the blade goes into the handle and on the screw
I sliced my fingers open with a. Japanese chef nice. Explaining the the nurses how I cut wasn’t fun. But I feel your pain. At least the survival knife wasn’t have as sharp as a Japanese chef knife lol
Hey, that's what the sewing kit is for! You were supposed to sew your own stiches silly!
@@michaelkulman7095lol
I believe the unsharpened area between the crossguard and cutting edge is called the ricasso- Not a knife expert, just watch a lot of Forged in Fire.
On another note I think a better or more entertaining test would have been to affix the blade to a handle using items from inside the handle, kill a bear with it, and use the animal parts to make a precision blade to whittle something with.
Keep posting videos! I really enjoy what you have going on here
I bought this knife for kicks a while back and used it for the first time last week. Without putting any edge on it I was able to break down straight grain wood into kindling with batoning and gravity slam method. It cut off small limbs in one swing, and hack a tip into a piece of wood about the same size as the peg he used. The saw teeth are pretty sharp and worked fine for what it is. For $10 I was actually pretty impressed!!
Can you test the Glock knife?
Considering kids & knife fights are all the rage - this should go over real well at that price point.
I hear it's a normal part of some cultures... lol
@Wranglerstar Hey Cody. Will there be an update on the flood irrigation project in the near future?
Seeing a title that's just a date got me worried. Like something bad happened today.
The May 13, 2021 Harbor Freight Incident
I really appreciate your product testing. Although I'll admit it has cost me some money through the years
@@jeffwallace957 he doesn't do product reviews. He does video game videos. Ohhhh, wait, you're talking to Wranglerstar. I figure you knew how TH-cam comments work, since you've left 100 comments on this channel, and you've been a member for 3 years.
@@littlejackalo5326 heck of a roast over a misclick lmao
Back in the 80's those knives cost $5.99 now they are $8.00. I wouldn't expect much. The fact it has anything in the handle, the handle doesn't fall off puling it from the sheath, and it even partly holds an edge is a plus.
posted 3 min ago
I HAVE ARRIVED
also, I think it would be really interesting if you forge your own axe that way you can control your own angles and shapes. i thing a lot of people would enjoy watching you do that
Fun fact, the can OPENER was invented almost 50 years *AFTER* the can.
Imagine that.
So yeah, pretty much everyone knew how to open cans without a can opener at one point.
Many old cans used the turnkey before the can opener and you know it
I think its a lot more entertaining to imagine a world with the can opener but with no cans...
I been using a knife to open cans for the last ten years. Could probably do it faster than someone with one of those crank things.
I lost my john Wayne... sad day
You should be emphasizing “50 years” not “after”. Nimrod- it’d be weird if they invented the opener before the can. 😂
You could review some classic Opinel french knives, they're dirt cheap and supposedly great quality
I carry an opinel #8 knife all the time. Excellent quality. Holds an edge...
I know many people dawg on these type of knives...I know, it's cheap and they usually fail with any real use, but when I got one as a teen, it started my interest in knives and wilderness survival. Fast forward 20 years, I now own many TOPS knives and others, became efficient at building natural debris shelters, and so forth. Sometimes gimmicks like these are a great way to spark that interest...
That's clam shell packaging. Blister packs are what pills come in with the foil on the back.
The best survival knife for a survival situation is the one you have.
I like to ask people "what knife do you use the most" - my answer, the one you have on you. I probably used a small swiss army pocket knife more than anything because it was on me for 10 years.
These are actually not bad knives. But all the things that he said are true they are very heavy and not very easy to use for fine work.
The big failure point which he also mentioned was that the Tang is not very deep into the handle. I took one of these out and beat the love and hell out of it batoning a bunch of wood..
There is a set screw that holds the Tang into the handle that will work loose and the blade can come out. What I ended up doing was cleaning the inside and the Tang with some brake parts cleaner getting it completely dry and free of oil, then I used some two-part epoxy put the two pieces together and then threaded the retaining set screw in with some thread locker. This will mean it can never come back apart again but I don't really see why you would want it to come back apart ever again and an eight dollars it doesn't really matter.
