What an idiot....how he handled that knife was stupid... first up The knife isn't full tang. second you don't split wood at all with a knife, you use a fucking hatchet or an Axe or splitter. remember right tool right job. This guy has clearly never heard this saying.
@preparedmind1017 жыл бұрын
+Eric Cowburn Congratulations! You win a pin! Calling someone an idiot.... When it's a PARODY video about a POS knife in the 80's. 😂🤣😂😃
@ericcowburn9897 жыл бұрын
PREPAREDMIND101 quick response. I'm impressed.
@ericcowburn9897 жыл бұрын
PREPAREDMIND101 can you buy the knife again and do a proper review.
@Ninebal7 жыл бұрын
Eric Cowburn Oh my ...... it hurts ...... buhahahahaha
@survivalofthefittest4097 жыл бұрын
PREPAREDMIND101, I hope Eric doesn't forget his helmet when he goes out in public. I also hope he wash's his feet regularly cause I cant imagine foot in mouth every other minute tastes too good.. Ah well, I watched the whole thing Chris..but I really didn't need to know this was satire. Its like the saying goes; "some people have to be highly educated to be this stupid..and comment on YT video's." Off topic, you should do more PARODY video's like this Chris, your dry sense of humor is right up my alley :D
@TheKimjoh5607 жыл бұрын
Almost everyone that bought these knives in the 80s survived. So theres that.
@joelphelps56436 жыл бұрын
TheKimjoh560 I guess you have a point, I had one and have survived this far. I wish I had that old knife now just for grins! 😁
@veteranpatriot44745 жыл бұрын
The fact that I bought that piece of shit in 85 and am still alive make me HATE YOU 😠 for pointing that out.
@hal74445 жыл бұрын
HAHAHAHA!!!
@Tbone84_4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Alaska610ish4 жыл бұрын
TheKimjoh560 I loved that knife as a kid in the 80’s!
@Alyosha-nm4io5 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid in the 80's I wanted one of these sooo bad, I remember some of my friends having them and I was jealous, finally got one when I was around 8 yrs old, that day was among the greatest days of my life.
@vincelok8948 жыл бұрын
"These are the best selling knives of this kind sold by us"
@mt_baldwin7 жыл бұрын
Yeah I started laughing there and couldn't recover for the rest of the vid!
@jmuk35717 жыл бұрын
Vince Lok. I know right. That's one of the best parts of the commercial. This is pretty damn funny
@DJSERVANT7779 жыл бұрын
the reason your knife broke was because Rambo had a red bandana and tours was black! duh! get it right! lol funny video
@preparedmind10110 жыл бұрын
You guys realize they are STILL making this knife and commercials just like it? Google "Rocky Mountain Knife"
@PreparednessUK10 жыл бұрын
Christ I had one of those when I was 12
@hawknives10 жыл бұрын
You could sharpen that bottle opener and use it for a gut hook...and if you get thirsty, you could use the but of the handle like a hammer and drink the liquid in the compass. That handle does not hold up to warm weather very well. Got to love Becky!
@JeffBluemel10 жыл бұрын
I remember having a couple of those back then...
@richiesaidthat219810 жыл бұрын
but dude, the Rambo knife is like totally radical- NOT!! lol awesome vid, thx 4 sharing!
@MichelLinschoten10 жыл бұрын
Was the biggest piece of shit you could buy, and still is...i have it some were still ..
@TheMegadethMonk9 жыл бұрын
When I bought one of these, I thought it was the shit! I remember thinking, late at night, before going to sleep, that if a bad guy came in the house, then he'd be no match for my survival knife and the fishing line I'd use as a trip wire. Geeze, kids are dumb!
@asterixky7 жыл бұрын
I still have this survival knife, and have been waiting 30 years (so far) for those Ruskies to invade us :)
@TobiasMcGriff7 жыл бұрын
Wolverines!
@Springfield_7.62x63mm6 жыл бұрын
Tobias McGriff COD MW2 reference???
@jasonsimpkins23066 жыл бұрын
Spinnaker lol
@jasonsimpkins23066 жыл бұрын
I have it to including the survival kit inside
@hal74445 жыл бұрын
... Ain't happening yet? :D
@IkaikaArnado7 жыл бұрын
Personally, I'd fill the handle with cocaine...
