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Buying another survival knife - Aitor
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Used to see a lot of Aitor knives here in the UK. They were all pretty cheap, and looked it. I think Whitby knives imported them by the bucket.
I know they make some good ones. I used to have a ringer for the Mauser officers knife made by Aitor that for all practical purposes was indistinguishable from others I owned.
Particular to the AITOR oso negro, it seems just to be a revamp of a design they've been putting out for years. The one an amigo had was exactly like that save for it had exposed pins on the handle. As a design I think it sucked. It should be big enough for light chopping, but the thing used to ring like a bell, inspiring no confidence, and made little impact. The hard plastic handle was way tough on the hands, especially as you'd need to apply excessive pressure to stop it from squirming. The saw on the one I handled wouldn't have been too bad on a bread knife, and probably would have worked on rope ok. I can't tell if that same saw pattern has been retained. Still, saw back knives are a loathing of mine, so that works against it anyway. I can't see the point of the recurve. I guess the selling point of that would be slashing at jungle foliage. But on a knife that on the whole is not suited to thrashing at foliage, the point of that is somewhat defeated. I also vividly recall trying to get it sharp for the owner. He'd had very bad luck with the bevel, and for reasons unclear had resigned himself to putting a gross toothy edge on it with a course stone, or perhaps a breeze-block. I brought it back to sharp, but I doubt it was ever going to be good for slicing. Little shallow cuts would have worked ok though.
Mmm, there's not really anything about the design I do like. In terms of construction, I have no issues with 440C as a choice, but I am still wondering what the military version, Aitor steel is
manufactured of a high carbon stainless steel which has a hardness rangre of Rockwell C 55/58 and is an
improvement over the famous 440C alloy, is all about.
I know they make some good ones. I used to have a ringer for the Mauser officers knife made by Aitor that for all practical purposes was indistinguishable from others I owned.
Particular to the AITOR oso negro, it seems just to be a revamp of a design they've been putting out for years. The one an amigo had was exactly like that save for it had exposed pins on the handle. As a design I think it sucked. It should be big enough for light chopping, but the thing used to ring like a bell, inspiring no confidence, and made little impact. The hard plastic handle was way tough on the hands, especially as you'd need to apply excessive pressure to stop it from squirming. The saw on the one I handled wouldn't have been too bad on a bread knife, and probably would have worked on rope ok. I can't tell if that same saw pattern has been retained. Still, saw back knives are a loathing of mine, so that works against it anyway. I can't see the point of the recurve. I guess the selling point of that would be slashing at jungle foliage. But on a knife that on the whole is not suited to thrashing at foliage, the point of that is somewhat defeated. I also vividly recall trying to get it sharp for the owner. He'd had very bad luck with the bevel, and for reasons unclear had resigned himself to putting a gross toothy edge on it with a course stone, or perhaps a breeze-block. I brought it back to sharp, but I doubt it was ever going to be good for slicing. Little shallow cuts would have worked ok though.
Mmm, there's not really anything about the design I do like. In terms of construction, I have no issues with 440C as a choice, but I am still wondering what the military version, Aitor steel is
manufactured of a high carbon stainless steel which has a hardness rangre of Rockwell C 55/58 and is an
improvement over the famous 440C alloy, is all about.
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I recently got a used Aitor Oso Blanco and even though I haven't used it yet, it feels nice and hefty in my hand and seems like a good camping knife. I personally like the design of the kukhri style blade and the sawback is very sharp and should perform fairly well.