Civivi Tamashii knife review!

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[@calculatedsurvival]

Link to the knife is in the description! (I am an amazon associate)

[@dude7146]

Nice video, what are the name of the boots your using in the video?

[@calculatedsurvival]

@@dude7146 amzn.to/43LtXIm

[@christinacollins-gj1le]

What's your number 1 survival knife?

[@pokebreederrichard1200]

​@@calculatedsurvivalcan you also give a link to the repairing the tip?

[@KobraKaK]

​@dude7146 I wouldn't recommend his boots. The usmc rat boots will kill your feet with prolonged use. Wore them through boot camp and infantry school and had some pretty extended nerve damage. Took 2 years to get feeling back in my feet.

[@jimwatson1013]

You can see immediately the regret at the Stump test

[@wolfrichardson611]

Ya know, I really like when I come to the comments and immediately find that someone already posted pretty much exactly what I was thinking. Thanks Jim! 👍 P.S. I once had a First Sergeant named James Watson. It’s a small and funny world we’re all on. Lol

[@bigmanmark4334]

Oh it's palpable 😂

[@ChaosRider9400]

Atleast now it's a screwdriver. 😆

[@Danielstanius]

Grinder time

[@marcosdheleno]

you know a knife is good when the tester is already saying "i know it will fail the next test, but i wish it didnt".

[@Rigged_Gaming]

It hurts my soul a little every time he does tip retention test but I’m rly glad he does bc I’m often pleasantly surprised by how well some knives do

[@AudibleVisibIe]

"I've given it to a bunch of women to hold" Slight flex

[@calculatedsurvival]

I have 5 sisters…. Lol

[@Rudy97]

It snapped because really hard steel. Will hold an edge for a long time tho.

[@grantlee459]

It's a nice knife. I own one myself along with the Buck 55 . I like to carry them in my watch pocket on my Jeans. Mostly on Sunday when I'm not doing any hard work haha. Love the video.

[@chrishammett119]

Would love to see you do a review of the SOG Bowie (Tech Bowie) as SOG has a nice set of Bowie knives but knowing you get a good knife is a big deal and I appreciate your hard work.

[@rahbee6266]

I actually carry this knife, nice to what something I use daily can actually handle

[@ncrranger3299]

I've noticed that you have an official knife testing stump

[@outsider344]

Calibrated stump

[@Backwoodsandblades]

My favorite knife reviewer ever. HIlarious. ...and well done.

[@SB-90]

Can you do a top 5 survival knife compilation, with reasons, ie pros and cons. Thanks!

[@augistry5439]

there could be a top 5 for many different price points honestly really depends on how much youre willing to spend and what you want out of it

[@daltonevans3412]

​@@augistry5439 i want... _world domination_ ...

[@rickihall6131]

Just a thought, what if you made a knife out of the metal snapped off in the stump?

[@harrykadaras9459]

huh? it's all the same metal; with a uniform heat treat... but the snapping is due to the geometry...nothing else

[@crimsoncadence683]

🤦🏻‍♂️

[@honkerdoodles2764]

I've carried a civivi praxis mini for about a year now and it's a really good edc! The mini praxis is small enough to barely feel it in your pocket but still a great size for opening and disassembling cardboard boxes and such. Haven't tried any of their other blades but the mini praxis is a great recommendation for anyone wanting a smaller sized knife that's still very good.

[@Abby_Normal_1969]

I have had mine for about a year. Fantastic value. A Terzuola design for roughly $60. Unbelievable. I also like the aesthetics. A straight back that reminds me a bit of a Finnish Puukko.

[@JustAnotherViewer6]

I got the civivi mini praxis great knife, but the tip also broke still very sharp tho worth the money.

[@11_EVERYTHING_OEFx2]

The elementum fixed blade is a much better option from Civivi. If you’re in the market for a quality blade that’s budget friendly and small enough to be tucked under your shirt or thrown in a go bag, the elementum is the way to go. The tang on the tamashi isn’t as full as most would suggest by the definition of full-tang. It shrinks towards the end pretty dramatically. Where as the elementum maintains it for the most part. I’ve seen some people measure the thickness of the elementums tang and it doesn’t necessarily stay true the whole way down, but others do. So that’s open to interpretation, again, budget blade. So don’t expect the highest of quality control, after all, they are made in china.

[@jedcrowder7244]

Enough steel that I wood… not put it in the MRI

[@musicbybert5292]

Honestly for the price civivi is a super solid brand. One of the only knives I carry anymore. For a regular edc pocket knife it's fantastic holds an edge forever

[@aaronclarke2329]

Take the metal out the stump and forge it

[@SurvivorMaster]

Love these reviews

[@thefaithful5991]

I have medium hands this is good in hand. The tip is thin and it is perfect.

