stabman
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Well, I ordered it near the end of August, and it showed up yesterday. 
So today I figured "Why not take it out to see how it works?"
Two buses and a slight hike later, and it's in its natural habitat...the outdoors. :thumbup:
Fits good in the hand; the lanyard that holds the pins that lock it open fit around my bulkiest gloves.
You can use it without the pins in place (then it's a friction folder), but I put them in place because I was going to use it for all that a "bushcrafty" knife might get used for.
With the pins in place it becomes a virtual fixed blade (yeah, I went there...so sue me
).
You can use it to keep the sun out of your eyes.
This isn't a feather stick; just testing to see how well it will carve through a stick (dead-wood; worked quite well).
Just a look at the pins:
It lacks reach, but it cuts through those stupid, annoying tall grasses just fine. :thumbup:
Yep, it'll drill a hole easy enough:
Here I came across some dead-wood that was wet and covered in snow; it carved through the wet stuff, and provided lots of nice shavings in a hurry.
Looks good when it starts getting dirty:
Here it is back at home afterwards, cleaned up and sitting next to my Spyderco Tuff:
AND, a picture of the handle from the bottom.
All in all, it worked rather well.
I didn't take pics of it, but I also pried chunks off an old stump from a tree that had caught fire and fallen over some years back, and trimmed everything that came close to overhanging the path. Just wanted to get a good feel for it.
It came shaving sharp, but after today's usage, most portions of the blade don't really shave hair now. It is still sharp enough to slice paper easily though, and there are no dings, rolls, or shiny spots on the edge.
It certainly fared WAY better than the Cold Steel Finn Wolf did (although to be fair, this is a much thicker blade.
Stats:
Weight: 5.9 ounces
Blade thickness: 0.155" thick
Blade length: 3.552"
Blade width: 1.150"
Closed length: 4.925"
Cutting edge length: 3.333"
Steel type: O1 tool steel
Handle material: Micarta, no liners
So today I figured "Why not take it out to see how it works?"
Two buses and a slight hike later, and it's in its natural habitat...the outdoors. :thumbup:
Fits good in the hand; the lanyard that holds the pins that lock it open fit around my bulkiest gloves.
You can use it without the pins in place (then it's a friction folder), but I put them in place because I was going to use it for all that a "bushcrafty" knife might get used for.
With the pins in place it becomes a virtual fixed blade (yeah, I went there...so sue me
).
You can use it to keep the sun out of your eyes.
This isn't a feather stick; just testing to see how well it will carve through a stick (dead-wood; worked quite well).
Just a look at the pins:
It lacks reach, but it cuts through those stupid, annoying tall grasses just fine. :thumbup:
Yep, it'll drill a hole easy enough:
Here I came across some dead-wood that was wet and covered in snow; it carved through the wet stuff, and provided lots of nice shavings in a hurry.
Looks good when it starts getting dirty:
Here it is back at home afterwards, cleaned up and sitting next to my Spyderco Tuff:
AND, a picture of the handle from the bottom.
All in all, it worked rather well.
I didn't take pics of it, but I also pried chunks off an old stump from a tree that had caught fire and fallen over some years back, and trimmed everything that came close to overhanging the path. Just wanted to get a good feel for it.
It came shaving sharp, but after today's usage, most portions of the blade don't really shave hair now. It is still sharp enough to slice paper easily though, and there are no dings, rolls, or shiny spots on the edge.
It certainly fared WAY better than the Cold Steel Finn Wolf did (although to be fair, this is a much thicker blade.
Stats:
Weight: 5.9 ounces
Blade thickness: 0.155" thick
Blade length: 3.552"
Blade width: 1.150"
Closed length: 4.925"
Cutting edge length: 3.333"
Steel type: O1 tool steel
Handle material: Micarta, no liners
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