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@Iniquityslasher here's something that always comes as somewhat of a revelation to people who say exactly what you said: Someone who uses a $500 knife is FAR more likely to clean it regularly. Also, the dirt and grime on a knife that many see as "obvious evidence of use" can usually be cleaned completely or almost completely away with some simple soap and hot water. Tons of people who buy $500+ knives will use them and get them dirty. They just aren't super concerned with uploading every last bit of evidence to the internet. Facts. Have a nice day
@@metal_complex I'm sure he has, and that's great, but kind of irrelevant to my comment. I'm just pointing out that you responding to comments in basically every video is proof you read the comments, didn't really need this video for that as he stated. Or maybe I just misinterpreted what he's trying to say.
Meh…. I can understand that. It’s not me, but I get it. Plus, he’s deciding how to spend his own money. Maybe to this person a knife is simply a tool and a firearm is much more of an interest.
Kimber USED to make excellent rifles and 1911s. I have a gold match from about 25 years ago and it's one of the best shooting factory built 1911s I've ever shot and ain't that far off my Wilson. Key Words in that is USED TO. Sad how badly they have fallen off over the years and calling Benchmade the Kimber of the knife world of vice versa is extraordinary accurate lol. I've going a Kimber custom shop .22BR I had them build me as a Pdog popper about 20 years ago and that still to this day is one of the finest rifles I own, been thru 4 barrels and it's been a .25 minute rifle always and has some of the most beautiful XX grade black walnut that I've seen! I have a couple Dakota customs that I've commissioned over the years that aren't much prettier lookers and not better shooters neither. Sadly the Kimber of old is not the Kimber of today.
I have a Kimber Ultra Carry 2 that my wife got me about 17 to 18 years ago for my birthday I've EDC'd it for almost that whole time. It's an amazing firearm. @@Edcreviewer
I recently sold/gifted my whole collection. Except for my sentimental pieces. The “keeping up with the joneses” side of the EDC/knife world got to me and I was tired of it. Went and bought a mini praxis and a SD classic. Best carry I’ve had in years.
@@johnpaulgonzalesLWB that’s good, better to be intentional about collecting rather than pick up whatever others say is good. I’m just getting over that phase and now I’ve got a lot to sell to fund better (knife) purchases 😁
As a back woods hick who carried a victronix knife for 40 years (sometimes we with a fixed blade hunter/skinner), I always kind of considered most "modern" folding knives as a bit prissy. THEN - I started watching TH-cam knife channels like this one. That is when I lost my sense of conservative reasoning and purchased one. You guys are like drug dealers, I just tried a little one, then a little bigger one, then more and more, and nicer and nicer.... NOW I'm addicted. Other people's opinions means nothing, they just don't as will never understand. HOWEVER, my New Years resolution is to go cold turkey. No more knife buying. I'm going to start replenishment of my savings account. Going to spend my limited income on life necessities. Unless one of you pushers dangle a beauty I just have to get.
I've developed a "1 in, 1 out" rule. If I absolutely must try a new knife, an old one has to be sold or given to a new home. It makes me stop and think about it before I convince myself, "This is a budget one, so I'll barely even notice the money."
3 years ago, I passed up a knife I wanted (and needed) because it was $17.99, and to me, that was "too much to pay for a pocket knife." My brother gifted me a Kershaw Eris, and It was the beginning of a new outlook. It was better than any knife I had carried before it, and it set a new standard for what I expected from a pocket knife and how much I'd be willing to pay for one. I have 16 folding knives now, and I have to resolve not to buy anymore... for a while (that Kershaw Bel Air looks pretty nice).
I took the glass breaker off my Microtech within 30 seconds of getting it new out of the box and I have no reasonable explanation why other than irrational hatred of glassbreakers......
For what it's worth, I enjoyed this video and I enjoy your channel in general. My wife pokes fun but watching your videos helps me to buy fewer knives since I can live vicariously through your videos lol. Keep 'em coming!
*fills pants with spaghetti*....*begins looking around for cows*....*flicks expensive custom knife out of boredom*.....*clicks on another MC video to figure out what it all means*
I enjoyed this video a lot, thank you! I have collected "stuff" my entire life. Comic books, action figures, hot wheels, games, knives, cards and more. Your 10 signs apply to EVERY collecting hobby.
As a knife enthusiast who also plays guitar and collects them, all of these can be applied to the guitar community as well. I think guitar people might be a little more crazy, but I love both communities.