[@mattkenway1383]

That snap just broke my heart😢

[@mattsilvaarmwrestling]

Yeah man. Not all knives have the same purpose. You should have a different test for those knives. I'd say most spiderco knives won't survive the tip test. But to be fair spiderco will actually tell you not to use the knife for things like that. So shouldn't really do that test.

[@calculatedsurvival]

I called the same guy that makes ballistic dummies for Forged In Fire and he told me that ballistic dummies are $1,800… I just got a bunch of folders given to me at Blade Show and now I need to think of totally new testing methods.

[@8xRedMonkeyx8]

That snap broke me heart. Looks like a great skinning knife but if I were to whittle...? nah

[@damianshafer7308]

He said exactly what I was thinking when he mentioned the metal in the stomp

[@krazmokramer]

That tip test was eye opening. I have a Civivi Elementum Fixed blade which is very similar. After watching this video, I will be careful with the tip. I made desert ironwood handle scales and added a leather belt hanger to that great sheath in place of that bulky belt hanger it came with. For $80 it's a great edc knife, IMO. Thanks for this video!!!

[@BFVgnr]

Bob Terzuola designed that knife. He favors the slender blade with a good point. I've got one of his CQB2 designs from Camillus from the late 90s, early 00s. It's really good for an EDC blade.

[@KoolBreeze420]

The problem with the self-defence tag is that no Canadian can carry it. Here a knife is a tool. If you pull it for self-defence or carry it for self-defence it then becomes illegal to use and or carry.

[@mickharder]

Test out 3DK (3 Dog Knives) collection at Northern Knives in Anchorage Alaska. I’d love to see you test the MAK, Riot, Amuk and the Severance. They are the strongest knives I’ve ever owned!

[@angelking.91]

i enjoy your videos recently, i got hooked on your compass videos. im not a very good navigator so could you do any terrain style map navigations? i agree the drain hole is dope

[@bigmikeg84]

WE/Civivi seem to do really good heat treats on their knives. I have a few of the Civivi, I wish I would had bought a WE back when they were $100 cheaper

[@sandwichgrumpachung3034]

I had a we knife back when they were all number models with d2 blades, before civivi was a thing. They stepped their game up soooooo much. The difference between that knife (literally gave it away to my uncle), and the current offerings are night and day. The banter series is basically perfect for edc and priced very fairly.

[@raymundorodriguez7535]

can you do a review on the civivi elementum fixed blade in d2 and damascus?

[@NotCreative479]

I like their folders, great edc utility knife

[@scienceboi491]

Probably enough metal to make a small knife....which your would probably put back in the stump

[@adrianotero7963]

Have this knife, as he said.....very good for what it is designed to do....i don't take it camping...i carry it in the city....

[@Odigs6547]

What Neck/boot knife would you suggest for all day carry and for self defense? Budget doesn’t matter, Good steel, and 2”-3”.

[@nemozack3767]

Please test a Lionsteel, a Fallkniven, a Böker, a Zlatoust. Italy, Sveden, Germany, Russia. Great Knives.

[@shaynejohnson527]

hey have you looked into the extrema ratio? made in Italy, just bought one for a new field/ kit knife.

[@quentinbonafede4237]

You heard it from this man, sometimes women need it a little smaller

[@J_ismyname48]

Wow, love the design. I've never seen a D2 steel blade point breK that easily.

[@shawnmartin7228]

You should test the civivi Maxwell

[@ilya4759]

It's designed to snap inside the bone for max damage

[@carlinlentz6849]

I think this is in D2 so its understandable that it failed.

[@herbertnewton2671]

Elk ridge test them please!!

[@erirera2874]

You should review the Elk Ridge Er-107, I believe it’s a knock off but it has performed awesomely in the 2 years I’ve been using it

[@alocasio5896]

Have you tried the Elementum fixed blade?

[@protostryke6031]

Can you do a review on the hultafors craftsman knife, I think it's a great knife for how dirt cheap it is but I would love to see your opinion on it.

[@macmccartney5760]

It's d2 that not rockweld soft, what you expect lol love the reviews

[@jimijovanni5073]

Make a knife with all the metal you’ve collected in that stump although you may have to wait and collect some more tips

[@brentwiens2652]

Grind to a tanto? Should add some structural integrity

[@alexbarker975]

Take a magnet to the stump some day and forge a knife from all the tips😂

[@colemair5367]

Very high. Carbon steel is brittle. Good edge retention though

[@danieltull69]

Can you do a video on your most recommend survival knife?

[@kabes1776]

Busse MOAB

[@6DireWolf9]

Definitely a self-defense knife.

