TM Hunt M-18 (Part 1 of 2): Details and First Impressions - Preparedmind101
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- In Part 1, I give the basic details of the M-18, which is a gem of a woods tool that's been around for years and my first impressions of it.
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When I first saw jess x i could see the uses. This thing took me a minute to appreciate. I don't like how it looks, but as a tool i can see how it would be a decent if not great chopping/woodworking tool. That being said i don't think id want one. Id have to try one and love it to want one i think. Its prob a great tool, it just doesn't jump out at me like it seems to with other people.
^^^This is how you post a fair comment while keeping reserved about something, especially having not used it.^^^ Already had two people completely spaz out like jackasses with F-bombs. That just adds to my thumbs-down count because pretty soon they'll figure out why they don't see their comments. Never understand how screwed up someones life must be to be triggered into a screaming tirade by a video on CZcams. Baffles me.
PREPAREDMIND101 hahaha exactly
Lawnmower blade of the year award.....
I have had my M18 for around 2 years now and I can't imagine my hiking/camping life without it! it is not made to be put on a shelf, it's made to work and be abused and it takes anything you can give it like a champ. It's such a versital tool it's taken the place of many of my old go to knives and the attention to the ergo details T.M. Hunt put into my custom wood handle makes it fit my hand like a glove! it's definitely an investment and not a knife for those who just wish they could utilize a knife properly in the wilderness, it is something that will be utilized in my family for generations to come. I don't regret the purchase for a second my only regret is I don't have 2. looking forward to the full review Chris, I know you'll have fun with it on your excursion this weekend!
That thing has Tacs name ( Tactical Show ) written all over it.He would be a wild man looking for Zombies with this.
Zombies and ghost kids and dimensional shamblers.
... don't look at me like that, you know he's crazy enough to go look for'em.
Exactly.
I have loved this blade since I first saw it. It definitely isn't a budget item but it is an awesome tool that does a lot of different tasks.
For what it's worth, your new intro is much better than the previous one. Either way, keep up the good work.
Been following Todd for years now and I am fan of his work. And the M18 is a mammoth.
I love my M18. Todd and Rick are great guys to deal with. I know the price tag will turn a lot of people off to this blade. You guys just need to take into consideration that these take HOURS to make and are 100% made by hand in America with quality American O1 tool steel. The workmanship in this knife is second to none, it's absolutely bombproof. I believe this knife has been featured on naked and afraid more than a few times now from two different people. There is a reason for that, again, it's bombproof! At the end of the day, yes there are factory knives that can do the same tasks, but once you hold any of Todd's work in your hand, you'll understand the difference between a factory blade and a custom. You'll also know exactly which one you would want out in the bush. Good review Chis.
Ι like the philosophy of the knife as a tool that changes everything on it to its basic core. Tools are made to make you do the work, not be pretty. This chunk of steel proves that. I like it. Part tracker-ish, part Becker-ish and part Orc-ish but to its own extend. This blade has a badass personality.
I just came by to see the shed, thanks.
At first I was thinking, "that's not for me..." but, the more I looked at it the more I like it. I'm looking forward to your deep woods review. I like the new intro, nice change.
Nice looking Chris... I'll add looks like suitable thought process throughout design (and yes - interesting). Most intriguing is that it appears to have accuracy, efficiency, with balance and egos (plus good materials)... Features and performance that interest me the most on wilderness tools. Looking forward to part 2! -- thank you -- PS. Looking green down there... lakes and rivers still iced here while snow patches marble the landscape... but spring is in the air, and my raft shop is busy with folks getting ready for boating season.
The more I look at this knife to more I want to test it nice video mate
Cool looking bush tool. Can't wait to see it operate. Wow....
Spoke too soon. The video was still playing when I made the comment.
Chris you look like you've been practicing with that tool.
aw great !!!! another high dollar big blade I'm now in love with. thanx for the first impressions. great video as always
I love the built-in draw Blade in the middle I think that's brilliant and the hand placement in the front is really neat I dig it brother
Super cool. Thanks for sharing. I'm looking forward to seeing it in the woods. That's the most practical big knife I've seen.
Weird looking blade but I enjoy seeing different and unusual blades. Always happy to the SXB. I like the intro change up as well.
Hey, Chris, if you want soething that's hard to say, there's a place in Croatia called Krk. No, that's not an abbreviation. It's actually called "Krk" - no vowels.
I love the long, tanto style "tracker" knives, if anyone has played the game CS:GO, the Huntsman is a good example.
Looks like it was made from a lawn mower blade !! Yet effective!
A four-hundred dollar lawn mower blade.
$400? Seriously? For that?
Jesus, it's actually $475.
Wow. Love the shed
definitely looks different. but I've always been a firm believer in functionality over cosmetics. definitely understand why it's an awesome hunters companion, fire prep, skinning and game processing, shelter building, ect. I'm looking forward to wills expression, lol. I bet if Tac had it in his hand he probably be looking at all bug eyed and enter a seek and destroy mode!
That's just the legacy of the tracker - have to live with it. Every knife that does an interrupted edge like that will be compared to the tracker.