One thing that's kind of surprising is that's actually a stainless steel blade and even after beating the hell out of it I didn't find the edge folding over or any significant problems with the steel of the blade. That was the most surprising thing to me.
When you remember what the product was that caused your packaging injury you know it was traumatic. 😉
and metric!!
I bought one of these 3 years ago. The "tang" is about 1.5 inch into the handle secured by allen set screw which WILL back out if not treated with Locktite. I still have it but has been retired from my kit after just a few camping trips
Take out the allenscrew. Drill through the base using same hole and put full length screw with nut.
I poured JB weld into it up just past the tang.
@@davidfoster5787 maybe I have bad bits, or your's are super-duper, but I couldn't drill the knife steel. So I did the strongest epoxy i could find for the tang and screw . Seems to be holding up
Hello and good day to you from Arizona
P.S the original title is May 13, 2021 so I'm here early enough for that
Hope y'all have an amazing day!
Oh is that a mistake? I clicked anyway lol
It truly is a pleasure to be this early
Same
I have one of those and I agree with you but for eight dollars I’m good with it😎🇺🇸 thanks for the video👍
I bought one of these for 5 bucks a few years back while heading out to go backpacking as a joke because a 5 dollar knife of course it was going to suck but came out impressed by it
Being in "The Teams" for 20 years, every knife maker was making their knife "used by Navy SEALs" - lol - we called them the "SEAL knife of the month". Usually, I just carried a US Divers heavy stainless steel "dive club". Thing was a beast, but, very tough to sharpen. Also carried a good steel K-Bar, full tang for prying.
The issue is also getting a good pouch on the knife sheath to carry a ferro-rod and multi-tool, along with a garbage bag rolled up so that if all your kit was dumped, you still had a few basics. The late Ron Hood had a nice sheath "kit". Always have a small folder on your person as well like a Spyderco for one-handed use. Great videos - picked some stuff up for my "home improvements". Especially loved that video on the Harbor freight hatchet - followed your guide on that, and it is great! Use it next to my wood splitter for gnarly elm, etc. GOD Bless
38 views 71 likes? Just goes to show how popular he really is!
Yeah 2 minutes after posting
Likes get updated, views don’t
Thats why i didn't acknowledge the sarcasm.
Amazing what you can make and sell for $8.00 when you pay your workers $0.03 an hour.
Crocodile Dundee approved.
Harbor Freight currently has them on sale for $6.99 through Dec. 16
It's called a hilt
Came here from Sodapoppin's Twitch channel, he watched a bunch of your videos on stream in front of 20k people. You are a legend! Subbed and thumbs-upped!
Haha this was one of my most prized possessions when I was a kid. I bought it from Harbor Freight and strapped it to the front of my dirt bike for when I went out alone.
Awesome video as always Dad... uh er I mean Wranglerstar. 😭
You should be able to put a P-38 opener in the handle.
How about a review of the $13 Hickory handled hatchet from Harbor Freight?
Looks like you got your wish, my friend
@@oshwaflz Thanks. It so rarely happens. I feel like a kid at Christmas!
Have you ever heard of the Mel Parry survival blade. Also called the Parry blade?
Here before the title change
Try the Home Depot duct knife next,it has a full tang. Love the show, God 🙌 bless.
You should do a video finding the best trauma shears.
Paramedic here. Letherman raptors are great if you're willing to maintain them. Downside is they don't fit into ems shear pocket and are rather big. I also almost never use any of the other tools on it. But for overall shear use i love the x shear or one shear brand. Even the cheap ones have their place.
It makes for a cool Christmas stocking stuffer.
“Don’t be a wise guy…what do you hunt with a knife?”
Rambo…”Name it!”
