Delta Foxtrot Part II

Sweet as hell. I am digging this knife. GREAT, ANOTHER FRIGGIN KNIFE TO GET...seriously, on my wish list.
 
Good stuff, handsome blade. There's a pretty dramatic drop in handle circumference at the first finger, obviously; have you found that to get cramped/uncomfortable after extended use?
 
caine said:
Awesome looking knife. I like it alot
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Me too! :thumbup:


texastonydobbs said:
cool pt 2 ... Great Review as usual brother
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Thanks Bro, glad you enjoyed it!


Rockywolf said:
Sweet as hell. I am digging this knife. GREAT, ANOTHER FRIGGIN KNIFE TO GET...seriously, on my wish list.
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Thanks man, this thing is sweet! Incredible balance and ergos, very stout but very sharp with awesome grinds, I bet you'll love it if you get it.


SpookyPistolero said:
Good stuff, handsome blade. There's a pretty dramatic drop in handle circumference at the first finger, obviously; have you found that to get cramped/uncomfortable after extended use?
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Not at all, my forefinger stops just shy of the base of my thumb in a tight grip. I find it very comfortable to work with, it fits my hand like it was made for it :D

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Great review!

Thank you for taking the time and sharing.

fantastic pics by the way! :thumbup:
 
I don't have to tell you how much I enjoy your reviews, Brian. Your style is perfect for this sort of thing.

Dylan Feltcher makes lickass knives.

Seriously... I held this knife at Blade and gave it a thorough knitpicking. I saw nothing wrong with the thing... so I drank a few brews and tried again... still nothing... it was a fine knife. Dylan is a cool guy to boot. His mastery of "drunken wing chung" is second to none... how did you get bruise in the center of your chest, anyway?

Rick
 
Magnussen said:
I don't have to tell you how much I enjoy your reviews, Brian. Your style is perfect for this sort of thing.

Dylan Feltcher makes lickass knives.

Seriously... I held this knife at Blade and gave it a thorough knitpicking. I saw nothing wrong with the thing... so I drank a few brews and tried again... still nothing... it was a fine knife. Dylan is a cool guy to boot. His mastery of "drunken wing chung" is second to none... how did you get bruise in the center of your chest, anyway?

Rick
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Thanks Rick, glad you enjoyed the post Bro!


Ok... judging by the middle part of the post...I'm guessing you meant to say kickass knives and slipped (K & L are side by side on the keyboard)? Or you're just giving him a hard time... really hard to tell with you sometimes :confused: :D

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GRIM 62 said:
Another superb review mist,looks like an excellent woods blade !
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Thanks grim, I think it's going to be an awesome blade in general.


pitdog said:
Love your pics and reviews buddy ! Looks like you have truly found a winner there, great knife !!!;):thumbup:
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Thanks Pit, yep this one has definitely won me over, great knife!


mymindisamob said:
Very Cool! Thanks for sharing.
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Glad you enjoyed it man!


Dylside said:
Andy's right next to me and I told him that he doesn't sh#t and that I would post that.



Whether he does or not doesn't matter. I say he's full of crap so that's the way it is.

He's is right though. Destruction testing doesn't tell you a whole lot. A serious of wicked cutting tests... borderline destruction, would tell us a lot more. I think we'll have to do that.
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Not touching this one
 
Agreed (that destruction tests don't tell you anything). All they do is underscore the obvious fact that abusing a knife can have negative repercussions.

The best way to test an outdoors knife is to bring it on a minimalist woods trip, where it is the only cutting tool. As it gets used for every task, you'll find where it works and where it sucks, what needs to be changed, and how good the edge & geometry is.
 
I have to say that destruction tests can tell you a lot about your heat treat and blade geometry. I regularly broke blades in my shop under safe conditions. It helped me find weakspots in geometry and taught me the value of proper heat treatment. I have buckets of broken blades and each one taught me a lesson.

Do I think that a destruction test can determine if a knife is good or not? No.

Do I think a destruction test can tell me how proficient a maker is with heat treat and geometry? Definately.

A knife is a knife and should be treated like one, first and foremost..... until you need to be a prybar or a shovel.:p Scream ABUSE all you want... that won't free your foot from between a couple shifted rocks.

Dylans blades look as if they are built like a tank... but the geometry gives it the handling of a Ferarri. I will say the same for any Fiddleback blade too.

Great work guys!
 
Magnussen said:
I have to say that destruction tests can tell you a lot about your heat treat and blade geometry. I regularly broke blades in my shop under safe conditions. It helped me find weakspots in geometry and taught me the value of proper heat treatment. I have buckets of broken blades and each one taught me a lesson.

Do I think that a destruction test can determine if a knife is good or not? No.

Do I think a destruction test can tell me how proficient a maker is with heat treat and geometry? Definately.

A knife is a knife and should be treated like one, first and foremost..... until you need to be a prybar or a shovel.:p Scream ABUSE all you want... that won't free your foot from between a couple shifted rocks.

Dylans blades look as if they are built like a tank... but the geometry gives it the handling of a Ferarri. I will say the same for any Fiddleback blade too.

Great work guys!
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Very well said. I understand destruction tests from a makers point of view and being done by the maker or another maker a lot could be learned. All most individuals will really learn from them is a few things the knife will do, one thing the knife won't do, and maybe a lesson in potential energy.

I would say that's definitely an apt description of this Knife. It is stout and tough as hell but with ergonomics and edge geometry that give it excellent balance, handling, and slicing ability.

I would say the same thing about Andy's knives too from all I have seen of them. I love that he makes even some of his smaller knives like the Lady Finger in 5/32 steel to give them some real strength in the field and then the edge grinds are just incredible. I'm looking forward to someday getting one of his knives out in the field too.

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A friend of mine and I trade out work, I do favors for him and he maintains my yard. When he asked what the little piles of Black Walnut at the edge of the wood-line were about I explained to him what I had doing with them and then of course had to show off my newest blade.

This Black walnut is neither green nor rotten. It has been seasoning for about 7 months or so off the ground and it is about like cutting a piece of furniture. This is still the original edge. This thing handles so darn well, I like it more and more as time goes on.

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Magnussen said:
I don't have to tell you how much I enjoy your reviews, Brian. Your style is perfect for this sort of thing.

Dylan Feltcher makes lickass knives.

Seriously... I held this knife at Blade and gave it a thorough knitpicking. I saw nothing wrong with the thing... so I drank a few brews and tried again... still nothing... it was a fine knife. Dylan is a cool guy to boot. His mastery of "drunken wing chung" is second to none... how did you get bruise in the center of your chest, anyway?

Rick
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I still don't know. I think it was actually the key on my necklace turning my skin green right there. lol I noticed while putting it back on that it sat right in that spot.

mistwalker said:
Thanks Rick, glad you enjoyed the post Bro!


Ok... judging by the middle part of the post...I'm guessing you meant to say kickass knives and slipped (K & L are side by side on the keyboard)? Or you're just giving him a hard time... really hard to tell with you sometimes :confused: :D

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He's just messing with me. He also pisspelled my name so that it meant something nasty.:barf: lol
 
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