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Here we go, this is one of the 4 blades I sent to Josh (Razor Edge Knives).
I will start with the stock picture
The way it came from Benchmade is perfect for what the knife was intended for, nice durable handle, textured 2 tone G10, S30V blade, axis lock that has not a slightest play, it's a perfect skinner grind. they emphasized in edge retention on their website for the Hunt series hence the S30V blade steel, I have never experience Benchmade's S30V, hopefully they do a good heat treat on it.
I have always been very found of the Chris Reeve's Insingo blade shape so I dismount the blade and off it goes to Josh. I want to bring the tip way down and take out most of the belly and then Zero Grind, after that we added swedges to give it a bit of aesthetics. This is completely messing with the blade 100%
Here is how the Blade turned out, it's bang on lovely, exactly what I wanted it for my intended use, I also shaped the handle a bit to tie in with the new blade shape, here are the pics
As you can see, the blade is now very usable from the tip to the end, notice how low the handle is stilted up when I use the tip; in comparison, the mini barrage I have to tilt the handle way up to use its tip to start a cut, same with the Paramilitary, I also took a comparison pic of the edge length against the para and the blade length is nearly the same with 2/3 of the handle and closed length. The handle is very comfy, it feels just right in my hand and
I'm really impressed with Josh's ability to make the blade to how I wanted it and improve the functionality to what I intended to use it for. It's my favorite knife for EDC, I use it on fruits, paper cardboard and when I go golfing I pick up the broken wooden tee and sharpen them so I can use it for irons off the tee. It's been a few days and the edge is good as new. I test the edge on phone book every day just to see if I need to touch it up. It's awesome!
I will start with the stock picture
The way it came from Benchmade is perfect for what the knife was intended for, nice durable handle, textured 2 tone G10, S30V blade, axis lock that has not a slightest play, it's a perfect skinner grind. they emphasized in edge retention on their website for the Hunt series hence the S30V blade steel, I have never experience Benchmade's S30V, hopefully they do a good heat treat on it.
I have always been very found of the Chris Reeve's Insingo blade shape so I dismount the blade and off it goes to Josh. I want to bring the tip way down and take out most of the belly and then Zero Grind, after that we added swedges to give it a bit of aesthetics. This is completely messing with the blade 100%
Here is how the Blade turned out, it's bang on lovely, exactly what I wanted it for my intended use, I also shaped the handle a bit to tie in with the new blade shape, here are the pics
As you can see, the blade is now very usable from the tip to the end, notice how low the handle is stilted up when I use the tip; in comparison, the mini barrage I have to tilt the handle way up to use its tip to start a cut, same with the Paramilitary, I also took a comparison pic of the edge length against the para and the blade length is nearly the same with 2/3 of the handle and closed length. The handle is very comfy, it feels just right in my hand and
I'm really impressed with Josh's ability to make the blade to how I wanted it and improve the functionality to what I intended to use it for. It's my favorite knife for EDC, I use it on fruits, paper cardboard and when I go golfing I pick up the broken wooden tee and sharpen them so I can use it for irons off the tee. It's been a few days and the edge is good as new. I test the edge on phone book every day just to see if I need to touch it up. It's awesome!
