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162 Bushcrafter Tip Strength Demo [VIDEO]

peter

February 05, 2013 16:32

Testing the tip strength of the 162 Bushcrafter. Tracy and I give it a go and as expected it performed very nicely.

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14 comments

minkeyman

February 05, 2013 17:17
Very nice! Looks like yall have the heat treat down on the S30V. 2" of deflection is pretty darn good for a stainless at that hardness. I like it!
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po

February 05, 2013 22:02
These videos are awesome.

That's outstanding performance. That is a sturdy blade grind. That kinda treatment can chip the tip of a blade no matter what the steel or heat treatment.

I'm guessing this S30V is heat treated for high hardness, based on the explosive failure. I've seen good stainless deflect a lot more and return almost to true. So there is a tradeoff. I like the choice that Benchmade has made. Edge holding is a lot more important to me than toughness.
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djsportland

February 05, 2013 23:54
I love the vids

Great stuff
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theoneandonly

February 06, 2013 00:52
Great, like we need more encouragement to use our knives as pry bars!

Seriously though, that's great stuff, do we know a release date on it yet? I am surely buying at least two
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something

February 06, 2013 01:01
alright... I'm convinced, I need one of these
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dj

February 06, 2013 02:09
Dam it ........now Iam wanting one too .......LOL
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sonnyc 2

February 06, 2013 03:39
I bought one and tried the arm shaving thing; it really is scary sharp!
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georgeb

February 07, 2013 19:46
Nice. This 162 bushcrafter is the one knife I have on my list this year and it looks like a good choice.
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patrick

February 07, 2013 23:12
Why does he hate that wood so much?

What was it pine?...how 'bout oak,ash.
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nosuchagency

February 08, 2013 04:12
quote:

Originally posted by dj:
Dam it ........now Iam wanting one too .......LOL

and me thinks me wants to work there (they can just pay me in product, hehe).
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mikeace

February 20, 2013 22:02
To Joe's point, looks like the heat treating is dialed in on that SS.

Thanks for sharing the video...
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lightning

February 21, 2013 00:29
Nice, looks like it will handle anything I'd ever throw at one. Ok, it made the list.

Just do us a favour, don't stoop to meaningless 'tests' - like car doors and helpless pieces of hanging meat...

That said, I did really like the last few seconds of the vid, whittling of the corner off the board after prying the chunks out of it. Nice touch.
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georgeb

March 15, 2013 02:46
I have to ask--- What do you do with the one's you break?
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tracy

March 18, 2013 22:16
quote:

Originally posted by GeorgeB:
I have to ask--- What do you do with the one's you break?

We recycle the broken parts, or give them to our engineering team to evaluate.
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