Knives that have Let Us Down!! - REC Report 013
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- Join us as we discuss some of our turning point knives, Knives that exceeded our expectations and ones that let us down on the weeks episode of the rec report!
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That "those were the good old days when you could ride your bike to a knife store alone" thing ... I may have awakened my family at midnight lol
The knife that was better than anticipated was the TRM Atom, the biggest let down was the Benchmade Bugout. Most treasured knife was a Puma Cub my son and I gave my Dad and he gave it back to me shortly before he passed away.
As for Clint Eastwood obviously he's carrying a Buck 110 . Thank's for all you guy's do I really look forward to these videos.
The 110 seems to be the right choice
E/R/E, nice job again. First, the Rockstead gets my nod this week for a fantastic, sentimental gift. Riley is 'spot on' about liner locks vs. back locks or shark lock. Knife that 'started it all': Kabar 1236 hunter with leather sheath (gift from dad used mostly as a fillet knife). Most disappointing: an "off"brand Boy Scout pocket knife (blades broke during the first skill award camp weekend). Most sentimental: a Spartan Difensa tactical fixed blade I bought for my oldest son (CSAR pilot).
Great sentimental choice, thank your son for us
Clint Eastwood would carry a fixed blade for sure. Has to be a classic clip point Bowie tho. My sentimental knife is an inexpensive Herbertz back lock folder that my dad brought me as a kid when he took a business trip to Germany. Had it for over 40 years, and keep it in a cherished spot in my collection. There's nothing special about it other than a great childhood memory.
That is lovely, great great story!
Got a proper in my pocket with custom walnut scales that I made. The Benchmade mini griptilian/pika got them at the same time. Those were the knives that made me an enthusiast. Couple saks before that got me on my way. Everything before that was a cheap hardware store knife. I read an interview that stated Clint Eastwood was carrying a sak during the interview. But I feel he has a Bowie knife or large buck fixed blade. The most surprised in a good way I’ve been is the ceo flipper and the buck sprint. Knives that are better than I thought for the price.
Custom Walnut scales sound amazing on the Proper!
DBK did spine wack the Bugout, batonning it, and it surprisingly survived perfectly ! The comp.lock is way more resistant when cut with force, it resists upward pressure really well.
That's right!
I think Clint Eastwood would be carrying a Bowie. A Buck or Bark River perhaps. I'm basing this on his old spaghetti westerns.
The knife that changed the game for me was the mini grip. I realized the higher quality compared to the Walmart/ gas station knives.
When I was about 14 my father gave me a custom Bowie knife that he brought from Jalisco MX. It's made from a leaf spring from an old truck. That knife means more to me than my entire collection. I'm 40 now and I still have it. 🤙
You know how much I love the Mini Grip!
Clint would absolutely be carrying a fixed blade, something old school with a new school feel, the Case Winkler Hambone with the curly maple handle.
Excellent choice!
I agree with that, Kershaw Leek. I even repurchased one for some nostalgia.
I need to do the same!
Clint would surely carry a case xx slipjoint of some kind. boomer approved. And ive been digging the stroup fixed blades also, actually the one in this video with the blue handles.
Great choices, Mike!
The Kershaw Piston was my turning point knife, I miss that knife so much.
Very nostalgic!
The knife that let me down was the spyderco drunken. Sick ass knife with the polished blade all the milling but for some reason i had a hard time spydie flicking it. So sold it to help fund my koenig!!!
Clint would definitely rock a Bowie fixed blade that he could shave with. Knife that was better than anticipated was the spyderco lil native. Besides it's length it can handle anything, small footprint, and is my biggest user. The turning point knife for me was the biblio... the first time I owned an M390 blade. It was then I discovered edge retention and all I had to do was strop it once a week. The rest is history...
A bowie just seems right
I think also 10 plus years ago knives didn't have the action we take for granted today, as for why assisted knives are less popular.
Great point, maybe the evolution of bearings and detent tuning
Clint Eastwood ... The Case Texas Toothpick definitely the pocket choice. Fixed blade ... a Cold Steel OSS Subhilt Fighter 8.25" BL.
Great choices!
