D-Guard Comparison

PA Trout

PA Trout

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For those wanting to get a sense of how the D-Guard sizes up to some other Busse/Kin...


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It feels REALLY well balanced. The saber grind gives a certain heft. D-guard makes the knife feel really secure in the hand. I'll do some chopping this weekend and get some action pictures.

I can already tell this is going to be one of my favorites.
 
I just had mine out for a little chop session.. It will chop [emoji846] took down a 6" tree on my wood line that's been banging my head when I go by on the tractor.

I played with the balance point last night and IIRC it's right in the choil, very well balanced for the size of the guard!

Have a few pics I'll throw up later when I'm at my PC.


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=MAX= said:
Nice score and collection :thumbup:
That BWM is nice too :)
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That BWM is by go to knife for everything. You started my addiction, Max!

(My son was born on April 9th... coincidentally, we named him Max.)

:-)
 
cpirtle said:
I just had mine out for a little chop session.. It will chop [emoji846] took down a 6" tree on my wood line that's been banging my head when I go by on the tractor.

I played with the balance point last night and IIRC it's right in the choil, very well balanced for the size of the guard!

Have a few pics I'll throw up later when I'm at my PC.


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Wow. It is at the choil.

Did you get any pinky burn when swinging away?
 
Sweeet!! Thanks for the pics. Mine is on the UPS truck somewhere.:)
 
Congrats and thanks for the pic next to the BWM! I was hoping to see those two next to each other.
 
PA Trout said:
Did you get any pinky burn when swinging away?
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A little bit on angled chops, but that's not uncommon for me on any knife that has a rear drop in the tang, like the ASH, my hands are just over 4.5" wide across the palm/fingers so it makes for a tight fit on a lot of knives. I really like the balance and the way this swings though.


Here's a few more pic's...



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Posted this in a different thread last night but since this is a comparison thread - next to an old CS BME.


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Next to the O2W TG-M


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Made short work of this tree :)



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First sheath done, still deciding the type of dangler I want for it.
 
These are so cool. Got both guard and talon. Wait shouldnt be too much longer. Both paid for.

I wish one of the Battle Grade mistresses would have been .18- .20" thickness though.
 
I'd be curious to see how the D Guard and Double Talons compare to the ESEE Junglas. That is one that I had been thinking about buying but when these Mistresses popped up I just had to go with the better steel of the Busse.
 
I think it was overpriced for 101, but u wont be disappointed I believe.
 
That BMe is sweet. I'm assuming that the guard stock is the same thickness as everything else? Would you take a picture of it in your grasp please?
 
Congrats PA!!! :thumbup: :thumbup:
I sooooooo wanted a D-guard Mistress, but they are verboten in the PRK... :mad:
 
tinfoil hat timmy said:
That BMe is sweet. I'm assuming that the guard stock is the same thickness as everything else? Would you take a picture of it in your grasp please?
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Thanks! I rescued it from some ill fitting Kydex and plan to make a deserving leather sheath for it then will probably cut it loose.

I don't have a picture of the D-Guard in hand but I can take one later if someone else does not beat me to it.
 
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Feels good for my first in decades... :emot-yarr::emot-yarr::emot-yarr:

Sorry huge picture, still working on posting.
 
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Got mine yesterday, it is better than expected. The edge is thinner than I expected, weight is balanced forward enough for good chopping but not too far forward and it came hair popping sharp. I was going to flip the first few I ordered from O2W due to a divorce but there is no way I can get rid of this one.....


 
kjd2121 said:
That SHErgo looks familiar.
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Dude, that SHe is just stupid sharp now. It took an edge that is by far sharper than any knife I have every owned.

Was she one of the older SHe models that was a RC point or two higher than current INFI?

Love that knife.

Thanks again, brother! :-)
 
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