COLD STEEL SRK SK5 - KNIFE DESTRUCTION TEST - UNTIL IT BREAKS - STEEL SK5 - TIP TEST EXTREME -FAIL 

Wow that tip broke fast. Maybe the tip was pre-fractured from the car test? I still have my old SRK in AUS8 which was manufactured in Japan back in the day. Also back then it was a flat saber grind. Now the SRK comes with a hollow saber grind. Big difference! The price is still unbelievably cheap for this knife. Dont know how they keep the price so low. They must be ordering thousands of pieces of this knife at once. Great review as always!

Last time I was in the woods I was attacked by a 1978 Buick Regal, so this test was very helpful.

Joe X' knife destruction tests provide information available nowhere else. Certainly not from the manufacturers. This is a great service to the knife community.

Just taking my dog out for a stroll when suddenly you see a mad man stabbing a car in a gas mask!

Lol, a tip breaking after stabbing a car hood a hundred times on a less than $50 knife is something I would not call a fail. If anything I have a lot more of respect for this knife now. The test you perform is cool and all but you gotta get your tests measurably consistent and your results right. I've worked on the quality control industry for over 12 years.

Why r people saying it broke easily :D This dude stabbed the car like a psychooath and nothing happened :D

As long as it penetrates soft body armor and/or a human being and reaches vitals, I’m not very concerned about burying it in a log and prying on it with my body weight. I love destruction tests and it is helpful in making a purchasing decision. I respectfully submit that the log test may be beyond the knife’s design capabilities. Again, I’m not “tough guy talking” I just want a blade that will dispatch a human threat with extreme prejudice. I believe that the SRK or the Tanto is more than strong enough for that purpose. I’m now a subscriber.

This is definitely not a fail $50 knife passed with flying colors. Sk5 is very tough and for the price this amount of toughness is fantastic.

I was almost buying it. I'm glad you posted this, destruction. Thanks.

Wow, where have you been all my life? Great torture test and you pull it off with such style. Now ordering one of these knives.

I think it would be nice to see Cold Steel make the SRK in good old 1095 carbon or 420 stainless. You can do great things with both of those steels and neither one is too expensive.

I'm a big fan of the SRK. For $35-$45 in the US I think it's a great knife. Good balance of size and strength for general use at a price that doesn't hurt. I'd say it did okay in this test. Not mind blowing but it's not the best design for extreme load bearing, it really shines as being easy to carry, good grip, medium size and weight, easy to maintain. A good woods survival knife and weapon design. I wish they still made the 3V version which presumably would be much tougher. I have the 3V Recon Scout which is available now and I'd love to see how that holds up since it's so thick and 3V. Also the San Mai SRK would he interesting to compare. Keep up the great vids!

As a 60 Euro knife I think that is a bargain! Great video! Keep up the good stuff!

I ordered the Gerber Strongarm. I have a Schrade SCHF36. It's 1095 but now I'm thinking this steel is too brittle for knives. It breaks like glass. I didn't spend a lot on it because I knew nothing of knives when I bought it. Everyone said get full tang, 1095 steel and this Schrade is 1/4 thick. The Strongarm will be the nicest knife I've ever had when it gets delivered.

I don't call that a fail. It's a $40 knife and you had to purposely TRY your hardest to break it. You expended a LOT of energy to break it in fact. That tells me that under normal use, it's a very good knife and will probably last for years to come. Agree?

Wow, watched this test after I got one of these, and I'm happy with my purchase! Love your testing Joe!

"911 what is your emergency?" "yes, there is a man with a knife in a gas mask stabbing the hood of the car!"

I enjoy your abstract style. I prefer this over a guy with a new knife babbling on in his living room.

"Aw man... My knife broke!" "...Well what were you doing with it when it broke?" "Trying as hard as humanly possible to break it." "...Oh."

Would love the SRK model in cpm3v. I have the sk5 and do love the knife. Just ordered the Ontario SP 6. So can't wait to see how well this blade does. Good video man

Puts whole bodyweight into pulling on the blade. "It's very weak steel"

I wouldn't have expected much more from this CS Srk in sk5, moreover i was surprised that it withstood so much stabbing on the hood of the car, i was almost certain that the tip would break even faster

What do you think is a better knife, the SRK or the glock 78???

just from the car part i alreadty knew that this knife could handle anything within normal use for years most likely. defenitely buying both the SRK and the SRK-C after this video lol

I have the SRK in AUS8A steel. I use it in my car for an emergency type blade. Also have my Kobun in there too. I'd like to see the CS Survivalist go through the torture test.

Really nice channel and videos. I do own a SK5 SRK. Steel is tough and dose not chip easily, also it is very easy to sharpen. Also did some batoning on beech wood and held up nicely, even in cold weather. I think that for it’s intended purpose and price it dose the job. I’ve been waiting for a channel like yours for a long time, keep up the good work!

