Yeah my life would have to be on the line for me to pull either of those on somone. The damage would be horrible. I've had a screw fall out of my tasman salt but I abuse the crap out of that poor thing lol. My thing is that I try to use all my knives but if I find out one has been discontinued I baby it since it can't be replaced. Like my Spyderco Sustain

Thanks man, hope you're having a good one

Haha Sorry man any meat I buy is going in my stomach first. I'll see if I can make that happen when I do a dedicated review of the matriarch.

I got to handle a couple talons and they are scary knives. I'm just not as impressed as I am with the matriarch. From what little experience i have with it the cold steel talon is a great knife and I would trust my life with it. But in my opinion i think overall the matriarch is slightly better and thats what I'd want to have on me if I had to pick just one for self defense. But you can't go wrong with either. Thanks for the comment man, I'll have to see if I can borrow somebody's talon and do a propper comparison.

Thanks for the burtal honesty ma , its always appreciated. From my own testing the matriarch definitely lives up to the hype. I've tested both of these knives on water bottles and old pairs of jeans. The matriarch cuts better and more effectively than any knife I own, and I own way to many knives lol. Better than my karambits or even my ronin 2, which is by far my sharpest knife. I doubt a soldier would need to carry this knife. It's way to specific in its design. From talking to veterans at my work (my day job is selling knives at a knife counter) you want a good tough knife that you can use for any task in the field like cutting through wire, opening MREs, breaching doors, anything a soldier would use a knife for. Plus it should be able to be effective in a fight. For example a kabar. No Folding knife will ever replace a fixed blade in that situation. Spyderco makes it very clear in the packaging that the matriarch is a weapon and should be treated carefully and with respect. So I think they do a good job warning the buyer of what they're getting into. I personally don't ever hand mine to people without a long talk about how careful they need to be when handling it. Thanks for commenting man, it's always good to hear the opinions of fellow knife enthusiasts. Hope you're having a good one!

Here's a link to my cut test with the matriarch 2. Thanks again for watching the video and leaving a comment kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y7Sil9B6rKnJaGg.html

Really dumb. People shouldn't make new knife designs, (or rework old ones, it's a Hawkbill" because someone might play with one when drunk, or someone's sibling could get it! Would hate to see what you think about guns following that line of logic... How about some responsibility in how one handles things? A sharp knife is a sharp knife.

Nice man Byrd knives are sick nasty

One of the best Byrd knives available imo, until they make one with a better steel, like a FRN Harpy with VG-10 or something, would totally get that one