Hinderer XM18 3.5 First Impressions!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ส.ค. 2020
- In this video I provide my first impressions on the Hinderer Knives XM18 3.5 DLT Exclusive. This knife was loaned to me for review by my buddy YD Knives, check out his Instagram linked below.
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I freaking love that blade
Great Video. Nice to hear your meaning to a worldwide so much liked, loved and hyped knife. I‘m a fan of RHK.
Maybe you should try a non flipper version of the XM-18 3.5
Great review certainly appreciate the honest perspective. I don't know that this would be "the" knife for me. Like you said once you hit that price point there are a lot of really good options. I will see though once I get one in hand
Jake, I'm sure there are hinderer fanboys out there that'll disagree with your take on this piece but 'hey', a bit of objectivity never goes astray. Thanks for the video 👌
I have a way of making fanboys mad, wont be the first time 🤣
Beautiful knife
My newest xm-18 is battle black no choil slicer with black canvas micarta scale and all green hardware left hhe clip black because I like how it looks
Man, I agree with the over-jimping 100%. A lot of "tactical" knives try and put jimping on every conceivable surface. A knife with good ergonomics doesn't need all of that. I like a little on the top of the blade and maybe in the choil area, but that's it. Spyderco usually gets the amount and placement of jimping correct for me.
I feel the same way. I like my ZT0562cf and prefer that over the xm18 however I do own a xm24 Bowie in cpm20cv and love it. The ease of open and closing on xm24 is better than the other two.
It is one of 5 I am considering. The Spartan Harsey folder is in the running over the Hinderer.
I just did a trade for the xm 18 3.5 slicer, I'm super excited to try it out
I sold my ZT0562 to get my first Hinderer. I was sold on the improved fidget factor of the Hinderer. With the Hinderer I can use the flipper, thumb studs with the thumb and thumb studs with finger flick. Couldn't do that with the ZT. You can also get a Hinderer for just a little over the 0562 on the used market. I would highly recommend trying a Hinderer for yourself. The Skinny Slicer 3.5 is my favorite.
Fidget factor feeeeeggggg.
562’s are usually in the 200$ range whereas hinderers are usually in the 4-500$ range. Hardly a little more.
Easily my current favorite, I own two XM-18's, a bowie and a wharnie. The feel indestructible.
Nice! Which one do you prefer?
@@andrewjohn47 wharncliffe
What jimping is worse this or the Spartan Harsey. Both of the videos popped up in my recommended two days in a row haha
I have a Chad nichols damscus sebenza with bog oak inlays. Almost 800 dollars and while nice and smooth it dosent hit that fidget factor that I need in my knives. It’s broken in well but a drop shut knife that’s fun to deploy will always end up in my pocket over something like my crk
I tried a 3 inch xm-18. I LOVE the looks of the knife. I HATED the finger choil. It was a small first knuckle choil. I got rid of the knife because I would rather have a full sized choil like on my pm2 or manix 2 lightweight. I would like to try a hinderer that is a no choil no flipper. But they are also really expensive and I don’t think I’ll be spending that much anytime soon. When I have a knife that expensive, I feel almost guilty not carrying it and choosing my bugout or manix 2 lightweight over it haha
I love my XM-18’s but CRK makes the greatest knife on the planet for me., it’s perfection.
I like the non flipper version but it's out of stock on DLT. I don't see any S20V/M390 versions either. Do they restock regularly?
I’m not sure to get honest. This knife was just a loaner for me haha
Anything M390 is going to be DLT exclusive, the non flippers are pretty rare....
Not a huge fan of the Orange as well. LOL that was well put "halloweentown". Very nice first impressions Jake!
Thanks buddy!
amazing knife. I just pulled the trigger on one. xm-18 3.5 red. so excited
How do you like it so far? i just ordered one rn. xm-18 black im excited to get one
it's my favorite knife so far and also my most expensive lol. love it, it's definitely a must have.
@@FYLbingbong awesome! Thanks for the reply. Thinking of selling all my other knives except my 940 and code 4 after I get my xm-18. Just so I have a few really good knives and I won't by anymore knives 😂. I'm an HVAC tech so I abuse my knives a lot so hopefully the xm-18 just lasts me a lifetime
@@Phaminator525 I never sell anything brother the only thing I do is I use the cheapest one's as my beater knives and the expensive one's as my classy knives. if you watch my latest video you'll see my collection
I love mine but man do I wish mine had the fuller.
Damn that’s a super nice knife, where would I get some exactly like this one
DLT trading....
Kyle sent me his. I'm kinda with you. I love the feeling in Hand. You can also feel the quantity and toughness in it. But at $425.00 I'd rather have a liong Mah Endeavor or maybe even just spend a little more and get the Koneg.
It’s a great thing that the market for what we love is full of so many good options! Thanks for watching buddy 🙌🏻
Koenig?? Just a little more? Maybe you know something that I don't know but I've never seen a Koenig for under $800.... Plus they are never ever ever available on the website ever...
The coating is Hinderer's "blackwash" finish. It's very rare and hard to find.
The problem with classic knives like the xm-18 and sebenza is they are so afraid of evolving the design. The dumb thumb stud on the sebenza, the action, the ugly sharp flipper tab of the xm-18, the unneeded overtravel stopper, so many possible improvements that could be made but were not because of the trouble of changing their CNC settings etc or getting their old customers pissed off. They are stuck in the era of the early 2000s.
The first responder knife that only a select few first responders can afford....
Bearded Qear, can you do a trendy video on overpriced knives in rainbow colors for all the fidget folks that like to giggle and squirm? Then do a few reviews on large bowie knives made for men.
I think I would rather have a firetac over the xm-18
halloween town... shout out to disney channel movies, lmao.
These go for about 850 nz dollars, in New Zealand ☹
Boy we get ripped off.
For a knife that claims to be a hard use knife....it should be a full metal build,not just a skinny liner covered with g10
And then people would bitch and cry that it's too heavy... Plus have you held one of the g10 scales off the blade? They are very very strong...
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You sighted all the things that make the Hinderer not so great except one. They don't cut well either. I'm not even remotely impressed with mine! Speaking from 40 yrs.of knife expensive.
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