Can blades be swapped between $10 and $5 Ozark Trail Axis Lock Benchmade Bugout knockoffs?

[@gideonstactical]

Really appreciate the quick run down.

[@TimsSchoolOfFish]

Greatest knives EVER made! How dare you call the Ozark Grail Stormtrooper a butter knife😆

[@CuttingBoardRx]

@@TimsSchoolOfFish You are correct! Butter knife would be more corrosion resistant!

[@TimsSchoolOfFish]

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[@The4cp]

​@@CuttingBoardRx There's no getting an edge on it.

[@CuttingBoardRx]

@@The4cp Oh, it’s an edge, just instead of a bevel, it’s a continuous chamfer 🤣

[@N2EWSRadio]

I'd like to see you test the hardness of OK Knives that claim to be S30V and M390. I don't mean the counterfeits they sell, but the OK branded knives like the Spyderco-style knives with square thumb holes.

[@VanceJohnston]

Curious to know if the bugout clones are handles and blades are interchangable 🤔

[@buckeye43210]

Could the D2 blade be re-heat treated at home?

[@CuttingBoardRx]

@@buckeye43210 I wouldn’t recommend it unless you have equipment, supplies and experience heat treating high chromium alloys. It has 11.5% Chromium, so it’s not really akin to what we call carbon steel.

[@buckeye43210]

Will a real BM 535 blade fit either knife?

[@CuttingBoardRx]

@@buckeye43210 No

[@buckeye43210]

@@CuttingBoardRx Thanks

[@The4cp]

I bought the $5 first. Junk is correct.

[@litsci4690]

JUNK steel.

[@CuttingBoardRx]

@@litsci4690 D2 is not junk.

[@litsci4690]

@@CuttingBoardRx 3Cr13MoV. But ANY steel that is treated badly is effectively junk.

[@enwin1912]

On top of that cheap PRC plastics and coatings are toxic.

[@litsci4690]

@@enwin1912 Little doubt.