Can we please get off the survival stuff and get back to the good videos
damn so quick im here before the title
Thanks for reminding me I own this knife. Recieved it as a gag gift. It's in a drawer somewhere.
Good job on this video Cody. I love how you didn't totally disregard this cheap knife but instead gave it a proper valuation.
Evaluation
I have 4 of them. Love them.
That knife is pretty good, especially if you need to loan a knife out.
That's funny.
I have seen this at Harbor Freight many times and considered getting it but never did. After your review I'll pick it up to keep in the car for emergency use when out and about.
The title being just the date was so incredibly ominous I thought something happened
Agreed ! Lol
This is what Phil Swift used to stab a bucket only to seal it with Flex Seal right after
Oh man. I had one of these cheap "Survival" Knife. I tried lightly batoning a thin piece of wood. I hit 2 or 3 times, and on the 4th hit, the blade snapped off the handle making a pinging sound and went flying. I just froze for a second like DUDE. WHAT?! Never again.
Did the Allen screw come loose, or did the short tang break? I have one and have used it to chop through two pine trees,(about 4-5 inch diameter) the Allen screw loosened a small bit and I re tightened no problem.
I like these survival knife abuse videos! What's your go to survival knife? Maybe you've done a video that I missed....
Makes for a great garden knife I would not trust it for anything else . I've had mine now some nine years and it will raise hell with weeds and I'll leave it at that .Happy Trails
I'd like to see @Wranglerstar review the Walmart Camilus knife which is about $10 vs this knife. Personally I'd rather take a Camilus but I'm curious what his take would be
Hi, can you ‘test’ that new Benchmade MINI 940? It’s a lot of money for my wage but I enjoy my 940 a lot and am curious how this new one fairs.
Funny/sad to hear you say some of the worst injuries with blister packaging, same here...
Granted at least once it was the dumb way I was doing
it (out of frustration), so I guess I learned an important lesson.
But now I will ONLY use scissors or a safety boxcutter to open blister packs.
I was checking out the sharpener... and I got the WorkSharp ad!!! WIN!
This knife will only put you $8.00 farther away from what you should have bought. It's for suckers and overly curious people who want to find out exactly how disappointing it is. You know you thought about getting one. Wranglestar does it so you don't have to. That's why he gets a thumbs up.
Moonlight Sonata i can't believe it's been 8 years
You mentioned kabaar before. I would like to see the side by side comparison. I have a kabaar and really like it.
I can't imagine any self respecting bushcrafter toting this thing around. Maybe I'd use it in a bug out kit if it was one I planned on burying out in the middle of nowhere; otherwise, a tool for the desperate, lol.
I'd rather spend $12 on a Mora. At least that's respectable.
I have two leathermans I carry in my work bag and I carry clipped to my pocket a knife I found on the road. It’s not a sharp knife and I don’t use it that much, but I can unfold it with one hand and cut open boxes when need be. I also have 3 or 4 other folding knives I’ve bought in my work bag, don’t know why but i always feel if I take them out I’ll need them then. Why am I saying this here? No reason other than knowing typing something increases your pages activity calculation. Faith hope strength
“It’s even pointing in the right direction.” - puts the compass down, and it proceeds to turn 90 deg
You should test out some condors. They have fun designs for a good price!
One tip for opening a blister pack is use a hand twist can opener and just go through the edges cuts like butter!
I just use my “E.D.C” knife to open them, never a problem!
@@thesmallwoodlot433 Plus a lot more 'fun' actually (and also provides a good excuse for my own EDC 'addiction'... lol)!
I've got to try that.
It seems as though there are a plethora of survival knives on the market. Some good, some not so good. Some very bad. I am a big fan of a good machete. I had one many years ago that I could cut down a fair-sized tree with, in less time than with an ax. It grew legs and ran away. I have never been able to find a good replacement. Any suggestions?
Hello Cody. I believe the hand guard bar is called the Hilt.
How did I end up here, watching this guy talk about outdoor stuff and survival knife qualities when I don't even particularly like camping? I guess because I like hearing about outdoors stuff, and hearing people who are so passionate about it talk about it.
