Just picked this up from my local knife shop. I bought it primarily as a throwing knife and have no real intentions to carry it or use it for cutting anything.
First impressions at the store were good. I picked it up and was immediately impressed with the "heft" of the knife. The handle is somewhat on the short side, but very thick. The blade is also pretty thick, and it is full tang. The handle and blade are all just one big piece of 1050 forged steel, with a nice black coating.
The sheath is not important to me, other than somewhere to put the knife when I'm not using it. For the sake of reviewing it, I strapped it to my ankle and leg to see how it did.
Tugging the knife out of the sheath can prove to be a challenge, it is VERY tight. However my main problem was getting the knife back in. I had to hold the sheath and press the knife in to get it in, otherwise it would push the sheath all the way down my leg. It's a stiff setup, not very practical for fast-drawing the knife. Simply a storage sheath for me.
On a more positive note, there is absolutely 0 rattle in the sheath. I shook the crap out of it and couldn't hear a thing. I like this. So I decided to take off all the leg straps and just set them aside, and the sheath will be for storage in my sock drawer.
Now to throwing the knife.
I am a beginner, I started 5 minutes ago. Literally. So I only got it to stick in the tree maybe 3-4 times out of at least 30 tries. But it was oh so gratifying
The heft of the knife makes it a little akward at first, but it digs DEEP into the bark when it actually sticks. I had a hard time pulling it out, and I wasn't throwing very hard at all. Very nice penetration.
The coating on the blade has held up well. It fell to the dirt and rocks many times and it's not made any difference to the finish. I imagine with use and harder throwing the black coating will wear off...but that's OK for me. I didn't buy it to look pretty.
Overall I give it a 9/10 for my standards. It functions well and has everything I was looking for. The worst part of it is the sheath, but since that doesn;t actually effect the performance of the knife it's not such a big deal. Not to mention the price, I got it for just over $32 and I KNOW you can find them online for about $10 less.
I might have pictures up later of it sticking in a tree, maybe a video as well if I feel brave enough. But for now, that's a wrap
First impressions at the store were good. I picked it up and was immediately impressed with the "heft" of the knife. The handle is somewhat on the short side, but very thick. The blade is also pretty thick, and it is full tang. The handle and blade are all just one big piece of 1050 forged steel, with a nice black coating.
The sheath is not important to me, other than somewhere to put the knife when I'm not using it. For the sake of reviewing it, I strapped it to my ankle and leg to see how it did.
Tugging the knife out of the sheath can prove to be a challenge, it is VERY tight. However my main problem was getting the knife back in. I had to hold the sheath and press the knife in to get it in, otherwise it would push the sheath all the way down my leg. It's a stiff setup, not very practical for fast-drawing the knife. Simply a storage sheath for me.
On a more positive note, there is absolutely 0 rattle in the sheath. I shook the crap out of it and couldn't hear a thing. I like this. So I decided to take off all the leg straps and just set them aside, and the sheath will be for storage in my sock drawer.
Now to throwing the knife.
I am a beginner, I started 5 minutes ago. Literally. So I only got it to stick in the tree maybe 3-4 times out of at least 30 tries. But it was oh so gratifying
The heft of the knife makes it a little akward at first, but it digs DEEP into the bark when it actually sticks. I had a hard time pulling it out, and I wasn't throwing very hard at all. Very nice penetration.The coating on the blade has held up well. It fell to the dirt and rocks many times and it's not made any difference to the finish. I imagine with use and harder throwing the black coating will wear off...but that's OK for me. I didn't buy it to look pretty.
Overall I give it a 9/10 for my standards. It functions well and has everything I was looking for. The worst part of it is the sheath, but since that doesn;t actually effect the performance of the knife it's not such a big deal. Not to mention the price, I got it for just over $32 and I KNOW you can find them online for about $10 less.
I might have pictures up later of it sticking in a tree, maybe a video as well if I feel brave enough. But for now, that's a wrap
Actually, I almost bought one as a thrower too. Small cheap knives, such as the Livesay neckers, can be a hoot as throwers. If you know how to throw, you can do it with anything, even paring knives. As a kid, my friend's mom could throw and there was no better way to shut up a teenage boy then to put a paring knive in the floor between his bare feet.