The Top 6 Reasons to Buy an Italian Pocket Knife | Knife Banter S2 (Ep 13)

[@Rareone167]

Finally Italian made. I love US knives but they do such a great job from old school to tactical and everything in between Thank you blade Hq

[@TanBurch]

Jaime is an editing god.

[@JP-8924]

Did my boy Jaime ever get that knife? #JusticeforJaime

[@monkeyfaceII]

Ha we all need a Jamie 😂

[@KatotownUSA]

As a chef with serious OCD, that cooking montage made my neck hurt

[@Cody8P]

Just bought my first pocket knife. Invested in a benchmade mini griptillian with s30v steel. Never carried a knife before

[@PoetFisherman]

Welcome to the club

[@jeffreyhosto5203]

Why can't i say the same regarding "my first knife?". Well-educated, mid-to-high-level jobs for enough years to now be retired 4 years early. Helped-out family, friends, and strangers, so i invested money in other areas. Oh yeah, those harley's aren't getting any less expensive, are they?! Guess my first knife was a harley. Now, for my first ken onion knife, i'm leaning towards the "ken onion boss hoss" - - not a flipper (i hope) but very smooth! But, need to act soon before they restrict my license. Que malo onda!

[@franzperez5728]

I have a Remington Premier Hunting Elite Italian made folding knife, awesome craftmanship, super, smooth mechanism and hight quality, its one of my favorites for hunting. Check them out. Italians make really good knifes and guns too.

[@medicmason5819]

Not gonna lie, when I saw the title my initial thought was "y'all are really running out of ideas huh😂." Actually was a very enjoyable and knowledgeable video. I think "get Zack to unbutton the top button" should go on the wheel! Dude is hiding something under that button! 🤔 Keep it classy!

[@BladeHQ]

May have to add that. 🤔😁

[@alexandercospel6501]

@@BladeHQ this was a great choise for a video. I watched as sooon as I could.

[@bry3699]

Lol he’ll never unbutton that thing. But I thought the exact same thing. Wasn’t really too pumped about Italian makers but those knives looked great.

[@skagraz]

MWUAHUAHUAHUHAUHA! I'm italian, and i can confirm that we all do batoning like this in my country hehe...cheers everyone from Italy!!

[@puddinpie9862]

jamie, that jre edit for the mkm logo was phenomenal, had me legit rolling from laughter. it makes me so happy how much respect you get in the community for your work. you deserve it. i love watching knife banters for your edits.

[@andyparris1783]

I love the joe rogan video clip y’all 😂

[@ismaelreynaga4943]

Andy Parris best part 😂

[@guitarhero8110]

Young JAMIEEEEEEE!!!!!

[@monkeyfaceII]

Andy Parris have you tried shrooms?

[@andyparris1783]

@@monkeyfaceII no

[@guitarhero8110]

@@andyparris1783 if you get the chance you should

[@natek1993]

I FREAKING LOVE KNIFE BANTER. And love the Kershaw Launch 2.

[@BladeHQ]

AND WE LOVE YOU!

[@drdoll1]

Thank you for having Igor from MKM on. I didn't know much about their brand, but I like them. Several are on my wishlist, now!!

[@GrumpyGrunt]

I've been a fan of a couple Italian knife makers for a few years now; bot a part of MKM. They work with Jesper and Jens too, so that's always a bonus. That 3D Timavo is siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick. 😍

[@saxcobra895]

Don't let the haters get to you Kurt! You stay strong! I won't carry a SAK either because I have a CenterDrive.

[@aaronjueschke9854]

The editing of this one had me rolling on the floor. Great video, guys!

[@alexrockatanski5951]

I always look if theres a new blade hq vid, and YES!! Its finally here. Great work guys, keep it up!!

[@anthonyp7051]

Italian made Knives have always been sexy and functional. Exciting seeing them leading in today’s market also.

[@BorrachoBandit]

I never thought I would say this twice in the same year but I GOT THE CLAP!!! All terrible jokes aside, I got it after seeing this video and I love it. It’s my new favorite. I see more MKM knives coming my way.

