Joe was one of the horsemen of the apocalypse. But he broke his horse during the tests.

This is secretly what we all want to do with our knives lol. Another fantastic gauntlet of destruction laid down by Joe X!

14:05 16:22 "Now The Spine" Final words for so many knives.

It is good to tear the brands down, and this one adds to the collection of the biggest brand-like name Joe X has been building up data to tear down: 1095. The obsolete steel with name recognition of every cost cutting over product quality american knife maker's dreams. Sure, any carbon steel kept soft enough will be fairly tough. That is what ESEE knives are a prominent example of. And also many a poor quality heat treat will disproportionately reduce toughness relative to the hardness achieved. That is what ...well, a majority of american knives made of 1095 are all prominent examples of. That doesn't change that the material has a mediocre at best toughness compared to various potential peer materials. Give it a good heat treat and keep it to 54rc to make it tough? Sure, that works for ESEE I guess. But then test a knife of the same geometry with a good heat treat at 54rc made of 5160, or go for 52100 for some extra edge performance while still being a good deal tougher, or even go ahead and go stainless with 420hc or 14c28n and still be tougher than 1095. (Edit: Hell, even everyone around here's favorite-but-shouldn't-be Aus8 is also tougher than 1095 if heat treated equally) Unless they start showing up a lot cheaper to correspond to the material cost and value, it is just a bad deal to go with 1095. But instead it has name recognition and ironically runs a bit premium.

Your channel showcases fantastic video clips that vividly portray the essential survival-oriented quality within each knife from various brands. It provides insights that ordinary consumers find challenging to verify, even when they have the knife in their hands. YOU ARE THE BEST KNIFE DESTROYER !

The pure disrespect has me dead. This was a work of art. Somehow you keep getting better

All i know is that the Tops wild pig hunter is perfect for what its designed to do. Dispatching hogs and other beasties , its not an axe , or a pry bar , or anything else. Its fun to watch your crazy videos.

Well, you can not say that tops don't know how to make money. They sell 10-20$ knives for 2-300$ Joe, everybody should be so gratefull to you because reality is so much fun!!!😋 Great job man, as usual!!!🍻👏🍻👏🍻

Tops should change their name to bottoms🤣

I find it really interesting that there seems to be no correlation between price and performance. Look at Tops and TRC compared to the Ontario Raider and the Work Tuff Gear. I have a few Tops knives, but never again. Thank you Joe for showing us the truth!

Man, at the end it was fantastico! Possibly the tops destruction tests are the funniest!. I want to see the face of the bearded man owner of tops watching this video!

The "Maestro of Mayhem" does it again!

Joe X does it again. Thanks for all your hard work and continued videos. I rejoice in the knowledge that Tops ‘Fan Boys’ are brought to tears over your videos. Also, always look forward to reading the comments from toolbag people who find it necessary to point out that these ‘tests’ are not a realistic reflection of how a knife will perform on wood. Well, DUH, no shit! There are literally hundreds of knife channels out there that show how a knife performs on wood. This definitely isn’t one of those channels. This is a channel dedicated to showing maximum abuse over a very short period of time. YES, the average knife owner will never subject their knives to this kind of abuse, but being that all knives ‘tested’ by Joe X are subjected to roughly the same tests, it is absolutely awesome seeing which knives hold up and more importantly, which knives don’t. Keep up the great work Joe X.

Kinda excited to see where ESEE 5 sits on the test board against TOPS knives

I don't like this knife very much but I watch your videos anyway regardless of the knives .Great Joe. Ciao Amico.

Given how much abuse other knives can absorb (including some really cheap Moras) I was expecting this one to do better. Granted, this is well beyond what sensible use/abuse is but it is very interesting and useful to see these destructive comparisons. You can't tell this stuff by watching someone slice newspaper pieces.

I just knew as soon as you started whacking the spine, it was done. Another one bites the dust.

Passing the JOE X test is a chance for a knife maker to earn a very proud title. But it also shows true quality.