@angieandgrantphillips84907 жыл бұрын
damn straight! I will chew that f...n' tree down with my teeth.
@LordHermanPRiehl6 жыл бұрын
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😄😂😄😂
@LordHermanPRiehl6 жыл бұрын
That's Really Messed Up Man! LOL!!!!! 😄😂
@ricev70716 жыл бұрын
Now that's an awesome way to survive, high as a kite!!
@keithcitizen73145 жыл бұрын
a nice stash for some blow.
@Starfighter93978 жыл бұрын
"straight from a cow"... oh my goodness that really made me lol : )
@e75channel5 жыл бұрын
hahahahaha..
@Patriot-rising4 жыл бұрын
I remember them being more like straight from a vinyl cow... ? Not even leather at all.
@scicero18 жыл бұрын
I never thought I would hear "top quality twain made" with excitment in my life, thank you. My bucket list is complete.
@marcrhodes71777 жыл бұрын
just remembered I have the complimentary knife too. it came with a leather sheath as well. I sawed a tree branch bigger than my leg with the saw. I was a badass 10 year old man.
@frankwarner9708 жыл бұрын
I am thoroughly impressed that you did this entire video without laughing..... especially when you were describing that high quality sheath. I was laughing through the whole thing. I remember when they used to have those commercials on TV!!
@NestorNegronDiaz10 жыл бұрын
I remember back in 1984 I was in 9th grade. Most of the boys in the school had this knife and we felt SOOOO macho with it. It was an adventure just to put it in your backpack and carry it on school, just enjoying the feeling of doing something "illegal". My backpack had one of those, and of course, the cassette of Iron Maiden's Live After Death.
@NestorNegronDiaz10 жыл бұрын
This video is SO hilarious. We even put those knives as bike handles in order to make our bikes looked like Mad Max bike.
@Isgrannyspry9910 жыл бұрын
I used to go over to my friends house for the weekend and pack all this stupid shit in my pack. If kids today did it they would be expelled. Back then it was boys being boys. Now it is a terrorist threat. You point your finger at a kid and say bang.... you get expelled. I miss the good old days of crappy knives and playboy magazine left sitting in your friends stepfathers garage. Good times,
@preparedmind10110 жыл бұрын
Me too! You'd end up in Guantanamo now for the stuff I took to school on Friday to take to my friends house. Fireworks, knives, etc....
@shaunbarnett29722 жыл бұрын
Iron Maiden's Live After Death double album was one of their best live recordings. I used to listen to it every day. My favourite album though would have to be Seventh Son of A Seventh Son.
@ArcticGator9 жыл бұрын
Lol, "420 molecular steel" >_
@dacritter83979 жыл бұрын
Arctic Gator I ordered the non-molecular version, which is completely invisible to the naked (or otherwise) eye!
@MeneTekelUpharsin9 жыл бұрын
Arctic Gator They knew only stoners and kids would buy it.
@Typomixer156 жыл бұрын
Now i use my survival knife as a bong 4 2 0 Blaze it with those waterproof matches
@ozzyboy1786 жыл бұрын
Arctic Gator I don't know if that's even a steel
@hal74445 жыл бұрын
I own 420 & 440 steel knives (Gerber), & also these survival knives, can tell that they weren't made of that steel, by far :p
@scotth24317 жыл бұрын
I was so let down as a kid when I could not cut a tree down with that fucking cable saw.
@michaelmatthews27593 жыл бұрын
I can
@justafanmarvel96695 жыл бұрын
I hope everyone realizes that these knives were sold as kids toys in the 80's and generally could be had for about 5 bucks... 10 at the high end... keeping that in mind it shows how much cooler the 80's were that kids were given real knives to go play with. Imagine that today... this society would have a heart attack!
@capnrob973 ай бұрын
My Dad bought me a Buck 105 knife when I was 10 years old, it was a different era for sure.
