<a href="http://www.canit.se/%7Egriffon/knives/almar/falcon_side.jpg"><img src="http://www.canit.se/%7Egriffon/knives/almar/_falcon_side.jpg" align=right></a>Yesterday, I got the second knife I've ever purchased before checking it out in person first, and this one too <strong>is just as good as I had hoped, or rather <em>at least</em> if not better</strong>.
The first thing you notice is that it's <strong>really, <em>really</em>, light</strong>. Numbers alone, 34g, doesn't do it justice, as it's not particularily small. In spite of this, it doesn't feel the least bit flimsy, but <strong>sturdy and solid</strong>.
The second thing you notice is the <strong>excellent workmanship</strong>. Fit and finish is on par with knives costing a lot more.
The third thing is the good ergonomics. The handle fits my hand perfectly and it seems to fit a wide range of hand sizes. The point is dropped just the right amount that it becomes easy to use it on a flat surface without having to angle the handle up too much, while having a good curve on the edge for slicing cuts.
<a href="http://www.canit.se/%7Egriffon/knives/almar/falcon_clip.jpg"><img src="http://www.canit.se/%7Egriffon/knives/almar/_falcon_clip.jpg" align=left></a>
Mechanism is an ordinary lockback, there are thumb studs on both sides and the clip can be fitted on either side, but only tip up carry (regular readers will know I don't really have a preference for tip up or down).
There's no lanyard hole, unless one can consider the one where the clip is mounted as one, which I actually think is a <em>good</em> thing, as lanyards are actually useless most of the time.
Steel is AUS8A, the blade is about 2 mm thick and tapering which makes for good cutting performance, blade length is 80mm. Excepting the clip, the knife is about 8mm thick.
I'm <em>very favourably impressed with it</em> so far and think it's probably overlooked and too little known, as I'm sure more would like this kind of knife.
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Urban Fredriksson
www.canit.se/%7Egriffon/
Latest updates Moki Hana, Fällkniven WM1 neck sheath, Moki Blossom and Fällkniven S1
"Smooth and serrated blades cut in two entirely different fashions."
- The Teeth of the Tyrannosaurs, Scientific American, Sep 1999
The first thing you notice is that it's <strong>really, <em>really</em>, light</strong>. Numbers alone, 34g, doesn't do it justice, as it's not particularily small. In spite of this, it doesn't feel the least bit flimsy, but <strong>sturdy and solid</strong>.
The second thing you notice is the <strong>excellent workmanship</strong>. Fit and finish is on par with knives costing a lot more.
The third thing is the good ergonomics. The handle fits my hand perfectly and it seems to fit a wide range of hand sizes. The point is dropped just the right amount that it becomes easy to use it on a flat surface without having to angle the handle up too much, while having a good curve on the edge for slicing cuts.
<a href="http://www.canit.se/%7Egriffon/knives/almar/falcon_clip.jpg"><img src="http://www.canit.se/%7Egriffon/knives/almar/_falcon_clip.jpg" align=left></a>
Mechanism is an ordinary lockback, there are thumb studs on both sides and the clip can be fitted on either side, but only tip up carry (regular readers will know I don't really have a preference for tip up or down).
There's no lanyard hole, unless one can consider the one where the clip is mounted as one, which I actually think is a <em>good</em> thing, as lanyards are actually useless most of the time.
Steel is AUS8A, the blade is about 2 mm thick and tapering which makes for good cutting performance, blade length is 80mm. Excepting the clip, the knife is about 8mm thick.
I'm <em>very favourably impressed with it</em> so far and think it's probably overlooked and too little known, as I'm sure more would like this kind of knife.
------------------
Urban Fredriksson
www.canit.se/%7Egriffon/
Latest updates Moki Hana, Fällkniven WM1 neck sheath, Moki Blossom and Fällkniven S1
"Smooth and serrated blades cut in two entirely different fashions."
- The Teeth of the Tyrannosaurs, Scientific American, Sep 1999
