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 Re: Yard Test:: 7" Combat Knives
[Re: Rat Finkenstein]
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05/06/07 01:16 AM
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Horn Dog
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Good pics and review. Was the Scrapper the overall champ? Yes, the Yard Guard just beat out the RAT-7 and the BK-7 due to its superior batoning on oak. All three knives are very good choppers for the 7" class. I did not do a prying test (don't want to break my knives), but just looking at the thickness of the blade on the YG alone, it would surely win. I wish I had a Camp Tramp included, but I am guessing the Yard Guard and Camp Tramp would be pretty close.
Horned, dangerous, and off my medication.
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Re: Yard Test:: 7" Combat Knives
[Re: Horn Dog]
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05/06/07 01:18 AM
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ColdOne
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Does anybody else ever get the urge to use the DMs to try and climb things? I don't doubt they could handle that use! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
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Blade '10 - The score is now 2-0!
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Re: Yard Test:: 7" Combat Knives
[Re: Horn Dog]
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05/06/07 01:19 AM
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Dumpster Dan
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Good pics and review. Was the Scrapper the overall champ? Yes, the Yard Guard just beat out the RAT-7 and the BK-7 due to its superior batoning on oak. All three knives are very good choppers for the 7" class. I did not do a prying test (don't want to break my knives), but just looking at the thickness of the blade on the YG alone, it would surely win. I wish I had a Camp Tramp included, but I am guessing the Yard Guard and Camp Tramp would be pretty close. Thanks for the pictures and info Dan
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Re: Yard Test:: 7" Combat Knives
[Re: ColdOne]
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05/06/07 01:33 AM
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Does anybody else ever get the urge to use the DMs to try and climb things? I don't doubt they could handle that use! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Did you see that post about some guy claiming he bent a Dumpster Mutt? I would have to see that to believe it. Scap Yard Knives are all beefy and thick. I have seen the pictures of the Dog Father blade bent way over with a cheater bar without hurting it. Now imagine how rigid a blade half as long of the same thicknes would be.
Horned, dangerous, and off my medication.
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Re: Yard Test:: 7" Combat Knives
[Re: Horn Dog]
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05/06/07 01:35 AM
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ColdOne
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I remember a comment being posted and then the photo was of a hell razor from being thrown. I don't see how you could damage the end of the DM without mechanical assistance. After seeing what the DM took when I "used" it, well, the knife is awesome! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> I should of got more of them!
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Blade '08 - I challenge coined Dan Busse and WON!
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Re: Yard Test:: 7" Combat Knives
[Re: Dumpster Dan]
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05/06/07 01:42 AM
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Good pics and review. Was the Scrapper the overall champ? Yes, the Yard Guard just beat out the RAT-7 and the BK-7 due to its superior batoning on oak. All three knives are very good choppers for the 7" class. I did not do a prying test (don't want to break my knives), but just looking at the thickness of the blade on the YG alone, it would surely win. I wish I had a Camp Tramp included, but I am guessing the Yard Guard and Camp Tramp would be pretty close. Thanks for the pictures and info Dan I am going to work the edge on the YG a little. Both the RAT-7 and BK-7 had very good edges. When I find some more good chopping wood, The Yard Guard is going against them again. It beat them today, but not as bad as it should have. It just wasn't biting as deeply into the wood as I think it can.
Horned, dangerous, and off my medication.
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Re: Yard Test:: 7" Combat Knives
[Re: Horn Dog]
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05/06/07 01:42 AM
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ColdOne
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Thinking about thinning the edge a bit HD? Or are you just going to go full polished convex?
JYD#10
Blade '08 - I challenge coined Dan Busse and WON!
Blade '10 - The score is now 2-0!
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Re: Yard Test:: 7" Combat Knives
[Re: ColdOne]
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05/06/07 01:47 AM
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Horn Dog
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I am just going to thin it a little, nothing extreme. Now the other Yard Guard is getting the full combat treatment! Long penetrator point, razor edge.
Horned, dangerous, and off my medication.
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Re: Yard Test:: 7" Combat Knives
[Re: Leatherface]
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05/06/07 01:50 AM
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james_bond
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I would have guessed the Gryphon Combat/Utility to do a little better it is one of the more spendy knifes on the block. Thanks for the report.
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Clinging to my Guns, Religion, and Scrapyards.
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Re: Yard Test:: 7" Combat Knives
[Re: james_bond]
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05/06/07 01:54 AM
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Hog Butcher
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Thanks, Outstanding review! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> & great pics!!!
JUNK YARD DOG #26!!!---S.F.L.!--- "ScrapYard For Life"!!!
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Re: Yard Test:: 7" Combat Knives
[Re: james_bond]
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05/06/07 01:55 AM
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I had picked the Gryphon to beat the Becker and the RAT, but they chopped better. I have a Becker Brute. It has a 1/4" thick recurve with a forward weighted blade, but the Becker Combat Bowie chops better. Go figure. The proof is in the actual using of a blade. I have had a lot of surprises in chop offs.
Last edited by Horn Dog; 05/06/07 01:57 AM.
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Re: Yard Test:: 7" Combat Knives
[Re: Horn Dog]
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05/06/07 01:56 AM
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Dumpster Dan
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Does anybody else ever get the urge to use the DMs to try and climb things? I don't doubt they could handle that use! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Did you see that post about some guy claiming he bent a Dumpster Mutt? I would have to see that to believe it. Scap Yard Knives are all beefy and thick. I have seen the pictures of the Dog Father blade bent way over with a cheater bar without hurting it. Now imagine how rigid a blade half as long of the same thicknes would be. I cant even imagine what that must have taken. The Dog Father was a boat load of work with a pry bar and there was more blade to work with...I guess anything is possible <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> Dan
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