Yes for the deep dive format. Like the microscope focus on the edge. The hardness testing & the Kevlar stabbing. At first questioned the vest stab relevance but can see that it provides info on more than just penetration of vests.

@@tombrown4683 The vest provides a repeatable media to assess how well the blade will penetrate. This way I am able to eliminate one variable. I should probably build a fixture to make the striking force repeatable as well. Tom, you always ask great questions and provide me with opportunities to challenge myself. Would you please email me your shipping address? I’d like to send you a tangible thank you.

Here because of the yt short just an idea put some foam from like a pool noodle on your strike protection tubing

@@TheoVannX Thanks! I used a piece of split rubber hose in the previous Hype Smasher videos and was trying out the clear PVC in the short. Needless to say, the rubber works better. Check my channel for the videos of other knives I smashed. 👺

Definitely helpful

That's good to hear!

Great, sounds like they figured it out after the early Bel Air fiasco. Link is kinda cool, tons of old school ZT in its DNA, and for some reason people don’t talk about their aluminum treatment and anodizing, which is excellent! Now, if we could only get them laser etchings off the blades, that would be awesome!

@@tomjones901 Agreed! Good knife!

I guess lanyards don’t jive with sweat pants other reviewers are wearing 😂

@@CuttingBoardRx 😂

Thanks!

Thank you!

I thought about it, but in my line of work we rate a product on how well it met the design requirements, which vary from knife to knife. And in this case they are blending two different categories: EDC and tactical, which is a bit of a compromise in either. Yet they made it work somehow… see? now I’m already in a subjective territory.

It’s a pleasure!

More to come!

Ha! It’s all in the video already! All I have to do is tell you that the magnification is 40X. The rest is asthmatic and trigonometry!

Welcome! And thank YOU!

I like that they kept the price as reasonable as previous launches

Great question as it made go look at what they wrote. Here’s what Boker states: “This steel, which has been hailed as a "miracle steel", has succeeded in achieving a very fine structure and thus high toughness and shock load tolerance despite its high chromium content of 10.7% and impressive hardenability of over 62-63 HRC.” See the nuance?

@@CuttingBoardRx ah yes indeed you are right there is a nuance in the description of the Boker Vigtig vs Wild which explains this, they have undoubtedly hardened less because it is a bushcraft knife. However, on the new boker folders in Magnacut there is no this nuance in the description. For example for the boker kwaiken button lock magnacut: " Intuitive operation is a particular focus of this compact button lock version, as the ball-bearing blade made from powder metallurgy CPM MagnaCut (62-63HRC) opens with a flipper and unlocks with just one press of the button on the front handle scale ". I hope this means that as the folders get harder they need less toughness. Thank you very much for taking the time to answer me 💪

That's a great idea

Aha! I’m not the only engineer with an overkilled knife in my pocket! I knew it: there’s nothing wrong with me… wait! Wait! two engineers do not represent a good statistical sample... 🤣

Definitely an interesting lock! And it may work with or without the Auto functionality. Is the patent expiring next year? I expect somebody will make these for less money.

Absolutely!

@EDCandLace I seen that also

@@BenCase88 I’ve seen it. He also didn’t account for flatness of the blade.

EDCandLace I have seen that as well. I'm glad more people are exploring the Rc of these blades. Used to be that we just accepted whatever the manufacturers put out as hardness. Bravo to the makers that are delivering !

Good point!

BenCase, agreed, with both points.

Great questions! I actually think this knife will greatly compliment the Livewire OTF (if that’s what you’re referring to) because it is great at EDC while the dagger-shaped OTF covers everything else life may throw at you. Aluminum is going to hold up to hard use as well as any G10 or Ti because it is hard-anodized. Can one scratch it? Sure, but the same applies to all other materials.

@@CuttingBoardRx Thank. I was referring to the aluminum screw hole, sorry if I was unclear, this is not my native language... Also in ots knives, there is milling in the blade around the pivot, does it not create a weak spot. I imagine folders are never used that hard and a snap never happen anyway, but it doesn't seem as sturdy as, say, a blade on washers where it's full thickness around the pivot.

@@dayannahkali have you watched his hard use video on the Kershaw Livewire OTF?

@@BenCase88 I didn't yet, but I was speaking ots, this precise Launch 20 model, as otf have no pivot by definition. Obviously it is only theoretical, because after seeing that "wharnfoot" little guy smack hard a ballistic vest, I am completely convinced that it is plenty strong !

@dayannahkali my mistake, I thought you were talking about OTF knives and that was why I referred to the Livewire video. He really puts it through a crazy amount of abuse and it does excellent. I have the carbon fiber version and love it.

Not verneer. This is a digital caliper - officially. As opposed to a dial caliper, that’s the one with a round “clock” face. Verneer caliper refers to the old school calipers with scales, where one had to line up the hash marks to get a reading. Sorry bud, you’re going back to the deburring duty 🤣 Next quiz will be on mikes, indicators, and edge finders.

@@davidtate166 I think you may have room for one more… 🤣

@@CuttingBoardRx some times I load up .I got more than one blade on me.yes

@davidtate166 it was a knife addict creed: there’s always room for one more!

@davidtate166 DISREGARD THIS COMMENT: just be careful if yours made before May 2024.

@@CuttingBoardRxbad batch made..no I got mine a few weeks ago.