@DustinBKerensky979 жыл бұрын
I know this is satire but this is exactly how 75% of the prepper videos out there sound. Just replace "Commies" with "Terrorists", "Government", or "Hyperinflation"
@thecriticalcriticshow96739 жыл бұрын
The other 25% is random Mormons and atheists
@dominiclaufenberg86779 жыл бұрын
I think he means like how Mormons are famously preppers and how atheists actually pro-gun. ( at least all the ones I know )
@behindthespotlight7983Ай бұрын
Whoops. Nine years later this aged like milk
@jaynejennings58689 жыл бұрын
Thanks! You convinced my son not to buy the hollow handle survival knife! Well done, Sir!!
@honestdave5 жыл бұрын
Keep him from m-tech and lion ocean and he'll be safe
@timsmith71857 жыл бұрын
That was awesome! So glad I found this video this morning. Brought back some memories. When I was a kid in the 80's we actually were required to get one of those by our Boy Scout troop before we went on our camping trip. We didn't actually use it for anything while we were camping, but we all awesomely had them strapped to our belts.
@beltfed46246 жыл бұрын
*Brother, you're always so seriously focused on reviewing good gear, that this parody was great! And yes, I had one of those, in the magical camo design that made me invisible in the woods in 1986... Now, I look back at those times and feel like facepalming myself. Every 10 year old boy had one of these, and we were part of the secret Wolverine resistance.* 😂😂😂
@dtcepl8 жыл бұрын
In the mid 80s when i was serving in the Infantry, they introduced these knives to us and many of the rich guys brought it, not me as i didn't have the cash. Then, many are impressed with the compass and hollow handle which holds some survival stuff and of coursr a knife which have a saw edge!
@akeeperofoddknowledge49567 жыл бұрын
Cracks me up every time I watch it! Chris, you deserve an Oscar or Emmy or wtf ever, just for keeping a straight face!
@urgumskurgum75702 жыл бұрын
I've still got mine from the 80s. I've never needed to go shopping since. Best purchase EVER. Seriously though, when I was a kid back in the 80s , my cousin and me bought one each and genuinely felt we held a knife we could survive with ...if necessary 😂. Well , were both alive and so is our knifes .
@beltfed46246 жыл бұрын
*I must have gotten the super-duper deluxe edition, because it had a cast aluminum handle, the blade got loose all the time, but it survived long enough for me to learn just how awful it was compared to my dad's Kabar from Vietnam. That blade must have been made from some real special stainless, because I never seen one of these knives that was sharp, that's why none of us kids ever got hurt. If we could've gotten BK9's back then, there would be a bunch of grown men nicknamed Stumpy or Stubs.* 😅
@hal74445 жыл бұрын
Well enter the owner of the sole truly sharp survival knife. My dad had taught me how to sharpen & hone, & mine was really sharp. Fortunately, I never did anything deeply stupid with it while wearing it into that awful sheath on my waist. Otherwise I'd be already dead :P
@erictilley20189 жыл бұрын
Chris... this is the funniest thing I've seen in ages. Excellent job not only spoofing the knife, but your own self! It must have been a blast trying to go back to your earliest videos and the way you did them before you gained the experience you have today. The fact that you ad-libbed this tells me you've got some hidden acting talent but keep that to yourself. You're too valuable to us for you to go running off to Hollywood. Thanks for the laughs! Never take yourself too seriously or others will never take you seriously enough! Cheers!
@bopeton8 жыл бұрын
Those split rings are for the cable saw haha. I used to have one of those when I was a kid.
@_XR40_6 жыл бұрын
I got one as a kid too. Held on to the compass for years, since it very reliably pointed SouthEast...
@99truewhatever938 жыл бұрын
" this knife has a bottle opener so, if you find some beer in the woods and your trying to survive. You wont hurt your hands!" fucking pure gold!
@vi3tluong6 жыл бұрын
My parents came to America from the Vietnam war. Fortunately I was born and raised in America. I envy you for getting to even order cool toys like that in the 80s. I enjoy the vid a lot even though it’s been years since this was created. I hope all is well with you. God bless you Chris.
