TOPS OPERATOR 7 Blackout Edition - KNIFE DESTRUCTION TEST - UNTIL IT BREAKS - 1075 CARBON STEEL
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2022
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THERE WILL BE BLOOD AND TEARS - EPIC FAIL TOPS OPERATOR 7 (SEVEN)
BLACKOUT EDITION !!!! HEY TOPS SEND ME A NEW ONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DESTRUCTION TORTURE TIP TEST OF THE LEGEND, the TOPS OPERATOR 7 - MAN AGAINST STEEL - THE ULTIMATE FIGHT - UNTIL I DIE
STEEL: 1075 CARBON STEEL
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i mean what IDIOT thinks you can chop stone...SUPER OFFENSIVE TO OUR COMPANY....THIS IS DEFAMATION MR. X, YOU WILL BE HEARING FROM OUR ATTORNIES
ok !
This is a troll joe
I mean: Who the fock is @doublewayne1089? Thats not a name of a CEO of a knife company. This channel has 2 videos online and 83 followers! Or what? I think its just a funny guy from far away who wants to make a joke, so that his comment will be pinned on top. HILARIOUS!😂😂
I think so too@@Sp3rmWizrd
@@ovenkloveni checked him out too
This is the best test and review of this knife that exists. Really great video, Joe!
thanks a lot Jon, i watched many others of them before i took on this baby!
You've tested cheaper knives that have done much better and have lasted much longer! I am very surprised... VERY surprised!!! Great test Joe!
thanks, thats true!
@@joex definitely not a cold steel lol take notes tops!!!
@@brandonpausta2206 yes!
Whoa! I just love how Joe X does these destruction videos. Keep it coming!
thanks a lot, i love him too!
Hi Joe!! Why don’t you write a ranking of every blade? You can catalog them by folder fixed axe ecc ecc and add points by torsion, corrosion, edge resistance… and every month add new models! It can be super useful and you can be famous to be the first to do it 🔪🪓⚔️🗡
thats a good idea, maybe i will do that! cheers!
You are awesome...I love you Joe...my favorite knife destroyer...
because of Joe, I have grown in love and confidence in my collection of Cold Steel knives compared to other brands... long live Joe!!! 💪💪💪
thanks a lot!
He's busted lots of cold steel too😀😀
These videos have opened up my eyes on steel and "hard use" knives. Sr1 lite and 4 max scout are getting purchased.
cool, they are awesome knives!
Thanks! Now I know my knife is of excellent quality for my use. Great vid!
u are welcome!
Another great video. Thank you, I didn't think it would break that easy! For your consideration the Ontario SP1.
thanks, i am on to some Ontarios...
That held up very well what a knife
of course!
thats what i call thorough! nice job
thanks, i like to break TOPS the most! (and `Falkniven of course)
@@joex when are you going to wreck a tops tracker? :)
After watching your videos I am really glad to stick with cold steel folders, aiming for the rajah 2.👍
raja is awesome"!!!!
you are doing well, you make very funny and productive videos. And the Mora garberg video is also very useful, it's amazing, even a relatively cheap knife can do wonders.
thanks a lot!
Great channel. That’s how you test a knife.
You need to do a video montage of the 5 strongest knifes so far.
Thanks for sharing.
i planned that for a while, but im a busy destroying blades right now....cheeers!
@@joex 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
To say I’m disappointed is an understatement. I thought my Operator 7 would be truly indestructible.
yeah, i think many guys are thinking the same right now, me included!
Tops has the worst heat treat.
@@concealmenttraining9371 i would disagree but whatever
Same here. But then watching Joe's other videos I feel much less bad now 😂
@@davidwhite701 awe´some!!🤣🤣
Thanks Joe👍
u are welcome!
Incredible that a knife of that price can be destroyed like this !!! Joe you absolutely have to test: Extrema ratio "selvans" or "Dobermann IV" or "Creios" or of the Fox company "Sherpa" or "Bushman" or as folder "Core" .... you will not regret it. You are always the best... Good life!
thanks, i will try but i need time!
