Good video… I can’t believe we’re doing an autopsy on a $10 knife. I can’t believe a $10 wore out…I would take that POS back and get my money back and go buy a bench made for $175 which will last forever…😩😩😩

I dumped all my knives. I only carry these budget gems now. Im free. And love it

thx

Great review, thanks! I love the Para3 in s45vn for of edge retention and sharpenability.I am curious would the new Para 3 in magnacut hold a fine edge longer and would s45vn hold it's working edge longer. I presume that Spyderco will do magtnacut justice as they nailed the heat treatment on their stuff so far. Any chance you might be reviewing it at some time?

Dude, it’s a ten dollar knife. You’re acting like you just dissected a Spyderco and came across cheap QC issues. It’s 10 bucks, not 250. It didn’t ask to go viral. The fact is better than most other 20 dollar knives is why people went googly. Still worth ten bucks. But it really is a buyout clone that is amazing.

what about machetes in 3cr13? is it okay if its made well? quality steel machetes and axes get expensive.

Four years later and I had to vigorously sharpen my M4 Super Freek 8 times before I got down to the good steel.

Hey G, if you are member of the Millie group on Facebook, i posted a video 2 days ago with my Rex 45 Native Chief. I shaved a steel nail almost to the half and nothing happened. It's still cutting phone book paper without hang Up. Did the same with k390 some week's ago, and k390 took some damage. Rex 45 earned my respect. Greetings from Austria Europe

Hey triple "F" for 9.99$ there's no issues with it !!! (triple f, fat-fingers-Freddy) . And trim you nails.

I am considering getting a knife from Roman in either S390 or Vancron. I don’t believe I ever saw you post a polished edge Vancron test but from your usage which of those two steel would you lean towards?

If you have average sized hands and you don't use your knives to carve metal with... this knife is da bomb for a larger folder. The Triad Lock system is rock solid and does NOT loosen up as the knife wears in; its design keeps it locked tight. Besides the pocket clip being a bit too large, and the jimping cuts not going all the way through the lock bar (like they do on the Cold Steel Ultimate Hunter), I really like this knife. I have the UH as well and it's a great knife too; lighter, thinner handle, 90 deg. spine (which the AD10 does not have - which is a minus if you want to use a ferro rod with it), and has more open grip room/design. But the AD10 is a smoother action to open & close if that matters to you, it has more heft to it for deep cuts if needed, and is theoretically stronger b/c of the liners. I get that these youtube vids are over-the-top and often border on what most would consider foolish abuse of a knife, and are done for view counts and to show what a blade is capable of in the extreme, but keep in mind what YOU would be using the knife for 99.9% of the time and if it represents a satisfactory tool for you and a good value. For $100 - $150 both the AD10 and the UH completely meet those standards.

How’s TRM’s magnacut?

Over all good smooth action. Chippy reprofiled, nailed a continuous bevel. I can get mine scary face shaving sharp. But unfortunately chippy steel. To hard , I think rc is maybe 62 63 not enough time coming off the heat treat. But still a great user friendly knife! Deer skinning fool. Just don't touch bone.. 3v is the best I have all the high end knives . Bark river 3v is bad ass!!!

Mine I can get deadly sharp. Reprofiled the blade convexed, still chippy

I’ve given away a few shuffles so now im feeling better about it.

I’m glad to see those results! The Shuffle II was my first knife from a reputable brand and also the only knife I’ve had where the steel performance was noticeably shitty even as an average person. I loved the knife otherwise so I may have to pick one up again.

So how come i can't look up test results anymore? Ive been watching you for years and now i can't see the results anymore? I was about to donate a knife, but not if i can't lookup the results!?

I guess im going to have to go through all your videos and collect my own data. Because ive been watching you for years and now i can't even look at the results!? I was about to donate a knife, but not if i can't even look up the results!

Looks good to me (and just ordered a Manix 2 in SPY27 last night actually). Not really paying much attention the steel snob comments below, but this does exactly what I'd want.....holds an edge for an acceptable amount of time but is super easy to bring back. That's what you want in a knife you're going to use. I never use any of my "good" knives to break down cardboard - that's what I have a cheap utility knife for with disposable razor blades (that I have in bulk which I'll never run out of in my lifetime).....so for most day-to-day normal usage that people do (opening Amazon packages, fidgeting, fondling and cutting themselves), this steel should be just fine.

If it's from Walmart, it's a GreatValue.

Wow, for ten bucks that competes pretty well with other cheap knives. Is it hard? Usually D2 can't be heat treated to less than about 60, thankfully. Not very durable but hell, its good enough and chrome carbides can be sharpened on ceramic unlike vanadium or tungsten carbides, which are harder than the stone.

The best steel is the one with the best heat treatment. If you want a great knife, get a custom from someone that knows how to get the most out of steel, but spiderco very rarely disappoints, unlike benchmade or others. Either stick to cheap knives like mora, opinel, civivi that get the job done, but spiderco or a custom for the best heat treatment.

This thing is kinda nice to have a small, sturdy beater. I think I paid like $7 for mine.

Had one of these in 8cr... Same results

There are talks in-between sharpening community that you should use coarser finishes with low level steels. Could you test something like 40 deg, 80/63 microns(180-200 grit)?

Damn, even bad m390 doesn't do much better than that.

That is pretty nice for that steel !! Thanks for the testing and sharing !!

Nice 👍

I just bought one of those (that is, it just arrived). It's handy. Very slicey factory edge. My S&W is garbage.

Interesting result. Looks fairly thin behind the edge for a budget utility knife.

I do have an old Shuffle that's 5 years old or more that I now need to test and see what the difference is.

Looking forward to the testing. I like those cjrbs.

If you're gonna wait years to review something no need watching your channel.😂

It's good to see you making these testing vids again G! I'm sure that the budget buyers will appreciate this run!

Smith snd Weston makes some tacky knives

Glad you did this dodged a bullet in not buying it.

Scraping the bottom of the barrel here...

Mainly want to see the red/black caldera. That last knife curious to see how it handles for being so cheap. Also how do we enter the give aways?

Really want to see the arrpm9

Im looking forward to those videos. I don't have any of those but considered buying the Caldera. I'm curious about the performance of low cost knives.

Fine edge means that it's still shaving, right?

My is extremely sharp and stropping very well.Much better than s35vn and s30v for sure.

K390,Cru Wear,K294 are just great.

I have problem to sharpen my Kizer in 4v. Any idea how to sharpen 4v?

Can you please make a video and rank the steels you have tested would be very interesting thanks

who is kurt and where can i find the hrc data?

I guess you could replace the bearing ring with a bronze washer. It would make it harder to open and close....but it would be more robust.

The fact of the matter is that this is an amazing knife and one of the overall best knives ever created. For only $10, you're getting a knife that's 95% as good as anything that Benchmade sells. Thanks to their brilliant innovations in manufacturing and supply chains, Walmart has brought the consumers an amazing and extremely high quality knife at a bargain price.

Have you ever tested any Chris Reeve Magnacut? I’d love to see that

$9.96 knife. 🤷🏻‍♂️