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The rambling is what makes this channel more enjoyable. It's like talking with friends over beers and good food during the weekend.

the fact that he goes on and rambles about different things is the reason I love watching this channel

Bought my first Hinderer yesterday. Went with the Skinny DLT 3.5 no choil version that was available for a short time on the site. Looking forward to trying it out. Never felt one in hand so we shall see when it gets here. Excited!!

I just got my XM-18 today after having purchased the ZT 0562CF only 3 weeks ago. They are both fantastic knives but your analogy about the car doors is spot on. The action in my opinion is leaps and bounds better with the XM-18 not to mention the edges and the polishing. I’m actually loving this thing more than my sebenza at the moment and that’s a phrase I never thought I would say about any knife. Sebenza is glass and this thing is ice. Great video and spot on.

Perfect video to watch while flipping my full titanium no choil slicer. 😁

You convinced me to try a Hinderer design, about a week ago I got my zt 0562. After holding it I knew I was screwed. I already ordered my first hinder. Got the 3 inch otherwise the ZT I bought would never get carried 😂. Feeling myself falling down a very slippery slope here...and it's all your fault.

This one or maybe in the skinny is looking interesting for my work duties. I cut a lot of rags at work and the choil gets in the way and I need at least 3.25” of sharpened blade to cut these large rags into usable rags to use to clean with.

just got my first hinderer yesterday, dam you Metal Complex

Got this based on your dlt vid awhile back and like it quite a bit. Now if I could I get an xm24 with a harpoon blade I think that will be hinderer perfection for me 😊

Yep! I have an 0562 and a 0393 and I STILL want a Hinderer! A lot of M390 out there though which is fine and not a huge deal for me, but I would prefer Amercan steel.

Have you done a video on the pros/cons of the different pivots?

I have one of these from the most recent run. It completely changes the knife. No choil means it has more usable edge than my Fulltrack. Some large knives, like fixed blades, benefit from a choil but its overkill on 99% of folders.

I get on here and ramble, That's what i do. He says. Lol. I wish life was more of a freestyle like this, instead of being so damn structured and serious.

When the hardness is down a bit, does that not mean that toughness is probably up? If so, “sub-optimal” heat treatment, for hardness/wear resistance, might be “super-optimal” for toughness, and therefore actually produce a better, more balanced steel and blade! What am I overlooking?

Your channel is awesome. I heard you say in another video that Hinderers are released from time to time. I really really want a no choil xm18 3.5” or 3” and I just started shopping Hinderer last week and there are none out there. When do you think he might release some more based on your experience? I was thinking in the first few months of 2021 I hope. Maybe around the time of Blade Show? You’re the Hinderer Whisperer haha. If you have any insight I’d be grateful to hear it.

So damn pricey but sooo good lol.. I love these and I'm noticing that you and I (as well as many others most likely) have similar tastes :D

Just got mine in today! (Skinny version) Blue G-10 and OMG SOOOO worth it! Lol

Have it. I think 0562 is different enough to stand on it's own.

I hate the choil. It gets caught when pulling the blade out of a cutting task. I bought one of these and I love it.

beautiful knife. can't wait to get one. soon enough lol

I just bought my first Hinderer! XM-18 3.5” black dlc

I prefer the non flippers they are like the best edc work horse knives I need to get a newer one I sold all mine off and now I wish I still had them the eclipse and xm18 ugh now I need to get new ones

Thanks. I’m that guy that wants to give Hinderer a try, but doesn’t want to be disappointed. I handled a Gen 4 in a store once; it was appealing but a bit on the chunky side for me and flipped like crap. Any thoughts on the current 3-inch?

I just purchased this model and the blade is almost as dull as a butter knife. Do you recommend I send it back to Hinderer to sharpen, or have another party sharpen the blade?

Why do you suggest the no choil ? Other than the fact that it's like a nicer 0562? Does it affect the way it cuts and handle?

I can pull the trigger on the XM right now but I have been wanting the ZT for a while and want to have the experience of the journey 😁

Hey MC, your preaching to the choir lol

wish hinderers came with deep carry clips

Bingo

The skinny version of this exclusive is the nuts.

Love your passion. 😆 Do more videos with a mouth full of almonds.

Got my first hinderer. Tragically bought the “skinny no choil slicer”. Very disappointed (handle is smaller than standard) And it had some quality issues upon arrival. Not sure how to proceed. I guess just sell it and take the L 😭

The XM-18 slicer is a better blade shape in my opinion. I know this late to the party..

Purchased my XM 18 no-choil based on your video a few week ago. A nice looking, well-build knife, but the action is not great. I asked DLT to look at that for me prior to shipping, yet the detent arrived weak. Disappointed, when my 2015 ZT0562's action blows this thing out of the water, for ~$200 fewer dollars. Sigh.

Its just too much to spend on a knife. You can get two very nice, high end knives for two different uses for the price of one of these. Looks nice though for sure.

My Hinderer is up there with my Sebenza and my Shirogorov. They really are great knives and they are much better than my Zero Tolerance knives.

After watching many of the videos about hinderer and even been on the scene years ago when the 3 brands were all the rage ...I just don’t feel owning a hinderer has that special wow factor to it. I’m trying to psych myself up but it it’s just not working :/ but do keep up the vids maybe one day!! Edit: I should prob explain...1) the design in the current market lacks uniqueness and imho does not withstand test of time 2) performance wise it no longer is at the pinnacle of hard use. Sure it is polished but it just needs to be sprinkled with something extra

I HOLD BOTH OF THEM AND THEY ARE BOTH GREAT KNIVES..I THINK YOU LITTLE BIASED IN FEAVOR OF HINDERER.

You said Hinderer has more consistency in there parts then any other brand you've ever handled. Does that include CRK? I've got to be honest. I own a Spartan Harsey folder and a CRK inkosi plus a few other high end folders. I recently just got a XM18 skinny slicer in Magnacut steel. when i hold my Crk and my spartan i can feel were the value is, yet this hinderer doesn't really seem like anything special and to be 100% the Hinderer zt i had a few years back felt like it was better constructed then an actual hinderer if mine is any indication of there quality. personally i just don't get it. other then the tri way pivot system I feel like I could get everything this blade offers in a $250 knife. just don't see were my $450 went. or why these damn things are as popular as they seem to be. Although I will say I see more Hinderers for sale on the second hand market then any other knife brand so maybe it is all just hype as it appears many who buy one sell them shortly there after. personally id rather spend my money on a handful of other brands. not to mention i hear rick hinderer is quite the ass-hat, having sent out cease and desist orders to a youtuber that HRC tested his knives and found that they were much softer then advertised. that never sat right with me. someone says something you don't like about there product and you threaten to sue even if the facts prove the youtuber was right.