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When I drew up the ' Woody ' knife for Bryan Breeden to make I resisted so much the temptation to add this and that to the drawing, after all it looked so boring !
When I recieved the knife it felt great in the hand but it still failed to wow me in the looks department. As I'd posted on this forum I'd vowed to carry this knife as my main tool for a 6 month period, during that time I used it for food prep, fire prep, trap triggers and any other uses I could think up and it excelled at every task.
The more I used this knife the more it grew on me, even to the point that I no longer craved wanting to use my other blades......yeah scary stuff eh !
Anyway after the 6 months was over I had a quick binge rotating the knives in my collection but still found myself grabbing this knife the most. It's the perfect size for most tasks, very light given it's size, very tough, holds a great edge and maybe most important of all it sharpens up easier than any other knife I own. A few licks of my diamond hone and strops on some leather and it's shaving sharp again !
Pics really don't do this knife any justice, it would never win any beauty contests ( sorry Bryan, my fault not yours )but the damn thing just works !!!
When I want a slightly smaller blade I sometimes grab my Swamprat Vex but for the most part this is still my go to blade.
Anyway I just thought I'd share this as I'd taken it out again today and got to wondering why I liked it so much.
By the way I've heard it ain't the only Woody now so don't be suprised if you see it's brother on the forums at some point !!!
I'm currently having a bigger knife made by Bryan, the Taiga, maybe in the future I'll get him to make me a thin 4" kephart and then with that trio I won't need any of my other knives !!!!
When I recieved the knife it felt great in the hand but it still failed to wow me in the looks department. As I'd posted on this forum I'd vowed to carry this knife as my main tool for a 6 month period, during that time I used it for food prep, fire prep, trap triggers and any other uses I could think up and it excelled at every task.
The more I used this knife the more it grew on me, even to the point that I no longer craved wanting to use my other blades......yeah scary stuff eh !
Anyway after the 6 months was over I had a quick binge rotating the knives in my collection but still found myself grabbing this knife the most. It's the perfect size for most tasks, very light given it's size, very tough, holds a great edge and maybe most important of all it sharpens up easier than any other knife I own. A few licks of my diamond hone and strops on some leather and it's shaving sharp again !
Pics really don't do this knife any justice, it would never win any beauty contests ( sorry Bryan, my fault not yours )but the damn thing just works !!!
When I want a slightly smaller blade I sometimes grab my Swamprat Vex but for the most part this is still my go to blade.
Anyway I just thought I'd share this as I'd taken it out again today and got to wondering why I liked it so much.
By the way I've heard it ain't the only Woody now so don't be suprised if you see it's brother on the forums at some point !!!
I'm currently having a bigger knife made by Bryan, the Taiga, maybe in the future I'll get him to make me a thin 4" kephart and then with that trio I won't need any of my other knives !!!!