Honestly, for the price I'd consider that a pretty good performance (especially as anything significantly better, e.g. Becket BK or Ontario RAT, seems to start at around 50% more). As for the actual outcomes, I'm not going to deny the tip broke earlier than preferred, but if I stabbed a knife dozens of times into the hood of a car I probably wouldn't be surprised if the tip gave out soon after. Also, considering that the tang seems to generally be considered the SRK's weak point (understandably so), I did find it a little ironic that the blade broke in a spot where a full tang construction wouldn't have made a difference.

This dude found a way to get paid for doing cardio 👍

Im highly impressed. That knife is plenty tough for 99.999% of any survival situation and for it price its hard to beat! I want to see some higher end knives tested the same way

I have to say, more than anything else, you're a tough and strong mofo for doing this in a full combat setup and a gas mask. I would have probably collapsed after 10 mins lol. I just bought the SK5 SRK as a car knife for not a lot of money ($60 USD). It's just something to throw in the box in my trunk as part of an emergency kit, and I figured I would not want to spend $100 or more for a knife that I expect I'll forget about until I need it. It seems to have held up pretty well for the price, IMO.

Oh that is sad to see it break rather easily but I guess if you are going to do that stuff it would be wiser to use a screw driver, pry bar and hammer not a cutting tool 😊 thanks for the great demonstration 👍👍

If a knife is used for its intended purpose it will not break, except when faulty manufacturing occurs. If you misuse a knife, of course, a knife can be broken; you can break any knife if you choose to all you prove in your videos is you can break a knife.

Does the 4 Max took more hard use or the test was different?

Cold steel 52100 drop forged next!!!

Did it break exactly along the plunge line? If so could kinda be more a design/production problem than an issue with the steel per se.

I own one and would trust my life to it, even more so after this test.

I appreciate the testing and the level at which it fails........but who would use a knife in this manner? There are tools made for this work!

0:50 *when you're a summer school desk*

Do one on 3v or San mai, or any of the fixed blade cold steel in 3v..would love to see if you could break a ak47 field knife with these absurdly awesome tests

Das hat weniger mit dem Stahl zu tun sondern mit der Wärmebehandlung dessen. Das zeigt ja der Hultafors GK Test.

Only thing that is good for this knife is price, everything else is not,great work Joe 👏🏼

Great video, greetings from Ukraine!!!

Omg you done it again! I can see you have a destructive streak in you at this rate your get no presents the Christmas after this one!🙂

Make Sog seal xr destruction test

Curious how the CPM 3v version would have failed. Great video! Thank you for doing these tests!

youre car killer

Bei der Motorhaube war ich eigentlich positiv überrascht, beim Holz hätte ich daher auch etwas mehr Zähigkeit erwartet, war dann ja wohl leider nix, lol. Interessanter Testverlauf, allerdings hätte ich gedacht, du bearbeitest den Messerrücken auch noch etwas, vielleicht mit hartem Batoning oder ähnlichem, wäre auch noch interessant gewesen, wie es da performt. Bei der Schlagzahl, die du da im Video vorlegst, komm ich ja schon beim Zusehen ausser Atem (mit meiner Raucherlunge), Respekt! ;) ! Bei dem Vergleich Taiwan zu China muss ich dir aber widersprechen. China macht seit einigen Jahren durchaus sehr gute Klingen. Natürlich nicht bei allem, was von dort kommt, aber mittlerweile doch ne ganze Menge mit erstaunlicher Qualität. Einige namhafte Hersteller lassen ja auch zum Teil dort produzieren. Den Gummigriff bei einigen ColdSteel Messern, wie auch bei diesem SRK finde ich persönlich übrigens hervorragend -er ist zwar nicht schick oder wertvoll, aber dafür unglaublich griffig, egal ob trocken, schmutzig oder nass, was ich bei einem Gebrauchsmesser sehr wichtig und praktisch finde und daher an diesen Griffen schätze. Als Meisselgriff/knauf ist er jedoch eher untauglich (grins!) Ich liebäugel mit der SanMai Version aus VG10 dieses Messers. Mal sehen... Grüße aus dem Schwarzwald , BFG

your giving me flash backs to military days of wearing gas mask and hiking not being able to breath

Dude, really loolking forword to see your review on Maddog knife.

Please extreme test AITOR COMMANDO Spain brother

Is it just me, or has cold steel jumped the shark in recent years? I still have the SRK that I ordered from their catalog in 2002. I'm hesitant to buy anything from them these days, due to all the reports of their knives breaking (even if inflation didn't keep new knives out of my budget right now).

also dont forget that longer blades give you more torque when prying so less force will apply a lot more stress relative to a shorter blade

How do you rate victorinox steel

And you can not understand why the KNIFE failed 😂WTF

I’ve just got new one, what angle of blade angle do you recomand? Ive had it sharpened for 24° but it looks stil too dull to me 🤔

I have seen these tips break on these with the SK5 steel on other videos.. But on the good side its a cheaper knife..

