Spending the week at my Uncle's cabin on a lake in Vermont. Campfires every night, fix 'em projects during the days and a couple of knives in my bags...
- The Opinel is a great knife for the beach. The lockring gets crunchy with sand but, "so what?"
- The Opinel INOX works great. Probably better than the Carbone. Not as warm feeling in wood. I can't explain that but there you have it. It scratches up when used like when cutting off a dried and fused paint roller that my Uncle left on. Really? He left 2 brushes uncleaned too. He's rich and has people who do that for him. I guess I'm one of those people. Anyway, scratched carbon looks charming and scratched 12C27 just looks scratched. The INOX holds an edge longer.
- The Mora Companion HD blows through wood like a sharp plane. It's much better than both the Opinel and old Schrade-Walden H-15. Both of the other knives make shavings and feather sticks well but the Mora is just better. The Mora came into its own for me only after convexing the shoulder of the Scandi. Full Scandi caused it to dive for me. I think there is a connection between blade grind and techniques and habit. It's easier to control the thickness of a curl at the end of the stroke for me with the Mora. With the other knives, my wrist turns slightly at the end of the stroke which pops off the feathers. I think the shoulder of the convexed Scandi acts like a fulcrum, allowing easier control of edge depth.
- The Opinel is a much better food knife. And foil dinners over an open fire on the beach is wonderful. Cut the potatoes thin.
- OT: heard at the hardware store near the large display of Buck hunting knives.
Customer (male): Do you have any stud finders?
Owner (female): We should have 1 or 2 electronic ones there at the end of that aisle. If we're out, you can talk to Julie who's working in the office upstairs. (Rolling her eyes) She's a real stud finder!
You really can't make that stuff up.
- The Opinel is a great knife for the beach. The lockring gets crunchy with sand but, "so what?"
- The Opinel INOX works great. Probably better than the Carbone. Not as warm feeling in wood. I can't explain that but there you have it. It scratches up when used like when cutting off a dried and fused paint roller that my Uncle left on. Really? He left 2 brushes uncleaned too. He's rich and has people who do that for him. I guess I'm one of those people. Anyway, scratched carbon looks charming and scratched 12C27 just looks scratched. The INOX holds an edge longer.
- The Mora Companion HD blows through wood like a sharp plane. It's much better than both the Opinel and old Schrade-Walden H-15. Both of the other knives make shavings and feather sticks well but the Mora is just better. The Mora came into its own for me only after convexing the shoulder of the Scandi. Full Scandi caused it to dive for me. I think there is a connection between blade grind and techniques and habit. It's easier to control the thickness of a curl at the end of the stroke for me with the Mora. With the other knives, my wrist turns slightly at the end of the stroke which pops off the feathers. I think the shoulder of the convexed Scandi acts like a fulcrum, allowing easier control of edge depth.
- The Opinel is a much better food knife. And foil dinners over an open fire on the beach is wonderful. Cut the potatoes thin.
- OT: heard at the hardware store near the large display of Buck hunting knives.
Customer (male): Do you have any stud finders?
Owner (female): We should have 1 or 2 electronic ones there at the end of that aisle. If we're out, you can talk to Julie who's working in the office upstairs. (Rolling her eyes) She's a real stud finder!
You really can't make that stuff up.
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Besides my wife preferred using the criollo. Its shape and size is similar to a small chef's knife, so it was the one she reached for when preparing meals. The khukuri was invaluable when harvesting fatwood. I rippled the edge of a nice Blackjack doing that once (it was the sturdiest knife I had with me) and that''s not a mistake I'll make again.