Ive been waiting for this Joe
2:00 thats just a blunted tip 🤣😂
4:20 a flying Operator!
8:30 holy chit ya fooked it
12:00 and you are still beating the broken bitch. Most people would have given up at first breakage but not Joe X. Joe X is hard fooking core.
Tops needs to send you another copy of the Operator for redemption
15:00 oh yeah, you can weld that back together. Easy fix. Differential Hardened Knife Problems
Hell yeah!!! Your videos are always informative and entertaining. Have you considered checking out the TOPS M4X Punisher? I know it's a movie knife but that tip looks indestructible!
thanks a lot, i will take a look!
Joe my man !! Vicious test my friend you went straight for tops juggler man wow!! You absolutely pulled no punches on this test as always but your definitely upping your game ! I'm sure you're making a lot of knife makers nervous and rightly so because you tell us and show us the proof of how good these products really are all claims aside, I mean I'm sure not going to spend 200 large on this knife after this!! faulkneiven A1 was also awesome vid, by the way dig the Glock and riffle tests nice shooting,are you spec ops dude or something???
thanks for the comment, i do not want to tell some stuff from the past, it its better!! but thanks for your support!!!! cheers Miguel!! Falkniven A1 X i tested already too, do not buy this knife, upload still to come!!!
Why would you not buy this knife after this? It was pressed into the use of a chisel/hammer and held up well. It’s a knife afterall, you make the edge any thicker and it would barely cut anything. You might as well just carry a cold chisel around
@@shinedown394 wait for my video!
@@shinedown394 well it could be just this knife but it appears it wasn't heat treated properly, to me this is what makes or breaks the knife, "pun intended "for me. I mean if there's a bad heat treat on the blade alot of times you can't even sharpen the blade at least to a reasonable degree and never mind if it'll hold an edge, those are two of the most important things on a knife besides durability ! In survival it's what I need, the blade to be strong to take the most maximum abuse as possible before it breaks. In mean in most cases if the break is bad you still couldn't use it for cutting or chopping utility and shelter making tasks it is designed for so yeah I don't think so. I have seen the Glock knife take waaaaay more than this blade did and it doesn't even have near as much of the heft of this knife why??....it's in the heat treatment of the knife. Go see for your self Nas test the Glock knife just search knife tests Glock knife.
@@miguelmoreno6534 😍
I want to see the TRC Apocalypse tested. And also some of the Bark River Knives survival knives.
#metoo
Lets break the TRC apocalypse and the DBK knife
@@DarkAgencyLifestyle i have my eyes on the DBK knive for a while now!!
@@joex there u go bro..smash it.
Got many different TRC models and would love that as well - or perhaps not! I just love the brand to much to see them break. Andrius Tricius designs are so great and the finish on the knives superb. They're basically flawless - for the eye at least.
I own 2 Apocalypses. The old smaller model in M390 and the new larger one in Elmax. The latter one is my favourite fixed knife together with the TRC Mille Cuori (or M1 as it was called when I bought it - Vanadis 4E steel).
I haven't stabbed cars or hit rocks with mines yet. Hopefully I never have to do that! :P Batoning firewood is the hardest I've put them to so far.
Out of the blades you tested which production knife do you recommend and what knife do you carry ?
check my Top 3 and Survivors vids!
i love tops .. this one of my favr. knives!!!
cool!
i love this channel, cheers from Italy :)
thanks, awesome!
Hey Joe,
Ole Scab here..... Quick question brother. How many hours would you say total you have in to testing this knife? I think since you did a video I'm going to put out a video of this blade tag you in it but I'd like to know how many hours you had into it cuz I want to add that in my video as well if that's cool with you
hey, Scab, it would be an honor for me when u take stuff out of my vid into your vid, take what you want!! thats all cool with me!!! For the testing, all beating i did to it, is in the video, so about 40 min beating time, just beating, the filming took me about 4 hrs in total. Looking forward to your vid!
@@joexbrother I appreciate that so much!!
@@joex Isn't cool when Scabs posts a comment! Love this guy!
