David Boye Cobalt folder

Gary W. Graley

Gary W. Graley

“Imagination is more important than knowledge"
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I've had one or two of these before and keep coming back to them
just recently picked this one up from David's website, shipped quickly too.
The knife's dimensions;
Blade length 3"
Blade material, Cast Dendritic Cobalt, totally rust resistant
Overall length 7"
Weight 2 oz (less my lanyard :))
The handle is FRN and the pattern is what the dendritic formations look like under
magnification, neat way to incorporate some non slip gripping!

The edge is a bit different than say S30v, a more gritty, biting type of edge
of course you can sharpen S30v to a coarser edge too but this blade, the
cutting just keeps on cutting, hard to describe really, but I love the way
that it does cut!

The newer knives have Titanium clips and a bail to attach a lanyard to
also the blade has a screw instead of a peened pin. Very solid lockup
on mine and I use it hard in the course of work, installing machines I use
this knife to do a lot of chores from cutting thick banding on the boxes
to the heavy plastic that covers the machines, with no notch before the edge
it never hangs up when slicing into the material, a big plus for me :)

The tip is a little lower than center point of the pivot, so it's almost a modified
wharncliff type blade with just a bit of belly to it. Again very useful! Also being
just at 3", the point doesn't get away from you, it allows excellent control of
the blade at all times.

Here are some shots taken tonight of my knife;

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All in all, this has become my daily carry, along with some SAK's to fill in the
tool part of my needs.

If I had any nit pic, I'd prefer the grind to go up higher on the blade but in
use, I've not found it to be a problem at all. I can get a razor edge on this
knife and after use, just stropping it on leather brings it back to almost as good
as new, as you can tell, I do like it quite a bit and heartily recommend one!
G2
 
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Thanks for the great review, G2...this looks like a fine knife! :thumbup: I also like the looks of the Basic 3 fixed-blade they sell...:D

Just what I need...more desireable knives...;)

Ray :)
 
Thanks guys, it's a very unassuming type of knife with lots of cutting power.

G2
 
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Thanks for the great review!

G2: Do you have any knives from the Spyderco Salt Series? If so, how do the knives compare?
 
T.K.C. said:
Thanks for the great review!

G2: Do you have any knives from the Spyderco Salt Series? If so, how do the knives compare?
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You're welcome and sorry but no Salt's in house, right now spydercoless
but I'm sure that will change, always does ;)
G2
 
Thanks for the review!
Good assessment of what it is like to use the knife.
The pictures were beautifully done.
 
Thanks, the last one of these I had, I remember taking it with me to England
town of Doncaster where we had an office once. They had a box arrive with
the strong plastic banding around it, no one had a knife, so I pulled that out
and sliced it open without any trouble.
They were all like "WHO ARE YOU GOING TO KILL WITH THAT?" because they
said that was what knives were for, I reminded them of the open package that
laid in front of them, but I couldn't get over their mind set that even as harmless
a looking knife as this got them scared! Imagine if I still had my Spyderco Civilian
with me?? YIKES now that one raises the hair on the back of your neck when you
first set eyes on it. But this one? amazing, simply amazing and I hear that England
is or was trying to make carrying a knife to have the same punishment as if you
were caught with a firearm.
G2
 
holygoat said:
... in California...
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where if you pulled out a Civilian, it would be legal. :D

Gary, thanks for the review. I keep going back to his website. Maybe you tipped me over the edge. I gotta get the yellow handle, though!

I know that folder would have been ideal when I was working, with the same sort of needs as you just described -- but at least no one telling me knives were for killing. :p
 
Thanks, I was tempted by the yellow one myself, but
something about getting the blue to go along with the
Cobalt blade seemed more fitting, also I figured the
brighter yellow would tend to show dirt a bit quicker too.

and Welcome to the States Holygoat!
G2
 
You know, I wonder, if someone needed a working knife that wouldn't be a lightning rod, even in Great Britain, a yellow sheepsfoot might do it. Cut anything but definitely not a stabber.

The problem is, it's not even the laws, it's the attitude people learn. James Mattis wrote that he sold a Civilian to a woman who used it for harvesting mushrooms. :)
 
Thanks for the excellent review Gary. Just last week I kept going back to the Boye website with the intent to pull the trigger on that same knife. I have an older model Boye cast dendritic 440C with the eagle wing on the blade. It is an amazing knife, and is one of, if not the sharpest knives I've had.

Your review may have tipped my scales towards the cobalt again. :)

Hope you don't mind me sharing a shot of my Boye Eagle Wing Prophet.

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Esav Benyamin said:
...The problem is, it's not even the laws, it's the attitude people learn. James Mattis wrote that he sold a Civilian to a woman who used it for harvesting mushrooms. :)
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I remember him telling that!
When I had mine, it was the older one with the green inlaid handles
I unzipped the pouch to show a girl at work and she jumped backwards
and almost screamed, she stood there shaking so much I had to calm
her down! so very strange!

And Fewpop, nice shot! I've owned several with various castings
Sunrise, whale, primitive archer I think.

Gabe Newel picked a nice one from me a long time ago, had nice thick
black wood scales and cobalt blade, a custom from David, I miss that
one quite a bit, as I do most of the knives I've sold :(

G2
 
The archer was a good one, like a petroglyph.
I wish he were casting designs in the current blades.
 
The Boye folder is one GREAT cutter! It will wear cardboard and rope out! It is also easy to get the edge back but even when it seems dull it isn't. ENJOY! Kevin :thumbup:
 
Thanks guys and yes that Archer was a nice one, I seached around
but I think the images I had were on my old computer and were lost
when it finally bit the dust...
G2
 
I've been debating one of these for a long time as well, thanks for the review! One question, for sharpening, due to the blade's dendritic nature, and resulting edge 'bite', can one sharpen them on a 'normal' sharpener, like the Spyderco Sharpmaker?
 
They recommend using the Arkansas stone but the grey stones on the Sharpmaker might due fine. They are easy to sharpen. I sharpened one on a DMT fine diamond flat stone and it did well. Get one and enjoy it! Kevin :thumbup:
 
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