TOPS Knives A-Klub: Machete-Like Tool for The Woods Designed by Amanda Kaye

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4 жыл бұрын

The TOPS A-Klub (at around $200) is a unique looking machete-like tool designed by TOPS first female designer Amanda Kaye. This knife has a lot of functionality and for people with smaller to medium-sized hands, I think this thing has the potential to be a big win. Check out the video and let me know what you think.
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Пікірлер: 78

@grimreaper6042 4 жыл бұрын

I love TOPS I own the Operator 7 it’s so cool knife

@grimreaper6042 4 жыл бұрын

Romans 14eleven I agree with you 100%

@Tier1GearEDCReviews 4 жыл бұрын

It's a beast 🍻

@minigmac1 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding review thank you.

@calvinrobinson4257 4 жыл бұрын

Love your site, always SUPER informative

@EverydayTacticalVids 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Calvin - glad it was a help.

@donavantew8278 3 жыл бұрын

I ordered the o7 and it’s the black out version. I can’t wait to get my hands on that beast

@Daxm15e2s 4 жыл бұрын

Cool vid. As always. I like that design. Ive had this on my radar for some time but couldn't find any reviews on it. I think its time for another Tops blade.

@Tier1GearEDCReviews 4 жыл бұрын

🍻🍻👊

@billrom795 4 жыл бұрын

Great review Tim, thanks

@EverydayTacticalVids 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Bill.

@inthewoodswithbigfoot3941 4 жыл бұрын

That's an interesting looking tool. It seems backwards to me. Thanks!

@Tier1GearEDCReviews 4 жыл бұрын

Lol it works well for brush.

@machsi1900 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the review Tim. Unique looking blade but i think my Kershaw Camp 10 would still out perform it. It would be nice if they would make a Camp 10 in 3v, convexed and with kydex sheath, now that would be a total beast of a chopper. Cheers and stay safe!

@arctodussimus6198 4 жыл бұрын

I like the A-Klub a lot. It is a beautiful thing. But I don’t think I would ever take it out as a wilderness tool. For me, it would strictly be a hand weapon. Continental Divide through-hike, no. Zombpoc, yes.

@Tier1GearEDCReviews 4 жыл бұрын

If you lived in the jungle it would be great. Works well at clearing brush.

@MrZombs123 4 жыл бұрын

Hold 2 of them when the BLM and Antifa thugs come marching onto your property... 💁‍♂️

@Brrrrrrrrruce Жыл бұрын

Ya this shit tactical

@bushcraftingmuslim 4 жыл бұрын

I can't think of a worse idea than making a forward swept blade and then putting a secondary tanto point in the sweet spot. I really can't see what this offers. Different for the sake of being different I guess. Now if it was intended as a purely martial arts blade I could accept that, but it doesn't seem to offer much there either that isn't already covered by other superior designs in my opinion.

@blakeb.8525 2 ай бұрын

I think jumping into an active volcano is a worse idea.

@charlesschultz3465 3 жыл бұрын

Just received my A-Klub, certainly tough enough be pressed into bushcraft, but balance/design/function is more an effective weapon; a weaponized kukri.

@darthblade2016 4 жыл бұрын

That is an extremely unique blade shape and it's interesting to know the designer was a woman, didn't know that before. I saw pics of this on the Tops IG page and to me, it seemed like it was a very inorganic shape that would make it difficult to find a sweet spot for chopping. This doesn't really fit into any of my systems, but it was a good review and the quality looked pretty on par for Tops, so no worries there.

@Tier1GearEDCReviews 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed... it's a brush knife basically

@MrZombs123 4 жыл бұрын

Looks more like a weapon for hacking off limbs, Leonidas 300 style... 🗡

@joeyjones9041 4 жыл бұрын

It's like a scimitar or chinese dadao with a reverse edge. It definitely looks cool.

@Tier1GearEDCReviews 4 жыл бұрын

Yup agreed. It works really well for clearing brush.

@phillipsevin5472 3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the urban bone machete

@michaelarnaud1775 5 ай бұрын

I know people keep saying that this knife is kukri-esque. The more I look at the knife, the more I think the designer is a Star Trek fan, with a jones for the Klingons. This blade definitely resembles the Klingon mek'leth introduced in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine when Worf became part of the show.

@jcrcreations4515 3 жыл бұрын

This would function as a great draw knife in the field

@evenhand7743 4 жыл бұрын

love tops is that a chisel grind.

@Infinityxero 2 жыл бұрын

It's an interesting design for sure but I feel like it just fails at a wilderness chopping tool, maybe it might do more damage against soft targets or clearing brush/small branches.

@debbiekerr3989 4 жыл бұрын

The kukri is going to be my choice. I liked the design of the aklub, but I don't think it's going to work for me. Thank you for sharing this interesting video it was very informative.

@EverydayTacticalVids 4 жыл бұрын

I love the TOPS Kukuri - great tool.

@stevieray8408 3 жыл бұрын

he said it was well balanced...wondering can you throw it accurately?

@billrom795 4 жыл бұрын

Tim, what brand are those high boots?

@EverydayTacticalVids 4 жыл бұрын

Heres the link to them - Hisea is the name - amzn.to/2TR56RQ

@Gieszkanne 3 жыл бұрын

Kind of a mix of a Kukri and US Tanto.