@Molokairider9 жыл бұрын
Funny vid dude. Don't worry bout the trolls and little kiddies that like to post derogatory idiocy. They apparently did not receive enough spankings as a child. What's even more funny is they watch your vids...money in the bank bro. I think maybe they forget KZfaq is not gospel but rather a place to post entertainment, opinions, and ideas.
@georgespeck22898 жыл бұрын
back in the early 1980"s I bought a life knife, survival knife and still have the knife. leather sheath, sharpening stone, and a few survival items in the handle. a screw on but cap and a but cap compass. still have it.perfect shape. don't know where i bought it. Or what I payed for it. thanks for the video
@kellywright5402 ай бұрын
I remember going fishing with some friends back in the mid eighties. As I was cleaning out my truck the next day, I came across one of these knives with some other junk. I remembered that my friend Jess said he had one of these knives so I called him and let him know that I found it. He was like keep, use it for planting flowers or tomatoes because that's all it worth. I stashed it in my garage and it is still there today, June of 2024. Personally, I wouldn't use it to plant flowers or tomatoes because that would be an insult to the plants!! 😂 Now I DO have a Parker Cutlery survival knife that someone gave me in the early eighties and I was offered $200 for it by a knife collector like five years ago. I'll just hang on to that one a little longer...
@utuberonda6 жыл бұрын
This is probably the greatest video on KZfaq! We have come a long way since the 80s
@azamythbrewmeanie9 жыл бұрын
they are the best selling survival knives ever sold by us lmao
@KINGTERRIFY420blazeit9 жыл бұрын
This is without a doubt one of the best reviews of all time. fucking hilarious and well done. Earned a new subscriber.
@chadreilly2 ай бұрын
"Molecular" stainless steel. I had that knife. It held up through adolescence, so can't fault it.
@Standswithabeer8 жыл бұрын
I have a Saburo "Survival Master" ... hollow handle, but forged aluminum & blade goes into the handle about two inches. Actually a pretty sturdy, batonable knife. Excellent blade; handmade stainless steel-- Japan from the late 80's.
@lambert29698 жыл бұрын
Yep... I had that exact knife. 'Painted' the blade black with a sharpie. (quality job befitting the quality of the knife). The survival kit seems to have decreased in quality since the 80s, which is hard to believe. The SAS wire saw broke the first time I used it. I remember wrecking the blade trying to sharpen it with that stone. I also had the amazing hollow handled survival knife that had the sling shot and the harpoon in a stainless steel tray inside the plastic holster, better quality but still utter utter crap.
@Fischxx18 жыл бұрын
OMG you bring back my childhood i had the same issues on my one the blade did come loose the nut actually did come loose in it !!
@hal74445 жыл бұрын
Geez you enlisted my own experiences as well, except for the last part; I saw that other survival knife with the slingshot & harpoon at a hardware store & I died in envy to own it. Never did. I mean, I never owned one, nor died at the time (go figure). Came to learn, through the cutlery I have owned, that 99% of the knifes sold as survival types are (what you said? ah yes) utter utter crap (LOL). 420 molecular steel, my ass. It's like they used leaf springs taken from defunct cars in the junkyard to make the blades. The plastic cap with the compass was big as a ball for a car's gear stick and the compass itself worked until the second time you hit a branch with the knife.
@hal74445 жыл бұрын
@ What was that about a knife with a grappling hook??? Spoilers: you haven't answered & I'm already LOL
@DarienSeminoff8 жыл бұрын
I had too watch this in 360p.... It made it so much more realistic....
@jacobbcox19856 жыл бұрын
At 144p it looks even better
@KandaJE2 жыл бұрын
The very best example for WHY batoning a perfectly burnable log with a knife is such an absurd idea! Perfect! I asked a Gerber Rep - Years ago, What he thought of Batoning. He admitted that it was pure Marketing nonsense. He said : Quote - I don't know who thought it up, but I've sold more knives since that stupid idea came out.... These silly things have been around since at LEAST the mid - 60s. These were the typical "Gift" that Dad would dole out, when you pestered him too much about wanting your own knife. These and plastic binoculars... Love the Video! Absolutely entertaining! Thanx!
@TS-ir8xt4 жыл бұрын
I bought several of these at flea markets and gas stations back in the 80s ,either $5 or $7 each ,they were the best ..when you were a kid... it's awesome to see them again..