Hahaha! The fixed blade master made me laugh sooo hard. My dad literally turned to me and said, "You know that a fixed blade is stronger than a pocket folder." Just a couple of hours ago. I just responded with, "Well, you learn something new every day,"
As a kid in the country going to the gas station for lunch was a big deal..the knives were on a cardboard display way above my head(cost too)..later in life my first Buck..then a KaBar..my grandads folder..then a Case..and now Hinderer and Spartan..etc the journey and its memories are mine. I will share but it’s mine. 🙏
Especially the people who view knife steel as some kind of precious metals or gems and think that a slab of Magnacut or something costs hundreds of dollars and should add hundreds of dollars to a knife's price. Also, the people who make it sound like you can't have a perfectly functional, well-performing knife made from budget/classic steel. These same people don't even use their own knives and when they do, they only open their Amazon packages. I recently had a guy challenge me for saying that I've been using a $15 Amazon brand karambit to break down carboard boxes and am satisfied with its performance. He said that that "I only believe" that it's sharp and working well, because I haven't experienced "real knife steel", "which would make the job so much easier". Yeah dude, I'm just tearing though that carboard with sheer brute force and will power and am totally switching to a Shiro in CPM-Magnavanelmax369 since you pointed this out for me. LOL.
I actually waited until the end to comment. Fellow knife d-bag here. 🎉 Gifted a Chaves to a coldsteel fixed blade guy and changed his world. You can change minds.
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I watch you to satisfy my need for those thing I cannot afford. Knowing they exist and getting to hope for it is enough. Thank you and every knife channel here on YT. Even the nut holes serve a purpose.
Only time I ever worried about someone’s else’s knife was when my co worker took his Strider and Hinderer to the shop in the mall to get them sharpened. They destroyed them both. All of a sudden they had recurved blades. It was tragic
I have a lot of knives in my collection some more expensive than my bugout but 90 % of the time it's in my pocket. So comfortable I barely feel its there but it is and I love it.
Denying that "taste" in design matters undermines the purpose of buying a "classy", "classic", or expensive knife... I love budget knives, btw. "Tasteful" means different things to different people, but that doesn't mean beauty or proper utility in a design is strictly subjective. Good topic for discussion, Mr complex. Keep up the good work.
The worst are the folks who talk down to budget knives that they have never owned or have ever even held because the Internet told them so.......and the two extremes of the wealthier looking down on budget knives because they are inexpensive and the poor folks sneering at expensive knives because "I would never spend that much on a pocket knife"..... The reality is they won't because they can't.
Re. Artificial scarcity: you all should go after a signed first of a popular author. They sell out less than a minute after they drop, and then triple in price and appear on eBay a minute after that.
I'm totally not mad that Kizer is a horrible company because they only made a limited amount of 80s carbon full size militaws that sold out instantly and now I can't get one because they're mean people! I'm totally not going to be forever salty that they arbitrarily decided the best looking version of there most popular model should be a one site exclusive limited run, but then turn around and do the mini with the same inlay pattern..... It's not like they do mass market production knives at scale instead of customs and of course they totally aren't a big enough company to fulfill demand. They're totally just like Rolex where they need to artificially limit the number of things they sell to keep prices inflated for brand protection. I'm not mad, you're mad!
I remember back when the Chinese where doing CRK clones and some where so good they where almost Identical. Found out Kevin John did the best but I didn't want a clone so I bought a Venom 2 and omg it was on another level to anything I had in my collection from Benchmade or Spiderco. I mentioned that and wow did I get shamed at the time but it never took away my experience of that knife and I'm so glad a bought one. Its got tritium inserts which I never heard of so to me it was the best knife I have ever purchased. Still have it and love it.
As someone who got into the hobby during lockdown and the height of supply chain constraints, I chuckle when I see the artificial scarcity crowd being butthurt because *one knife* they wanted was hard to get.
I’m a relatively new knife 🔪 guy. My knife collection currently stands at less than a dozen. But I do luv knives. Most my knives been gifts 🎁 from my son. Who also is a knife guy. We are limited on what we can bring in our country, Canada 🇨🇦 has very strict knife laws. Anything spring assisted or easily deployed blade is illegal to carry in certain circumstances. Just wanted to say hey MC, I appreciate the information provided here on the channel. Thanks 🙏🏽. 🔪🧡 🔪 🧡
Thanks, MC. You do a great job, in my humble opinion. We like to have fun and goof around. I've seen some comments that aren't so nice. But I see people in comments setting them straight without being mean.
Man is that OD and black Shark Cub good looking. Seems weird to say when its sitting between a Deadlock and a Rosie, but I just think it looks great. Id rather have the clip point than the slicer though.
