Mistwalker
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A friend here messaged meto ask if I had done, or if I would do, a review of my Esquire. I thought about it for a while, and I don't think I ever took the time to do a review of it. I don't think I reviewed any knives at all after 2019, I was too busy documenting the madness that began here in early 2020, and trying to survive the attempts on my life after exposing some truths, so I could continue doing my job as a single dad of a teen on the spectrum, and because of all that my life changed very much and I have EDCed a very different style of knife ever since.
So I told him I would do a review. Gathering the images took a while. By late 2020 I needed space on my external harddrives for images I was capturing in Atlanta and in Chattanooga, as things were getting pretty crazy. My income was all but destroyed by corrupt politicians here killing businesses and I couldn't afford any new ones.
So I had to delete, among other things, 350 something GBs of Fiddleback images I had collected since 2010 to make space. So I had to go through my social media images to find as manyof the Esquire as I could, and scrolling back over 8 years on social media took time
I say all this just to explain why the very first images I took of it, when it was still a beautiful bright yellow, I love Osage, are not in this review, I couldn't find them. So in the ones I have, the pommel has already started darkening. But since it is so far my favorite Fiddleback Forge knife, I still remember it well enough to review it, and I have enough images to illustrate my thoughts, so here goes....
It's a smaller, EDC type knife, with an overall length of 6-1/2 in and a blade 2-3/4 in long.Mine was SFT 1/8 A2 Tool Steel, with Osage Scales, natural canvas micarta liners, and blue pinstripe
This flat lay shot wastaken not too long after I got it, but as you can see it had already been carried a while, as the pommel was darkening.
At the time I got it, Iwas still very heavily into my early research of specific plants for medicinal uses. So with me spending so much time in fallow fieldsfull of blackberry and wild rose vines, I preferred to carry it as aneck knife to keep it up high above the briers for when I needed it.
I liked the Esquire so much I took it everywhere I went for the 3 years I had it. It's so small, classy, and unassuming no-one ever minded it being out on my table. It was my table knife at at many restaurants, including Polaris when my daughter and I did a four-day birthday adventure in Atlanta in 2017 when she turned 12. They gave her a Blue Dome dessert for her birthday, and all the kitchen staff stopped by our table to tell her happy birthday.
It's so hard to believe she'll be 21 her next birthday, but looking at all these images again for the first time in 8 years, reminds me that the battle I had just begun to save her childhood was totally worth everything I sold, every friend I lost, and every sacrifice I made in the process, but I digress.
If you're not familiar with Polaris, I think everyone should experience it at least once. It's the round blue dome restaurant atop the Hyatt in downtown Atlanta. The dining room rotates around the kitchen, offering a full 360 degree view of the city.
They not only have a very unique atmosphere, delicious food, and an amazing view, they also have their own rooftop apiary and herb garden where they produce their own honey, and grow their own fresh herbs.
The Chilean Sea Bass is always a good choice. Not that I needed the knife for the Bass, I just liked it in the image and used it anyway just because...
The scallops are delicious as well
She had the Pork Tenderloin, which was also quite delectable. And again, she didn't use her Babyboot on that slate serving platter, we just liked showing off our Fiddlebacks as much as we could back then.
The view is amazing, I like to get there a bit before sunset and get to see both sides of the city while enjoying the dining experience.
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So I told him I would do a review. Gathering the images took a while. By late 2020 I needed space on my external harddrives for images I was capturing in Atlanta and in Chattanooga, as things were getting pretty crazy. My income was all but destroyed by corrupt politicians here killing businesses and I couldn't afford any new ones.
So I had to delete, among other things, 350 something GBs of Fiddleback images I had collected since 2010 to make space. So I had to go through my social media images to find as manyof the Esquire as I could, and scrolling back over 8 years on social media took time
I say all this just to explain why the very first images I took of it, when it was still a beautiful bright yellow, I love Osage, are not in this review, I couldn't find them. So in the ones I have, the pommel has already started darkening. But since it is so far my favorite Fiddleback Forge knife, I still remember it well enough to review it, and I have enough images to illustrate my thoughts, so here goes....
It's a smaller, EDC type knife, with an overall length of 6-1/2 in and a blade 2-3/4 in long.Mine was SFT 1/8 A2 Tool Steel, with Osage Scales, natural canvas micarta liners, and blue pinstripe
This flat lay shot wastaken not too long after I got it, but as you can see it had already been carried a while, as the pommel was darkening.
At the time I got it, Iwas still very heavily into my early research of specific plants for medicinal uses. So with me spending so much time in fallow fieldsfull of blackberry and wild rose vines, I preferred to carry it as aneck knife to keep it up high above the briers for when I needed it.
I liked the Esquire so much I took it everywhere I went for the 3 years I had it. It's so small, classy, and unassuming no-one ever minded it being out on my table. It was my table knife at at many restaurants, including Polaris when my daughter and I did a four-day birthday adventure in Atlanta in 2017 when she turned 12. They gave her a Blue Dome dessert for her birthday, and all the kitchen staff stopped by our table to tell her happy birthday.
It's so hard to believe she'll be 21 her next birthday, but looking at all these images again for the first time in 8 years, reminds me that the battle I had just begun to save her childhood was totally worth everything I sold, every friend I lost, and every sacrifice I made in the process, but I digress.
If you're not familiar with Polaris, I think everyone should experience it at least once. It's the round blue dome restaurant atop the Hyatt in downtown Atlanta. The dining room rotates around the kitchen, offering a full 360 degree view of the city.
They not only have a very unique atmosphere, delicious food, and an amazing view, they also have their own rooftop apiary and herb garden where they produce their own honey, and grow their own fresh herbs.
The Chilean Sea Bass is always a good choice. Not that I needed the knife for the Bass, I just liked it in the image and used it anyway just because...
The scallops are delicious as well
She had the Pork Tenderloin, which was also quite delectable. And again, she didn't use her Babyboot on that slate serving platter, we just liked showing off our Fiddlebacks as much as we could back then.
The view is amazing, I like to get there a bit before sunset and get to see both sides of the city while enjoying the dining experience.
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