Benchmade Bugout VS Hogue Deka AND most used renovation tools!

[@Joshadamwyo]

I’m not tired of talking about the Bugout. Love it

[@ericasedc]

Haha we are in the same boat then my brotha! ❤

[@6foot8jesuspilledpureblood82]

Are you cool with them being anti 2a?

[@sal1964]

In my opinion I like the full size griptilian feels the best in my hand better than all of my other knives. Great video

[@dougdottery1284]

I like the holster For the pliers. Good idea I think I'll pick one of those up. Those 2 Knives look so similar it takes someone like you to see the difference and to tell everyone about it.

[@gimliismyhero2045]

Speaking as an apartment maintenance tech with all the tools, sometimes the smaller and “multi use” mindset means you are not carrying a huge amount of weight. I agree with what you are saying 💯. That and definitely using my crap. This is why I started watching your content. And will keep doing so. Real person doing real world work

[@cemetarygates2800]

Magnacut Deka for the win!

[@Mgizler1]

I love the bugout. I use my knives in the same manner. From my Crk’s to my bugout. Last night I used my bugout to dig an arrow out of a tree that missed a deer! Keep up the great content!

[@dennishurley1992]

Here’s a few ideas for adding holding power to the Deka pocket clip. Remove the clip and reinstall it in the opposite direction with it hanging in the air. That allows you to over-bend it a little so you should have more tension when you reinstall it the correct way. You could also roughen the back of the clip and scale with coarse sandpaper to add some friction. Both things require you to experiment a bit, something that’s a piece of cake for someone like you that is used to doing what is needed.

[@cashdingo6386]

Knipex! I combo the pliers wrench style with the smooth jaws and a leatherman fuse. Game changer

[@Cletus_the_Elder]

I usually do not have a knife planned for a particular project at the beginning of the day, so my daily carry is something that is handy for different needs and light. For the past couple months it has been the Bugout. I am a late arrival to the Bugout fan club. It is head and shoulders above the other knives in my collection when it comes to minimal weight and minimal profile. I keep stuff in my pockets, and not those butched-up fanny packs that I see being sold these days. The bugout sits neatly in my pocket next to my overstuffed wallet, and I hardly feel the weight of it. Buttoned-down reliability whenever I needed the blade. I avoided the Bugout for a long time because I thought Benchmade didn't make much of an effort with what I thought was a dated design. Now, I know the design was purposeful, and the knife fulfills that purpose very well.

[@joshstarkey8883]

I might have to pick up some of those knipex pliers, they look useful and since you brought them to my attention I've noticed other people praising them too

[@joshstarkey8883]

@@just9911 I went on their site earlier and sure enough there's a dizzying array of pliers and cutters, I could probably waste hours scrolling through. Better that than social media I guess 😂

[@the_swinging_axe]

Love the bugout! A very robust yet slicey blade. For work knives ive been enjoying the stretch 2 k390, the cruwear pm2, and the xhp native chief. I recently helped my wife get all her own tools at home depot (tool belt, hammer, speed square, tape, pliers, cats paw, flat bar, safety glasses, and utility knife all for $80.) Worth it to have spares and extras around when you want to get shit done. Im still a huge fan of pocket tools.

[@rob10ring]

Really like the Deka, but I think I’d prefer the drop point.

[@drbilly5133]

Love my Bugout. In regular rotation with my PM2

[@NJames-dh6kz]

The pocket clip retention on mine was good... until I brushed up against a doorway. It'll bend if you look at it wrong. I can can easily bend it up with my pinky finger. It's like something you'd buy out of a bin for 10 cents.

[@ElonaldTrusk]

I just got my deka, and the clip is actually spot on. Hopefully that means i got a more recent run with the harder blade!! I havent had to sharpen it yet so we will see on the stones! So far I absolutely love this knife. I think ill toss on the xl skinny goat scales and itll be perfection.

[@adx442]

Ah, the box of shop rags behind you, always a great thing to have. We're both people of culture, I do the same thing. At least the FRN handles are very strong in a compression sense (vertically from the edges). I have some compression nerve damage in my fingers from doing stupid things in my youth, pulling too hard on thin things like straps or carrying them for too long. I use the Deka (closed, of course) as a T-handle for carrying heavy trashbags, and as a T-handle in a marlinspike hitch to crank down on trucker's hitches. It hasn't completed or creaked at all in that usage. I should be using a stick instead, of course, but like you say ... it's what I have on me at the time. :D Oh, and my fingers are just right for that choil. XL/XXL hands, though. Maybe they were trying to prep for a good choil while wearing leather gloves.

[@mikeyeh7646]

I am not sure which run of Deka I have. I swapped the scales with the gorgeous scales from RC Bladeworks. So no issues with the clip may be due to the grabbier surface of the micarta scales. Highly recommend the RC Bladeworks scales 👍👌. My Deka is my work knife and so far so good 👍👌. I am still waiting on my Tanto bugout.

