Hey everyone, David C. Andersen here coming at you from the
KnifeCenter and welcome to KniFAQ number 98, the series
where I answer all your questions, whether they're sharp
or dull. And this week, we've got another stupid knife story
to share and is G 10 going to kill you? (KniFAQ)
Welcome, everyone. If you've not seen one of these videos before,
the deal is we go through our comments section and pick out
some of the good questions we see there to feature in these
episodes. So if you want a chance to have your question
featured, do that thing? Leave them in the comments below. But
first before our first question, today, we've got another stupid
knife story to share. Thank you everyone who sent in and shared
the absolute dumb things we've all done with knives over the
years. But this one, one more kind of stuck out to me Chris S
says I was unloading dishes from the dishwasher and I dropped a
brand new Huncles 10 inch chef's knife tip down the tip missed
the pinky side of my foot but the blade didn't cut through the
side of my shoe and down to the bone on the side of my foot. The
white kitchens out look like a murder scene. So what I'm taking
from that comment is the stupid knife mistake he made was put in
the dishwasher.
This all could have been avoided. Then you wouldn't have
had a kitchen lawn dart. Kitchen Lawn Dart. I can see it now. Oh
man. Let's put some fletching on the back of this and some fins.
Yeah,
I got gorilla tape over there. We could make some fins for this
and just ya know. Some of the best ideas are Yeah, we'll do it
off of off of school property so to speak. All right into the
first question for today which comes from Dutch. Lately I've
been a bit worried about basically all my knives with G10
scales. Since reading up about the health hazards being
basically those of asbestos. I don't grind or sand them down or
anything but I do work in construction so they can receive
a beating. I'm also worried about tiny particles getting
deposited on my clothing each time I put the knife in my
pocket and pull it out again, with the pocket clip pressing
firmly against the fabric. Should I just forget G10and opt
for steel and wood? Should I sell all my G10? I've collected
about 60 or more since childhood with the Boy Scouts. Alright,
this is a medical question, technically, doctors. So we must
say that thing. We are not doctors, this is not medical
advice. It should not be construed as medical advice. We
don't have stethoscopes, we don't have the blood pressure
cuffs like sphygmomanometer we get one of those bad things with
the little CD ROM on the on the headband, it'll be an actual CD,
it'll be a tiny CD. And I'm like, Yeah, well, we'll make it
we'll make it work anyway, we are not doctors, it's not
medical advice. However, this is kind of Much Ado About Nothing,
I think there's not really anything you have to worry about
in your situation. G 10 basically is only going to be
harmful to you. If you inhale the dust and talking about like
a tiny bit coming off if you inhaled one mote of g 10. Come
on, now you're gonna be alright. But you know, if you're working
in an industrial application where the G 10 is getting sanded
or ground, chances are you're going to be wearing the proper
protective gear anyway. And it's why a lot of knifemakers
actually like to when they're working with G10 would like to
work with it wet to kind of keep the dust down even further.
Yeah, it's only an only really harmful if you're going to
inhale that dust. But the same is true for many materials, not
just g 10. You know, carbon fiber micarta stabilized woods,
you mentioned wood, even some non stabilized woods, you know,
people in carpentry working with, you know, standard timber
also are wearing you know, the proper protective gear because
that stuff can also be harmful when breathed. But I think
chances are if you're working in construction, the fumes from the
equipment around you is going to be far more harmful for you long
term than the G 10 knife in your pocket. So I wouldn't worry
about it. wash your clothes. Good advice for anyone. I would
say. Gotta wash towels too. I
learned that one. Tell me how you learned that one. The
Internet. can't all right. The next question comes from Herbie
Husker Hey DCA, I'm looking for a lightweight EDC and I've
narrowed it down to the we banter versus the Spydercos
Chaparral.
