So glad OKC is getting some love. OKC works very hard to keep a descent amount of their products affordable without sacrificing build quality. Always a pleasure Pete. Keep up the original and innovative content :D

I'd like to see you put Condor's 1075 through some testing. The Bushlore is a fairly iconic budget bushcraft knife and merits some attention.

If they made a cheap plastic injection molded sheath it would be a Gerber Strongarm competitor,n at only $30 U.S its a cool looking project knife. I bought the Ontario SP5 and supposedly its now 1075 and IMO its great steel. The heat treatment is excellent after my testing on nasty seasoned plum tree wood it passed with no issues. Our wild plum wood here in Oregon reminds me of that crap you guys have down there, its like it turns into glass with age very grainy nasty stuff.

This knife is $28ish on Amazon in the USA, I'd expect the sheath to suck haha. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Advanced Knife Bro and the KnifeNutsPodcast brought me here!

Very good observation. I just bought the same knife a month ago and very happy with it. I wrapped the handle with 4 mm jute rope, flatten the spine a little more and it's now my favorite knife, more than my RAT5. Cheers!

Nice find! This and a Hultafors would be a great budget combo.

Maybe try a nice strong magnet to determine the tang.

Great review and I like what I see with this knife. Great design

Kabar leather sheaths are lifesavers. A lot of my grandfather's 5 inch hunting knives ride in the short version.

I bought a Beretta OEM hunting knife. It's a folder from Maserin from Italy with a 440C clip point blade. It's a quite a well made knife. The pattern is Linea caccia 126.

Great review as usual! You could probably "feel out" the tang if you use a magnet, cheers!

I'm liking the hair cut, Pete.

Can we get the soup opera theme on the next edge test? You know that kids show with the fruit shapes/animal fruit things. The Ontario does look good though man, great video as usual

Thanks brother I actually like that knife and I like the blade shape, definitely not something I would have seen so thanks for sharing it I think I will pick me up 1

No one anywhere calls that a railroad tie. But no worries, I love your work I always find your videos both entertaining and very informative.

Yeah American made 1075C vs 3Cr13 is a no brainer. Ontario has been manufacturing knives for a long long time

I don't buy knives by Winchester, and I don't buy guns by Schrade⚔️

Good video , not picking on you just thought you would like to know that's not a rail road tie a Common tie is : 7 in. x 9 in. x 8 ft.; Actual: 96 in.) really like your channel.

I picked up the “Combat”. Good video, brother.✝️👍🏻

Try using a strong magnet to see where the tang stops in the handle.

That alpha knife looks mean! I like the shape of the tip (that's what she said to me; not even joking). You know what I would like a little more than THAT is.... an edge retention test of CMP-M4 on a 13 degree angle (or less, or both less and 13 degrees!); now that would be awesome! Thank you for your tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime :D

Ontario SP5 is $45.00 on Amazon right now( US. sorry Pete) . The Absolute Best Survival knife under $50 ,imo, it has a 1/4 in thick , 9in long , FFG 1095 steel blade , bowie clip point , sharpened swedge( I dulled mine) , kraton handle, a good US made sheath, weighs 15oz , came with a good sharp edge , it slices and chops , I've had mine for 4yrs now and beat the piss out of it ever time I use it. I have knives that cost 2-4 times the money , but when it comes to hard core beating , that I wouldn't use or trust my other knives for , I grab the SP5 . All I ever did to the knife was mod the handle because it rubbed my pinky on my XL hands , that's it , l love mine , it's unbeatable for $50 , just ask The Preppers Bunker if you don't believe me .

lmao! I bought that very same Winchester knife (on impulse) from anaconda a few months ago. you're spot on. (as always). where I live there's no brick and mortar shops to buy quality from. so only left with online.

Great review/comparison , the poor quality knife was made to look like a traditional hunting knife but w/o good materials, fit & finish ( made to sell not use ). The Ontario was made for use not looks. Budget knife that will get the job done. Liked your critique of the scabbard . Often this is where many manufacturers save money when offering a good blade. BTW no negativity here but what we call railroad ties in the US are approximately 6 inch x 6 inch , no criticism just information . Love what you do , excellent vids .

I like a 1075 for a cheap survival knife. If this is made in the states, it's an impressive option at that price. If it's not, it's still an intriguing offering.

AU$25-30 Mora is my choice for under AU$50

Great Job Pete,ive always been happy with my spec plus marine raider Bowie and smaller sp1,agree with edge quality the marine raiders often come with uneven grinds but the strength of those fine fighting tips is impressive :-)))

Cool tune dude! Kinda catchy.

According to Amazon's listing the tang is skeletonized.

Sounds like a good budget knife.

Think the Ontario will fit the Kabar short leather sheath? That's what all my grandfather's old hunters are in now.

