Nutfancy Update on Benchmade CSKII
This blade totally chipped out during light duty use in the woods. The video is an excerpt from my “Wilderness Lean-To” series. As explained in that series some live saplings were needed in that remote area for construction. Limb stripping them prepared them for use in the shelter. Watch what happens with the CSK II…
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By 6x5magnum, September 9, 2009 @ 11:38 am
cool video!! we saw the benchmade fail first hand…
By micway71, September 16, 2009 @ 7:54 pm
He might not of had an axe at the time! I was simply amazed at how the Benchmade failed. That was not a hard task he was performing with that blade. No sense in calling the man a dumb ass. His videos are very entertaining. Why don’t you get out there with an axe and show all of us how it is done.
By killatony35, September 17, 2009 @ 12:04 am
wow,the knife chipped…cutting twigs…if the knife cant cut twigs its a peice of shit…shut the fuck up,you idiot.
By zx6rtt, September 17, 2009 @ 6:55 pm
WTF????
that much damage from cutting twigs???
Benchmade = overpriced garbage
By MichiganRugby, September 30, 2009 @ 4:34 pm
The “fail” here is more testament to lack of skills than tool design. Pathetic pretenders heading out in hopes that GPS and cell phones will save their bacon. Picnic-heads.
By arielrocks91, September 30, 2009 @ 7:20 pm
FU*K YOU AS*HOLE nutn knows way more sh*t than u axes are for f*cktards like you… now go f*ck urself and stop beatin on awesome people that are helpin others do what they love! Once AGAIN thanx SOO much for the great vids i know u work mad hard! Trollemmer….go grow some balls….
By bctnm, October 5, 2009 @ 8:58 am
What I want to know is: Did you contact Benchmade with this video, and did they replace the knife under warranty?
By m14m1a1, October 7, 2009 @ 1:59 pm
I agree he has more skills than most people, but more than pic-nikers watch his program to learn about good tools before we waste our money. I love Benchmade btw, I just got a 975s today.
By Jake421986, October 9, 2009 @ 3:38 pm
Man, I hope the SRK doesn’t fail like that. Shouldn’t though cause I hear Cold steel does well with Aus-8 steel. But that’s just hearsay. HAHA, that was a funny reaction by Nutn when he notices it. Keep up the good work!
By mooreryu, October 17, 2009 @ 7:53 pm
Hard use is the best test, add in extreme cold to test people too and you will realize how nessasary good equipment means to your survival. Thanks nuttin/fancy for leading the way!
By MichiganRugby, October 21, 2009 @ 8:32 pm
MarkN05 – apparently you are a qualified poster. Valid and not hysterical characterization. Ask yourself whether knowing the product attributes, readily available at the BM website, would lend you to apply this knife as nutnfancy has in his videos. He used a saw to fell his targets. Yet he hacks frozen branches with abandon. Consider.
By mooreryu, October 23, 2009 @ 8:33 pm
Sorry Michiganruby, but this was a unintentional failure test, Nutnfancy wasn’t trying to break it, it just failed under hard use. Granted, call it abuse, but as a mechanic, I often have to push my tools beyond their exspected usage to “survive” on the job. I’ve broken quality and junk tools alike, hard use is a reality.
By nutnfancy, October 24, 2009 @ 9:47 pm
I looked for your videos to get evidence of this superior set of skills and/or picnics. No videos available. Shocker! — Veri (Nutn’s sister)
By simoncowellscores, October 28, 2009 @ 12:30 pm
This is why people should stick with the tried and tested older knife makers for a survival knife like Buck, Ka Bar, and Puma for example. Everyone wants to buy a knife (or other consumer products) in order to show off to their neighbors instead of buying what’s been proven over decades in all sorts of adverse conditions. The Gerber LMF II seems to have also been tested extensively over in Iraq and Afghanistan as well and Gerber has been around forever as well.
By stratelite, November 8, 2009 @ 5:43 pm
Maybe he got a lemon?
By ColdSteelcollecter, November 14, 2009 @ 1:35 pm
i have several carbon V blades and have had one aus8 fixed blade from cold steel. the blade is 3/16ths thick and it has a saber grind with a thick edge. it was not an effective chopper but it was strong. Benchmade seems to be too focused on edge retention to face the reality of abuse…yes that knife would have been effective for fighting or slicing im sure, but i wanted to find a video to find a tough knife. i thought “hey cool 1095″. i guess i was wrong
By tekknorat, November 20, 2009 @ 3:56 am
Oh hell, I just added this knife to my wishlist, lol, gotta take it out immediately. Great review, thanks a lot for helping people choose right products.
By YeuLaKho, November 27, 2009 @ 11:19 am
Lol……….damn chipped already
By mlacey56, November 28, 2009 @ 1:06 am
damn…don’t know what to say…didn’t realize this vid was in here….i’ve ran the csk II through the summer and now the first part of winter…..no problems at all…I really wonder if it had to do with that particular piece of steel. Maybe I just have to abuse it more?….but in my POU…no chipping….hmmmmmm
By mlacey56, November 28, 2009 @ 1:07 am
FYI: I live in Oregon, and I do play in the mountains and desert.
By Tacticalgearhead, December 13, 2009 @ 11:58 am
Oh looks like my Cold Steel Kukri would work well for this
By Kopis1911, December 13, 2009 @ 5:30 pm
For you guys that believe that Nutn abused this blade, the description on BM’s website calls this a Combat/Survival knife. Cutting small limbs as he did is not a hard task for a knife. To be sure, this knive FAILED in it’s intended purpose.
By Tacticalgearhead, December 14, 2009 @ 6:39 am
Folks. Unfortunately just because something is made in the USA does not mean it is high quality. Just ask anyone who has ever owned a ford taurus.
Anyway, there are many excellent Made in China, Japan, Germany knives out there. To simply discount them because of there they are made is doing everyone a disservice. Tough competition leads to improved products for all of us.
-Andreas
By Underdog762, December 16, 2009 @ 12:54 am
Old timer deer slayer has never let me down, its been used by my grandfather and brother since the 80′s. Its lost some of its size from sharpening but it works well along side a tomahawk.
By RRFF12345, December 19, 2009 @ 3:33 am
well said Andreas.America is not the only country which can make tough blades.although I like American knives a lot