My 17-yr-old caught knife fever from me a few years ago. He's so interested in it, he's determined to start blacksmithing, and is already starting a materials engineering college path. He's also super humble and has a good sense of humor, and can't stand steel snobbery (even though he knows "good" steel from "bad"). He loves to joke, "Ah, my favorite custom knife makers! Stainless China and Pakistan!" 😅
I love the people that pretend to NOT be collectors yet say how tough and strong their Rex & elmax blades are but carry a spare aus8 or D2 style blade that does 99.9% of all cutting tasks. I have a coworker that carries all sorts of crazy, over 400+ dollar folders to show off while carrying a qsp penguin D2 blade in the opposite pocket that does literally all his cutting tasks. During lunch he'll play with the nice knife just hoping and praying someone asks about the knife..... On the rare occasion that someone does he always, and I mean ALWAYS states the knife maker, model and price in that exact order.
Good points all around. Ashame someone needs to point them out. I'm just happy we all have the freedom to buy pieces we like. Like OTFs, luckily they're legal in Indiana cause they're my favorite type of blade carry
Good quality video doesn't make him an expert. He's a douche, you can see his ego in videos he's in outside his studio. He thinks he's better than everyone all 5'5 of him
I work as a fabricator and open tons of boxes and cut all kinds of tape, even lots of the tape with the fibers in it. My $22 qsp penguin that replaced my $18 cold steel pro lite keeps right up.
A fatal flaw of the Internet is giving everyone an outlet to think every single opinion matters. I like my Opinel and it’s fine that you don’t, life goes on.
Just to put this out in the universe. Doesn’t match this video….why am I just finding out ridge wallets makes a knife? A crossbar lock, drop point blade, with grade 2 titanium 🧐, carbon fiber and aluminum scale options. A 14c28n blade all with a DLC coating for around $150… made me look up the difference between grade 2 and grade 5 titanium. Learned something.
My most expensive knife is the same Elementum II on the left and it's my favorite knife. It goes with me everywhere (aside from school grounds) except for one town I might occasionally pass through which limits knives to 2.5", then it's the Kubey Campe, my little short, chunk knife.
I always feel like I’m walking on eggshells with being the “use your shit” guy. I find joy in my knives by how they work, like actually how they cut and the feeling of using them. But you do whatever gives you joy Trying to explain that…while not looking like a use your shit fudd…is hard lol
Embellishments lol I genuinely have knife envy over 95% stuff you have. Though you have influenced a ton of my knife decisions there is still that 5% like the knife at the very top. It’s cool just not my cup of tea lol. Now then there the overbuilt knives I have had major knife envy… aka alpha beast or Midgards messer. I’m just not in that tier yet I wanted a tenable bombur but I missed out and I’m waiting for restock.
The fact is that I trust and value your opinions. I bought and love my first AD 20.5 and then the AD 10 because of your opinions. Like on knives like the Kizer Beyond. I found it and like every knife I wonder what MC thinks. I got it for Christmas and it is soooo good. I know you don’t care what those douchey people think but you’re the best and I appreciate what you do
11. Mocking people for liking lanyards and fobs and saying things like "this knife has a lanyard hole/bar/doesn't have a lanyard arrangement, but who cares?". But love ya anyway ;)
Boil it down. EDC of any kind is a personal journey. It can be an expensive, confusing and frustrating journey. While it is not a journey for the faint of heart, most of all it is YOUR journey. Nothing wrong with trying to help point fellow travelers in the right direction when you can but the journey is hard enough without adding meaningless battles that get you nowhere. Stay in your lane, help out when you can. Good advice for any position in life really. I started my EDC journey many years ago and only now have I found what I like that is also exactly what I need and nothing more. It was expensive and confusing at times and even frustrating. Certainly there are people with more than me but I have a nice pile of wallets, holsters, watches, knives, flashlights, multitools, etc. I'd hate to think what it would have took without guidance but, thankfully there have been individuals and equally as much content creators that guided me along. So thanks to all those people with MC being included. They never TOLD me what I needed but SHOWED me what might work for me. There is a huge difference.
Something that drives me nuts and kind of goes hand in hand with the artificial scarcity, are the people who constantly claim that reseller bots are involved in every drop that sells out (pending whether or not they got one of course). I think these people are giving this tiny community a bit to much credit but more likely they are just sore losers.
I think these are stages we all go through. Maybe not all of them but we do. It’s human nature to skwabble about things that don’t matter. But hopefully we all grow to be better people. Hopefully.
A long time ago someone sent in a Delica knockoff that was absolutely terrible, and the community named it the "dollica" (the knife in reality costs $1) - MC said it wasn't worth anything and the company should just give them away. When my friend made that channel banner, he just kind of slipped that in as a joke. Hope that clears it up 👍. MC RULES
I was a #2 for a while but then expanded my view. He mentioned the knife that comes along that breaks through the glass wall and causes you to expand your horizon. For me it was having a Hinderer with full Ti scales. I had $500 as a max for some reason. Now the max is just simply what I can/ can’t afford. #8 not a machinist but I have complained about Benchmade’s pricing before….