@phillipmccrevis41677 жыл бұрын
Had one with the camo sheath , I even remember the commercial LOL .
@joeybagofdonuts237 жыл бұрын
Phillip McCrevis i still have one lol it has most of the kit still there minus the compass lol
@MrLleyo816 жыл бұрын
OMG I DIED!!! BATONING!!!!!! DEAD
@ricev70716 жыл бұрын
My dad got me this knife for my 11th birthday. These knives were popular but they came loose easy because the blade is screwed down in the hollow handle so you need a deep well socket wrench to fix them. My dad came to visit from the U.S. and he just ordered me a black version of Rambo's bowie knife from Rambo First Blood pt.2 I can't wait to get it, it's so badass, it even comes with ferro rods. Honestly, I wouldn't mind having the Survivor Knife all over again as well. But if I ever got it again, I would weld the blade to the handle after securing it tightly with a wrench, It's the only way it would last and be able to take any real abuse.
@e75channel5 жыл бұрын
The knife cormercial advertisment.. 🤣🤣🤣 This video really nailed it. Well done.. perfect for this knife. 😅
@rocosuavez9 жыл бұрын
Cool video ,i didn't think you could be a funny guy ,but this proves me wrong...Yep i bought one too but mine had an aluminum handle and i ended up breaking it the same way you did...
@vominator9 жыл бұрын
I got mine ... "r-r-r-razor sharp!" it wasn't. also the "tang" was also just a bolt. Arrived broken. threw it out.
@Eurotrash43676 жыл бұрын
The reason they allow you to keep the sheath if you decide to return the knife is because the additional shipping cost to mail the sheath back is 3 times it's value. They save money by allowing customers to keep it.
@1960Plague8 жыл бұрын
Omg!!! Chris this is your BEST vid ever 👍👍👍👍 Classic when that knife failed & your expression 😹😹😹 Thnx sooooo much for this vid Peace ✌️
@Psycho7429 жыл бұрын
Hilarious! Thanks Chris, for brightening my day a little more! (And when i was a young boy scout, i also wanted one, but my dad bought me a Victorinox huntsman..... i was dissapointed at first but the huntsman is still going strong after roughly 20 years....)
@volcanowb7 жыл бұрын
I got one as gift back in the early eighties. LMAO
@f308gtb19776 жыл бұрын
I had that knife when I was a kid, in camouflage. The wire saw (that the split rings go on the ends of) broke when I tried to unfold it, it was creased so hard! Then the blade nut came loose. The saw is rounded and couldn’t saw through play dough. Worst balance, about impossible to sharpen, the vinyl-laminate sheath tore within a few days... I could go on and on. But before it arrived, I just KNEW it would be the coolest knife ever.
@LiveToSurvive6 жыл бұрын
It was nothing but a kids toy. I was born in 69 so in the 80's I was a kid that carried a KaBar, camped alone, made shelters, benches, tables, and anything else I needed in the woods. Just back then it wasn't called bushcraft. (Not that I heard of anyway.) I laughed constantly when my friends would brag about their Rambo knives.
@rockinron40319 жыл бұрын
I saw those plastic handled survival knives for sale at a local flea market for $10 about a year ago and they're the worst ones and most of them have steel handles. I have one that has about a 10 inch long blade and the knife and blade are two pieces that I don't use for anything and just collect right now but I doubt if any of the hollow handle survival knives would stand up to any real or rugged use though.
6 жыл бұрын
rockinron40 sir, you've obviously not seen RAMBO!!!
@0Concept147 жыл бұрын
420 molecular stainless? s110v for the win.
@shaunbarnett29722 жыл бұрын
Yea I admit back in the late 80s I definitely wanted a rambo knife with the fishing kit in the hollow handle. I heard about some other guys at school who had one and Oh how I admired them. I thought, wow no matter what the situation they found themselves in, they would survive no problem with that knife.
@davidaylsworth89647 жыл бұрын
ROFLMAO. I've still got my camo-rambo knife. My most embarrassing outdoors purchase to date. It got the biggest laugh when I pull it out at a guys weekend and said, "Hah! That's not a knife! Neither is this!" Thanks for the flashback Chris.