@@LegionTacticoolCutlery yeah, me too!
The way it split is crazy to see. Awesome job Joe can't wait for more
thanks, still some to come!
Great video🗿👍
thanks!
Wow! I’m shocked that it broke like that. I know it was gross abuse ( yeah I know that’s the point) but I thought that was the toughest knife in their line up. Didn’t expect that.
overhyped, indestructable advertised, shame on them!
How are you shocked?? No knife is built for that kind of abuse period
@@Christ_AlphaOmega those Tops-Dudes are claiming this shit is indestructable, so....shocking🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Christ_AlphaOmega There are PLENTY of knives that can take this kind of abuse AND HAVE! (right on this channel) This breaking with those cracks is either a sign of a poor heat treat or wrong material choice.
@@topfueljunkie100 in any case if it wasn’t repeatedly being smacked off a rock ‘Till it breaks’ then it would still be functioning as knife till this day as it should be. If I ever find myself in a position where I need a knife to chop of rock in half then I’ll clearly have more to worry about then a shitty heat treat.. like for instance.. why am i CHOPPING A ROCK IN HALF WITH A KNIFE????
Good job Joe! Greetings from Poland.
thanks a lot!!! cheers!
Let's be realistic! Who is going to abuse their knife like this????? Not me! I will baton some and maybe stab some wood! I would never push my knife beyond what it's intended to do unless it's life or death! TOPS KNIVES is a great company and I stand by them!
ok, good for you!
@@joex thanks for testing knives and sharing videos!
And I agree
@@joex Another unsatisfied fanboy 👦 😭 Joe, great work exposing that hunk of shit pussy knife🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Awesome video! To be fair, you probably wouldn't be banging this kinda knife off a rock like this. But it still held up better than I thought.
it is advertised as "indestructable"!! so guess what it is not, yes, indestructable, i wont find out if i use it for food prep or a tableshitreviews!!! cheers my friend!
@@joex I didn't see indestructible on their website, they say "knife that will excel as a workhorse tool. But it also features those classic American fighting knife aesthetics that make it look every bit as good as it will perform." But again, if used as a fighting knife, or just a general work knife, I think it'll be alright. So long as rocks aren't involved xD
@@JustJesseOfficial i saw it on YT vid by those TOPS boys
@@JustJesseOfficial it's just sad that way cheaper knives have done a lot better than this tops bull shit knife what a joke
@@swynty5767You're generally not going to be banging on rocks and car bodies mate.
Joe, great job. Would like to see you test the Tops cut 4.0
thanks!
It stood up pretty much how I expected it too. Differential heat treatment is neat and it has its place. but it’s a bit low tech and has some significant limitations compared to a spring temper.
yeah!
Damn looks like it cracked right on that fuller groove, definitely a weak spot. Did the bolts on the handle unscrew, maybe tighten them up. I think the higher the Rockwell the more likely to snap. Cheap Chinese soft metal more likely to bend and not break. Try the Tops SXB, l'm curious now. Thanks 👍
thanks!
Bro the FN whistle killed me. I live for his foul language and crazy antics. My new fav channel
aweasome Big Ray! (is this a synonyme for your body lenght or....)
Have you done the tops surv tac 7? I’d love to see a test on that knife I have it and feel it’s a beast.
nope!
Cool videos, i just watch my first video from your channel and i suscribed straight away. My Lionsteel M7 will take the stress or not in your hands ?
God bless you
thanks a lot!
I actually like TOPS and the customer service is good! Definitely not cheap. Ive got a Apache Dawn, Armageddon and some others and love them. I'd assume if you beat the hell out of it like this it'll break but it should hold up to some pretty serious stuff and last a lifetime.
Armageddon is still to come!
I'd have to agree that the true use of a knife is not to stab cars and try to break big ass boulders. But I do like seeing just how far you could go with the material it is made of. That said, I applaud your efforts joex! I think Tops make great stuff and along with ESEE has great customer service which is also a part of any knife you spend your hard earned for!
