Anyone order one of the new BOB knives from TOPS?

gunknifenut said:
You won't have any see through slices of carrots...
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You know, in all my years, I have yet to encounter a carrot outside of my kitchen (in which are some specialized slicing blades) that needed to be sliced any thinner than I could do with my bare hands. Maybe I'm doing something wrong though...
 
gunknifenut said:
Thats what I was thinking. IT takes care of the writing on the blade to...after you sand it a bit.
Soooo...does anyone have one? I like the looks of this one. 3/16" doesn't scare me at all. Its all in the grind, when dealing with scandinavian whittling power!
Looks like a nice high grind, should cut very well. You won't have any see through slices of carrots, but nothing I carry does that very well anyway.
I have rehandled a couple TOPS, and the lanyard tube isn't an issue, it will slide out of one side, staying in the other slab..usually.
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I will be picking mine up today, was gone all week so it has sat at the post office waiting. I am really curious to see how it feels in hand.
 
I received mine on Saturday but with the holiday, I haven't had a chance to do anything with it yet. First impression is pretty good though. I like the blade shape, it is a departure from the standard Woodlore style bushcraft knife with a nice belly sweep. I really like the sheath setup with the metal clip, it gives me a lot of carry options since I usually don't wear a knife on my belt. Some cons: the handle is on the thin side and a bit blocky, don't know how comfortable it will be in extended use. The blade is also on the thick side for a scandi grind, but it should be pretty bombproof overall. I'll post more as soon as I can get it out to play with. For now here's a few pics.

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Be sure to ask if they have knives in stock to ship. I waited 5 months for one, and finally had to cancel my order. Every time I called to check on it, I was told, "5 more weeks, 5 more weeks, 5 more weeks!" I finally gave up.

EarlFH
 
nice pics TK.... well I picked up my set at lunch, haven't had a chance to play with them at all but got to hold them abit before putting them away until this evening. Initial impressions on the BOB blade, I am pleased with how it turned out, at first feel the handle felt comfortable, the edge was definitely useable. The sheath is nice and for the price I won't complain but I have a leather horizontal bushcraft sheath that fits the blade so I will be using that instead. I will get pics up when I get a chance, it will make a nice companion for the Power Eagle which also arrived today. That one is nice (except the artwork on the blade). Feels like it will make a really nice chopper.
 
Thanks, I always like seeing in hand shots for reference so I figured I'd post some. Also, maybe Joezilla can chime in here but I'm a little confused on using the notch in the pommel for the firestarter. Can't seem to get a good spark off it.
 
I have a stupid question too, what are the 3 different fire rods for, does each one have a different purpose?
 
silverbullets said:
I have a stupid question too, what are the 3 different fire rods for, does each one have a different purpose?
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I could be wrong but I don't believe so. It's just a different take on the magnesium/firesteel idea as far as I can tell. Scrape the magnesium off the silver bars and spark them with the black firesteel.
 
Shotgun said:
I could be wrong but I don't believe so. It's just a different take on the magnesium/firesteel idea as far as I can tell. Scrape the magnesium off the silver bars and spark them with the black firesteel.
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gotcha, cool thanks I will try that when I get home.
 
To the gentlemen that have them in hand, the photos tknife posted make it look like it has a secondary bevel, i.e. NOT Scandi, as advertised. Which is it?

Thanks
 
It's pretty tiny, like half a mm maybe. But with the blade thickness it would be some work to get rid of it by hand. But look up richardj, he could get it to a true scandi for you fast and cheap and he does great work. I will leave mine as is since it will be easier for me to sharpen.
 
I like the looks of that a lot. I don't see what the big deal is with the markings on the blade.Lots of knives have markings and such. Do I love them? No. Would it affect me buying a knife that I thought was a good useful knife? Heck no. The stuff your cuttin doesnt know if the blade has any markings or not.
 
JTC said:
I like the looks of that a lot. I don't see what the big deal is with the markings on the blade.Lots of knives have markings and such. Do I love them? No. Would it affect me buying a knife that I thought was a good useful knife? Heck no. The stuff your cuttin doesnt know if the blade has any markings or not.
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Unless you were cutting people, they could probably tell.
 
This might be the second Tops knife that I like the looks of. I kind of liked the Paysan (sp?)or something like that but everytime I saw one the price was a little high. No make that 3. I liked Swiss Bianco's too.
 
It IS a good looking blade. That doesn't really look like an actual scandi type grind to me, whether it is supposed to be a true 0 degree to the edge or similar to a Mora with the secondary bevel.
 
A quick update. I got a call from Mike Fuller (owner of TOPS) and he told me that some of the very first BOB knives to be made (which mine is) may have been made from a batch of steel that was set aside to not be used. He said I could send it back for a replacement, or use it and if any problems arose they will refund my money or replace the knife including shipping costs. Now I have used the knife for a grand total of two times. One to trim bottom branches from our Christmas tree, and also to process some firewood. Needless to say there were no issues. But I thought it was very cool, and in this day and age also uncommon to get such personal attention from a company (let alone the owner of a company) Just thought I would share that, and thank TOPS, and Mike for being honest and up front :thumbup:
 
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