@SliverGhost1649 жыл бұрын
i cant tell if this is a sarcastic video or not.........
@MeneTekelUpharsin9 жыл бұрын
***** It is pretty obvious he was being sarcastic. He even reveals it at the end.
@andyclifford93429 жыл бұрын
***** This guy isn't too great at sarcasm.......or is he? lol
@nicholashu98548 жыл бұрын
top quality taiwan made lol(: subscribed just for this vid
@mattduncan33049 жыл бұрын
I've been watching your videos for 2 days straight (while sick in bed) and thinking "I wonder how a review of my old Rambo knife would turn out" - now I don't need to wonder. Fantastic stuff.
@DanielTPeace6 жыл бұрын
Excellent video, I laughed the whole time. Great humor, and if you remember back in the day when the commercial was aired how crazy this survival knife fad was. Great parody.
@jaredt-f30078 жыл бұрын
I'm ashamed it took me that long to realise that u were joking
@tecnotrog110 жыл бұрын
I love this video. Giving away my age but I had one as a kid ..still do actually. And it probably would float. .crap normally does . Again ...funny good job
@frankyalvarez71607 жыл бұрын
My grandpa actually bought this knife from the commercial I still have the dang thing. He bought the fact one from the commercial with the sharpening stone and sheath and it has a small "survival" kit in the handle. That is hilariously ironic. Hahahahaha
@steverose3318 Жыл бұрын
I got a set of steak knives, a stud setter, 2 Sham wows, a Chia pet, a spirograph, a set of Clackers, lawn jarts, and a Land of The Lost autographed poster with that knife for the amazingly low introductory price of $9.99. I had to order immediately because supplies were limited and they only allowed 10 per household. By the way ... The Cold War ended due to every 9 year old having a Rambo knife.
@H4x0r110 жыл бұрын
Funny I am that old and I bought one back in the 80's. To this day I remember thinking what a Piece of Crap it was.
@BLUEFOX700110 жыл бұрын
This is a joke right !? If not this guy is crazy :)
@thatfrakkingcat91712 жыл бұрын
Go back to watch this one from time to time and it still cracks me up. I lose it at the batoning moment every time. Thanks for keeping this video around. 😂
@natedunn59377 жыл бұрын
Just came across this old video. Love it. Not sure how you did it with a straight face. Awesome job.
@hoooooops10 жыл бұрын
LOL 20 years ago i had the regular shiny one...get not busted by the sowiets, but the blade broke...like your one. ^^ Junk...
@jeremymalatt222110 жыл бұрын
Dude, this video was hilarious. Greatbjob.
@craigsavarese86312 жыл бұрын
God, I remember those knives were everywhere back in the 80’s. I think I still have 2 or 3 laying around in the garage.
@ConkysGhost8 жыл бұрын
LOL That was cool! I just bought one at a yard sale. It's one of the 80's TV versions. All the survival stuff is still in the handle. Untouched!!! I'm just gonna hang in on the wall to impress people with how utterly cool it is. :)
@kiba3x8 жыл бұрын
This Rambo shit is the worst knife I have seen. It has only nostalgic value.
@LordHermanPRiehl6 жыл бұрын
Substandard Gamer Kiba For Real.,
@genoburgess68176 жыл бұрын
No Rambo stuff is the best (best no quailty in the world), love the 80s hehe go Rambo go.
@CentralOregonSurvival7 жыл бұрын
Just like you said you loved those Rambo knifes... And why do you have to bet up Johnny Rambo?? What the hell dude, that was my hero back then, can't say I haven't put in First Blood and rocked it out. Can't forget your roots... LOL
@gregoryross97707 жыл бұрын
Central Oregon Survival Network I'm 42 and I just got through watching First Blood I miss the 80s so much man I got my first survival knife but I was 11
@CentralOregonSurvival7 жыл бұрын
Yup, great years!!! "Wolverines, Rambo, Chuck!!! Hells Yeah!!
