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After posting pics of the Campanion in the What's New forum ( http://www.bladeforums.com/ubb/Forum19/HTML/000310.html ), I've finally had a chance to use the knife a couple of times. I used a large limb, roughly 2 1/2 inches in diameter, to break the knife in by chopping it in two. This is where that chunky handle comes into play - ultimate comfort. The rounded and contoured scales fill my hand nicely and throughout the task, I never felt any discomfort. Not even any hot spots. In terms of the blade, the deep belly drop point and spot-on edge geometry made the wood chips fly. It's got an aggressive bite. The next thing I did with the Campanion was to try whitting. Again, same results - edge had plenty of bite, with the belly of the blade providing plenty of area to work with. Handle is again comfortable. I was able to choke up on it without any discomfort.
I have not used the knife long enough to evaluate the ease of edge maintenance for the 0170-6C steel. From what I've been told, this steel performs like A2 tool steel. Time will tell...
For its size, the Campanion has a lot of cutting and chopping power. I'm really impressed with it and look forward to using it more. Somehow I get a feeling that this won't be my only BK&T knife
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Dexter Ewing
AKTI Member # A000005
Living life "on the edge"
I have not used the knife long enough to evaluate the ease of edge maintenance for the 0170-6C steel. From what I've been told, this steel performs like A2 tool steel. Time will tell...
For its size, the Campanion has a lot of cutting and chopping power. I'm really impressed with it and look forward to using it more. Somehow I get a feeling that this won't be my only BK&T knife

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Dexter Ewing
AKTI Member # A000005
Living life "on the edge"