I’d always been the guy who had a random knife in my bag/car/desk but never anything nicer than CRKT or SAK. Back in January I found a Benchmade Crooked River mini and decided that would be my celebratory gift for a new job and I fell down the rabbit hole! As for wanted to like but ended up dissatisfied, probably a sheep’s foot full size Griptilian with AWT scales. I love the shape so much more with the alu scales, but it’s too slick and scuffs if you look at it sideways. Going the other way, I bought a delica 4 for a screaming deal thinking it’d be my beater fishing/outside knife and holy crap is that thing great! Only thing I’d change is I wish the lanyard hole wasn’t integrated into the clip, gets in the way of the deep carry clip I swapped on. That’s a solid discussion topic, too, lanyards/beads or no? I love them with a deep carry clip so it’s easier to fish out of the pocket. Anyhow, thanks for another great episode!! You three are getting more and more comfortable and the content is fantastic. Have an awesome week, see y’all next Friday!
The Delica is classic and should never be overlooked!
Clint Eastwood knife = a new Hinderer Field Tac , but he would go with a leather sheath instead of the supplied kydex. My first real knife was a Spyderco Manix 2 in BD1 about 6 years ago. Then my son wanted one around two years ago and I fell down the rabbit hole with Spyderco n Benchmade and TH-cam reviews. A knife that let me down was the Strider AR70. It was so cool, but when I got it I could hardly open and close it, it was soooo stiff. I tried for two days to break it but all I did was bruise my thumbs lol. So that was the only knife I ever returned to the dealer. I’d still get one, but I would have to handle it first. A game changer for me was the Protech Malibu. I knew as soon as I held that Malibu, I knew I had to have one, and had to check out Protech as a brand. Compression locks suck for me as a lefty, so yeah I don’t even have one right now. And I totally agree about the Subvert - too thick and NO detente!
Clint would for sure upgrade to leather
My biggest let down was my ZT0452cf horrible lock failure and crap heat treat. My 0095bw however is an incredible knife i will never let go of.
Definitely the original Spyderco Endura with the built in pocket clip. I broke the clip on a seat belt and the knife went into a box. I'm still looking for it. Next one, the Benchmade Mini-griptillian in 440C. Great little knife that I still carry. Carrying the TRM shadow today. Clint was carry Kabar USMC fighter!
The shadow is so badass!
I got a Kershaw 1987 RJ Martin one year for Christmas and carried that for about four years before I finally realized there’s got to be better quality knives out there (boy was I right!) so I started doing research and it snowballed from there.
TH-cam has started so many collections!
Clint Eastwood is like a lot of us I bet. He'd probably carry a case folder as a secondary and a fixed blade like a Buck. The knife that truly started it for me was the Benchmade bugout CF S90V, I had about 10-15 pocket knives before that but they were swiss army knife Gerber's Sogs then on to Bucks and I wanted something a little more premium so I went with a bugout now I have well over 50 knives. I'm more of a gun collector then a knife collector but I'm heading towards both lol 🤣 some of my favorite knives now is the Mordax, Malibu, Atom Newtron and lately Kizer has been killing it. I've been getting in to a lot of Wharncliffe and sheepsfoot type blades. You guys rock keep up the good work 🔥🔥🔥
Thank you very much!
I have to highlight the cold steel ad15 lite (because I’m cheap). That one opened me up to bigger knives. Different locking mechanisms were really driving me early on but that one was much bigger than any knife I had handle previously. I get it, almost take a finger off in the first 30 minutes, am so close to boxing it back up but then I take a breathe. Within an hour, I’ve got it singing, opened and closed (still one of my favorite knives to fidget with).
I feel like Clint would rock Hinderer. Maybe a half-track for EDC and if he’s out being a cowboy it’s gotta be a fixed blade - Ranch Bowie.
The knife that surprised me the most was my gateway knife, the ZT0562 ti. Went gas station to kershaw to benchmade/spyderco over many years and never ventured beyond that til I pulled the trigger on the 0562 and that action hooked me and changed my preference to bigger knives. I expected it to be good, and I had nice Benchmade/Spyderco stuff but that first time handling the 0562 was so far better than I thought. It had me hooked and have been continuing to chase that perfect action since in a much larger collection now.