Both are in the same price range, while lightweight is a
consideration. Being able to get a forefinger grip is also high
on my priority list. Does that make the Chaparral the winner
here with its forward finger choil would love your thoughts
on how these two compare? Sure thing. You're right, both good
knives, both in similar price ranges. Said lightweight is the
consideration but it's not the ultimate decider. But the
lightest weight one of the Chaparral one over here actually
is going to be the FRN version comes in about two ounces. And
the lightest banter is going to be the carbon fiber version,
which is about 2.6. So just for comparison's sake, I'll compare
it to the carbon fiber chaparral, which is about 2.4
ounces, kind of in the same ballpark. Actually, let me talk
about the Chaparral first here, it is a kind of a smaller knife
in general. It isn't it isn't like as you can see, the overall
length is about the same, but it has a smaller feel to it. And
that's going to come into play here. As I talk about the grip
in terms of actual length of grippable area you can see me
comparing the banner here lined up right with the front end of
that choil towards the back and clearly the Chaparral has the
the quote unquote advantage there with length and with my
finger in that soil. Yeah, I can get all four of my fingers on
that handle quite easily. And just as a non scientific
ballpark reference, my hands are slightly larger than average, I
tend to wear either a large or X large size work glove depending
on the the brand. However, even though I've got more length than
I can get on for my fingers on that Chaparral to me,
personally, the banter has a more solid feel or a fuller grip
in the hand even though it's almost a three in three and a
half finger grip. But yeah, I can actually get all four of my
fingers there as well. It's a little bit taller and a little
bit thicker and the shape of it just in general has a fuller
feeling grip to me. Ultimately, I think that will play play into
it a little bit. Also, you know, the advantage of that is or the
advantage of the way the banter is constructed while having that
fuller grip. You actually get more edge than on the Chaparral
as well. You're talking about XHP steel on the Chaparral s 35
v n on the on the banter. Yeah, they're different but edge
retention is not going to be dramatically different between
the two I don't think so you should get more out of the
banter because of that extra edge right there. However, let's
talk about the slicing efficiency of these. Check out
the thickness of the blade steel here the Chaparral is definitely
the winner on thinness, if that's your thing. That being
said, the banter while a little bit thicker is not that much
thicker, both of these are going to be pretty efficient slicers
if you want even more edge retention, I would say go with
the KnifeCenter exclusive here in purple with the 20 CV blade.
Just know that that blade is going to be a little bit thicker
still than the S 35. Vn bands are still not prohibitively
thick, but you know take that into consideration too. If
you're looking for the purest slicing efficiency. I'd go with
the chaparral. If you're looking for the best feeling grip
between the two, I think the banter has a bit more it's got a
bit more to grab onto. So hope that helps the the purple bands
are there is about a three ounce knife too. So keep that in mind.
All right, next question comes from Paul Brown. Hi DCA. I was
wondering which knife was most often featured on this segment?
Do you keep such stats? If so, which steel is most featured?
I'm guessing D2 Thanks. That's kind of fun. Like we don't keep
stats for that sort of thing. Because I don't think we'd have
much reason to keep such a stat. And I'm not going to make Thomas
go through all these videos and tabulate all that can't make me
probably true. I realized you say this segment I was kind of
thinking channel wide. D2 is definitely in with a shout for
the most featured steel. But 20 CV and its equivalents M390 or
204 P that sort of stuff is probably up there as well.
Because chances are if it's premium, especially if it's
premium and has the titanium handle, it's got one of those.
Those analogs one of those high end Steel's it's, they're just
prolific, but there's a ton of cheap D2 knives or inexpensive
D2 knives out there as well.
So I took a look here and right now we've got on a website 1310
active SKUs of product with D2 steel and 1117 of 20 CV and its
equivalents. So technically by that D2 wins but that doesn't
count all of the the high end stuff, the sprint runs the self
published blades, some of the stuff that comes out and drops
like the Chavez knives, that sort of thing that disappear off
the website, essentially, when they're, they're sold out. And a
lot of those have those Steel's as well say nothing at customs,
to say nothing of customs as well. Yeah, so a lot of that
stuff kind of disappears from that official count of live
active items. So given that a lot of the lot of the stuff gets
featured on the new knives segments, it probably be the 20
CV genre. But D2 would be a close second. I think. S35's
probably up there too. Yeah. And in fact, I didn't look to see if
see how many as 30 fives were on the the website right now. But
in the spirit of your question on things that being most
frequently featured, I decided to grab a few of each that have
never been on this channel before whether on the new knives
videos or the the KniFAQ segments or the cool to look at.
We've got a couple of D2 knives here. This was a fairly
expensive one for for the materials, but a bastianelli red
frame lock folder. 250 bucks made by the lion steel 3.4 inch
blade and I really like that blade shape. full flat grind.
Awesome looking drop point. I like the swedge I like the angle
it takes from the handle. We got some nice safe Jeton on the
front and titanium on the back. Deep clip with a winter glass
breaker. That's that's the word. Very cool. IKBS ball bearings as
you can see right there, and the action. Very, very satisfying
and the really cool tactical knife that is going to be a
great EDC. How about this knife, the artisan cutlery hover wing,
definitely a stylized thing. And style wise is probably not my
thing in particular, but it's a four inch D2 knife with a
stainless steel frame lock for 65 bucks. Pretty decent deal
there. This got a full grip in the hand two ball bearings in
the pivot with that frame lock. I believe these are proper. Yes,
yes, yes. And good flipping action. Really cool. Really
solid. And I've never even held one before today when we're
filming this video. That's cool. One more the Boker get the name
of the leviathan. I wanted to call it the stout because that's
the designer JB stout. The Leviathan. Thomas Are you happy
now? Yeah, I'm good. You know, why don't you but we've got that
nice stout blade. Appropriate, just over three inches long.
