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Has anyone on this list had any expirence with Ray Ennis' knives?
Thanx Ravenn in Ky

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440C, bead blast finish, micarta scales are typical of the materials he uses. Had a Jag made with 4" blade. Its bellied tanto shape allowed for a decent utility blade. No secondary point to seperate the upswept edge made for easier sharpening. But the 3/ 16" 440C was a bit difficult on the rods due to a rather obtuse angle of its blade grind. Even with its slight hollow grind, it was a job to thin it out a bit for a better edge angle. I' d say overall, it made for a good hard use blade. But keep the finer/ more delicate chores to a smaller blade. Priced right.

Nakano
 
I had the JAG as well. The knife was very heavy with thick blade. Otherwise it was very well made. IMO the bigger knives might be quite a good choppers - almost indestructible.

David

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I met Ray at the Novi, MI knife show. I was impressed with his products (they appeared to well made and ultra tough) with great fit and finish. He was very personable and was willing to talk about heat treat and materials science at some length with me.
Good luck,
Chad

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I had a "Survivor" (5 inch blade). I liked it a lot and considered carrying it for military duty. It's handle was a little small around for me.

Bruce Woodbury
 
I saw Ray at a show recently. I have to say his knives were impressive. Massive and very cool.

My only criticisms would be that his grind lines (at least on the examples I handled) were way off and uneven. Doesn't really matter from a user point of view, but it was a tad distracting from the overall knife.

Also I have to say that the Kydex sheaths were awful. Paper thin Kydex. When I brought this up to him, his response was "I'm a 'knife maker', not a 'sheath maker'".

If I bought one, I'd have to go to a "sheath maker".

John

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Entrek look similar to the old Montroc knives. Are the two related somehow?
 
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by tknife:
Entrek look similar to the old Montroc knives. Are the two related somehow?</font>
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I think they do, too, I dug out an old Fighting Knives back edition mag a couple days ago, they aae similar, same materials, the Montroc's were made right up the road in Louisville ky.
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I have a Ray Ennis knife I bought years ago. It's still the same style with the bead blast and micarta, only this one is D2 steel. I got a leather sheath with it, not much to look at and made a heavier duty leather one myself.
 
Actually the Montroc's were made by Ray Ennis
in South Dakota for a guy who lived in Kentucky.

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Thanx 'slinger
I knew there were similarities.
All these comments are sure giving me issues to consider..Thanx everybody
Ravenn
 
I have an entrek cobra, the grind lines are very close to perfect on it, and I have seen a few other entrek knives up close and personal and the grind lines on all of those looked fine to me also. The fit and finish is very good on my knife, and it is a very well designed knife. I don't like the bead blast finish, but I have had no problems with the blade rusting, and the edge holding seems to be up there with most of my other stainless steal knives(except for my sebenza)
I have nothing negative to say about my entrek knife, and i can almost always find something to complain about.
Kyle
P.S. the kydex sheath is very thin, but that hasn't been a problem. I really like the sheath. It might be a problem for some of the bigger models though.
 
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