The most disappointing knife was a Kizer Mikkel Willumsen Barbosa. Bought it at a stupidly good price (now I see why) and every bad thing I had read about it was spot on… I figured people were just being winey but the gimping/landing zone is so aggressively bad/sharp I never EDC’d it. Material wise it’s a fine enough knife and I paid so little for it I just have it in my hunting bag/belt to use if I’m wearing gloves and need something I don’t care if I lose or break… but that thing disappointed me. I also get disappointed every time i see a knife I could like but has an Emerson wave. I know some love them but that is my knife thing that could go away forever and I wouldn’t care.
Great choices
Spyderco Delica Gen 1 with the plastic molded clip was my first real knife I bought myself
A classic!
The knife that got me hooked was the Tenacious. That day i started researching knives and knew i had to have more and better. My 16 year old daughter still carries that tenacious to this day. My proudest dad moment was when she brought it to me and told me it had lost its bite. I had never even taught her what bite was.
I'm a total sebenza guy and have a slim midi in my pocket. You should see a large 21 and the slim midi side by side, almost identical in dimensions with the benza being a touch thicker
That's a great comparison!
Sentimental for me is the Spyderco Cricket. Not the most useful tool but I had one when I was a kid and my wife got me a replacement one for Christmas several years ago
Fantastic!
Bugout was the knife that started this addiction for me lol
All down hill from there!
1st hardcore dive into knives was back in 1999 got blade mag issue with top 10 tactical knife makers feature and I was ok gotta have these but I want black n blue mat'ls I got
Terzuola- stuff recurve blue ti g10
Carson- M4 c.f. blue ti drop PT
Elishewitz- Spector c.f. blue to peers
Crawford- wartac blue to. G10
Coleman- sheepsfoot blk micarta
Lightfoot- LLC-102 blue ti c.f.
Terzuola- full th the-3a
Got sick surgery outta work year had to sell to eat still not over losing those but, back again.
Classics from some of the masters
Mark Mummert of Mummert Ti made that clip!
Thank you Zach!
The HK Soldat was probably the knife that surprised me the most, and is the the start of my love of button locks. And Clint Eastwood would for sure carry a Condor Undertaker Bowie
Button locks are so fun and useful!
I agree, we need more button locks out in the world. I’m glad the Protech Malibu made button locks cool again lol
buck knives vantage with the bolster lock was the 1st good knife I bought. before that it was all S&W swat lol. the benchmade saddle mountain skinner was what got me started on fixed blades
Excellent fixed blade
In an effort to get collect 3 knives from all the major brands, I ran into trouble with CRKT . Particularly with the M-16 . This model has let me down, variant after variant, none able to function smoothly. The flat head pivot can be turned with a fingernail . Once the pivot is turned left enough to ALMOST successfully open with a flip, the pivot is sticking up a good 1/4 inch over handle surface. Still won’t flip. I hate to say it , but since knives evolved to operate beyond a sharp piece of metal that folds , the M16 no longer makes the cut. I’ve given up on finding 3 collectable CRKT blades , the latest Pilar and Piet just don’t have the mechanical gumption I’m looking for . I say Eastwood would carry a buck 110 , lifted off a dead man , stained with tobacco spit . Thank you guys , lots of fun once again
I still love the CRKT Ripple, one of my favorite designs
Gerber ez-out, was the 1st knife that got me into the tactical knife craze
All down hill from there?
Clint would be carrying a fixed blade as just about everyone has said. I would see more of a boot placement of it so he could sling his various firearms around without the knife getting in the way.
Boot knife is a great choice!
My turning point was a Case trapper. I had a Benchmade Grizzly Ridge for about two years and carried everywhere. Then I wanted something I could carry in my pocket, by itself or in a sheath from the western store. Since then I went back ALL the time looking for a new fixed blade or went to Academy for a new CRKT. Graduated to newer Benchmade a then Chaves then Pena x series now to Chris Reeves.
Chaves, Pena, CRK are all amazing pieces!
