CRK Nyala Insingo Thoughts

Lord_Balkan

Lord_Balkan

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Hey, what are your guys thoughts on the Nyala Insingo? How does it slice? I am looking for my first fixed blade that I can EDC around my house / kitchen.
 
Personally I wished they upped the heat treat on it to at least match the rest at 59-60.
 
I have one but it's never been out of the collector's box. I can ask the wife if she wants to try it for preparing dinner tonight and report back, if that helps.
 
I would say the blade thickness would make it fairly poor in the kitchen. Just a guess, but any number of kitchen knives would be much better for food prep. The Spyderco kitchen knives work well, and are relatively inexpensive.
 
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That would be cool. I'd like to get a good all arounder fixed blade EDC and I wanted the insignia blade shape. I don't want a strictly kitchen knife since I want to do home improvement and other things with it as well.
 
Well, I can see it working better for EDC if that is also your goal. After all, if you EDC a kitchen knife, people look at you funny, or run screaming for the most part. ;)
 
kidcongo said:
Well, I can see it working better for EDC if that is also your goal. After all, if you EDC a kitchen knife, people look at you funny, or run screaming for the most part. ;)
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Yeah, I am looking for something I can EDC with around the house and occasionally use for food prep.
 
Lord_Balkan said:
That would be cool. I'd like to get a good all arounder fixed blade EDC and I wanted the insignia blade shape. I don't want a strictly kitchen knife since I want to do home improvement and other things with it as well.
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You got it. Will post a follow-up later tonite.
 
I haven't used mine for fine cutting tasks like tomatoes but have used it in the kitchen for chicken and potatoes and it was excellent. Not what it was designed for... if you want a kitchen knife check out the CRK Sikayo. But as an all around fixed blade small bushcraft knife I love it.
 
RyanRaben said:
I haven't used mine for fine cutting tasks like tomatoes but have used it in the kitchen for chicken and potatoes and it was excellent. Not what it was designed for... if you want a kitchen knife check out the CRK Sikayo. But as an all around fixed blade small bushcraft knife I love it.
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Honestly I am looking for a good all arounder. I just want something like a Large Sebenza Insingo (maybe a bit larger) in a fixed blade. I was hoping the Nyala would be it but it might be too thick.
 
Input on the food prep using the Insingo Nyala-

My wife used the knife, not myself. Tonight was a salad night so there were various vegetables cut, sliced, or chopped. Some chicken breast meat was cubed, and some hard boiled eggs were sliced.

Overall the sharpness of the factory edge was readily noticed on tomatoes and carrots. It made easy work of the raw chicken and made clean slices of the egg. So as far as a slicer it had no issues with these simple examples. It also "chopped" some walnuts with ease. However, the short length of the blade presented some problems when cutting larger stuff like going across a romaine lettuce head.

So I think it will work for some basic food prep, but is certainly not a replacement for a chef's knife or a Sikayo, for example.
 
Wavicle said:
Input on the food prep using the Insingo Nyala-

My wife used the knife, not myself. Tonight was a salad night so there were various vegetables cut, sliced, or chopped. Some chicken breast meat was cubed, and some hard boiled eggs were sliced.

Overall the sharpness of the factory edge was readily noticed on tomatoes and carrots. It made easy work of the raw chicken and made clean slices of the egg. So as far as a slicer it had no issues with these simple examples. It also "chopped" some walnuts with ease. However, the short length of the blade presented some problems when cutting larger stuff like going across a romaine lettuce head.

So I think it will work for some basic food prep, but is certainly not a replacement for a chef's knife or a Sikayo, for example.
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That sounds fine then honestly. I think this will be my next purchase then.
 
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