blgoode
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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- Oct 3, 2003
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Well, It was time to give this 11 1/2" blade, 18" overall 0-1 blade a test drive.
With a fresh hair popping edge I took to the woods near my house.
I found a larger sized log that I normally would not attempted with a knife. This knife is extra large so I felt that it could handle it easily.
Well, in less than a miniute it was in cut. The knife performed this task very easily as you can see....not tiring of the hand what soever since the hooked butt of the handle allowes for a full on swing without the fear of a flying knife!!!
Here is the split long....
I had the angle too steep on the knife so the edge was slightly deformed and small chips were present. I was hitting this log harder than I ever had before since this is such a large blade. Into the shop for a quick andle change to the edge......here is the new slightly more angled edge and a few slits on news paper....back to the woods for the same dried log...
This time no edge deformation and still hair shaving sharp!!!!:thumbup:
Needless to say..........limbs like this were a 1 shot deal
Overall I am pleased with this knife and lok forward to taking it camping and really gining it a run for its money!!
The next day I fine tuned the edge with a stone by clamping the knife to my table and using a large stone with 2 hands. She is oiled and ready for the trip!!
With a fresh hair popping edge I took to the woods near my house.
I found a larger sized log that I normally would not attempted with a knife. This knife is extra large so I felt that it could handle it easily.
Well, in less than a miniute it was in cut. The knife performed this task very easily as you can see....not tiring of the hand what soever since the hooked butt of the handle allowes for a full on swing without the fear of a flying knife!!!
Here is the split long....
I had the angle too steep on the knife so the edge was slightly deformed and small chips were present. I was hitting this log harder than I ever had before since this is such a large blade. Into the shop for a quick andle change to the edge......here is the new slightly more angled edge and a few slits on news paper....back to the woods for the same dried log...
This time no edge deformation and still hair shaving sharp!!!!:thumbup:
Needless to say..........limbs like this were a 1 shot deal
Overall I am pleased with this knife and lok forward to taking it camping and really gining it a run for its money!!
The next day I fine tuned the edge with a stone by clamping the knife to my table and using a large stone with 2 hands. She is oiled and ready for the trip!!
