C.U.M.A BATTLE CLEAVER: Ninja ExTREME!!

[Deltaboy1984]

http://www2.knifecenter.com/item/OH767/Old-Hickory-Cleaver-7-inch-Blade

OKC Old Hickory 7" meat cleaver. 1095 carbon steel. Hickory handles. No sheath. No "asian" guy. No ninjitsu. $15.95 + shipping. Pity the fool. Do want.

Yep they work great !

 

[Sam Cade]

Lets talk sheaths for a sec.

A sheath has two chief functions:

1.It provides a handy means of transporting the knife.
2.It functions as a safety device by preventing your tenders from coming into contact with the sharp edge of the blade.


The sheath packaged with the C.U.M.A BATTLE CLEAVER fails, miserably, at both tasks.

Observe: Passing a belt through the loop.

Note that the knife isn't going to hang like that.

Hanging straight down the loop/belt interface looks more like this:

Suboptimal.

The sheath is constructed out of a hard backed nylon weave of some kind. The sheath has no plastic liner and is not welted. The layers of the sheath are held together with a single line of stitching.
The lack of a welt or liner allows the edge of the blade to bear against the stitching. :banghead: Stupid Stupid Stupid.

Lets see how long the sheath lasts.

Three draws while wearing:

Five draws while wearing:

OK folks, this is a dangerous condition. That knife is nearly a pound and a half, you do NOT want it dropping on your foot.

 

[Sam Cade]

Notice how the stitching on the spine side is also cut.

The stitching for the uber-tactical thigh straps also let go.

Not cool. You can't muay-thai kick your foes if the sheath for your ninja cleaver is a-floppin'.


SMKW/Combat Ready needs to get their stuff together before they get smacked with a lawsuit because someone dumped a knife on their foot.

 

[jakk280rem]

I went through a tactical cleaver phase and bought an Ontario SP-8 a few years ago. It doesn't chop very well either.

 

[Sam Cade]

It doesn't chop very well either.

That hasn't been my experience at all. The SP-8 (loosely inspired by a Vietnam era dead end US army project to replace the 18" machete) is a very good chopper.

 

[jakk280rem]

I didn't do any extensive testing on it, but I had a chance to chop up a large apple tree branch that got blown down by a wind storm last year. It bounced alot and didn't bite as deep as the Ontario machete I was comparing it with. I know this is down to the stock thickness, but I was expecting a bit better showing. Especially on such green wood.