😅🤣😆 This is some funny shit to watch😆🤣😅 Joe x is the man on a mission to destroy any knife he gets his hands on

Sir what tactical knife would you recommend

A knife is a cutting tool not a prying tool , get a pry bar for prying , not a fail , broke due to miss use

nutnfancy have been brokes the 2 knives made of sk5 from coldsteel taiwan. and there are some break accidents on the net of sk5 bushman. so i gusse that cs's ht on sk5 is not perfect. sk5 with reseaonable hardness should be tougher than those poor things.

Hey Joe, out of all the knifes you have tested, what's the best for a do all knife?

"You see what happens, Larry!?"

Joe, you really need to make your own knife. I have the feeling that knife manufacturers are stuck in a meaningless psychological compromise. Show them that you can make a knife that has edge retention and at the same time does not break. They call it a compromise because they haven't found the right solution yet. I think you can, so give it a shot. But please don't forget, make one between 8 and 9 inches for me :))) All the best to you!1🍻

Men wrong use to the tool. I'm not agree with you doing this kind of destruction to a good knife. It's a utility rescue knife not Excalibur sword.

Sog Seal pup next? Kind regards Chantal

You shoud do it with the leatherneck sf

The truth is that 420HC is better than any carbon steel. Carbon steels are mediocre steels that are used only because they are cheap. The Gerber Strongarm with 420HC is very inexpensive and has survived the Mayor Fuglycool test. That would he a good candidate for your test. It may survive your test or not.

i know that i wont be fighting treeman anytime soon so i think it is fine as the way it is

Niemand würde sein Messer derart vergewaltigen! Im Prinzip kann man jedes Messer bewusst kaputt machen. Was bringt es dies vorzuführen!?

What did that car ever do to you Joe?

Wow so the G Strongarm tested much better than the CS SRK in SK5.

For those interested, here's other youtuber who tested the tip of SK5-version by stabbing into wood and bending blade. Fast-forwarded to right part: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EC3pEAJnlr8.html

So these are not things you should do with a knife.

This guy has shown me that they all break. So I’m at the point where if it survives his hood test with all its bits then it’s a good knife. Because who goes around stabbing metal. Still extremely disappointed by the Becker knives

At 1:55 He tried to break it right away That would have been a short video

Knives are tools not made for such nonsense. I own many many knives. I USE them! I dont collect to display.People used flint napped stone blades forever. These tests are stupid. Edge retention maybe all the rest ignorant. Just my opinion,everyone has one. Good luck in your endeavors.

Wish CS could bring Aus-8a SRK back or produce a 1055 version. I had some personal poor impression on SK5... seems to chip faster than other carbon steels in chopping or batoning.

DBK sent me 👍

i love this fucking SRK.Sk5 puissant , efficace , endurant , big grip ... this budget knife he's without rivalry, quality/price !

i have this knife - thanks for showing its limitations joe

You know - a 24 ounce solid steel framing hammer would not pass this test. //ji

Неееет ну уж SRK то всегда был эталоном крепости. Автор, ты разрушил мои иллюзии по неубиваемости ножей!😄 если бы мог - поставил бы 100 лайков 👍🏻

Joe,try wildsteer wing tactic and kodiak,please😉

Great reviews as always joe doing a big favour for us knife community

For $40, it's awesome... for 60 Euro, hell no.

3v version could be tougher?

10 minutes of beating a knife against a car 😂

Great video! I figured this knife would be a bit more durable but it's good to see its limits Will you be uploading the Airlite cold steel video soon?

Zrób test noża od GP NS3

I love these videos, but watching people using a knife as a pry tool is difficult. I would never do that unless it was absolute life and I had nothing else to hand. I can't imagine many scenarios that fit that bill, but people still love to test a blade by stabbing something and wrenching side to side. I get the appeal, but I am not gonna do it with my knives. And if that .001% chance comes around. I have a backup. having one knife is fine, but losing a blade somehow is much more plausible than breaking it because I used it as a pry bar.

😮 hultafors is from sk5 as well, tnx for the test , I wanted to buy one .

Damn.... my eyes... my heart.... is bleeding

JOE X HAS 100% saved people from thousands and thousands

you have no respect for knives

Wor Joe proves SRK ain't as tough as We thought............................

Do a CRKT Homefront destruction

Judgin by your torture tests it seems that the recon tanto was much more durable than the srk model 🤔😅

After watching over 20+ videos with hollow grind fails, I wonder why its a thing. Yes, apparently it makes the knife more "slicey" and a tad lighter but the durability always suffers.

That's why I sold mine and it was made in Japan I always doubt about that handle, I have to get rid of my marauder has the same weak handle

The SRK is a Great Design , the SK-5 model is obviously their Budget version and for only around $40 it's a Great Deal , I don't care how fast the tip broke and Obviously your Trying to Break the knife to see how much Abuse it can take , but I Guarantee you couldn't break their CMP-3V Model .....