Best extreme knive Tops Operator 7, the best knives 💥💥💪🏻
Tops is kind of shit these days!"
This is how you keep a company on its toes, and I fucking love it. :))))))))))
glad to have u on the dark side!
Hey Joe I'm curious have you had a chance to test Shrade hollow handle one piece construction knife machined out of a solid billett of 1070 Carbon steel. Its a direct clone of Chris Reeves Project 1, except the original was made from A2 tool steel, the Shrade version is 1070 steel. I'm curious how it would perform since its exactly the same steel as Operator 7 but its uniformly heat treated at 57rc i believe. I feel like the Operator could have been one tough knife if the didn't use a differently heat treatment for edge vs spine. For instance you saw how tough the handle was, taking multiple gun shots and not breaking. Had they increased the hardness just a bit, so the blade flexed more but did not bend it would have worked better.
good review, thanks, i tested some SCHRADE knives, will post one vid soon! 45, 53, 57 Schrades
Can you do a Uncle Henry 171uh? Saw a video and dont know if I can trust the construction of the knife.
never heard of this knife, not now, sorry!
Hey, I love the distruction test you make. If you want, test the LionSteel from Molletta the M- Series ( it's sleipner or Niolox Seel ). i sa it's ONE of the best Steel or Knifes you can buy.
thanks!
I returned 2 of Lionsteel T5 due to bad machining. QC is real bad. So much hype around Lionsteel
As usual Joe X, you don’t disappoint
thanks! a lot!
At least the whistle work 🤠📸🤠👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 TOPS got the whistle right 😅
they certenly did!
i have used my operator to destroy everething in my path and its still fine guess its just not fitted for hard object destruction
looks like it, yes!
Id like to see what joe can get out of a microtech socom alpha fixed blade
metoo
Good test Joe! Now this is really making me curious about the Ontario SP5 Survival Bowie even more to see how it would compare to this overpriced TOPS blade.
i will test that soon!
@@joex Excellent!
I am a huge Fan of the Operator and was disappointed to see this! I have 2 and G N B I know you have a bunch I will NEVER even come close to putting it through what Joe does, but its peace of mind when he cant Kill it.. He killed the O7 pretty quick Joe youre Great!!
Id LOVE to see you do the Halfbreed LBK Large Bush Knife!
cool, thanks for watching, your knife is a maybe!!!
I love this crazy bastard!
i hope u mean me!!!
@@joex haha! great videos. "its totally fucked" "the tip is fucked"
@@awaywardman1707 super fuckkked!
after car stab abuse,
after antler horn chop abuse,
Stone strike 0 - 77x edge hit on stone handle loose, 77x - 90x edges hit on stone edge held up.
27x spine hit blade shown a crack, 27x -33x spine hit blade broke off.
For the amount of abuse this knife will take, I'm confident about the quality. After all the abuse, It took an additional 117x strike on the stone to have a crack, which broke off on 123x strike on the stone.
thanks for the info, you like numbers!!!!!!!!!
What's the toughest knife you dealed with so far ? Love these video buddy hell yeah.
WTG ARES
Thanks for your reply buddy I love work tuff knifes I got the puzon bowie and the night hunter from WTG I will have to check out the Ares I appreciate it thank you.
Hey Joe! Where do you get your tactical pants?
uf pro,
I knew Joe would break it!!
haha!!
thanks for your confidence in me!
Your excellent test underlines my experience with Tops. It’s just expensive and completely overrated. They have a poor heat treatment
yes!
Carothers performance knives are unbreakable ;)
haha, good one!
@@joex hahahahaha
Would like to see a Lionsteel M7 test !!
Surprising because this one seems more fragile than the Silent Heros
it kind of was!
10:22 damn lol that spine looks like it has been cast out of pewter not forged steel 😆 I was rooting for this knife too because I love a good recurve design.
tops, enough said about it, check my "worst blades 2022"
please do the condor hudson bay knife.
maybe later!
Tell me brother which one is the best by your experience. I want to know
check my "Top 3" vids!!!!!!!!!