I’ve lost my interest in collecting due to never being able to buy what I want and missing out on drops time after time. It’s cheaper and less stressful to live vicariously through MC 😂 I’m sure I’ll come back to it. But limited drops wore me to a point of not caring anymore like over a year ago. It’s honestly like being addicted to drugs and trying to get that fix. Chasing the proverbial dragon as it were. I wish the stuff I liked was easier to get. I don’t really care about owning limited items. But all the best stuff is limited 😅
EDC of the harbor freight icon kickstarted my knife journey over the past 2 months ..now I have bought 5 more knives and now buying a rike alien 🤣 idc I still love the icon harbor freight knife I use it everyday at work
I just buy what works for me and my budget. I don’t care what anyone else buys. Do what works for you. That’s why they make knives all over the style and price spectrum. There’s a knife for everyone. Just enjoy the hobby.
Personally, I don’t care what other people think about my knives or how much I paid for them and definitely don’t care what they think about how I use them!
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The first rule of knife club: Repeatedly flipping it open and closed while watching TV DOES count as using it! 😅
No statement could be more true!😊
AGREED
Thank god!!! I just tell my wife I’m breaking it in. It’s not weird.
That’s 99% of knives I see online that’s over $500 don’t look used at all
@Iniquityslasher here's something that always comes as somewhat of a revelation to people who say exactly what you said:
Someone who uses a $500 knife is FAR more likely to clean it regularly. Also, the dirt and grime on a knife that many see as "obvious evidence of use" can usually be cleaned completely or almost completely away with some simple soap and hot water.
Tons of people who buy $500+ knives will use them and get them dirty. They just aren't super concerned with uploading every last bit of evidence to the internet.
Facts. Have a nice day
This video is proof MC is still reading comments even after all these years. Sacrificing sanity for the community 😂
He basically responds to comments in every video. Did you really need more proof?
@Yuck412 Destro has been here since the early days man.
@@metal_complex I'm sure he has, and that's great, but kind of irrelevant to my comment. I'm just pointing out that you responding to comments in basically every video is proof you read the comments, didn't really need this video for that as he stated. Or maybe I just misinterpreted what he's trying to say.
@Yuck412 ya i think he meant it jokingly.
The guy that refuses to spend more than $50 on a knife, but carries a $2,500 handgun.
Meh…. I can understand that. It’s not me, but I get it. Plus, he’s deciding how to spend his own money. Maybe to this person a knife is simply a tool and a firearm is much more of an interest.
This, and also it's a Kimber, the Benchmade of Guns 😂 overpriced flawed products with bad Quality Control.
Kimber USED to make excellent rifles and 1911s. I have a gold match from about 25 years ago and it's one of the best shooting factory built 1911s I've ever shot and ain't that far off my Wilson. Key Words in that is USED TO. Sad how badly they have fallen off over the years and calling Benchmade the Kimber of the knife world of vice versa is extraordinary accurate lol. I've going a Kimber custom shop .22BR I had them build me as a Pdog popper about 20 years ago and that still to this day is one of the finest rifles I own, been thru 4 barrels and it's been a .25 minute rifle always and has some of the most beautiful XX grade black walnut that I've seen! I have a couple Dakota customs that I've commissioned over the years that aren't much prettier lookers and not better shooters neither. Sadly the Kimber of old is not the Kimber of today.
I have a Kimber Ultra Carry 2 that my wife got me about 17 to 18 years ago for my birthday I've EDC'd it for almost that whole time. It's an amazing firearm. @@Edcreviewer
@@noahjones4237 completely agree
I recently sold/gifted my whole collection. Except for my sentimental pieces. The “keeping up with the joneses” side of the EDC/knife world got to me and I was tired of it. Went and bought a mini praxis and a SD classic. Best carry I’ve had in years.
You were doing it wrong.
@ definitely starting over. Just more selective this time lol
@@johnpaulgonzalesLWB that’s good, better to be intentional about collecting rather than pick up whatever others say is good. I’m just getting over that phase and now I’ve got a lot to sell to fund better (knife) purchases 😁
As a back woods hick who carried a victronix knife for 40 years (sometimes we with a fixed blade hunter/skinner), I always kind of considered most "modern" folding knives as a bit prissy.
THEN - I started watching TH-cam knife channels like this one.
