now I've heard other smaller YouTube hers complain about it and lately I've
been looking at my analytics YouTube's efforts to kill smaller outdoor gear
channels like mine with things like D monetization on all new videos yeah even
the coat one and basically flat Adsense revenue for over the past two years yeah
I was making the same amount when I had a thousand subscribers um well you know
what I'm just gonna keep plugging along now it could be my content or the videos
I choose to make but why talk about that when I can just review this CRKT batum
bottom stay tuned a video about a knife I feel like I've already reviewed years
ago in the gonzo g72 - which is a ripoff of the lion steel SR one sort of so
let's look at the dimensions of this beast like the overall length and weight
blade size cutting edge remember why make a blade longer and add weight when
you can make it taller and add weight that way the handle size the grip area
spine thickness handle thickness and what about that tallness closed knife
makers for years have been striving to make the perfect weight to blade ratio
but also keep the cost down so I get real excited when I see a sub 3 inch
cutting edge on a knife that's almost 7 ounces keep that weight up but the
cutting edge small I think is the way the old saying goes I think that guy was
Greg Medford but instead of paying 550 dollars for a 6 ounce two and a half
inch cutting edge on a Panzer now you can get a 7 ounce almost 3 inch cutting
edge on a Batum for about $40 boy as knife technology improved the Batum has
a drop-point flat ground blade made from Chinese 8 CR 13 MOV the knife was also
made in China they didn't just import the steel it has a satin finish and a
thumbhole or rather middle finger hole for a deployment the blade stock is a
fairly thick up top and down by the edge so let's say it ain't a slicer I have
larger fixed blades with thinner blade stock deployment on the batum works best
with my middle finger and with some hard consistent flicks it opens fairly
smoothly with nylon washers on either side of the pivot gotta hit it just
right though it locks up solidly with a frame lock that has an over travel disk
the lock covers about half the tang crkt calls this the 4 by 4 of knives and if
you read journey wind junks review of this who loaned me the knife and whose
knife and outdoor gear blog you should totally follow well he said that with
just a little bit of a taunting there was some blade play now I don't think
I'm gonna replicate that here because it ain't mine and I don't really feel that
strongly about it now but if you make a big heavy tall knife called a 4x4 you
kind of invite people like me to do dumb shit with it don't you
that's the 4x4 knives for food prep wood shavings diaper boxes you was the 10 is
ok if you do a hard fling downward you can get it to fully deploy
okay handle handle is a perfect fit for my hand and it even has a toil upfront
that invites choking it or choking up on it or whatever the technical term is for
touching your blade that said the handle is just big enough for my hand big hands
might not appreciate it but the knife looks and weighs is like a much bigger
knife than it actually is especially once you start comparing your knife to
others it's kind of a small cutting edge when you think about it also denote the
edge here between the lock bar and the rest of the handle kind of sharp if you
run your finger on it fast enough you can probably get a cut it might be worth
it to run some sandpaper there instead of your finger before you use it hard I
can't say if it's QC thing or maybe it's you know they're all like this who knows
chime in if you own it the pocket clip can only be mounted on the right side of
the knife but tip up or tip down so suck it lefties and lefties are like you know
what no thanks I'll think I'll pass on this one the clip has the right amount
of tension but it isn't a deep carry the knife is tall but not thick in the
pocket but if it's in your pocket there's not a whole lot of room for you
know contraband plus if you're wearing your slacks because of a night out on
the town or clubbing it'll swing in your pocket because it's heavy comparison
section first up the gonzo g72 - very similar construction now by the way I
didn't mean this in the g7 - - or clones but more like kindred spirits
although the gonzo is heavier and has a bigger blade and there's a liner in and
the more I say things the less like they sound so I don't know they're both
knives for people who don't like to forget they're still carrying a tool too
big for the job in their pocket the blade is longer on the gonzo both are
about the same quality though although the gonzo doesn't have a sharp of an
edge you know near the frame lock how about an alternative what about the cryo
- almost two ounces lighter not as big a pocket carry less crowded grip area and
a larger cutting edge why wouldn't you buy that knife it's only a few dollars
more via the choice between the cryo - and this one the cryo would win although
technically I really wouldn't choose either but if there was a hypothetical
choice between this knife or that knife the cryo is a slicker knife though when
the Batum has a more pronounced grip area in half is g10 so the Batum is
grippier so let's offer up a much larger knife that's lighter if of course price
is no consideration but I prefer the k2 it's actually lighter although honestly
I don't use knives this big for you know really anything I guess food prep would
work or I don't know hunting something I basically like it because it looks cool
which is a real good reason to like things and how about my blood cake kukri
the only reason I wanted to show this one comparatively is to show you that
the Batum has almost a thicker blade stock has this knife made from a leaf
spring on a car yeah so I have no idea why the Batum is that beefy it's too
small a blade for batoning in my opinion ok so I think journey wind
junk liked this one slightly more than I did and if you own this knife and you
need a little more confirmation bias bookmark his blog or even if you don't
bookmark it anyway he only liked it a little more than me though by the way
they make a smaller version of this knife and it appears the pillar designed
by the same dude Jesper box neighs is more popular so I don't know buy that
one sounds like a friendlier pocket carry the pillar so I don't know think
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