Got mine in Green today. Must say it is much better than I expected. Strong, heavy which is what I prefer, shave sharp out of the box. Once I added my usual drop of oil on the workings it became even smoother.

Smart tips, ta!

I HAVE THE BROTHERS 1601. EXCELLENT STRONG KNIFE. VERY SHARP, HOLDS A GOOD EDGE. GREAT FOR EDC CARRY, AND FOR WHATEVER IT'S NEEDED. GOOD REVIEW. THANK YOU.

I own the Ganzo and you really can't go wrong for the price. Only advice I'd give is don't try to baton with it ...the axis lock failed and I cut my finger quite badly- my own fault should have known better. Another excellent review.

@ladyandtheearl8258

7 жыл бұрын

I agree, can be hit and miss with folders, but there is a safe method to baton with a folder, I will do a short video soon on my method. Thanks for the reply

@Zo_Rox

7 жыл бұрын

Steven Robertson If you really need to baton with a folder, don't lock the blade and go slower compare to a fixed blade. Batoning without locking the blade will not damage the locking mechanism.

@stevenrobertson6656

7 жыл бұрын

+Enzorox Thanks for the info makes sense. ATB

@Zo_Rox

7 жыл бұрын

Steven Robertson You are welcome.

Really great and helpful comparison video, many thanks. I'm not sure about the Customs bit though; why/how would they ban you from PayPal? The payment method doesn't really come into it.

I've had the cima1 it was a great knife but as usual it came with a slightly shitty sheath. They have a few others I might want to try and just get a tek lok

I love my clones...Being on a fixed income and not able to afford the real thing but still want a decent knife, a guy has to do what a guy has to do. I only have one fixed blade...a clone of the Spyderco Bradley Bowie...What a beautiful knife it is, and very usable with D2 blade steel.

@jamesaritchie1

4 жыл бұрын

A guy does what he chooses to do, and then makes excuses for why he did it. You are not getting a decent knife with a clone, and fixed income or not, buying a second rate knife is always foolish decision. There's a trick to buying the real thing on a fixed income. It's called SAVING YOUR MONEY. UNTIL YOU HAVE ENOUGH TO BUY THE REAL THING.

@opahtokoh5197

7 ай бұрын

What is your day job?

The annoying decorative gimping on the brother knife does not mean that it's not a copy of the Spydercon Manix 2 knife. I own that knife and the lionstel. The Lion is a clone the lionsteel clone is very similar but lacks the same quality and materials.

I wonder about the Ganzo 740 how would it compare for Bushcraft? Even bigger blade. What is the perfect size folder for bushcraft or bugging out? Pretty bad that customs sticks it's nose in your business for buying a copycat product.

@ladyandtheearl8258

7 жыл бұрын

I would love to try out the Ganzo 740, and compare, but currently not to hand. I have played around with larger folders though, and found that folders around the 3.5 inch blade length to be the best (for me), as lateral stress at the pivot point increases with blade length, plus there is a tenancy to push the blade more, and have had lock and blade fail above the 3.5 inch length in hard use applications, in the past. Now I know that materials, blade thickness, width, lock type and build quality are important, but for a folder if you stick around the 3-3.5inch length you can do most tasks, also the strongest lock you can get is the standard lockback folders, they really are good....but deployment is not as fun as other lock types. If you are doing harder work than is suitable for a folding knife (up to you to deicide on this), for safety reasons a fixed blade or axe would be better, I use all of these combinations and will do a video soon on my UK based bugout/car kit. Many thanks for the comments.

I suppose these rules for carrying a knife are about the same in all Europe. Some knives are illegal here in Belgium (daggers, balanced throwing knives, knives hidden in other objects like a pen or a walking stick....). For the rest if you carry it hidden, not disturbing the public order, behaving weird, dressed in full camo in the city, trying to get in a courtroom or a sports event, you'll be ok I guess...

Spend 200£ on a Chinese made knife then spend 200£ on a USA made knife. Now that would be a real comparison

Video compression is awful. Its a pain to watch.

EASEE really?

Wow those laws are terrible. So sad

First, you're talking Chinese 440c, which is identical to Western 440b. Not great, in other words. But mainly you're talking about a pocketknife with one blade for une in the wild. That's completely inexperienced, amateurish, and as silly as a screen door on a submarine. If you're going to do this you may as well just carry a fixed blade. Contrary to bad books, worse movies, and idiotic KZread bushcraft and survival channels, and the pseudo-experts who officiate there, he pocketknife has been the number one knife in the wilderness for very close to seventeen hundred years, the big belt knife has never been used for anything other than self-defense and skinning and processing game larger than deer. Longhunter, mountain men, trappers, hunters, pioneers, frontiersmen, soldiers, sailors, survivalists, and the general public all relied on the pocketknife to do ninety-nine percent of all knife work. But one thing they learns by about 1000 A.D. was that a pocketknife with one blade was, at best, foolish, when there was any other choice. They were right. The only time they violated this multiple blade philosophy was when the Barlow first hit the market. At the time, it had only one blade, but it was the first pocketknife that was strong enough to stand up to hard work, AND because it sold for a few pennies, was cheap enough for poor people to buy. They didn't buy it because it had one blade, but because it was the only choice on the market if you were really poor. What makes a pocketknife so valuable, and the reason every group of wilderness people used it almost exclusively, was because it was like carry two or three or even four knives all in one handle. You could have two, three, or four blades of different shapes, each designed to do something better than any other blade design. At first, those who did little but skin and process large animals, which they learned could be done with a pocketknives, typically chose a Hunter patter with two large, strong, clip blades. When the Trapper hit the market, those who did little else but trap and skin furbearing animals loved the clip point blade and the spey blade because while the knew a clip point has always been best for "money cuts", they learned that the spey blade was far and away the best skinning blade anyone had ever conceived. Then the Stockman came along, with is really just a Trapper with a shorter spey blade and a sheepsfoot blade. This knife now rules the wilderness because it's the best combination of carving knife, skinning knife, and camp knife ever put together in one handle. The Swiss Army Knife is also popular because it has two blades, a saw, and an awl, but unfortunately the two blades have the same design, and that design does none of the things a woodsman needs as well as the blades on a Stockman. At any rate, flip knives are pretty silly in the city, even if you do feel cool flipping one open, and even if all your buddies own one, and even if KZread is filled with a lot of people who love to show off their collections. These knives are really good for three things. 1. Filling the pockets of those who keep coming out with new designs each year that are really no different than designs from other years. 3. Giving teenager wet dreams. And adults who still live on teenage fantasies about using a knife in some exciting "tactical" situation. 3. Police officers who might actually need such a knife in a tactical setting. That's it. No one who knows knives, and certainly no one who knows the wilderness, would ever, for any reason, slip one of these things in his pocket and walk off into the woods. In my research, I've found that mjore and more people are carry a Stockman because it's the only knife designed to do every knife chore than comes up in the wilderness, and a simple Swiss Army knife with two blades, a saw, and an awl. The Hiker/Fieldmaster is a good example.

@AK-hg6vr

4 жыл бұрын

James Ritchie I am not going to lie, I kind of feel bad that you wrote all of this and got no response. So here I am

@timpande6900

4 жыл бұрын

Pretty useless read actually...

It is a violation of British Law to possess a folding knife with a locking blade in public. I am notifying MI5 and the House of Lords of this blatant disregard of Her Majesty's public safety decree.

@trevord.6545

6 жыл бұрын

Eurotrash4367 better round us the kingsmen