That is when I lost my sense of conservative reasoning and purchased one. You guys are like drug dealers, I just tried a little one, then a little bigger one, then more and more, and nicer and nicer.... NOW I'm addicted. Other people's opinions means nothing, they just don't as will never understand.
HOWEVER, my New Years resolution is to go cold turkey. No more knife buying. I'm going to start replenishment of my savings account. Going to spend my limited income on life necessities.
Unless one of you pushers dangle a beauty I just have to get.
Yeah, titanium and m390 is like heroin, brother.
I've developed a "1 in, 1 out" rule. If I absolutely must try a new knife, an old one has to be sold or given to a new home. It makes me stop and think about it before I convince myself, "This is a budget one, so I'll barely even notice the money."
It's worked for me, @@AidenGray-d8p!
I was “clean” for like 3 years then spent $300 end of the year sale earlier this week
3 years ago, I passed up a knife I wanted (and needed) because it was $17.99, and to me, that was "too much to pay for a pocket knife."
My brother gifted me a Kershaw Eris, and It was the beginning of a new outlook. It was better than any knife I had carried before it, and it set a new standard for what I expected from a pocket knife and how much I'd be willing to pay for one. I have 16 folding knives now, and I have to resolve not to buy anymore... for a while (that Kershaw Bel Air looks pretty nice).
You forgot irrational hatred of glass breakers 😊
I took the glass breaker off my Microtech within 30 seconds of getting it new out of the box and I have no reasonable explanation why other than irrational hatred of glassbreakers......
"I'm a doctor, this knife is very Sharp" 🤣
The biggest red flag is always going to be looking down on budget knives like QSP, CJRB, Sencut, CRKT.....etc
There is a difference between looking down and knowing if you just wait a bit you can get better.
My biggest red flag is when someone says Benchmade makes the best knives.
@SMS2884 To me that's not even douchey knife guy. That's just uninformed.
@@bigbl8717Ya. Depends on how much of a douche they are when you tell them that.
@@SMS2884a red flag is the guy that has to bring Benchmade into everything.
For what it's worth, I enjoyed this video and I enjoy your channel in general. My wife pokes fun but watching your videos helps me to buy fewer knives since I can live vicariously through your videos lol. Keep 'em coming!
*fills pants with spaghetti*....*begins looking around for cows*....*flicks expensive custom knife out of boredom*.....*clicks on another MC video to figure out what it all means*
I enjoyed this video a lot, thank you! I have collected "stuff" my entire life. Comic books, action figures, hot wheels, games, knives, cards and more. Your 10 signs apply to EVERY collecting hobby.
As a knife enthusiast who also plays guitar and collects them, all of these can be applied to the guitar community as well. I think guitar people might be a little more crazy, but I love both communities.
Hahaha! The fixed blade master made me laugh sooo hard. My dad literally turned to me and said, "You know that a fixed blade is stronger than a pocket folder." Just a couple of hours ago. I just responded with, "Well, you learn something new every day,"
That was fun! All True. You're funny as hell when you do these rants. Enjoyed it!
“Good sir! How dare you!” 🤣 we need more of that voice
Great content. The only thing I'll add is that fixed blades are way stronger than the Triad Lock. Most people don't realize that.
As a kid in the country going to the gas station for lunch was a big deal..the knives were on a cardboard display way above my head(cost too)..later in life my first Buck..then a KaBar..my grandads folder..then a Case..and now Hinderer and Spartan..etc the journey and its memories are mine. I will share but it’s mine. 🙏
Steel snobs that hate on any steel that isnt the steel they EDC...
Especially the people who view knife steel as some kind of precious metals or gems and think that a slab of Magnacut or something costs hundreds of dollars and should add hundreds of dollars to a knife's price. Also, the people who make it sound like you can't have a perfectly functional, well-performing knife made from budget/classic steel. These same people don't even use their own knives and when they do, they only open their Amazon packages. I recently had a guy challenge me for saying that I've been using a $15 Amazon brand karambit to break down carboard boxes and am satisfied with its performance. He said that that "I only believe" that it's sharp and working well, because I haven't experienced "real knife steel", "which would make the job so much easier". Yeah dude, I'm just tearing though that carboard with sheer brute force and will power and am totally switching to a Shiro in CPM-Magnavanelmax369 since you pointed this out for me. LOL.
i was trying to avoid watching this but i couldn't resist my inner douchery
My only negative.impact is towards my own pocket book
Gatekeepers are the worst…
I actually waited until the end to comment. Fellow knife d-bag here. 🎉 Gifted a Chaves to a coldsteel fixed blade guy and changed his world. You can change minds.
