In other news…water is wet and the sun is hot. Jokes aside, I forced myself to EDC’d my belt knife for a year. I did all sorts with it from cooking to bushcraft to dismantling furniture to DIY round the house to general work stuff, card board and pallet straps etc. as you say. It is a bit big and thick. But man is it tough as sh!t. My son cracked a coconut open with it the other day and the coconut husk would wreck most other knife edges but out of curiosity I test the edge and it still sliced paper and shaved without any stropping. Currently looking at the sd1 or operator for edc.
Awesome video, cardboard surprisingly destroys edges fast in my testing. Maybe because the fine sand like particles in the cardboard. Also there’s not many winkler cutting tests so also awesome video thanks.
JMHO, but a knife with a 5" blade is not too big to EDC. I have EDCed my Winkler Belt Knife and my Drop Point Crusher and have not felt weighed down. That's just me, though; i like a mid sized knife for all around use. I just got a Winkler Woodsman and am EDCing that now. It is a great size for EDC - big enough for serious cutting, but not too big.
If anyone thinks you can cut that rope and strap with a polished edge, then you don't know anything about knives. Anyone can post a review on RU-vid, some people know exactly what they are talking about, most don't. But hey, I don't know anything at all.
I know you deal with heaving users, but do you have a reccomendation for a neck knife for me. I would not wear it- I would habd it on the bedroom doorknob for emergency use. I would keep it sharp, but it would not be often used.
Hi Kevin. That cardboard killed that blade! My main uk dealer has these, but they never seem to sell. Very interesting looking knife tho'. Thanks David ✌️ Edit... everything killed that edge! 😂
I had my CC out today and ready to buy this knife. I love the looks of that blade and that wood sculpted handle is so great, however you just saved my about 400 dollars because this video shows that blade steel maters and this knife doesn't have good steel. I'll get by with my Chris Reeve Pacifica with that big slab of S30V that can cut all day long better than this Winkler can for 12 minutes. It sure looks nice but performance is still what means the most to me when dropping a few hundred bucks on a collectable knife like this one.
This steel is for Extreme Edge Retention. This is built for Bushcraft not EDC. It is an excellent steel for the purpose it's built for. People buying knives just because the aesthetic and not what they are each designed for blows my mind. Stating this steel is bad is actually laughable. It just shows the ignorance on YT. This is for EXTREME USE, not slicing paper and cardboard. There are plenty of good steels and knives built for paper and everyday EDC.
For context these knives are extremely well known in the military due to their extreme durability and toughness. You can take this knife to the field and know that it isn't going to break or fail on you.
The crusher is on par with the field knife would have got a crusher in maple tribal went down to monkey edge they were all sold out just went with black Micarta & got the last reg belt knife in maple for bigger light weight edc usually carry the contingency or the blue ridge contingency has a better quick deployment with that pistol grip handle design
