This is an ID-made simple skeletonized neck-style knife made of .121" thick S30V Bos heat-treated steel - and delivered hollowground and razor sharp. It is 6.75" long with a 3.125" x .875" wide edge and a skeleton handle with four holes and a 'bump' fore and aft, separated by 3", to restrict finger grip movement. It begs to be given some form of scales. At the very least, and to lessen the probability of leaving a DNA sample when you first pick it up, use some emery cloth/boards to ease the handles edges. It comes with a hunk of lightpull chain as a necklace - replace it with a hunk of Paracord.
I thought mine would look and feel better with a paracord wrapped handle (See below.). Oops. That covered the first hole from the blade - which is where the nylon sheath's dimple secures the knife. The 'dimple' I left in the wrap wasn't enough - the knife fell from it's sheath while I was in my recliner watching, you'll like this, 'Survivorman'. Yep, I need to lose a lot of belly fat - not that way. It fell forward, creating it's own retrival port in my T-shirt. I unwrapped it - part of the wrap becoming my new 'necklace' while the remainder faded down the hall trailing behind my aggravating flamepoint Siameese 'Casper'.
This is a near ideal survival backup knife. It's a size where you could do some limited woodcraft, fire-making, and even clean some small dinner items. It's quite stainless S30V steel both survives dunkings well and keeps it's edge quite well, too. Unwrapped, it is quite secure hung upside down in it's included sheath. It's $105 MSRP translates to a mail order $55-$65 + s/h, probably the entry point for a useful S30V blade now that W-W no longer carries the $40 Spydie Native. Yeah, I know, the Buck #860 Hartsook, MSRP $37, is a teeny necker of S30V - but emphasis is on teeny. It would be fun at a child's birthday party - you could pop balloons with it. Seriously teeny. The 151 Kaala is a useful size.
Stainz
PS The greatest temptation with the 151 Kaala seems to be to add scales to it to make a regular knife out of it. Seriously, mine was here for a few hours before I wrapped it - check the Buck sub-forum for neater mods! Mine will remain a woods backup necker.
I thought mine would look and feel better with a paracord wrapped handle (See below.). Oops. That covered the first hole from the blade - which is where the nylon sheath's dimple secures the knife. The 'dimple' I left in the wrap wasn't enough - the knife fell from it's sheath while I was in my recliner watching, you'll like this, 'Survivorman'. Yep, I need to lose a lot of belly fat - not that way. It fell forward, creating it's own retrival port in my T-shirt. I unwrapped it - part of the wrap becoming my new 'necklace' while the remainder faded down the hall trailing behind my aggravating flamepoint Siameese 'Casper'.
This is a near ideal survival backup knife. It's a size where you could do some limited woodcraft, fire-making, and even clean some small dinner items. It's quite stainless S30V steel both survives dunkings well and keeps it's edge quite well, too. Unwrapped, it is quite secure hung upside down in it's included sheath. It's $105 MSRP translates to a mail order $55-$65 + s/h, probably the entry point for a useful S30V blade now that W-W no longer carries the $40 Spydie Native. Yeah, I know, the Buck #860 Hartsook, MSRP $37, is a teeny necker of S30V - but emphasis is on teeny. It would be fun at a child's birthday party - you could pop balloons with it. Seriously teeny. The 151 Kaala is a useful size.
Stainz
PS The greatest temptation with the 151 Kaala seems to be to add scales to it to make a regular knife out of it. Seriously, mine was here for a few hours before I wrapped it - check the Buck sub-forum for neater mods! Mine will remain a woods backup necker.
