Anyone use a Nimravus??

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Fonly

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I just stumbled acrost a Benchmade nimravus and It seems like it would make a nice field knife. Kinda tactical looking, but over all not bad.

Does anyone use theirs in the field? it seems to have a nice grind, good lines, a kydex sheath which its quickly becoming my favorite style for sheathing.

4.5" blade
154CM
Black aluminum handle slabs
Full tang
Kydex sheath
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I personally would remove the coating. I had a Nim Cub, great little knife, couldn't get used to the handles on the big Nim. Wanted to try out the new Nims, with the new handles, but my tastes ran in another direction.
 
how would u remove the coating? does anyone have any pics of one with out the coating...
 
that sure is one sexy knife,Fonly if your looking at it that means you want it,so watta ya waiting for just be sure and take some in hand pics.
 
Hey Fonly,

Awhile back I was looking at them. Nice thin blade, but the handle didn't feel right. IIRC, the handle was too small for my hand.

Also I have an issue with Benchmade's customer service, so I vowed never to buy their stuff again.

IIRC, StretchNM uses Nimravus somehow as a signature line. Maybe he can jump in here and give you some more useful information.

Doc
 
Thanks Doc, I was just fixing to jump in :D ......... (I've had good luck with BM's service dept. [fingers crossed])

I think the BM Nimravus is an excellent field knife. I carry mine more often than any other when practicing with my daughter or camping with the family. Of course, nowadays, there's always a Barkie or two along too. THe Nimravus feels good in my hand, though I can see where someone might find it a little thin. Not for me though. The profile of the blade is ideal for bushcraft....long and relatively pointy. It will skin and clean (ducks and rabbit in my experience thus far), but that's not its forte of course.

I've batoned with it but there is a slight problem.... the spine of the blade, widthwise (thickness), tapers in for about 1-1/4" before flaring back out again, only to begin the taper in to the tip, so there's precious little wide, flat stock to baton against. And all of that "precious little" width is found near the handle (yes, yes, where it belongs - there just aint enough of it).

The blade is just shy of 1/8" thick 154CM. As you probably know well, Fonly, you can get that 154CM super-shaving sharp on std ceramic stones, and it'll hold it well while you hack away at your favorite hardwood branch. I've chopped and hacked mesquite, a very hard native wood, and pecan (also very hard) and the edge holds well. I haven;t had any chipping at all.

Mine still has the black coating. It doesn;t interfere with a firesteel, I'll attest to that. The spine is sharp-cornered and that knife is one of my best, if not the best, sparker I have. My blade is partially serrated but with the length of the blade, I don;t mind them much. If I had to do it again, I'd get the plain edge. And a plain edge definitely on a Nim Cub (yeah, I still want one). Even with all the use/abuse I've given it, the black coating is still on pretty well. There are some long scratches though, because some grit or something got inside the kydex sheath and was hell on the coating when sheating and unsheathing. I might try to take it off someday. Mine has the sand colored G10 scales.... it looks good with a black blade but it would probably look fine without.

Overall, while the Nimravus was designed by Benchmade to be a purely tactical blade, it's a fine bushcraft knife in my opinion. I'm confident, even if I can find a Nim Cub, I'll still get another Nimravus someday.

ON EDIT: I just scrolled up and looked at your pic. Beautiful! I don;t think mine ever looked that good!!! :D And I like that sheath. Is that a BM factory sheath? The new offerings maybe? I really like that alot.

We just got a new camera and soon I'll post some pics of mine. We can;t install the software yet because it won;t install on my old Windows 98 (so there's a new computer on the way too) :D
 
One more thing Fonly. Do you have this knife in hand? The reason I ask is youmentioned the scales are aluminum. They look like black G10.

Tell us (me) more about that sheath please.
 
I wouldn't be so quick to scrub that coating off if it were mine (it aint, I know). If a guy just doesn;t like it, that's one thing, but that coating sticks pretty well despite the rumor that BM's coatings will fall off in a heavy breeze. I've found they stick pretty close to home and just gradually wear off. After they get some use and lots of it, they'll show a little wear. Then maybe it's worth the thought of scrubbing.
 
ClintB said:
That looks like an early model, less agressive finger groves and an older model sheath.
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Ditto. I'm sure they now come with nylon sheaths. They also have bigger finger groove/guard and aluminuim scales. The model pictured is definitely the older version with the G10 scales - I have the version in M2 and the sheath is as pictured except the inner layer is kydex coloured rather and carbon effect. I wish it didn't have the swedge, espacially as the blade is thin anyway, and I wish it did have a bigger handle - something I often find with benchmades. The way the tang protrudes the whole way around the scales has always niggled me too. In theory it's a good size and profile for bushcraft but in practice it's never quite done it for me
 
I have the M2 Nimravus and I think that the weak point is the handles , which are smaller than the tang. This is good for the manufacturer as they don't have to spend money fitting the scales flush with the tang. In my experience, the raised part of the tang hurts my hands under hard use. (I am a diabetic and my skin is somewhat fragile.) So my Gerber Yari sees much more use. One of these days, I'm going to get some new scales made for it. (The Nimravus)
 
ClintB said:
That looks like an early model, less agressive finger groves and an older model sheath.
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I kindly thought it looked like an older model sheath, and I didn't even notice the less-pronunced finger groove.

Darkaz said:
Ditto. I'm sure they now come with nylon sheaths. They also have bigger finger groove/guard and aluminuim scales. The model pictured is definitely the older version with the G10 scales - I have the version in M2 and the sheath is as pictured except the inner layer is kydex coloured rather and carbon effect. I wish it didn't have the swedge, espacially as the blade is thin anyway, and I wish it did have a bigger handle - something I often find with benchmades. The way the tang protrudes the whole way around the scales has always niggled me too. In theory it's a good size and profile for bushcraft but in practice it's never quite done it for me
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Actually, at least up until 2007, you could get the Nimravus in the new Kydex sheath, which I have. The nylon sheaths (I handled one, VERY well made for BM) were an aftermarket purchase, even though you could get them through BM (sand, black, or camo). 2007 knives all come with nylon, but there are plenty of older models out there.

Also, up until 2007, you could get the Nimravus in G10 or aluminum, you had to specify which or watch model numbers when ordering from a purveyor - otherwise you might assume you were getting aluminum and receive G10. Now, like the sheaths, they're all aluminum - but again, pplenty of alder G10 on the shelf (and, I think the sand models only come in G10).
 
Yeah, sorry guys should have specified better. That pic is off the net and from what I can gather its an older model made from M2, G10 handles and some type of custom sheath.

The one Im looking at is in 154CM, aluminum handles and in a kydex sheath.
I like the knife but its the first time Ill be paying $180 for one.

Edit, here is the one I want.
 
well, I did it guys. The nimravus in on the way. And Of course I can't WAIT!!
 
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