Thanks for the video. Probably my favorite custom maker out there. It's definitely an unorthodox design but considering the practicality of Todd's other knives like the Yuma and Magua I'm sure all of the odd elements are there for a reason. Definitely on my short list to own.
I watched a vid with T.M Hunt and averageiowaguy, and Hunt eluded to a friend that asked him to make a Tracker copy, Hunt does not really like the Tracker, so him and his friend morphed it into the M18 with what they thought was the best use of the contours and length. at the time he was using Becker handles, but as you say, not now. pretty cool knife, I like the SXB also, but, i own and use the Tracker, It is an odd looking knife with a perticular method of use, if one does not get it...the knife is a waste of money. thanks, great vid.
i often mix up the letters to the SXB as well Chris, sometimes ill call is FXB or EXB
thanks enjoyed watching I appreciate you for taking your time to share your review wish you all the best until next time my friend
you could use the front of it like a chisel for crafting see if you can get will to something with that. I know you couldn't do a full video but maybe like shaving the limps for a bow
YAY, new intro! I like it
Recurved blades never do really good at feather sticks. It will do good with curls. But a feather stick is when the curl actually stays on the stick. Recurves have a strong tendency to cut the curl off the stick. Straight blades are best for that task.
looking forward to your weekend video, this blade is very unusual
Beast of a blade.
That is amazing. One of my top 10 videos from you.
I like the new intro! Very prepped-like. The T18? Klingon fighting blade. I want one.......
Very nice BIG blade !
The intro changed! Idk if i wanna cry or celebrate
Cool looking forward to the testing! Beast I like it nice chopper but to baton wood no
That's a hell of a knife big guy.
Hey, Chris...if you see this, could you answer a question for me? This looks like an awesome blade. I'm looking for a couple of big choppers. One is definitely going to be the B R JX5 Vengeful 1 and the 2nd is going to be either this M-18 or the TOPS El Chete. My question to you would be, which one would you choose for yourself if you could only have one? I'm leaning towards the El Chete mainly because I absolutely love TOPS knives. The quality of their blades is outstanding and their heat treatment makes it possible for their 1095's stand with any super steel. I ask you cause - 1) you seem honest, straightforward, trustworthy...and 2) you have very sound judgment that seems to be in line with my own...especially, when I am unable to do a side by side comparison without having to buy both blades to do so. Take care.
Maybe I'm weird but I fell in love with it right away. lol
Idk, I've never understood the compound grinds, other than appearance. An Enep will do about everything this will do, but with a much more sleek profile. The hammer pommel looks really nice though.
That part was actually based on the tracker. Not that other knife you showed. Cleaver and Tracker with a Becker handle. The interview with T.M. Hunt about the M18 was done durning a Becker event where he brought it(first time I believe... it's been a while).
+Modern Survival Sense What I said was, EJs knife (The SXB) was based on the M-18.
My bad. It was late... really late. lol
This thing is impressive and scarry. Wow! I ain't goin' into no woods with any stranger packin' one of these babies. However, looks like a tremendous tool.
Word of the day is VERSATILITY. But I have a question: between a chopper, a draw knife, a Mora for general bushcraft and a skinning/processing blade, is the Hunt cheaper than all 4 combined? If so, that is absolutely awesome :D
Just curious if you have ever reviewed the Woodsman's Pal? May be a weird comparison but this tool reminds me of that for some reason. I have been interested in one (woodsman) for quite some time as a good all around camp tool. Having said that, this thing here really interest me, but the price tag scares me away a bit to be honest, thanks for giving me something to think about and to consider. That thing is a beast!
I don't like the WP. Maybe if the grind went to the end I'd feel differently. I feel the same way about it that some people feel about the M-18. I'd rather have an M-18.
PREPAREDMIND101 Copy that, thanks for the input!
If I'm hiking the most I would take might be a silky 170 or 240 and maybe the froe and a good knife around 5 inch.
Survival knives are awesome. Survival denotes not having proper camping gear with you which means blade weight isnt much of an issue so you can get creative with them.
Totally agree about useful tools sometimes looking very ugly, best woodcraft/camping tool I've ever used is the condor thorax hatchet and it's ugly as sin.
I think of warriors, vikings and mad max. That would dominate the battlefield. When you get back from battle, you can do some feathering and knotches or make a spoon out of a tree. Heck of a knife. You don't want to as they say in baseball " swing and a miss " than it would be, did someone hear me yell one mile a way or five miles a way.
Ive seen somthing like that years ago on a youtube video. It was called the Wolverine axe.
looks like a BEAST
Wauuhh... what for a part ...
Really weird fantasy look, but I can see the utility. I love my Jessica she's not the prettiest but she is very good at everything I use her for.
when jessica x came out, Ijumped to get it asap (but, being in italy, that meant at least a 6 months wait...)
Not for me as this design isn't what I'm used to. The use as a chopper/draw knife would work but for actual cutting chores and piercing it would seem to be difficult. I'd prefer the Tops SXB at 1/2 the price of the M-18.
M-18 is good for digging fox-holes too!
