Wacki:

On almost ANY forum, the blades of the manufacturer (owner of that forum) will be highly touted. This is a given. But if you will sort of "read between the lines" you will see that the Dogs don't pull any punches. We use and abuse our blades and report the findings, good or bad. ONE reason is Dan's honesty and his warranty. If you tear up a blade, and send it to him for replacement it gives him something to look at and study and helps him to improve his product.

Yes, there may be less expensive blades out there that will do just as good a job, but one thing remains uppermost, Dan's Warranty and his honest desire to learn from blade failures.

SOME "Lemons" will fall through the cracks, but they are always turned into oranges by Dan IF you will only let them know.

I think that after you have competed your testing you will find that Scrap Yard knives ARE worth the money and hype we give.

Randy

If you want a REAL test, go out and pretend you don't have use of your legs. Jam your knife between some rocks, into a tree, anything and use the blade to pull yourself up off the ground. Abuse, possibly, but if the knife doesn't fail at this, you can be reasonably sure it will hold up in almost any situation you can put it into. Use it for a prybar, dig a hole with it. Chop, hack, slice your way through a wall with it and see how it holds up.

Are these things unrealistic, probably, but they ARE part of a possible End Of The World As We Know It scenario.

Just some thoughts.