I picked up a couple of these because I thought I was going to start throwing knives, but it turns out I just can't fit one more hobby in. BUT, I did get a chance to put this one to the test when I moved a couple months ago. I had to pack a three bedroom house in three days, haul to the new house, unpack and set up shop in three days.
My choice for the move was a Leek for cutting tape and stuff like that, and I pretty much used the leek for cutting the tape again to open the boxes at the new house.
But once the move was done, I had about a hundred cardboard boxes of various sizes, thicknesses, some were flat and dense, some were corrugated, it was a variety. To break the boxes down so they would fit in the recycling garbage can, I used the Bowie Bushman to cut the corners of the boxes down from top to bottom, folded, and slid them into the recycling can one at a time. I got through about 75 boxes before the blade bound in the cardboard and pushed a triangle of cardboard in to the box, and I had to pay a little more attention to using the whole belly of the blade to finish them off.
I still have about 25 go, plus another 20 or so boxes that we wound up with in buying this and that for the new house. I touched up the edge with the diamond stick Sharpmaker 20 strokes on a side, and it's sliding right through that cardboard again with the greatest of ease.
I really used to like a couple other knives I have but this one made the work so much easier, I don't think I would want to use a box cutter or just about any other folder again for that kind of cutting.
Nice fat belly on it, light, maybe it's flexible, I dunno, but it really did a great job.
I thought the handle would get slippery with sweat but I never lost my grip for a moment, and the lack of a finger guard didn't bother me at all. Whatever kind of coating they use on that knife is some good stuff.
It did such a good job on cutting those boxes I'm thinking about rotating one into the kitchen for butchering chickens, slicing up beef... it's pretty easy to keep clean...
I think this was the most knife for the money I ever got.
My choice for the move was a Leek for cutting tape and stuff like that, and I pretty much used the leek for cutting the tape again to open the boxes at the new house.
But once the move was done, I had about a hundred cardboard boxes of various sizes, thicknesses, some were flat and dense, some were corrugated, it was a variety. To break the boxes down so they would fit in the recycling garbage can, I used the Bowie Bushman to cut the corners of the boxes down from top to bottom, folded, and slid them into the recycling can one at a time. I got through about 75 boxes before the blade bound in the cardboard and pushed a triangle of cardboard in to the box, and I had to pay a little more attention to using the whole belly of the blade to finish them off.
I still have about 25 go, plus another 20 or so boxes that we wound up with in buying this and that for the new house. I touched up the edge with the diamond stick Sharpmaker 20 strokes on a side, and it's sliding right through that cardboard again with the greatest of ease.
I really used to like a couple other knives I have but this one made the work so much easier, I don't think I would want to use a box cutter or just about any other folder again for that kind of cutting.
Nice fat belly on it, light, maybe it's flexible, I dunno, but it really did a great job.
I thought the handle would get slippery with sweat but I never lost my grip for a moment, and the lack of a finger guard didn't bother me at all. Whatever kind of coating they use on that knife is some good stuff.
It did such a good job on cutting those boxes I'm thinking about rotating one into the kitchen for butchering chickens, slicing up beef... it's pretty easy to keep clean...
I think this was the most knife for the money I ever got.