That’s a garter snake, far from anaconda. Are you sure that’s American? It performed like a recycled steel chinese 30 bucks piece. I used to be a tops fanboy, now when you make a video of a tops knife I’m even afraid- embarrassed to watch. Thank you Joe, good entertainment with a cup of Joe.

ALARMA by Dy Ramirez. Gooood destructtest Joe.

My six years son came home play youtube and says Joe x into the microphone and watches it 😎. You have another fun 😉

Tops can't stop the "King of Ping"😁😆

Hi Joe, I'm Juan David. I've been making handmade knives for a long time. I would like to be able to submit some of my knives to your adverse tests. Thank you for your attention and I await your response 😁🔪

I remember the Steel Eagle, a similar design, but did much better. Really thought this one would do as well but, obviously not. Noticed the grain structure was really coarse, making it brittle, showing poor heat treat. Tops are going downhill imho.

😃😃 Another great review! Wow, edge held up amazingly well... then the blade was brittle. Joe, you're the absolute best!

Handy fact; heat treatment doesn't matter! Once steel gets deformed it work hardens, cracks will propagate through the blade, leading to catastrophic failure. That is why El Bricko will always win. Viva El Bricko!👍

Damn my guess earlier was pretty much exactly right hahahaha 😂 as soon as i saw that thick spine i knew it would break on spine hits. 1095 is strong but its all about heat treat. Esee is best on their heat treat of 1095 and tops is second but any 1095 that thick will generally snap in half. Seems like tops hardened this a bit too much for how thick it is. They need to experiment with either laminated steel or differentially heat treating 1095 to make the edge hard but keep the spine softer... then you'll see insanely impressive strength from 1095. I still think when its done right 1095 is one of the best budget steels. Awesome video as alway JoeX! The butthurt will be massive on this one hahahaha 😂

I was wrong, thought it would snap at the grooves on the back at the woodstump. 1095 is good for edge retention but for prying 5160 or so would be better for sure. Nice video again JoeX, thanks for the fuckin fantastic destruction review. Another Tops myth destroyed. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

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Any chance you could take a good close-up shot to show the grain structure of the metal along the break? It is difficult to tell from the video, but the grain structure appears to be quite coarse from what I can make out.

JOEX Fire!!!!!!!❤❤

Good design 👌

I'm not sure if want buy this knife, if had gifted a money to buy this knife 🤔 Thanks for video! 👍

Whe should give those mosquitos names that fly near the camera and then try to kill them with el brico for points.

Great ending😆😆

I really like to see you destroy those knives , it is interesting to show us the endurance and quality of the knives we are going to buy! Thank you for your videos!

You will be in my book of cool people

Hahaha Sir , may I asking u that , how many times u jump into the water 😂😂😂

It looked good on the tree. I thought the tip broke a bit easy and it broke down pretty easy once put under real pressure. Great video thanks 🇦🇹 🇳🇿

Would love to see a super slow mo of the .223 blasting through that steel!!

Tops knives LOVE to snap when they meet El Bricko ! "WTF Tops are you kidding me !?" 😂it's so funny when you get angry after Tops ! 😂

WTF....Tops what´s wrong with you ?🤣 🤣

I think the whistle is the best thing about tops knives... and those god awful nylon sheaths are the worst.

Tops Anaconda was spineless wonder! Maybe name this model the idonotwantya. Good show Joex

I haven’t checked in on you in bit but I’ve been looking into knives again and remembered how hard you test knives so I’ve been watching again and I’m not disappointed in fact I love the content! I think In maybe February i left a comment on a post about how you should test the old time Bowie knife cause I have one and I’ve killed it and it still works. I didn’t mean to type an essay but oh well.

Test the whistle next, good for a short!

Excelente trabajo amigo 👊

I'm surprised Joe doesn't have an entourage of tactical supermodels surrounding him and cheering him on at all times by now. Maybe off camera ❤️

Cold steel super edge please ❤

"Maurice" does like it, rock the casbah, rock the casbah.

Joe I think the power lines behind you are affecting your mind.....

El bricko looking good losing weight

HAHAHA..... LET,S GO BROTHER !!!