[@DJDOUBLEWIDE]

I hate the tip test!! Oh it hurts me man. Lol😅😅

[@ReaperPoteet]

We knife! Send this man another one!!

[@bepisthebenis5111]

It says something that you were bummed about the tip break

[@enternameder]

so.. smaller is better.. thank you for making me feel better

[@arizonarangerwiththebigiron]

No shout out to Bob Terzuola?

[@BoandMo]

Can you try out the Benchmade anonymous

[@Gunfighter5]

I carry a backlash I carry it every day.

[@FDDLERSGREEN]

No matter what, now i can never say i like the size of the handle

[@mr-x7689]

Try cutting either rice paper or baking paper instead to show sharpness. normal A4 printing paper is too rigid to accurately show sharpness. even a relatively dull knife can cut printing paper.

[@shanebriggs4118]

Sharpen a little chisel point on it and keep carrying it

[@MrDDiRusso]

WE NEED TO END KNIFE ABUSE!

[@Dede-dw4oj]

U can’t have a knife that hold an edge like carbon steel or similar and then bend it same as u can’t have a knife that u can bend the tip and then think it won’t ding or dull up faster than the hardened steel knife… u gotta pick one

[@theragingbee4650]

Thats not entirety true, the design of the knife can lend to a stronger tip. he has showed many knifes that stay razor sharp and keep their tip and in some cases the tip doesnt even bend.

[@StonrMoose69]

have you tried out the cold steel Finn Hawk?

[@jeremynedrow7003]

😂I knew that tip was done.I own the same knife and it's thin at the tip. D2 is great for edge retention , but not so great for hard side pressure. I would suggest a different test depending on the type of knife. I would cut some fabric clothes meat ect. Great video any way.

[@Andoxes]

I thought he was finan from The Last Kingdom for a sec

[@jaredodell6768]

with as many knife tops as I've seen you neak the op of you can probably make a canister bamascus blade outbof them

[@jnor5740]

That’s snap hurt my soul 😂🥲

[@jasonburns956]

A thin hollow ground d2 blade is never going to survive a tip test like that

[@JohnFrumFromAmerica]

Should be made out of 14c28n much tougher than D2

[@skinner18375]

You knew.

[@djcb421]

What is the point of the stump test? I see no point to it...

[@Just_AnotherPlayer]

Can you do a review of the Esee 6?

[@desrochon8830]

I’m looking for an EDC knifes fixed blade. That can stand a lot of abuse. Scout carry

[@MrLoobu]

If you look closely, you can see that it's not a woodworking knife, lol

[@unifiedhorizons2663]

I feel like that weak tip will snap off if you stab chuck and struck bone and now you have a knife that can’t do the most deadly things knifes can do stab

[@randall336]

Smelt the stump when you feel the time has come and make a knife blade out of the tips

[@MIH.DR.]

That stub could be a badass end table if was stabbed and prepped to see all the metal in it.

[@XxXKillJoyXxX]

Stump: 50% metal 50% wood

[@TheJoRay0777]

Do the barebones machete

[@fakegynaecologist7465]

as an Englishman i do say this be a good knife.

[@darth-lord-revan4922]

How much metal is in that stump? Not enough

[@ShimomuraTakezoWong]

That's more for fishing, field kitchen/sushi making knife, best survival knife is a Bowie knife anything 7.5" above > like 10" blade Bowie knife; nothing beats it.

[@reaper7263]

The good thing is it’s not a survival knife, as he acknowledged it’s a self defense/combat knife, it’s only supposed to cut really really well not take abuse in a tree stump😂

[@jedcrowder7244]

Glock Field Knife?

[@aaronsmith4940]

I mean yeah you want a thin rigid blade for carry, as said not designed for that abuse but good to know it's failure point

[@i_eat_dirt2]

knife is responsible priced

[@ThomasIsGayForMe]

I mean. Most knives with a sharp skinny tip will always break.

[@mtnman8783]

Best hair on KZbin.

[@jurama25]

D2 is relativ brittle, hard, but cheap working steel. There are far more useful steels for knives of this kind. I would consider buying this knife in (also cheap) AUS8/10, 14C28, ATS34, N690.

[@hobodarkness7696]

😮😮

[@driftability]

Wear safety goggles for the tip test

[@effdiffeyeno171]

Just the tip baby, I promise.

[@SpeaktheTruths]

You probably have enough metal in that stump to make another knife. Would you ever sell the stump?

[@Zachary-]

I've given something a little small to a bunch of women to hold, but they didn't like it much.

[@kanejanz4173]

Noooo dude I was praying you wouldn’t do the last test

[@calculatedsurvival]

Don’t worry, I showed how to fix it the next day

[@amd65ak47]

I'd like to see a test on the rat