It’s $30 here in America just so ya know

Condor has lots of knives in 1075 steel that are around this same price.

Yep seen many a knife snapped by a deer pelvis!

I have owned a number of OKC knives and love them, but generally their sheaths suck. But I would rather they Sacrifice on the sheath and put the money into the knife to keep the value good.

it goes for $27.48 on amazon in america

Hey Pete. You keep saying 17° edge is too thin for a survival knife, and I personally would disagree. I put a 17° Edge on most of my knives from folders to fixed blades and I never had any rolling or chipping because of it, maybe I am just lucky. Ofcourse I wouldn`t but an edge like that on a big choppa like my Tops Tahoma or something, but in my more companion sized knives like the SRK or the Tops Tom Brown Mini Tracker I find that the increase in cutting performance validates having that more "fragile" 17° edge. I never had an issue while batoning, and those knives aren`t really for chopping (except crafting chops). On my big knives I usually go for 20°, at most 23°, edges which isn`t that much thicker. Then again you are famous for destroying knives (or the wood that you use is) so maybe you should go for thicker edges :P

Ontario OKC Spec Plus SP1 Marine Combat Fixed Blade with 1095 steel for about $$37 USD .

Skeleton tang, for a smallerrrr fixed blade it's fine.

I know allot about both guns and knives😈 I go back and forth on them all the time. Struggles real.

I live in America and am very much into both guns and knives and yeah I pretty much a rule to never buy a knife from a gun company. There are some exceptions or at least some better than others. Ruger collaborated with CRKT so they're not garbage for the money. Some Browning knives are ok for the money (I wouldn't say better than ok though). Winchester and Remington knives are pretty much crap. Even Gerber's crap knives (the Chinesium ones) are far better. For the money any Cold Steel, Mora, Buck, Ontario, etc are going to be a far better investment.

Winchester does make the garage knives,why do they keep making them? They sell obviously but how?

In the UK Hardcore Hardware/Half Breed knives are ridiculously priced , roughly £400 for a D2 knife. How are they priced in Australia??

Thats all fine and dandy but I could buy five Tac-forces for the price of one of those.

Hard to beat ontario for best value for the money, they are 27$ here in the states!

The grinds on most of the Spec Plus ontarios are terrible.Ludicrously thick behind the edge.With the exception of the fully flat ground SP43, SP50 and SP52

"jump ready" lol

Cosmo Canyon? Or is that Red XIII. It been 20 years I cant remember lol.

@Cedric and Ada ahhh yes I've also seen the knife at A*****DA lmao. Where do u pick up you blade from in Oz and is it the same as where u picked this one up from?

whaaaaaaat?! you don't like the Walmart special fixed blade...but it has plywood handles and 240 g stainless metal for the blade. Pete how could you go wrong with that?

Don't worry. We gun owners here in America full well know that Winchester knives are junk. They get sold often around Christmas at places like Walmart for $19.95. After Christmas, half that on closeout. They put them in tins so that unsuspecting wives will give them to their outdoorsmen husbands as presents. Or sonthaybteenage boys can take them home and make KZfaq videos of them breaking while being thrown at barn doors lol.

Magnet test the tang

how does the ontario perform compared to the gerber strongarm? i mean the knife itself; i realize the sheath is crappier lol. also can you think of any other budget knives out there that perform as well as the strongarm? i would like to have one but not paying 70 bucks for one.

27.50 in the USA

Going hunting? Bring a Mora Companion!

I'm pretty sure that all new Winchester guns are made in Japan

Good to see you use a decent hard wood for testing unlike guys in the United States ,they seem to use stuff that looks more like balsa .atb

When you say 17 degrees, is that per side or inclusive?

Do you think it's Cold Steel SRK SK-5 competition? (Considering steel, geometry and sheath)

I’m another one of those people who’s into both guns and knives. Winchester makes such beautiful guns, but man, that knife is horrible. You hit the nail on the head that most folks who hunt or shoot really have no clue about knives. My thought is, I use a knife way more often than I shoot, so why wouldn’t I spend maybe a little extra money to get something that’s an objectively better tool?

Can you do a rex 45 cut test

Old video I know, but Winchester hasn't existed as a gun company for ages. It is a brand that is licensed to all kinds of things. Anything modern produced with the Winchester name is most likely garbage. Separate from the Winchester ammunition company however. Winchester ammo is OK.

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you were a bit too harsh on the stainless steel knife. It looks decent.

No one has any onions or oranges or carrots? I have the suspicion these survivalists eat frozen pizzas.

Ontario Spec Plus Alpha Survival Knife Gib link, at least name in description, it is a mouthful in title but Wranglestar video titles suck.

not gonna lie that handle makes me want to puke

Gun brands should STOP making knives! The only exception would be hogue

Shithouse - classic OZ/NZ saying.

Its pretty shit knife