I love your testing methods but in all fairness to the knives, I think a claw hammer would have trouble getting a passing grade! Lmao!
if u think so, thats fine!
I think the heavy mass of the blade works against it in tests like that.
But then, with proper steel and heat treatment it shouldn't happen.
yeah!
Any knife company that wants to know if their blades will hold up need to send it to Joe for a stress test.
exactly!!!!
Could you please test an extrema ratio Fulcrum Or Fulcrum C. I know you said you haven’t had a good experience with their other knives but I honestly think that the fulcrum would surprise you. There’s absolutely no way you could destroy that knife xD
maybe later!
@@joex thanks! :D I legitimately can’t wait to see that knife tested
Tops has a hit and miss heat treat which is why I sold the 2 I had.
ok!
Very well said.
It is hit and miss.
Same as Ontario used to be, not sure how they are now.
But you don't buy Tops , 270 euro for a hit and miss chance knife.
@@Ve-suvius well I’m in the US so they’re not as expensive for me but still $150-$200 for a hit and miss HT no thanks. I had 2 tops knives the fieldcraft BOB and the silent hero. I got rid of them both I’ll stick to my ESEE’s and Busse.
Tops tracker t1 please?!?!
😎👍
Extrema ratio Selvans claims to be a tough knife too! Really expensive though.
ok, thanks for the info!
Thanks for doing this knife👍Genuinely surprised it failed so early, wonder if the blade is just too thick for a proper heat treat. The fuller is definitely just a weak point on this knife. Designed to save weight but the knife weighs like 1lb 3oz so it's fkn pointless.
Have any knives actually survived these tests?
If so what models?
yeah, cool that you agree on the "blood grove", Hultafors GK, Mora Robust, CS SR1 lite, CS 4 max Scout... all on my channel!!!
@@joex
That's crazy, a cheap mora & hultafors have better heat treats than tops knives.😂
@@klausheisler5014 the Hultafors GK is a tank and held up the best. I prefer the Mora Robust for using though, with a true zero point scandi grind.
@@jodargoofmaztica5071
Cheap & inexpensive are synonyms.
@@jodargoofmaztica5071 i did some more Moras....
Can you do a destruction test on the harbor freight hickory handaxe? Its like $15 and it gets tons of great reviews, im curious to see how much abuse it can take :)
i will look into that! but i think it is not available here!
@@joex that would be awesome! Love your content, keep up the good work!
Lol at least the handle doesn't hurt your hand !
true!
Joe I want to be like u when I grow up
awesome, but u will pay a price for it!
They cut fuller aka Blood grooves in those knives instead of forging it in so that weakens the knife , because it their for looks and not structure strength.
Go JOE X 😎
it is a Blood Groove, i knew it!!!
Sie sind echt ein cooler Typ und total irre, ich mag ihrer Kanal sehr. Was machen sie mit den ganzen Scheiden, kommen die in den Müll oder verkaufen sie sie?
hebe ich auf! verkaufe sie aber momentan nicht! außer nach Europa eventuell! kein Zoll!
Joe, you forgot one thing in this video, you didn't jump into the water.😂
indeed!
Junkyard owner is like: it's that goddamn skinny guy again stabbing our cars 😂
It also depends upon how they made that fuller. A proper fuller is pressed in when the metal is hot. It causes the metal to build up on either side like a railroad track. It actually strengthens the blade when done properly. A CNC cut, or metal mill out is not a proper fuller in my opinion. It just looks like one. It is a stress point, as all it did was make that area thinner and weaker.
I'm no scientist, just a knife guy.
Keep up the great work Joe 👍
thanks for the intel! cheers!
What do you think about the svörd von tempsky Bowie
i did it check my vids!"
@@joex oh yeah i will watch that and btw are you Austrian
yes by nature!@@jorgbalzer6851
@@joex oh okay dann kann ich ja auch deutsch reden
@@joex denkst du das Tops gut ist oder einfach nur überbewertet und sollte ich mir dieses Messer vielleicht auch holen ?
