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After I heard the news of Blackie Collins recent passing, I perused through my collecion and decided to play with the Blackie Collins Skinner made by Meyerco that I had picked up last year on a whim, and personally I have to say that I still found it to be quite an impressive fixed blade for any knife nut.
The specs, well it's a full-tang knife made from quite thick 440A steel, along with heavy black and green canvas micarta slabs with a decent plus very substantial stainless steel guard. The balance is firm in the hand, which adds to a feeling of grip security as well as blade agility. The scales and guard seem to be fitted perfectly, since every aspect of its construction is remarkably flush as well as absolutely tight.
Then there's the blade, which is 4-3/4" long with a trailing point. Its of a hollow-ground but nothiong extreme since it dies seem to retain an edge for quite a long time. The trailing point design produces a nice subtle taper along the spine, the ricasso features something like the traditional semi-circular finger cutout, but stretched and skewed forward for a bit of design flair.
At this price, Meyerco had to cut corners and of course they certainly did, but nothing too extreme. Once again, the steel is 440A, a tough stainless that will produce a very fine edge, but it is sorta near the bottom regarding it's overall wear resistance.
The factory sheath that came with it originally was an unimpressive black nylon with a velcro closure, and although I'll give it kudos since it did seem to be constructed of solid materials, just doesn't give the knife the justice or the respect I felt it deserves. Another goof that Meyerco did that really did grind my gears was that the micarta slabs weren't buffed, but instead were left slightly in the rough which didn't work for me one bit.
The only modifications I have done since it arrived was have a custom leather sheath made by a sheathmaker friend of mine outta Florida according to my specs (left handed, cross strap, nickle snaps), as well as I asked him to buff out the entire knife and polish out any of those rough spots I mentioned earlier plus buff off the "Meyerco" and "Made In China" logos which was quite easy to do.
Cheers,
Serge
The specs, well it's a full-tang knife made from quite thick 440A steel, along with heavy black and green canvas micarta slabs with a decent plus very substantial stainless steel guard. The balance is firm in the hand, which adds to a feeling of grip security as well as blade agility. The scales and guard seem to be fitted perfectly, since every aspect of its construction is remarkably flush as well as absolutely tight.
Then there's the blade, which is 4-3/4" long with a trailing point. Its of a hollow-ground but nothiong extreme since it dies seem to retain an edge for quite a long time. The trailing point design produces a nice subtle taper along the spine, the ricasso features something like the traditional semi-circular finger cutout, but stretched and skewed forward for a bit of design flair.
At this price, Meyerco had to cut corners and of course they certainly did, but nothing too extreme. Once again, the steel is 440A, a tough stainless that will produce a very fine edge, but it is sorta near the bottom regarding it's overall wear resistance.
The factory sheath that came with it originally was an unimpressive black nylon with a velcro closure, and although I'll give it kudos since it did seem to be constructed of solid materials, just doesn't give the knife the justice or the respect I felt it deserves. Another goof that Meyerco did that really did grind my gears was that the micarta slabs weren't buffed, but instead were left slightly in the rough which didn't work for me one bit.
The only modifications I have done since it arrived was have a custom leather sheath made by a sheathmaker friend of mine outta Florida according to my specs (left handed, cross strap, nickle snaps), as well as I asked him to buff out the entire knife and polish out any of those rough spots I mentioned earlier plus buff off the "Meyerco" and "Made In China" logos which was quite easy to do.
Cheers,
Serge