[@beneastman569]

Recently bought the Houge Ex-A05 sig edition and let me tell you you guys at blade HQ got wicked fast shipping and great service couldn’t be happier 👍

[@michimadiforever1458]

LOL that was so funny about the mermaid knife at the beginning intro coming out of the water

[@medicmason5819]

I just want a full video of Kurt trying to pronounce all the names 😂

[@mumaedc]

Colvera is just perfect!

[@mohdzaudikhasni8829]

Batoning with folding knife so cool at the kitchen

[@callendavidson4948]

Incredible editing on that whole “stone” bit! I was dying

[@temlin7801]

вот бы субтитры ещё переводились на русский сразу :) очень весёлая обстановка в студии, просто на эмоциях смотрю ничего не понимая. спасибо ребятам!

[@7ali7]

Joe Rogan popping up got me way more excited than it should have 😅

[@chrisjaskulski8613]

I gotta say, this season's intro is freaking cool!!!

[@shtzweak]

Omg!🤣 I died when I saw rogan “Jamie pull that up” hahahahahaha

[@sangerboy27]

Thank you guys so much for sharing my collection shot!

[@lonestardude6283]

Food prep batoning!!!! I love it as much as your beard club! Great stuff!!!

[@GOxHAM]

Fantastic video, guests, editing, batoning, and knife revealing! A little bit more "banter" would be dope tho, you know we love those 1hr+ videos!!

[@michaelmendillo4614]

Seems like a very good company,,,,Some very nice models,,, and well made,,, TY Guy's,, 😁✌

[@felixbelanger2659]

I really like the Isonzo, but I wish the color themes were a little less contrasty and I'm not a fan of the scales... Looks like the Kershaw "K" grip

[@BladeHQ]

Have you checked out the green one? It's pretty neutral.

[@felixbelanger2659]

Call me picky, but I think it's not contrasty enough :P It might grow on me eventually though

[@mr.frogman9939]

Good timing, just ordered my first knife, lionsteel dom (:

[@natek1993]

M390 form Italy needs to be heat treated to a higher HRC.

[@joelsoontiraratn4928]

Love the hilarious edits on all the videos! I have feeling I would be best pals with the editor.

[@grittynitty]

Well, thanks for making this video making me go out and buy a Micarta Colvera. Great, thanks a lot! This knife isn't awesome or anything! The milling is very detailed and extremely classy. The titanium milling is actually matched on the Micarta side which doesn't really show up in any of the pictures on the knife sales sites.

[@malifor2210]

That sales and grails bit totally made my day!

[@Disappearit]

So what am I suppose to use all these fancy knives for? Just carry them around? Thanks!

[@barrylevitt1170]

As you are aware of the concerns about low RC on M390 blades and all the reviews I have seen have shown the Italian blades RC coming in below 59RC yet Bohler says their steels should all have a RC between 60-62. Are these issues being addressed? I am paying the price for premieum steel, I expect the the heat treat and RC hardness to be done properly.

[@tacticalcenter8658]

They are not fixing it. It also has less to do with hrc and how they do the heat treatment all together. Lionsteel, viper etc use the same heat treatment facility. And it's heat treated for corrosion resistance and not edge retention. 59hrc m390 thats heat treated correctly will out perform s30, s35vn etc at 60hrc. But lionsteel ignored the advice given to them to make that profile. You can read about it on bladeforums.com in the stickied thread of the lionsteel sub section.

[@barrylevitt1170]

@@tacticalcenter8658 Thank you for the information but I will not be purchasing any of their M390 knives. In general M390 has heat treat and RC hardness with most makers, Spyderco seems to be the only one who keeps their RC hardness above 60.

[@tacticalcenter8658]

@@barrylevitt1170 I agree with avoiding them. Spyderco will generally see 58-60 on the smaller blades and 59-62HRC on the larger blades. But the performance at any of those hrc is decent. And extremely excellent at 62.

[@johnwest4492]

Zach, my poor grandmother is spinning in her grave right now that was harsh :(... lol

[@Tanner8585]

Love these edits

[@jtucci5711]

I recently purchased a Covera and was excited to own my Voxnaes knife and was oh so disappointed when I received it. Besides a dangerously early lock up the greater problem was a piss poor weak ass detent. The blade would barely fully deploy if you slammed it open using wrist action. As a result I had to return it and this is my second MKM that I had to return due to a problem or problems that could have been picked up if only they had some QC in place. I cannot recommend the Colvera in spite of how good looking a knife it is.

