Carothers Performance Knives, Use & Abuse

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This EDC has been put through its paces with cardboard, plastic banding, boxes and potato chip bags.

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SwarthyGnome said:
I apologize for not having photographic evidence.
My cat threw up what looked like one if his nine lives on the laminate flooring.
I used the fireman’s tool to scrape it up.
Worked very well. 👍
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Apparently you didn't read the CPK fine print. Acidity due to contact with cat puke is a disqualifying event. As are hair balls.

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adluginb said:
Someone send that man a SDFK. Lets quit messing around with these “little” knives. 😎
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I've had the same thought on a number of occasions.

I'm very blessed to own a few of Nathan's D3V creations. If I remember correctly, the "Basic" SDFK was my first. To this day, it is still my FAVORITE.


For me, the SDFK is a bit of an enigma...

That particular knife and sheath combo is really hard to beat when it comes to the "big knife"/"small real estate" equation. When you think about the dimensions, it's a bruiser of a "field knife". However, in the hand, on the belt, or in a pack/bag, it doesn't seem to feel much bigger/heavier than your average SRK and sheath (*Hell, I believe that Roland [* ferider ferider ] regularly carries one in his front pocket 😳). Likewise, it's pretty "no frills" when you look at it. It's kinda' "All Go, No Show" in its execution. Despite that, its simplicity is quite beautiful. I once saw a pretty well-known TV Chef judging a "Cacio e Pepe" dish with which he was quite impressed. Being a relatively simplistic dish, he said, "Sometimes, simplicity is the most difficult thing to execute." For some reason, those words always stuck with me...and pretty-much sum up how I feel about the SDFK.

I have a few ~7" long/quarter-inch thick (*stupid robust) "field knives" that I've used to split wood, wiped down, and then left on the cutting/plating surface of the grill for cutting steak, fajitas, sausage, and the like. To their credit, most of 'em got the job done decently well. However, the SDFK really shines in that particular "contradiction". Is it a wood maul or froe? Absolutely not. Is it a "Shun Premier" Chef's knife? Again, absolutely not. However, it seems to complete a lot of tasks with relative ease.


Anyhow, my apologies for the long post.

I'll just say that I'm a big fan, exit stage right, and leave it at that...



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