Destruction at its finest! Great video!💯💥

Tops = totally over priced s@#$, thanks for another great review! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

It's expensive just for a "Made in USA" mention.

Well now that’s embarrassing! People putting down this much money for horrendous quality should be pissed

$200.00 😂😂😂

Joe you can destroy a tank. Love your show. Gotta do a Coast fixed

You are really brave to go in the water with an anaconda!

Quality control! Frkn-fkn fantastic 👍🏻. Boom 💥.

Big knife is easier to broke :) good movie. Im stilk wainting for indestructible knife

Tops are waaaay too expensive, but they are priceless on your channel my friend 👍 Top entertainment 🍺🍺

great video very revealing

Im not sure what country Joe X lives in but they have as many mosquitoes as we do here in Eastern NC 😂🦉

Man never stops 👍

'Fancy farking sheath' Lol. 😆

I wonder if the TOPS Stryker Defender Tool would go through the other A-pillar. That's one of the few TOPS Knives that has a good Kydex sheath.

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Over the top price tag for tops.

Personally I don't mind when the steel is harder and breaks on abuse, as long as it gives me better edge retention. But that break looked too rough for that type of steel. Maybe it was overheated before quenching. What a waste of nice steel. Also the price seems stupid for that type of knife. Thanks for testing.

„Fanboy alarm! Pfüüüüü!!!“ 😂🍻 TOPS stands possibly for Top Shit? Lousy performance for that price range! Thanks for warning us, amigo! 🍻

Those shock waves must buildup in that steel to weaken it for later in the test, i guess tell Tops you want your money back 😁

This tests are only destroying money. Each knife is destroyed 😂, but it’s very funny! Keep going.

I like the look of this design, only those saw teeth (???, wtf ???) bother me. After the first minutes of the vid i got concerned, for a moment it seemed the knife might hold up well. Pretty satisfied with the end result, though. Saves me some cash... 😇

I do wish this trend of glassbreaker/skullcrusher pommels would go away. No sharp pointy parts that point towards the user is usually the rule for those of us that actually use this stuff in the field.

A quite bad result, and I want to buy Steel eagle someday 😅... handle, fulltang probably has not heat threatment, partialy heat..., is blade, like other models.., prices are high, so thats true of this knives...

I heard the alarm Whistle! Fuck yeah! Im ready to see this fucking knife break 😅

No blade can handle joex

Why is the grain structure so coarse? Soak 10 seconds at 1300c and quench in frozen dung chips, temper 1 cycle at 200 for 1 hour and microwave?

can you make a test of a new fixed knife from victorinox?

Do an RMJ Tactical Shrike or equivalent Tomahawk

“This is what I really think about the Anaconda”……😂😂😂

Gonna have to take your car to the auto body shop and get an estimate!

HAHAHAHAHAHAAHA (Tops fcoockin fans are crying cause of terrible evil inside the marlboro man)

so much for the theory that it was the thickness and weight killed that the operator 7,tops are just weak

You should try destroying an apoc trench bowie

Thank you for exposing this garbage

Ha ha ha ha 😂😂😂 this is the best video that shows what tops actualy is , just shit

If you ever feel like you have had enough and want to stop, your final video should be of you destroying the steel pipe...

Yeah just avoid cutting through stone walls and metal pipes during survival, you will be fine, dear precious knife owners, and try to find some cheapo hatchets or collapsible ...fiskars saw 🤠

Oh my God 😢

I’d personally like to see you test a Tops: Cuma Kage.

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ very nice ㅎㅎ

If anyone is battling robots with a TOPS knife, this would be relevant. As it stands, nah.

Coldsteel is a tops killer 😂

😎👍

What is that handle finger grooves are shit strange hilt also weird grooves in knife. Tactical maybe for paint ball roll playing fanboy shit no thanks ... Fanboys are going to be butthurt .. Great Job keep these knife companies honest... Thanks Joe

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Can you please make a video where you show your top 10 toughest knives you would take in the Apokalypse. Thanks love your vids