Anybody check out this site yet ? They test knives to complete destruction. Some of the results were suprising, a $10.00 Cheaper than dirt knife scored higher then some pretty expensive blades.

 

www.knifetests.com

It's a very 90s-ish website but boy oh boy does he tear apart knives.

 

It's very interesting how some of the more expensive knives weren't as good as a $25 Cold Steel GI Tanto that you can pick up at Walmart.

 

Of course the best one is the Busse Fusion Battle Mistress and that comes in at $400. It just goes to show there's more to it than price.

I havent gone and looked yet but based on the Cold Steel comment, Im going to have a very skeptical perspective because THAT knife is a POS as are every Cold Steel knife I ever owned!

I havent gone and looked yet but based on the Cold Steel comment, Im going to have a very skeptical perspective because THAT knife is a POS as are every Cold Steel knife I ever owned!

 

He beats the knives until they ultimately break. He measures them on the ability to chop a 2x4, how much pounding the tip can take, etc. Take it for what it's worth. If you want a knife that you can beat the hell out of spend $400. If you want a knife that can take a beating and still work, sometimes a $25 knife is better than a $125 knife.

Make a knife that wont break so easily, you usually give up edge holding ability. Have a long lasting edge, you may give up durability. Finding the best compromise is the challange. But I think that beyong the roughly 150 mark, your not paying for metalurgy any more, your paying for craftsmanship or uniqueness or a name.

If you watch any of the videos, he's brutal on the knives. The Busse FFBM withstood more than any other knife and still held the edge. It's a $400 knife and apparently the "INFI" treatment, whatever it may entail, actually works. Once you get off the top perch, other knives that break with one whack aren't very useful yet may cost hundreds of dollars where as a $25 walmart knife is not nearly as brittle and ultimately can take the punishment better. Shrug.

 

As an aside, I used to have a great set of kitchen knives that I carefully kept sharpened. What I found was that buying $5 "good cook" knifes works out better for me. I always have a sharp knife on hand and I don't feel guilty abusing the knife. Once it's dull, it goes out to the shed and into a big pile that will be my TEOTWAKI knife collection

You both make valid points so I'll agree with both of you. Once you get passed a certain price range it's really more about looks and metalery. BUT, sometimes a $10 dollar knife kicks the $100 dollar knifes' @ss!

My next knife will likely be a Strider

i looked at that site a while ago. he found that the $10 rough use knives from cheaperthendirt outlasted many knives over 100.

I was suprised with the results as well. I don't have reason to abuse my knives much but it's nice to know which would hold up if you had to.

I like striders. Been thinking about a strider sng and now a strider bt.

In regard to the busse knives, if you're looking for their quality with a more pleasing flavor for your wallet: http://www.scrapyardknives.com/knives.htm

 

The guy that runs scrapyard is busse's brother or cousin or something.

 

Either way, I own a busse and wouldn't hesitate to buy one of these scrapyards.

I like striders. Been thinking about a strider sng and now a strider bt.

 

Strider is going to be @ S.H.O.T Show, even more reasons for you to go..

Feeling my arm start to twist.