I watch you to satisfy my need for those thing I cannot afford. Knowing they exist and getting to hope for it is enough. Thank you and every knife channel here on YT. Even the nut holes serve a purpose.
Only time I ever worried about someone’s else’s knife was when my co worker took his Strider and Hinderer to the shop in the mall to get them sharpened. They destroyed them both. All of a sudden they had recurved blades. It was tragic
Oh man. Yeah that's definitely unfortunate
eleventh sign... people who insult me because I like the bugout 😅
I'm with you, brother. This is the hill I'll die on: is one of my favourite, most carried, most trusted and most loved knives!
Yeah! Fuck those guys!
Ohhh but they just make so much better. Bailout for 1
@@viniciuseleoyes the blade is perfect for my edc .
I have a lot of knives in my collection some more expensive than my bugout but 90 % of the time it's in my pocket. So comfortable I barely feel its there but it is and I love it.
This is honestly my favorite video of yours. The voice acting is on point!
1. 45% of my sentences start with, "ACTUALLY..." 😁
"You can't judge people for their taste" wait so you don't judge us for loving Opinels??? ❤
Everyone judges opinel. Some just do it favourably. Of which most of those also do it silently. Even MC has one in his collection. That says it all .
Opening and closing my smock and para3 while watching this video. Knives getting a lot of good use 😂
Denying that "taste" in design matters undermines the purpose of buying a "classy", "classic", or expensive knife...
I love budget knives, btw. "Tasteful" means different things to different people, but that doesn't mean beauty or proper utility in a design is strictly subjective.
Good topic for discussion, Mr complex. Keep up the good work.
Great video and great points which I have been guilty of in the past. You are one of my favorite knife channels, keep up the good work !!
You spoke about more than knifes my friend, you laid down a lot of life knowledge, BRAVO!
I love your attitude, definitely subscribed for more unhinged knife guy content.
The worst are the folks who talk down to budget knives that they have never owned or have ever even held because the Internet told them so.......and the two extremes of the wealthier looking down on budget knives because they are inexpensive and the poor folks sneering at expensive knives because "I would never spend that much on a pocket knife"..... The reality is they won't because they can't.
Re. Artificial scarcity: you all should go after a signed first of a popular author. They sell out less than a minute after they drop, and then triple in price and appear on eBay a minute after that.
Hell yeah. I'm on the other end of the use your stuff spectrum; I use my Inkosi as a prybar and I'll be damned if anyone tells me I can't.
I'm totally not mad that Kizer is a horrible company because they only made a limited amount of 80s carbon full size militaws that sold out instantly and now I can't get one because they're mean people!
I'm totally not going to be forever salty that they arbitrarily decided the best looking version of there most popular model should be a one site exclusive limited run, but then turn around and do the mini with the same inlay pattern.....
It's not like they do mass market production knives at scale instead of customs and of course they totally aren't a big enough company to fulfill demand. They're totally just like Rolex where they need to artificially limit the number of things they sell to keep prices inflated for brand protection.
I'm not mad, you're mad!
I remember back when the Chinese where doing CRK clones and some where so good they where almost Identical. Found out Kevin John did the best but I didn't want a clone so I bought a Venom 2 and omg it was on another level to anything I had in my collection from Benchmade or Spiderco. I mentioned that and wow did I get shamed at the time but it never took away my experience of that knife and I'm so glad a bought one. Its got tritium inserts which I never heard of so to me it was the best knife I have ever purchased. Still have it and love it.
Even tho I've been a subscriber for over 4 years, this title has my full attention 😂
Wicker shield... I continue to be impressed with your picturesque analogies. Cheers!
Well done, sir 👍🏼 Love your channel
Great list very enlightened talk
Well said MC. I feel pretty much the same. Live and let live, respect.
Spot on man! We enjoy your channel because we just love pocket knives. That simple.😊
I love your ranting videos!! Please keep it up.
As someone who got into the hobby during lockdown and the height of supply chain constraints, I chuckle when I see the artificial scarcity crowd being butthurt because *one knife* they wanted was hard to get.
Thanks for this video brother, it really made me think 🤔
I’m a relatively new knife 🔪 guy. My knife collection currently stands at less than a dozen. But I do luv knives. Most my knives been gifts 🎁 from my son. Who also is a knife guy. We are limited on what we can bring in our country, Canada 🇨🇦 has very strict knife laws. Anything spring assisted or easily deployed blade is illegal to carry in certain circumstances. Just wanted to say hey MC, I appreciate the information provided here on the channel. Thanks 🙏🏽. 🔪🧡 🔪 🧡
Thanks, MC. You do a great job, in my humble opinion. We like to have fun and goof around. I've seen some comments that aren't so nice. But I see people in comments setting them straight without being mean.