[@JamesTodd]

These are beautiful knives wish I could buy some

[@daydreamer5776]

Great video ill have to get me some of those!

[@swvafarmer]

The isonzo that Zack likes is the one I like too, anyone else think that color looks like hot wheels? Lol

[@BladeHQ]

It does a bit but man I dig it! -Zac

[@swvafarmer]

@@BladeHQ oh yeah it's awesome!

[@ixiknivesixi1058]

A lot of the times this here, what you did with the knife...it feels cheap. But I like this one. I think it’s cool 🙄.

[@Torquem123]

It's "mud pickle", but I appreciate the shout out lol

[@ThePaPappy]

Can't wait to see this style of cooking at Benihana ! 😁

[@BladeHQ]

It will catch on soon!

[@nino71]

these knives are great but Maniago it's not the only place in Italy known for knife production. There is also Scarperia (central Italy) and Frosolone (souther Italy). They are not as good as Maniago in marketing their propducts and communicating and they mainly produce "regional/traditional" knifes but they are worth a search.

[@dimmacommunication]

Anche Premana :) e la zona limitrofa

[@nicholascoulter3760]

NGL for the last few vids I was starting to get scared Kurt wasn't going to come back on the show. I was relieved when I watched this.

[@medicmason5819]

A Joe Rogan clip, in a BHQ vid??? What more can you ask for? My life is complete

[@Rareone167]

Annunaki and Aruru the best.

[@ixiknivesixi1058]

That Cellina tho! I want one.

[@jadegillman4644]

@bladehq Video suggestion: knives that bladehq employees have broken, and the stories behind them breaking! 😬 they may make most of us cry, but I still think it’d be entertaining! Thoughts?

[@minibob847]

I woudl love to know more aboutr what the materials actually mean, like which steel is better for what or are they just better quality (and what better quality means) and what the different knife curves/blades are used for... Any plans to go in this direction any time ?

[@papasauce234]

reason num 1 they are more expensive and we want more money -Blade HQ

[@bobitobob3453]

It’s true

[@gobot90]

Wow you guys uncovered the truth behind BladeHQ’s dark conspiracy to make a profit and pay its employees!

[@mohamedshwesh221]

i think iam the only person who was expecting stilleto knives in this video

[@DuskMagners]

Nope

[@NomenclaturalMan]

Idea for the next video, the most iconic knives of horror movie slashers could be make for a cool Knife Banter episode for Halloween!

[@StarDarkAshes]

21:35 The Three Musket Beards!

[@WilliamMancel]

Never seen batoning like that before 🤣😂

[@BladeHQ]

We do what we can!

[@ocomegashadowstacking5886]

Wow Awesome edc knives setup reviews video ever!!! :D

[@spwan10]

Lmao when 8 went camping 4months ago I also have to make a club out of firewood to nail down the tent Stakes because we forgot a hammer🤣👍

[@baseballhunter42]

This was just an ad for MKM. Would have liked to see a variety of Italian brands.

[@esoteric5277]

That's actually what it is, since MKM is a collaboration between Lionsteel, Viper and Fox Knives😎

[@valebliz]

I'm italian, a real one not us italian, and still i can't really recommend most italian knives, at least speaking pocket knives. I had various QC and material quality issues both with Viper knives and Lionsteel. Fixed blades on the other hand are great value, the Lionsteel M4 still is one of the best priced m390 fixed blades around.

[@tacticalcenter8658]

Except there m390 performs low for what it should. It can't even perform on par with s30v or s35vn.

[@valebliz]

@@tacticalcenter8658 not my experience. My m4 outperforms all my s30v/s35vn blades, not the slightest doubt about it. Is it the best m390 blade i own? No. But s35vn is shit, come on. And i wouldn't bash lionsteel for their m390 considering what extremely poorly treated s35vn companies like ZT and CRK put out...

[@tacticalcenter8658]

@@valebliz goto "outpost 76" on youtube. you will see its not good m390.

[@valebliz]

@@tacticalcenter8658 I know it's not, but below average m390 is still pretty good as long as you don't get one of the shittier ones. My M4 in particular seem to do fine, but it's the only knife i got from them. I have a Viper Lille which had terrible problems of lockstick and bearings rusting with no reason, on the other hand.

