Blade-tech Pro Hunter; Mouse 2 review

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I have finished the review of the Blade-tech Professional Hunter and the Mouse 2 which may be accessed and viewed at:

http://www.folders-r-us.org under the knife test section

Any and all comments about these knives or the review are welcome.

Respectfully

Brownie
 
Great reviews, Brownie0486. Especially glad to hear that the Mouse2 is such a handy performer.
 
Just visited the site and it was extremely informative. Many thanks for the time, effort, and trouble of preparing and presenting this site. I look forward to more knife tests in the future!:cool: :D :)
 
I own two PH's (one for use and one in the safe just in case) and recently acquired the Mouse 2. Your review reflects my thoughts exactly. I am hoping these knives get more exposure as they really do perform beyond their so called niche. I might just have to get another Mouse 2 just in case to match the spare PH! :D

My only complaint with both is the clip design. I just don't like the lead in feature...it's too long. I've already scraped the paint off my truck when it came in contact with the door sill while getting in. And I constantly drag it across my hand when I go to sit down if my hand is on the arm rest of my office chair. :mad: I feel it should be more like the Benchmade clips. However, like you mention, the mouse actually is easier to carry as a "pocket" knife. And the PH's clip will soon have a meeting with the bench grinder.
 
Any comments on a comparion to the Military, in regards to general cutting ability they should be close assuming the Pro Hunter has similar edge geometry. The point styles however are very different, how do you regard the contrast in regards to EDC as well as any tactical viewpoint.

The handle while looking fairly ergonomic would seem to suffer from a very subdued guard, I would be curious as to how it would fare in heavy stabbing or thrusting with a compromised grip.

In regards to lock testing, are palm spine whacks the most energetic impact you would look at from a tactical perspective, even disregarding any direct contact such as a stick or similar, have you done any work with very heavy thrusting and cutting in general on thick padded clothing. I experimented with this a few years back and found that it was very easy to generate a lot of force on the locks at very odd angles depending on how the cutting was performed and the movement of the target (I had a friend jerk a heavily clothed "dummy" around while I cut at it).

Did you see any improvement with S30V over other decent stainless steels like ATS-34, VG-10 etc., in regards to edge holding, durability, ease of sharpening, corrosion resistance, etc. .

You might also want to link to a pic of the Mouse, I like blades of that length, but prefer full length grips as otherwise the ergonomics are not there for significant cutting, and security is low for such work in general.

-Cliff
 
Originally posted by Drew66

My only complaint with both is the clip design. I just don't like the lead in feature...it's too long.
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For what it is worth the benchmade style clips will fit on the PH. The holes line up perfectly. I even had an Emerson skull clip on my PH for awhile. :eek: :eek: :eek:

As stated in the review, I believe the PH does transcend its original intent. The characteristics that make it a good hunter also make it a godd edc and defensive knife.
 
Hi Cliff,
Comparing the PH to the Millie:
Both are lightweight; thin; double nested liners; have about the same, if not the same, liner lock thickness, about the same G-10 grippability [ I think the PH is a little more so but not so much as to be apparent initially ].

The Millie is longer in the handle and blade [ of course both equate to longer overall as well ].

I think the PH is better ergonomically speaking where grip retention is concerned, however the Millie certainly does not suffer any in this area in my estimation as well.

The better tip strength would go to the PH in my opinion. They both are flat ground and I would have to say about equal in slicing ability. The PH may be a little better at controlling the blade in multiple mediums due to the serrations available at various points along the spine.

I have both PH and Millie in s30v. I couldn't tell any significant difference in their performance relative edge retention.

As to keeping your hand off the blade while stabbing hard targets. While I did not perform stab tests into hard targets, both knives would allow one to be able to slide their hand onto the blade doing so violently and hitting hard targets. The Millie, in my opinion, doesn't offer any advantage in this aren/venue over the PH. As stated above, the ergonomics probably make the PH better at gripping it firmly enough to prevent sliding your hand onto the blade but then both really have no guard at all so it's a moot point when comparing them.

As to lock strength, I'd say about the same as the liners are about equal in thickness. I twisted the knife on the PH laterally with no movement of the lock. Haven't tried that on my Millie yet.

Both lock up solidly now and when they were NIB from the dealers.

Hope that helps.

Brownie
 
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