I love the Vietnam hawk, buts what your take on the edge grind now that you have them in hand? I am sure I could go out and punch through a 55 gallon drum with the blade end and not damage it. Probably cut steel cased wiring too. Smash crates open as well. But I am also sure I could not cut a hunk of rope with it either, unless it was on a wood block and I let a chop fly on it good and hard. That grind is more like an acute wedge than a blade. I wonder if this was used as a weapon if the lack of bite would have it just skimming off a winter jacket on someone's arm etc. How about a leather jacket sleeve. Again I got hunch it would not bite, bruise maybe, maybe even break bone, but not get inside. That kind of has me wondering. I wonder if they over did the thickness of the edge. I mean first and foremost it is a CQB weapon. Not a metal cutting tool. It doesn't cut brush or wood too great either. My thickest edged and bladed knife the Livesay HKR cuts branches and brush much better. Still they must have their reasons to grind the original vietnam hawk that way. I hate to send it back to Andy to regrind. But It's thick enough though that I don't want to tackle the job. Guess I will try and fabricate a variety of targets and test it out. The spike on the other hand is great. Gets through everything. Awesome spike end. I wonder how many folks will be disappointed and sending theirs back for a regrind. The average joe on the street is likely to be more impressed with a shaving sharp edge than one that penetrates a steel drum with no damage. I don't care if it shaves or not, but again question if it can get inside heavier clothing. Hate to chop holes in mine to find out. That leads to the problem also of what to put in said test jacket or clothing as filler that simulates anything worth simulating. Don't suggest hacking up road killed deer as a test medium either. I ruled that out as just too weird.
Anybody test theirs out on anything yet. By the way the bead blasted ones do not have the thick edge grind. How do they preform as well?
Anybody test theirs out on anything yet. By the way the bead blasted ones do not have the thick edge grind. How do they preform as well?