[@acid6urns]

seems to me like you may be better suited to one of the dekas in 20cv with the g10 handles instead of frn. the new magnacut ones are also heat treated better at 63-64, you’d prob enjoy the newer runs and particularly the knifecenter exclusive ones that have the g10 handles from the 20cv with the magnacut blade on them

[@catshark12]

Love the lesson of the finger choil 😂

[@ericasedc]

How did you find this?! It’s so old!🤣

[@donc5220]

I agree about the Bugout but Also the Mini Adamas Cuts way better then it should . I have the red Micarta and its a knife that would never all slip out of hand.

[@nicoledodge7240]

I think it’s mdf! Great video comparison, I use my tools (knife and victorinox and flashlight) in my construction job all the time!

[@funbagguy4240]

MacGyver didnt have a tool box, that is all, carry on

[@ericasedc]

TRUTH!!!!

[@mikep.9371]

Erica, a friend let me look at his Sandrin knife with carbon fiber scales and tungsten carbide blade. Boy is it thin and very sharp. I hope you will get a chance to handle one. It is the Torino Recoil lock one and just over 2 ounce weight. Just haven't bought a BM since my Griptilian in 2015. Glad your making progress on both of your new homes. Hope all your dogs are doing fine also.

[@Cahwai]

The Sandrin’s are nice but they’re a bitch to sharpen. I don’t think it’s up her alley.

[@jarrettm3728]

I work construction and love my xm18 always ready and i would never pry its a cutting tool i never baby anything but never pry. I also use my fancy large seb etc

[@ericasedc]

@@jarrettm3728 nice!!!!

[@snowtiger44]

I love the bug out over the deka , still i would choose the mini version because of my daily tasks with it i think. I had my cold steel tuff lite with me todaY

[@Themayorofsarnco]

Easy on us sausage digits!! LOL

[@ericasedc]

You know I love y'all 😂❤️

[@ikeg.7931]

Erica… Where’d you get the black thumb studs on the Bugout? They look great!! Originally came with gold studs right? Looking to get same Bugout and replacing the thumb studs right away after seeing yours. Thanks!

[@bassclef1686]

Was the board OSB? I hate working with that stuff. Great vid as always!

[@E_G_E51]

You are probably already talked about this but how are you carrying these? As a pair, or one at a time? Like Deka and Bugout then Mini Grip and RSK. Or is it like Deka and RSK then Bugout and Mini Grip? Does Benchmade and Hogue complement eachother if you carry one of each?

[@ericasedc]

Watch my videos all info is on them! Thanks!!!

[@jarrettm3728]

As someone over 300lb i can reasure u even my fingers are not that big and i hate the big finger stop as it wastes handle room and needs to be way thinner on almost every knife

[@scottbutler1561]

Clearly a Benchmade biased presentation with no fact in regard to handle materials, material strengths, heat treating, and design. Both knives are designed as lightweight outdoor knives, not utility knives. The handles on both are made from the same type of fiberglass-reinforced polymer. Not the quality of objectivity that I'm used to on this channel.

[@ElonaldTrusk]

From pocket checks to stores ive never seen a bugout without blade play while maintaining that good action.. but the deka is rock solid and smooth out of the box.

[@BC08]

Clearly a Benchmade hater with no recognition for the fact that a final product can exceed the sum of its parts.

[@jarofaar8618]

I always like to carry a knife for cutting and a leatherman for abusing. I’ve broken the tip twice on my leatherman blade and the pliers are bent a bit. I like abusing leathermans and I like using knifes for anything cutting.

[@nandayane]

Hogue has a reputation for soft HT, I don’t know that it is a first run issue. Hogue’s “As Is” lack of warranty statement is a kind of shit business practice that stands out as an anomaly amongst high end knife manufacturers. I don’t think they have an incentive to improve, as they do not even guarantee against defects.

[@ericasedc]

I have actually heard other wise! Interesting!

[@nandayane]

@@ericasedc my knife came with a note telling me that it was sold “as is” and not to send it in if I am dissatisfied with quality.

[@giantfatberg]

Wow! This is right from the webpage: Except for your right to return this product for replacement or refund within thirty (30) days, this product is sold “as is” and “with all faults.”

[@nandayane]

@@giantfatberg it’s a worse warranty statement than even “against defects in workmanship” that comes with Walmart knives, That strikes me as especially shitty. A $100+ knife company should stand by their product.

[@arrowheadguys7637]

My fingers are that big... /feeling judged

[@ericasedc]

I still love you and your sausage fingies

[@nikstogrin970]

Порівняйте з SOG Altair

[@Toborobot]

This video's message summed up: go touch grass