@@riversedgecutlery4260 just got my first CRK this week! A Umnunzaan, a 2021 model. Super stoked.
The CRKT Squid was my turning point knife but I jumped straight into the deep end next with a ZT0804CF haha.
That's the way it goes a lot of the time!
i am carrying the pm2 cts-204P with the forest green g10 scales and a lime green lynch clip.
Badass carry!
I loved the Spyderco Amalgam when I saw it but was let down by the flipper tab getting in the way when closing using the compression lock.
Thanks Stauffer!
@@riversedgecutlery4260 You betcha! Make sure the custom shop shows you a Protech Malibu that I am going to be sending in soon for a black out. I got a nice hollow grind done on it. Should be pretty awesome.
only knife i have that has sentimental value is a fixed blade my dad gave me for christmas one year. It was made by a guy he works with and its actually pretty bad ass. Ill share a picture in the group.
That is awesome!
Clint Eastwood carries a Buck Fixed Blade....a big one
The biggest one available
Clint would carry a cold steel espada to match his hand cannon from dirty harry
I like that choice!
Great video guys, the knives that I didn't think I'd like but enjoy now are Spydercos, mainly the odd look, but now love them. Knives that have let me down are OTFs I've tried a couple and they are just not for me. As far as Clint Eastwood it has to be some kind of Bowie in my mind. Thanks keep up the good work!
Spyderco is a look in and of itself!
I wanted to like the PM2… got one… and for whatever reason it just wasn’t for me… sold it… thennnnn the REC PM2 came along… got one and now I love them and have several.
The gateway PM2!
Next time no pocket dump needed for Riley s90v manix every day.
Clint eastwood carry's a buck 110
It doesn't come out of his pocket!
I think Clint Eastwood is a Buck 110 guy or a Ka-bar for a fixed blade.
That's becoming the correct choice!
Para3 s110v was the knife that started it all.
Biggest let down? Knives I can't get, like Spyderco exclusives in exotic steels that I can't manage to get shipped to France...
And in actually owned knife : the Real Steel G5 Metamorph Mk.II. Action was terrible I had to do tons of work on it, and even then the 14C28N they use seems to have a spotty heat treat at best. I can't seem to get that knife actually really sharp (not like civivi's 14c28n), and I sharpen s110v, Maxamet and ZDP often...
International shipping is frustrating for many collectors
Haha i had the same 3 1st knives. Aluminum scale Leek ,od green d2 griptilian 551, then a pm2 .
Must have been a common progression!
I got into knives when the price of ammo started going up. It was the pm2 that got me started and then when i got my arius my life has been ruined ever since 😆 but in a good way!!!!
I've seen this fall down the rabbit hole!
I actually really don't like the compression lock. I find it really awkward to disengage. I've tried a few models with it hoping to like it but it's just not happening. A knife that means a lot to me is a Jeff Vandermulen 3" Instigator that my buddy gifted me. I'm carrying the Benchmade Griptilian sheepsfoot and 20cv version and the Spyderco Matriarch 2. Clint Eastwood would carry the Hinderer Ranch Bowie.
I love the 20CV Grip!
Civili Elementum, got me! And I hardly carry it anymore.🥺
Got a Squale on while watching! Solid watches
What model?!
It was a kershaw leek then a spyderco pm2 all up hill from there lol
Same here essentially!
Kinda found y’all a little late in my entry into the knife world but i like the content a lot
Thanks Ryan, welcome!
The Kapara and the Watu for me. I agree with Everett the compression lock sucks on TW models
Thanks Jeremy!
The 940 was my turning point of my standard. Paycheck size and knife collection have a direct correlation. My biggest disappointment are flippers because of a old injury to index finger. Clint Eastwood would carry an auto like in Dirty Harry. Maybe a Ultratech? 🤣
I'm not a flipper guy myself
Danger pickle is the spyderco bombshell
That's right!
@@riversedgecutlery4260 love your videos
Benchmade Griptilian is my BY FAR the biggest let down for me. S30V/FRN….it felt like a Lego or something, immediately had buyers remorse
Some people can just never jive with FRN, I get it!
