EDC XIII Which knife or knives are you carrying today?

Clem Fandango said:
Using the new Spartan Harsey small folder today.

Very nicely done. Light weight, small but fits well in hand, good fit/finish, very sharp/good cutter. :thumbsup:

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I need to stop looking at these pics. lol
 
So, @mb> , to get back to your question a while back about comparing the RHK Skinny Sheepsfoot to the CRK Insingo, I got out a bunch of similar blades as I was slaying a few cardboard boxes and did a bit of highly un-scientific comparative cutting. None of the knives were dull, but they varied in sharpness due to use and whether they were factory or re-sharpened edges. The BMK 550 and CRKs are, of course, HG's while the RHKs are flat ground. You can judge the amount of curvature in their "modified sheepsfoot" blades in the pic below.

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Briefly, the Inkosingo was the winner hands-down for push-cutting across the grain through corrugated cardboard, despite the fact that its stock thickness was the greatest aside from the typically Hinderesque MP1. It flew through the material, but it benefitted greatly from a hardly worn and exquisitely re-profiled @halden.doerge edge. Not far behind was the 550 with the thinnest blade stock, thinnest BTE of all, and an excellent factory edge. Surprisingly the Skinny was a very close third, very near to the Inkosi in stock thickness, second best BTE at the heel, though way thicker at the tip, with the absolute best RHK factory edge I've witnessed out of the nine I've had. The 21 wasn't really sharp enough to fairly judge and the .165" stock thickness of the MP1 was an impediment to really gliding through, though my wicked sharp, re-profiled edge did surprisingly allow me to push-cut through with a bit more force than the others.

Anyway, this isn't a testing thread, and to stay on topic I did carry the Skinny Sheepsfoot again today. The bottom line here is that, despite my experience with Hinderers telling me not to pick one up for breaking down boxes, I wouldn't hesitate to grab this one to do just that.

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I'll have to get out my Skinny Slicer and give that a go now too. :cool:
 
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