Enzo trapper knives???

valcas1

valcas1

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I was looking at these little blades and was wondering if anybody here has handled any of the knives made from these blanks.

I like the shape and was thinking of putting together a litle necker rig out of one of these. They come in D2 and 01 steel with a choice of grinds.

If you have any real world experience with these blades please let me know what your thoughts are.

Thanks Paul.
 
I have the Enzo D2 camper that I am customizing right now myself. I am really impressed with the quality of the blade personally. The one I have is a scandi grind with a secondary bevel. It was shaving sharp when I received it and the precision of the grind is second to none that I have seen on other high quality kit blades. It also feels great in hand. I plan on selling it on the forums here in a couple of weeks and I will definitely be buying more in the future for selling and keeping myself.
 
Ray,

How about a picture in hand. That camper looks real nice but I cant find any pictures in hand. C'mon just one or two pics.

Hollowdweller,

I will have to see if Bruche will jump in on this subject, thsnk for the heads up.

Paul
 
Why must you show me these things?
Now I gotta have one!
Really though, I hadn't looked at those, I like :thumbup:

Where is a good place to get one?
 
Blazink,

I am still researching the best place to get them myself. Maybe Ray can help us out. they are neat blades, good steel, and priced right. IMO
 
The carbon blades are scandi grind. The D2 blades are hollow ground. They are as thick as an F1. Very stout blades and well worth it. They have only recently become more available in the states. Can't get a better full tang scandi ground blade for the price IMHO

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How about this?



This is the prior model EnZo 95 in the ThyssenKrupp Carbon steel. High Scandi grind w/ a secondary bevel. .134" thick w/ skeletonized tang. 4.5oz w/ the handle on it. Done up w/ stabilized, dyed BoxElder Burl.

This is my favorite knife, and holds an edge well. It is also easy to sharpen. I figure that cardboard is the hardest thing for a Scandi to cut, but this one goes through it very well. My only nitpicky problem w/ this knife is that I made the handles a shade too large for convenient EDC. The next one I will make a touch thinner. Several times I made a fire by cutting cardboard into small strips, shaving small wood off a larger log, then batonning 2x material into usable kindling, then stacking on heavier wood. The knife lost it's sticky edge, but was brought back up to crazy sharp w/ a dozen strokes on a crock stick.
I don't think a person could go wrong w/ one of the EnZos, at least due to my experience w/ the one I own.
 
valcas1 said:
Ray,

How about a picture in hand. That camper looks real nice but I cant find any pictures in hand. C'mon just one or two pics.

Hollowdweller,

I will have to see if Bruche will jump in on this subject, thsnk for the heads up.

Paul
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I would post pics but I'm actually in the midst of working on it right now...as soon as I have it done, which should be sometime this week, I'll post some pics in hand! The camper is pretty awesome!
 
I just received one (o1, scandi grind) a couple of days ago. I don't have the time to finish it at the moment, but I made a temporary hande out of a few pieces of oak, and attached them with screws (so they're easy to remove when I make the final handle to it). I tried it out last night, and I really like this design. Even though I'm used to using a traditional puukko, the Trapper somehow just fit my hand. It is of course a bit heavier and clumsier than a puukko, since it's quite thick (and full tang), but it's also sturdier. It's clearly some sort of hybrid between a puukko and a North American full tang design.

Can't post any photos now (gf went to japan and took my camera :confused: ) but I intend to take this knife to my summer cottage on eastern, and use it to baton firewood etc. I'll post some sort of review after that. So far it seems, that this knife might replace my trusty puukko on next summer's hikes.

For someone who likes the functionality of a puukko, but want's something a bit sturdier, I think it's well worth the money :thumbup:
 
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