This is rather impressive!

**Crafty** · 19-09-2011, 10:57

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=HYbEf-JKZnA

**Bundu Ric** · 19-09-2011, 11:07

Well impressive yeah, but most decent quality blades if properly sharpened will be able to handle what you throw at it.....remember decent quality blades....

And for the dude on the farm doing the skinning, the only blade that works, is an Okapi.....they keep going when sharpened on a rock.

**Crafty** · 19-09-2011, 11:11

I think the slicing action also needs to be smooth and fast. So not only a good quality knife, but also a quality slice :-)

**prepare2win** · 19-09-2011, 11:16

definately Crafty, a combination of tool and talent.

was rather funny when he gets the 13th bottle on technically the 3rd try, and then says the Kabar never fails :P

**Crafty** · 19-09-2011, 11:46

I'm going to give this a try though.
I'm planning on making some traditional tanto knives as well as the Americanized version like the one cold steel makes.
I need some tests to compare them and this looks like a good method. I reckon the traditional will be miles ahead of the american version.

**prepare2win** · 19-09-2011, 11:54

I dont see how in this specific test though. for so mnay bottles in a row you cannot drawcut to the secondary point or you will miss the next bottle. or it would seem so to me, just my untested visualisation of it

**Crafty** · 19-09-2011, 12:18

I think that will be the case with the American version seeing as on that one the secondary point is a lot more angular than the traditional smooth round point of the Japanese one.
as long as the primary contact point is very slightly curved, it should work..
either way, I will end up full of water while having fun :-p

**jkglock** · 19-09-2011, 15:39

Don't want to be on the receiving end of that blade

**ikor** · 19-09-2011, 23:41

The Kabar has been a workhorse military blade for generations. It is...IMO...much too lightweight for top performance in a 'test' like this (I have to wonder exactly what they are testing) If I wanted to excell at such a test with a knife I'd choose a big, point heavy Bowie. The Kabar is, in fact, a bowie of sorts but not point heavy.

I'll keep this vid in mind should I need to whack a bunch of plastic water bottles, because I do own a Kabar.