I don’t trust anyone whose pickup truck costs more than their fly rod.
Does Snap On make fly rods now? LOL just kidding Doc! Love your channel.
When people think Im joking because even with more expensive knives I still love my Kabar Dozier and I think its a great EDC
What a wonderfully humorous (and educational) show! How about a Part II on the DO’s of online knife community etiquette?
The fact this video even had to be made is crazy!! MC ignore the haters of your collection/videos just know you have fans who love you!!!
I do. I made this for you ❤️
Man is that OD and black Shark Cub good looking. Seems weird to say when its sitting between a Deadlock and a Rosie, but I just think it looks great. Id rather have the clip point than the slicer though.
Great video, I definitely agree and laughed a hand full of times. I feel like this applies to so many hobbies.
There are so many knives I would never personally carry or ones I can’t afford but I sure like seeing them!
My 17-yr-old caught knife fever from me a few years ago. He's so interested in it, he's determined to start blacksmithing, and is already starting a materials engineering college path.
He's also super humble and has a good sense of humor, and can't stand steel snobbery (even though he knows "good" steel from "bad").
He loves to joke, "Ah, my favorite custom knife makers! Stainless China and Pakistan!" 😅
I love the people that pretend to NOT be collectors yet say how tough and strong their Rex & elmax blades are but carry a spare aus8 or D2 style blade that does 99.9% of all cutting tasks.
I have a coworker that carries all sorts of crazy, over 400+ dollar folders to show off while carrying a qsp penguin D2 blade in the opposite pocket that does literally all his cutting tasks. During lunch he'll play with the nice knife just hoping and praying someone asks about the knife..... On the rare occasion that someone does he always, and I mean ALWAYS states the knife maker, model and price in that exact order.
I still have my cold steel DVD.. 12 year old me was SOLD
Good points all around. Ashame someone needs to point them out. I'm just happy we all have the freedom to buy pieces we like. Like OTFs, luckily they're legal in Indiana cause they're my favorite type of blade carry
If I took anything away from that video it's that MC basically pointed out that Taylor Martin is a douche on several accounts.
I mean... me too, but i like Taylor. Which of these is he guilty of?
Michael Emler is like 50% of this list +
Taylor goes into turbo douche mode if you challenge or correct him.
Good quality video doesn't make him an expert. He's a douche, you can see his ego in videos he's in outside his studio. He thinks he's better than everyone all 5'5 of him
@metal_complex use your sh!t, bad taste, fixed blade master race (he posted a video on fixies same day as this)
I love that forester… I love that truck and budget knafs
"All things are subject to interpretation. Whatever interpretation prevails is a function of power (psychology) and not truth." - Nietzsche
I work as a fabricator and open tons of boxes and cut all kinds of tape, even lots of the tape with the fibers in it. My $22 qsp penguin that replaced my $18 cold steel pro lite keeps right up.
A fatal flaw of the Internet is giving everyone an outlet to think every single opinion matters. I like my Opinel and it’s fine that you don’t, life goes on.
Cold Steel not our buddy Medford?
I never judge or criticise my friends for buying budget knives but they always harass me for buying premium knives.
Just to put this out in the universe. Doesn’t match this video….why am I just finding out ridge wallets makes a knife? A crossbar lock, drop point blade, with grade 2 titanium 🧐, carbon fiber and aluminum scale options. A 14c28n blade all with a DLC coating for around $150… made me look up the difference between grade 2 and grade 5 titanium. Learned something.
You mention politics and all I can think of is Medford.
My most expensive knife is the same Elementum II on the left and it's my favorite knife. It goes with me everywhere (aside from school grounds) except for one town I might occasionally pass through which limits knives to 2.5", then it's the Kubey Campe, my little short, chunk knife.
anyone saying “don’t be poor” is craaaaaaazy😂
Your knife choices make me so ANGRY!!!...
I always feel like I’m walking on eggshells with being the “use your shit” guy.
I find joy in my knives by how they work, like actually how they cut and the feeling of using them. But you do whatever gives you joy
Trying to explain that…while not looking like a use your shit fudd…is hard lol
Expressing our opinions as facts is something we are ALL guilty of as much as we believe we are "open minded"
I just told Alexa "I might be a knife duoch" and she said "I don't know how to help you with that"...
Why would you buy anything other than Opinel?
This video is spot on man.
Embellishments lol I genuinely have knife envy over 95% stuff you have. Though you have influenced a ton of my knife decisions there is still that 5% like the knife at the very top. It’s cool just not my cup of tea lol. Now then there the overbuilt knives I have had major knife envy… aka alpha beast or Midgards messer. I’m just not in that tier yet I wanted a tenable bombur but I missed out and I’m waiting for restock.