1075 carbon=low rust resistance/weak horizontal build /old style tool steel ,very common type one of the most used by knife market
Holy shit, it is true…..you Killed the Operator.
yeah it is dead now!
I actually bought this knife thinking it was a tank however I see it has many flaws. My theory is the differential heat treat that works well on some of their 1095 blades failed in this case. The softer steel deformed too much at the spine and the spreading of the softer metal created enough stress in the harder metal to crack it. In any case, I think I will stick with my ESEE Junglas II. Thanks for the eye opener.
Keep in mind the junglas 2 has a similar differential heat treatment. Still a great knife and I would trust mine in the wilderness.
cool, but i broke the ESEE 2 as well, check my vids, but i think u saw it already!
@@joex yeah I rewatched that video and ESEE took way more abuse that the OPT 7 but still any will break, you've proven that!
@@thegreyghost2789 yep!
The main problem is the steel used. 1075 is a absolute laughable choice in 2022. Almost all modern stainless steel outperform 1075 in every way imaginable. I would only use 1075 if I wanted to create a hamon or if I was making my first knife ever lol
You guys got it wrong the tops knife claims that they differential heat treat the knives made of 1095 steel, that is this knife. The edge is behaving very much to what I expect because it is hard and tough, but the back of the blade is much softer to obsorb the shock but it is soft and you can see it really is. I think it took the right amount of beating before it broke. Good video.
thanks!
Well, what surprised me the most in this video is that not only this was a sunny day, but the sky was blue all over my screen! Weather seems to be often cloudy in your area...
When you stopped hitting the brick to look at the damage and saw the crack, man you got it just prior to breaking point... go and buy a lottery ticket!
cloudy a lot!!!!
i did and i lost!
Grain size is crazy big
it is!
U should test some
Work Tuff Gear knife
i was thinking that, will do later on!
What is up with the gas mask and was he really shocked that the tip broke? I’m surprised it lasted as long as it did.
i am still in shock!!!! my gasmask still on!
Just like Tommy Boy,
You can stamp Guaranteed Indestructible on a box of Sheet but all you have is a box of Turds.
ok!
🐝👊👍
Omg! U broke it too. But it holds better then a1x. Is there a knife that passed your test kind of successfully?
yes!
@@joex which one, two, three,.?
WTG ARES
@@joex 😆 just watched your episode about it. Oh it hurts 🤕. You are crazy man. Hope your fingers are fine now. But this is not a knife. It is half axe half shovel. U simply don't have enough strength to damage it. th-cam.com/video/hWu_sVkbX14/w-d-xo.html this one would be even better. I wonder if any knife that is close to A1X shape/size passed your beast tests?
Make one video about Brown Tracker knife from kompany "Tops Knives"
second: www.buymeacoffee.com/JOEX
Benchmade Adamas fixed please
i will try!
I didn’t expect that they claim they are some of the toughest knives in the world and when you say the metal inside it looks like low grade Chinese garbage
its an OP7 !!! its fantastic!
Mr. buffalo man from CS should go to learn at TOPS. Otherwise excellent stress tests!
who is mr buffalo?
Un poquito más 😂
Bro... your Spanish pronunciation is pretty good 👍🏼
gracias, la lengua de los reyes!
the spine is way to soft - that was horrible defect joe - we were lucky you noticed the break in the blade - normally it would have just broke - this time we saw it a few strikes before the bell rang - i thought this one would have lasted because of the length of the video - metal is funny - its a crystal structure very effected by vibration - it could hold or snap instantly if hit just in the right spot - its a shame - its a great stabber but would it survive the zombie war 🙂
yeah i was thinking that too, about the fracture of the blade, i think this was there at some other knives too, but i didnt saw it!!
Look at that shit !!
oh yeah! the fuakkking handle is loooosse!!
Hi，Joe.Could you test the TOPS ALASKAN HARPOON next time？
not now, sorry!
Did the Kabar last longer than this knife? The stick tang……. KABARS?
yes some did!
Tops makes some nice blades . This test just proves that Tops needs to review their quality control in the forge department. Good job on the review.
They should!!!