@allinprepping3508 4 жыл бұрын

I'm just curious. What do you do with all the gear that you no longer use?

@EverydayTacticalVids 4 жыл бұрын

Fair question - it depends on the gear. Give-aways on the Facebook page, I give a lot to friends and family, and then I sell some of it.

@ishgumi44 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful sword, really. but for chopping,? too dangerous. that tip is wicked! Horrible injuries predicted.

@donkeykingkong1261 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry guys, I'm gonna judge a book by its cover, your hand goes pass the strike zone, inconvenience of the swing. A knife sharpened backwards on the wrong side.

@1968gadgetyo 4 жыл бұрын

Never like using a lanyard. I think it's dangerous. If your hand slip, the knife could swing back and hit you. So it's already a fail. I prefer a loose 'pinch grip'. Matt Flower from Condor knives explained how he grip his machete. And the 'sweet spot' is very narrow. Unlike a Parang which has a larger 'sweet spot'.

@DavidMaryCustom 3 жыл бұрын

Joe Flowers. And yes the way he is using a lanyard makes it more dangerous rather than less. He should use the lanyard like this. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qbGcmthk1K_Zoqc.html&ab_channel=DavidMary

@rustywilliford8298 3 жыл бұрын

looks cool... would be awesome in a knife fight battle.. but, a terrible design as a woods tool.. nice review!

@cmdleo666 4 жыл бұрын

Junglas for the win every time

@Ethan-tx5si 2 жыл бұрын

Excuse me, video 13:40, the other tools is? I didn’t find it… could you tell me how to spell the name. Thanks.

@EverydayTacticalVids 2 жыл бұрын

That’s the Severance from 3 Dog Knife

@Ethan-tx5si 2 жыл бұрын

@@EverydayTacticalVids thank you

@seanleau 4 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful weed cutter. That is the only useful bit with that blade shape.

@lesgrossman4636 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like an backwards Kabar ZK Swabbie; 100%

@celebral_pelosi 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like the most self sabotaging blade shape in existence. The disrupted sweetspot alone. Also when you lose grip of the blade with the lanyard around your wrist the thing will swing around wildly and chop into your arm or torso. It needs to stick to your palm.

@tank5458 3 жыл бұрын

Love tops that’s a bad ass chopper made by a badass woman lol

@TheJoeCool1964 3 жыл бұрын

I think that its made for war not a wood worker. I am an axe junkie. I use a small knife. That is extremely sharp. I do have a parang that I love. ... The a club is not for me. But my son loves it.

@urbanjungle9600 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like a very average chopper - I will stick with my Tops Power Eagle for now

@EverydayTacticalVids 4 жыл бұрын

I haven't used the Power Eagle - I've heard good things though.

@BOOSTEDLASER 2 жыл бұрын

@@EverydayTacticalVids Tried the TOPS Basecamp parang? Odd nobody has made a video in a year

@Blakdog333 2 жыл бұрын

Should have been Karen Hood back in the day... CRKT got lucky!

@Alex-yg5uh Жыл бұрын

Isn't that just a copy of the omnivore blade works UNCIA UNCIA ?

@happyknife8785 3 жыл бұрын

Cool looking but very impractical, shape of the blade limits any efficiency in chopping, the point on the tanto will cop all the abuse and extremely over priced

@mr.meowgi9876 3 жыл бұрын

Probably better used on softer vegetation such as palms

@rebelyell2741 Жыл бұрын

It looks like someone sharpened the wrong side of a sultan sword

@kengaroo120 2 жыл бұрын

A tanto kukri.

@Swearengen1980 8 ай бұрын

It actually looks like a rather poor chopper. It's like she came up with a sci-fi weapon that is half machete, half kukri, but offers the benefits of neither. Tops certainly makes a few far superior choppers.

@Pharto_Stinkus Жыл бұрын

Doesn't actually seems to be that great of a chopper, which is supposedly it's primary purpose.

@mikeboyce21 4 жыл бұрын

Its an inverted dao lol its just not a sword. Or even better an inverted kabar swabbie lol.

@AKOGR 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Tim that is a cool knife! I tagged you On my latest video check it out so you can participate! Stay safe

@JS-ym8qi 11 ай бұрын

Its not going to work

@barrybueler3356 4 жыл бұрын

$300 for that monstrosity hahaha 😂

@oekclfjcke3746 4 жыл бұрын

Amazon has it listed at $235. Give it enough time and it'll eventually go down in price.

@Tier1GearEDCReviews 4 жыл бұрын

Its only about 170ish. 300 Is just retail price

@oekclfjcke3746 4 жыл бұрын

@@Tier1GearEDCReviews yeah I can do $170. Not bad. Not bad at all. Lol.

@jessep.3555 3 жыл бұрын

Enough said. Not for me

@jasonwoodard8132 5 ай бұрын

I don't like that! Looks like a waist of money! Maybe it would be better if the sharp end was on the other side.

@robcarey4189 4 ай бұрын

All looks no sustenance... definitely designed by...

@tims1415 3 жыл бұрын

She said she'd buy it if it was 6" longer.

@johnhortons6811 4 жыл бұрын

Did not impress me .

@JustinColman-kz5fl 4 жыл бұрын

Is that because it was designed by a woman?

@Tier1GearEDCReviews 4 жыл бұрын

@@JustinColman-kz5fl Wth does that have to do with it??? Lmao