The fact is that I trust and value your opinions. I bought and love my first AD 20.5 and then the AD 10 because of your opinions. Like on knives like the Kizer Beyond. I found it and like every knife I wonder what MC thinks. I got it for Christmas and it is soooo good. I know you don’t care what those douchey people think but you’re the best and I appreciate what you do
11. Mocking people for liking lanyards and fobs and saying things like "this knife has a lanyard hole/bar/doesn't have a lanyard arrangement, but who cares?".
But love ya anyway ;)
GUILTY! ✋️
Wow, the number of edit cuts…..this one took a bit of work huh? Lol. Such a touchy topic or set of topics….thanks for tackling it
Finally a title I can get behind
Boil it down. EDC of any kind is a personal journey. It can be an expensive, confusing and frustrating journey. While it is not a journey for the faint of heart, most of all it is YOUR journey. Nothing wrong with trying to help point fellow travelers in the right direction when you can but the journey is hard enough without adding meaningless battles that get you nowhere. Stay in your lane, help out when you can. Good advice for any position in life really.
I started my EDC journey many years ago and only now have I found what I like that is also exactly what I need and nothing more. It was expensive and confusing at times and even frustrating. Certainly there are people with more than me but I have a nice pile of wallets, holsters, watches, knives, flashlights, multitools, etc. I'd hate to think what it would have took without guidance but, thankfully there have been individuals and equally as much content creators that guided me along. So thanks to all those people with MC being included. They never TOLD me what I needed but SHOWED me what might work for me. There is a huge difference.
Something that drives me nuts and kind of goes hand in hand with the artificial scarcity, are the people who constantly claim that reseller bots are involved in every drop that sells out (pending whether or not they got one of course). I think these people are giving this tiny community a bit to much credit but more likely they are just sore losers.
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I never even thought about that, but they probably are. Every new shoe that drops are all bought out by bots. Why not knives?
What’s that tan and black blade knife on right side of screen at start of vid
Fun video and good listen MC
I think these are stages we all go through. Maybe not all of them but we do. It’s human nature to skwabble about things that don’t matter. But hopefully we all grow to be better people. Hopefully.
Im not mad at expensive knives , I have a few ....... I'm mad at titanium and d2 for a grand ..... good video , thanks
You forgot to add people who mispronounce knives to troll the trolls 😈
Trolling the douches doesn't make you a douche....that's just having fun lol
@MrTimmyGT don't hate the player hate the game eh
Shay-man says what? 😂
A long time ago someone sent in a Delica knockoff that was absolutely terrible, and the community named it the "dollica" (the knife in reality costs $1) - MC said it wasn't worth anything and the company should just give them away. When my friend made that channel banner, he just kind of slipped that in as a joke. Hope that clears it up 👍. MC RULES
I was a #2 for a while but then expanded my view. He mentioned the knife that comes along that breaks through the glass wall and causes you to expand your horizon. For me it was having a Hinderer with full Ti scales. I had $500 as a max for some reason. Now the max is just simply what I can/ can’t afford. #8 not a machinist but I have complained about Benchmade’s pricing before….
Lots of great points. Well done. :-) Peace, Stiletto :-)
I’ve lost my interest in collecting due to never being able to buy what I want and missing out on drops time after time. It’s cheaper and less stressful to live vicariously through MC 😂
I’m sure I’ll come back to it. But limited drops wore me to a point of not caring anymore like over a year ago. It’s honestly like being addicted to drugs and trying to get that fix. Chasing the proverbial dragon as it were.
I wish the stuff I liked was easier to get. I don’t really care about owning limited items. But all the best stuff is limited 😅
EDC of the harbor freight icon kickstarted my knife journey over the past 2 months ..now I have bought 5 more knives and now buying a rike alien 🤣 idc I still love the icon harbor freight knife I use it everyday at work
I just buy what works for me and my budget. I don’t care what anyone else buys. Do what works for you. That’s why they make knives all over the style and price spectrum. There’s a knife for everyone. Just enjoy the hobby.
I’m just here for the crazy funny imitations and voice changes acting like some of these people sound 🤣🤣
#1 you watch MC on TH-cam 😂😂😂 just jokes of course. Love you metal complex ❤❤❤
Personally, I don’t care what other people think about my knives or how much I paid for them and definitely don’t care what they think about how I use them!
Looking at this is a major red flag.
But I cannot tear my eyes away from the screen...
I just love your mocking voices 😂🤣🙂
the biggest red flag for me when it comes to knife snobs is definitely when someone starts stuffing spaghetti into their pants.