This is the second Falcon I have bought in the last month. First one from Gander Mt. at like 12 bucks or something. Liner lock hits way over on the right on that one but still locks up solid and hasn't moved at all, not that its' got any where else to go mind you but still solid as hell lockup. Doesn't have the lawks on it either. IT is a pse edge and I have sharpened it once and have used it for a beat knife and have been satisfied.
Bought a plain edge off the Forums here this week. Haven't carried it much but some. Used it a ton today though putting stones my wife has at the end of our deck. I hate holiday weekends in the summer!:jerkit: Any how this is a p.e. with the lawks with a highly polished blade. Don't know what either steel is but I imagine aus6a. I opened alot of heavy plastic bags today with stone base and heavy sand in them. Did a bit of trimming in the ground along the edge of the layment to trim out what type of shape the rocks would take. Actually these are flat stones. Needless to say the knife was filthy and supposedly dull.
That is the surprise. After all was said and done I ran the knife under the faucet and then dried it with a towel. Sprayed it down with WD40 around the pivot and then blew that out with canned air. Checked the edge pretty good and had a bit of drag on it but no chips. Didn't sharpen it but did strop it pretty good. Now it shaves hair again. Lock up is solid as a rock with a ton of room for wear. I also notice that the grind lines are very crisp and straight and near as I can tell they match side to side perfectly. Matter of fact the grinds are crisp enough that you get a good edge to the grind that you can feel if you know what I mean.:thumbup:
I guess the bottom line is that I didn't expect nearly anything this good from it. It's wierd. CRKT has some pretty good designs but they kind of cheap out materials and blade steel. If they made this knife with good steel and linen micarta I bet they couldn't make enough them fast enough. Thats it for me. keepem sharp and thanks for listening....oh yea did I mention I hate holiday summer weekends:barf:
Bought a plain edge off the Forums here this week. Haven't carried it much but some. Used it a ton today though putting stones my wife has at the end of our deck. I hate holiday weekends in the summer!:jerkit: Any how this is a p.e. with the lawks with a highly polished blade. Don't know what either steel is but I imagine aus6a. I opened alot of heavy plastic bags today with stone base and heavy sand in them. Did a bit of trimming in the ground along the edge of the layment to trim out what type of shape the rocks would take. Actually these are flat stones. Needless to say the knife was filthy and supposedly dull.
That is the surprise. After all was said and done I ran the knife under the faucet and then dried it with a towel. Sprayed it down with WD40 around the pivot and then blew that out with canned air. Checked the edge pretty good and had a bit of drag on it but no chips. Didn't sharpen it but did strop it pretty good. Now it shaves hair again. Lock up is solid as a rock with a ton of room for wear. I also notice that the grind lines are very crisp and straight and near as I can tell they match side to side perfectly. Matter of fact the grinds are crisp enough that you get a good edge to the grind that you can feel if you know what I mean.:thumbup:
I guess the bottom line is that I didn't expect nearly anything this good from it. It's wierd. CRKT has some pretty good designs but they kind of cheap out materials and blade steel. If they made this knife with good steel and linen micarta I bet they couldn't make enough them fast enough. Thats it for me. keepem sharp and thanks for listening....oh yea did I mention I hate holiday summer weekends:barf:
