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Well, we had a bad WSS link up at the Austin Knife/Gun Show, but the day wasnt a total waste. Ive had a few knives I havent been able to get out and play with, so I figured the back yard is as good as any (plus when it got to hot, it was a quick jump in the pool).
Here are a few that Ive acquired recently
A little chopping and battoning:
Relative size of the Cold Steel Mega-Folder Rajah:
Couple things I noted first, DONT baton with the Al Mar SERE auto!!! Ive been carrying it for work this last week and doing several minor cutting chores, nothing big. You can see I did some drilling with the tip no problem. As I was battoning, the lock kept disengaging. I tried to replicate by tapping on the spine, but I couldnt; my assumption is that the lock just jarred loose and the wood pull it loose not sure, but its not what I expected. This might just be the case of the button-lock, but it happened every time I battened through wood.
Charles May Skifa-Scandi is a really sweet blade; just like a slimmer SBT fit and finish are just suberb.
Pitdog is to blame for my Koster Nessmuk its 1095, 3/32 scandi-grind with a curly maple handle beautiful!!
Breeden Kelly knife is just a great user, period. Fits the hand, isnt flashy but performs. This is a great all-round camp knife and my wife likes it in the kitchen.
Gossmans PSK excellent little blade as many here know. My son fell in love with it.
Benchmades Mini-Rukus: Just like big daddy, the mini-Rukus is a great design. The handle is a little too much for most and I agree it looks nice, but if you plan to do a lot of whittling or any other long use, itll probably wear on you. I love the blade shape and the axis lock is more than secure.
Cold Steel Rajah: Monster folder, nothing practical about it, but its actually quite stout with a very robust lock. Fit and finish are quite nice for a production piece. I did some light chopping and battening with it; the blade is still tight and never gave a sign of failure. If youre 86 and 400 lbs, this might make a nice pocket folder; for the rest of us mortals, its a fun-blade of course, it would be nice to carry to work some day and pull out to trim some Irish pennants off a young lieutenants uniform!
Cold Steels 5 Voyager: Decent knife even with the large blade this will actually fit in most peoples pockets. I dont like the down-curved handle, but its still a nice large folder.
Swiss Army (Victorinox) Spirit Multi-Tool: What a great little tool! Slimmer and more svelte than the standard Swiss-Tool, the Spirit is well engineered as the rest and has some great features. One of the tools I really like is the multi-chisel tool:
The last two are Bark Rivers Golok and Machete: WOW! I thought I liked the machete, but the more compact Golok is really a work horse. I really need to get some bush-time with these blades. The convex grinds really make them excellent splitters.
My knife-testing admirer:
ROCK6
Here are a few that Ive acquired recently
A little chopping and battoning:
Relative size of the Cold Steel Mega-Folder Rajah:
Couple things I noted first, DONT baton with the Al Mar SERE auto!!! Ive been carrying it for work this last week and doing several minor cutting chores, nothing big. You can see I did some drilling with the tip no problem. As I was battoning, the lock kept disengaging. I tried to replicate by tapping on the spine, but I couldnt; my assumption is that the lock just jarred loose and the wood pull it loose not sure, but its not what I expected. This might just be the case of the button-lock, but it happened every time I battened through wood.
Charles May Skifa-Scandi is a really sweet blade; just like a slimmer SBT fit and finish are just suberb.
Pitdog is to blame for my Koster Nessmuk its 1095, 3/32 scandi-grind with a curly maple handle beautiful!!
Breeden Kelly knife is just a great user, period. Fits the hand, isnt flashy but performs. This is a great all-round camp knife and my wife likes it in the kitchen.
Gossmans PSK excellent little blade as many here know. My son fell in love with it.
Benchmades Mini-Rukus: Just like big daddy, the mini-Rukus is a great design. The handle is a little too much for most and I agree it looks nice, but if you plan to do a lot of whittling or any other long use, itll probably wear on you. I love the blade shape and the axis lock is more than secure.
Cold Steel Rajah: Monster folder, nothing practical about it, but its actually quite stout with a very robust lock. Fit and finish are quite nice for a production piece. I did some light chopping and battening with it; the blade is still tight and never gave a sign of failure. If youre 86 and 400 lbs, this might make a nice pocket folder; for the rest of us mortals, its a fun-blade of course, it would be nice to carry to work some day and pull out to trim some Irish pennants off a young lieutenants uniform!
Cold Steels 5 Voyager: Decent knife even with the large blade this will actually fit in most peoples pockets. I dont like the down-curved handle, but its still a nice large folder.
Swiss Army (Victorinox) Spirit Multi-Tool: What a great little tool! Slimmer and more svelte than the standard Swiss-Tool, the Spirit is well engineered as the rest and has some great features. One of the tools I really like is the multi-chisel tool:
The last two are Bark Rivers Golok and Machete: WOW! I thought I liked the machete, but the more compact Golok is really a work horse. I really need to get some bush-time with these blades. The convex grinds really make them excellent splitters.
My knife-testing admirer:
ROCK6