Stainless steel frame lock with some some milling relief here.
The bend of the lock bar, which is nice. G 10. On the front
again. We have ball bearings in the pivot here. Yes. Very cool.
Very strong. Feeling a little knife to see I haven't tried the
the reverse flick on it yet. Oh, come on. I'm hopeless. I'm
sorry, folks. But those are some three D2 knives that I've never
featured on a video. So how about some some M 390s. That's
that's what I wound up grabbing. Which again, is the same steel
as 20 CV just made by a different company. This is the
QSP Legatus. That is a cool blade shape indeed. About 284
This M390, three and three eighths of an inch titanium with
these cool inlays that's a red G 10 and carbon fiber laminate.
See see both of those kinds of colors going on on both sides
too. It should be set. The fit and finish is great. Everything
is not overly complex, but really finally done. We've got
ball bearings, and that good flipping action, like the
ability to choke up on this particular one. That's just a
really cool blade shape. Take the high flat grind on that. How
about an Italian knife with the Viper? Italo could it possibly
be Italian?
Yes it is 254 These three and three quarter inch M390 blade.
Really nice handles here we've got a carbon fiber on the front
and titanium on the back. Both of them have a nice contour to
them as well as some curved milling lines going up. Looks
great. Feels the hand pretty nicely, and you've got a pretty
aggressive thump They're on the front. That will give you that
point for really pressing down with your thumb and a saber grip
if you need to. Deep ride wire pocket clip, which is cool.
Actually, I haven't tried this yet, but we will have to see. I
bet you you could, you could wave that knife open with that
thumb plate right there. We'll have some B roll here to confirm
or deny the rest of the blade itself. Really cool shape, Crown
spine, full flat grind, very cool, deep fried wire pocket
too. So it's a lot of a lot of knife that would be kept nice
and subtle in your pocket. And then this one, which is maybe
the weirdest one on the on the table I don't mean weird is like
bad but just a little different. This is the real steel harrier
comes in about 240. You got a three inch M390 blade. Titanium
handles, which are bead blasted, and then two carbon fiber inlays
on the front side. Little bit chunkier, you got some thickness
there, you've got a cool blade shape with this pretty
aggressive, we'll say Fuller, or milled out space slot
essentially, on the front there. I've flipped it. And the
flipping works great, cool shape. I have not tried yet to
see if I can reverse flip it. Let's see. embarrass myself
again on camera. Maybe not. And of course you've got those thumb
studs there that also act as the blade stop on the frame stop
pins on the frame two. So that is pretty cool. Anyway, six
knives that have never been seen on this YouTube channel. There
we go. That's cool. That was fun. All right. That brings us
to our lightning round for today. Matthew Gleadless asks,
My question is what is the best way to clean G 10 scales, I've
got a Spyderco Manix two with Blurple g 10. And I can't get
them clean. I have a Blurple Para 3 here to demonstrate. G 10
is pretty durable stuff, you could get in there and scrub
pretty aggressively with it. You can even get in there real
easily with a like the back of a Scotch Brite pad or something
like that, like you get in the kitchen sponges, you may start
to actually wear it down a little bit. So a little bit of
moisture could help there if you're worried about particulate
in the air. Not that I would particularly be worried about
that. But maybe I'm not sure how stained it is. And if it's truly
a stain, you might have to actually remove some material
but maybe Barkeepers friend I use that on blades a lot.
Haven't tried that on G 10. But I bet it would work pretty
decently. But don't be afraid to put some elbow grease behind it
because G 10 can definitely stand up to some hard scrubbing.
Which brings us to our last question of the day our Most
Serious question of the day. And this is an historic, most
serious question of the day. Because I'm not going to answer
this one. Because one of you folks have already answered it
in the comments and I couldn't think of anything better than I
thought it was great. So Simon RC asks, When car camping on
arrival to the site which knife would you find best for cutting
off the engine as fast as possible? And our good friend
arrowhead guys who's a frequent commenter says SOG folding key
knife obviously. Bravo, man. There you go that I couldn't
think of a better answer than that. Perfect. 1314 bucks do
something like that. Anything to add Thomas Nope. Oh, good.
Usually it's when there's a car thing. Thomas has an opinion
that I guess not today. Well, that's all we have for this
episode. Thank you folks for your questions up to this point
and keep leaving your new questions in the comment section
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signing off. See you next time. You could say my comments
stalled out. It did indeed. Very nice.