[@petebali]

I’m new to collecting knives so I think I need to learn a bit more about Italian cutlery before I can make an educated purchase but they look cool nun the less. Is there a friendly knife forum I can ask questions? I got a million of them.

[@zacharygordon2983]

Pete Balistreri I would totally check out Blade Forums and Reddit’s KnifeClub subreddit!

[@SteveSkate2010]

UGHHH I thought I had sworn off slipjoints but that second knife with micarta is SO sexy!!

[@lifenature5463]

I'll go for an Isonzo 😉

[@vincek6613]

Like seeing some Bay area love. Good man Tony

[@The4cp]

Chris Cornell scared the hell out of me. That's for making my soul run away!

[@kaneprice9]

First time I can can say that I want the clap 😂

[@PockeTanK]

I just came for Jaime's editing skills !!!!

[@sal1964]

No poket clip on the Celina 😠 I love that knife

[@BladeWalker77]

As Italian I'm proud of Italian made knives, we are very good doing very refined stuff. I have also to say that THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO MAKE SPAGETTI!

[@wflo77]

4.30 ish got me

[@catfishcave379]

My Italian Grandmother just put a hit out on you from her grave for treating food that way.

[@lonewanderer3603]

Food prep video starts. Everyone at home: (screams in Italian)

[@DDB168]

I wanna go to Maniago now !

[@LizzyB123]

One on the best parts of this channel is seeing the beards grow and shrink

[@p.t.benzinger2179]

Can we see a small knives video with kurt? Like a xmas ham special? Ham carving extravaganza...

[@Mike_Pedals]

I've had the Clap in my wishlist for so long but for some reason I haven't pulled the trigger yet.

[@brent5574]

you should do a video on hawkbill knives from like case and rough rider

[@Old_School69]

Igor? He is the most handsome Igor I've ever seen. He gets that award as soon as there was no hump on his back. He just does not match up to his name. It's like being introduced to a supermodel named Agnes or Merdyl.

[@refinededge399]

I bought a Giant Mouse and was literally worse than gas station knives. Very poor construction and hardware made of pot metal. I had a screw snap in half as I was putting it back together. The only Italian knife maker I have had a good experience with is Lionsteel.

[@bishmade414]

For half a second I thought that was Austin 😂

[@miggymari1395]

Sweet beard guys 21:20

[@jamesharris1493]

Nice cooking

[@coletrevisanut7667]

Can you make a video dedicated to the kabar usmc?

[@article15MTS]

Never thought I'd say this but....I want the clap

[@aray9628]

Lmao!

[@dumbdizzalw3640]

I'm still waiting for the purple Kalashnikov!

[@zsombordonko6459]

I've asked it before but what's the deal with the itallian m390 slipjoints? So many of them ..

[@tacticalcenter8658]

They perform very poorly.

[@aray9628]

Tony seriously has a healthy beard! 🧔 #BeardOil

[@BladeHQ]

He is probably the king of beards at Blade HQ.

[@bricep9010]

Love your vids!

[@kryogenik2073]

Is it bad that upon seeing this video it reminded me I need to return my Microtech Combat Troodon for a warranty repair for the second time this year? Lol

[@isaiahcantu1762]

Yall should make a video of Jamie's collection of knifes

[@HouseofJello]

Isaiah Cantu he’s got some interesting pieces for sure.

[@isaiahcantu1762]

@@HouseofJello oh ya for sure.

[@Every_Day_Aaron]

Lol @ batoning 😂

[@BladeHQ]

We said we would baton last time😁👊

[@johannahjohari2915]

You guys are Funny !🤣

[@MrEnigma1610]

Jamie is a fuckin genius. Fan-freakin-tastic.

[@Alexdoesitbestt]

As someone who's both a knife nut and a chef, this food prep angers me 😭😂😂

[@misterjchoy]

so is that ti/micarta clap being restocked?? D:

[@tacticalcenter8658]

Italian knives have poorly heat treated m390. Don't even bother with those. Also they dry grind the blades meaning they put too much heat into the edge of the blade causing the temper to be ruined and reduce edge retention even more. They do heat treat some steels good. But bladehq just wants your money.