Mud Turtle Passaround
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Well my time with the Mud Turtle has come and gone. It's now on a one way trip back up north to Heath, thanks for the opportunity to check this out.
I normally carry large folding knife for daily use around the farm. My experiences with fixed blades has been limited to cane knives and skinners, never really carried one for utility sake.
Initial impressions of the knife were I would slightly radius all of the handle edges(just my preference), the handle filled my hand nicely (I wear 2xl gloves), and felt light weight for its size(as I noted not a lot of fixed blade experience but comparing to my similar sized J. Hoover the Mud Turtle felt light in the hand virtually weightless in the belt sheath).
The Mud Turtle preformed well in every task I asked of it. Just a few :
Trimming a Teflon fifth wheel disc
Cutting reinforced suction line
Cutting strips of a truck bed mat
And had this great find while walking and checking a few soybeans !
After this I gave the blade a simple cleaning and gave the edge a fresh touch up, which was a pleasure to do with the O1, and sent it packing.
Thanks again to Heath for setting this up !
I normally carry large folding knife for daily use around the farm. My experiences with fixed blades has been limited to cane knives and skinners, never really carried one for utility sake.
Initial impressions of the knife were I would slightly radius all of the handle edges(just my preference), the handle filled my hand nicely (I wear 2xl gloves), and felt light weight for its size(as I noted not a lot of fixed blade experience but comparing to my similar sized J. Hoover the Mud Turtle felt light in the hand virtually weightless in the belt sheath).
The Mud Turtle preformed well in every task I asked of it. Just a few :
Trimming a Teflon fifth wheel disc
Cutting reinforced suction line
Cutting strips of a truck bed mat
And had this great find while walking and checking a few soybeans !
After this I gave the blade a simple cleaning and gave the edge a fresh touch up, which was a pleasure to do with the O1, and sent it packing.
Thanks again to Heath for setting this up !
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Great review!
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Excellent pictures - your cutting tasks really put the knife into play, and I learned something about fifth-wheel setups....
Very cool to find the arrowhead - they are around out there, and that one is a beauty.
Thanks for taking time to take pictures and post your review!
best
mqqn
Very cool to find the arrowhead - they are around out there, and that one is a beauty.
Thanks for taking time to take pictures and post your review!
best
mqqn
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Awesome find!
My grandpa farmed all his life and he has boat load of arrow heads that he has found over the years. We actually have two Indian mounds right on the outskirts of the hunting club. Alot of people in Louisiana like to think that their were villages on top of the mounds, but they were really used to escape the flood waters when the Mississippi rose to high.
Its nice to know the Mud Turtle performed well for you. Thats some mighty fine tasks to put that knife to the test.
My grandpa farmed all his life and he has boat load of arrow heads that he has found over the years. We actually have two Indian mounds right on the outskirts of the hunting club. Alot of people in Louisiana like to think that their were villages on top of the mounds, but they were really used to escape the flood waters when the Mississippi rose to high.
Its nice to know the Mud Turtle performed well for you. Thats some mighty fine tasks to put that knife to the test.