I remember as a kid being infatuated with the Rambo knife...I stockpiled proofs of purchase and scraped together the $10 for shipping and handling required for an "official, genuine" Rambo knife...after what seemed like years of waiting it showed up at the PO Box. I was beyond excited, imagining the adventures I would partake in with my trusty survival knife. I think it lasted about 3 minutes before the pot metal handle separated from the blade rendering me heartbroken but wiser.
I have a question i want to expand my Bushcrafting training, what would you recommend your best full size full tang Bushcraft knife RV
Another great video. You have a gentle spirit. A Christian man. Love your personality. Thank you for sharing 🙂
i have that 8$ knife... simply put never buy it lol there are better ones for the same price. the handle popped off within the first day of light light use lol. this was just a crappy tackle knife i had kickin around my glove box, first time i used it to cut some 1/4 inch rope it fell apart lol. the "tang" on it is about 1/4 inch long threaded adapter on the bottom of the hand guard, its so small you cant even glue the handle back in place once it pops off. dont even bother, for 8$ id rather have a sharp rock
Cool! What's going on with the homestead? jack and the sweet loaf? The vehicles? Any knew dual alternator vehicles? :-)
Keeping on the Habor Freight theme: Can you review their Jerry can vs Wavian?
It’s not “their” Jerry can. Midwest mfg makes the majority of gas cans in the USA. You can purchase the same can at multiple places.
He did, a couple of years ago. Basically, he preferred the more expensive can.
@@daye8132 I thought that was a can made overseas. Weld quality on the midwest can handles looks better than the one he reviewed, but I could be wrong.
Do a review of one of the cold steel tomahawks. The riflemens hawk is one of the best axes that I own.
Howdy from Scotland , looking forward to the video
Cannae beat a guid sgian tucked in yer plaid :-)
I have a modified HT survival knife in my zombie apocalypse kit. It came loose. I pinned and epoxied the blade. I sharpened it and made the handle watertight. I like it. Good trading item.
I know spring and summer are coming along for you, but I miss you doing your woodworking on your workbench in the shop. Think you could set up for a few videos on woodworking?
I have had mine since 2016 it's for 1 thing and 1 thing only and I'm sure you know what that is. If you go camping bring a hatchet and knives and a sword or machete. Btw only weak men would refer to it as a rat tail knife lol if you had power in those arms you would not call it anything more than what it is made for and that's flesh.
I thought that knife looked familiar! My dad bought one for me when I was in my teens, more for show than actual use (I had much better knives) and I broke it in a few days. Snapped it right at the tang because it doesn't go all the way through the handle (So you can store useless things!). I still have the handle around somewhere too, always liked the knurled grip and that I could still store things in it :D
Will you do a review on the Kershaw Emerson CQC-10K? By the way, i love your content!
Had the same knife as a kid. Only it had a faux leather sheath and the hilt was leather wrapped. Was a terrible knife then but my brother and I were in love with them. Was a Big 5 special back then.
Was it made by a friend of America or China? I had one made in Taiwan, our friend, but probably not Biden's.
Bought one about 5 years ago.... it's great as an 8 dollar knife...
That's not a knife.....
Now THIS, this is a knife!
There's a rumor going around that I'm starting right now that you only have 1 alternator in your truck.
Cutting wood kindling, fish gutting, and making cordage are my requirements for knives. This knife does the job.
I have this knife and it almost immediately came loose between the blade and handle.
I bought this knife, permanent threadlocker, 2 part epoxy, a sharpening stone, and paracord all from HF. Coat the Allen screw in the threadlocker and apply the epoxy all inside where the tang meets the handle. Then wrap the handle with paracord. Once I did these mods it’s been really sturdy and I’ve had zero issues so far. I take it with me when I go camping. All this for under $15. Why not?
Whew! No blood after can was opened. Love that Moonlight Sonata.