@EQOAnostalgia6 жыл бұрын
It took me a few minutes to realize this wasn't a crazy dude who was going to hurt someone lol. The crazy eyes, pulled it off very well! My wife pointed a similar knife out to me today at a local fish and game shop. I laughed and said i would have loved it when i had my Rambo bigwheel. Carrying around rocks for ammo and a stick just somehow wasn't nearly as badass...
@daw1626 жыл бұрын
"you can keep the sheath and sharpening stone free, even if you decide to return the survivor knife. " .....what an offer!! (of course, I had one of these, just like lots of other folks. My compass never had enough liquid in it for the compass to turn, and I rubbed the sharpening stone on it for a long time and it never got sharp, but it brings back good memories!).
@preparedmind1016 жыл бұрын
+David W You're still alive aren't you? Proof it did its job.
@wynandjohankoegelenberg151610 жыл бұрын
HaHaHa Chris; you made me laugh out loud. I just turned 46 today and vividly remember the Rambo movies. As a 13 or 14 year old, I simply HAD TO HAVE one of these awesome knives (in case of, you know, invaders and such...) So I saved up my pocket money until I could afford one. I am South African; we didn't have access to the ease of ordering as in the USA those days, and foreign-made items were expensive. When I opened the box it came in, I had the exact reaction as you did: Why does the entire ensemble look so cheap? Is this flimsy sheath supposed to be leather? Why does the blade look so puny as compared to the movie? Why is the compass swiveling all over the fucking place (it should point to North), And then I unscrewed the back and got all this cheap-ass crap out of the back in little plastic bags? I was so disappointed! But I gave that knife the benefit of the doubt and went into the woods (well, just beyond the back-yard) and hacked at a tree limb. Chop three and the blade went flying and I have the handle in my hand. I wanted to burst into tears (the want & desire, the saving up, the ordering and the wait, the anticipation - and then BAM, reality bites so very, very hard); but I couldn't because I am a boy and I was 14. I think I grew up that day. Thanks so much for posting this. I had a real good laugh.
@sergioc.791010 жыл бұрын
HA HA HA PURE GOLD The last paragraph you typed the way you describe the anticipation, then breaking it right away, then wanting to cry, ha ha ha thank you for the laughs.
@rapskallion10 жыл бұрын
Great story.
@tojiroh10 жыл бұрын
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice... Cheers from a former Transvaaler. :-)
@MrRugercat4510 жыл бұрын
That is EXACTLY what happened to my knife! I had one of the ultra-cheap $4.99 ones because I couldn't afford more (hell, $4.99 was a LOT to me!) I didn't get allowance, and when I did, it was $5 a week.Well, I went to Wynn's (the "gun/ammo/everything else sporting store around here-I LIVED there!) I looked at all of the hollow handle knives-they all cost so MUCH! I asked were was the $5 one, and my dad consented grudgingly to that one. Well, mine went to pieces on the FIRST chop. I whacked an oak tree like 2 feet across-what did I think was gonna happen? Shwing-and it cuts thru it like Excalibur? Guess so. It busted off at the grip and I probably did cry, that knife was hard won. The next day I begged to go back and get another, and shockingly I got it. I didn't whack any trees with THAT one! These were so crappy that they didn't even have points-they were rounded off! Probably meant for kids-ah those were the days-no political correctness, and kids could (usually) buy knives, throwing stars, nunchucks, whatever, and if the guy at the counter gave you any guff, you just brought your mom or dad, (or whatever-a stranger would do)and had them nod approval for the purchase. Nice video, brought back memories.
@rapskallion10 жыл бұрын
MrRugercat45 Thanks for the laugh. Of course I had one too. I never did open the little bag in the handle with 3 or 4 matches, a fish hook, a couple of split shot weights, and some string or monofilament. Yeah, it was truly junk. I was afraid to use the blade. I think all I ever tried using was the saw on the back of the blade and discovered that by making it look aggressive they made the saw teeth too coarse and it was worthless as well! If you're old enough tell me if you ever bought something in a comic book ad (like X-Ray Glasses)! I guess boys are naturally gullible.
@papiringo-cv8gr7 жыл бұрын
my mans look like the kid from lazy town stingy !!!
