Case CV vs. Queen D2

[mley1]

I have several Case CV knives, and I have a Queen D2 skinning knife. For hard use skinning tough animals like aoudad sheep and hogs, Queen D2 hands down. The Case CV would get about a third of the way through a skinning job, and require a touch up to continue. Queen D2 zipped right through the skinning jobs with no problems, and no need to touch up mid way.

I EDC almost exclusively Case CV knives, and use them frequently. I like them for their ease of sharpening in day to day chores. However, when it's time to go hunting that Queen D2 rides my hip. I know that if I'm in the middle of no where and gotta take care of an animal I can without any problems, or need to sharpen.

 

[puukkoman]

+1 :thumbup:

That's the thing. D2 can be a bear to 'get a good edge' initially. But, once you've finally apexed the edge, it just seems to keep getting sharper, the more you work it. The higher I take the polish on it, the more wicked sharp it seems to get.

The Country Cousin I pictured in my earlier post, is one of my best sharpening efforts thus far. Many of the knives I've convexed so far, have great working edges, but there's been a little bit of trade-off as far as hair-popping sharpness goes. The Country Cousin is one of the exceptions. It still shaves easily, and the 'jeans stropping' you mention seems to keep taking it up another notch.

I notice the same thing with my Mountian Man. Not too long ago, I convexed the blade. Now, it's perpatually razor sharp, no matter what I do to it. Just a little stropping here and there keeps it one of, if not the, sharpest knives I own.