TOPS XCEST Survival Knife Review

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[plumbingoni]

Hi are there any differences between the XCEST alpha and bravo ? That survival kit looks very good , love TOPS.

Great review aswell.

[wwwknivestowncom]

@plumbingoni The Bravo model is the same except the knife has a black blade.

[potatoheadhaoy]

@TrangleC I think that`s going to take more energy. I don`t actually know for sure, though.I might want to try it out someday to make sure. I just like to have a big chunk of steel on my person than a little one, even if they do add a bit of extra weight.  I`d rather use an axe or a saw to fall wood, especially the latter. You`re talking about "if," and only if that fails on me, or the unlikely (for me, a non-LE/military civilian) situation in which I have no choice but to use a knife.

[beaker126]

Damn, what a tough little bulldog of a knife.

[TrangleC]

@hohldk

I always was skeptical about small survival knives too, till I saw what Bear Grylls does with his small knife. I hate to admit to being influenced by one of those TV shows, but I really started to see the advantages of such a small but sturdy knife. When you use a branch as a baton you can hammer such a short but thick blade deep into wood and cut just as thick branches as you could by chopping with a big and heavy knife.

[nextexhale]

@plumbingoni The Bravo has a black blade and the is a sharpened portion on the back of the blade as well. This makes the Bravo have a more versatile in the sense of having a secondary edge in case the the primary edge gets damaged. But it makes the Bravo less versatile in the sense that certain cutting/gripping tecniques are impossible because you cannot place your fingers on the back of the blade where it is sharpenned.

[plumbingoni]

@wwwknivestowncom Cheers thanks for the info

[NorwegianKnifeDude]

excuse me, Bob. Does this come with any literature? :)

[hohldk]

Too small to be a primary and too big to be a back up.  Someone tell Tops to stick with tactical knives.

[HMFIC31]

I dont mind having nylon or cordura sheaths but I hate velcro! Button snaps are the way to go. my wife sews button snaps on for me. : )