@user-rg4ue3kz3h6 жыл бұрын
I bought this knife after seeing Rambo - First Blood II in theater. This knife was sold at the ARMY NAVY surplus for $5.00-$7.00 which was decent for us kids at that time. It was the year 1985. I know because i had one. In 1985 i was 14 years old.
@tacticaltech2479 жыл бұрын
Lol...the sarcasm about the 80's survival knife and when you went to baton wood with it was hilarious
@BlackRavenOutdoors9 жыл бұрын
hahahah what an epic video. those rambo knives where rubbish!
@followtheleaderist9 жыл бұрын
If you ever owned one of these: The saw brakes after about four pulls, The matches don't light, The compass fluid leaks out and don't even try to keep an edge on it. But Kids learn with these.
@_XR40_6 жыл бұрын
I got one of those when I was around 14. Held on to the compass for years - It very reliably pointed SouthEast....
@ikadan7 жыл бұрын
I don't know how you kept a straight face trough that. Awesome review! :D
@hopefulskeptic428 жыл бұрын
Having a hard...time...catching my...breath from laughing...my ass off! I was a 12 year old tom girl in the eighties, and like everyone else, I had to have one. Thank you Chris for making this video and taking us on a trip down memory lane.
@Orweliannightmare16 күн бұрын
Thanks man, great to see one of my favorite 80's toy again 👍🏻
@ericf70637 жыл бұрын
I have to come back to this vid every once in a while. Cracks me up every time.
@shotgunismymiddlename33317 жыл бұрын
"stick em in the tree and snap the tip off" died there 😅
@f0zn0ts3 жыл бұрын
There's still a place in my heart for that knife. It was junk but lots of fun. They're toys.
@juangonzalez98489 жыл бұрын
Love my bk-16. Carry it at work all the time as a utility tool, clipped the tip off to use it as a screw driver so as no to walk a half mile back for one.
@cybersam27666 жыл бұрын
“it might even float if you drop it in the water” OMG I laughed so hard after that man… epic.
@ryankraus69366 жыл бұрын
Dude, not sure how you made this video with a straight face. I'd be cracking up the entire time.
@Enlowra6 жыл бұрын
My grandpa, a Vietnam vet, trolled me when I was 8 years old, telling me I could conquer the woods with this knife lol knowing the knife was junk he gave it to me and let me do my usual run around the woods. Within 20 minutes I come back and give my grandpa 2 pieces, a blade and handle. He laughed his ass off and asked if I learned a lesson lol cool shit doesn't always work out well
@petermcphan28637 жыл бұрын
I was given one of them back in about 1984ish, I'm in my late 40's now and I credit that knife for getting me to adulthood 😉😉
@debaser718 жыл бұрын
hehe but in the 80's we had the knife sharpening truck that would drive around like the ice cream truck...but instead of running down the road to with a handful of dollars to catch up to it and buy ice cream, grandma would give us a handful of knives and scissors to run down the block to catch up to the sharpening truck.
@wojpm20007 жыл бұрын
One other thing I want to add on is, Batoning should only be done as a "LAST RESORT" if you do not have an axe, hatchet, tomahawk or any type of chopping tool that is meant for that task and you need to cut up wood in that fashion, then batoning is an ideal way to utilize the use of your knife, otherwise, "You Improvise with what you have" That is what I mean by, "Word to the wise, improvise" it is not to say you should make it a habit to abuse your blades, but you improvise with what you have!!!
@pinoywheelgunner8 жыл бұрын
I never realized the disadvantage of a hollow handled knife until I got into knives
@johanbertilsson22137 жыл бұрын
I bought one myself after seeing the film Rambo First blood in the 80s. Then i went on a camping and fishingtrip with some friends. Because of my fine survival knife i promised to fix firewood, first the wiresaw broke when i fixed wood for the fire, then the compass broke when i dropped the knife. Just like you the knife broke when i tried to fix the fire wood. then i trow the remains in the lake. Lucky for me i also had my Victorinox Tourist with me, so i still had a knife, i still sometimes use that Victorinox Tourist.
@living2ndchildhood3478 жыл бұрын
This "commercial" is completely hilarious!!! Thank you for the laughs!