This will be my third box of popcorn and fourth 12 pack of Schlitz! This must be the mother of all knife tests. I hope they have intermission so I can go to the men's room. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" />

Hahah, I'd suggest a healthier diet if you want to make it to see the beating. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

Vic, how about you put Dan's 154CM through it's paces instead? It may help burn off some of the beer and pop-corn! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

I did it today while I was doing yard work. See my post, Mud Puppy goes to work.

Just saw that one.. Nice mini review. The Muppy blade shape looks well designed- still plenty of beef going onto the tip. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Maybe the test was to see how corrosion resistant they are and Dan has had them sat in a bucket of water all this time ? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
I think I have gone past it now and would just rather see some tests showing the next release instead !!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" />

That's it! He is doing the two month salt water immersion corrosion resistance test. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Perhaps Dan's 154CM is a bit more robust than Eric's and so far no Muppy has died? Dan could be having a 'Noss attack' and finding new ways to try to kill one..

Or a couple of Muppy's are mouldering in a bucket of salt water (nice!).. I wonder if Dan put some INFI and sr77 in too for comparison? That would be interesting!

Hey Paul I notice is says Considering emigration, under your Avatar,where are you thinking of going ?

Pitman, I heard it's nice in Canada! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> It's a pipe dream mate, I'm just sick of the government over here, the criminals with all their rights and the petrol price being so insane (I believe UK petrol is now the worlds most expensive). A guy can dream of wide open country, fair prices and nervous criminal scum!

Sounds nice. I have the first, a little bit of the second (changing on account of food, energy & petrol inflation very fast) and none of the third.

Plenty of room in Saskatchewan Mate. If you can handle the -50 winters it is all good.

All the advantages of the UK without the crap.

Back to the Muppy ,the HC is a lot thinner so it is no wonder it had some tip issues. Thge HC is like a nice folder but without the folding.

My theory for how the Muppy is doing is it will take a huge amount of force before any deformation ,more even than S7 but when it does deform it is much more likely to be catastrophic.

One good test is to stick it in a vise and attach a torque wrench and see what it reads when it starts to bend. I am sure the Muppy can take a lot of force before it starts because it is harder and stronger than S7(stronger NOT tougher they are different). S7 is so great because it is tough meaning it can be bent without edge damage. The really impressive thing about the Yards heat treatment of S7 is they can get it hard enough to hold a good edge. S7 is known as a super tough steel but no one else has even tried to make a knife because no one could get it hard enough. Dan's heat treat is like viagra for S7.

I am curious as to how they are going to heat treat the 154. Are they going to max out the hardness and strength so it resists deformation or are they going to try to make it tougher so it can handle deformation better?

Jerry and Dan are amazing when it comes to the heat treating of steel.

CPM154 should behave completely different than S7.