Like the new intro
This knife was featured in an episode of "Naked and Afraid."
Omg that is a monster blade, looks like something from game of thrones lol
Tac would love to get his hands on one of them
Impressive knife
Love the new intro, Chris.
Great knife.
Dammit I wanted to hate this blade, but what a complete woods tool!
That thing is a monster
Jess-X only 53 dollars? To bad it's not available here and if it was it would be double the price. On my next trip to (most likely) South America again I would not mind at all having that as a big blade/chopper (the saber grind one).
This blade influenced the design of the tops sxb.
Looks funky
NEW INTRO not gonna lie it scared the crap out of me. I clicked on a different window and the static in the new intro threw me off lol
Actually, it reminds me of the Older Military Tools like the Phillipines Insurection Bolos, the WW2 era Woodsmans Pal, etc. You know, tough stuff that might be issued to a Squad for setting up a Base Camp in rough parts of the World. Wouldn't be surprised if a couple of the M-18s are floating around Afghanistan. You're right, it probably fits best with someone running a Trap Line up North or in a Hunting Cabin in Ontario. A Professional Tool for Professional Wilderness people. Betcha Wayne at Kullkraven could put it through the Wringer! BTW, did you know someone Hacked your Intro? ; ) Take Care.
Yeah that thing is bad ass!
I like weird knives!!thanks Chris
great video man I love your channel
Gosh dang it Chris! Thank you. Success to you!!!
ps love my Jess x and Bushbat!
the god of war cronos wants his other blade back when part two of your review is done Chris ...thanks😁
njrudy shhh cronos isn't the god of war, ares/mars is. Cronos is the father of the elder olympic gods
Love the new intro! ^_^
sweet! never seen this before...lovin the o1, great vid
reminds me of the 'spetsnatz' machete (whether those things ever even saw military use is an open question), interesting, but not convinced.
a weird looking knife at first but i have no doubt that it will perform and be an all around beast
U did really goodjob
Nice intro Chris, reminds me of someone else's .. Great looking blade looking forward to your review
+Eric Rosbottom Who?
+PREPAREDMIND101 If someone else is using it, I'll switch it back.
Or maybe I'll just use it for the outtro
great vid,.. but what kinda jacked u wearing,..
Such a sexy knife. I'm asking this in a serious manner; if you aren't going to use the skinning aspect or the draw knife, is it still worth it? Or look into a dedicated chopper. Should probably ask this after you test it haha.
+Alex Malloy I doubt many people WOULD use the skinning aspect... Just something you could do. If all you want us a chopper, then yeah... There's lots of options.
Like the intro
Absolutely gorgeous, but absolutely useless. Okay had to edit the comment. Even if there is a usage for this knife it's nothing a $30 knife couldn't do. This knife is to hang on a wall at $400 a pop and certainly nothing anyone would take out to survive.
+Mick Bator Which $30 knife?
The JessX of course. Nothing can beat that bad boy!
Mick Bator where can u buy one for that price ?
Everyone in my circle has subbed. I look forward to seeing more from the dark and bloody grounds of Ohio.
Nice chopper
How much and the rock well hardness?
you changed the intro!!!! wow
Your draw knife section might work for debarking but smoothing a board, no. You just go right ahead and buy mine. Lot of other options I like better.
I know this has nothing to do with this video, but I was watching some of your old videos and saw that thrunitw had a flashlight called the neutron. Do you have any idea what happened to it? I can't find them.
+Jeremy Brown Wasn't very popular. Probably gone.
It's a tool and like Jes X looks like a great one.
Would I carry them if I was going out to do some manly strutting about? No, I'd carry something more like a big ass Bowie.
Haven't seen part two yet, but so far the M-18 hasn't really done anything in this video that a decent parang or machete or kukri couldn't do. Perhaps even a well-dressed lawnmower blade could replicate this testing. Not having seen part two, my impression is that it's a gimmick knife.
I'm not sure who would be carrying that. It doesn't look like a stand alone knife. I'd still want a proper belt knife and probably a Swiss Army knife, too. So, now it's just extra weight for...? 'Just in case'?
And if I have a belt knife and a folder.....wouldn't I be better off with a decent axe for chopping?
I could see the M-18 having a possible role as part of an aircrew's survival kit. One per plane. Perhaps a bush pilot's survival kit. Even then, I'm not sure I wouldn't rather spend less money to have an OKC survival knife like the SP-53 in the survival kit or just a good old-fashioned Collins machete.
What do you use on your handles for rapping
How much would it cost me to send u a knife to polish n blue the why u do? N will u review it? Its a m tech not a lot of ppl review, mtech raptor beast of a blade look it up.
Looks like something out of Russia. and cool new intro
What are you using for the wrap?
man that thing iz brutal
M18 out of stock. Checked other cool products on the site and their also out of stock. Hate that when it happens.
Louis Becke I apologise for that. but its only because it sells. so, on my end not a bad problem to have. Blade is next week so dont plan on the site to have much for the next month or so. but after that, we will slowly be restocking it. thanks for your patience.
you got it right attack the shed now with a blade in both hands the shed will probably lose