@@riversedgecutlery4260 it’s definitely not ALL FRN…I have several other knives with that handle material that I enjoy…just something weird about the Griptilian
Clint would have a fixed blade style blade but you know you don’t take a knife to a gun fight witch is what he would ultimately be using because he’s Clint!!!!!
That's right!
zts 0393 let me down so i sent it back to the large seller-i admit that i am sort of spoiled by shiros and koenigs and such but the zt had a bumpy action .
Biggest let down for me was emerson knives, and a more recent small let down was the Tuff I brought in to the shop. I just can't get behind the forward swept blade. And I think Clint Eastwood would carry something simple like an L.T. Wright.
He would dig LT I think
About time guys!! A day late!
Technical difficulties, thanks for your patience!
And I’m depressed about hearing that about the comprehension lock I really like it and now second guessing my decision to be liking it!!!!!
It's tongue in cheek, what Riley is talking about is gross abuse of a folder
Hinderer Xm-18 3.5” spearpoint stonewashed!!!! FUHGGITTABOUTIT!!
Excellent choice!
The dragonfly was a bit of a bummer for me. After all the hype I tried one and I understand the appeal but my hands are just to big to use it comfortably at all... Clint eastwood - Buck 119
Great choices!
Knife that let down was the sog terminus xr. Action was gritty, poor sliver and ergos just didn’t work for me either
Thanks Kirk!
Yojimbo hands down
That's what I'm saying!
Biggest let down for me was the vero axon…just couldn’t like that knife. Clint I feel like Would carry a hinderer fieldtac.
The fieldtac is perfect for him!
Clint Eastwood would carry an LT Wright Plainsman, I figure, maybe with LTW Patriot in his front pocket as a secondary blade. Wait, am I Clint Eastwood???
The buck 110
Fantastic choice!
Clint Eastwood would carry a Hinderer Ranch Bowie or a Buck 112.
Both perfect choices!
Still waiting for y’all to pick me so I can have an excuse to send something to Everett and the custom shop… 😂
There's always next week!!
@@riversedgecutlery4260 🤞
Most let down Iv been with a knife was the jake hoback backslip. dog shit fit and finish for the price that was made more expensive because of uk import tax. For some reason I still have it kicking about…
Thanks Harry!
Remember when EVERYTHING had CTek scales?
Now that's a trend!
You guys know where to find me lmao
👀
Do y’all have a solution for free spinning pivots that come from factory with super strong lock-tight on them? Specifically, I can’t seem to disassemble my ZT 0470.
Try holding a soldering iron to the pivot to heat it up. I've had luck with that. I've also heard placing the knife in hot/boiling water works as well.
I'll ask Everett what he would do! (Mechanical genius)
Benchmade bugout
Always a good choice !
Klint would carry large sebenza
A man who knows quality
The southern grind bad monkey was the biggest let down ever
Thanks Garey!
I’m kind of bored with flippers… I don’t mind them if there’s another deployment method, but on their own I get bored.
Same. But flipper/spydie hole is still my favorite combo
@@AudibleVisibIe agreed!! 😄🔪
The benchmade 940 or Southern Grind Spider Monkey, would be my most disappointing knives.
Differences in taste make this community awesome!
hahaha who disliked this?? Keep up the good work fellas :)
nevermind. It was the compression lock diss. had to be. Spinal wack????? LOL
Griptilian started the obsession!!!
That's right!
I had a microtech ultratech, and 2 gerber06 autos, and a hogue exa01 fail and break
Microtech knives are absolute bullshit they are for a fidget toy and not cutting at all!
I thought I would say I have a real knife now an awesome WINKLER belt knife, and a TOOR darter in Ranger Green! Those are absolutely awesome blades up yours microtech with your silly toy knives!
Trend to hopefully soon be in the past "full dress everything" terrible designed knives that people think automatically make it a 1000 dollar knife and worthwhile just by putting damascus and timascus on it
Too much bling?
Front flippers suck!
I can never do it on first try!
Koenig Mini Goblin
Skiff Drifter
My two biggest disappointments
Edit: Has the kid actually ever done anything with a knife where he needs an 800lb lockup?